Memorable Quotes from Edward Binns
5 quotesPerspectives on Life and Relationships
Joey Ziegler
He'd fuck a woodpile on the chance there was a snake in it.
Joey Ziegler
Well, the world is getting smaller, the kids are getting younger and I'm getting drunk!
Marv Ellman
There's nothing like having a mother and a daughter. Gives you sort of a kind of perspective.
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Familiar Faces in Conversation
Nick
Where do you know Arlene from?
Joey Ziegler
From way back.
Nick
Oh, yeah? What's your name again? Ziegler? Joey Ziegler?
Joey Ziegler
Joey Ziegler.
Nick
I don't think you were one of the names.
Joey Ziegler
What names?
Nick
One of those she cheated on Grastner with. I got them all.
Joey Ziegler
I'm one of a small, select group. We hold meetings in a telephone booth.
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Awareness of Relationships in Night Moves
Harry Moseby
You think Delly knew that Marv and her mother were making it?
Joey Ziegler
A blind man on a galloping horse would've known. Arlene ain't ].
[[w:Lillian Gish|Lillian Gish]
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Determining Justice in Settlement Amounts
Frank Galvin
How did you settle on the amount?
[after the church has offered a check for $210,000 to settle the case]
Bishop Brophy
We thought it was just.
Frank Galvin
You thought it was just?
Bishop Brophy
Yes.
Frank Galvin
Because it struck me, um, how neatly three went into this figure: 210,000. That means I would keep seventy.
Bishop Brophy
That was our insurance company's recommendation.
Frank Galvin
Yes, that would be.
Bishop Brophy
Nothing we can do can make that woman well.
Frank Galvin
And no one will know the truth.
Bishop Brophy
What is the truth?
Frank Galvin
That that poor girl put her trust into the... into the hands of two men who took her life. She's in a coma. Her life is gone. She has no home, no family. She's tied to a machine. She has no friends. And the people who should care for her - her doctors... and you and me - have been bought off to look the other way. We've been paid to look the other way. I came here to take your money. I brought snapshots to show you so I could get your money. I can't do it; I can't take it. Cause if I take the money I'm lost. I'll just be a... rich ambulance chaser. I can't do it. I can't take it.
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A Casual Introduction Among Friends
Nick
Where do you know Arlene from?
Joey Ziegler
From way back.
Nick
Oh, yeah? What's your name again? Ziegler? Joey Ziegler?
Joey Ziegler
Joey Ziegler.
Nick
I don't think you were one of the names.
Joey Ziegler
What names?
Nick
One of those she cheated on Grastner with. I got them all.
Joey Ziegler
I'm one of a small, select group. We hold meetings in a telephone booth.
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