Magnum Force - Tension Between Police Authority and Duty
Lieutenant Briggs:
You're on loan to Stakeout, Callahan.
Harry Callahan:
That's right, Lieutenant! You saw to that.
Lieutenant Briggs:
I've got nothing personal against you, Callahan, but we can't have the public crying police brutality every time you go out onto the street.
Harry Callahan:
Well you just might need me on a job like this. Whoever did this was very good at it.
Lieutenant Briggs:
You're sure one to know, Harry.
Harry Callahan:
Well, I just work for the city, Briggs!
Lieutenant Briggs:
So do I, longer than you, and I never had to take my gun out of its holster once. I'm proud of that.
Harry Callahan:
Well, you're a good man, lieutenant. A good man always knows his limitations...
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Magnum Force - Choosing Backup for a Dangerous Mission
Harry Callahan:
By the way I'd like to have Davis and Sweet as my backup squad.
Lieutenant Briggs:
Davis and Sweet? They're just rookies!
Harry Callahan:
Well you drum up someone in the department who can shoot as well and I'll use them.
Lieutenant Briggs:
Dammit, there isn't supposed to be any shooting! Besides, they don't experience needed for a job like this.
Harry Callahan:
How the hell is a man supposed to get experience if nobody gives him a chance? And Davis is the new pistol champion.
Lieutenant Briggs:
Suppose they panic and start shooting?
Harry Callahan:
Nothing wrong with shooting as long as the right people get shot!
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All the President's Men - Men with Switchblade Mentalities
Woodward: [[G. Gordon Liddy|Gordon Liddy]
This man ]—he's going to be tried along with Hunt and the five burglars—we know he knows a lot, we just don't know what.
Deep Throat:
You changed cabs? You're sure no one followed you?
Woodward:
I did everything you said, but it all seemed—
Deep Throat:
Melodramatic? Things are past that—remember, these are men with switchblade mentalities who run the world as if it were Dodge City.
Woodward:
What's the whole thing about—do you know?
Deep Throat:
What I know, you'll have to find out on your own.
Woodward:
Liddy—you think there's a chance he'll talk?
Deep Throat:
Talk? Once, at a gathering, he put his hand over a candle. And he kept it there. He kept it right in the flame until his flesh seared. A woman who was watching asked, "What's the trick?" And he replied. "The trick is not minding.
Potter: [trying to copy Lawrence's snuffing a match with his fingers]
Oooh! It damn well hurts.
Lawrence:
Certainly it hurts.
Potter: [[trick]
Well, what's the ], then?
Lawrence:
The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.
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All the President's Men - Unraveling the Complexity of Political Scandals
Deep Throat: [Woodward nods]
You thought I'd help out on specifics? I'll confirm what you get, try to keep you on the right track, but that's all. Are you guys really working? How much?
Woodward:
I don't know maybe sixteen, eighteen hours a day—we've got sources at Justice, the FBI, but it's still drying up. The story is dry. All we've got are pieces. We can't seem to figure out what the puzzle is supposed to look like. John Mitchell resigns as the head of CREEP, and says that he wants to spend more time with his family. I mean, it sounds like bullshit, we don't exactly believe that...
Deep Throat:
No, heh, but it's touching. Forget the myths the media's created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.
Woodward:
Hunt's come in from the cold. Supposedly he's got a lawyer with $25,000 in a brown paper bag.
Deep Throat:
Follow the money. Always follow the money.
Woodward:
What do you mean? Where?
Deep Throat:
Oh, I can't tell you that.
Woodward:
But you could tell me that.
Deep Throat:
No, I have to do this my way. You tell me what you know, and I'll confirm. I'll keep you in the right direction if I can, but that's all. Just... follow the money.
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The Fog - Moral Conflict and Regret in The Fog
Father Malone: [reading from Patrick Malone's journal]
December 9: Met with Blake this evening for the first time. He stood in the shadows to prevent me from getting a clear look at his face. What a vile disease this is. He is a rich man with a cursed condition, but this does not prevent him from trying to better his situation and that of his comrades at the colony. December 11: Blake's proposition is simple, He wants to move off Tanzier Island and re-locate the entire colony just north of here. He has purchased a clipper ship called the Elizabeth Dane with part of his fortune and asks only for permission to settle here. I must balance my feelings of mercy and compassion for this poor man, with my revulsion at the thought of a leper colony only a mile distant. April 20: The six of us met tonight. From midnight until one o'clock, we planned the death of Blake and his comrades. I tell myself that Blake's gold will allow the church to be built, and our small settlement to become a township, but it does not soothe the horror that I feel being an accomplice to murder. April 21: The deed is done. Blake followed our false fire on shore and the ship broke apart on the rocks off Spivey Point. We were aided by an unearthly fog that rolled in, as if Heaven sent, although God had no part in our actions tonight. Blake's gold will be recovered tomorrow, but may the Lord forgive us for what we've done." I couldn't read any further.
Sandy Fadel:
You're grandfather had a way with words.
Father Malone:
The celebration tonight is a travesty. We're honoring murderers.
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The Fog - Benediction and a Town's Dark Secret
Kathy Williams:
Are you going to give the benediction tonight, father?
Father Malone:
Antonio Bay has a curse on it.
Sandy Fadel:
Do we take that as a "no"?
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Wall Street - The Dilemma of Money and Morality
Lou Mannheim:
The problem with money, Bud—it makes you do things you don't want to do.
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Wall Street - Enjoy Success While It Lasts
Lou Mannheim:
Kid, you're on a roll. Enjoy it while it lasts, because it never does.
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Capricorn One - The Seriousness of Hidden Forces
Dr. James Kelloway:
You think it's all a couple of loony scientists, it's not! It's bigger. There are people out there, forces out there, who have a lot to lose. They're grown ups. It's gotten too big, it's in the hands of grown ups!
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Capricorn One - The Cost of Dreams and Sacrifices
Dr. James Kelloway:
Okay, here it is. I have to start by saying that if there was any other way, if there was even a slight chance of another alternative, I would give anything not to be here with you now. Anything. Bru, how long have we known each other? Sixteen years. That's how long. Sixteen years. You should have seen yourself then. You looked like you just walked out of a Wheaties box. And me, all sweaty palm and deadly serious. I told everybody about this dream I had of conquering the new frontier, and they all looked at me like I was nuts. You looked at me and said, "yes." I remember when you told me Kay was pregnant. We went out and got crocked. I remember when Charles was born. We went out and got crocked again. The two of us. Captain Terrific and the Mad Doctor, talking about reaching the stars, and the bartender telling us maybe we'd had enough. Sixteen years. And then Armstrong stepped out on the Moon, and we cried. We were so proud. Willis, you and Walker, you came in about then. Both bright and talented wise-asses, looked at me in my wash-and-wear shirt carrying on this hot love affair with my slide-rule, and even you were caught up in what we'd done. I remember when Glenn made his first orbit in Mercury, they put up television sets in Grand Central Station, and tens of thousands of people missed their trains to watch. You know when Apollo 17 landed on the Moon, people were calling up the networks and bitching because reruns of I Love Lucy were cancelled. Reruns, for Christ's sake! I could understand if it was the new Lucy show. After all, what's a walk on the Moon? But reruns! Oh, geez! And then suddenly everybody started talking about how much everything cost. Was it really worth 20 billion to go to another planet? What about cancer? What about the slums? How much does it cost? How much does any dream cost, for Christ's sake? Since when is there an accountant for ideas? You know who was at the launch today? Not the President. The Vice-President, that's who. The Vice-President and his plump wife. The President was busy. He's not busy. He's just a little bit scared. He sat there two months ago and put his feet up on Woodrow Wilson's desk, and he said, "Jim. Make it good. Congress is on my back. They're looking for a reason to cancel the program. We can't afford another screw-up. Make it good. You have my every good wish." His every good wish! I got his sanctimonious Vice-President! That's what I got! So, there we are. After all those hopes and all that dreaming, he sits there, with those flags behind his chair, and tells me we can't afford a screw-up. And guess what! We had a screw-up! A first-class, bona-fide, made-in-America screw-up! The good people from Con-Amalgamate delivered a life-support system cheap enough so they could make a profit on the deal. Works out fine for everybody. Con-Amalgamate makes money. We have our life-support system. Everything's peachy. Except they made a little bit too much profit. We found out two months ago it won't work. You guys would all be dead in three weeks. It's as simple as that. So, all I have to do is report that and scrub the mission. Congress has its excuse, the President still has his desk, and we have no more program. What's 16 years? Your actual drop in the bucket! All right. That's the end of the speech. Now, we're getting to what they call the moment of truth. Come with me. I want to show you something.
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