Joanna Going Quotes - Best Lines & Interviews

Memorable Quotes from Joanna Going

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Nixon

The Cost of Peace in Vietnam

Richard Nixon Well, probably most of you think I'm a real SOB. I know that. I understand how you feel, but you know, I want peace too. But peace with honor.

[speaking to a group of young protestors outside the Lincoln Memorial]

Student #2 What does that mean?

Richard Nixon Well, you can't have peace without a price. Sometimes you have to be willing to fight for peace, and sometimes to die.

Student #2 Yeah? Tell that to the GI's who are gonna die tomorrow in Vietnam.

Student #1 What you have to understand, Mr. Nixon, is we're willing to die for what we believe in.

Richard Nixon Look, that man up there, he lived in similar times. He had chaos and civil war and hatred between the races. Sometimes I go to the Lincoln room at the White House and just pray. But you know, liberals act like idealism belongs to them. That's not true. My family went Republican because Lincoln freed the slaves. My grandmother was an abolitionist, those Quakers who founded Whittier, my hometown... to abolish slavery. They were, y'know, conservative Bible folk, but they had a powerful sense of right and wrong. And 40 years ago, I was like you, looking for answers.

[Turns and points to the statue of Lincoln]

Richard Nixon It's OK, Bob, we're just rapping, my friends and I. In fact we agree on a lot of things, don't we?

Young Student No, we don't! You say you want to end the war, so why don't you?

Richard Nixon Change always comes slowly. I pulled out more than half the troops. I'm trying to cut the military budget for the first time in 30 years. I want a volunteer army. But it's also a question of American credibility, our position in the world.

Student #1 Come on, Mr. Nixon. It's a civil war between Vietnamese.

Young Student You don't want the war, we don't want the war, the Vietnamese don't want the war, so why does it go on?

Young Student You can't stop it, can you? Even if you wanted to. Because it's not you, it's the system. The system won't let you stop it.

Richard Nixon There's... there's more at stake here than what you want, or what I want.

Young Student Then what's the point? What's the point of being President? You're powerless!

Richard Nixon No. No, I'm not powerless. Because, because I understand the system, I believe I can, uh, I can control it. Maybe not control it totally, but tame it enough to make it do some good.

Young Student Sounds like you're talking about a wild animal.

Richard Nixon Yeah, maybe I am.

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Home Alone 4

Burglars Targeting Homes in Kevin's Story

Peter Kevin, what happened?

Kevin It wasn't me. It was the burglars.

Peter The burglars?

Kevin Yeah, and I recognized the one guy, Marv. Did I ever tell you about him? Well, that's another story. But the point is, they were gonna rip off your house!

Natalie So you chose instead to trash it?

Kevin No, I was trying to protect it!

Natalie By trashing it?

Prescott What in the name of...?

Kevin Hey, why didn't you come when I was calling you?

Natalie Prescott, were you aware of any burglars here today?

Prescott Burglars? No, ma'am. All the alarms were on as usual.

Kevin Well, maybe they turned them off. They had one of these, you know.

Prescott I saw no intruders, and except for... beg your pardon, ma'am, the briefest of all bathroom breaks, my eyes were on the monitors at all times. How one child could do so much damage in the time it took me to... Well, it's quite beyond me.

Kevin It wasn't me!

Prescott Well, there was no one else here!

Kevin He's lying!?

Prescott I am not!

Kevin Are too!

Prescott Am not!

Kevin Are too!

Prescott With all due respect, sir, I did see Master Kevin playing with the devices as if the house were a big toy. The only hooligan here today was your son.

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Home Alone 4

Suspicion and Danger in Home Alone 4

Kevin I'm not lying. The bad guys are back.

Natalie We're not getting anywhere.

Peter Kevin, I spoke to all the caterers and to Molly. Nobody saw a thing but you. Now, how could that be?

Kevin I don't know. But I heard they're gonna kidnap the prince.

Peter You heard them say that?

Kevin Yeah, with my Super Spy bugging device. And Prescott's involved with the whole thing.

Natalie This is absurd. I'm going to call and make sure the royal family's flight is okay for tomorrow.

Peter Kevin, I know what's going on here.

Kevin You do?

Peter Yeah. You're out to destroy my relationship with Natalie.

Kevin What?

Peter You knew how important tonight was to her, and you went and pulled a crazy stunt like this.

Kevin That's not the truth.

Peter I've given you a lot of leeway because I know how tough this divorce has been on you. But tonight you went way too far. I want you to go to your room and think about what you've done. And when you're ready to apologize to Natalie, then we'll talk.

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Home Alone 4

Prison Life Humor in Home Alone 4

Marv Oh, come on. No, prison's not so bad.

Vera Oh yeah?

Marv Yeah, on Thursdays, you get Salisbury steak.

Vera Yeah, I know about prison. That's where I met you.

Marv Calm down. Calm down.

Vera You calm down!?

Marv Women, eh?

[to officer]

Officer Yeah.