Memorable Quotes from Lawrence Tierney
4 quotesConfronting the Dangers of Private Justice
Sheriff Joe Haller
The law has a name for what you people are planning. It's called "private justice". And private justice is about a step and a half away from lynch mobs and hang ropes. Now I may be no J. Edgar Hoover, but I am the law in Tarker's Mills. I want all you people to go home.
[to the mob, lead by Andy Fairton]
Andy Fairton
Don't let this guy scare you! What's he done since this whole thing started but hang his face out? He ain't got so much as a fingerprint!
Owen Knopfler
Shut up, Andy.
Andy Fairton
No, don't tell me to shut up.
Herb Kincaid
Yes... Shut up. I just came from my boy's funeral.
Sheriff Joe Haller
Herb. Herb, I know how upset... how grief-stricken you must be.
Herb Kincaid
He was torn apart.
Sheriff Joe Haller
I know that. I...
Herb Kincaid
Upset? Grief-stricken? You don't know what those words mean. My son was torn to pieces. Pieces! MY SON WAS TORN TO PIECES! You come in here and talk to these men about private justice? You dare to do that? Why don't you go out to Harmony Hill, Sheriff Haller, and dig up what's left of my boy Brady... and explain to him about private justice? Would you want to do that? As for me, I'm gonna go out and hunt up a little private justice.
[shouts]
Andy Fairton
You heard him. Let's go!
[to the mob]
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Debate Over Song Meaning Among Characters
Mr. Brown
Let me tell you what ] is about. It's all about a girl who digs a guy with a big dick. The entire song. It's a metaphor for big dicks.
[[w:Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]
Mr. Blonde
No, no. It's about a girl who is very vulnerable. She's been fucked over a few times. Then she meets some guy who's really sensitive...
Mr. Brown
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... Time out, Greenbay. Tell that fuckin bullshit to the tourists.
Joe Cabot
Toby... Who the fuck is Toby?
[looking at his address book]
Mr. Brown
Like a Virgin is not about some sensitive girl who meets a nice fella. That's what ] is about. Granted, no argument about that.
[[w:True Blue (Madonna song)|True Blue]
Mr. Orange
Which one is True Blue?
Nice Guy Eddie
You ain't heard True Blue? It was a big ass hit for ]. I don't even follow this Tops of the Pops shit, and even I've heard of True Blue.
[[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]
Mr. Orange
Look, asshole, I didn't say I ain't heard of it. All I asked was how does it go? Excuse me for not being the world's biggest Madonna fan.
Mr. Blonde
Personally, I can do without her.
Mr. Blue
I used to like her early stuff. ] - but once she got off with that ] phase, I tuned out.
[[w:Borderline (song)|Borderline; [w:Papa Don't Preach|Papa Don't Preach]
Mr. Brown
You guys are, like, making me lose my... train of thought here. I was saying something, what was it?
Joe Cabot
Oh, Toby's that little Chinese girl. What was her last name?
Mr. White
What's that?
Joe Cabot
It's an old address book I found in a coat I haven't worn in a coon's age. What was that name?
Mr. Brown
What the fuck was I talking about?
Mr. Pink
You said True Blue was about a guy... er.... a sensitive girl who meets a nice guy, but Like a Virgin was a metaphor for big dicks.
Mr. Brown
O.K., let me tell you what ] about. It's all about this cooze who's a regular fuck machine, I'm talking morning, day, night, afternoon: dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick.
[[w:Like A Virgin|Like a Virgin's]
Mr. Blue
How many dicks is that?
Mr. White
A lot.
Mr. Brown
Then one day she meets this ] motherfucker and it's like, whoa baby, I mean this cat is like ] in ]; he's digging tunnels. Now, she's gettin the serious dick action and she's feeling something she ain't felt since forever. Pain. Pain.
[[w:John Holmes|John Holmes; [w:Charles Bronson|Charles Bronson; [The Great Escape (film)|The Great Escape]
Joe Cabot
Chu? Toby Chu?
Mr. Brown
It hurts. It hurts her. It shouldn't hurt her, you know her pussy should be ] by now, but when this cat fucks her it hurts. It hurts, just like it did the first time. You see the pain is reminding the fuck machine what it once was like to be a virgin. Hence, "Like a Virgin.
[[w:Bubble Yum|Bubble Yum]
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The Struggle Between Temptation and Resistance
Tim Madden
Should you drink?
Dougy Madden
Six months ago, they told me to stop or I was dead. I stopped. Now the spirits circle around my bed and they tell me to dance. I tell em, "Tough guys don't dance." They answer me, "Keep dancing.
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Betrayal and Confusion Among Criminals
Joe Cabot
This man set us up.
Nice Guy Eddie
Dad, I'm sorry, but I don't know what the Hell's happening.
Joe Cabot
That's all right, Eddie. I do.
Mr. White
What the fuck are you talking about?
Joe Cabot
That lump of shit's working with the LAPD.
Mr. Orange
Joe, I don't have the slightest fucking idea what you're talking about.
Mr. White
Joe, Joe, I don't know what you think you know, but you're wrong.
Joe Cabot
Like Hell I am.
Mr. White
Joe, trust me on this, you're making a mistake. He's a good kid. I understand you're hot, you're super fucking pissed. We're all real emotional. But you're barking up the wrong tree. I know this man; he wouldn't do that.
Joe Cabot
You don't know jack shit. I do: The cocksucker tipped off the cops and got Mr. Brown and Mr. Blue killed.
Mr. Pink
Mr. Blue is dead?
Joe Cabot
Dead as ].
[[w:John Dillinger|Dillinger]
Mr. White
How do you know all this?
Joe Cabot
He was the only one I wasn't a hundred percent on. I should have my fucking head examined going ahead when I wasn't a hundred percent.
Mr. White
That's your proof?!
Joe Cabot
You don't need proof when you have instinct. I ignored it before, but no more.
[Draws a gun and aims at Orange]
Nice Guy Eddie
Have you lost your fucking mind?
Mr. White
Joe, you're making a terrible mistake. I'm not gonna let you make it.
Mr. Pink
Come on, guys. Nobody wants this. We're supposed to be fucking professionals!
[Slowly backing away]
Nice Guy Eddie
Larry, look...It's been quite a long time, a lot of jobs. There's no need for this, man. Let's just put our guns down, and let's settle this with a fucking conversation.
Mr. White
Joe, if you kill that man, you die next. Repeat: If you kill that man, you die next.
Nice Guy Eddie
Larry, we have been friends, and you respect my dad, and I respect you. But I will put fucking bullets right through your heart if you don't put that fucking gun down now.
Mr. White
Goddamn you, Joe. Don't make me do this.
Nice Guy Eddie
LARRY STOP POINTING THAT FUCKING GUN AT MY DAD!
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