Memorable Quotes from Marc Lawrence
6 quotesTrust and Betrayal in Crime Negotiations
Ditrich
We'll make ourselves a little deal with the commissioner. You won't get more than a year or two.
Cobby
I'm clean! I don't know where Doc went. That's the truth.
Ditrich
They won't believe you at headquarters, Cobby. Every time you'd tell em that, they'd work you over. And you ain't the type that can take it, believe me. You'd spill your guts in half an hour.
Cobby
Give me a break. You came to make a pinch, sure, but I'm not here...
Ditrich
You're right here, Cobby.
Cobby
I've always treated you right, Lieutenant. Let me duck out. You can get away with it.
Ditrich
No, I couldn't. The commissioner's mad. He's out for blood. And it's not going to be mine.
Cobby
You're not gonna stop me. You're gonna let me go. You're gonna do that. If you don't...
Ditrich
Yeah, I know. You'll be a grade-A pigeon.
Cobby
That's right. I'll tell em you saw Riedenschneider here and didn't roust him. Why? Because you had to explain what you were doin here. I'll tell em about all the juice you've been gettin out of me.
Ditrich
Cobby, the only thing you're doing is making me sore.
Cobby
Once I start singing, I won't stop. They'll jug you right alongside of me.
Ditrich
That's where you're wrong, Cobby. Even if they believe you, it won't go too hard with me. Because I'll be the guy that cracked the biggest case ever pulled in the country...
[Cobby is repeatedly slapped until he whimpers and cracks under the pressure.]
Cobby
They'll call me a fink.
Ditrich
That's my boy.
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Consequences of Poor Decisions in Crime
Dr. Swanson
He hasn't got enough blood left in him to keep a chicken alive.
Cobby
Here's to the drink habit. It's the only one I got that don't get me into trouble.
Cobby
How can things go so wrong? How is it possible? One man killed, two others plugged. I'm out thirty grand. We got a load of rocks we can't even peddle...I must be awful stupid. Here I am with a good business, money rolling in, I-I gotta get mixed up in a thing like this. I ought to have my head examined.
Commissioner Hardy
He loses you five blocks from the depot and one of the most dangerous criminals alive is now at large in this city.
[referring to Doc]
Gus Minissi
Take my advice and knock off for a while. The happiness boys are on a rampage. Headquarters is givin em a push...Go home, Dix, stay home. Don't get your flag at half-mast. Remember, you still got ol Gus.
Emmerich
I could tell them that I'd fence the stuff myself, you see, promise them cash on delivery. Then, when the time comes, I simply wouldn't have the cash, do you understand? I'd tell them it would take a few more days to raise it. I'm certain I could get them to leave the stuff with me while we're waiting...Well, then I'd disappear. I'd take a plane to another country, to another life. The gold and platinum, I could melt up and sell as bullion, you see. And the rocks - sell them one at a time. There'd be no hurry. They'd last a lifetime.
Louis Ciavelli
I never saw a hooligan I did like. They're like left-handed pitchers, they all have a screw loose somewhere.
Louis Ciavelli
If you want fresh air, don't look for it in this town.
Angela Phinlay
Imagine me on this beach here in my green bathing suit. Yipe! I almost bought a white one the other day, but it wasn't quite extreme enough. I mean, don't get me wrong, if I really went in for the extreme extreme, I would have bought a French one. Run for your life, girls, the fleet's in. Oh, Uncle Lon, am I excited? Yipe! ] Look, Uncle Lon, isn't it romantic? Real palms and ocean and everything.
[[referring to the magazine's pictures of a tropical resort]
Angela Phinlay
Haven't you bothered me enough, you big banana-head? Just try breaking my door and Mr. Emmerich will throw you out of the house!
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Appreciating Toughness in the Right Context
Angelo Agostini
You're a tough guy, Mr. Malloy. I can see that, and I like tough guys who are tough about the right thing.
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A Proposition Too Big for Cobby
Doc
I got a proposition. A big one.
Cobby
How big is big?
Doc
Too big for you, Cobby.
Cobby
Now wait, Doc. I don't like to brag, but I'm doin all right. I'm makin book, I'm in the chips. What kind of proposition is it?
Doc
A plan for the caper, and it's a good one. I could sell it for a hundred thousand dollars in the open market, but that would be throwing money away. I prefer to execute it myself and make...half a million dollars. Maybe even more. Of course, I will have to do a little checking as the plan is some years old. But not much checking, not much. I need roughly $50,000 to operate...
[He pauses for dramatic effect.]
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Pigs and Human Flesh: A Dark Necessity
Zambrini
Yeah, you know, always on a full moon the pigs get hungry. Yeah. I gotta do it. They got used to eating human flesh. I gotta do it. I'm sorry. You know the first time it happened was an accident. They got loose in the field. There was a drunk. He was asleep. Yeah, he was asleep.
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Contemplating Distance and Connection
Angelo Agostini
Maybe you better get out of town. Maybe you better really go away for a while. Mmmm! Take a little trip.
Barbara Whitfield
Would you miss me?
Angelo Agostini
Like my last breath!
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