Michael Ryan Quotes

Pete I'm sorry. I thought you might've liked a bit of company.

Johnny Quid I'm dead Pete. What does that tell you? It tells you that dead people don't like company.

Pete Go on, John. Jog it on.

Johnny Quid I can't, Pete. The painting's got me. That's what art does to you, it gets you.

Pete You'd get a good few notes for that.

Johnny Quid You wouldn't understand.

Pete Why not?

Johnny Quid Because you are street scum, Pete. You're in need of a good education, that's what you need. But your dad didn't give a shit about you, did he? And that's why you're on the gear; the gear is your surrogate father.

Pete What's this, shrink-time?

Johnny Quid Come on, Pedro! I'm your sponsor...doctor...I'll be your dad if you feel a bit of regression coming on. But first we need a drink in our hands.

Johnny Quid You see that pack of Virginia killing sticks on the end of the piano?

Pete Yes.

Johnny Quid All you need to know about life is retained within those four walls. You will notice that one of your personalities is seduced by the illusions of grandeur - the gold packet of king size with a regal insignia, an attractive implication towards glamor and wealth; the subtle suggestion that cigarettes are indeed your royal and loyal friends, and that, Pete, is a lie. Your other personality is trying to draw your attention to the flip side of the discussion, written in boring bold black and white, it's a statement that these neat little soldiers of death are, in fact, trying to kill you and that, Pete, is the truth. Oh, beauty is a beguiling call to death and I'm addicted to the sweet pitch of its siren. That that starts sweet ends bitter, and that which starts bitter ends sweet. That is why you and I love the drugs and that is also why I cannot give that painting back. Now please, pass me a light.

Pete Oh you are something special, Mr Johnny Quid.