Mickey Rourke Quotes

Harry Angel What's your name?

Epiphany Proudfoot Epiphany Proudfoot.

Harry Angel Your mother left you a very beautiful name, Epiphany.

Epiphany Proudfoot Not much else.

Harry Angel How did he die?

Cop Technically? Asphyxiation by his own genitalia.

Harry Angel And not so technically?

Cop Somebody cut his dick off, stuffed it in his mouth and choked him to death.

Henry Chinaski And as my hands drop the last desperate pen, in some cheap room, they will find me there and never know my name, my meaning, nor the treasure of my escape.

Tool All right, baby, all right. Come on! Let's see what you got!

Hale Caesar Oh! Oh!

Tool There's my boy!

Hale Oh! Go... go... go south!

Barney Ross So, you're back from the dead. How are you healin'?

Gunnar Jensen Good... considering you could have killed me.

Yin Yang I forgive you.

Gunnar Okay.

Yin I would've won.

Gunnar Of course.

Toll Road Hey, Gunnar, whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger, brother: therapy.

Barney The man's got a point.

Lee Christmas You know what? I'm gonna do you a favor, Tool. I once knew a man called Tool...

Barney I love poetry.

Lee To me, he was the epitome of cool. He was good with a knife... bad with the wife.

Barney That hurt.

Lee To think he could beat me, dreamin he'd defeat me, Cool Tool, you gotta be a fool! Oh yeah!

Henry Chinaski I remember ordering a draught, barkeep. What, are you out of brew, or has that lobotomy finally taken hold?

Henry Chinaski It's hatred. It's the only thing that lasts.

Henry Chinaski Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.

Tool You remember ]? We took down them ]? All our guys were gettin chopped up all around us, and there was blood everywhere. I never though I was gonna make it out of there, and I know you either. Kinda feelin like... dead too, ya know? My head's all very, very black place. Didn't believe in shit. Just goddamn Dracula black. I remember I got this bottle of this local shit they have over there. That Silvits... I think that's what it was called. And I ain't feelin no pain now... and I come up on this, uh... I come up on this overland bridge, and I see this... I see this... I see this woman standing there, ya know? And she's, uh... I stepped out and she saw me, and she's just lookin right... right in my eyes. And I was lookin right in her eyes, and I knew what she was gonna do. She looked at me, and I knew she was gonna jump. You know what I did, man? I just turned around, I kept walkin', until I heard that splash, and she was gone. After... after taking all them lives, she was one that I could have saved, but I didn't, and uh... what I realized later on was, uh, if I'd have saved that woman, I might have... I might have saved what was left of my soul, ya know.

Marv You can scream now if you want.

Louis Bukowski You care too much, Stanley.

Stanley White How can anybody care too much?

Cop You're going to burn for this, Angel.

Harry Angel I know. In hell.

Henry Chinaski Nothing but the dripping sink. Empty bottle. Euphoria. Youth fenced in, stabbed and shaved. Taut words propped up to die

Ivan Vanko You come from a family of thieves and butchers. And like all guilty men, you try to rewrite your history. To forget all the lives that the Stark family has destroyed.

Tony Speaking of thieves, where'd you get this design? You look like you have friends in low places.

Vanko My father, Anton Vanko.

Tony Never heard of him.

Vanko My father is the reason you're still alive.

Tony No. The reason I'm alive is because you made a shot and you missed.

Vanko If you could make God bleed, people would cease to believe in Him. There will be blood in the water. The sharks will come. All I have to do is sit back and watch as the world consumes you.

Tony Where will you be watching the world consume me from? Oh, that's right, a prison cell. I'll send you a bar of soap.

Stanley White A fish stinks from the head down.

Harry Yung The Chinese eat the head.

Stanley White One last thing. The next cop that I hear about who's taking money in this precinct, I'm gonna personally bust him in the mouth. Are there any questions?

Woman Officer What if it's a woman?

Stanley White She better bend over!

Henry Chinaski So you hired a dick to find an asshole?

Stanley White I certainly hope so.

Harry Angel Louis Cyphre"... "Lucifer". Even your NAME is a dime store joke.

Louis Cyphre Mephistopheles" is SUCH a mouthful in Manhattan, Johnny.

Stanley White You were right; I'm was wrong. Sorry. I'd like to be a nice guy. I would. I just don't know how to be nice.

Tracy Tzu You're really cracked. You know that?

Harley Davidson Oh God, if you're up there, looking down from wherever it is you look down from... look away now.

Louis Cyphre Are you an atheist?

Harry Angel Yeah, I'm from Brooklyn.

Marv Lucille's my parole officer. She's a dyke, but God knows why. With that body of hers she could have any man she wants.

Henry Chinaski Your mom's cunt smells like carpet cleaner.

Harry Angel She was doing my chart. I gave her Johnny's birthdate, February 14th. Except someone got to her and took out their own Valentine card. They split her open, and they cut out her heart. I guess she couldn't predict the future for herself.

Louis Cyphre The future isn't what it used to be Mr. Angel.

Stanley White I'm no ]. ]. ].

Louis Cyphre Some religions think that the egg is the symbol of the soul, did you know that?

Harry Angel No I didn't know that.

Louis Cyphre Would you like an egg?

Harry Angel No, thank you. I got a thing about chickens.

Steve I don't know why someone hasn't taken a rifle and blown your head off.

The Motorcycle Boy Even the most primitive of societies have an innate respect of the insane.

Marv Will you get a move on, I haven't got all night.

Tracy Tzu You're acting like a child.

Stanley White Well, a great man is one who in manhood still keeps the heart of a child.

Stanley White The first time I saw you, I hated your guts. I think I even hated you before I met you. I hated you on TV. I hated you ]. You want to know what's destroying this country? It's not ]. It's not ]. ]. It's people like you. It's vampires. I hate the way you make your living sticking microphones in people's faces. You lie every night at 6:00. I hate the way you kill real feelings. I hate everything that you stand for. Most of all, ] and I hate this place. So why do I want to fuck you so bad?

Judge Mr. Racine, the next time you come into my courtroom I hope you've got either a better defense, or a better class of client.

Peter I'm really disappointed in you, Racine. I've been living vicariously off of you for years. You shut up on me now, all I have is my wife.

Teddy Lewis I got a serious question for you: What the fuck are you doing? This is not shit for you to be messin with. Are you ready to hear something? I want you to see if this sounds familiar: any time you try a decent crime, you got fifty ways you're gonna fuck up. If you think of twenty-five of them, then you're a genius... and you ain't no genius. You remember who told me that?