Memorable Quotes from Peter Coyote
8 quotesDiscussion on Beach Access and Safety
Muldaur
Should have cordoned off the beach.
[teenagers are filling the beach waiting for Billie Jean]
Ringwald
They would've come in on surfboards.
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Communication and Discovery in the Forest
Keys
Elliot, I've been to the forest...Elliot, that machine. What does it do?
Elliot
The communicator? Is it still working?
[while being sick]
Keys
It's doing something. What?
Elliot
I really shouldn't tell. He came to me. He came to me.
Keys
Elliot, he came to me, too. I've been wishing for this since I was 10 years old. I don't want him to die. What can we do that we're not already doing?
Elliot
He needs to go home. He's calling his people, and I don't know where they are. He needs to go home.
Keys
Elliot, I don't think that he was left here intentionally. But his being here is a miracle, Elliot. It's a miracle. And you did the best that anybody could do. I'm glad he met you first.
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Criminal Record Length Comparison
Thomas Krasny
The guy had a criminal record as long as my dick.
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A Heartfelt Goodbye to E.T.
Keys
They're gonna have to take him away now.
Elliot
They're just gonna cut him all up.
Keys
Would you like to spend some time alone with him?
Elliot
Look at what they've done to you. I'm so sorry. You must be dead, cause I don't know how to feel. I can't feel anything anymore. You've gone someplace else now. I'll believe in you all my life, every day. E.T., I love you.
[staring at E.T.'s body in the plastic bag; closes the lid, and starts to walk away]
E.T.
E.T. phone home!
Elliot
Ha, ha, ha!
[laughs with joy]
E.T.
Home, home, home. Phone home.
Elliot
Does this mean they're coming?
E.T.
Yes.
Elliot
Ha, ha!
E.T.
E.T. phone home. E.T. phone home.
Elliott
Stay.
[fearing that the scientists might hear him]
E.T.
E.T. phone home.
Elliott
Shut up.
[covering his mouth]
E.T.
Phone. Phone home.
Elliott
Quiet!
E.T.
Phone, phone, phone.
Elliott
Would you shut up?
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Unexpected Strategies in Legal Advocacy
Kurt Potter
Wha... how did you do this?
Erin Brockovich
Well, um, seeing as how I have no brains or legal expertise, and Ed here was losing all faith in the system, am I right?
Ed Masry
Oh, yeah, completely. No faith, no faith...
Erin Brockovich
I just went out there and performed sexual favors. Six hundred and thirty-four blowjobs in five days... I'm really quite tired.
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Planning a Crime: The Mind of a Monster
Thomas Krasny
He told you, didn't he? He told you! What did he do? Did he phone you? Send you anonymous notes?
Teddy Barnes
You'll stop at nothing, won't you? Anyone could've sent those notes; everyone knew—the police in Santa Cruz knew, people in your office knew!
Thomas Krasny
Bullshit! Don't you understand what he did? He did the identical crime eighteen months before he murdered his wife! He knew it would get him off the hook! He knew Bobby Slade was seeing his wife! That's why he did the first crime in Santa Cruz! He threw us Bobby Slade as a suspect! He picked that woman very carefully! He knew she played tennis with Slade! He planned this for eighteen months! He is not a psychopath! He is an iceman. He is a monster.
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Exploring the Many Ways to Describe Death
Patch Adams
Preview of coming attractions.
Bill Davis
Nurse...
[calling out]
Patch Adams
Death. To die. To expire. To pass on. To perish. To peg out. To push up daisies. To push up posies. To become extinct. Curtains, deceased, demised, departed, and defunct. Dead as a doornail. Dead as a herring. Dead as a mutton. Dead as nits. The last breath. Paying a debt to nature. The big sleep. God's way of saying, "Slow down.
[reads from the book]
Bill Davis
To check out.
[he starts to yell at Patch but changes his mind]
Patch Adams
To shuffle off this mortal coil.
Bill Davis
To head for the happy hunting ground.
Patch Adams
To blink for an exceptionally long period of time.
Bill Davis
To find oneself without breath.
Patch Adams
To be the incredible decaying man.
Bill Davis
Worm buffet.
Patch Adams
Kick the bucket.
Bill Davis
Buy the farm.
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Setting the Record Straight
Billie Jean
I'm Billie Jean Davy, and I wanna set the record straight.
[on TV]
Ringwald
Oh my God!
Policeman #1
Wow!
Billie Jean
I'm not a liar, I'm not a thief, and neither is my brother.
Binx
Hello, ma!
[cuts in]
Billie Jean
Sorry, that is him. Mom, I don't know when we'll be comin home, but we love you. I know people are making up stories about us. Don't you believe them. As for you, Mr. Pyatt. You are so sleazy.
[shoves Binx aside]
Putter
YEA!
[cheers on camera]
Billie Jean
You think you can do anything you want and then lie about it and we just have to take it, because what are we? Just a bunch of kids. Well not this time. From now on we're doin this our way. No lyin', no cheatin', fair is fair.
Kid #1 in Crowd
Alright!
[at electronics store watching TV]
Billie Jean
$608 dollars for the scooter your son trashed. That's what you owe, and we're NOT turnin ourselves in til we get it. Fair is fair! We didn't start this, we didn't mean it to happen, but we're not givin up til you pay. FAIR IS FAIR!
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