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Richard Widmark Quotes

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Memorable Quotes from Richard Widmark

14 quotes
Against All Odds
Caught in a Bind
Ben Caxton That idiot football player you were going to "get" - has got me by the balls.
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Coma
Navigating Difficult Conversations in Healthcare
Dr. Harris You've put me in a difficult position. It seems you know everything.
Dr. Wheeler You're George.
Dr. Harris I wonder if you can understand, if you can take the long view, the view of a person in my position.
Dr. Wheeler You did it.
Dr. Harris No decision is easy, Sue. It only looks that way when you're young. When you're older, everything is complicated. There is no black and white, only gray. But our society faces momentous decisions. Decisions about the right to die. About abortion. About terminal illness, prolonged coma, transplantation. Decisions about life and death. But society isn't deciding. Congress isn't deciding. The courts aren't deciding. Religion isn't deciding. Why? Because society is leaving it up to us, the experts. The doctors.
Dr. Wheeler You're crazy.
Dr. Harris Americans spend $125 billion a year on health. More than defense. Because Americans believe in medical care. These great hospital complexes are the cathedrals of our age. Billions of dollars, thousands of beds. A whole nation of sick people turning to us for help.
Dr. Wheeler You, you ought to see somebody.
Dr. Harris They're children, Sue. They trust us. We can't tell them everything. Our job is to make things easier for them. I'm sure you agree.
Dr. Wheeler You're killing people.
Dr. Harris We must always take the long view. Not of the individual, but of society as a whole. Because medicine is now a great social force. The individual is too small.
Dr. Harris That's the drug. It produces abdominal spasm and peritoneal symptoms. It must be very painful. It's too bad. But look at it from the practical standpoint. Somebody has to make these decisions. We can't wait around forever. If society won't decide, we'll decide. We'll make the hard decisions.
Dr. Harris This is Dr. Harris. Schedule an emergency appendectomy in O.R. 8. It's a member of the house staff, Dr. Wheeler. I've examined her. She requires immediate surgery.
[picks up the phone]
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The Alamo
Skepticism About Leadership in Crisis
Col. Davy Crockett Travis says Fannin's coming.
Jim Bowie Travis says! I wouldn't take Travis word that night's dark and day's light!
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Pickup on South Street
Avoiding Responsibility in a High-Stakes Situation
Skip McCoy You boys are talking to the wrong corner. I'm just a guy keeping my hands in my own pockets.
FBI Agent Zara If you refuse to cooperate you'll be as guilty as the traitors who gave ] the A-bomb.
[[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]
Skip McCoy Are you waving the flag at me?
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How the West Was Won
Disagreement Over Handling Deceased Railroaders
Mike King Why did you bring those bodies here?
Jethro Stuart They're railroaders. I thought somebody in the railroad might be interested.
Mike King Well, I'm the railroad and I'm not interested. You should have buried em where you found em, then tracked down the Indians who did it.
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Pickup on South Street
Betrayal Among Friends in Unlikely Circumstances
Moe Williams What's the matter with you? Playing footsie with the Commies!
Skip McCoy You waving the flag, too?
Moe Williams Listen, I knew you since you was a little kid. You was always a regular kind of crook. I never figured you for a louse.
Skip McCoy Stop, you're breaking my heart.
Moe Williams Even in our crummy line of business you gotta draw the line somewhere.
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Pickup on South Street
Money's Value Beyond Political Allegiance
Skip McCoy So you're a Red, who cares? Your money's as good as anybody else's.
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Pickup on South Street
Confronting Injustice and False Accusations
Skip McCoy I know you pinched me three times and got me convicted three times and made me a three time loser. And I know you took an oath to put me away for life. Well you're trying awful hard with all this patriotic eye-wash, but get this: I didn't grift that film and you can't prove I did! And if I said I did, you'd slap that fourth rap across my teeth no matter what promises you made!
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Coma
Power Dynamics in the Medical Field
Dr. Harris I've had a rather hysterical call from Dr. George in anesthesiology. Dr. George is a powerful person here, not only because of his position. There are other reasons.
Dr. Wheeler I gather.
Dr. Harris What does that mean?
Dr. Wheeler Just because he has a rich wife, he's able to throw his weight around.
Dr. Harris You're looking for truth and justice.
Dr. Wheeler I'm looking for fairness.
Dr. Harris In fairness, you've challenged the professional competence of a chief of service at this hospital. And he didn't take it well. No reason he should. Now he's out for blood.
Dr. Wheeler I've noticed.
Dr. Harris Sue, believe me, I'm on your side for all kinds of reasons. I don't want to let another chief of service get one of my house officers fired.
Dr. Wheeler Dr. Harris, I just wanted to look at his charts.
Dr. Harris Sue, right now, I can protect you because you're good. And frankly, because you're a woman.
Dr. Wheeler I don't want concessions.
Dr. Harris At the moment, you'd better take any you can get.
Dr. Wheeler You know what happened to Greenly?
Dr. Harris Yes.
Dr. Wheeler What happened?
Dr. Harris She died.
Dr. Wheeler How do you feel about that?
Dr. Harris How do I feel? I feel...
Dr. Wheeler She was my best friend. She understood me. She understood me. It's not fair. None of this is fair.
Dr. Harris Here.
Dr. Wheeler Nobody understands. No one.
Dr. Harris I know, I know.
Secretary Dr. Harris, the secretary of HEW is on the phone from Washington.
[on the intercom]
Dr. Harris Call back. Too many of us shut ourselves off from our feelings. We don't explore them. We don't understand them. We don't understand ourselves. It's the toughest thing about our profession.
Dr. Wheeler Dr. Harris...
Dr. Harris I'll take care of the politics. You just look out for yourself. Take the weekend off, Sue. Go walk on the beach. Get away from the hospital.
Dr. Wheeler I'm so embarrassed by this.
Dr. Harris Don't be. Don't be. Our emotions are what make us human.
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The Alamo
Critique of Leadership in Conflict Situations
Jim Bowie I'd hate to say anything good about that long-winded jackanapes, but he does know the short way to start a war.
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Pickup on South Street
Unexpected Success in Search of Opportunity
Skip McCoy Sometimes you look for oil, you hit a gusher.
[after first kiss with Candy]
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Pickup on South Street
Confrontation on a Heated Situation
Skip McCoy You're sittin on a hot rock. I'd like to see you jump!
[to Capt. Tiger]
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Against All Odds
Control and Freedom in Relationships
Ben Caxton Remember, Brogan - you're out of her life.
Terry Brogan Figure that's up to her. You're not going to control us forever.
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Pickup on South Street
Confrontation Between Skip and Capt. Tiger
Skip McCoy Pack up the pitch with the charge or drive me back to my shack.
Capt. Dan Tiger I'll drive you back in a hearse if you don't get the kink out of your mouth!
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