Memorable Quotes from Robert Patrick
6 quotesFamily Tensions and Past Regrets
Johnny Cash
I'm really glad y'all could be here today, especially you, daddy, glad you came. Not everybody's here. Jack's not here is he, huh? Where have you been? That's what you said to me, remember? I was twelve years old and he got Jack's bloody clothes, and he says to me "Where have you been?
Ray Cash
Well, where were you?
Johnny Cash
Where were you?
Ray Cash
I quit drinkin a long time ago, J.R. What about you, still takin them pills? They'll kill you, you know?
Johnny Cash
Yeah, well so will a car wreck.
Ray Cash
You're sittin on a high horse, boy. I never had talent, I did the best I could with what I had. Can you say that? Mister big shot, mister pill poppin rock star. Who are you to judge, you ain't got nothin', big empty house, nothin', children you don't see, nothin', big ol expensive tractor stuck in the mud, nothin'.
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Detention and Friendship in the Classroom
Mrs. Myers
If any of you try to download this essay, you will be downloaded into detention.
Mrs. Myers
Jesse Aarons! I got it from your sisters. I certainly do not need it from you!
Leslie Burke, May Belle Aarons, Little Kids
Free the pee! Free the pee! Free the pee!
[chanting]
Bill Burke
She loved you, you know.
Bill Burke
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing - ] said that, not me.
[[w:Teddy Roosevelt|Teddy Roosevelt]
Jack Aarons
She brought you something special when she came here, didn't she? That's what you hold on to. That's how you keep her alive.
May Belle Aarons
If you don't believe in the bible, God'll damn you to hell when you die!
[To Leslie]
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A Celebration and Frustration at the Firehouse
Ray Gauquin
No more beer for Linda. Doubles for Jack - he's gonna be a father!
Lenny Richter
I'm getting too old for this shit.
Lenny Richter
Why do they always have to be on the 12th floor? Why can't they be on the 4th?
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Tensions Rise Amidst Military Strategy Discussions
U.S. Marines
Corpsman! Corpsman! Corpsman! Corpsman! For God sakes, corpsman! Corpsman! Corpsman!
[''first lines'']
General "Howlin Mad" Smith
I was promised ten days of shelling. You're giving me three and saying that's the best you can do?... I don't give a shit! My men hit that beach with less than ten, and I'll be taking them home to their mamas in buckets!... Yeah, I know exactly why. Because every Navy man with scrambled egg on his chest wants to offload us here and sail to Japan so they can be there for the big finish, tell their kids they captured the Emperor all by themselves. Well, you aren't going to Japan unless we take this piece of shit island! These little pricks are dug in... Okay, appreciate that, Jim. Three days is a fucking beautiful thing.
[''on the telephone'']
President Harry S. Truman
Being an Indian, you are a truer American than any of us. Bet your people are proud to see you wear that uniform.
Colonel Chandler Johnson
Our target, Island X, is an ugly, smelly, dirty little scab of rock called Iwo Jima. It means "Sulfur Island," which accounts for the smell. Looks sort of like a burnt pork chop if you ask me. After twenty straight days of bombing, you won't find a blade of grass or a twig on it. It wasn't that pretty to start with.
James Bradley
I finally came to the conclusion that he maybe he was right. Maybe there's no such thing as heroes. Maybe there are just people like my dad. I finally came to understand why they were so uncomfortable being called heroes. Heroes are something we create, something we need. It's a way for us to understand what's almost incomprehensible, how people could sacrifice so much for us, but for my dad and these men, the risks they took, the wounds they suffered, they did that for their buddies. They may have fought for their country but they died for their friends. For the man in front, for the man beside him, and if we wish to truly honor these men we should remember them the way they really were, the way my dad remembered them.
[last lines]
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Family Conflict and Tension
Ray Cash
You know what that is J.R.? You know what that is...?
Carrie Cash
Stop it, Ray.
Ray Cash
Nothing. Nothing....That what that is.... That what that's worth...and that's what you are.
[Ray rattles a tin can]
Carrie Cash
Leave him alone Ray, he didn't do this.
Ray Cash
The devil did this! He took the wrong son!
Carrie Cash
Stop it, Ray!
Ray Cash
He was the best, and now he's gone!
Young J.R. Cash
Jack, please don't leave me alone...
Carrie Cash
Ray!
Ray Cash
Quiet!
Carrie Cash
Stop it!
Girls
Daddy!
Ray Cash
QUIET!! EVERYBODY QUIET!!
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Questions of Faith and Guilt
Jesse
Is it like the bible says? Is she going to hell?
[crying]
Jack Aarons
I don’t know everything about God. But I do know he’s not gonna sent that little girl to hell.
[shakes head]
Jesse
Then I'm going to hell because it's all my fault!
[sobs]
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