Memorable Quotes from Ted Levine
5 quotesThe Nature of Violence and Survival
Warden
You're as violent as they come. I know this, because I'm as violent as they come. If the constraints of society were lifted, and I was all that stood between you and a meal, you would crack my skull with a rock and eat my meaty parts. Wouldn't you?
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The Divine Nature of Violence
Warden
Did you enjoy God's latest gift?
Teddy Daniels
What?
Warden
God's gift. Your violence.
Warden
When I came downstairs in my home, and I saw that tree in my living room, it reached out for me... a divine hand. God loves violence.
Teddy Daniels
I... I hadn't noticed.
Warden
Sure you have. Why else would there be so much of it? It's in us. It's what we are. We wage war, we burn sacrifices, and pillage and plunder and tear at the flesh of our brothers. And why? Because God gave us violence to wage in his honor.
Teddy Daniels
I thought God gave us moral order.
Warden
There's no moral order as pure as this storm. There's no moral order at all. There's just this: can my violence conquer yours?
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Unexpected Consequences of a Golf Ball Experiment
Chester Hoenicker
All right. One more time, what happened?
Wesson
He took a golf ball. He rubbed this cream on it and then the golf ball took and...
Wesson
...popped Smith in the head.
Smith
Several times.
Chester Hoenicker
Mm-hmm.
Wesson
I got hit with a bowling ball.
Smith
Repeatedly.
Chester Hoenicker
Were you drinking?
Wesson
No.
Smith
Two beers at dinner. Wesson had a white wine.
Wesson
With dinner.
Chester Hoenicker
Right.
Wesson
It's this stuff he's got, sir. It's... I don't know what it is. I don't know where it come from, but...
Wesson
...It will give you one heck of a headache.
Chester Hoenicker
Oh... goodness.
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A Test of Resolve and Defiance
Warden
If I was to sink my teeth into your eye right now, would you be able to stop me before I blinded you?
Teddy Daniels
Give it a try.
Warden
That's the spirit.
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Suspicion Surrounds Brainard's Involvement
Chester Hoenicker
Brainard had something to do with this.
Wesson
I-It's the same stuff we saw the other night, over at his house.
Chester Hoenicker
(sarcastically) Right.
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