Down by Law Quotes

Roberto I am-a no criminal. I am a good egg.

Jack I am a good egg, Jesus.

Roberto Yes. Yeah, I'm a good egg. Yes. We are! We are a good egg. My friends.

Roberto Is a sad and beautiful world.

Zack Yeah, it's a sad and beautiful world... that's a good one. Yeah, yeah... buzz off.

Roberto Ah, thank you, Buzz off to you too.

Zack No... buzz off!

Roberto Ah, "buzz off". b-u-z-z o-f-f... Buzz off... Is, uh, "is a sad and beautiful world", "Good evening. Buzz off to everybody" "Oh, thank you, buzz off to you too." Oh, it's a pleasure. Thank you.

Jack Yeah.

Zack I don't see a sign around or anything.

Jack Well, she said the one on the right goes west.

Zack She said she didn't know.

Jack Look, man, it don't matter to me. You go - whichever way you want. Right?

Zack Right.

Jack And I'll go the other way.

Zack Yeah, right.

Jack Right.

Zack Yeah, right.

Roberto Very strange mother, my mother.

Roberto If looks can kill, I am a-dead now.

Roberto I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.

Roberto So, Jack. Jack, why, why are you put in this prison?

Jack I don't know, Bob. It was voodoo or somethin', you know. - I was framed. I was completely innocent. You understand?

Roberto Yes. You are innocent man. I understand. And you, my friend, Jack, why are you put in this prison?

Zack I was set up, Bob. Just like Jack. I am - an innocent man.

Roberto I see. You too are a innocent man.

Zack So, Bob...

Roberto Yes?

Zack For why are you in this prison put?

Roberto Me? I killed a man.

Zack You killed a man, huh? What'd you do that for, Bob? The guy didn't like ]?

Roberto I never ask-a to dis man if he like-a de Walt Whitman.

Roberto And now I have falled in love, at last. I have finded my new home. She has asked to me if I stay here, to live together with her forever and ever. Like in a book for children.

Preston Zack! Hey man! What the fuck ya doin here in the garbage?

Zack Just leave me alone, Preston. I'm in a bad mood.

Preston Then I'm just the man you've been looking for. In fact, I've been looking for you.

Zack That's a bad sign.

Preston Now, Zack, baby! I got somethin real good for you. An hour's work for a whole lotta scratch.

Zack I ain't interested.

Preston Then you ARE in a bad mood. You won't even let me propose it to you. Can you just listen to me for one minute, will ya? One minute of your, uh... valuable time?

Zack Just fuck off, Preston.

Preston All I wanna do is pay you a grand, in exchange of a single hour of your very very valuable time. But this ain't no break in, no delivery of controlled substances, none of this stuff. It's just to drive a car, from one part of town to another, alone. That's it.

Zack What kind of car will that be, Preston?

Preston That will be a very nice car. A very nice, very expensive imported car, which just happens to be in between owners at the present time.

Preston Look man, all you gotta do is drive the car across town, park it, leave it. I can pay half grand upfront, and the other half later. The whole thing's over in an hour! It's very safe, very clean, and believe me, I can get a million guys to do this for me.

Zack Then why don't you do it yourself?

Preston I'm offerin a grand so I don't have to answer stupid questions like that.

Zack Well... I might consider the grand up front... then I might think about it.

Preston Jesus! Zack... you are in a nasty mood. So just to cheer you up a little bit, I give you 750 upfront. OK?

Preston Alright, alright, Mr. All-Mighty-Hot-Shit. I'm gonna do you this favor.

Zack Oh man! A Jaguar!

Preston I'll give you the whole thing up front.

Preston Now you owe me. Zack, you know you can buy yourself twenty girls for all of that?

Jack Guard! I need a light here. I can't believe this. Guard! Guard! Guard! Guard! Guard! Guard! Guard! What am I doin in here?

Zack Can't you see? You are not the only innocent asshole in here. I was set up too. Just like you. Just like you.

Jack I am not just like you; whatever you say. I don't even want to deal with you. You got it? As far as I'm concerned, you don't even exist. Not at all. Got it?

Zack Well, you don't exist either. Walls don't exist. The floor doesn't exist. This stress is not here. These bunks aren't here. Bars aren't here. None of this is really here. None of this is really here at all.

Laurette Look at you, Zack. Look what you're doin to yourself. You're diggin your own grave. Why can't you just stay at one station for awhile? Why do you always got to go fuck up your own future, huh? What are you so afraid of, Zack?

Zack Yeah, well, that's right, alright. You can't live in the present forever.

Bobbie You know, Jack, we could make some money together. Except you're always blowin it. You know - gambling, gettin high, showing off.

Jack I gotta have fun, you know, baby?

Bobbie Yeah, yeah, I know. You're always makin big big plans for tomorrow, and you know why? Cause you're always fucking up today ! Look at that white girl, that Julie you started out with, she's all messed up now. All your girls are so messed up - except me. I can tell a lot of things about you. Some things you'd never put into your head. But you can't be so sure. My mom used to say that America is like a big melting pot, because she used to say that when you bring it to the boil, all the scum rises to the top. So maybe there's still hope for you yet, Jack. You listening to me? Shit. You don't understand any kind of people. Maybe that's your problem. You sure don't understand women at all. And a pimp is supposed to know about women. If you was a good pimp, you'd have hit me by now, you'd have done something. But I can just lay here, and talk forever, and you won't hear a single word. Like you don't even speak English! You're lost in your big big plans, but I know about you, Jack. Jack?

Jack You sure can talk, can't you, baby?

Jack Julie, what're you doing out here?

Julie Just watching the light change.

Jack When I get outta here, there's gonna be a white limousine. It's gonna come, pick me up. It's gonna be a Lincoln. I'm gonna step inside. And inside is bigger than you can possibly imagine it from the outside. And there's gonna be beautiful girls in there. Four of em and they're all gonna be naked. One of em's gonna offer me some coke. Won't let you say no. And I'm just gonna be enjoyin the luxury of the car and the girls. The door is gonna close. It's just gonna go click. And there's gonna be music playin'. It's like, music I never heard before. And then the car's gonna start up and it's gonna drive slowly towards the sea. Very slowly. It's gonna be beautiful.

Jack This is how you dressed before you were in the joint, right? Sort of garbage man on parade.

Zack You, uh, plannin on doin a little squirrel huntin', Jack?