Quotes

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Coffee Cart Man: Hey buddy. You forgot your change. Joe Moore: [Takes the change] Makes the world go round. Bobby Blane: What's that? Joe Moore: Gold. Bobby Blane: Some people say love. Joe Moore: Well, they're right, too. It is love. Love of gold.

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Bergman: No one can get the goods like you, Joe. Joe Moore: Anyone can get the goods. The hard part is getting away. Bergman: Uh-huh. Joe Moore: You plan a good enough getaway, you could steal Ebbets Field. Bergman: Ebbets Field's gone. Joe Moore: What did I tell you?

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D.A. Freccia: You're a pretty smart fella. Joe Moore: Ah, not that smart. D.A. Freccia: You're not that smart, how'd you figure it out? Joe Moore: I tried to imagine a fella smarter than myself. Then I tried to think, "what would he do?"

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Joe Moore: Nobody lives forever. Fran Moore: Frank Sinatra gave it a shot.

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Betty Croft: Take it easy, baby, that stuff'll rot your stomach lining. Fran Moore: Yeah, but I get to drink it first.

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Jimmy: So, is he going to be cool? Pinky: My motherfucker is so cool, when he goes to bed, sheep count him.

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Pinky: It's a shame you know what, we didn't actually get to do the thing, the swiss job. It's a beautiful plan. Joe Moore: Cute, huh? Pinky: Cute as a pail full of kittens.

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Jimmy: No one can hear me. Joe Moore: No one can hear what you don't say. Jimmy: Hey, I'm as quiet as an ant pissing on cotton. Joe Moore: I don't want you as quiet as an ant pissing on cotton. I want you as quiet as an ant not even thinking about pissing on cotton.

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Bobby Blane: Sometimes adrenaline gives people the shakes, some might think it's cowardice, so maybe you'd want to pray about it. Jimmy: I'm not a religious man. Bobby Blane: There's nothing wrong with prayer. We knew this firefighter, this trooper, who always carried a bible next to his heart. We used to mock him, but that bible stopped a bullet. Jimmy: No shit. Bobby Blane: Hand of God, that bible stopped a bullet, would have ruined that fucker's heart. And had he had another bible in front of his face, that man would be alive today.

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Bergman: Ain't you a piece of work? Fran Moore: Yeah. I came all the way from China in a matchbox.

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Joe Moore: Why doesn't he shoot me? Fran Moore: That's the deal. Joe Moore: He ain't gonna shoot me? Fran Moore: No. Joe Moore: Then he hadn't ought to point a gun at me. It's insincere.

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Bergman: Don't you want to hear my last words? Joe Moore: I just did. [shoots him dead] Bobby Blane: Hey, you go to that plastic surgeon, don't you let him put you all the way under. I knew a cat in Stateville one time; went to get his face fixed. Woke up and the sucker had given him a pair of tits. Bobby Blane: Oh, and he landed back inside and never had to want for cigarettes.

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Fran Moore: Cute plan, though. Joe Moore: Cute as a Chinese baby.