The Boondock Saints  - Quotes

 
[while drunk in the confession booth]
Paul Smecker:
I put evil men behind bars, but the law has miles of red tape and loopholes for these cocksuckers to slip through.
 



L.A. Confidential  - Quotes

 Captain Dudley Smith:
Edmund, you're a political animal. You have the eye for human weakness, but not the stomach.
Ed Exley:
You're wrong, sir.
Captain Dudley Smith:
Would you be willing to plant corroborative evidence on a suspect you knew to be guilty, in order to ensure an indictment?
Ed Exley:
Dudley, we've been over this.
Captain Dudley Smith:
Yes or no, Edmund?
Ed Exley:
No!
Captain Dudley Smith:
Would you be willing to beat a confession out of a suspect you knew to be guilty?
Ed Exley:
No.
Captain Dudley Smith:
Would you be willing to shoot a hardened criminal in the back, in order to offset the chance that some... lawyer...
Ed Exley:
No.
Captain Dudley Smith:
Then, for the love of God, don't be a detective. Stick to assignments where you don't have...
Ed Exley:
Dudley, I know you mean well, but I don't need to do it the way you did. Or my father.
 

Primal Fear  - Quotes

 Rushman:
[stepping to podium] Well I must say, I haven't seen so many lawyers and politicians gathered together in one place since confession this morning. [audience laughter]
 



Sin City  - Quotes

 Marv:
I'm on my feet for about ten minutes before the cops kick them out from under me. They don't ask me any questions. They just keep knocking the crap out of me and waving a confession in my face. And I keep spitting blood all over it and laughing at how many fresh copies they come up with. Then along comes this worm assistant district attorney who turns the recorder off and says if I don't sign their confession, they'll kill my mom. I break his arm in three places and I sign it.
 

Not Another Teen Movie  - Quotes

 Austin:
[to Jake] All I said was, "I'm pretending to whisper a big secret in your ear, so Jake here thinks that I'm telling you a big secret, which will cause him to break into a hysterical confession where he actually reveals... a big secret. Thus confirming everything I just whispered in your ear."
 

Romeo Must Die  - Quotes

 Maurice:
I don't care if you're going to confession - it's going to be you, me, and the priest.
 

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Basic  - Quotes

 Dunbar:
You think you know everything? You haven't even scratched the surface.
Hardy:
I know enough to know that you've got two choices. You can either sign a confession and spend the rest of your life in a cell. Or you can tell us to fuck off, and you'll be hanged. Now, am I scratching... *your* surface yet?
 

Dave Eggers  - Quotes

 You have what I can afford to give. You are a panhandler, begging for anything, and I am the man walking briskly by, tossing a quarter or so into your paper cup. I can afford to give you this. This does not break me. 

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Keeping the Faith  - Quotes

 Confessional Woman #1:
Is it me or is confession getting a little touchy-feely these days?
 

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The Legend of Zorro  - Quotes

 Frey Felipe:
Don't bother coming to confession because I'll never forgive you.
Zorro:
You blackmail my soul, eh?
Frey Felipe:
Hell yes.
 

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Sideways  - Quotes

 Miles Raymond:
Yeah, right. Yup, I'm a homo. Yeah. Yeah. Just make up whatever you want and that's what happened. Okay? Write out my gay confession and I'll sign it. Okay? Just stop pushing me all the time. You're an infant, Jack. This is all a big party for you... but not for me.
 

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Stephenie Meyer  - Quotes

 I waited for him to say something more, but he was quiet.

 

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Michael Crichton  - Quotes

 They always say they didn't. I never heard of one who said, 'You know, I deserve this.' Never happens. 

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Augusten Burroughs  - Quotes

 Although I was able to maintain a pleasant expression, I was mentally throwing up in her face. 

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John Grisham  - Quotes

 In one long glorious acknowledgment of failure, he laid himself bare before God. 

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George Washington  - Quotes

 It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. 

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Charles Simic  - Quotes

 A true confession: I believe in a soluble fish. 

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Philip Roth  - Quotes

 You go to someone and you think, 'I'll tell him this.' But why? The impulse is that the telling is going to relieve you. And that's why you feel awful later--you've relieved yourself, and if it truly is tragic and awful, it's not better, it's worse---the exhibitionism inherent to a confession has only made the misery worse. 

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Augustine Of Hippo  - Quotes

 To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement. 

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