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Dale Cooper4 quotes
In the grand design, women were drawn from a different set of blueprints. — Dale Cooper · 1990Black as midnight on a moonless night. — Dale Cooper · 1990A damn fine cup of coffee. — Dale Cooper · 1990Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. — Dale Cooper · 1990Verbal3 quotes
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. — Verbal · 1995How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss? — Verbal · 1995Keaton always said, "I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of him." Well, I believe in God and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Soze. — Verbal · 1995Det. Virgil Tibbs2 quotes
They've got a murder they don't know what to do with. They need a whipping boy. — Det. Virgil Tibbs · 1967There's white time in jail and there's colored time in jail. The worst kind of time you can do is colored time. — Det. Virgil Tibbs · 1967Noah Cross2 quotes
Most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and the right place, they're capable of anything. — Noah Cross · 1974Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough. — Noah Cross · 1974J.J. Gittes1 quote
To tell you the truth, I lied a little. — J.J. Gittes · 1974Lawrence Walsh1 quote
Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown. — Lawrence Walsh · 1974Stella1 quote
Every man's ready for marriage when the right girl comes along. — Stella · 1954