“There will be no cross-examination in this court. You may speak, if you like. But let me warn you, Mr. Webster - if you fail to convince us, then you, too, are doomed.”

H.B. Warner - Justice John Hathorne

“I don't care what your secrets are. But I can't go ahead without more confidence in you than I've got now. You've got to convince me that you know what this is all about, that you aren't just fiddling around, hoping that it will all come out right in the end.”

Humphrey Bogart - Samuel Spade

“I'm going on with my work because, as you said, it is important. At least we believe it's important, and we must live what we believe.”

Leslie Howard - R.J. Mitchell

“Our brilliant stage manager insists there's a malicious ghost prowling about the Opera. If anything goes wrong, he thinks this ghost did it!”
J. Edward Bromberg - Amiot

“- Jackie Brown: The money won't convict him, guns will.
- Max Cherry: You're rationalizing.
- Jackie Brown: That's what you do to go through with the shit you start, you rationalize. I can do it, Max, I know I can. I just can't do it without you.”

Pam Grier - Jackie Brown
Robert Forster - Max Cherry