“You win. You've established your alpha male standing; you've established my unworthiness. But doing violence to me just seems pointless and cruel.”

Ashton Holmes - Jack Stall

“Every man carries a badge. Some symbol of his allegiance. His were the scars of a boxer who'd used his fists to climb the social ladder of the mob. A Jew who'd gained the respect of wops through a homicidal lust. He'd sworn an oath of violence.”

Josh Brolin - Sgt. John O'Mara

“He gets mad at you and he hurts you. He says he's sorry it will never happen again, and he gives you flowers, right? There are a lot of bad men out there, but sometimes you can't tell until it's too late.”
Aidan Wallace - Little Joe

“Violence has always been unfortunately embedded in masculinity, this alpha thing.”
Sebastian Stan

“As I understand from your communication, Mr. Engle, you're on the brink of self-destruction. May I shake your hand? A brilliant idea! I speak as one who has destroyed himself a score of times.”

Thomas Mitchell - Gene Gibbons