David Strathairn movie quotes

“- Whistler: I want peace on earth and goodwill toward men.
- Mr. Bernard Abbott: We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
- Bishop: You're just gonna have to try.
- Mr. Bernard Abbott: All right, I'll see what I can do.
- Whistler: Thank you very much. That's all I ask.”

David Strathairn - Whistler
James Earl Jones - Mr. Bernard Abbott
Robert Redford - Bishop

“I always figured it was talent made a man big, you know, if I was the best at something. I mean, we're the guys they come to see. Without us, there ain't a ballgame. Yeah, but look at who's holding the money and look at who's facing a jail cell. Talent don't mean nothing. And where's Comiskey and Sullivan, Attell, Rothstein? Out in the back room...” (continue)(continue reading)

David Strathairn - Eddie Cicotte

“This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is merely wires and lights in a box.”

David Strathairn - Edward R. Murrow

“We can deny our heritage and our history but we cannot escape responsibility for the result.”
David Strathairn - Edward R. Murrow

- J. Robert Oppenheimer: You know the Bhagavad-Gita? "I am become Death, the shatterer of worlds".
- Kenneth Bainbridge: Yeah. Now we're all sons of bitches.

David Strathairn - J. Robert Oppenheimer
Michael J. Reynolds - Kenneth Bainbridge

“- Gail Hartman: Are you makin' a pass at me?
- Tom Hartman: I don't know, is that what it's called this far outside of Boston?
- Gail Hartman: This far inside of marriage, you mean.
- Tom Hartman: I think we're sufficiently alienated for this to qualify as a pass.”
Meryl Streep - Gail Hartman
David Strathairn - Tom Hartman

“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always, that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law.”
David Strathairn - Edward R. Murrow

“I don't have anybody anymore, my brother and sister got canned and they left town, and then my parents went and died on me.”
David Strathairn - Russell Terziak

"Battle with the Centaurs", to be sung by an Athenian eunuch to the harp. We'll none of that.

David Strathairn - Theseus

“- Joe St. George: What are you talking about, I never touched Selena!
- Dolores Claiborne: Oh yeah? Well then how come you're making a face like the devil just reached down and grabbed those little raisins you call balls?”
David Strathairn - Joe St. George
Kathy Bates - Dolores Claiborne

“- Rev. Russell: What are you doing sitting in a corner?
- Simon Birch: Thinking about God.
- Rev. Russell: In a corner?
- Simon Birch: Faith is not in a floor plan.”
David Strathairn - Rev. Russell
Ian Michael Smith - Simon Birch

“- Ira Lowenstein: Great game, Jimmy. I especially liked that move in the seventh inning when you scratched your balls for an hour.
- Jimmy Dugan: Well, anything worth doing is worth doing right.”
David Strathairn - Ira Lowenstein
Tom Hanks - Jimmy Dugan

“- Chip Hollister: I'm Chip Hollister.
- Ron Desjardins: Pleased to meet you.
- Chip Hollister: You're...? Ron?
- Ron Desjardins: Very good. Last name's Desjardins, but, uh, I gotta have another tit to fit it all.”
Gordon Clapp - Chip
David Strathairn - Ron

“- Tammy Hemphill: Mitch sent me to tell you the plan's been changed.
- Ray McDeere: I didn't know there was a plan.
- Tammy Hemphill: Well, that's good, because it's been changed.”
Holly Hunter - Tammy Hemphill
David Strathairn - Ray McDeere

“- Russell Terziak: I'm just letting the guys have the day off, you know, so they can visit their families, since I'm all alone this year.
- Tommy: This is the saddest sack in the universe.”

David Strathairn - Russell Terziak
Robert Downey Jr. - Tommy

“- Claudia: You know, maybe next year will be better for you.
- Russell Terziak: Hey, yeah - or worse.”
Holly Hunter - Claudia
David Strathairn - Russell Terziak

“Money talks nobody walks.”
David Strathairn - Asteroid

“I've met Mr. Felts. I wouldn't pee on him if his heart was on fire.”

David Strathairn - Sid Hatfield