Donald Sutherland movie quotes

“You're an attorney. Be proud. You job is to find justice no matter how well she may hide herself from you.”

Donald Sutherland - Lucien Wilbanks

“- McKenzie: Would you like a cup of tea?
- Ben: No, no thank you. No, I'm here on a matter of justice.
- McKenzie: Oh, justice. Well I'm afraid that's a trifle more complex to serve you up than a cup of tea.”
Marlon Brando - McKenzie
Donald Sutherland - Ben

“- Elizabeth Driscoll: Boccardo's pills. He eats it like candy... or used to. Take some.
- Matthew Bennell: What are they?
- Elizabeth Driscoll: Speed. They'll keep us awake.
- Matthew Bennell: How many are you suppose to take?
- Elizabeth Driscoll: It says take one.
- Matthew Bennell: Take five.”
Brooke Adams - Elizabeth Driscoll
Donald Sutherland - Matthew Bennell

“- Brother Thadeus: We all come to the order, full of ideas... and we often find that we have much to learn ourselves. Nevertheless, authority must never be undermined by the display of dissent among the faculty. For the students' sake, you understand.
- Brother Timothy: No, I don't understand.
- Brother Thadeus: Then you should try to restrain...” (continue)(continue reading)
Donald Sutherland - Brother Thadeus
John Heard - Brother Timothy

- John Bridger: Fine? You know what "fine" stands for, don't you?
- Charlie Croker: Yeah, unfortunately.
- John Bridger: Freaked out...
- Charlie Croker: Insecure...
- John Bridger: Neurotic...
- Charlie Croker: And emotional.
Donald Sutherland - John Bridger
Mark Wahlberg - Charlie Croker

- Philip Blackburn: It gets worse. His lawyer is Catherine Alvarez.
- Bob Garvin: Oh, great. She'd change her name to "TV Listings" just to get it in the paper.

Dylan Baker - Philip Blackburn
Donald Sutherland - Bob Garvin

“- General Donald McClintock: With all due respect, Colonel Daniels, if you do not follow us to Travis Air Force Base, I will blow you out of the sky.
- Sam Daniels: General, with all due respect, fuck you, sir.”
Donald Sutherland - General Donald McClintock
Dustin Hoffman - Sam Daniels

“I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting.”
Donald Sutherland

“Don't write this down, but I find Milton probably as boring as you find Milton. Mrs. Milton found him boring too. He's a little bit long-winded, he doesn't translate very well into our generation, and his jokes are terrible.”
Donald Sutherland - Dave Jennings

“- Nora McPhee: Can't you stop being a cop for five minutes and just be a friend?
- Brian Costello: No, that's why I don't have too many friends.
- Nora McPhee: Well, if it's one less you want, you're doing a terrific job..”
Marsha Mason - Nora McPhee
Donald Sutherland - Brian Costello

- Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: You are beautiful. And you are unpredictable. But you're so cautious. You're determined, Beth; but you know something? You're not strong. And I don't know if you're really giving. Tell me something. Do you love me? You really love me?
- Beth Jarrett: I feel the way I've always felt about you.
Donald Sutherland - Calvin
Mary Tyler Moore - Beth

“Brother turned on brother until nothing remained. And then came the peace, hard fought, sorely won. A people rose up from the ashes and a new era was born. But freedom has a cost.”

Donald Sutherland - President Snow

“I lost your mother after twenty two months of marriage. It was enough for a lifetime.”
Donald Sutherland - Reverend Monroe

“- Annibal Ramirez: I nearly killed some little kid's father today. I don't know about anything anymore.
- Jack Shaw: He was a baseball dad! He deserved it!”
Aidan Quinn - Lt. Cmdr. Annibal Ramirez
Donald Sutherland - Jack Shaw

“There are two kinds of thieves in this world: the ones who steal to enrich their lives, and those who steal to define their lives. Don't be the latter. Makes you miss out on what's really important in this life.”
Donald Sutherland - John Bridger

“Every man has a destiny, Alex. Life is not random. The trick is discovering your destiny, knowing it. Once you do that, everything else comes easy... just flows.”
Donald Sutherland - Michael

“- Dave Jennings: Teaching is just a way to pay the bills until I finish my novel.
- Donald Schoenstein: How long you been workin' on it?
- Dave Jennings: Four and a half years.
- Larry Kroger: It must be very good.
- Dave Jennings: It's a piece of shit. Would anyone like to smoke some pot?”
Donald Sutherland - Dave Jennings
Peter Riegert - Donald Schoenstein
Tom Hulce - Larry Kroger

“That's what they're good at: being fucking sneaky. Who decides what you're gonna' eat tonight? Who decides how much booze you should drink? Who decides what movie you're gonna' go see? Follow my drift, Alex? Women are vipers.”

Donald Sutherland - Michael

“I'm the authority here!”
Donald Sutherland - Jacob Conrad

- Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: He just wants to know that you don't hate him.
- Beth Jarrett: Hate him! How could I hate him? Mothers don't hate their sons!

Donald Sutherland - Calvin
Mary Tyler Moore - Beth

- Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: Connie! Your mother did come to the hospital, you know she did, she had the flu and couldn't come inside but she came to the hospital!
- Conrad "Con" Jarrett: She never would have had any flu if Buck was in the hospital, she would have come if Buck was in the hospital!
- Beth Jarrett: Buck never would have been in the... (continue)(continue reading)
Donald Sutherland - Calvin
Timothy Hutton - Conrad
Mary Tyler Moore - Beth

“- Elizabeth Driscoll: How are we gonna get out of here?
- Matthew Bennell: Through the door. Come on.”
Brooke Adams - Elizabeth Driscoll
Donald Sutherland - Matthew Bennell

“- Donald Rimgale: What about the world, Ronald? What would you like to do to the whole world?
- Ronald Bartel: Burn it all.
[laughs]
- Donald Rimgale: See you next year, Ronald.”

Robert De Niro - Donald Rimgale
Donald Sutherland - Ronald Bartel

“- Pierce: There. He's your son.
- Agar: I don't have no son!
- Pierce: Louisa says he's your son.
- Agar: Louisa! She wouldn't know, would she? Is that him? He's not my son! He's too ugly to be my son!”

Sir Sean Connery - Pierce
Donald Sutherland - Agar

“Sending presents doesn't make you a good father.”
Donald Sutherland - John Bridger