Jason Robards quotes
- From the movie: Caboblanco
“- Gifford Hoyt: I don't want that girl to die here like the Englishman.
- Gunther Beckdorff: How can I be responsible, whether she lives or dies? Death comes to us all, Giff, at one time or another. And to die in Caboblanco, well... there's always that colorful cemetery on the beach.” - From the movie: Max Dugan Returns
“You've grown into an extraordinary young woman, Nora, and I deserve all the credit. If I didn't abandoned you, God knows what would have happened to you.”
- From the movie: Something Wicked This Way Comes
- From the movie: Magnolia
“I loved her so. She knew what I did. She knew all the fucking stupid things I'd done. But the love... was stronger than anything you can think of. God damn regret!”
- From the movie: Philadelphia
“Faith, Andy, is the belief in something for which we have no evidence.”
- From the movie: Max Dugan Returns
“- Max Dugan: Life hasn't been all that wonderful to you, has it Nora?
- Nora McPhee: I take what comes along.
- Max Dugan: Well, why don't you take the good as well as the bad?
- Nora McPhee: When it comes from the same place I get a little suspicious.” - From the movie: Max Dugan Returns
“- Max Dugan: Maybe I'm your father, but you're not my daughter. Do you know what Kierkegaard once said?
- Nora McPhee: Yes! And I'm not interested in any more of your roommates!” - From the movie: Something Wicked This Way Comes
“Three o'clock. They call it the soul's midnight.”
- From the movie: Parenthood
- From the movie: Quick Change
“All we've got going for us is the city. Our only hope is they're mired down in the same shit that you and I have to wade through every day.”
- From the movie: Max Dugan Returns
“- Max Dugan: My name isn't Parker.
- Michael McPhee: Its not?
- Max Dugan: No. It's Wittgenstein.
- Michael McPhee: Wittgenstein?
- Max Dugan: Gus Wittgenstein.” - From the movie: The Day After
“- Dr. Russell Oakes: Do you understand what's going on in this world?
- Dr. Landowska: Yeah. Stupidity. Has a habit of getting its way.” - From the movie: The Legend of the Lone Ranger
- From the movie: Magnolia
“This fucking lie... it's so fucking hard, so long! Life ain't short, it's long, it's long, God damn it!”
- From the movie: The Day After
- From the movie: Magnolia
“I'm sixty-five years old. And I'm ashamed. A million years ago... the fucking regret and guilt, these things, don't ever let anyone ever say to you you shouldn't regret anything. Don't do that. Don't! You regret what you fucking want! Use that. Use that. Use that regret for anything, any way you want.”
- From the movie: Parenthood
“- Frank: Gil, you have a good memory. Uh, was it yours or Helen's or Susan's wedding I got drunk at?
- Gil: It was all three, Dad. Congratulations.” - From the movie: Max Dugan Returns
- From the movie: Something Wicked This Way Comes
“- Will Halloway: If you're a good person, then demons can't harm you, can they? Am I? Am I a good person?
- Charles Halloway: Well, I wouldn't count on your mother's answer right now, but I think you are.”
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