“Flight” quotes

“I choose to drink! And I blame myself! I am happy to! And you know why? Because I choose to drink! I got an ex-wife and a son I never talk to! And you know why? Because I choose to drink!”
Denzel Washington - Whip Whitaker

“As soon as you realize that the random events in your life are God... you will live a much better life. You spend your life believing that you have all the control over what happens. Bullshit. The plane you're flying goes down? Out of your control. God gives you cancer. I have no control over that. Did God give me cancer? You bet your ass God...” (continue)(continue reading)
James Badge Dale - Gaunt Young Man

“Honey, could you hustle us up a couple of daiquiris and a cocktail weenie? On second thought, just bring the booze, I brought my own weenie. Oh, she's offended. And she should be. I'm a pig. And I hate me. That's what we have in common, nurse Rached. We both hate me.”

John Goodman - Harling Mays

“Makes me wanna sniff some lines and go fly a jet!”
Peter Gerety - Avington Carr

“The FAA and the NTSB took 10 pilots, placed them in simulators, recreated the events that led to this plane falling out of the sky. Do you know how many of them were able to safely land the planes? Not one. Every pilot crashed the aircraft, killed everybody on board. You were the only one who could do it!”

Don Cheadle - Hugh Lang

“You're a hero, man! You will never pay for a drink for as long as you live.”
John Goodman - Harling Mays

“Now, an initial report shows you had alcohol in your system at a level of point-two-four. Now in the good ol' US of A, one of the most lenient drunk driving countries in the world, you go to jail for driving with anything above point oh-eight. And by driving, I mean a car.”

Don Cheadle - Hugh Lang

- Charlie Anderson: Remember, if they ask you anything about your drinking, it's totally acceptable to say "I don't recall".
- Whip Whitaker: Hey, don't tell me how to lie about my drinking, okay? I know how to lie about my drinking. I've been lying about my drinking my whole life.
Bruce Greenwood - Charlie Anderson
Denzel Washington - Whip Whitaker

“- Hugh Lang: My clients don't go to jail, Mr. Carr.
- Avington Carr: Oh, he's going to jail. He belongs in jail. You bet your ass he's going to jail. The only question is, is he going to die in jail?”
Don Cheadle - Hugh Lang
Peter Gerety - Avington Carr

“What the hell kind of meds they giving you? Alprazolam: that's generic xanax. Hydrocodone: that's generic Vicodin. Probably Canadian. Where's the dihydromorphinone? Is this amateur hour? Get that doctor in here; you just saved a hundred people!”

John Goodman - Harling Mays

“Death demands responsibility.”
Don Cheadle - Hugh Lang

“I love the smell of nicotine in the morning. Smells like - victory!”
James Badge Dale - Gaunt Young Man

“Nothing like a little thirty knot crosswind to exercise that ol' sphincter muscle.”
Denzel Washington - Whip Whitaker

“- Hugh Lang: You gonna shoot me? Or can I come inside?
- Whip Whitaker: Yeah, come on inside. I'll shoot you inside.”
Don Cheadle - Hugh Lang
Denzel Washington - Whip Whitaker

“- Hugh Lang: I'm trying to save your life!
- Whip Whitaker: What life?”
Don Cheadle - Hugh Lang
Denzel Washington - Whip Whitaker

“This is going to sound real stupid coming from a man in prison. But for the first time in my life, I'm free.”
Denzel Washington - Whip Whitaker

“Do I scare you? People are either drawn to me, or they pretend like they can't see me. It's a trip. They think because I'm close to the other side, I got some sort of power or wisdom.”
James Badge Dale - Gaunt Young Man

- Carr's Attorney: Last time I checked, six counts of manslaughter is life in prison.
- Avington Carr: Life in prison. What we in Georgia call "all day long".
Ric Reitz - Carr's Attorney
Peter Gerety - Avington Carr