“The Brother from Another Planet” quotes

“I'd rather be a cockroach on a baseboard up here than the Emperor of Mississippi.”

Daryl Edwards - Fly

“Oppressor got us for house pet; do him tricks to get reward. Oppressor need a slave; him find it here. Oppressor need a harlot; him find it here. Oppressor don't need here at all; him wipe it away from the map.”
Sidney Sheriff Jr. - Virgil

“Children witherin' away up here, brother, worshippin' the idol of capital, lustin' after the false salvation of here and now. Black brother and sister perishin' up here, mon, waiting for scrap from oppressor table.”
Sidney Sheriff Jr. - Virgil

“- Man In Black: Beer.
- Odell: What kind?
- Man In Black: Draft. On the rocks.”
John Sayles - Man In Black
Steve James - Odell

“- Bernice: What you want for dinner?
- Odell: You mean, what do I want, or what do I want that you can cook?
- Bernice: Well, in that case, where are you taking me?
- Odell: Yeah, what do you want to have?
- Bernice: You mean, what do I want, or what do I want that you can afford?”
Renn Woods - Bernice
Steve James - Odell

“Nighttime is promise, brother. You make deals in the night. Pay all you've got for what you can't see and when sun come up. Illuminate: we been cheated again.”
Sidney Sheriff Jr. - Virgil

“White folks get stranger all the time.”
Leonard Jackson - Smokey

“- Mama: Boy didn't marry her for her cooking...
- Randy Sue Carter: He didn't marry me, period.”
Rosetta LeNoire - Mama
Caroline Aaron - Randy Sue Carter