“The Mighty Quinn” quotes

“- Ubu Pearl: I put a curse on you!
- Xavier Quinn: Believe me, I already got a curse on me.”
Esther Rolle - Ubu Pearl
Denzel Washington - Xavier Quinn

“- Maubee: Ubu Pearl.
- Xavier Quinn: Who, the witch?
- Maubee: Yeah, man, Isola's aunt. She only let me visit on Monday night.
- Xavier Quinn: What if you don't?
- Maubee: I get the hex. My dick fall off and I wake up dead.
- Xavier Quinn: Shit, you'd better stick to your schedule then.
- Maubee: Yeah, man.”
Robert Townsend - Maubee
Denzel Washington - Xavier Quinn

“- McKeon: His brain's not working too good right now, but from what I can tell, Maubee bet him ten thousand dollars he couldn't do what he did.
- Xavier Quinn: Which was what?
- McKeon: Drink whatever it is he's throwing up there.”

Ron Taylor - McKeon
Denzel Washington - Xavier Quinn

“- Xavier Quinn: You want a beer, Jump?
- Jump Jones: Do the damned need salvation?”
Denzel Washington - Xavier Quinn
Art Evans - Jump Jones

“- Fred Miller: Who the hell was that?
- Xavier Quinn: Ubu Pearl, the local witch.
- Fred Miller: I'm gettin' to like this place more and more.”
M. Emmet Walsh - Fred Miller
Denzel Washington - Xavier Quinn

“- Ubu Pearl: I give you a thing... make your heart forget to beat! Your blood boil in your veins! You die... you die!
- Fred Miller: What happens if you die first?”
Esther Rolle - Ubu Pearl
M. Emmet Walsh - Fred Miller

“- Dr. Raj: You may cut a man's head off, but it doesn't necessarily mean that you kill him. Especially if he's already dead, which appears to be the case in this case. The victim died suddenly, but not instantaneously, due to a combination of searing, profound pain, and the emotional shock of seeing his arm turn deeply cyanotic. Uh, that means...” (continue)(continue reading)
Keye Luke - Dr. Raj
Denzel Washington - Xavier Quinn

“- Xavier Quinn: You think Maubee did it? Cut a man's head off?
- Jump Jones: That fucker, he does that! That's why he's like that!
- Xavier Quinn: Try and make sense when you talk, Jump.”
Denzel Washington - Xavier Quinn
Art Evans - Jump Jones

“- Maubee: Come on, I got us a ride here.
- Xavier Quinn: Yes, man. In a stolen car.
- Maubee: It's not stolen. It's the governor's - bought by the sweat and taxes of hard-working people! Besides, what he need it for? Him sleeping.
- Xavier Quinn: That's a very moving story.”
Robert Townsend - Maubee
Denzel Washington - Xavier Quinn

“You been like a big old knot ever since you was a boy, you know that?”

Maria McDonald - Jax

“He knows the cops are after him, and the man is bang into the fourth dimension.”