Debt quotes

“- Jake Mellows: I want my money!
- Lela Forin: You gambled most of it away. They kept you in debt so you couldn't walk away.”
Sir Michael Caine - Jake Mellows
Judith Godrèche - Lela Forin

“- Deliverance Bodine: You owe me...
- Malik Brody: I owe you what?
- Deliverance Bodine: Entertainment, chocolate boy wonder!”
Brittany Murphy - Deliverance Bodine
Kadeem Hardison - Malik Brody

“See... the problem here is that... my little brother, this morning, got his arm caught in the microwave, and uh... my grandmother dropped acid and she freaked out, and hijacked a school bus full of... penguins, so it's kind of a family crisis... so come back later? Great.”

John Cusack - Lane Myer

“- Eric Masters: You sent two assholes to do Cody and they blew it. I paid you half, I want it back.
- Jeff Rice: Yeah, well uh... I'm trying to get that money back myself. I had to front the whole purchase to get my people to do their thing. So I ain't got any more.
- Eric Masters: Well, then uh... you better try and shit 40 grand, because I...” (continue)(continue reading)
Willem Dafoe - Eric Masters
Steve James - Jeff Rice

“- Harris: Harris. From Wheatley in Oxfordshire.
- Richard Sharpe: And previously?
- Harris: A courtier to my lord Bacchus and an unremitting debtor.
- Richard Sharpe: You're a rake and a wastrel, Harris. Is there anything you can do?
- Harris: I can read, sir.”
Jason Salkey - Harris
Sean Bean - Sharpe

“- Lawrence Bourne III: I need to have a talk with you; sort of a little father-son chat.
- Lawrence Bourne Jr: Have we ever done this before?
- Lawrence Bourne III: No, we're breaking new wind. Dad, I need $28,000; it's the matter of a little gambling debt. I can assure you it will never happen again.”
Tom Hanks - Lawrence Bourne III
George Plimpton - Lawrence Bourne Jr.

“- Tom Reagan: It's not Leo's debt. I'll pay my own way.
- Tad: I admire a man of principle. Does this go on the tab?”
Gabriel Byrne - Tom Reagan
Olek Krupa - Tad

“- Jacques: Are you Roland T. Flakfizer?
- Roland T. Flakfizer: That all depends. Do I owe you money?
- Jacques: No.
- Roland T. Flakfizer: In a drunken stupor, did I promise to marry you?
- Jacques: No.
- Roland T. Flakfizer: Then I'm your man!”
Bob Nelson - Jacques
John Turturro - Roland T. Flakfizer

Look at me. What I'm thinking is, "You're mine. I fuckin' own you". But what I'm not doing is feeling anything about it one way or the other. You understand? You're not a person to me, you're a name in my collection book, a guy owes me money, that's all.

John Travolta - Chili Palmer

Every time I turn the corner it's "When's your old man gonna pay me?" and "Tell your old man I better get my money". Brazer, Jerry, and everyone else. You owe 'em, so pay 'em. Get 'em off my back.

Noah Fleiss - Joe Henry

“- Angus: Today is Monday. I want all the money you owe me by Wednesday or I'm going to kill your whole family.
- Pestario 'Pest' Vargas: How 'bout Thursday and you just take out a cousin?”
Charles Hallahan - Angus
John Leguizamo - Pestario 'Pest' Vargas

“- Beaudray Demerille: The bet's fifty dollars, pal.
- Slade - Card Hustler: You gotta honor my marker.
- Beaudray Demerille: I wouldn't honor your mama.”
Peter Fonda - Beaudray Demerille
Larry Golden - Slade - Card Hustler

“- Big Chris: I understand if this has come as a bit of a shock. But let me tell you how this can be resolved by you, a good father.
- JD: Go on.
- Big Chris: He likes your bar.
- JD: Yes?
- Big Chris: He wants your bar.
- JD: And?
- Big Chris: Do you want me to draw you a picture?”

Vinnie Jones - Big Chris
Sting - JD

“Those days whenever I had half a dollar that didn't belong to the butcher, the landlady or the street car company, I'd go to a concert”

Deanna Durbin - Abigail Martin

“It seems in today's world the power to absolve debt is greater than the power of forgiveness.”
Donal Donnelly - Archbishop Gilday

“- Herger - Joyous: We shall pray for your safe return!
- Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: Pray to whom?
- Herger - Joyous: In your land one God may be enough, but here we have need of many. I will pray to all of them for you. Do not be offended!
- Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: I'll be in your debt!”
Dennis Storhøi - Herger - Joyous
Antonio Banderas - Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan

“- Dr. Stephen Maturin, Surgeon: I fear you have burdened me with a debt I can never fully repay.
- Capt. Jack Aubrey: Name a shrub after me. Something prickly and hard to eradicate.”
Paul Bettany - Dr. Stephen Maturin, Surgeon
Russell Crowe - Capt. Jack Aubrey

“- Pvt. David Manning: I'm not gonna make it. I'm losing too much blood.
- Warren Sanderson: You're gonna make it. You're gonna owe me big, lieutenant.
- Pvt. David Manning: I'm gonna owe you shit.”

Ron Eldard - Manning
Zak Orth - Pvt. Warren Sanderson

“Once there was this geezer called Smithy Robinson, who worked for Harry. It was rumoured that he was on the take. Harry's invited Smithy round for an explanation. Smithy didn't do a very good job. Within a minute, Harry's lost his rag, reached out for the nearest thing at hand, which happened to be a 15 inch black rubber cock. He's then...” (continue)(continue reading)

Jason Flemyng - Tom

“- Dr. Josiah Boone: Jerry, I'll admit as one man to another that, economically, I haven't been of much value to you. But do you suppose you could put one on credit?
- Jerry (bartender): If talk was money, Doc, you'd be the best customer I got.”
Thomas Mitchell - Dr. Josiah Boone
Jack Pennick - Jerry (bartender)

“You think you can do anything you want and then lie about it and we just have to take it, because what are we? Just a bunch of kids. Well not this time. From now on we're doin' this our way. No lyin', no cheatin', fair is fair. $608 dollars for the scooter your son trashed. That's what you owe, and we're not turnin' ourselves in til we get it....” (continue)(continue reading)

Helen Slater - Billie Jean

“- Turbo: You owe me seven dollars man.
- Franco: For what?
- Turbo: For teaching you how to dance sucker.”
Michael Chambers - Turbo
Ben Lokey - Franco

“- Gloria: Why didn't you ever marry?
- The Great Man: I was in love with a beautiful blonde once, dear. She drove me to drink. That's the one thing I'm indebted to her for.”
Gloria Jean - Gloria
W.C. Fields - The Great Man

“- Blue: I just don't understand exactly why you're charging me twenty percent interest on the money that you loaned me, when you already taking thirty percent out of my check.
- Dollar Bill: Welcome to the strippin' game, partner. Blue, you ain't nothin'. All you do is spin records, that's all you do. Who'd you think you are, DJ Quick? Kid...” (continue)(continue reading)
Jamie Foxx - Blue
Bernie Mac - Dollar Bill

“- Terrell Lee Lusk: We're three-quarters of a million dollars... in debt?!
- Mr. Lusk: Hell, it was even worse last year.”

Peter Facinelli - Terrell Lee Lusk
Michael O'Neill - Mr. Lusk