The Exorcist Quotes
Dr. Klein : Do you keep any drugs in your house?
Chris MacNeil : No, of course not, nothing like that.
Dr. Klein : Are you sure?
Chris MacNeil : Well, of course I'm sure. I'd tell you. Christ, I don't even smoke grass.
Chris MacNeil : No, of course not, nothing like that.
Dr. Klein : Are you sure?
Chris MacNeil : Well, of course I'm sure. I'd tell you. Christ, I don't even smoke grass.
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Father Damien Karras : There isn't a day in my life when I haven't felt like a fraud. I mean priests, doctors, I've talked to them all. I don't know anyone who hasn't felt that.
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Chris MacNeil : Would you like some bourbon in that, father?
Father Merrin : Well, my doctor says I shouldn't but thank God my will is weak.
Father Merrin : Well, my doctor says I shouldn't but thank God my will is weak.
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[ repeated lines ]
Father Merrin, Father Damien Karras : The Power of Christ compels you!
Father Merrin, Father Damien Karras : The Power of Christ compels you!
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Father Damien Karras : There are no experts. You probably know as much about possession than most priests. Look, your daughter doesn't say she's a demon. She says she's the devil himself. And if you've seen as many psychotics as I have, you'd know it's like saying you're Napoleon Bonaparte.
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[ to a prominent senator at Chris' party ]
Burke Dennings : There seems to be an alien pubic hair in my gin. Never seen it before in my life! Have you?
Burke Dennings : There seems to be an alien pubic hair in my gin. Never seen it before in my life! Have you?
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Lt. Kinderman : You know who you look like? John Garfield. Exactly, John Garfield, "Body and Soul." Do people ever tell you that, Father?
Father Damien Karras : Do people tell you that you look like Paul Newman?
Lt. Kinderman : Always.
Father Damien Karras : Do people tell you that you look like Paul Newman?
Lt. Kinderman : Always.
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Father Damien Karras : Why her? Why this girl?
Father Merrin : I think the point is to make us despair. To see ourselves as... animal and ugly. To make us reject the possibility that God could love us.
Father Merrin : I think the point is to make us despair. To see ourselves as... animal and ugly. To make us reject the possibility that God could love us.
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Burke Dennings : Tell me, was it public relations you did for the Gestapo or community relations?
Karl : I'm Swiss!
Burke Dennings : Oh, of course. And you never went bowling with Goebbels before either, I suppose? Nazi bastard.
Karl : I'm Swiss!
Burke Dennings : Oh, of course. And you never went bowling with Goebbels before either, I suppose? Nazi bastard.
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Demon : You killed your mother! You left her alone to die! Bastard!
Father Damien Karras : Shut up!
Father Damien Karras : Shut up!
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Chris MacNeil : Operator, you've given me the number four times. What did you do, take an illiteracy test to get that job for Christ sake?
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Regan MacNeil : Mother? What's wrong with me?
Chris MacNeil : It's just like the doctor said. It's nerves, and that's all. You just take your pills and you'll be fine, really. Okay?
Chris MacNeil : It's just like the doctor said. It's nerves, and that's all. You just take your pills and you'll be fine, really. Okay?
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[ 2000 version ]
Chris MacNeil : Well, give me an example. Like what specifically did she say?
Dr. Klein : Specifically, Mrs. MacNeil, she advised me to "keep my fingers away from her goddamned cunt."
Chris MacNeil : Well, give me an example. Like what specifically did she say?
Dr. Klein : Specifically, Mrs. MacNeil, she advised me to "keep my fingers away from her goddamned cunt."
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Demon : Mirabile dictu, don't you agree?
Father Damien Karras : You speak Latin?
Demon : Ego te absolvo.
Father Damien Karras : Quod nomen mihi est?
Demon : Bon Jour.
Father Damien Karras : Quod nomen mihi est?
Demon : La plume de ma tante.
Father Damien Karras : You speak Latin?
Demon : Ego te absolvo.
Father Damien Karras : Quod nomen mihi est?
Demon : Bon Jour.
Father Damien Karras : Quod nomen mihi est?
Demon : La plume de ma tante.
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Chris MacNeil : Oh no, that was no spasm. I got on the bed. The whole bed was thumping and rising off the floor and shaking. The whole thing, with me on it!
Dr. Klein : Mrs. MacNeil, the problem with your daughter is not her bed; it's her brain.
Dr. Klein : Mrs. MacNeil, the problem with your daughter is not her bed; it's her brain.
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Demon : Give us time... Let the girl die... I am no one... I am no one... Fear the priest... Fear the priest... Merrin... Merrin.
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[ 2000 version ]
Lt. Kinderman : You go to films, Father Dyer? You like them?
Father Dyer : Oh, sure.
Lt. Kinderman : I get passes. In fact I've got a pass for the Crest tomorrow night. You'd like to go?
Father Dyer : What's playing?
Lt. Kinderman : "Wuthering Heights".
Father Dyer : Who's in it?
Lt. Kinderman : Heathcliff, Jackie Gleason, and in the role of Catherine Earnshaw, Lucille Ball. You're happy?
Father Dyer : I've seen it.
Lt. Kinderman : Another one.
Lt. Kinderman : You go to films, Father Dyer? You like them?
Father Dyer : Oh, sure.
Lt. Kinderman : I get passes. In fact I've got a pass for the Crest tomorrow night. You'd like to go?
Father Dyer : What's playing?
Lt. Kinderman : "Wuthering Heights".
Father Dyer : Who's in it?
Lt. Kinderman : Heathcliff, Jackie Gleason, and in the role of Catherine Earnshaw, Lucille Ball. You're happy?
Father Dyer : I've seen it.
Lt. Kinderman : Another one.
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[ 2000 version ]
Father Merrin : [ on his way to begin the exorcism ] What is your daughter's middle name, Mrs. MacNeil?
Chris MacNeil : Teresa.
Father Merrin : What a lovely name.
Father Merrin : [ on his way to begin the exorcism ] What is your daughter's middle name, Mrs. MacNeil?
Chris MacNeil : Teresa.
Father Merrin : What a lovely name.
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Chris MacNeil : What are you doing here?
Regan MacNeil : My bed was shaking. I can't get to sleep.
Regan MacNeil : My bed was shaking. I can't get to sleep.
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Chris MacNeil : We've got rats in the attic. You better get some traps.
Karl : Rats?
Chris MacNeil : Mm-hmm. 'Fraid so.
Karl : But the attic is clean.
Chris MacNeil : All right, then we've got clean rats.
Karl : Rats?
Chris MacNeil : Mm-hmm. 'Fraid so.
Karl : But the attic is clean.
Chris MacNeil : All right, then we've got clean rats.
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Regan MacNeil : Captain Howdy, do you think my mom's pretty? Captain Howdy? Captain Howdy, that isn't very nice!
Chris MacNeil : Well, maybe he's sleeping.
Chris MacNeil : Well, maybe he's sleeping.
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