The Green Mile Quotes
John Coffey : [ singing as he's being strapped to the electric chair ] Heaven, I'm in heaven... heaven... heaven...
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Wild Bill Wharton : You love your sister? You make any noise, you know what happens. I'm gonna kill her instead of you. Understand?
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William 'Wild Bill' Wharton : [ Brutus Howell hands out cold sodas to the other guards ] Hey, hey, I'm gonna get some too, ain't I?
Brutus "Brutal" Howell : My ass you get some too.
Paul Edgecomb : What makes you think you deserve any?
William 'Wild Bill' Wharton : [ mutters ] 'Cause I got a big pecker...
Brutus "Brutal" Howell : My ass you get some too.
Paul Edgecomb : What makes you think you deserve any?
William 'Wild Bill' Wharton : [ mutters ] 'Cause I got a big pecker...
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Earl the Plumber : I been fixing the plumbing in here for ten years. I ain't never had to wear no damn tie before.
Bill Dodge : Well you're a VIP today, Earl, so just shut up.
Bill Dodge : Well you're a VIP today, Earl, so just shut up.
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Paul Edgecomb : [ to Dean Stanton who is standing in the doorway with a broom ] You let him get past you.
Dean Stanton : No I did not.
Brutus "Brutal" Howell : Three grown men... outsmarted by a mouse.
Dean Stanton : No I did not.
Brutus "Brutal" Howell : Three grown men... outsmarted by a mouse.
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[ Eduard has just been executed, and Paul comes up to the Mile to find Wild Bill sitting on his bed, ripping out chunks of his pillow and throwing the feathers around, singing loudly ]
William 'Wild Bill' Wharton : Barbecue, me and you! Stinky pinky, pew, pew! Or dilly, Jilly, Hilly or Bob! It was a french-fried Cajun named Delacroix!
Paul Edgecomb : [ Paul roughly hits his baton against Wild Bill's bars ] You are about ten seconds away from spending the rest of your life in the padded room! [ Wild Bill, who never takes an order or refuses to give out mayhem, stops immediately ]
William 'Wild Bill' Wharton : Barbecue, me and you! Stinky pinky, pew, pew! Or dilly, Jilly, Hilly or Bob! It was a french-fried Cajun named Delacroix!
Paul Edgecomb : [ Paul roughly hits his baton against Wild Bill's bars ] You are about ten seconds away from spending the rest of your life in the padded room! [ Wild Bill, who never takes an order or refuses to give out mayhem, stops immediately ]
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[ Wild Bill grabs Coffey's arm ]
William 'Wild Bill' Wharton : Where y'all think you're goin'?
John Coffey : You a bad man.
William 'Wild Bill' Wharton : That's right, nigger. Bad as you'd want.
William 'Wild Bill' Wharton : Where y'all think you're goin'?
John Coffey : You a bad man.
William 'Wild Bill' Wharton : That's right, nigger. Bad as you'd want.
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John Coffey : He kill them wi' their love. Wi' their love fo' each other. That's how it is, every day, all over the world.
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William 'Wild Bill' Wharton : [ about to pass out from drugs ] I don't see why white man has to sit in a nigger electric chair. White man should have his own damn electric chair.
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[ Dean is in tears as he kneels to strap John Coffey to the electric chair ]
Paul Edgecomb : Wipe your face before you get up Dean.
Paul Edgecomb : Wipe your face before you get up Dean.
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John Coffey : Boss? I gots to speak with you now, Boss.
Paul Edgecomb : [ prostrate on the floor after being hit in the groin ] This is not a good time, John Coffey. Not a good time at all.
Paul Edgecomb : [ prostrate on the floor after being hit in the groin ] This is not a good time, John Coffey. Not a good time at all.
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William 'Wild Bill' Wharton : [ after being put in solitary confinement ] All I wanted me was a little cornbread, motherfuckers! All I wanted me was a little cornbread!
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Dean Stanton : [ after John Coffey helps Mrs. Moores ] Well? What about Mrs. Moores? Was it like the mouse? [ no one answers him ]
Dean Stanton : Was it a m-m... you know... a miracle?
Dean Stanton : Was it a m-m... you know... a miracle?
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Paul Edgecomb : [ to John Coffey ] I let Harry take those chains off you... you gonna be nice?
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[ after Wild Bill causes havoc and nearly kills Dean ]
Harry Terwilliger : We thought he was doped. Didn't we all think we was doped?
Paul Edgecomb : You didn't ask? [ Terwilliger shakes his head ]
Paul Edgecomb : Well I don't think that's a mistake you'll be needing to make again anytime soon is it?
Harry Terwilliger : We thought he was doped. Didn't we all think we was doped?
Paul Edgecomb : You didn't ask? [ Terwilliger shakes his head ]
Paul Edgecomb : Well I don't think that's a mistake you'll be needing to make again anytime soon is it?
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Percy Wetmore : Hell raiser? He look more like a limp noodle to me. Hey! [ to a doped Wild Bill ]
Percy Wetmore : You've been declared competent, son, 'know what that means? 'Means you gonna ride the lightning. Ha ha.
Dean Stanton : Percy, will you shut up and give us a hand here?
Percy Wetmore : You've been declared competent, son, 'know what that means? 'Means you gonna ride the lightning. Ha ha.
Dean Stanton : Percy, will you shut up and give us a hand here?
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John Coffey : Please boss, don't put that thing over my face, don't put me in the dark. I's afraid of the dark.
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[ Just before the guards are attacked by Wild Bill while bringing him in the mile ]
John Coffey : Careful, careful...
John Coffey : Careful, careful...
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[ during Del's botched execution ]
Hal : [ to Paul ] Why don't you shut it down?
Paul Edgecomb : He's still alive! You wanna shut it down while he's still alive?
Hal : [ to Paul ] Why don't you shut it down?
Paul Edgecomb : He's still alive! You wanna shut it down while he's still alive?
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Hal : It's a tumor, Paul. A brain tumor. They got x-ray pictures of it. The size of a lemon, they said... way deep down inside where they can't operate. I haven't told her. I can't think of how. For the life of me, Paul, I can't think of how to tell my wife... she's going to die.
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Burt Hammersmith : Let me tell you something. And you listen close too, because it might be something you need to know.
Paul Edgecomb : I'm listening.
Burt Hammersmith : We had us a dog. Just a sweet mongrel, You know the kind. Well, in many ways, a good mongrel dog is like a negro. You get to know it. Often, you get to love it. It is of no particular use, but you keep it around because you *think* it loves you. If you're lucky, Mr. Edgecomb, you'll never have to find out any different. My wife and I were not so lucky. Caleb, come here for a second. Come here. Please, son. [ he turns his son's face to Paul to reveal Caleb is missing an eye ]
Burt Hammersmith : He still has the one good eye. I suppose he's lucky not to be completely blind. We get down on our knees and thank God for that much at least, right Caleb? Okay, go on in now. [ turns back to Paul ]
Burt Hammersmith : That dog attacked my boy for no reason. Just got it in his mind one day. Same with John Coffey. He was sorry afterwards. Of that, I have no doubt. But those little girls stayed raped and murdered. Maybe he'd never done it before. My dog never bit before, but I didn't concern myself with that. I went out there with my rifle, grabbed his collar and blew his brains out. Is Coffey guilty? Yes he is. Don't you doubt it, and don't you turn your back on him. You may get away with it once or even a hundred times. But in the end, you'll get bit.
Paul Edgecomb : I'm listening.
Burt Hammersmith : We had us a dog. Just a sweet mongrel, You know the kind. Well, in many ways, a good mongrel dog is like a negro. You get to know it. Often, you get to love it. It is of no particular use, but you keep it around because you *think* it loves you. If you're lucky, Mr. Edgecomb, you'll never have to find out any different. My wife and I were not so lucky. Caleb, come here for a second. Come here. Please, son. [ he turns his son's face to Paul to reveal Caleb is missing an eye ]
Burt Hammersmith : He still has the one good eye. I suppose he's lucky not to be completely blind. We get down on our knees and thank God for that much at least, right Caleb? Okay, go on in now. [ turns back to Paul ]
Burt Hammersmith : That dog attacked my boy for no reason. Just got it in his mind one day. Same with John Coffey. He was sorry afterwards. Of that, I have no doubt. But those little girls stayed raped and murdered. Maybe he'd never done it before. My dog never bit before, but I didn't concern myself with that. I went out there with my rifle, grabbed his collar and blew his brains out. Is Coffey guilty? Yes he is. Don't you doubt it, and don't you turn your back on him. You may get away with it once or even a hundred times. But in the end, you'll get bit.
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John Coffey : He killed them with their love. That's how it is; everyday all over the world.
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