Damages Quotes
Patty: [to Ellen] Let's be honest -- men are sensitive. They don't like to be dragged anywhere. We may not like it, but we know how to play second fiddle. We're bred for it. Men can't do it. At least, not the ones worth sharing a bed with.
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Patty: [to Ellen] A man should want to be in charge. Now the trick is... making him feel like he actually is...Most men can't handle an ambitious woman. It may take you a few tries, but make sure you find one who can.
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Ray: Your Honor, Miss Hewes's claim of relevance is based solely on a vacation Mr. Malina took to Palm Beach. My mother-in-law has a time-share in Sarasota. Perhaps Miss Hewes would like to subpoena her.
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Tom: Conscience is a liability, Ellen. You feel guilty, you unburden yourself, what happens? You feel better, but the people you're coming clean to? Trust me. Maintaining the illusion of loyalty is far more effective than admitting the breach.
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Gregory: I don't know why I believed you would help me. I should've seen it.
Ray: Seen what?
Gregory: That your whole life is a lie.
Ray: Seen what?
Gregory: That your whole life is a lie.
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Ellen: [Choosing a cake for their wedding] Whatever you like is great with me, just nothing too... lemony.
David: Wait. No, no! I'm not deciding.
Ellen: Why not?
David: Because I'm the guy. I don't give a shit.
Ellen: Okay, fine, fair enough.
David: Wait. No, no! I'm not deciding.
Ellen: Why not?
David: Because I'm the guy. I don't give a shit.
Ellen: Okay, fine, fair enough.
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Larry Popler: Patty Hewes has ears, too. Maybe I'm talking to the wrong person.
Arthur: Larry, you don't want to threaten me. Take the money.
Larry Popler: I mopped your floors, you son of a bitch! 34 years I cleaned your shit.
Arthur: Larry, you don't want to threaten me. Take the money.
Larry Popler: I mopped your floors, you son of a bitch! 34 years I cleaned your shit.
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Patty: [about Ellen's father] Better be careful. We plaintiff attorneys can be vicious. His best strategy is to blame the victim.
Ellen: I know.
Patty: [about the plaintiff] At all costs it was her fault; period.
Ellen: I know.
Patty: [about the plaintiff] At all costs it was her fault; period.
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Gary Parsons: So I should just go in there and lie?
Ellen: I'm saying that they will. They'll spin into gross negligence. This is the real world, Dad.
Gary Parsons: I don't need you to teach me about the real world.
Ellen: I'm saying that they will. They'll spin into gross negligence. This is the real world, Dad.
Gary Parsons: I don't need you to teach me about the real world.
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Patty: You know, the truth is, Larry, I like you. But I think you're in over your head. And prison is the last place you belong. Arthur Frobisher is smart. I'm sure he's got a way to get you his blood money with no paper trail, so I'm really just here tonight to make you a promise.
Larry Poplar: Oh yeah? What's that?
Patty: I'm gonna wait and watch. Until you buy a house, or Mildred buys a car, or Chloe here buys a toothbrush. You need to understand this, Larry. No Poplar for the next hundred years will be able to spend a nickel of that money without being humiliated, disgraced, and locked up. [long pause] You all have a nice night.
Larry Poplar: Oh yeah? What's that?
Patty: I'm gonna wait and watch. Until you buy a house, or Mildred buys a car, or Chloe here buys a toothbrush. You need to understand this, Larry. No Poplar for the next hundred years will be able to spend a nickel of that money without being humiliated, disgraced, and locked up. [long pause] You all have a nice night.
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Nancy: [to Arthur] People expect a CEO to be strong. They see too much of the soft side, it looks like an act. You've got to be heartfelt without sounding like a pussy. Now, you think you can do that?
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Arthur: I know you don't give a shit about justice, Patty. So what do you want?
Patty: I want you disgraced. I want history to erase your every achievement. I want you to feel the disgust in your children's eyes when they look on you in shame.
Patty: I want you disgraced. I want history to erase your every achievement. I want you to feel the disgust in your children's eyes when they look on you in shame.
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George Moore: I don’t like you, Ray, but I realized an amazing thing on the way over here. You’re not my problem, Arthur is.
Ray: I have a duty …
George Moore: Patty Hewes is a hair away from breaking this thing wide open. So I’m going to do what you couldn’t, Ray.
Ray: What is that?
George Moore: Put an end to this thing.
Ray: I have a duty …
George Moore: Patty Hewes is a hair away from breaking this thing wide open. So I’m going to do what you couldn’t, Ray.
Ray: What is that?
George Moore: Put an end to this thing.
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Patty: [about David] He called off the engagement?
Ellen: Maybe we went too far. [Pause] Do you regret what we did?
Ellen: Maybe we went too far. [Pause] Do you regret what we did?
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Patty: [to Ellen] You are in this office to wait for instructions. You don't have license to think.
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Ellen: I'm so sick of your bullshit.
Patty: What did you say to me?
Ellen: You heard me.
Patty: Get out. And don't bother coming back.
Patty: What did you say to me?
Ellen: You heard me.
Patty: Get out. And don't bother coming back.
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Patty: Gregory Malina's dead.
Ray: Oh my.
Patty: Hit and run.
Ray: That's horrible.
Patty: I guess we'll never know what really happened.
Ray: Maybe the police will find the guy.
Patty: [Grins] I won't hold my breath. And, Ray...shame on you.
Ray: Oh my.
Patty: Hit and run.
Ray: That's horrible.
Patty: I guess we'll never know what really happened.
Ray: Maybe the police will find the guy.
Patty: [Grins] I won't hold my breath. And, Ray...shame on you.
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Patty: Don't you just love dogs?
Ray: Yeah. They're like people. Only without the bullshit.
Ray: Yeah. They're like people. Only without the bullshit.
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[After Ellen finds Moore dead]
Patty: I'm sorry you went through that.
Ellen: I hate these people.
Patty: I'm sorry you went through that.
Ellen: I hate these people.
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Ellen: [to Lila DiMeo’s answering machine] This is Ellen Parsons. Stay away from my fiance or I’ll come after you, you crazy bitch.
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Patty: Did I ever tell you why I became a lawyer, Ray?
Ray: No, you never told me.
Patty: I thought I could change the world. Silly, huh?
Ray: I just liked getting to wear a tie every day.
Ray: No, you never told me.
Patty: I thought I could change the world. Silly, huh?
Ray: I just liked getting to wear a tie every day.
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Inmate: What's the matter, rich girl? Daddy won't post bail?
Ellen: Lower bunk's mine.
Inmate: Bitch, don't even. I ripped off a convenience store and a bodega before they busted my ass.
Ellen: I killed my fiancé.
Ellen: Lower bunk's mine.
Inmate: Bitch, don't even. I ripped off a convenience store and a bodega before they busted my ass.
Ellen: I killed my fiancé.
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David: You decide right now -- do you want us or do you want this job?
Ellen: Please don't do this.
David: Right now. Right... now! You can't decide, can you?
Ellen: David...
David: No! We're done, Ellen.
Ellen: Please don't do this.
David: Right now. Right... now! You can't decide, can you?
Ellen: David...
David: No! We're done, Ellen.
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Tom: Have you seen her since she... let you go?
Ellen: I don't think Patty wants to see me.
Tom: Yeah, what you said was pretty...
Ellen: Stupid?
Tom: I was going to say ballsy, but, yeah, stupid... stupid works.
Ellen: I don't think Patty wants to see me.
Tom: Yeah, what you said was pretty...
Ellen: Stupid?
Tom: I was going to say ballsy, but, yeah, stupid... stupid works.
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Patty: Ellen... no matter what you think, I didn't have anything to do with any of this.
Ellen: I know.
Patty: But Tom told me that you accused me of trying to kill you.
Ellen: How else was I supposed to get you back here?
Ellen: I know.
Patty: But Tom told me that you accused me of trying to kill you.
Ellen: How else was I supposed to get you back here?
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