Ruthless People Quotes
Barbara: So, when do I get out of here?
Sandy: As soon as Mr. Stone pays the ransom.
Barbara: What's the problem? What is the ransom?
Sandy: Well, we asked for $500,000.
Barbara: That should be no problem.
Sandy: He wouldn't pay.
Barbara: He wouldn't pay?
Sandy: Then we asked him for $50,000.
Barbara: Yeah?
Sandy: He still wouldn't pay. So now we're lowering our price to $10,000.
Barbara: Do I understand this correctly? I'm being marked down? [Starts crying]
Barbara: I've been kidnapped by K-Mart!
Sandy: As soon as Mr. Stone pays the ransom.
Barbara: What's the problem? What is the ransom?
Sandy: Well, we asked for $500,000.
Barbara: That should be no problem.
Sandy: He wouldn't pay.
Barbara: He wouldn't pay?
Sandy: Then we asked him for $50,000.
Barbara: Yeah?
Sandy: He still wouldn't pay. So now we're lowering our price to $10,000.
Barbara: Do I understand this correctly? I'm being marked down? [Starts crying]
Barbara: I've been kidnapped by K-Mart!
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Earl Mott: Did you just shoot at me?
Ken Kessler: No, there's police men everywhere.
Earl Mott: Do you think that I look that stupid?
Ken Kessler: Yes, you do!
Ken Kessler: No, there's police men everywhere.
Earl Mott: Do you think that I look that stupid?
Ken Kessler: Yes, you do!
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Ken Kessler: [watching TV] It's on every goddamn channel! What did he do? Hire a publicist?
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Ken Kessler: I mean, what the hell's the point of being a decent person when no-one is?
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Sam Stone: [answers phone] Hello?
Ken Kessler: Mr. Stone, listen very carefully. We have kidnapped your wife. We have no qualms about killing, we'll do so at the slightest provocation. Do you understand?
Sam Stone: Who the hell is this? Is this some kind of a joke?
Ken Kessler: I have no patience for stupid questions, Mr. Stone, and I don't like repeated myself. Do you understand?
Sam Stone: All right. I'm sorry, please continue.
Ken Kessler: You are to obtain a new, black, American Tourister briefcase, Model Number 8-1-0-4. Do you understand?
Sam Stone: Yes.
Ken Kessler: In it, you will place $500,000 in unmarked, non-sequentially numbered $100 bills. Do you understand?
Sam Stone: Sure. [as the conversation goes on, a smile appears on Sam's face, and gets wider and wider]
Ken Kessler: Monday morning, ten o'clock, you will proceed with case in hand to Hope Street Plaza, and wait for a phone to ring. You will receive further instructions then. Do you understand?
Sam Stone: Yes, I do.
Ken Kessler: You will be watched at all phases of execution. If you fail to appear at the designated time, or if any phase is not carried out to our complete satisfaction, it will be considered an infraction of the rules, and your wife will be killed. Do you understand?
Sam Stone: I believe so.
Ken Kessler: If you notify the police, your wife will be killed. If you notify the media, she will be killed. If you deviate from our instructions in any way whatsoever, she will be killed. Do you understand? [Sam's grin is about to split his face open]
Sam
Ken Kessler: Mr. Stone, listen very carefully. We have kidnapped your wife. We have no qualms about killing, we'll do so at the slightest provocation. Do you understand?
Sam Stone: Who the hell is this? Is this some kind of a joke?
Ken Kessler: I have no patience for stupid questions, Mr. Stone, and I don't like repeated myself. Do you understand?
Sam Stone: All right. I'm sorry, please continue.
Ken Kessler: You are to obtain a new, black, American Tourister briefcase, Model Number 8-1-0-4. Do you understand?
Sam Stone: Yes.
Ken Kessler: In it, you will place $500,000 in unmarked, non-sequentially numbered $100 bills. Do you understand?
Sam Stone: Sure. [as the conversation goes on, a smile appears on Sam's face, and gets wider and wider]
Ken Kessler: Monday morning, ten o'clock, you will proceed with case in hand to Hope Street Plaza, and wait for a phone to ring. You will receive further instructions then. Do you understand?
Sam Stone: Yes, I do.
Ken Kessler: You will be watched at all phases of execution. If you fail to appear at the designated time, or if any phase is not carried out to our complete satisfaction, it will be considered an infraction of the rules, and your wife will be killed. Do you understand?
Sam Stone: I believe so.
Ken Kessler: If you notify the police, your wife will be killed. If you notify the media, she will be killed. If you deviate from our instructions in any way whatsoever, she will be killed. Do you understand? [Sam's grin is about to split his face open]
Sam
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[Sam is on the phone to an attack-dog company]
Sam Stone: Yes, your attack dogs. Do they just attack people or can you get them to attack little dogs? [listening]
Sam Stone: Well, what if you starve them for a while?
Sam Stone: Yes, your attack dogs. Do they just attack people or can you get them to attack little dogs? [listening]
Sam Stone: Well, what if you starve them for a while?
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