The Shawshank Redemption Quotes
Heywood : [ sizing up the new inmates ] I ain't seen such a sorry lookin' heap o' maggot shit in all my life.
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Andy Dufresne : Bad luck, I guess. It floats around. It's got to land on somebody. It was my turn, that's all. I was in the path of the tornado. I just didn't expect the storm would last as long as it has.
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Head Bull Haig : Dufresne? Get your ass out here, boy! You're holding up the show! [ no answer ]
Head Bull Haig : Don't make me come down there now! I'll thump your skull for you! [ Still no answer. Glaring, Haig stalks down the tier, clipboard in hand. His men fall in behind ]
Head Bull Haig : Dufresne, dammit, you're putting me behind! You better be sick or dead in there, I shit you not! [ They arrive at bars. Their faces go slack. Stunned. Softly ]
Head Bull Haig : Oh my Holy God. [ the guards find the cell empty ]
Head Bull Haig : Don't make me come down there now! I'll thump your skull for you! [ Still no answer. Glaring, Haig stalks down the tier, clipboard in hand. His men fall in behind ]
Head Bull Haig : Dufresne, dammit, you're putting me behind! You better be sick or dead in there, I shit you not! [ They arrive at bars. Their faces go slack. Stunned. Softly ]
Head Bull Haig : Oh my Holy God. [ the guards find the cell empty ]
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Red : [ narrating ] Not long after the warden deprived us of his company, I got a postcard in the mail. It was blank, but the postmark said Fort Hancock, Texas. Fort Hancock... right on the border. That's where Andy crossed. When I picture him heading south in his own car with the top down, it always makes me laugh. Andy Dufresne... who crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side. Andy Dufresne... headed for the Pacific.
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Andy Dufresne : [ in a letter to Red ] Dear Red. If you're reading this, you've gotten out. And if you've come this far, maybe you're willing to come a little further. You remember the name of the town, don't you?
Red : Zihuatanejo.
Andy Dufresne : I could use a good man to help me get my project on wheels. I'll keep an eye out for you and the chessboard ready. Remember, Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. I will be hoping that this letter finds you, and finds you well. Your friend. Andy.
Red : Zihuatanejo.
Andy Dufresne : I could use a good man to help me get my project on wheels. I'll keep an eye out for you and the chessboard ready. Remember, Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. I will be hoping that this letter finds you, and finds you well. Your friend. Andy.
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Andy Dufresne : I want to know, how the score comes out.
Tommy Williams : I'll show you, how the score comes out [ crumbles test paper ]
Tommy Williams : . TWO POINTS! THERE'S YOUR GODDAMN SCORE! Cats crawling on trees, five time five is twenty-five. [ shouts ]
Tommy Williams : FUCK THIS PLACE! FUCK IT! [ Smacks book off the library table, and stormed out ]
Tommy Williams : I'll show you, how the score comes out [ crumbles test paper ]
Tommy Williams : . TWO POINTS! THERE'S YOUR GODDAMN SCORE! Cats crawling on trees, five time five is twenty-five. [ shouts ]
Tommy Williams : FUCK THIS PLACE! FUCK IT! [ Smacks book off the library table, and stormed out ]
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[ Andy is comforting a sobbing Brooks after he held a knife to Heywood's neck ]
Heywood : Hey, what about me? Crazy old fool goddamn near cut my throat!
Red : Aw Heywood, you've had worse from shaving!
Heywood : Hey, what about me? Crazy old fool goddamn near cut my throat!
Red : Aw Heywood, you've had worse from shaving!
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Heywood : [ Andy has returned after solitary for the record playing stunt ] Couldn't play somethin' good, huh? Hank Williams?
Andy Dufresne : [ smiling ] They broke the door down before I could take requests.
Andy Dufresne : [ smiling ] They broke the door down before I could take requests.
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Andy Dufresne : I understand you're a man who knows how to get things.
Red : I'm known to locate certain things from time to time.
Red : I'm known to locate certain things from time to time.
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Warden Samuel Norton : [ to new inmates, after explaining the prison routine ] Any questions?
Prisoner : When do we eat?
Captain Hadley : [ Approaches prisoner ] You eat when we say you eat. You piss when we say you piss, and you shit when we say you shit. You got that, you maggot dick motherfucker?
Prisoner : When do we eat?
Captain Hadley : [ Approaches prisoner ] You eat when we say you eat. You piss when we say you piss, and you shit when we say you shit. You got that, you maggot dick motherfucker?
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Warden Samuel Norton : [ Addressing new prisoners ] I believe in two things: discipline and the Bible. Here you'll receive both. Put your trust in the Lord. Your ass belongs to me. Welcome to Shawshank.
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