There Will Be Blood Quotes

Eli Sunday : Things go up, things go down, but at least the Lord is always around.

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Plainview : You're a bastard from a basket.

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Eli Sunday : Don't bully me Daniel, please!

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Plainview : Drainage! Drainage, Eli! Drained dry, you boy! If you have a milkshake and I have a milkshake and I have a straw and my straw reaches across the room and starts to drink your milkshake. I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!

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Henry Brands : I'm your brother... from another mother.

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Gene Blaize : You boys are a regular family business...

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Eli Sunday : When do we get our money, Daniel? [ Daniel walks up to him and slaps Eli across the face ]

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Plainview : Aren't you a healer, and a vessel for the holy spirit? When are you coming over and make my son hear again? CAN'T YOU DO THAT?

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Plainview : I'm gonna bury you underground, Eli.

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Plainview : I want you to look over there.
H.M. Tilford : Hello, Daniel...
Plainview : Look over there. That's my son. You see? See?
H.M. Tilford : Daniel...
Plainview : You see him? You don't tell me how to raise my family. I told you not to tell me how to raise my family. So, what do you see?
H.M. Tilford : I'm happy for you that everything...
Plainview : I've made a deal with Union and my son is happy and safe and I'm taking care of him now. So you look like a fool, Tilford, don't you?
H.M. Tilford : Yes.
Plainview : I told you what I was gonna do.

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Eli Sunday : And as long as I have teeth, I will bite you!

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Plainview : [ Eli is intending to bless the well ] I thank you all so much for visiting with us at this time. I've had the pleasure of meeting some of you, and I hope very much in the months to come, I'll be able to visit with each and every one of you. Ah... I'm better at digging holes in the ground than making speeches, so let's forget the speech for this evening, and just make it a simple blessing. You see- one man doesn't prospect from the ground; it takes a whole community of good people, such as yourselves... and, uh, this is good. We stay together... pray together, we work together, and if the good Lord smiles kindly on our endeavor, we share in the wealth together. Now before we spud in Mary's Well number one, named for the lovely Miss Mary Sunday here by my side-a proud daughter of these hills-I'd just like to say God bless these honest labors of ours, and, of course, God bless you all. Amen.

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Eli Sunday : How is all the work coming?
Plainview : Everything's good.
Eli Sunday : All the men are provided for?
Plainview : Of course.
Eli Sunday : Spirit's seem high. Is there... anything that you need from me? Anything the church can do for you?
Plainview : I don't believe so, no. Thank you.
Eli Sunday : I understand you've asked the people to gather round and watch the well begin tomorrow, is that right?
Plainview : That's right.
Eli Sunday : I will bless the well. Before you begin, you should introduce me. You'll see me walk up towards the oil well, and...
Plainview : The derrick.
Eli Sunday : -You'll see me walk up, and then you can say my name.
Plainview : When you walk up?
Eli Sunday : Yes. You'll see me walk up, and then you could say "The proud son of these hills, who tended his father's flock", and then you could say my name.
Plainview : That's fine.
Eli Sunday : And what happens then?
Plainview : Well, then we start the drill.
Eli Sunday : It's a simple blessing, Daniel, but an important one. It's just a few words, it won't take long. What time?
Plainview : What time's good for you, Eli?
Eli Sunday : Four o'clock.
Plainview : Well, let's make it four o'clock then. My thanks for your visit.
Eli Sunday : Good day. Thank you.

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Plainview : You're making a huge misstep.

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Plainview : You're not my son. You have none of me in you.
H.W. Plainview - Older : [ signed and translated by assistant ] I thank God I have none of you in me.

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Plainview : [ to H.W ] You're killing us with what you're doing. You're killing my image of you.

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Plainview : [ H.W. has just informed Plainview of his own business plans ] This makes you my... competitor.

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H.M. Tilford : Why are you acting insane and threatening to cut my throat?

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H.M. Tilford : How's your boy?
Plainview : Thank you for asking.
H.M. Tilford : Is there anything we can do?
Plainview : "Thanks for asking" is enough.

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[ first words ]
Plainview : There she is... there she is...

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Prescott : [ Plainview has just stormed out of a town meeting ] Mr. Plainview? No! Mr. Plainview, where are you going?
Plainview : I don't need the lease, thank you.
Prescott : We need you, we need you to...
Plainview : Too much confusion! Thank you for your time.
Prescott : No, no, no! There's no confusion! If you just...
Plainview : [ stops in his tracks, stares down Prescott ] I wouldn't take the lease if you gave it to me as a gift.

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Plainview : Now, Mr. Bankside, I'm not going to waste your time, and I'd certainly appreciate it if you didn't waste mine. If you wish to sign with me, we can have a well drilling within ten days. But your lot is further north from the discovery well up here, and so, well that means we'll probably have to dig deeper. If there's as much oil here as I think there is, it'll be harder to reach but once we find it, we can take it right out. You have to act quickly, because very soon these fields will be dry. Now... I need you to know what you want to do. Now, because of the distance from the discovery well, I'll pay you a smaller royalty than you'd get down there, but I'm prepared to give you a thousand dollar bonus on your lot.
Mr. Bankside : What kind of royalty are you talking about?
Plainview : 1/6th, plus a guarantee to start drilling within ten days. That's something you won't find anywhere else. [ long silence ]
Plainview : What age your children, ma'am?
Mrs. Bankside : 10 and 12. Mr. Plainview, a question, sir- where is your wife?
Plainview : She died in childbirth, Mrs. Bankside, it's uh... it's just me and my son now.

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Paul Sunday : Mr. Plainview?
Plainview : Yes?
Paul Sunday : Are you Daniel Plainview?
Plainview : Yes. What can I do for you?
Paul Sunday : You look for oil?
Plainview : That's right.
Paul Sunday : What do you pay for a place that has it?
Plainview : Well, that depends.
Paul Sunday : What does it depend on?
Plainview : On a lot of things.
Paul Sunday : If I told you I knew a place that had oil, where land could be bought cheaply, what do you think that would be worth?
Plainview : Oh, I think that uh... you should let me know what you know, and, uh, and then we'll try and work something out.
Paul Sunday : Can I sit down?
Plainview : Please.
Paul Sunday : [ Paul sits down ] What church do you belong to?
Plainview : I... I enjoy all faiths, I don't belong to one church in particular. I like them all. I like everything. Where are you from?
Paul Sunday : That would be telling you. That's what I want to sell you.
Plainview : What are you doing in Signal Hill?
Paul Sunday : We have oil and it seeps through the ground. Do you want to pay me to know where it is...
Plainview : Well, just because there's something on the ground doesn't mean there's anything beneath it.
Paul Sunday : Why did Standard Oil buy up land?
Plainview : Is it in California?
Paul Sunday : Maybe.
Plainview : How much land they buy?
Paul Sunday : I'd like it better if you didn't think I was stupid.

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Plainview : [ Paul Sunday has offered to sell Plainview information ] Well, why'd you come to me?
Paul Sunday : You just brought this well in?
Plainview : That's right.
Paul Sunday : Yes. So, just give me five hundred dollars in cash, right now, and I'll tell you where it is.
Plainview : I'll tell you what I'll do, son- I'll give you a hundred dollars now, and if it proves to be a promising lease, then I'll give a thousand dollar bonus...
Paul Sunday : Six hundred dollars.
Plainview : Just tell me one thing to help me decide- what else have you got up there, what do you grow?
Paul Sunday : We have a big ranch, but it's mostly rocks. We can plant things; nothing will grow but weeds. What makes you think it's up?
Fletcher Hamilton : Is there sulfur around, or alkali deposits?
Paul Sunday : Alkali, nearby. I don't know sulfur. [ notices H.W ]
Paul Sunday : Is that your son?
Plainview : Yes.
Paul Sunday : [ to H.W ] Hi.
H.W. Plainview : Hi.
Paul Sunday : [ to Fletcher ] Who are you?
Fletcher Hamilton : I'm Fletcher Hamilton. Nice to meet you son. What's your name?
Paul Sunday : What do you do?
Fletcher Hamilton : I work with Mr. Plainview.
Plainview : Here's five hundred dollars. You tell me something worth hearing, this money's yours.
Paul Sunday : I come from a town called Little Boston, in Isabella County. [ they stand at a map ]
Paul Sunday : This is us, here. Spur Station, here at Little Boston. The Sunday ranch is what you're looking for. There's a sheep trail that takes you there. It's a mile out of town, headed west, not far. Just t

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H.W. Plainview : [ Paul Sunday has just sold information to Plainview ] How many sisters do you have?
Paul Sunday : Two.
Plainview : What's your name?
Paul Sunday : Paul.
Fletcher Hamilton : Does any of your family know about the oil that you say is there?
Paul Sunday : I don't know. My uncle always said there was oil there, but I don't know what they heard, or what they think.
Fletcher Hamilton : What do you grow?
Paul Sunday : It's goats, it's a goat farm. I told you, nothing grows but weeds.
Fletcher Hamilton : Is there water?
Paul Sunday : It's salty. You drill a well, it's hard not to get salt water. The oil is there. I'm telling you. I want to go now, so...
Plainview : You can stay tonight.
Paul Sunday : No, I want to go now. I want to leave.
Plainview : Listen, Paul... If I travel all the way up there, and I find that you've been lying to me, I'm going to find you, and I'm going to take more than my money back, is that alright with you?
Paul Sunday : Yes sir.
Plainview : Alright then.
Paul Sunday : Nice luck to you. God bless.
Plainview : And to you, young man.

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Eli Sunday : I had a vision. Yes, last night, I had a vision. And I felt God's breath go through me, and it moved down into my stomach, and sloshed around, and my stomach spoke in a whisper, not a shout-"Touch this woman with your hands, and caress her." [ he grabs Mrs. Hunter's hands ]
Eli Sunday : My dear Mrs. Hunter. You have arthritis, don't you?
Mrs. Hunter : Yes, I do, Eli.
Eli Sunday : Yes, the Devil is in your hands, and I will suck it out. Now, I will not cast this ghost out with a fever, for the new spirit inside me has shown me I have a new way to communicate. It is a gentle whisper. [ touches hands to Mrs. Hunter's face ]
Eli Sunday : Get out of here, ghost. Get out of here, ghost. Get out. Get out of here, ghost. Get out of here, ghost. Get out of here, ghost. Get out of here, and don't you dare turn around and come back, for if you do, all the armies of my boot will kick you in the teeth, and you will be cast up, and thrown in the dirt, and thrust back to Perdition! And as long as I have teeth, I will bite you! And if I have no teeth, I will gum you! And as long as I have fists, I will bash you! Now, get out of here ghost! Get out of here, ghost! Get out of here, ghost! [ throws the 'ghost' out through the door ]
Eli Sunday : And it left! [ approaches Mrs. Hunter ]
Eli Sunday : My dear Mrs. Hunter... dance with me... dance with me...

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Plainview : Eli! Tragedy at the well last night.
Eli Sunday : Yes, I heard.
Plainview : Joe Ghunda was a man of considerable faith, so if you wish to say a few words, his burial's at noon, tomorrow.
Eli Sunday : Daniel, this accident could have been avoided. It is terrible to think of that well working away out there, unblessed...
Plainview : Yes it could have. These men are working twelve hour shifts and they need their rest. If they don't have it, they start to make stupid mistakes...
Eli Sunday : I've seen some of the men drinking. Don't you think that has something to do with it...
Plainview : We need these men well rested to bring in this well. They can't get that if they're up here listening to your gospel, and then the well can't produce and blow gold all over the place...
Eli Sunday : I wish I had more time with Joe Ghunda. More could have been done...
Plainview : And then the well can't produce, and blow gold all over the place. Now, would you see to it that his personal possession's find their way back to his family, please? Thank you. Heard you were planning some renovations?
Eli Sunday : Yes. Our congregation is growing strongly. We need more room.
Plainview : Well, that was one goddamn helluva show. [ chuckles and walks off ]
Eli Sunday : We were happy to have you, Daniel.

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Eli Sunday : Mr. Bandy has a grandson. Have you met his grandson William? William Bandy is one of the finest members we have at the Church of The Third Revelation. He's eager to come to Hollywood to be in movies. He is very good-looking. And I do think he will have success.

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H.M. Tilford : We'll make you a millionaire while you're sitting here from one minute to the next.
Plainview : What else would I do with myself?
H.M. Tilford : Are you asking me?
Plainview : What else would I do with myself?
H.M. Tilford : Take care of your son. I don't know what you would do.
Plainview : If you were me and Standard offered to buy what you had for a million dollars, why? So, why?
H.M. Tilford : You know why.
Plainview : Yeah, you fellows need to scratch around in the dirt and find it like the rest of us instead of buying up someone else's hard work.
J.J. Carter : [ defensively ] I've scratched around in the dirt, son.
H.M. Tilford : Where you going to put it all? Where? Build a pipeline, make a deal with Union Oil, be my guest. But if you can't pull it off, you got an ocean of oil under your feet, with nowhere to go. Why not turn it over to us? We'll make you rich. You spend time with your boy. It's a great discovery... Now let us help you.
Plainview : [ after a long pause ] Did you just tell me how to run my family?
H.M. Tilford : It might be more important now that you've proven the field and we're offering to buy you out.
Plainview : [ stares at Tilford for a long moment ] One night, I'm gonna come to you, inside of your house, wherever you're sleeping, and I'm going to cut your throat.
H.M. Tilford : What? What are you taking about? Have you gone crazy Daniel?
Plainview : Did you hear what I said?
H.M. Tilford : I heard what you said, why did you say it?
Plainview : You don't tell me about my son.
H.M. Tilford : Why are you acting insane and threatening to cut my throat?

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Plainview : [ wakes Henry with a gun ] I want you to tell me something.
Henry Brands : What?
Plainview : What's the name of the farm next to the Hill House? [ pause ]
Plainview : What was the name of the farm next to the Hill House?
Henry Brands : I-I can't remember...
Plainview : Who are you?
Henry Brands : I'll leave, Daniel...
Plainview : Who-Are-You?
Henry Brands : I'm no one... just let me get up and go...
Plainview : Do I have a brother?
Henry Brands : I met a man in King City who said he was your brother. We were friends for months, working in King City. And he wanted to make his way to you Daniel, we didn't have any money. He died of tuberculosis. He wasn't harmed. He wasn't killed, nothing bad. But he told me about you. I just took his story, used his diary. Daniel... Daniel? I'm your friend. I'm not trying to hurt you, just survive.

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