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Fictional last words

The following is a list of last words attributed to various fictional characters.

See also:
 * Fictional last words in animated television series
 * Fictional last words in graphic art
 * Fictional last words in films
 * Fictional last words in animated films
 * Fictional last words in internet series
 * Fictional last words in literature
 * Fictional last words in live-action television series
 * Fictional last words in video games
 * Fictional last words in webcomics

Characters are listed according to source (i.e. the originating book, television program, etc), then the name of character the quote is attributed to (in case of more than one quote per source). Where quotes come from a series of texts, they are organized in the order of the texts they appeared in (for example, quotes from the first book in the Harry Potter series appear before quotes from the second book, and so on). Where possible, for the purposes of clarification, further explanatory notes have been presented. Additionally, if a character's final words consist of a dialogue with the other characters, the other character's speech may be included for contextual purposes; for example, if one character asks a question that the one who is about to die answers.

Some characters may have more than one "death," in instances such as being resurrected, or existing temporarily as an undead being. In some of those instances, their last words from each "death" may be added if they are significant. Additionally, significant last words from deaths that are merely assumed to have happened or are non-canon are included. Additionally, in instances where there are multiple outcomes, or in media with alternate timelines, the character's last words will be featured.

In songs

 * I... I did it... for Johnny!
 * Who: Debbie
 * Source: The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun by Julie Brown.
 * Note: Debbie, the homecoming queen, was asked why she went on a shooting rampage at the prom; her answer was unenlightening, as the narrator has no idea who "Johnny" was.

 * I'm sick of niggas lyin', I'm sick of bitches hawkin', matter of fact, I'm sick of talkin'.
 * Who: Notorious B.I.G.
 * Source: "Ready to Die"

 * Don't take your guns to town, son, leave your guns at home, Bill. Don't take your guns to town.
 * Who: Billy Joe
 * Source: Johnny Cash in "Don't Take Your Guns to Town"
 * Note: Billy Joe was a cowboy who decided to go to town, his mother asks him not to take his guns, and her phrase haunts him throughout the day. He later at a bar is shot and killed, and mutters his mother's phrase before passing.

 * I...am...loved.
 * Who: Dying Man
 * Source: Relient K "Deathbed"
 * Note: As the man is being taken up to heaven by Jesus, he mutters these final words.

 * Well, gotta go, I'm almost at the [end of the] bridge now... / Oh shit, I forgot, how'm I supposed to send this shit out?
 * Who: Stan
 * Source: Stan by Eminem
 * Note: After the title character believes that his hero, Eminem, has rejected his messages, the former takes down all of the posters of the latter off the wall of his room, kidnaps his pregnant girlfriend, stuffs her in the trunk of the car, and drives off with her, as he is drunk and on drugs and sending an audiotaped message about why he is driving drunk and angry, hoping that his "hero" will regret the day he "rejected" Stan. At the end, the title character realizes too late that he will be unable to send the tape to Eminem as he drives off the bridge and into the river, killing himself and his girlfriend.

 * I guess you'd call it suicide / but I'm too full to spoil my pride.
 * Who: Teenager
 * Source: Can't Stand Losing You by The Police

 * My lifeblood... spills over...
 * Who: The Protagonist
 * Source: 2112 by Rush
 * Note: After having his presentation of the guitar to the Priests of the Temple of Syrinx rejected, the Protagonist realizes that, without these things making life beautiful, life is therefore meaningless. He exiles himself to a cave and, in a soliloquy, he imagines "what my life might be in a world like I have seen", and now considers life under the Federation "cold and empty", with his spirits "low in the depths of despair". He resolves that, in order to "pass into the world of my dream, and know peace at last", he must take his own life. Shortly after, beings known as the Elder Race, who ruled the planet and allowed for creativity and inspiration to flourish, return to take back the planet.

 * Every gambler knows / That the secret to survivin' / Is knowin' what to throw away / And knowin' what to keep. 'Cause every hand's a winner / And every hand's a loser / And the best that you can hope for / is to die in your sleep.
 * Who: The Gambler
 * Source: The Gambler, by Don Schlitz (1976)
 * Note: The Gambler gives this advice to his fellow rail car passenger, who narrates the song, and in the next verse relates that the gambler then went to sleep, and that "somewhere in the darkness / The gambler he broke even / But in his final words / I found an ace that I could keep".

 * My name's O'Hare, I'm one of you. I live here in Thneedville too. The things you say just might be true, It could be time to start anew, and maybe change my point of view; nah, I say let it die! ♫ Let it die, let it die, let it shrivel up an- ♫ c'mon, who's with me, huh?
 * Who: Aloysius O'Hare
 * Source: Let It Grow by Fletcher Sheridan, Dan Navarro, Edie Lehmann Boddicker, Jenny Slate, Claira Titman, Betty White, Rob Riggle, and Ed Helms.

In videogames

 * I may actually make it home from this lousy war.
 * The last words of a soldier in Call of Duty 2 before being shot.

In musicals

 * Raise a glass to freedom...
 * Who: Alexander Hamilton
 * Source: Hamilton

 * Un deux trois--
 * Who: Philip Hamilton
 * Source: Hamilton

 * So dark...
 * Who: Moritz Stiefel
 * Source: Spring Awakening.

 * I am not a boy....I'm an animal
 * Who: Bat Boy (Edgar)
 * Source: Bat Boy the Musical
 * Note: Character dies after being stabbed in the back.

 * My mind is in darkness. / God, God, I'm sick. I've been used. / And you knew all the time. / God!  I'll never ever know why you chose me for your crime... / For your foul, bloody crime! / You have murdered me! / Have murdered me! / Murdered me! / Murdered me! / Murdered me! / Murdered me! / Murdered me! / Murdered--!
 * Who: Judas Iscariot
 * Source: Jesus Christ Superstar
 * Note: Character realizes he did what Jesus wanted him to do (i.e., betray him) despite said character's warning him about what is to come, which turns out to be all planned; in the end, Judas hangs himself after realizing what he'd done.

 * My love... is yours eternally... My hand... is nice and warm... I love...
 * Who: Mimi
 * Source: La Boheme (translated from Italian)
 * Note: Character died of tuberculosis in the arms of Radolfo, her love and protagonist of the story.

 * Are you satisfied? I've laughed myself to...
 * Who: Dr. Orin Scrivello
 * Source: Little Shop of Horrors
 * Note: Character asphyxiates self with a mask pumping laughing gas. Seymour, who had been afraid to shoot him, chooses to not help him take the stuck mask off, letting him die. Seymour finishes Orin's unfinished sentence by asking, "death?"

 * The choice was mine, and mine completely. / I could have any prize that I desired. / I could burn with the splendor of the brightest fire, / Or else... or else I could choose time. / Remember, I was very young then, / And a year was forever and a day. / So what use could fifty, sixty, seventy be? / I saw the lights and I was on my way. / And how I lived, how they shone, / But how soon the lights were gone.
 * Who: Eva Perón
 * Source: Evita
 * Note: Eva sings these words before dying of cancer.

 * I'm not sorreeeee...
 * Who: Caldwell B. Cladwell
 * Source: Urinetown
 * Note: Character has been hurled from the roof of a tall building, from which he had previously had people thrown.

 * Do you think-a you're smart? / You foolish-a boy, / tomorrow you'll start / in my-a employ. / You under-a-stand? / You like-a my plan?
 * Who: Daniel O'Higgins, a.k.a. Adolfo Pirelli
 * Source: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
 * Note: Character, an employee of Sweeney who remembers his true identity as Benjamin Barker, attempts to blackmail Todd in exchange for silence; Todd slashes his throat with a razor.

 * Well, sir, I take that very kindly.
 * Who: Beadle Bamford
 * Source: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
 * Note: Character was responding to an offer of a free shave and pomade in Todd's barbershop; after going upstairs, Todd kills the Beadle.

 * Hey...don't I...know you...mister?...
 * Who: The Beggar Woman/Lucy Barker
 * Source: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
 * Note: Character wanders into Todd's barbershop in an attempt to warn him of Mrs. Lovett's evil schemes; fearing that the Beggar Woman will ruin his plans, Todd hurriedly kills her. He later discovers that the Beggar Woman was actually his wife Lucy, who he thought dead, explaining why she recognized him.

 * BENJAMIN BARKER?!
 * Who: Judge Turpin
 * Source: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
 * Note: Todd had just revealed his true identity as Benjamin Barker to Judge Turpin in a slow, torturous way; upon realizing the truth, the Judge panics and screams Barker's name as the barber kills him.

 * So let's keep living it! / Just keep living it! / Really living it!
 * Who: Nellie Lovett
 * Source: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
 * Note: Character was singing and waltzing with Todd, who had claimed he forgives her for hiding the truth about his wife Lucy's survival in an attempt to win his love; as they dance, Todd steers Mrs. Lovett close to her pie shop's oven and throws her into it, where she burns to death.

 * There was a barber and his wife, / and she was beautiful. / A foolish barber and his wife. / She was his reason and his life, / and she was beautiful, / and she was virtuous. / And he was... / naive...
 * Who: Sweeney Todd/Benjamin Barker
 * Source: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
 * Note: Character sings this song, a reprise of one of the musical's very first songs, as he is holding the body of his wife, who he unknowingly killed because he did not know that she was still alive. He is killed by having his throat slashed with his own razor by Tobias Ragg shortly afterward.

 * I... think you are a good friend.
 * Who: Esmeralda
 * Source: Der Glöckner von Notre Dame (The Bellringer of Notre Dame) (translated from German)
 * Note: Unlike the Disney film adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which the German theater adapted, Quasimodo arrives too late to save Esmeralda from being burned at the stake, and she barely regains consciousness and has little time to tell him how she feels about him before she dies from smoke inhalation.

Cannibal! The Musical

 * [sung] We can make him tall or we can make him not so tall!
 * Who: Israel Swan
 * Note: After wandering the Colorado Rockies for days the group asks what they should do and Swan begins to sing "Let's Build a Snowman" for the second time. Fed up with his singing, Bell shoots him in the head.

 * He killed Swan. It's only fair.
 * Who: James Humphrey (Matt Stone)
 * Note: The group discusses who they should kill first and James suggest Bell. Packer returns to the camp and finds Humphrey, Miller and Noon all killed by Bell.

 * We can't do it, Packer. We can't even stand up.
 * Who: George "California" Noon
 * Note: The group discusses who they should kill first and James suggest Bell. Packer returns to the camp and finds Humphrey, Miller and Noon all killed by Bell.

 * [sung] That's all we're asking for.
 * Who: Frank Miller
 * Note: The group discusses who they should kill first and James suggest Bell. Packer returns to the camp and finds Humphrey, Miller and Noon all killed by Bell.

 * Hey, you can't do that, jerky!
 * Who: Frenchy Cabazon
 * Note: After Polly announced that Packer was innocent (and therefore, did not have to be hanged), Frenchie rushed the hanging post out of anger and tried to hang Packer himself. The Ute chief rescues Packer and chops off Frenchie's head.

Les Miserables: The Musical

 * And tell Cosette I love her...and I'll see her when I wake...
 * Who: Fantine
 * Notes: Fantine was dying of Tuberculosis. Her last words, spoken to Jean Valjean, were directed to her daughter.

 * And you will keep me safe...and you will keep me close...and rain...will make the flowers...[grow]
 * Who: Eponine
 * Notes: Eponine, shot, dies in the arms of the man she has always unrequitedly loved, Marius.

 * We fight like...like twenty...armies and we...we won't give up...so you'd bet...better run for...for cover...when the pup...grows...[up]
 * Who: Gavroche
 * Notes: Gavroche, no older than ten, is trying to collect ammunition for the resistance movement when he is shot by the enemy and dies.

 * Let others rise to take our place, until the Earth is free!
 * Who: Enjolras
 * Notes: This is the final speech Enjolras gives to the students before they make their last stand at the barricade (and die).

 * I'll escape now from that world...from the world of Jean Valjean...there is nowhere I can go...there is no way to go on!
 * Who: Javert
 * Notes: Javert ruled his life by a black-and-white sense of good and evil. Once Valjean, a criminal, spares him, his ideal world is shattered. Unable to cope, he hurls himself into the Seine River (and drowns).

 * And remember, a truth that once was spoken-to love another person is to see the face of God...
 * Who: Jean Valjean
 * Notes: Valjean had lived a long, hard life. He finally feels ready to die once Cosette is married. He leaves behind the story of his life, and, escorted by Fantine and Eponine's ghosts, joins the souls of the others who died in Heaven.

Into the Woods

 * The better to EAT you with, my dear!
 * Who: The Wolf
 * Notes: Character had disguised himself as Little Red Riding Hood's Grandmother in order to eat the child. Though he succeeded, the Baker happened to be walking by at the time, and slit the Wolf's stomach, killing him.

 * I'm not the lad!
 * Who: The Narrator
 * Notes: Character served as the narrator of the tale. When a fierce giantess appeared in the land, she demanded to find Jack, who had killed her husband. The Witch sacrifices the Narrator to trick the giantess, but she sees through the ruse and drops him; the impact kills him.

 * Promise me...you won't let her get Jack. Promise...as I stand here at death's door. Promise. PROMISE!...Jack!...Jack...Jack...
 * Who: Jack's Mother
 * Notes: The other fairy tale characters were divided on the subject of sacrificing Jack to the giantess. His mother defended him fiercely, and angered the giantess with her cries. Cinderella's Steward struck Jack's Mother over the head with his lance to silence her, and the blow proved fatal.

 * And now, because of the way you treated me, I'll never be happy!
 * Who: Rapunzel
 * Notes: Character, facing severe depression after bearing twins, was screaming at her mother, the Witch. Later, she stumbled upon the giantess and the others; she panicked and ran directly into the monstrous giantess's path. She was crushed beneath her foot.

 * Let the moment go...don't forget it for a moment, though./Just remembering you've had an 'an' when you're back to 'or'.../makes the 'or' mean more than it did before.../Now I understand...and it's time to leave the woods!
 * Who: The Baker's Wife
 * Notes: Character had had a tryst with Cinderella's Prince in the woods. While contemplating the situation, she began to wander around the forest. The giantess arrived nearby, and her mighty steps shook a tree, which fell and crushed the Baker's Wife.

 * All right Mother, when?/Lost the beans again!/Punish me the way you did then!/Give me claws and a hunch/just away from this bunch/and the gloom!/and the doom!/and the boom...CRRRRUUNNNNNCHH!
 * Character: The Witch
 * Notes: Character had listened to Cinderella, Jack, Little Red, and the Baker accuse each other of the giantess's appearance. She revealed that all were responsible, and so scattered the magic beans that had grown into beanstalks. Upon doing so, she disappeared in a puff of smoke.

 * Son, son! All is repaired!
 * Like father...like son...
 * Who: The Mysterious Man
 * Notes: First line occurs at the end of Act One, when the breaking of the spell that kept the Baker's Wife childless was broken. In Act Two, he became a spirit, and confronted his son-the Baker-when he tried to leave his own infant son. He told the dangers of running away, and disappeared into the forest forever.

 * Thank you. Now justice will be served, and I will leave your kingdom.
 * Who: The Giantess
 * Notes: Cinderella, Little Red, Jack, and the Baker used their collective experiences to outwit the giantess. Cinderella and Little Red directed her toward Jack's hiding place, while he and the Baker waited with clubs. She fell into their trap and perished.

Titanic: A New Musical

 * At least we aren't makin' any widows, are we?
 * Who: Barrett
 * Notes: He is the ship's stoker. As others head onto the lifeboats when the ship sinks, he was left behind from rowing the boats and substituted for Sean Farrell. He says this quote to another passenger Charles before the scene they are in cuts. He dies when the ship sinks, although he was actually among the Titanic survivors in real life.

 * I declare this ship lost! From now on, it's every man for himself!
 * Who: Captain E.J. Smith
 * Notes: As the ship is sinking, he issues out this warning as many try to evacuate the ship. He drowns with the ship.

 * Mr. Andrews? Shouldn't you be getting a move on? Mr. Andrews?!!
 * Who: Bellboy
 * Note: Sees Andrews as many are trying to escape from the ship, and asks Andrews if he is going to leave. When Andrews fails to respond, the bellboy leaves him, and eventually dies as the Titanic sinks completely.

 * (sung) And I will love you... still!
 * Who: Isa and Isador Strauss
 * Notes: The two were first class passengers on the Titanic who decided to stay together even if the ship was going to sink. After finishing these lines from the song "Still", it must be noted that they drowned when the ship sunk.

 * (sung) Autumn, shall we meet in the autumn? Shall we meet in the autumn?
 * Who: Thomas Andrews (the Titanic's builder)
 * Notes: As many are trying to escape from the sinking ship, Williams stays behind. He is shocked with the fact that the ship couldn't be able to survive the iceberg, and tries to reconstruct his designs for the ship to find a design that could have prevented the ship from hitting the iceberg. After completing his final song, the musical cuts to the finale, which takes place after those who failed to escape drowned (Andrews included).

Original video animation

 * Doctor Hell... I have failed you...
 * Who: Baron Ashura
 * Source: Mazinkaiser
 * Notes: Drawn and quartered by Mazinkaiser's Kaiser Blade while fused to the monster King Hell Gorgon.

Plays

 * My white plume.
 * Who: Cyrano de Bergerac
 * Source: Cyrano de Bergerac
 * Notes: Roxane asks him to further explain what he meant after he says "For there is one thing I have left, void of smear or stain, and I take it with me despite you." He presumably dies shortly after speaking this line due to the massive open wound on his skull.

 * Cyrano has something important to tell you.
 * Who: Christian de Neuvillette
 * Source: Cyrano de Bergerac
 * Notes: Christian was speaking to Roxane, and he learned that she would love him even if he were ugly, because he is so verbose and romantic with his letters. The dramatic irony is that the audience knows that Cyrano is the one with the brilliant mind, and that Cyrano has been writing the letters the entire time. Christian relays this information to Cyrano, and tells him to tell her that it was him she was really in love with. Shortly after speaking this line, he exits and dies amidst gunfire.

Others

 * Do it!
 * Who: Rorschach
 * Source: Watchmen

 * I'm sorry I couldn't protect you...
 * Who: Rei Hino
 * Source: Sailor Moon Stars.

 * Fire...soul.. (Point-blank range attack to a nigh-invincible foe, killing them both.)
 * Who: Rei Hino
 * Source:  Sailor Moon.

 * Sister...
 * Who: Yurito Morimiya
 * Source: Sola
 * Notes: When Aono, Yurito's sister, attempted to kill Matsuri with a katana, Yurito stood in the path of her blade. Yurito is slain and his illusionary form (he was a fake substitute created by Aono through Yaka powers) dissolved back into a sea of papers.

 * (Steven: So you might as well put that gun down, and surrender!) Never! I'll take this necklace, sell it for a fortune and move wealthfully to another country! (Lady Margeret: Curse you, Stanley Grimes!) There's no such thing as a curse! (clutches heart) Oh! Oh! Oh!
 * Who: Stanley Grimes/Dr. Rex Forbes (a character in the fictious play, "Murder Most Foul")
 * Source: Play On! (a little-known dramedy play)
 * Notes: The "character" is a fictious villain in the play posing as a scientist, who killed an archeologist named Sir Percival, for a necklace known mostly as the Darjeeling Diamond. But when a friend of one of the "characters", Steven Sellers, tips him off, Stanley Grimes is exposed as the murderer. When the police arrives as he holds the people inside the mansion he is in hostage, Grimes starts to have convulsions due to the diamond's curse and dies. Due to there being problems with during the progress on rehearsals (then the play itself) with the dialogue, the death is made even more hilarious with the lines being flubbed, especially near the end of the play, when the "characters" exclaim the curse is from the three different names of the diamond and the "character" Lord Dudley shouts "All of them!" to try to get the play moving along. (Please note that when the word character was in quotation marks, I mean the roles the actual characters, which are the actors, and not the figures like Stanley Grimes or Steven Sellers, played).

 * You are no son of mine
 * Who: Tywin Lannister
 * A Storm of Swords

 * Cold.
 * Who: Renly Baratheon
 * A Clash of Kings

 * The woods... the barns... the gas tanks of automobiles... it's spreading everywhere. It's coming this way. About twenty yards to my right-- [abrupt silence]
 * Who: Carl Phillips
 * Source: The War of the Worlds (1939 radio play)
 * Note: It can be inferred that Carl Phillips was burned to death by the alien's heat ray; an announcer later advised that his "charred body" was identified at a Trenton hospital.

 * Well Gosh.
 * Who: Mayor Wilkins
 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer

 * Old man... everyone... and Luffy... I know all my life, I've been worthless, and I know that I have this demon's blood flowing through me... but... thank you for loving me!
 * Who: Portgas D. Ace
 * One Piece
 * Note- Character dies in the arms of his brother, Luffy.

 * Oh, fu-
 * Who: Vampire Willow Rosenberg, returning to her own reality only to be killed within seconds.
 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer

 * Gazpacho soup!
 * Who: Arnold Judas Rimmer
 * Red Dwarf

Batman
See Last words in Batman media

The Lord of the Rings
See Last words in Lord of the Rings media

Star Wars
See Fictional last words in Star Wars media.

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

 * Captain, look!
 * Who: Lieutenant Williams
 * Note: Spoken to Maori Madakor a moment before their ship is destroyed by a Trade Federation laser cannon.

 * Shields up!
 * Who: Maori Madakor
 * Note: Said to Lieutenant Williams after he says his last words.

 * D'oh!
 * Who: Trade Federation droid Army B1 battle droid
 * Notes: Force Pushed by Qui-Gon Jinn. Destroyed later. A reference to The Simpsons.

 * Impossible! Nothing can get through our shields!
 * Who: Daultay Dofine
 * Notes: Said aboard the Droid Control Ship, moments before it's brought down by Anakin Skywalker.

 * He... is the chosen one. He... will bring balance. Train him...
 * Who: Qui-Gon Jinn
 * Note: Character is dying of a wound inflicted by Darth Maul. The line is spoken to Obi-Wan Kenobi in reference to Anakin Skywalker.
 * Note: In Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Qui-Gon Jinn's voice can be heard in the scene of the transition between Anakin killing the Sand People (using the dark side of the Force). He says "Anakin! Anakin! No!".

Transformers
See Last words in Transformers media

The Swan Princess
See ''Fictional last words in The Swan Princess media.

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Melanie Thornton

Melanie Thornton (May 13, 1967 – November 24, 2001) was an American pop singer who fronted the Eurodance group La Bouche, who formed hits such as "Be My Lover" and "Sweet Dreams" in the mid-1990s.

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 * I know we don't have any guarantee that we're gonna live tomorrow. That's why I live everyday as it was my last.
 * One of her last interviews before her death in a plane crash on November 24, 2001.

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Talk:Mitt Romney

To Do List

 * 1) Each of the refrences to a press release, could be made into a link for that press release... I have put a lot of them on this site: http://myclob.pbwiki.com/ but have not taken the time to make them active links from this wiki quote page...

 * 1) Make all the non specific press release links, go directly to the exact press release (I started to to this at the begining).
 * 2) Move all the non-sourced quotes to "attributed". Find the sources for these quotes, and move them back to the sourced.
 * 3) Move all the Topics, under their letter, within the new "sourced" heading, to conform to the template.
 * 4) Get red of all the "Romney said" or "he said" within the quotes.User:Myclob

Questions

 * 1) Should we put - "Mitt Romney", or "Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney" after each quote? Or do people on this page know who the quote is from?
 * 2) Should we put "quotes" around each quote?
 * 3) Should we italizize each quote?
 * 4) There are a lot of quotes, which I think is good. I think for any presidential candidate you should be able to go and find their position on every topic. But should we try and put promote the best quotes, or the ones from what most people would consider to be more important topics?
 * 5) I've mainley taken quotes from his press releases. Is there anyone out there can can generate quotes from other sources, such as his book, or speaches? -  User:Myclob

 * Answering these questions in order of appearance: 1) No. 2) No. 3) No. 4) Don't arrange quotes according to which ones you think the best or most important. That should be for readers to decide on their own. 5) The first place to try would be online.  It's not uncommon for speeches, interviews, profiles, debates and news articles to be found on the Web.  I found quite a bit of material online while I was recently hunting sources for unsourced quotes on a political figure's Wikiquote page.  You can even find the Congressional Record online, although it wouldn't be useful in this case for a governor. As for books, these wouldn't be likely to be online for obvious copyright reasons, although Google Book Search could help you with quote-hunting. P.S.  Please sign your posts.  - InvisibleSun 15:30, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

 * "re #4" It is ridiculous to say that we should not put quotes in order of importance. The fact that they get put on this page at is is because someone thinks that some quote is more important than other quotes... If we "just let the user decide which are the best quotes" then we should just put everything that someone says on this page, including, "I would like to buy a hamburger, with a large order of fries". Of course their should be some effort to put some of the more memorable, impactful, news-worthy quotes at the top of a page, or list. 99.142.65.241 20:12, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Why did he delete my quotes?
re: Please stop adding quotes to pages without ensuring that the quote is adequately about the subject of the page. I have gone through and removed a number of quotes and pages which were created without any real connection between the quote and the subject; simply because a quote may mention a certain person or thing does not necessarily mean that the quote is about that person or thing. Furthermore, when adding quotes, please make sure that the quote is about the larger subject, not simply a particular initiative or bill confined to the state of Massachusetts. Wikiquote is not a place for trying to create a legacy for an outgoing governor. —LrdChaos (talk) 14:31, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Do you realize how few topics there are in "Wikiquote"?

For instance, there are no quotes about, "America".

Do you really want to be considered relevant as an archive of quotes, when there are no quotes about America? I think you should be less conserned about removing quotes that you don't think are relevant (from an outgoing governor) than wiki-quotes becoming irrelevant.

Besides, Mitt Romney is not just an outgoing governor. He is a possible president in 2008. Some would say that the internet's most important job is to help people figure out who should be the next president of the united states. Why would you remove Mitt Romney's quotes about America? Wouldn't you want to know what an individual has to say about American, when the have the possiblitity of leading it? That makes me kind of mad that you removed it. Instead of removing it, why don't you help me? Why don't you help me find quotes from all the other possible presidentail candidates, and see what they have to say about these subjects?

Why just remove all of my additions? Why not wait a little bit, and try and discuss it? That is what the discussion page is for?

 * that was wrong, but it Is possible but not very probable that he did delete his quotes. Hes seem be too occupied with VP mate, to considEr > Donald ducke Anglosaxon (talk) 02:02, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

I think wiki quotes can become one of the biggest helps for democracy
What do you think?

Article needs a diet, desparately.
An article about a little-known soon-to-be-former governor should not be the eleventh-largest page on Wikiquote. Wikiquote is not a dumping-ground for old press releases. Even far more notable people, like George W. Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger, have much shorter pages. 121a0012 18:53, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

 * I've taken the liberty of putting the article on a crash diet, removing any quote which was bland, insignificant and unsurprising. The result is at Mitt Romney/temp. There are four unsourced quotes there. I suggest that this takes the place of the main article, unless there are major objections. Of course if there are other quotes which really should be included, feel free to do so. Fys. “Ta fys aym”. 19:47, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I would say, "Go for it". 121a0012 01:09, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

 * OK, done it. Fys. “Ta fys aym”. 18:45, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

 * It sounds weird to say that information should be removed... Isn't more information more? Does it cost Wikipedia more to house a larger list of quotes? Do you know I could put every bit of text from all of wikipedia on a thumb drive? Not including images, but just pure text... Removing content just because other pages are smaller seems weird... Shouldn't wikiquote be just as long as "project vote smart" or those other compilation websites that try to be comprehensive of all the things someone has said about a subject?" 99.142.65.241 00:21, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Who is/is not notable is individual editor's POV.
In a living, breathing entity like this, should not then timeliness to some degree determine appropriateness as far as inclusion of quotes is concerned? Sure, I'm new to wiki & so have experimented by adding a current, Romney (who it might be noted just won the important straw poll at an annual gathering of Conservative activists yesterday) religious quote; yet, wouldn't removing quote subtract from the knowledge avialable to readers' researching presidential candidates? In otherwords, how can editors' in-/ exclusion of quotes not be driven somewhat by such subjective POV as to relative notability and so forth? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Justmeherenow (talk • contribs) 05:14, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Actually, it's exactly the opposite. We don't collect timely quotes; we collect timeless quotes; i.e., ones that should stand the test of time. Wikiquote is not inherently a forum to collect information about political candidates and their positions. Quotes that are likely to be remembered for a long time are worth adding, but quotes that merely state what's going on currently with the subject are not ideal, so one shouldn't be surprised if someone else removes them for lack of staying power. We've had problems in the past with this particular subject, as at least one editor has tried to use Wikiquote to promote Romney's campaign positions in the guise of notable quotes. Please consider the "test of time" argument when adding quotes here. Thank you. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 07:14, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Graci. (I'm a "Naom Chomsky" guy but...) I see my fave candidate from Illinois's wikiquote page is 7 times that of Mitt's - How exactly do editors shed any particular candidate's dross from her oratorical gold!

--Justmeherenow 08:51, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Well, this is a wiki, so the idea is that, given enough attention by the community, all articles will eventually be made into well-crafted pieces. Unfortunately, Wikiquote is still too small and casual a community, so we have a lot of uneven results. If you want to bring attention to an article, you should probably name it specifically. After all, many Wikiquotians are not familiar with Illinois politics. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 16:30, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

(Chomsky is the celebrated political thinker of the Left. And my "candidate from Illinois" is Senator Obama.) But: Re an editor's curt answer (above) to an anonymous colleague's(?sp) question as to why the mass of the body of his text had been deleted - that wikiquote's not a "dumping ground" for press releases and as to the relative length of the article for candidate Romney as compared to that of the current governor of California: During an election season candidates generate heat and partisans come on-line to catalogue quotes; and is that necessarily such a bad thing. Timelessness is a function of something's having been at one point very timely. Editors I think should should err on the side of an overrepresentation of these snapshots from out of the current political discourse; so unless an entire piece is to be expertly reworked, it should just be fine tuned here and there through, say, deleting a quote or two when a more pertinent one has been found. In other words, allow participants here to memorialize their subject's narrative and leave the ultimate judgement as to its pertinence and timelessness up to the public. --Justmeherenow 21:11, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Wikiquote and its Wikimedia sister projects are very sensitive about not being used to serve agendas by politicians, partisans, corporate interests, or really anybody with a non-neutral point of view about a subject. We have had some high-profile hijinks committed against Wikipedia by these folks in the recent past, so the community has a very low tolerance of anything that smacks of politicking. Also, please note that there is no effective difference between the "participants" and the "public" here. Anyone can edit these pages. But Wikiquote is not a forum for political discourse, even by proxy-by-quote. Obviously, folks will want to post their favorite quotes from their favorite "good" or "bad" politicians, but all must realize that if this looks like overenthusiastic support or opposition because of heated races, much material is likely to be deleted. It's best to keep articles pithy, original, and succinct. Do not use Wikiquote articles as a candidate's campaign archive. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 21:34, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Contributors are the public, yes. And while I agree attempts for neutrality is an important ideal, by that same token, broad accusations of a fellow editor's being a shill or too much of a hack displays a lack of neutrality itself. And setting up such a bogeyman doesn't assume good faith. I just checked out Noam Chomsky's fantastic wikiquote article, which really should be a model. I haven't checked out Gingrich's or Senator Clinton's but I did Obama's which is still pretty short but is coming along. I assume the editor who'd been amassing Romney quotes was attempting something similar. --138.89.124.15 19:48, 6 March 2007 (UTC) I looked up what had been deleted and agree it was too energetic so ignore my speech above. --Justmeherenow 01:26, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Someone likes Romney! No worries bro, you don't have to hide it!

Unsourced
Wikiquote no longer allows unsourced quotations, and they are in process of being removed from our pages (see Wikiquote:Limits on quotations); but if you can provide a reliable, precise and verifiable source for any quote on this list please move it to Mitt Romney. --Antiquary 21:03, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * In Massachusetts, code orange means John Kerry just got out of the tanning salon.

 * Kids in our urban schools, most of them minorities, are not succeeding at anywhere near the rate of their counterparts in the suburbs. And let me be clear: the failure of our urban schools to prepare our children today for the challenges of tomorrow is the civil rights issue of our generation.

 * And a special thank you to the citizens of Massachusetts: You are paying all the taxes, creating all the jobs, raising all the children. This government is yours. Thank you for letting me serve you. I love this job.

 * We need people of many faiths to lead this nation, but we need a person of faith to lead this nation

sourced taxes?
I have concern regarding the quote " I Have Paid Taxes Every Year. A Lot Of Taxes. ". Photo taken Next day show - he checks recipe of paid taxes. Did you spot such spree before?

able notable!? being here new ... WDT you. 99.90.197.87 06:00, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

What an unbelievable partisan pile of crap
Is this nothing more than an attempt to list every single quote that shows Romney in a negative light? Many of the quotes don't even make sense without the additional back and forth between Romney and another person, which is not really the purpose of a quote. Is Romney even known for making a fraction of these statements? Additionally, there are quotes which leave out part of the quote. I am not fully aware of the rules regarding wikiquote, but much of this article would be a BLP violation on the main WP article. 66.44.182.212 14:04, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * No doubt some of his supporters consider those same quotes you find objectionable to put him in a positive light. If missing context is necessary to make sense of any particular quote, feel free to supply it. ~ Robin Lionheart (talk) 21:52, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Perhaps this may help contextualize, (spoken by Romney first wife):
 * you people ... hide things ... He is so good about it

"He can't look like that...."
Why am I not suprised that you would restore the quote attributed to him from 1965 by another person. Even the own rules here preclude this kind of crap. Prove that he actually said it, the onus is on you. 66.44.182.212 00:09, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I restored the quote of the statement attributed to Romney by a childhood friend. There is absolutely no evidence that last editor understands what "absolutely no evidence" means, and sufficient evidence of the quote being accurate is evident — "proof" is lacking — but to a skepticial and lucid enough person proof of nearly anything is nearly ALWAYS lacking — and they make assessments based on the preponderence of evidence, not shallow and casual presumptions of absolute certainty or absolutist judgements. The statement is presented as a quote of Romney in a reliable source. If there actually arises a dispute by Romney denying that he said such a thng, it could reasonably be moved to a "Disputed" section, based upon such an official dispute between differing memories of the people involved. ~ ♞☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 01:32, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * What a preponderously stupid statement. Does not Wikiquote follow the same quoting guidelines as Wikipedia?  Do you not realize that you open Wikiquote up to libel by presenting this as a factual statement?  Seriously, what kind of standards are required when making a claim against a living person here?  66.44.182.212 03:57, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * This has been raised on WQ:AN and I have responded there.--Collingwood (talk) 08:05, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * There is no libel involved in reporting an attribution made in a major newspaper: it is a perfectly citable secondary source, and the story was picked up by several other national news outlets, who are also not guilty of libel for doing so. There is reason to doubt the accuracy of the actual words, which the newspaper describes as a recollection, but I don't think that is the main issue here — As with another recently removed quote, this appears to be part of an anecdote that does not really stand on its own as a quotable quote. In my opinion, if the significance of a quote depends entirely on a larger narrative context then, unless it has already withstood the test of time as a famous quote that carries its own context, there is no reason to consider it quoteworthy in a compendium of quotations, notwithstanding that it is entirely appropriate to quote it in the context of a news story. I should remark that the original contributor of this quote, Robin Lionheart, generally does a very good job with quotes discussed in the news, and is a valued contributor to Wikiquote. I just don't think this particular choice meets the grade. ~ Ningauble (talk) 15:04, 10 August 2012 (UTC) – amended Ningauble (talk) 15:25, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree that Robin Lionheart is a good contributor. However, I think that this is not "particularly witty, pithy, wise, eloquent, or poignant" and would favour its removal on those grounds.  There are many good quotes from Romney; we don't need to inflate the page with bad ones.--Collingwood (talk) 18:08, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I fully support the retention of this quote as one which is currently considered newsworthy by many, whether or not it makes any grade in terms of extremely eloquent or witty statement on its own. I have never embraced or supported the suppositions of presumptions of many who seem to believe their levels of disinterest in some matters should become mandated as officially sanctioned levels of disinterest for the project, and am far more inclined to be liberally conservative of statements provided than many are, and far less impressed with or acceptive than some of efforts to censor or remove exposure to ideas, comments or views from ANY ranges of the political spectra. ~ ♞☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 18:37, 10 August 2012 (UTC) + tweak
 * Me too, there is need to chisel more goldened sentences. Why to bow to all those who want to silence words of one of candidates to republican candidate for US President? Donald ducke Anglosaxon (talk) 02:42, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
 * That whole sorry incident seems pretty poignant to me, and has inspired artistic works like "Romney Mitt, the Demon Barber of Wall Street". It may be a more notable than quotable, however, so if we reach a consensus it should go, I'll not cavil. ~ Robin Lionheart (talk) 09:13, 11 August 2012 (UTC) ~ Robin Lionheart (talk) 09:13, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

"I'll send him the nickels"
can I put that quote? It is about Mister Romney who is slow to spend few more nickel on his taxes. Asking because; they say they source is raw and they are also MSM.
 * Previous unsigned comment from Donald ducke Anglosaxon (talk, contribs)
 * You can source quotes from CNN programs to CNN transcripts. But please include the name of the program and the date of broadcast next time, and try to keep context descriptions accurate. Also, sign your Talk page comments by ending them with four tildes in a row:  ~ . ~ Robin Lionheart (talk) 11:08, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Are you shure you understand contextualy more? R : "We are a nation under God, and in God we do indeed trust." G: tosse those thirsty nickels,  are you Romney, to trust you ? Donald ducke Anglosaxon (talk) 02:50, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure I understood your last comment at all, Donald. ~ Robin Lionheart (talk) 12:10, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure, if so nobody will be sure what do you understand. How to quote what Romeny say about government-issue gas masks for us/US ? By the way who to call to get them in Chicago area ? Donald ducke Anglosaxon (talk) 00:51, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
 * If it may help: after initials R; G; of Romney, Gibbs follow quote, thought respectively.

How to quote this? R say say I never paid less than 13 percent Do he mean realty never, it mean never, never at all Donald ducke Anglosaxon (talk) 02:29, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

a final (hopfully) qoute
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Thank you so very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I have just called President Obama to congratulate him on his victory

source washingtonpost.com Some agent bloked the page, add it if you can.
 * Was there nothing in his concession speech more quotable than that? ~ Robin Lionheart (talk) 15:22, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * hmm, perhaps add the link: "my friends - coporations "

Is much of this material notable?
As an unbiased (ie Non-American) reader, I would like to observe that whatever merits Mitt Romney may have, many of the words that are recorded in this article can't be described as notable quotations by any conventional definition. Jmcc150 (talk) 12:29, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't disagree. By all means remove anything you think is particularly bad, but please don't start an edit war.--Collingwood (talk) 13:29, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

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Janez Detd

Janez Detd. (short for Janez Determined) is a Belgian punk/pop band that formed in 1995.

So Thin

 * Suzanna, zero gravity is ‘in’...

Victim

 * I’m not a victim of the GI Joe or Scoobiedoo-generation, I don’t fight with no delirious grin. I don’t go out with no manic look in my eyesbro, I’m just a victim, nothing more than a crank victim''

Old Enough

 * I'm old enough to dress myself. Dazed and abused, by these passed teenage years.

 * I'm the one who...won't pee in your shower or beat you up when I come home, unfeasibly drunk.

Summer's Gone

 * Summer's gone, praid the sun that the days never end.

Raise Your Fist

 * My biggest fear, to lose the strength, to rise again while the marks still burn I know they’ll heal cause I believe in you

 * You’ve lost your fight to persist so you tagged along pretended you care be sure to complement the badger they wear

you’re so stupid just be sure to raise your...
 * Don’t think you’re powerless, don’t have to dress or act just like them cause. First you’re a part of them, then they’ll become a part of yourself. So, don’t have to be like them,

Individuality
Sonic youth at extreme high volume. Now will you ever grow up? I've found my sense of direction, hope this answers all your fuckin'...
 * You're out of your head, swearing you won't bend, You're out of control, they say

 * Today I'm stronger than I was yesterday and confident enough too, Tomorrow, I'll be even stronger cause I'll be who I want to."

Don't sudge my plans cause time's on my side express you individuality
 * Now I won't accept your control on my life express your individuality

I don't want it.
 * Now I won't accept your control on my life, don't want it, oh I don't want it.

Falling
I'd say and do it all over again cause all of it was...true
 * We used to have this thing called love, unconditional. Meant all I said, meant all I did

Blame

 * I'm searching for the truth in your scary lies

Fm Invasion
Reality's not what you want us to see So please quit your fm invasion!
 * Your truth isn't the truth, but sure ain't ours We cannot believe what you want us to

 * The radio's playing the bands we like, not Seems like they've banned 'em all except for those who keep telling us about our meaningless lives RIGHT!

 * Your words, prefabricated lies Fuck you,They won't affect my mind My life, my friends! They won't affect my life

Albums

 * Dignity and Teeth (Maxi-CD, Green leaf records, 1996)
 * Walk Away (CDS, I scream records, 1998)
 * Bleenies and Blockheads (CD, I scream records, 1998)
 * Beaver Feaver (I scream records, 1998)
 * Saturday (CDS, I scream records, 1998)
 * Rock On (CDS, Cabalero records, 1999)
 * Janez Detd. (CD, Cabalero/Virgin, 2000)
 * Lisa (She's a Herpie) (CDS, Cabalero / Virgin, 2000)
 * Anti-Anthems (CD, Cabalero / Virgin, 2000)
 * Take On Me (CDS, Cabalero / Virgin, 2000)
 * Summer's Gone (CDS, Cabalero/Virgin, 2000)
 * Killing Me (CDS, Cabalero/Virgin, 2005)

title: Janez Detd


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Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch (12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian Symbolist painter and printmaker, and an important forerunner of the Expressionistic art movement.

Quotes of Edvard Munch

 * chronologically ordered, after date of the quotes of Edvard Munch

1880 - 1895

 * I am at work on a girl. It is quite simple a girl getting up on the edge of her bed and pulling on her stockings. The bed is whitish, and in addition there are white sheets, a white nightdress, a bedside table with a white cover, white curtains and a blue wall. [as model for his painting 'Morning', 1884]
 * Quote in Munch's letter to Olav Paulsen, September 1884; as cited in Edvard Much – behind the scream, Sue Prideaux; Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 53

 * Life here [in Paris, 1885] is quite different. You hardly ever see a dog on a lead; you come across little wagons being pulled by dogs that are often so small that you can't imagine how on earth they manage to shift such enormous weights. You see shepherdesses in the middle of the street herding goats and sometimes playing on their flutes. I think I'll go to the Louvre and the Salon today.
 * Quote in Munch's letter (1885); as cited in Edvard Munchs Brev, Familien, Oslo: Tanum, 1949, p. 57

 * No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.
 * Quote from Munch's text (1889) 'Impressions from a ballroom, New Year's Eve in St. Cloud' - also known as 'The St. Cloud Manifesto'

 * I thought I should make something – I felt it would be so easy – it would take form under my hands like magic.
 * Then people would see!
 * A strong naked arm – a tanned powerful neck a young woman rests her head on the arching chest.
 * She closes her eyes and listens with open and quivering lips to the words he whispers into her long flowing hair.
 * I should paint that image just as I saw it – but in the blue haze.
 * Those two at that moment, no longer merely themselves, but simply a link in the chain binding generation to generation.
 * People should understand the significance, the power of it. They should remove their hats like they do in church.
 * There should be no more pictures of interiors, of people reading and women knitting.
 * There would be pictures of real people who breathed, suffered, felt, loved.
 * I felt impelled – it would be easy. The flesh would have volume – the colours would be alive.
 * There was an interval. The music stopped. I was a little sad. I remembered how many times I had had similar thoughts – and that once I had finished the painting – they had simply shaken their heads and smiled.
 * Once again I found myself out on the Boulevard des Italiens. [written in Saint Cloud, 1889]

 * Quotes from his text: 'Saint Cloud Manifesto', Munch (1889): as quoted in Edvard Much – behind the scream, Sue Prideaux; Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, pp. 120 -121

 * The point is that one sees things at different moments with different eyes. Differently in the morning then in the evening. The way in which one sees also depends on one's mood.. ..coming in from a dark bedroom in the morning into the sitting room one will, for example, see everything in a bluish light. Even the deepest shadows are topped with bright light. After a while one will accustom oneself to the light and the shadows will be deeper and everything will be seen more sharply. If an atmosphere of this kind is being painted it won't do merely to sit and gaze at everything 'just as one sees'. One must paint precisely the fleeting moment of significance – one must capture the exact experience separating that significant moment from the next – the exact moment when the motif struck one..  .In some circumstances a chair may seem to be just as interesting as a human being. In some way or another it must have caught the interest in which case the onlooker's interest must somehow be engaged in the same way. It's not the chair that should be painted, but what the person has felt at the sight of it [written in Saint Cloud, 1890 - probably related to the chair of Vincent van Gogh
 * Quote of Munch from: T 2770, (1890); as cited in Edvard Much – behind the scream, Sue Prideaux; Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, pp. 83-84

 * When seen as a whole, art derives from a person's desire to communicate himself to another. I do not believe in an art which is not forced into existence by a human being’s desire to open his heart. All art, literature, and music must be born in your heart’s blood. Art is your heart’s blood.
 * Manuscript (1891); as quoted in Edvard Munch and the Physiology of Symbolism (2002) by Shelley Wood Cordulack

 * I was walking along a path with two friends — the sun was setting — suddenly the sky turned blood red — I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence — there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city — my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety — and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature.
 * Quote of an entry in his Diary (22 January 1892), on the experience which inspired his famous painting, '(The Scream)' ('Shrik'), originally titled: 'Der Schrei der Natur' ('The Cry of Nature')

 * Realism's 'truth' as embodied in painting and literature now solely consists of things capable of being seen by the eye or heard by the ear. Realism is concerned only with the external shell of nature. People content with the discoveries they have made ignore the fact that there are other things to be discovered, even broader avenues to be explored. They have found bacteria, but not what they consist of. [quote of 1892)
 * OKK 1760 (Nice, January 1892); as quoted in Edvard Much – behind the scream, Sue Prideaux; Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 81

 * Nothing ceases to exist – there is no example of this in nature.. .There is an entire mass of things that cannot rationally explained. There are newborn thoughts that have not yet found form. How foolish to deny the existence of the soul. After all, that a life has begun, that cannot be denied. It is necessary to believe in immortality, insofar as it can be demonstrated that the atoms of life or the spirit of life must continue to exist after the body’s death. But of what does it exist, this characteristic of holding a body together, causing matter to change and develop, this spirit of life? I felt it as a sensual delight that I should become one with – become this earth which is forever radiated by the sun in such a constant ferment and which lives – lives – and which will grow plants from my decaying body – trees and flowers – and the sun will warm them and I will exist in them – and nothing will perish – and that is eternity.
 * T 2760 (January 1892); as quoted in Edvard Much – behind the scream, Sue Prideaux; Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 119

1896 - 1930

 * By painting colours and lines and forms seen in a quickened mood I was seeking to make this mood vibrate as a phonograph does.
 * In: Diary Saint Cloud, 1898; Munch, as quoted in Edvard Much – behind the scream, Sue Prideaux; Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 105

 * And I live with the dead – my mother, my sister [Sophie], my grandfather, my father [who died in 1889, when Munch was in France].. .Every day is the same – my friends have stopped coming – their laughter disturbs me, tortures me..  ..my daily walk round the old castle becomes shorter and shorter, it tires me more and more to take walks. The fire in the fireplace is my only friend – the time I spend sitting in front of the fireplace gets longer and longer..  ..at its worst I lean my head against the fireplace overwhelmed by the sudden urge – Kill yourself and then it’s all over. Why live? I light the candle – my huge shadow springs across half the wall, clear up to the ceiling and in the mirror over the fireplace I see the face of my own ghost.
 * a note from Saint Cloud, 1898; as quoted in Edvard Much – behind the scream, Sue Prideaux; Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 115

 * No one in art has yet penetrated as far [as Dostoyevsky into the mystical realms of the soul, towards the metaphysical, the subconsciousness, viewing the external reality of the world as merely a sign, a symbol of the spiritual and metaphysical.
 * Quote in Edvard Munch, Hans Dedekam, Kristiana 1909, p. 4

 * When I write these notes, it is not to describe my own life. I am writing a study of the soul as I observe myself closely and use myself as an anatomical testing-ground. It would therefore be wrong to look on these notes as confessions. I have chosen – in accordance with Søren Kierkegaard – to split the work into two parts; the painter and his distraught friend the poet. Just as Leonarda da Vinci studied the recesses of the body and dissected human cadavers, I try from self-scrutiny to dissect what is the universal in the soul [written after 1908]
 * in The Mad Poet's Diary, T 2734

 * My ideas developed under the influence of the bohemians or rather under Hans Jager [leader of the 'Kristiania Bohemia' since 1883]. Many people have mistakenly claimed that my ideas were formed under the influence of Strindberg and the Germans.. ..but that is wrong. They had already been formed by then.
 * Quote in a draft letter to Broby-Johansen, Berlin, 11 December 1926, Munch Museum

 * At first when I saw 'The Sick Child' [in his imagination] her pallid face and the vivid red hair against the pillow – I saw something that vanished when I tried to paint it. I ended up with a picture on the canvas which, although I was pleased with it, bore little relationship to what I had seen.. ..In the space of that year [1885 – 1886], scratching it out, just letting the paint flow, endlessly I tried to recapture what I had seen for the first time – the pale transparent skin against the linen sheets, the trembling lips, the shaking hands. I repainted the painting numerous times – scratched it out – let it become blurred in the medium – and tried again and again to catch the first impression – the transparent pale skin against the canvas – the trembling mouth – the trembling hands. I had done the chair [in which his sister Sophie had died] with the glass too often. It distracted me from doing the head. – When I saw the picture I could only make out the glass and the surroundings. – Should I remove it completely? – No, it had the effect of giving depth and emphasis to the head. – I scared off half the background and left everything in masses – one could now see past and across the head and the glass..  .I had achieved much of that first impression, the trembling mouth – the transparent skin – the tired eyes – but the picture was not finished in its colour – it was pale grey – the picture was then heavy as lead. [Munch showed the painting on the Autumn Exhibition 18 October 1886; it was criticized severely, even by his bohemian art-friend Jager]
 * Quote in 'Livsfrisen tilblivelse', Blomqvist, Oslo 1929, p. 9

 * One sunny spring day I heard the music coming down Karl Johan [street] and it filled me with joy. The spring, the sun, the music, all blended together to make me shiver with pleasure. The music added colour to the colours. I painted the picture [his painting 'Music on Karl Johan'] allowing the colours to reverberate with the rhythm of the music. I painted the colours as I saw them at that moment.
 * Quote in 'Livsfrisen tilblivelse', Blomqvist, Oslo 1929, p. 12

 * Behind the top hats, a little lady wearing lila-coloured tights was balancing on a tightrope in the middle of all that blue-grey tobacco-laden air. I sauntered in among the standing clientele. I was on the lookout for an attractive girl. Yes – that one wasn’t bad. When she became aware of my gaze her facial expression changed to that of a frozen mask and she stared emptily into space. I found a stair – and collapsed into it – tired and listless. Everyone clapped. The Lila-clad tightrope-walker curtsied, smiled and disappeared. A group of Romanian singers took her place. There was love and hate – and longing and reunion – and lovely dreams – and that soft music melting together with the colours. The melted notes became green palm trees and steely blue water floating in the blue haze of the room. An artwork is a crystal. A crystal has a soul and a mind, and the artwork must also have these.
 * a note of Munch, written in Ekely, 1929; Munch Museum

after 1930

 * The strange light illuminated all those night-time meetings that took place in every imaginable sort of café; the lips mouthing defiant words, heedless of restraint or consequence, often overbearing and brutal as only Norwegians can be, vast shadows of impotence misery and shabbiness – spirits training for fulfillment, striving in vain to be great, complete, unique. [Munch describes the environment and atmosphere of the Norwegian bohemia in Kristiana, where he himself lived and worked when he was about 23] And at the center of all the faces there would be Jaeger, whose logic was as sharp as a scythe and as cold as an icy blast..
 * in Edvard Munch, Pola Gaugain, Oslo Aschehoug, 1933, p. 15

 * The only influences in [the painting 'The sick Child', Munch painted in his elderly home, remembering very accurate the last days of his dying little sister Sophie] 'The sick Child'.. ..were the ones that come from my home..  ..my childhood and my home. Only someone who knew the conditions at home could possibly understand why there can be no conceivable chance of any other place having played a part – my home is to my art as a midwife is to her children..  ..few painters have ever experienced the full grief of their subject as I did in 'The sick child'. It was not just I who was suffering; it was all my nearest and dearest as well.
 * Edvard Munch talks to Jens Tiis, c. 1933, Munch Museum; as quoted in Edvard Much – behind the scream, Sue Prideaux; Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, pp. 85-86

 * One evening I came to have a discussion with my father on the subject how long unbelievers are tormented in Hell. I maintained that no sinner could be so guilty that God would let him suffer longer than a thousand years. Father said that they would suffer for a thousand times a thousand years. We would not give up the argument. I became so irritated.. .I returned home to make my piece with him. He had gone to bed so I quietly opened his bedroom door. He was on his knees in front of the bed, praying..  .I closed the door and went to my own room but I could not get to sleep..  ..eventually I took out my drawing block and started to draw. I drew my father kneeling by his bed, with the light from the bedside lamp casting a yellow glow over his nightshirt. I fetched my paintbox and colored it in. Finally I achieved the right pictorial effect, and I was able to go to bed happy and slept soundly.
 * In: 'Close Up of a Genius', Rolf E. Stenersen; Sem and Stenersen, Oslo 1946, pp. 10 – 11

 * Could only have been painted by a madman.
 * his inscription, written in pencil, between the red clouds on at least one of his paintings of The Scream (c. 1893 - 1910), as quoted in Edvard Munch: The Man and His Art (1977) by Ragna Thiis Stang, p. 106

 * My art is rooted in a single reflection: why am I not as others are? ..my art gives meaning to my life.
 * Quote in Edvard Munch: Psyche, Symbol and Expression (2001) by Jeffery Howe

 * From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.
 * Quote in Sustainable Landscape Construction: A Guide to Green Building Outdoors (2007) by William Thompson and Kim Sorvig, p. 30

 * Grey dawn was seeping into the sick room [around Christmas 1867, Munch was almost dying then and spitting blood when he was 13; but he recovered]. I lay in the middle of the bed with my hands outside the bedclothes, looking straight ahead. Now I was in a pact with God. I had promised to serve him if I survived, if he allowed me to escape the tuberculosis. Now I could never be as before.
 * T 2771, as quoted in Edvard Much – behind the scream, Sue Prideaux; Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 26

 * There must be no more pictures covered in brown sauce [c. 1880, when Munch started to paint series of landscapes in fresh colors]
 * a written note; as quoted in Edvard Much – behind the scream, Sue Prideaux; Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 41

 * Far out there – that
 * Soft line where the air meets
 * The sea – it is as incomprehensible as
 * existence – it is incomprehensible as
 * death – as eternal as longing.

 * N 613, as quoted in Edvard Much – behind the scream, Sue Prideaux; Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 79

 * My afflictions belong to me and my art - they have become one with me. Without illness and anxiety, I would have been a rudderless ship.. .My art is really a voluntary confession and an attempt to explain to myself my relationship with life - it is, therefore, actually a sort of egoism, but I am constantly hoping that through this I can help others achieve clarity.
 * As quoted in 'From my rotting body, flowers shall grow, and I am in them, and that is eternity', Potter P. Emerg Infect Dis, 2011

 * it was the period I think of as the age of the pillow.. .What I wanted to bring out - is that which cannot be measured - I wanted to bring out the tired movement in the eyelids - the lips must look as though they are whispering - she must look as though she is breathing - I want life - what is alive. [on his painting 'The sick Child']
 * As quoted in 'From my rotting body, flowers shall grow, and I am in them, and that is eternity', Potter P. Emerg Infect Dis, 2011

 * What is art really? The outcome of dissatisfaction with life, the point of impact for the creative force, the continual movement of life.. ..in my art I attempt to explain life and its meaning to myself.
 * N 45, as quoted in Edvard Much – behind the scream, Sue Prideaux; Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 35

Quotes about Edvard Munch

 * Munch's my favorite artist in the whole world. He's gentle, he's emotional, and he's just a really, really fantastic painter. He was spiritual, poetic, very, very handsome. And he worked really hard.
 * Tracey Emin Art Is the Highest Form of Hope & Other Quotes by Artists by Phaidon (2016)

 * The creator of the 'Frieze of Life' was almost blind [in 1938, when Hodin visited Munch]. He had completely lost the sight of one eye a year before through the bursting of a blood vessel that flooded the eyeball, and now the other was threatened in the same way, as a result of one of the severe illnesses which had so often endangered his life. The seventy-five-year-old artist had for months been confined to his sick bed, unable to lift a finger to give the much desired finishing touches to the vast edifice of his life’s work.
 * Quote of J. P. Hodin, in 'The Forerunner', published in 'The Dilemma of Being Modern', 1956
 * Hodin had met Munch during 1938, a year after the retrospective exhibition at the Academy of Arts in Stockholm. Hodin described this meeting in his essay 'The Forerunner'.

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Scent of a Woman

Scent of a Woman is a 1992 film about a preparatory school student who takes a job as an assistant to an irascible, blind, medically-retired Army officer who plans to spend the last days of his life doing things that he always wanted to do.
 * Directed by Martin Brest. Written by Bo Goldman, based on the novel Il buio e il miele (Italian: Darkness and Honey) by Giovanni Arpino.

'''Col. Frank Slade has a very special plan for the weekend. It involves travel, women, good food, fine wine, the tango, chauffeured limousines and a loaded forty-five. And he's bringing Charlie along for the ride.'''

Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade

 * Women! What could you say? Who made 'em? God must have been a fuckin' genius. The hair... they say the hair is everything, you know. Have you ever buried your nose in a mountain of curls... just wanted to go to sleep forever? Or lips... and when they touched, yours were like... that first swallow of wine... after you just crossed the desert. Tits. Hoo-ah! Big ones, little ones, nipples staring right out at ya, like secret searchlights. Mmm. Legs. I don't care if they're Greek columns... or secondhand Steinways. What's between 'em... passport to heaven. I need a drink. Yes, Mr Simms, there's only two syllables in this whole wide world worth hearing: pussy. Hah! Are you listenin' to me, son? I'm givin' ya pearls here.

Mr. Trask

 * I called an open meeting of this institution this morning because the incident that occurred this Tuesday last describes an issue that concerns all of us. Not an isolated case of vandalism, what happened is a symptom of a sickness in this society. A sickness which runs counter to the principles this school was founded on. A school among whose graduates, two have sat behind the desk in the Oval Office, in the White House. Baird men have run state departments, investment houses. Founded department stores, coached football teams. Our alumni receive their bulletins in ashrams in India and in palaces in Jordan: we are, in fact, known around the world as the cradle of this country's leadership. A beacon to the nations. But today, we are bleeding from disrespect. Blatant disrespect. Disrespect for our values, and disrespect for our standards. A disrespect for the Baird tradition. And, as the custodians of that tradition, we are here today to protect each other from those who threaten it.

Dialogue

 * Harry Havemayer: We got a deal going, kid- 20% off for my friends; my father set it up. Christmas in Switzerland?
 * Trent Potter: Staad.
 * Harry Havemayer: Gstaad; dropping the 'G' is phony.
 * Trent: But you just said everybody says Staad!
 * Harry: Not if you've been there. Easter in Burmuda? Think a Kentucky Derby week- we could fit you in, kid.
 * Charlie Simms: Uh, how much are these, white-bosomed slopes of Vermont?
 * Harry: Twelve-hundred. Includes a nine-course, champagne Thanksgiving dinner.
 * Charlie: Twelve hundred dollars is a little rich for my blood, Harry.
 * Harry: How short are you?
 * Charlie: Short, Harry? So short it wouldn't be worth the trouble for you and George to measure. But, uh, thanks for asking, all right? [Leaves]
 * Harry: If you change your mind...
 * George Willis Jr.: What'd you do that for? You know he's on aid.
 * Harry: [smug] On major holidays, Willis, it's customary for the lord of the manor to offer drippings to the poor.
 * George: [laughs] You're so full of shit.

 * Mr. Trask: One of the few perks of this office is that I am empowered to handle certain matters as I see fit. Do you understand?
 * Charlie Simms: Yes, sir.
 * Mr. Trask: Good. The Dean of Admissions at Harvard and I have an arrangement. Along with the usual sheaf of applicants submitted, of which virtually two-thirds are guaranteed admittance, I add one name. Somebody who's a standout. And yet, underprivileged. A student who cannot afford to pay the board and tuition in Cambridge. Do you know on whose behalf I drafted a memo this year?
 * Charlie: No, sir.
 * Mr. Trask: You. You, Mr. Simms. Now, can you tell me who did it?
 * [Charlie hesitates, visibly conflicted, then shakes his head.]
 * Charlie: No, sir, I can't.
 * Mr. Trask: You take the weekend to think about it, Mr. Simms. Good afternoon.

 * Freddie Bisco: Yeah, this is a valid Oregon driver's license. And we let appropriate customers test-drive the Testarossa. But you're seventeen years old and you're riding with a blind companion. That we don't do. This is a $190,000 piece of machinery; I'm not letting it out this door.
 * Charlie: Well, how about this one over here?
 * Freddie: That's a Cabriolet t; the same deal! You think I'm gonna let an unaccompanied kid get behind the wheel of a $110,000 car?
 * Col. Slade: He will not be unaccompanied. I'll be with him. I'm his father.
 * Freddie Bisco: You're his father?
 * Col. Slade: Yeah.
 * Freddie Bisco: I have an idea. Why don't I take your father for a test drive?
 * Col. Slade: What's your quota, Freddie?
 * Freddie Bisco: Don't worry about my quota, I do very well.
 * Col. Slade: How many Ferraris you sold this month?
 * Freddie Bisco: That's not relevant to this discussion.
 * Col. Slade: Freddie, the Eighties are over. You tryin' to tell me these things are just walkin' outta the store?
 * Freddie Bisco: This is a Ferrari, sir. This is the finest piece of machinery made in the automobile industry.
 * Col. Slade: Well, if you like it so much, why don't you sleep with it? Why are you selling it?
 * Freddie Bisco: I'd love to accommodate you, but-
 * Col. Slade: If this car performs the way I expect it to, you will get a certified check of $101,000 and change when you come in here tomorrow morning.
 * Freddie Bisco: That's $109,000 plus $950, plus tax.
 * Col. Slade: Freddie, for you- one-oh-seven, all in. Plus a case of champagne. Go with your leftover turkey. Whaddya say? Don't worry about the boy. He drives so smooth, you can boil an egg on the engine. When we bring the car back, I'll peel the egg for you.
 * Freddie Bisco: Listen, you've made me laugh, but I can't let the car go out.
 * Col. Slade: Want a deposit?
 * Freddie Bisco: This is not an installment item, sir.
 * Col. Slade: [Takes Bisco aside] Freddie. You're no spring chicken, are you?
 * Freddie Bisco: Well, you know what they call me at the home office. "The Gray Ghost." You know why they still keep me around? There's no kid here who can move a Ferrari like I can. I'm known from coast to coast like butter and toast. Ask anybody about Freddie Bisco. When I get a Ferrari- [Snaps his fingers] -out the door.
 * Col. Slade: Ha! You just made me laugh, Freddie. [Holds up a folded set of bills] $2,000. Unless you take it you're gonna make me cry. [Bisco hesitates; Slade puts the money in his suit's breast pocket] I'm a Gray Ghost, too.

 * Officer Gore: License and registration. [Charlie hands over some papers.] What, are you test driving this baby?
 * Col. Slade: Don't she purr, though?
 * Officer Gore: At 70 miles an hour?
 * Col. Slade: You should hear it at 125. Ha!
 * Officer Gore: Where's your license?
 * Col. Slade: At the dealer's. They give it back to you when you return the car.
 * Officer Gore: You got ID?
 * Col. Slade: You bet. Indeed. [Hands over his ID]
 * Officer Gore: [Looking at the card] "Lieutenant Colonel Slade."
 * Col. Slade: And you, soldier?
 * Officer Gore: The name is Police Officer Gore.
 * Col. Slade: You're doin' a hell of a job, Gore!
 * Officer Gore: Oh, and so are you, Colonel. Who's the kid?
 * Col. Slade: My boy Charlie. He kept tellin' me to "let her out, let her out"; what was I gonna do, disappoint him?
 * Officer Gore: Yes. [Pauses] Tell you what I'm gonna do, Colonel. I'm gonna let you go. On one condition.
 * Col. Slade: What's that?
 * Officer Gore: That you take this rig straight back to the dealer.
 * Charlie: Y-you got it.
 * Col. Slade: Shut up.
 * Officer Gore: [Holds out the papers] You want this?
 * Col. Slade: Sure. [Reaches out and takes the papers] Gore, your face and your voice are familiar. You ever in the Officers Club at Danang?
 * Officer Gore: No.
 * Col. Slade: Ever in the Army?
 * Officer Gore: No, Coast Guard.
 * Col. Slade: Good Lord. Ha ha!
 * Officer Gore: [Laughs] Your dad's looking good, Charlie. He's got a heavy foot, though. Tell him to take it light, all right?

 * Col. Slade: You break my heart, son. All my life I stood up to everyone and everything because it made me feel important. You do it... because you mean it. You got integrity, Charlie. I don't know whether to shoot you, or adopt you.
 * Charlie: Not much of a choice, is it, sir?
 * Col. Slade: Oh, don't get cute, son.
 * Charlie: Colonel, could you please put the gun away?
 * Col. Slade: I asked you a question. Do you want me to adopt you, or don't you?
 * Charlie: Please, I mean... you're just in a slump right now.
 * Col. Slade: Slump? No slump, Charlie. I'm bad. I'm not bad, no; I'm rotten.
 * Charlie: You're not bad. You're just in pain.
 * Col. Slade: What do you know about pain? You little snail dart from the Pacific Northwest? Fuck you know about pain?
 * Charlie: Lemme have the gun, Colonel.
 * [Charlie steps forward; Slade cocks the M1911.]
 * Col. Slade: No time to grow a dick, son.
 * Charlie: Just-just gimme the gun, all right, Colonel?
 * Col. Slade: I'm talkin' a parade ground. Ten-hut! [Charlie moves forward again.] Soldier, that was a direct order.
 * Charlie: The gun.
 * Col. Slade: You can stay or you can leave.
 * Charlie: I'm staying.
 * Col. Slade: Either way, I'm gonna do this thing. Now why don't you leave, and spare yourself?
 * 'Charlie: Let me have the gun, Colonel.
 * Col. Slade: I'm gonna give myself a count. You need a count for balance. Five... four... three... two... one... Fuck it. [As Slade raises the M1911 to his temple, Charlie charges him, and the two struggle over the pistol. Slade quickly overpowers Charlie and pins him against a wall.] GET OUTTA HERE!
 * Charlie: I'm staying right here!
 * Col. Slade: GET OUTTA HERE!
 * Charlie: I'm staying right here!
 * Col. Slade: I'm gonna blow your fuckin' head off!
 * Charlie: Then do it! You wanna do it, do it! Let's go!
 * Col. Slade: Get outta here!
 * Charlie: So you fucked up, alright? So what?! Everybody does! Get on with your life, would you?!
 * Col. Slade: WHAT LIFE?! I GOT NO LIFE! I'm in the dark here, understand?! I'm in the dark!
 * Charlie: Then give up. You wanna give up? Give up. 'Cause I'm givin' up, too. You said I'm through; you're right, I am through. We're both through, it's all over. So get on with it. Let's fuckin' do it! Let's fuckin'- pull the trigger, you miserable, blind motherfucker!
 * Col. Slade: Here we go, Charlie.
 * Charlie: I'm ready.
 * Col. Slade: You don't wanna die.
 * Charlie: Neither do you.
 * Col. Slade: Give me one reason not to.
 * Charlie: I'll give you two. You can dance the tango and drive a Ferrari better than anyone I've ever seen.
 * Col. Slade: [Lowers the pistol] You haven't seen anyone do either.

 * Trask: I'm going to recommend to the Disciplinary Committee... that you be expelled, Mr. Simms. You are a coverup artist and you are a liar.
 * Col. Slade: But not a snitch!
 * Trask: Excuse me?
 * Col. Slade: No, I don't think I will.
 * Trask: Mr. Slade...
 * Col. Slade: This is such a crock of shit!
 * Trask: Please watch your language, Mr. Slade. You are in the Baird School, not a barracks. Mr. Simms, I will give you one final opportunity to speak up-
 * Col. Slade: Mr. Simms doesn't want it. He doesn't need to be labeled, "still worthy of being a 'Baird Man.'" What the hell is that? What is your motto here? "Boys, inform on your classmates, save your hide. Anything short of that, we're gonna burn you at the stake."? Well, gentlemen! When the shit hits the fan, some guys run and some guys stay. Here's Charlie, facing the fire, and there's George, hiding in Big Daddy's pocket. And what are you doing? You're gonna reward George, and destroy Charlie.
 * Trask: Are you finished, Mr. Slade?
 * Col. Slade: No, I'm just gettin' warmed up. I don't know who went to this place, William Howard Taft, William Jennings Bryan, William Tell, whoever. Their spirit is dead; if they ever had one, it's gone. You're building a rat ship here, a vessel for sea-going snitches. And if you think you're preparing these minnows for manhood, you better think again. Because I say you are killing the very spirit this institution proclaims it instills! What a sham! What kind of show are you guys puttin' on here today? I mean, the only class in this act is sittin' next to me. And I'm here to tell you, this boy's soul is intact. It's non-negotiable. You know how I know? Someone here — and I'm not gonna say who — offered to buy it. Only Charlie here wasn't selling.
 * Mr.Trask: Sir, you're out of order! [Bangs his gavel]
 * Col. Slade: [stands up] Out of order? I'll show you out of order! You don't know what out of order is, Mr. Trask. I'd show you, but I'm too old, I'm too tired, I'm too fuckin' blind. If I were the man I was five years ago, I'd take a [bangs his umbrella on the table] FLAMETHROWER TO THIS PLACE!!! Out of order?! Who the hell you think you're talking to?! I've been around, you know? There was a time I could see! And I have seen- boys like these, younger than these, their arms torn out, their legs ripped off! But there is nothin like the sight of an amputated spirit. There is... no prosthetic for that. You think you're merely sending this splendid foot-soldier back home to Oregon with his tail between his legs, but I say you are executing his SOUL! And why? Because he's not a "Baird man". Baird men. You hurt this boy, you're going to be Baird bums, the lot of ya. And Harry, Jimmy, Trent, wherever you are out there- fuck you too!
 * Mr. Trask: [Bangs his gavel repeatedly] Stand down, Mr. Slade!
 * Col. Slade: I'm not finished! As I came in here, I heard those words, "cradle of leadership". Well, when the bow breaks, the cradle will fall and it has fallen here, it has fallen! Makers of men, creators of leaders- be careful what kind of leaders you're producing here. I don't know if Charlie's silence here today is right or wrong; I'm not a judge or jury. But I can tell you this: he won't sell anybody out to buy his future! And that, my friends, is called integrity! That's called courage! Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of. [pause] Now I have come to the crossroads in my life. I always knew what the right path was; without exception, I knew. But I never took it. You know why? It was too... damn... hard. Now here's Charlie. He's come to the crossroads. He has chosen a path. It's the right path. It's a path made of principle, that leads to character. Let him continue on his journey. You hold this boy's future in your hands, Committee! It's a valuable future. Believe me! Don't destroy it! Protect it. Embrace it. It's gonna make you proud one day, I promise you. [sits down, round of applause from audience] How's that for cornball?

Cast

 * Al Pacino - Lt. Col. Frank Slade
 * Chris O'Donnell - Charlie Simms
 * James Rebhorn - Mr. Trask
 * Gabrielle Anwar - Donna
 * Richard Venture - W.R. Slade
 * Bradley Whitford - Randy
 * Ron Eldard - Officer Gore
 * Philip Seymour Hoffman - George Willis, Jr.

title: Scent of a Woman