Richard Finney Quotes

Imagining you are going to die is all part of that third brain ... the neo-cortex. That's where the Landlord really screwed up.

Oh God," Jenna said, "will you shut up and kiss me before I change my mind?

Do you mind?" she asked.
"Mind what?"
"While you were looking in the mirror I couldn't help myself and I began fantasizing about you. And I figured if I was going to continue to fantasize about you, the only polite thing to do was to ask your permission. So now I'm doing the polite thing again and asking, 'do you mind?'"
"No, Nina. I don't mind at all."
Then she leaned down and kissed him.

Sometimes the hardest journeys are the ones that begin with little hope. But we need to take them anyway.

Oh, I apologize, Padre. I said 'you will see.' I forgot that you can't, in fact, see. So I apologize, but only for the slip of the tongue. Because you and I both know your infliction is something for which the Landlord alone is responsible.

Answer me immediately or I'll start cutting away everything that's pretty on you ... and then put it back.

I believe that on any trip to heaven, there are always detours
through hell.

Back then I knew exactly what I wanted. Now that I've gotten it ... I don't know, it seems the cleverer you are, the more goals there are just outside one's reach.

Young man, the truth is what you create.

In real life, after a man screws a woman, he then tries to screw her over.

Are you exciting to be with ... or are you boring like the rest of them?

She knew breaking up with Ethan was going to be a full-time job because being in a relationship with him had also been a full-time job.

He called me his 'dream.' I guess now I've become his nightmare.

I'm now requesting you refrain from calling me this early in the morning, before I've had a chance to steel my defenses against hearing you utter the word 'lizard.'"

-- spoken by Dr. Jeri Asheer... to Chris Dixon.

After everything I've been through, the last thing I'm going to apologize for is my paranoia.

So you've taken to spying on her. It must be love.

My father and I used to watch a ton of old horror movies when I was growing up. 'The Creature from the Black Lagoon' was one of my father's favorites and he was very excited for me to see the film. But after the movie was over, I told him that I was kind of bored. I said to him, 'I'm sorry, Daddy, but I saw the zipper in the back of the monster's costume. From that point on, I was really never scared at all. The point I'm trying to make is that I don't believe someone intentionally tipped off the target. And I maintain that no one made some horrendous mistake, which I'm now trying to cover up. I believe what really happened with the operation was that our target ended up seeing the zipper. Orlo Kharms realized something around him wasn't… real. And he was able to avoid the trap we had laid out for him.

In all your years as a priest, I'm sure you've been asked this many times: 'Why does he do this if he loves us? Why does he shake down our homes? Destroy our cities? Let our children starve?' They ask these questions, not because they are confused... but because they suspect the truth. And you share their suspicions.