Quotes
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Peter McDermott : Billy, what in the hell ever possessed you to jump Vance while he was holding that cannon?
Billy Griffin : I don't know. Instinct, uh... maybe a bit of the old neighborhood showing.
Peter McDermott : Well, I'm sorry I ever doubted you.
Billy Griffin : Hey. You were right. The Lone Ranger? Come on. Dumb! Dumb.
Peter McDermott : By the way, Mrs. Cabot wanted to know if you were available for lunch.
Billy Griffin : We got a staff meeting?
Peter McDermott : Mm-mm. Just you. Said something about wanting to fix you an authentic peasant... something.
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Peter McDermott : I found out your friend Vance is in need of a credit history. Is it possible he's an alumnus of your old alma mater?
Billy Griffin : Look, I told you I won't let him pull anything in the St. Gregory.
Peter McDermott : By yourself? You're gonna watch over the vault, the jewelry cases, Mrs. Cabot's safe, the payroll truck? I think it's time you stopped playing Lone Ranger.
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Peter McDermott : Did you get a chance to check out Charlie Robinson's corridors?
Billy Griffin : I'm on my way. I was working with...
Peter McDermott : What about room 714?
Billy Griffin : 714?
Peter McDermott : Yeah, Mr. Fazio's evidently on his third bottle of brandy, and the credit manager asked you to check it out this afternoon.
Billy Griffin : I'm sorry. I spent the whole day in the vault...
Peter McDermott : And letting everything else slide?
Billy Griffin : I just don't want anyone breaking into it, that's all. Room 714. I'm there already.
Peter McDermott : Billy, what's going on? Nothing to do with that friend of yours, is it? Mr, uh...
Billy Griffin : Vance.
Peter McDermott : Vance.
Billy Griffin : Just a guy I knew a long time ago.
Peter McDermott : A long time ago.
Billy Griffin : You don't have to worry about him.
Peter McDermott : I wasn't... 'til now.
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Frank 'Squire' Vance : Would you introduce me to this marvelous woman, Billy?
Billy Griffin : Julie Gillette, Squire Vance.
Julie Gillette : I remember. How are you, Squire?
Frank 'Squire' Vance : I think the sun just came out.
Julie Gillette : And the wolf with it?
Frank 'Squire' Vance : Mm-mm. The wolf only comes out with a full moon, baby.
Julie Gillette : That's not all you're full of.
Frank 'Squire' Vance : Everybody doubts my intentions. I don't believe it.
Billy Griffin : Maybe your mask has slipped, Squire.
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Victoria Cabot : What is that?
Billy Griffin : That's a peasant omelet.
Victoria Cabot : A peasant omelet, Mr. Griffin, is made with potatoes, not onions.
Billy Griffin : Whose omelet is this, anyway?
Victoria Cabot : [laughing] Suit yourself.
Billy Griffin : You didn't come down here to raid the fridge, did you, Mrs. Cabot? You came looking for me.
Victoria Cabot : You flatter yourself.
Billy Griffin : I'm sorry.
Victoria Cabot : But you're right. I hope your instincts are as good when it comes to dealing with Mr. Vance.
Billy Griffin : You know about that, huh? It figures.
Victoria Cabot : I'm concerned, Mr. Griffin, for you.
Billy Griffin : I'll handle it.
Victoria Cabot : Oh, I'm sure. I just hope you remember that, uh... today, right now, is all that matters. Yesterday is gone. And no one owns tomorrow.
Billy Griffin : Squire Vance... took a knife in the gut to save my life, Mrs. Cabot. That's what I owe him. He's the reason that, for me, there is a tomorrow.
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Billy Griffin : I thought security was my responsibility.
Peter McDermott : Everything under this roof is my responsibility. I think you've forgotten that.
Billy Griffin : It's Squire Vance, isn't it?
Peter McDermott : I want to know what you owe him.
Billy Griffin : Who says I owe him?
Peter McDermott : Well, ever since he walked into this hotel, you've been talking to me out of the side of your mouth.
Billy Griffin : Maybe you think I owe him the keys to the vault.
Peter McDermott : You said it, I didn't.
Billy Griffin : You still think of me as an ex-con, don't you? You think Squire snaps his fingers and I run back to him.
Peter McDermott : I think he thinks that.
Billy Griffin : But do *you* think I'd help him rob the St. Gregory?
Peter McDermott : No, I don't. But I'd be a damn fool if I left the key in the lock.
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Billy Griffin : [catching him robbing the hotel vault] I warned you not to improvise, Squire.
Frank 'Squire' Vance : Hey, Billy, there's $2 million worth of blank industrial certificates in here, man. Fresh from the printers! All we have to do is write our names on the dotted line.
Billy Griffin : What, you gonna play commando?
Frank 'Squire' Vance : We used to be friends, my brother.
Billy Griffin : That was two other guys, Squire. Now all I see is a pretty face and a pretty mouth, and I'm pretty sick of both of 'em.