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On the Waterfront Quotes
Terry: If I spill, my life ain't worth a nickel.
Father Barry: And how much is your soul worth if you don't?
Edie: Which side are you with?
Terry: Me? I'm with me, Terry.
Terry: Hey, you wanna hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.
Edie: But Pop, I've seen things that I know are so wrong. Now how can I go back to school and keep my mind on... on things that are just in books, that-that-that aren't people living?
Terry: You know, I seen you a lot of times before. Remember parochial school out on Paluski Street? Seven, eight years ago. Your hair, you had your hair uh...
Edie: Braids.
Terry: Looked like a hunk of rope. And you had wires on your teeth and glasses and everything. You was really a mess.
Big Mac: The only arithmetic he ever got was hearing the referee count up to ten.
Father Barry: You want to know what's wrong with our waterfront? It's the love of a lousy buck. It's making love of a buck - -the cushy job - -more important than the love of man!
Edie: Shouldn't everybody care about everybody else?
Terry: Boy, what a fruitcake you are!
Terry: You think you're God Almighty, but you know what you are? You're a cheap, lousy, dirty, stinkin' mug! And I'm glad what I done to you, ya hear that? I'm glad what I done!
Movie Quotes
1950s Oscar Winners for Best Picture:1959: Ben-Hur
1958: Gigi
1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai
1956: Around the World in Eighty Days
1955: Marty
1954: On the Waterfront
1953: From Here to Eternity
1952: The Greatest Show on Earth
1951: An American in Paris
1950: All About Eve
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