The Best of Tommy Lee Jones

Ed Tom Bell
"I always figured when I got older, God would sorta come inta my life somehow. And he didn't. I don't blame him. If I was him I would have the same opinion of me that he does."

Agent K
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow."

Clay Shaw
"One likes friends who has friends."

Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard
"All right, listen up, ladies and gentlemen, our fugitive has been on the run for ninety minutes. Average foot speed over uneven ground, barring injuries, is 4 miles per hour. That gives us a radius of six miles. What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles. Your fugitive's name is Dr. Richard Kimble. Go get him."

Hank Deerfield
"That's how you fight monsters. You lure them in close to you, you look them in the eye, you smack them down."

Thaddeus Stevens
"Trust? Gentlemen, you seem to have forgotten that our chosen career is politics."

Thaddeus Stevens
"Hence the name: movement. It moves a certain distance, then it stops, you see? A revolution gets its name by always coming back around in your face. You tried to kill me you son of a bitch... so welcome to the revolution."

H. Clifford McBride
"We need to find what science tells us is impossible. I can't have failed."

Warden Dwight McClusky
"Mickey & Mallory Knox are without a doubt the most twisted depraved pair of shitfucks it has ever been my displeasure to lay my goddamn eyes on. I tell you these two motherfuckers are a walking reminder of just how fucked up this system really is."

L.T. Bonham
"He's unusual. He can kill anybody without regret. Most of the poeple he killed never knew he was in the same room as them."

Max Adams
"I never imagined that dying would be so damn invigorating!"

Travis Lehman
"There are no second chances in this house, baby. This is the last chance house! You try to understand that."

Major Chip Hazard
"Are you scared? We're all scared. You'd have to be crazy not to be scared."

Col. Chester Phillips
"If you have something to say, right now's a perfect time to keep it to yourself."

Col. William 'Hawk' Hawkins
"Have you noticed how everybody seems to be dead lately?"