Guilt quotes
168 guilt quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines“Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.”
- From the movie: The Last Castle
“We can no long wear the uniform of the soldier. We forfeited that right and that includes me. I disobeyed an executive order, I violated my duty as a commanding officer. And eight men paid a catastrophic price. It's a mistake not easy to live with. So here I am just like you, a convicted criminal. Only difference between you and me is, I know...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: The Gentlemen
“- Brown: What am I guilty of?
- Ray: Being a cunt, Brown. Being a cunt.” - From the movie: Inside Man
“Fact is, all lies, all evil deeds, they stink. You can cover them up for a while, but they don't go away.”
- From the TV Series: Ratched
“All I was guilty of, was showing these men mercy when no one else would.”
- From the movie: Touch of Evil
“- Pete Menzies: Convictions. Sure. How many did you frame?
- Quinlan: Nobody.
- Pete Menzies: Come on, Hank. How many did you frame?
- Quinlan: I told you. Nobody. Nobody that wasn't guilty. Guilty. Guilty.” - From the movie: Richard Jewell
“Where I come from, when the government says someone's guilty, that's how you know they're innocent.”
- From the movie: 12 Angry Men
“- Juror #6: You think he's not guilty, huh?
- Juror #8: I don't know. It's possible.” - From the movie: 12 Angry Men
“- Juror #2: It's hard to put into words. I just think he's guilty. I thought it was obvious from the word, 'Go'. Nobody proved otherwise.
- Juror #8: Nobody has to prove otherwise. The burden of proof is on the prosecution. The defendant doesn't even have to open his mouth. That's in the Constitution.” - From the movie: The Lady from Shanghai
“- George Grisby: Beautiful, isn't it.
- Michael O'Hara: The beach, you mean, or the tourists?
- George Grisby: Everything!
- Michael O'Hara: There's a fair face to the land; but, you can't hide the hunger and guilt. It's a bright, guilty world.” - From the movie: Escape from the Planet of the Apes
“In a democracy, we do not shoot unarmed suspects on sight for a murder in which their participation is still unproven.”
- From the movie: The Devils
- From the movie: Suspiria
“We need guilt, Doctor. And shame. But not yours.”
- From the movie: Perfect Stranger
“It's a world where you think actions have no consequence, where guilt is cloaked by anonymity, where there are no fingerprints. An invisible universe filled with strangers, interconnected online and disconnected in life.”
- From the movie: The Gallows
“You stay the fuck away from me Ryan okay! You're the whole reason we're in this friggen mess. Get out! And Get me out!”
- From the movie: Sudden Impact
“I should have let him be punished then, along with the other filth. But he was my only son. His mother died giving birth to him. He and I are all each other have. I was afraid for him. Afraid for me. See, I was a public figure. So I did things. I fixed it.”
- From the movie: The Judge
- From the movie: Hail, Caesar!
“- Eddie Mannix: Bless me, father, for I have sinned.
- Priest: How long since your last confession, son?
- Eddie Mannix: 27 hours.
- Priest: It's really too often. You're not that bad.” - From the movie: The Program
“I used to believe in this sport and Armstrong is killing it!”
- From the movie: Daredevil
- From the movie: Broadway Danny Rose
“It's important to feel guilty. Otherwise, you're capable of terrible things.”
- From the movie: Stiff Upper Lips
“Let it be recorded that the condemned pleaded not guilty.”
- From the movie: Star Trek
“- Scotty: I told him that I could not only beam a grapefruit from one planet to the adjacent planet in the same system, which is easy, by the way, I could do it with a life form. So, I tested it out on Admiral Archer's prized beagle.
- James T. Kirk: Wait, I know that dog. What happened to it?
- Scotty: I'll tell you when it reappears. Ahem. I...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Color of Night
“Six weeks ago, I spoke harshly to a patient and she committed suicide. Right in front of me. Perhaps she would have done this anyway. That's what my colleagues say. But I don't know.”
- From the movie: We Were Soldiers
“- Lt. Col. Hal Moore: I'll never forgive myself.
- Joe Galloway: For what, sir?
- Lt. Col. Hal Moore: That my men died and I didn't.”
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