Betty the Waitress: So what brings you guys to the middle of nowhere? Michael Sullivan, Jr.: We're bank robbers.
Finn McGovern: [to John Rooney] You rule this town as God rules the Earth. You give, and you take away. [He is hustled out]
Open your eyes, Ambrosio, and be prudent. Hell is your lot; You are doomed to eternal perdition; Nought lies beyond your grave but a gulph of devouring flames.
Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul But I do love thee! and when I love thee not, Chaos is come again.
Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a shame to have one, yet at the same time has credited it with power to drag the soul to perdition.
The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.
There was a period... when I used to say, with as much ferocity as I could muster, 'I hate Henry James, and I wish he was dead.' Influence is perdition.
Connor Rooney: I can look after myself. Frank Nitti: No, you can't! This is the point. You're a big baby who doesn't know his thumb from his dick!
Michael Sullivan: If I'm not back in half an hour, you go see Reverend Lynch at First Methodist and you tell him what's happened. Do NOT go to Father Callaway.
If you stay on this path as long as I have, you’ll soon learn that the road to providence leads right through perdition. And along that road, the devil’s waiting to collect his pound of flesh.
[When he learns it's Mike Sullivan, the bouncer gets scared] Michael Sullivan: You gonna frisk me? Frank the Bouncer: Should I? Michael Sullivan: It's a good idea.
[Nitti is on the phone with Sullivan, giving him Connor Rooney] Frank Nitti: I understand. But Al wants your assurance that after this, it's over. [pauses] Frank Nitti: The Lexington Hotel, room 1432.
When I was seven I believed in God so I told Him I was sorry about kicking my sister and to “please not condemn me to eternal suffering in the interminable fires of Perdition for my transgressions.
Wonderful nature has a double meaning, which dazzles great minds and blinds uncultivated souls. When man is ignorant, when the desert is filled with visions, the darkness of solitude is added to the darkness of intelligence; hence, in man, the possib...
[Sullivan has a gun to Kelly's head] Jack Kelly: Think, Mike. Don't be stupid. I'm just the messenger. Michael Sullivan: [lowers his gun] Then give Mr. Rooney a message for me. Jack Kelly: What is it? [Sullivan shoots him]
[after Maguire tells Sullivan about his profession] Maguire: You ever seen one? Michael Sullivan: Yeah. Maguire: Sorry for you. Terrible thing... but it sure makes you feel alive, don't it? Michael Sullivan: I'll drink to that.
A child rightly trained may be a world-wide blessing, with an influence reaching onward to eternal years. But a neglected or misdirected directed child may live to blight and blast mankind, and leave influences of evil which shall roll on in increasi...
[after seeing his father kill someone] Michael Sullivan, Jr.: Does Mama know? Michael Sullivan: Your mother knows I love Mr. Rooney. When we had nothing, he gave us a home... a life... and we owe him.
[first lines] Michael Sullivan, Jr.: There are many stories about Michael Sullivan. Some say he was a decent man. Some say there was no good in him at all. But I once spent 6 weeks on the road with him, in the winter of 1931. This is our story.
[Maguire has pulled out a camera] Michael Sullivan: Is that, uh... your profession or... your pleasure? Maguire: Both, I guess. To be paid to do what you love... ain't that the dream?
Michael Sullivan: He murdered Annie and Peter! John Rooney: There are only murderers in this room! Michael! Open your eyes! This is the life we chose, the life we lead. And there is only one guarantee: none of us will see heaven. Michael Sullivan: Mi...
