Pointing out that overspending on public-employee benefits leads to fiscal instability does not mean that public employees are bad people or that they deserve to fall on hard times; it's just observing a simple truth.
The bourgeois novel is the greatest enemy of truth and honesty that was ever invented. It's a vast, sentimentalizing structure that reassures the reader, and at every point, offers the comfort of secure moral frameworks and recognizable characters.
Michael: [after he sights the deer but points the rifle upward and fires so that the deer just looks at him] Okay? Okay?
The Killer: [points to what he wants] Ah, yeah. I'll take one of those. Liquor Store Owner: [gets it and rings it up] $5.69
Gru: Okay, bedtime. [the girls groan in disappointment, followed by the minions] Gru: [points to Stuart and Jerry, the minions] Not you two. [Jerry and Stuart cheer]
Knox: The point, Charlie... is... that she was thinking about me. I've only met her once, and already she's thinking about me.
Bobbie Joe: [pointing to an *empty* room] It's in there... Ash: We'll all go in together. Jake: Hell no! You're the curious one!
[pointing to a "Jacob's Ladder" on the set of Bride of the Atom] Bela Lugosi: I'm not getting near that goddamn thing. One of them burned me in "The Return of Chandu".
Fernando: [Points] That's the bank! As soon as I get some money, I'll put it in. Monco: But you're gonna have to earn it first.
Carol Connelly: Melvin, I'd rather not. Melvin Udall: What does that got to do with it? Carol Connelly: Funny, I thought it was a strong point.
Matt Kowalski: [On how to use a reentry module to get back to Earth] You just point the damned thing at Earth. It's not rocket science.
Publisher: [explaining that the "UFO" in photo is fake and pointing at the "UFO"] It says Kutahya porcelain on here. Look. Arif: [looking at photo] Well, I shot this in Kutahya. There's nothing wrong with it.
The Rapist: I'm gettin' my dick wet. Rapist #2: She's only got one leg. The Rapist: Easier access. Rapist #2: Oh... that is a good point.
Lisbeth Salander: And stop visiting tattoo removal websites, or I'll do it again. [Pointing at his forehead] Lisbeth Salander: Right here.
Blondie: [With Tuco's gun pointed at him, Blondie has no choice but to let his new partner hang] Sorry, Shorty.
Albus Dumbledore: Severus... please... Severus Snape: [Pointing his wand at Dumbledore] Avada Kedavra! [Light shoots out of his wand, killing Dumbledore]
Sgt. Donny Donowitz: [Points to Iron Cross medal] Did you get that for killing Jews? Sgt. Werner Rachtman: Bravery.
Llewyn Davis: Who is Arthur Milgrum? Al Cody: Oh that's me. I'm gonna change it legally, at some point.
[Frank D'Amico is about to shoot Hit-Girl, sees Dave] Dave Lizewski: [pointing a bazooka at Frank] Why don't you pick on someone your own size?
[Danny points a gun at Jeff] Lee: Don't move! Jennie: Who is it? Joe (Cantonese)/Jeffrey (English): It's Dumbo. He's come to say bon voyage.
Hoggle: You have to understand my position. I'm a coward. And Jareth scares me. Sarah: What kind of a position is that? Hoggle: No position! That's my point.
