Out of the Past quotes

View Quote [to Whit] You liked me because you could use me. You could use me because I was smart. I'm not smart anymore. I run a gas station.

View Quote [to Meta] If you'll drop this Junior League patter, we may get this conversation down to where it belongs.

View Quote I think I'm in a frame...I don't know. All I can see is the frame. I'm going in there now to look at the picture.

View Quote You see, I've got the files that were in your briefcase. I also know the address of the Treasury Department. That's the theory, isn't it? Keep the files away from the Treasury boys. Save Whit from doing ten years in a federal pen. Now you correct me if I make a mistake...You get the files and you also get Eels' body, in case you want to keep it from the cops...I want the affidavit that Meta put in Eels' safe when she took the files out. The lie that somebody put on paper that I killed a guy named Jack Fisher. Cause you see, I only buried him. And you don't get the gas for being the undertaker...And you won't need Whit. All you need is Meta to unlock that safe in Eels' office. I hope Meta's still around.

View Quote [to Kathie] Did it take much persuasion to make you say I killed Fisher? Come on, feed my ego. Tell me he beat ya, tell me he had to drag every word out of ya.

View Quote And cheer up Kathie. You'll get out of it all right. You always have.

View Quote [to Kathie] You're like a leaf that blows from one gutter to another.

View Quote A dame with a rod is like a guy with a knitting needle.

View Quote When you see her, you'll understand better.

View Quote My feelings? About ten years ago, I hid them somewhere and haven't been able to find them.

View Quote [to Jeff] You'll never be happy until you square yourself.

View Quote [to Kathie] You dirty little phony. Go on lie some more. Tell me how you handled things for me in San Francisco. Tell me it was all Joe's idea. Go on, Kathie, show me how you're gonna squirm your way out this time. What a sucker you must think I am. I took you back when you came whimpering and crawling. I should have kicked your teeth in. No, I'm not going to. Not now Kathie. We're gonna let the law push you around...You're going to take the rap and play along. You're gonna make every exact move I tell ya. If you don't, I'll kill ya. And I'll promise you one thing. It won't be quick. I'll break you first. You won't be able to answer a telephone or open a door without thinking: 'This is it.' And when it comes, it still won't be quick. And it won't be pretty. You can take your choice.

View Quote [to Jeff] Look I crossed you once. I know better than to try a second time.

View Quote You can't make deals with a dead man, Jeff.

View Quote I never told you I was anything but what I am. You just wanted to imagine I was. That's why I left you. Now we're back to stay.