Mr. Stewart
Right, Billy, we've no call for fists here.
Billy Clanton
Aye? Well, what is it the man says? A fist is only as good or bad as the man using it. Remember that.
Belfast quotes
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Pa
Be good. And if you can't be good...
Buddy
Be careful!
Pop
Belfast will still be here when you get back.
Buddy
Will you?
Pop
I'm going nowhere you won't find me.
Pop
Oh, that puts me in mind of a great wee system we had in the old days for paying the rent. The rent man would come round and collect the money for every house in the whole street, and once he had done and all the rent books were marked up to date, one of the boys would hold him up at gunpoint in the back entry and take all the money back off him, and then he'd hand it straight back to all the residents in the street, with a little commission for the service. Yeah, it was a very effective system. And the rent man was so good about it in the end that eventually they cut him in for a wee bit, too, and everybody was happy. Except for the council, I suppose.
Pop
Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart.
Granny
Oh, is that what does it?
Pop
Yeah, well, you don't usually buy your wisdom with a walk in the park. Your heart has to explode.
Pop
When you've gray hair, people think your heart never skipped.
Granny
Did yours ever skip?
Pop
Aye, it danced a bloody jig every time you walked in the room.
Granny
Nah. You were full of it then, and you're full of it now.
Pop
You know who you are, don't you?
Buddy
Yes, Pop.
Pop
You're Buddy from Belfast 15, where everybody knows you and your pop looks out for you and your mummy looks out for you, your daddy looks out for you, your granny looks out for you, your brother looks out for you, and the whole family looks out for you. And wherever you go and whatever you become, that'll always be the truth. And that thought will keep you safe. It'll keep you happy... Will you remember that for me?
Buddy
Yes, Pop.
Buddy
Every night, before I go to sleep, when I say my prayers, I ask God if He could fix it so that when I wake up in the morning, I'm the best footballer in the world. And then I also ask another thing as well. That when I grow up .. Can I marry Katherine? Even if she loves Ronnie Boyd. But she could still see 'im. But she'd marry me. That's what I want.
Billy Clanton
Folks always have a problem with change. But you'd better get used to it, mister. People like me run this town now. And it's people like you that bring us all down.
Buddy
She never sees me. She's always doing her bloody homework. If she were a wee bit more stupid like me, we'd be sitting together by now.
Pa
So, the doctor says, 'Listen, John, I've got some bad news and worse.' And John says, 'Oh, no. What's the bad news?' And he goes, 'Well, you've only got 24 hours to live.' John says, 'That's, that's awful. What could be worse than that?' Doctor says, 'Well, I've been trying to get ahold of you since yesterday.'