Coombes quotes from Brubaker (1980)

Coombes

What you gon' do about Abraham?

Brubaker

I've got Purcell filling out forms in triplicate, and I'm going to get him released just as soon as I-

Coombes

Now why do you wanna go and do that?

Brubaker

Do what?

Coombes

Look, why don't you just leave him be. I mean, all he knows is this place.

Brubaker

You - You knew that he had been in here as long as he'd been in here.

Coombes

Just leave him alone. He's not- He's not botherin' nobody here.

Brubaker

Hey... You can't hide in prison forever, Coombes.

Sanitation detail. You too, Bullen!

Coombes

Now, wait a minute. This man's hurt.

You just deal with the colored - I'll take care of the white folks. 'Sides, I don't think Bullen's got much more'n refried shit for brains this morning.

Brubaker

Mess with me now; you're gonna regret it later.

Coombes

We don't work this thing out fast, mister, you're not gonna be around later.

Brubaker

Do you want ID?

Coombes

Listen, man. All I have to do is raise my right hand and that tower guard's gonna blow you out.

Brubaker

...or you can continue walking with me, like the smart escort I figure you to be.

Brubaker

Tower number 3 - who'm I looking at? He's looking at me.

Coombes

Up there, you got Douglass Mizell.

Brubaker

Who the hell is Doug Mizell?

Coombes

He's a forger. Three times grand theft.

Brubaker

I want a rundown on everybody that's got tower duty. I-

Coombes

I do believe that's Purcell's job, sir.

Brubaker

I want only murderers up there; one-time impulse killers.

Coombes

Well, aren't you taking kind of a chance doing that? Aren't you? I mean, uh...

Brubaker

No, it's the habituals you can't trust. Murderers - most of 'em - already have it out of their system. Guys like you, right?

Coombes

There's nobody around here like me.

Brubaker

You're not eating?

Coombes

I don't eat that shit you eat.

Brubaker

Do you know anything about nutrition?

Coombes

I know about hungry.