Tied for 3rd most-quoted character in Do the Right Thing (1989): in 6 of its 27 quotes
Most scenes with: Pino (4)
You know somethin'? There's nothin' like a family in business, working together. I'm gonna rename the place. I'm gonna call it 'Sal and Sons Famous Pizzeria.' Why not? You guys are gonna take it over someday anyway, right? And Mookie, Mookie, I wanna tell you that there's always gonna be a place for you here, right here at Sal's, Sal's Famous Pizzeria, because you've always been like a son to me.
Sal This ain't about money. I couldn't give a **** about money. You see this ****in' place? I built this ****in' place! With my bare ****in' hands! Every light socket, every piece of tile. Me! With these ****in' hands! [throws Mookie's pay in a wad of bills] You got $500. You're a rich ****in' man now, ya happy?...You're wealthy, Mookie. You're a real ****in' Rockefeller! You got your ****in' pay, now leave me alone, huh?
Buggin' Out: Hey, hey, Sal, how come you ain't got no brothers up on the wall here?
Sal You want brothers up on the wall, get your own place. You can do what you want to do. You can put your brothers and uncles and nieces and nephews, step-fathers, step-mothers, whoever you want. See? But, this is my pizzeria. American Italians up on the wall.
Take it easy, Pop.
Don't start.
Buggin' Out: Yeah, that might be fine, Sal, but, you own this, rarely do I see any American Italians eatin' in here. All I see is Black folks. So since we spend much money here, we do have some say.
Sal You lookin' for trouble? You a troublemaker, is that what you are? You makin' trouble?
Buggin' Out: Yeah! I'm a troublemaker. I'm makin' trouble.
Sal You're a ball breaker. Always comin' in here lookin' for trouble, aren't you. Suppose I busted your head. How would you - Now, Mookie. Mookie, you wanna get your friend outta here.
Buggin' Out: Oh, you wanna kick me out now? You're gonna kick me out, huh?
Sal Nah, I'm not kickin' you out. You're kickin' yourself out.
Buggin' Out: What? Look, we want some brothers up on the wall. Yo, Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela, you know, Michael Jordan. Tomorrow!
Daddy, you know, I've been thinking... maybe we should sell this place, get out while we're still ahead... and alive.
Sal You really think you know what's best for us, Pino?
Maybe we can... can we sell this and open up a new one in our own neighborhood?
Sal There's too many pizzerias already there.
Then maybe we could... we could try something different.
Sal What am I gonna do? What am I - that's all I know. What am I doing? I been here twenty-five years. Where am I going?
I'm sick of ****. It's like I come to work, it's Planet of the Apes. I don't like being around them. They're animals.
Sal Why you got so much anger in you?
Why? I'll tell you why. My friends, they laugh at me. They laugh right in my face. They tell me, "Go to Bed-Stuy. Go feed the moulies".
Sal Do your friends put money in your pocket, Pino? Food on your table? They pay your rent, a roof over your head? They're not your friends. If they were your friends they wouldn't laugh at you.
Pop, what can I say? I don't want to be here. They don't want us here. We should stay in our own neighborhood, stay in Bensonhurst, and the **** should stay in theirs.
Sal I never had no trouble with these people. I sat in this window. I watched these little kids get old. And I seen the old people get older. Yeah, sure, some of them don't like us, but most of them do. I mean, for Christ's sake, Pino, they grew up on my food. On my food. And I'm very proud of that. Oh, you may think It's funny, but I'm very proud of that. Look, what I'm trying to say, son, is, uh... Sal's Famous Pizzeria is here to stay. I'm sorry. I'm your father, and I love you, I'm sorry but... but that's the way it is.
Maybe we should sell this place. Get out while we're still ahead and alive. Couldn't we sell this and open up a new one in our own neighborhood? I'm sick of ****s. It's like I come to work, it's Planet of the Apes. I don't like being around them. They're animals. They don't want us here. We should stay in our own neighborhood, stay in Bensonhurst, and the **** should stay in theirs.
Sal I never had no trouble with these people. I sat in this window. I watched these little kids get old. And I seen the old people get older. Yeah, sure, some of them don't like us, but most of them do. I mean, for Christ's sake, Pino, they grew up on my food. On my food. I'm very proud of that....Sal's Famous Pizzeria is here to stay.
Sal What'd I tell you about that noise?
Buggin' Out: What'd I tell you about them pictures?
Sal What the ****, are you deaf?
Buggin' Out: No! Are you? **** YOU! We want some black people on that mother**** Wall of Fame now!
We're trying to go **** home! We've been here all **** day, Buggin Out!
Sal Turn that jungle music off! We ain't in Africa!
Buggin' Out: Why it got to be about jungle music? Why it got to be about Africa? It's about them **** pictures!
Sal It's about turning that shit off and getting the **** out of my place!
RADIO RAHEEM!
**** you!
Sal AND **** YOU TOO!
Get in there, Pino!
This is music. My music!
Sal **** YOUR MUSIC!
Well, turn it off, then.
Hey, man, get the **** out of here! We're **** closed!
Buggin' Out: **** you! We're closing you guinea bastards for good! For good, mother****er! Until you get some black people on that mother**** Wall of Fame!
Sal You're gonna **** close me?
[Sal grabs his bat] Buggin' Out: You're goddamn right!
Sal YOU BLACK ****!! I'LL **** TEAR YOUR **** **** ASS!
Oh, we're **** now?! We **** now!
Buggin' Out: YOU **** WHITE TRASH! I'LL **** YOU UP!
Sal, put the **** bat down!
Buggin' Out: COME ON, MAN, YOU **** GUINEA TRASH!
Sal YOU BLACK ****!! YOU **** MOTHER****ER!
[Sal explodes in rage and smashes Radio Raheem's boombox several times with his bat]
