Joe quotes from Empire Records (1995)

Joe

Where's the money, Lucas?

Lucas

Joe, the money is gone.

Joe

I know it's GONE, where's it gone to?

Lucas

Atlantic City.

Joe

Atlantic City. ...Is it coming back from Atlantic City?

Lucas

I... I don't think so.

Joe

What's it doing in Atlantic City?

Lucas

Recirculating.

Joe

Recirculating?

Lucas

Yeah.

Joe

Lucas, listen to me. I told Mitchell Beck that you forgot to deposit the money. I told Mitchell that the money was still here.

Lucas

Joe, that's not true. It's in Atlantic City... I swear!

Joe

Shut up, sit down, and don't you move.

Lucas

It could be in other cities by now...

Joe

Oh, shut up! Under no circumstances do I want you to leave that couch... unless it's to get me $9000, and then you bring it here to me, okay?

Lucas

Okay. You know, I think things are gonna be all right now, Joe.

Joe

Oh? And what makes you think that.

Lucas

Who knows where thoughts come from? They just appear.

A.J.

Joe, I need to ask your advice. Now I know you know a lot about love and women and all that sort of thing...

Joe

Oh, yeah, my wife left me for another woman and my girlfriend forced me to leave at gunpoint. Does this qualify me?

A.J.

Oh yeah, definitely.

Joe

How old are you?

Warren

Old enough to kick your butt through your skull and splatter your brains on the wall.

Joe

Yeah, he's a juvenile.

What are you doing later?

Joe

I don't know. I'm either going to jail or hell. I can't decide.

Lucas

Mitchell's the man, Joe.

Joe

And the man calls all the shots.

Lucas

Damn the man.

Joe

Let me explain it to you. Mitchell's the man. I'm the idiot. You're the screw-up. And we're all losers. Welcome to Music Town.