Tom Reagan If I'd known we were gonna cast our feelings into words, I'd've memorized the Song of Solomon.
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8 quotes Tom Reagan Tom Reagan Nobody knows anybody. Not that well.
Tom Reagan You don't hold elected office in this town. You run it because people think you do. They stop thinking it, you stop running it.
Tom Reagan [to Bernie]
Shut up. Your dead, get me?
Tom Reagan [to Caspar]
My chin's hanging out right next to yours. I'd worry a lot less if I thought you were worrying enough.
Tom Reagan Tell Leo he's not God on the throne, he's just a cheap political boss with more hair tonic than brains.
Tom Reagan If you want me to keep my mouth shut, it's gonna cost you some dough. I figure a thousand bucks is reasonable, so I want two.
Tom Reagan [to Bernie]
Shut up. You're dead, get me?
Scenes with Tom Reagan
22 scenes Tom Think about what protecting Bernie gets us. Think about what offending Caspar loses us.
Oh, come on, Tommy. You know I don't like to think.
Tom Yeah. Well, think about whether you should start.
I reckon I can still trade body-blows with any man in this town.
Tom And Verna.
Lazarre's Messenger Hey, horses got knees?
Tom I don't know... fetlocks
Lazarre's Messenger Well if I was a horse, I'd be down on my fetlocks praying you don't bet on me.
That's not why you came, either.
Tom Tell me why I came.
Tom There are friendlier places to drink.
Shouldn't you be doing your job?
Tom' Intimidating helpless women is my job.
Then go find one, and intimidate her.
You think you've raised hell.
Tom Sister, when I've raised hell, you'll know it!
You can't say, "I told you so."
Tom I don't say that and I don't like people who do.
What you doing?
Tom Walking...
Don't let on any more than you have to.
Tom ...in the rain.
Leo's got the right idea. I like him, he's honest and he's got a heart.
Tom Then it's true what they say. Opposites attract.
I thought you said you didn't care about Leo no more.
Tom I said we're through. That's not the same thing.
Why don't we just pick up and leave town? There's nothing keeping you here. I know there's nothing keeping me.
Tom What about Bernie?
He could go with us.
Tom You, me and Bernie; where would we go, Verna? Niagara Falls?
Tom You're a fickle boy, Mink. The Dane finds out you got another "amigo," well, I don't peg him as the understandin' type.
Mink Find out? We ain't even been talkin'! Jesus, Tom! Dammit! Jesus!
You hear about Rug?
Tom Yeah, RIP.
They took his hair, Tommy. Jesus, that's strange, why would they do that?
Tom Maybe it was injuns.
'Tom: Rug Daniels is dead.
Gee, that's tough.
Tom Don't get hysterical.
Tom All in all not a bad guy - if looks, brains and personality don't count.
You better hope they don't.
What're you chewin' over?
Tom Dream I had once. I was walkin' in the woods, I don't know why. Wind came up and blew me hat off.
And you chased it, right? You ran and ran, finally caught up to it and you picked it up. But it wasn't a hat anymore and it changed into something else, something wonderful.
Tom Nah, it stayed a hat and no, I didn't chase it. Nothing more foolish than a man chasin' his hat.
Tom I am awake.
Tad Your eyes are shut.
Tom Who you gonna believe?
Tom [on finding someone sitting in the dark in his apartment]
Hello Bernie
Hey Tom. How'd you know it was me?
Tom You're the only one I know who'd knock and then break in.
Your other friends wouldn't break in, huh?
Tom My other friends want to kill me so they wouldn't've knocked.
Tom So what's the deal, you get to live and Verna has to be Leo's girl?
I have nothing to do with that, she'll sleep with anyone Tom, you know that! She even tried to teach me a thing or two about bed antics once. Some crackpot idea about saving me from my friends. She's a sick twist all right.
Tom She speaks highly of you.
Yeah, well, you stick by your family.
Tom Hello, Brian. Still fighting the good fight?
Officer Brian Hello, Tom! Neither rain nor wind nor snow...
Tom That's the mailman!
How'd you get the fat lip?
Tom Old war wound. Acts up around morons.
Look in your heart! Look in your heart!
Tom What heart?
