Road to Perdition

Every father is a hero to his son.

"Natural law. Sons are put on this earth to trouble their fathers."

    --  John Rooney
 

"You rule this town as God rules the Earth."

    --  Finney McGovern
 

"Does Mama know?"
"Your mother knows I love Mr. Rooney. When we had nothing, he gave us a home... a life... and we owe him."

    --  Michael Jr. and Michael Sullivan
 

"A man of honor always pays his debts... and keeps his word."

    --  John Rooney
 

"You would like to apologize? Try again."

    --  John Rooney
 

"May you get to Heaven an hour before the Devil knows you're dead."

    --  John Rooney
 

"Well this is a pleasant surprise. I wasn't expecting another deposit until the end of the month."
"Actually, I'm making a withdrawal.  And I want dirty money only, everything you're holding for Capone that's off the books. Open the safe."
"You're insane. You know they'll find out who you are."
"The name's Sullivan. You want me to spell it?"

    --  Mr. McDougal and Michael Sullivan
 

"So what brings you guys to the middle of nowhere?"
"We're bank robbers."

    --  Betty the Waitress and Michael Jr.
 

"So when do I get my share of the money?"
"Well... how much do you want?"
"Two hundred dollars."
"Okay. Deal."
"Could I have had more?"
"You'll never know."

    --  Michael Jr. and Michael Sullivan
 

"Smile."

    -- Maguire
 

"I shoot the dead. Dead bodies, that is. I don't kill them."

    --  Maguire
 

"Is that, uh... your profession or... your pleasure?"
"Both, I guess. To be paid to do what you love... ain't that the dream?"

    --  Michael Sullivan and Maguire
 

"You ever seen one?"
"Yeah."
"I'm sorry to hear that. It's a terrible thing. But it sure does make you feel alive, doesn't it?"
"I'll drink to that."

    --  Maguire and Michael Sullivan
 

"I couldn't do it."
"I know."

    --  Michael Jr. and Michael Sullivan
 

"I'd like to work for you."
"Well... that's very interesting."
"And in return, I'd like you to turn a blind eye to... what I have to do."
"And what is that?"
"Kill the man who murdered my family."

    --  Michael Sullivan and Frank Nitti
 

"What do you think you're going to accomplish by interfering with our business, Mr. Sullivan?"
"This has nothing to do with your business."
"It's all business. That's what you fail to grasp. And in business, you must have something to trade. And you, Mr. Sullivan, have nothing to trade. Especially not for anyone as valuable as Connor Rooney."

    --  Alexander Rance and Michael Sullivan
 

"I'm glad it's you."

    --  John Rooney
 

"I saw then that my father's only fear was that his son would follow the same road. And that was the last time I ever held a gun. People always thought I grew up on a farm. And I guess, in a way, I did. But I lived a lifetime before that, in those 6 weeks on the road in the winter of 1931. When people ask me if Michael Sullivan was a good man, or if there was just no good in him at all, I always give the same answer. I just tell them... he was my father."

    --  Michael Jr.