Damien Wiles Quotes in Love and a Bullet (2002)

Damien Wiles: [explaining that he is a benefactor to Black people, because he employs them as assassins] I've been nothing but a friend to you and your people.

Damien Wiles: ["America, The Beautiful" plays softly in background, with gradual crescendo throughout] Let me tell you something. There are no colors around here, Mister. No color lines.

[referring to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr]

Damien Wiles: I'm a believer in the teachings of your great leader, that a man should be judged by his character and not by his color. I take black kids off the streets, I clean 'em up, I give 'em a job.

Damien Wiles: [continuing his anti-racism speech and references to Dr. King] I, like your leader, I have a dream. And I dream that Blacks and Whites and Reds and Yellows will be brought together hand in hand as one. And under my divine guidance, we will eliminate racism from this great country of ours. And any bigot who wants to stand in the way of racial harmony gets so much lead that their heads will look like day-old pizza. And we'll descend from the mountain tops into the promised land in peace and harmony... with me in control.

[final strains of "America, The Beautiful"]

Damien Wiles: When will the racism end?

Damien Wiles: [voice in Bishop's telephone] Garrett Hotel, front desk in one half hour.

Malik Bishop: Mm-mm. No, I don't work on holidays.

Damien Wiles: It says here you work on Sundays *and* holidays. I got it right here.

Malik Bishop: No, shoot, Man, get Sala. He works on Sundays *and* holidays.

Damien Wiles: A special two-hour "Homicide" is coming on tonight. He won't come.

Malik Bishop: Listen, f*** that. Get the Milkman. He don't even celebrate holidays.

Damien Wiles: He's in D.C.

Malik Bishop: D.C.? Everybody flying to D.C... No, man, how am I gonna get down to some 'telly? I got greens on right now.

Damien Wiles: Holiday pay.

Malik Bishop: [Voiceover, to the audience] Well, after a little arm-twisting, I decided to do it. Hell, holiday pay seemed pretty good to me, 'specially since I was planning to disappear after this job. A little extra padding in the nest egg wouldn't hurt nobody.