Devereaux Quotes in The November Man (2014)

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Devereaux Quotes:

  • Devereaux: You can be a human, or a killer of humans, but not both. Eventually one of those people will extinguish the other one.

  • Alice: Why do you hate him so much? The man who wants to kill us. Why do you hate him? Huh?

    Devereaux: I don't hate him. No. He's probably the best friend I've ever had.

    Alice: So, all your friends try to kill you?

    Devereaux: Eventually.

  • Devereaux: A bullet travels at over 4000 feet per second. Four times faster than the speed of sound.

    Devereaux: The effect of that velocity is absolute. You just cease to exist.

  • Devereaux: [to a distracted Mason, after he catches him kissing a woman] You feel the need for a relationship? Get a dog.

  • Hanley: You just doomed us to another decade of conflict. Of shit! I hope you know that.

    Devereaux: The thing is

    [nose to nose]

    Devereaux: I like it this way.

  • [first lines]

    Alice: [interrupting kiss] I'm going back to work.

    Devereaux: [takes her place at the table]

    Mason: Don't worry, I checked her out.

    Devereaux: Scenario: Agent falls in love with girl. Agent runs an op. Girl gets kidnapped. The other guys want to know the agent's source. What does he do? What do they do to the girl, hmm?

    Mason: Is there a point to this?

    Devereaux: Yeah, over your right shoulder.

    Mason: [seeing another agent] Us or them?

    Devereaux: How the fuck should I know? Does it really matter? You feel the need for a relationship? Get a dog.

  • Mason: Body armor is not going to stop a head shot.

    Devereaux: Stop these headaches any way.

  • Mason: [on the cellphone while chasing him] Scenario: Hard target, with a female accomplice, has a 30-second lead on me into a crowded venue.

    Devereaux: Mm hmm. Tell me about your target.

    Mason: Male. Old. Used to have skills.

    Devereaux: Used to, huh?

    Mason: Yeah, he probably thinks he still does. Yeah, he's arrogant. Confident he'll evade. He's already made his first mistake.

    Devereaux: You really think six agents are going to do it? Hmm?

  • Female Reporter #1: Mr. Devereaux, is this your first trip to New York?

    Devereaux: Eh, yes. It's my first trip.

    Female Reporter #1: Why did you decide to come by ship?

    Devereaux: The next several weeks will be very difficult for me. And, eh, the middle of the ocean is the only place where the telephone isn't ringing all the time.

  • Devereaux: There were lots of erotic books in the 17th and 18th centuries written by nuns. Most nuns joined the convent. Because their families sent them off. Because they had committed adultery.

  • Devereaux: They can all go fuck themselves!

  • Devereaux: Since childhood, I've been brainwashed. By my parents, my teachers.My teachers, my superiors at work.I'm lucky, I'm not a Christian.But I'd like to say this: When I die, I will kiss God's ass forever.I found my God.You.My first God? I didn't find it in a church, but in a classroom.It was idealism. What a magnificent God! To believe everything would be ok. I was in the temple that is university. First as a student, then as a professor. And I allowed myself to be wrapped in that hallowed light. Injustice? We had righted all the wrongs. World hunger? Everyone would eat until they were full. Poverty? A distant memory whose existence would be difficult even to imagine. Wealth would be spread around. To each according to his needs. That's right. It was only when I arrived at the World Bank that the enormity of the world's pathos, the infinite suffering inherent in human nature, revealed itself in all its horrible manifestations. Slowly. One day at a time. No. One minute at a time. I understood the futility of struggling against this insurmountable tsunami of troubles that we face. Things will not change. The hungry will die. The sick? They too will die. Poverty, It's good business. Wise men are comforted by their limitations. I'm overwhelmed by this revelation. No. I can't return to that blissful youth. No redemption for me.

  • Simone: What did the doctor say?

    Devereaux: He said it was all my mother's fault.

    Simone: Are you serious?

    Devereaux: He said he was having lunch with his mother, and instead of asking her to pass the butter, he told her you fucking bitch, you ruined my life.

  • Devereaux: Another pedantic, narrow-minded and shortsighted sophist, whose only goal is to convince me to join the rest of herd. I won't fall in line. It pisses me off that one more time I couldn't say no to you. Do you know what you've done, over these years, little by little, bit by bit? You've succeeded in making me hate myself. You see? You've succeeded.

  • Devereaux: I'm not capable of being president. You know that. I don't want to. I don't owe anybody anything.

  • Devereaux: I don't trust the politics. I hate them. I am an individualist, I am an anarchist.

  • Devereaux: It's better make to people's cry. But you can laugh inside you.

  • Devereaux: I don't have a feeling about my life. I feel nothing. I don't feel guilty, I don't give a shit about the people. No one can save anyone. No one wants to be saved

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