Mike Davis Quotes in Rope of Sand (1949)

Toady: Consider the diamond itself for instance. Carbon, soot, chemically speaking. And yet the hardest of all matters. So hard, in fact, that whatever it touches must suffer: glass, steel, the human soul.

Mike Davis: Why don't you sell your rug someplace else?

Mike Davis: If you ever tried to get away from me, I'd follow you 'til I wore the earth smooth.

Mike Davis: [to Thompson about his war experience] I ent to bed with a 75mm for three years, but now i sleep alone.

Commandant Paul Vogel: Consider this place for a minute if you will. It often reminds one of the interior of a whale's belly.

Mike Davis: You sure get around.

Suzanne Renaud: I like courage. What do you like Mr. Davis?

Mike Davis: Honesty.

Suzanne Renaud: I'm giving you so much trouble.

Mike Davis: The perogative of a beautiful woman.

Mike Davis: [to Thompson about his war experience] I went to bed with a 75mm for three years, but now i sleep alone.

Tobi Powell: [coughing] Mike, what is it you do?

Mike Davis: I'm a *cop*.

Tobi Powell: [Tobi gets startled] Jesus fucking christ!

Mike Davis: Seattle police department.

[Tobi looks at Lisa. She nods in agreement]

Tobi Powell: Aren't you guys always on duty?

Mike Davis: We rest at our own discretion.

Tobi Powell: Well then, definitely take bigger puffs.