Napoleon Wilson Quotes in Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

Napoleon Wilson: Can't argue with a confident man.

Napoleon Wilson: In my situation, days are like women - each one's so damn precious, but they all end up leaving you.

Napoleon Wilson: Still have the gun?

Leigh: Two shots. Should I save them for the two of us?

Napoleon Wilson: Save 'em for the first two assholes who come through that vent.

[repeated line]

Napoleon Wilson: Got a smoke?

Warden: You know Wilson, I'm gonna miss you.

Napoleon Wilson: That's not the truth, Warden. You should always tell the truth. Even a little white lie can sometimes trip a man up.

[trips the Prison Warden with his chain]

Napoleon Wilson: He don't stand up as good as he used to.

Leigh: I'm curious about one thing.

Napoleon Wilson: Just one?

Leigh: No, there are other things. But at the moment this one interests me the most.

Napoleon Wilson: What's that?

Leigh: Why didn't you climb through that vent and take off down the sewer in the other direction?

Napoleon Wilson: Well, there are two things a man should never run from, even if they cost him his life. One is a man who's helpless and can't run with you.

Leigh: What's the other?

[Napoleon stares at her]

Lt. Ethan Bishop: [shoves cop violently to one side] Get away from him!

[to Wilson]

Lt. Ethan Bishop: It would be a privilege if you'd walk outside with me.

Napoleon Wilson: [deadpan] I know it would.

Lt. Ethan Bishop: [smiles] You're pretty fancy, Wilson.

Napoleon Wilson: [smiles] I have moments.

Napoleon Wilson: I believe in one man.

Warden: [after punching Wilson out of a chair without the slightest provocation] He just slipped right out of the chair.

Napoleon Wilson: [sarcastic] Yeah, I don't sit in chairs as well as I used to.

Napoleon Wilson: Chains is all I've got to look forward to.

[last lines]

Lt. Ethan Bishop: You're pretty fancy, Wilson.

Napoleon Wilson: I have moments.

Napoleon Wilson: You look like someone spit in your sock.

Napoleon Wilson: Someone will come.

Leigh: A man with faith, a rare quality.

Leigh: What about you?

Napoleon Wilson: I've never had too much faith in anyone coming to my rescue.

Napoleon Wilson: Maybe you've been associating with the wrong people.

Leigh: I've been with policemen for five years.

Napoleon Wilson: That's enough to grow hair on a rock.