Robert Miller Quotes in The Veteran (2011)

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  • [last lines]

    Gerry Langdon: The organizing principle of any society is for war. The basic authority of the modern state over its people resides in its war powers. Today it's oil, tomorrow, water. It's what we like to call the GOD business: Guns, Oil, and Drugs. But there is a problem. Our way of life, its over. It's unsustainable and in rapid decline. That's why we implement demand destruction. We continue to make money as the world burns. But for this to work the people have to remain ignorant of the problem until it's too late. That's why we have triggers in place: 9/11, 7/7, WMDs. A population in a permanent state of fear does not ask questions. Our desire for war becomes *its* desire for war. A willing sacrifice. You see, fear is justification, fear is control, fear is money. You're a brilliant soldier and I could still use someone like you.

    Robert Miller: I'll ask you one more time. Where is she?

    Gerry Langdon: Do you know the term "train tracking?" And "batterying?" Perhaps you should look closer to home. The young men of your estate. So vicious. Poor Alayna wouldn't stand...

    [takes a bullet to the heart]

  • Robert Miller: We were told Al Qaeda never use women.

    Gerry Langdon: Every parasite adopts to its host and evolves. It's only a question of time.

  • Robert Miller: Watch out for snakes.

  • Robert Miller: He's offering you a drink of sulphur water.

    Roxy Miller: A prehistoric gentleman, huh?

  • [Roxy goes to a party, but is too distressed to enjoy it]

    Robert Miller: You know, I think she's still worried about Eegah.

    Tom Nelson: Oh, sure. A girl like Roxy don't get over a thing like that right away.

  • Tom Nelson: I can drive, Mr. Miller. I have my dad's wheels tonight.

    Robert Miller: Really? Do they fit on your car?

  • [staring at a huge divot in the sand]

    Roxy Miller: What is that?

    Robert Miller: I don't know. It looks like a footprint.

    Roxy Miller: It is a footprint! There's the heel and there's the toe.

  • [first lines]

    Maria Bartiromo: But you took a huge bet on the housing crisis in the middle of the biggest boom in housing anybody has ever seen. Why?

    Robert Miller: I'm a child of the '50s. My father welded steel for the Navy, and my mother worked at the V.A. They lived through the Depression, Pearl Harbor, and the bomb. They didn't think that bad things might happen. They knew that bad things would happen.

    Maria Bartiromo: Is that what's happening now?

    Robert Miller: When I was a kid, my favorite teacher was Mr. James. Mr. James said world events all revolve around five things. M - O - N - E - Y.

  • Ellen Miller: It's all going to be fine. It always is. Just follow the plan.

    Robert Miller: And what is that plan?

    Ellen Miller: Confidence equals contract.

    Robert Miller: You sound like a fortune cookie.

    Ellen Miller: They are your words, actually.

    Robert Miller: Then you married an idiot.

  • Syd Felder: What's baffling to me, despite your sentimental history together, is why you would put your family's future in this kid's hands.

    Robert Miller: He's not like us.

    Syd Felder: Is that a good thing?

  • Ellen Miller: You broke our little girl's heart.

    Robert Miller: That's how it all works, Ellen. You know that.

    Ellen Miller: I know, but she didn't.

    Robert Miller: She'll be better for it. The world is cold.

    Ellen Miller: Then you're gonna need a warm coat.

  • Robert Miller: This is a trust, in your name, assets of two million dollars. Take a look at that.

    Jimmy Grant: Are you serious? You think money's gonna fix this? Huh?

    Robert Miller: What else is there?

  • Robert Miller: What you did is way beyond the money.

    Jimmy Grant: Nothing is beyond money for you, Robert. We both know that.

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