Needful Things Quotes

Leland Gaunt Kill them all. Let God sort them out.

Taglines Now it's time to pay!

Leland Gaunt If it's too hot in here, Mr. Jewett, just say the word. I'm afraid I have a tendency to turn up the heat.

Leland Gaunt The young carpenter from Nazareth? I knew him well. Promising young man. He died badly.

Taglines Buy now. Pay later.

Nettie Cobb You killed my doggy, you bitch!

Wilma Jerzyck You broke my microwave, you crazy fuck!

Taglines The town of Castle Rock just made a deal with the Devil... Now it's time to pay!

Leland Gaunt When I started out I was just a peddler moving across the blind face of a distant land. Moving, always moving. Always gone... and in the end I'd always offer weapons. And they'd always take them. Of course I was gone before they realized what they'd purchased.

Father Meehan If there's a devil in this town, it's that damned Reverend Willie Rose!

Sheriff Pangborn You believe me now, Father? You still think he's a decent man? The Devil just blew up your damn church!

Father Meehan That's not the Devil. It's those God-damned Baptists!

Leland Gaunt Don't be afraid of it, Hugh. Guns don't kill people. People kill people.

Leland Gaunt Oh. You know, there are days I really hate this job. This is not my best work, not by a long shot. Oh, sure, a few murders and a couple of rather lovely explosions. I would hardly call it a rousing success, but what the hell? I'll be back. In the meantime, you and Polly, you are two terrific kids, and you'll marry her. Trust me. She's a lovely girl, Alan. You'll have a wonderful family. Oh, by the way, give my regards to your grandson. Bob will be his name, International Trade his game. I'll see him in Jakarta, 2053. August 14. 10a.m. A nice, sunny day. We'll make headlines.

Leland Gaunt Oh yes, we're having fun now.

Buster Keeton I just killed my wife. Is that bad?

Leland Gaunt Hey, these things happen.

Sheriff Alan J. Pangborn You know, guys, I moved here and I thought, Great! I'm outta the big city and I'm finally in a place where everybody isn't gonna be crawling up everybody's asshole every day! A place where maybe my biggest nightmare is gonna be getting some goddamn cat out of a tree! But forget that! EVERYBODY IS INSANE, EVERYWHERE!