Stick quotes from Daredevil

Stick

[to Matt] Kid, in war, people die. If it's not you, it's the guy next to you. How many men have you killed protecting this city? You're still afraid to cross that line. Someday, it's gonna come down to you or the other guy. If it's not Fisk, somebody else. What're you gonna do then?

Young Matt Murdock

So what kind of training is this?

Stick

You like ice cream?

Young Matt

Yeah.

Stick

Then shut up and eat it. I'll ask the questions. First thing you gotta understand is nobody feels sorry for you and nobody ever will. 'Cause when it comes to being born lucky you won the friggin' lottery.

Young Matt

I did?

Stick

[Smacks him with his cane] What did I say about questions?

Young Matt

"Shut up."

Stick

Good. How old were you when you got blinded?

Young Matt

Nine.

Stick

Nine? So you had nine whole years of looking at movies, blue skies, up girlies' skirts that I never had. I was born blind. You don't hear me whining about it, do you?

Young Matt

No.

Stick

So, you're nine years old, walking along, minding your own business and whammo! Get hit by a truck, killed dead on the spot.

Young Matt

I wasn't killed.

Stick

You lived? Praise God, it's a miracle. So you survive the truck and get this chemical shit in your eyes. What next?

Young Matt

I hear things.

Stick

What kind of things?

Young Matt

Everything. Coughs and fights and cats meowing. Sometimes blocks away. I can sense things. I know where things are and when they move. But I can't see.

Stick

You know what they call stuff like that? Gifts. The special kind. The kind that very few people have. Or deserve.

Young Matt

I never thought of it that way.

Stick

Well, that's because you're stupid.

Young Matt

I'm not stupid, I'm smart.

Stick

Because you taught yourself how to run your little fingers over the bumps and read Braille? Smart don't come out of books, kid. Smart is making the right decision at the right time. Like now. What's it gonna be, Matty? You gonna spend your life crying and rocking yourself to sleep at night? Or are you gonna dig deep and find out what it takes to reshuffle those cards life dealt you? Your call.

Young Matt

No one's bought me ice cream since my dad died.

Stick

What's it taste like?

Young Matt

Vanilla.

Stick

[scoffs] Everybody can taste vanilla. Pay a little more attention, use those gifts. You know what you got? [sniffs] Sugar grains, vanilla bean, milk from three different dairies from two states... [licks] ugh... batch of chemicals straight off the periodic tables and... [sniffs] dirt off the guy's hand that served it to you. He spent his morning gardening. Whole world around you, Matty, and it is friggin' huge. And all you need... are the guts to let it in. Try. That dog, what's his story?

Young Matt

He's hungry... his stomach's growling... and he's dying to eat the hot dogs that guy's carrying just upwind of him.

Stick

Not bad. What about the girl?

Young Matt

Her skin's... Her skin's too hot. Her heart's beating fast. Is she sick?

Stick

Worse. She's in love. And the old man?

Young Matt

He's...He's dying.

Stick

And there's nothing you can do about it. Big world, not all of it flowers and sunshine. And the only way guys like you and me can survive is to grab it by the throat and never let go.

Young Matt

My dad. They paid him to lose against Creel. But... But I wanted him to win. So he did because of me. Because of me. I just wanted him to come home.

Stick

But he didn't and he never will. We all pay for our choices kid. Maybe your old man fought for you, maybe he did it for himself. The only thing you know for sure is he's gone now. But I'm here. Now, get up. Time to stop taking a beating and start giving one.

Stick

They found the secret.

Matt

What secret?

Stick

Immortality. Bringing the dead back to life.

Matt

Come on, Stick.

Stick

I thought you were a Catholic, Matty. Doesn't your whole belief system hinge on one guy pulling that off?

Young Elektra

You said we're going to war.

Stick

We are. And there'll be a time and place for you to turn yourself loose. But right now, the last thing you want is for everybody here to be scared shitless of you. Tame that fire... or they'll tame it for you.

Stick

Was it worth it?

Matt

What?

Stick

Loving her.

Matt

You taught me to cut all my ties to humanity... to other people. I had only a few moments with her... amidst all the... noise, chaos, and the violence. We were together only for moments. That was all. Orchids. She likes orchids. And, yeah, Stick... it was worth it.

Stick

Matt, you are the toughest son of a bitch I have ever met. Let's go home.