Gator Tillman quotes from Fargo

Gator Tillman

Asshole. I'm a winner. I'm a winner. I'm a winner. I am a winner. I'm a fucking winner. I'm a winner. I'm a winner. I'M A WINNER!

We're new in the Fargo office. We thought we'd come by and see why you aren't enforcing any of our laws.

Roy Tillman

What laws?

Oh, you know, gun laws, drug laws, any of the half-dozen other American laws passed and ratified by the United States government that you don't seem to recognize.

Roy Tillman

Well, Agent Ja-Queen, I think you'll find that there is no one on God's green earth who is a greater enforcer of the laws of this land than Roy Tillman.

Why do I feel like there's a "but" here?"

Roy Tillman

But...what you need to know is that I am the law of the land. Elected by the residents of this county to interpret and enforce the Constitution given unto us by Almighty God.

Gator Tillman

Freedom.

Roy Tillman

Amen.

Witt Farr

Last chance. Tell me what you took.

Gator Tillman

You don't know? I took your mama out for dinner. She gave out that ass like a coupon on coupon day.

Gator Tillman

Happy now, shitbird? You got your money? People are dead, good men, but you're still wandering the earth, breathing the air they should be breathing.

Ole Munch

A boy complains because he thinks the world is unfair. He cries to his mother when the toy breaks or the knee is skinned.

Gator Tillman

Fuck that. You're the one who's gonna be crying.

Ole Munch

A man knows better. The things that happen, happen. Who lives, who dies. You don't yell at the boulder for being a rock.

Gator Tillman

You want the last word? Here it is: I'll see you soon, asshole.

Ole Munch

A rabbit screams because a rabbit is caught. Knows only that it wants to live.

Gator Tillman

Try again in fucking English, bro! [Munch reveals a heated blade] Fuck. Shit! Help! Help! Help! Help!

Ole Munch

An old woman watches young men play a game. She drinks.

Gator Tillman

What?

Ole Munch

She drinks because her own son has spit the nipple from his mouth. She bothers no one.

Gator Tillman

What are you talking-?

Ole Munch

Yet you killed her.

Gator Tillman

I...

Ole Munch

Yes. Eye. Your eyes.

Gator Tillman

No.

Ole Munch

As the Bible says, what is taken must be given. This for that.

Gator Tillman

No...No, wait...

Ole Munch

Shh. Quiet, rabbit.

Ole Munch

A son is unable to comply. He has sold his right to be a man. What disappointment the father must feel.

Roy Tillman

What's going on with his eyes?

Ole Munch

Forfeit. It tells a lot about a man, the words he uses to describe a double cross. We have heard it all. To Welsh. To Gyp. To Jew. As if to steal is a man's lineage, what a man is.

Roy Tillman

What did you do?

Gator Tillman

[crying] I'm sorry. You said to let it go, but I couldn't.

Ole Munch

When a man gives with one hand and takes with the other, he breaks his promise. He must be taught. The hand he steals with must be cleaved from him and returned. Still a hand, but now without function. Here is your hand.

Gator Tillman

Daddy...

Roy Tillman

Quiet.

Gator Tillman

Daddy, I'm scared.

Roy Tillman

I said shut up. If there ever was a point to you, it's gone now.

Gator Tillman

Nadine?

Dot Lyon

Gator...

Gator Tillman

Nadine. I'm sorry.

Dot Lyon

It's OK. It's over now.

Gator Tillman

Did you really see my mom?

Dot Lyon

No, hon. I thought I did, but she was just a beautiful angel in a dream.

Gator Tillman

Would you...come visit me in jail?

Dot Lyon

With cookies. You still like oatmeal raisin?