Walter Sherman quotes from The Finder

Lance Sweets

Have you ever contemplated suicide?

Walter Sherman

Hell, I can think of at least ten people I'd kill before I'd kill myself.

Leo Knox

I'd write that as a "no".

Lance Sweets

Do you ever speak to inanimate objects?

Walter Sherman

Yes, and they hardly ever answer. Rude.

Lance Sweets

Do you enjoy setting fire to things?

Walter Sherman

Yes. Candles, bonfires, barbecues, lanterns and cats.

Willa

Attention, boring old people, I got invited to a beach party, can I go?

Leo Knox

Anyone I know?

Willa

The Montgomerys at Farrow Point.

Leo Knox

Rich folks.

Willa

Their son Kevin asked me, I told him the truth that I am on probation.

Walter Sherman

Ahh I bet that got him exited, found himself a bad girl.

Willa

Don't make it like that, he was cool.

Walter Sherman

Was he "cool" or was he a target?

Leo Knox

Walter, didn't we agree to give Willa the benefit of the doubt?

Shouldn't you take advantage that there is a shrink on the house? [points to Sweets] He could tell us if Willa is a sociopath.

Lance Sweets

I'm sorry, who is this? [points to Willa]

Walter Sherman

Willa works and lives here while she is on probation.

Leo Knox

[fatherly] Should we have a talk about boys and beach parties?

Willa

Ewww!

[awkwardly] It's not like... you know... you... being around...?

Willa

[to Isabella] Thanks, Mom! [to Leo] Thanks, Dad! [to Walter] Thanks, creepy older brother! [to Lance Sweets] Thanks, eavesdropping shrink!

It's not in the least surprising that she knew me. I'm very famous in certain circles.

Walter Sherman

Very small circles. Like dots.

Walter Sherman

[pointing to Frank Heywood] Have you seen his fastball?

Isabel Zambada

I was hoping to, but we got interrupted by a robber.

Isabel Zambada

Did you say "no" to Frank because of "Paragraph C"?

Walter Sherman

I said "no" because Frank is a lying liar face. That's a technical term.

Walter Sherman

It's a no brainer. There's nothing more anti-American than the designated hitter.

Leo Knox

Al-Quaeda is more anti-American than anything.

Walter Sherman

This country was founded on a celebration of our individual freedoms. The designated hitter puts the team's collective success over that of the individual. Can't bat? Don't worry. We'll send somebody to do that part of your job for you so we can all win together. There's a name for that, Leo. It's Communism.

Leo Knox

You can't get any more anti-American than actually trying to destroy America.

Walter Sherman

Al-Quaeda's doomed to failure. Hiding in caves. Designated hitters walk among us as heroes. It's subversive.

Walter Sherman

What'd you lose? Your bag of tricks? Your wand? Your sleight? Your hand? Your rabbit? Your false bottomed hat?

My career. My reputation. My good standing in the fellowship of magic. My prestige. My eclat.

Leo Knox

You never looked for "eclat" before.

Walter Sherman

Finding someone's "eclat" would be a nice feather in my cap.

Will you help me?

Walter Sherman

We'll start first thing in the morning at the crime scene.

Leo Knox

Nobody said anything about a crime, Walter.

Walter Sherman

The man just admitted there's no such thing as magic. What's that leave? Skulduggery and monkey business. Trust me. There's a crime.

Finding things is all well and good when indeed those things have been lost. Mr. Sherman, you should concentrate on what I'm saying. Not everything that is missing is lost. Some things have been hidden. And some of those things are not to be found. They shouldn't even be looked for. I'm the person that hides those things.

Walter Sherman

You're my opposite.

Walter, I hide things, and I hide them very well. The thing about well hidden things is that you never actually know if they're gone. It's very painful. I want you to remember that.

Walter Sherman

Remember this - I found you.

How many fingers am I holding up?

Walter Sherman

All of them.

Leo Knox

You're way ahead of the game this time.

Walter Sherman

256 miles southeast of this very location, warm tropical ocean waters are colliding with a combo platter of thunderstorms and upper level winds to create what the Mayan refer to as the God of Evil, Hurakan, and what the National Weather Service refers to as hurricane Catherine.

Leo Knox

Sure, but Catherine isn't expected to make landfall till this evening. We're only gonna catch the edge.

Walter Sherman

Oh, I know better than that. I used to date a Catherine. Knowing her, she's gonna swerve from Alabama just to hit me.