The Usual Suspects (1995) quotes

Director
Bryan Singer.

Cast
Kevin Spacey.
Gabriel Byrne.
Chazz Palminteri.
Benicio Del Toro.

A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which begin when five criminals meet at a seemingly random police lineup.

One cannot be betrayed if one has no people.
– Kobayashi

A man can convince anyone he’s somebody else, but never himself.
– Verbal

How you doing Keaton?
– Keyser Soze
I can’t feel my legs… Keyser.
– Keaton

And like that… he’s gone.
– Verbal

Do you believe in him, Verbal?
– Dave Kujan
Keaton always said, “I don’t believe in God, but I’m afraid of him.” Well I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Soze.
– Verbal

Why are you just standing there, you idiot? I’m not speaking English am I? Wouldn’t it make sense to find someone who could talk to me so you could find the person that set me on fire, perhaps? He is the Devil. You’ve never seen anyone like Keyser Soze in all your miserable life, you idiot. Keyser Soze. Do you at least understand that? Keyser Soze. The Devil himself. Or are you American policemen so stupid that you haven’t even heard of him? Keyser Soze, you ridiculous man. KEYSER SOZE.
– Arkosh Kovash

Then he showed those men of will what will really was.
– Verbal

It was Keyser Soze, Agent Kujan. I mean the Devil himself. How do you shoot the Devil in the back? What if you miss?
– Verbal

Old McDonald had a farm ee i ee i o. And on that farm he shot some guys. Badda boom badda bing bang boom.
– McManus

Keaton always said, “I don’t believe in God, but I’m afraid of him.” Well I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Soze.
– Verbal

What the cops never figured out, and what I know now, was that these men would never break, never lie down, never bend over for anybody. Anybody.
– Verbal

If I told you the Loch Ness monster hired me to hit the harbor, what would you say?
– Verbal

Back when I was picking beans in Guatemala, we used to make fresh coffee, right off the trees I mean. That was good. This is shit but, hey, I’m in a police station.
– Verbal

I can put you in Queens on the night of the hijacking.
– Interrogation Cop
Really? I live in Queens. Did you put that together yourself, Einstein? What, do you got a team of monkeys working around the clock on this?
– Hockney

Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say his father was German. Nobody believed he was real. Nobody ever saw him or knew anybody that ever worked directly for him, but to hear Kobayashi tell it, anybody could have worked for Soze. You never knew. That was his power. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist. And like that, poof. He’s gone.
– Verbal

You give me one good reason why I shouldn’t kill you right now.
– Keaton

What about it, pretzel man? What’s your story?
– Hockney
His name’s Verbal. Verbal Kint.
– Keaton
Verbal?
– McManus
Yeah.
– Keaton
‘Roger’, really. People say I talk too much.
– Verbal
Yeah, I was just gonna tell you to shut up.
– Hockney

How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss?
– Verbal

They treat me like a criminal. I’ll end up a criminal.
– Fenster
You are a criminal.
– Hockney
Why you gotta go and do that? I’m trying to make a point.
– Fenster

First day on the job, you know what I learned? How to spot a murderer. Let’s say you arrest three guys for the same killing. You put them all in jail overnight. The next morning, whoever’s sleeping is your man. You see, if you’re guilty, you know you’re caught, you get some rest, you let your guard down.
– Dave Kujan

Who is Keyser Soze?
– Verbal

Man, I had a finger up my asshole tonight.
– Fenster
Is it Friday already?
– Hockney

To a cop the explanation is never that complicated. It’s always simple. There’s no mystery to the street, no arch criminal behind it all. If you got a dead body and you think his brother did it, you’re gonna find out you’re right.
– Verbal

You know a dealer named Ruby Deamer, Verbal?
– Dave Kujan
You know a religious guy named John Paul?
– Verbal
You know Ruby’s in Attica?
– Dave Kujan
He didn’t have my lawyer.
– Verbal

After that my guess is that you will never hear from him again. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist. And like that… he is gone.
– Verbal

You know what happens if you do another turn in the joint?
– Interrogation Cop
Fuck your father in the shower and then have a snack? Are you going to charge me dickhead?
– Hockney