Quotes
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Nicky Cruz : You come near me and I'll kill you!
David Wilkerson : Yeah, you could do that. You could cut me up into a thousand pieces and lay them in the street, and every piece will still love you.
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David Wilkerson : [Last Lines] You can take it from this skinny preacher from the hills of Pennsylvania; The cross is mightier than the switchblade.
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David Wilkerson : You wouldn't be afraid to shake hands with a skinny preacher, would you?
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Big Cat : Tell me, Preach. This God of yours, does he rumble?
David Wilkerson : Yeah... Yeah, he rumbles. He's fighting for you right now.
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Mr. Gomez : What miracle brings such a fine young man to our troubled streets?
David Wilkerson : Miracle? I was begining to think it was pure insanity. But you people... you make me believe it was something good.
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Lawyer : What makes you think they will let these kids go?
David Wilkerson : I've got a whole church back in Phillipsburg praying for them.
Lawyer : [everyone Laughs at David] Well, they'd better be praying, because the D.A. will burn those creeps.
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David Wilkerson : Jesus Christ was perfect and they crucified him!
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Little Bo : Hey, he wants to meet the gang. Why don't you take him inside?
Angela : I can't. Mau-Maus are waiting for a war council with the Bishops. My brother's inside.
David Wilkerson : It's all right, Bo. We'll go in.
Little Bo : Now wait a minute, I don't know. Like I said, I'm a loner. I swing from one gang to another, they might not like it.
Angela : You're just afraid they might cut you.
Little Bo : Oh go on, take him in!
Angela : Anh-anh. I ain't gonna get bawled out... unless you give me five dollars.
Little Bo : C'mon, you can turn him loose once he's inside the door.
Angela : Five dollars is my price.
Little Bo : [pulls David away to talk in privacy] Five dollars is this chick's top dollar. For that you get two joints of marijuana, her body AND two bits change.
David Wilkerson : Should I give her some money?
Little Bo : Two bucks top.
[David reaches for his wallet]
Little Bo : You better make it three, you don't wanna insult her pride...
[they walk back to Angela]
Little Bo : Cat could only swing two.
Little Bo : [hands Angela two dollars while she keeps one for herself]
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David Wilkerson : Some of you are so blind that you're heading for a ditch and you don't even know it.
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Rosa : Hey Preach, this god of yours... What's he gonna do for me? I'm a mainliner. You know, the hot stuff. Heroin! A whole mountain of snow white. That's heaven. What have you got? huh?
David Wilkerson : I-I don't have any magic cure.
Rosa : Then what did you come here for?
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Delano : You've been working with a bad bunch of apples, and you've got them smiling!
David Wilkerson : I don't see Nicky smiling.
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Little Bo : This turf belongs to the AAAGP. They don't rumble anyhow, they just freak out.
David Wilkerson : What's the AAAGP?
Little Bo : That's the 'American Association for the Advancement of Gangs and Pot'.
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David Wilkerson : Rosa, if you really want Nicky, you're gonna have to get yourself clean.
Rosa : I want ten bucks! And you're gonna give it to me or I'll cut you!
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David Wilkerson : Bo, do you believe in God?
Little Bo : [laughs] I don't worry about him. I just worry about the pigs and hustlin' for bread.