The Drowning Pool (1975)

Murray Hamilton: J. Hugh Kilbourne

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Quotes 

• J.H. Kilbourne : You know what she wants to do with that land, Mr. Harper? She wants to turn it into a Goddam sanctuary for birds!

  Lew Harper : I think that's kind of sweet.

  J.H. Kilbourne : Well now, look, I'm all for saving wildlife like the next fella, but we gotta think about America's future. Energy sources just aren't that easy to come by.

  Lew Harper : Aha! Did you come to that conclusion out of patriotism or just greed?

  J.H. Kilbourne : [after a pause]  Little of both, Mr Harper, - like most men of wealth.

• J.H. Kilbourne : I ran a check on you, Mr. Harper. You are not stupid.

  Lew Harper : I have my moments.

• J.H. Kilbourne : You wanna live, don't you? To a ripe old age?

  Lew Harper : I'd hate to think that I was making those Social Security payments for nothing.

• J.H. Kilbourne : See I'm not like most fols who get their kicks head on, I sort of slide in sideways like. As a matter of fact in High School they used to call me the crab.

  Lew Harper : Oh.

  J.H. Kilbourne : Now you take the oil businesss, my business, it's never any fun to drill straight down. I'm a slant driller by instinct.

  Lew Harper : Are you slant-drilling me?

• J.H. Kilbourne : Mavis maybe you should go for a walk.

  Candy : How long a walk J. Hugh?

  J.H. Kilbourne : Average, just average.

• [repeated line] 

  J.H. Kilbourne : Outstanding!

• J.H. Kilbourne : You remember what I told you Mr Harper, about my crab-like ways.