"In every man's life, there are pinpoints of time that govern his destiny."

"Oh, sure, sure. I know—there must be some mistake. And poor Nick is innocent, and what a heel I am to be sitting here…"

"I can still teach you a few, kid. You're just a tin-horn thug, and you always will be. You haven't got the guts to be…"

"Until we do away with the type of neighborhood that produced this boy, ten will spring up to take his place, a hundre…"

"Live fast, die young, have a good-looking corpse."

"You wanna do something for me? Remember me in your prayers."

"What I used to say still goes. Live fast, die young... and have a good-looking corpse."

"Humphrey Bogart - Andrew Morton"

"John Derek - Nick Romano"

"George Macready - Dist. Atty. Kerman"