The Devil's Advocate (1997 film)

"Behold, I send you out as sheep amidst the wolves."

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I know youve spent all morning listening to Mr. Broygo talk. I know youre hungry. What I need to tell you wont take very long at all. I dont like Alexander Cullen. I dont think hes a nice person. I dont expect you to like him. Hes been a terrible husband to all three of his wives. Hes been a destructive force in the lives of his stepchildren. Hes cheated the city, his partners, his employees. Hes paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties and fines over the years. I dont like him. Im going to tell you some things during the course of this trial that are going to make you like him even less. But this isnt a popularity contest; its a murder trial."

"Youve got to marshal your strength. Prioritize. Conserve your energy."

"Eddie Barzoon, Eddie Barzoon… ha! I nursed him through two divorces, a cocaine rehab, and a pregnant receptionist. Gods creature, right? Gods special creature. Ive warned him, Kevin. Ive warned him every step of the way. Watching him bounce around like a fucking game. Like a wind-up toy. Like 250 pounds of self-serving greed on wheels. The next thousand years is right around the corner. Eddie Barzoon… take a good look, because hes the poster child for the next millennium. These people, its no mystery where they come from.You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire. You build egos the size of cathedrals, fiberoptically connect the world to every eager impulse, grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated fantasies, until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own god. Where can you go from there? As were scrambling from one deal to the next, whos got his eye on the planet? As the air thickens, the water sours, even the bees honey takes on the metallic taste of radioactivity. And it just keeps coming, faster and faster. Theres no chance to think, to prepare—its "buy futures", "sell futures", when there is no future. We got a runaway train, boy. We got a billion Eddie Barzoons all jogging into the future. Every one of them is getting ready to fistfuck Gods ex-planet and lick their fingers clean as they reach out toward their pristine cybernetic keyboards to tot up their fucking billable hours. And then it hits home. You gotta pay your own way, Eddie. Its a little late in the game to buy out now. Your bellys too full, your dick is sore, your eyes are bloodshot, and youre screaming for someone to help. But guess what? Theres no one there! Youre all alone, Eddie. Youre Gods special little creature. Maybe its true. Maybe God threw the dice once too often. Maybe He let us all down."

"A womans shoulders are the front lines of her mystique, and her neck, if shes alive, has all the mystery of a border town. A no-mans land in that battle between the mind and the body."

"[Last line of the film] Vanity—definitely my favorite sin."

"Diaboli virtus in lumbis est. The virtue of the Devil is in his loins."

"Charlize Theron – Mary Ann Lomax"

"Connie Nielsen – Christabella Andreoli"

"The newest attorney at the worlds most powerful law firm has never lost a case. But hes about to lose his soul."

"Craig T. Nelson – Alexander Cullen"

"Men kill animals and eat their flesh. Phillipe Moyez killed a goat. He killed a goat, and he did it at home, in a manner consistent with his religious beliefs. Now, Mr. Merto may find that bizarre. Its certainly not a religious practice performed by everyone. Its not as common as, say, circumcision. Its not as common as the belief that wine transforms into blood. Some people handle poisonous snakes to prove their faith. Some people walk on fire. Phillipe Moyez killed a goat, and he did it while observing his constitutionally protected religious beliefs."