Hurricane, The (1999) quotes

28 total quotes

Hurricane Carter
Lesra Martin

View Quote Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: Fifteen years on.

View Quote Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: You think I killed those people son?
Lesra: Now I know you didn't.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: How do you know?
Lesra: I just know.

View Quote Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [addressing the court] Justice is all I ask for. Justice.
Lisa Peters: You can't understand living without you.

View Quote Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [to Lesra] Hate put me in prison. Love's gonna bust me out.

View Quote Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [to Les] It's very important to transcend to places that hold us.

View Quote Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [to the Warden] I'm innocent. I've committed no crime. A crime's been committed against me.

View Quote Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [voice over narration] Hurricane is the professional name that I acquired later on in life. Carter is the slave name that was given to my forefathers, who worked in the cotton fields of Alabama and Georgia. It was passed onto me.

View Quote Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: [voice over narration] The one thing I could do, and the only thing was box. I had tasted my own blood and I loved it.

View Quote Sam Chaiton: Can he see us?
Terry Swinton: Yeah, he can see you.

View Quote Sam Chaiton: [to Lesra] You know what Les, sometimes we don't pick the books we read, they pick us.

View Quote Theo: We're looking for two Negros in a white car.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: Any two will do?

View Quote [last lines]
Announcer: Everybody wanted this victory and Hurricane has delivered.

View Quote Hate put me in prison. Love's gonna bust me out.