American Gothic Quotes

Caleb Temple: I hate you!
Sheriff Lucas Buck: And someday, we'll make that hate work for you.

Movie: American Gothic
Caleb Temple: Are you spying on me?
Sheriff Lucas Buck: Heck, no! That ain't my style.

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Deputy Ben Healy: Why do you think they call them southern belles?
Sheriff Lucas Buck: That's French, Ben. It means beautiful.
Deputy Ben Healy: Oh yeah, I knew that. Four-alarm belles.

Movie: American Gothic
Dr. Matt Crower: Go to hell.
Sheriff Lucas Buck: Been there. And you know what? It ain't half bad.

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Merlyn Temple: Do you know what happens to dogs when they die, Caleb?
Caleb Temple: What happens to them?
Merlyn Temple: They get to run free all day long, and at the night times, they get to rest at the feet of their masters.

Movie: American Gothic
Sheriff Lucas Buck: Do you know what a mentor is?
Caleb Temple: Half-man, half-beast?
Sheriff Lucas Buck: That's a minotaur.

Movie: American Gothic
[after hitting a guy with a shovel]
Sheriff Lucas Buck: These things have a thousand uses!

TV Show: American Gothic
[Last lines of the series]
Caleb Temple: Well, what will I do without her?
Sheriff Lucas Buck: Oh... I think we'll get by.

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[to Merlyn, who's a ghost]
Caleb Temple: I'm tired of your preaching. Tired of your white dress. And I don't wanna see you no more. So why don't you just go somewhere and decompose?

TV Show: American Gothic

Merlyn Temple: Do you know what happens to dogs when they die, Caleb?
Caleb Temple: What happens to them?
Merlyn Temple: They get to run free all day long, and at the night times, they get to rest at the feet of their masters.

TV Show: American Gothic

Merlyn Temple: Someone's at the door!

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Caleb Temple: Are you spying on me?
Sheriff Lucas Buck: Heck, no! That ain't my style.

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Caleb Temple: I ain't your son!
Sheriff Lucas Buck: Beg to differ.

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Caleb Temple: I don't like trains, and I hate apple pie!
Sheriff Lucas Buck: Well... fine.

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Caleb Temple: I hate you!
Sheriff Lucas Buck: And someday, we'll make that hate work for you.

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Caleb Temple: I hate you!
Sheriff Lucas Buck: For now.

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Caleb Temple: I smell a ghost.

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Caleb Temple: I'm not like every little boy. I'm Lucas Buck's son.
Deputy Ben Healy: I know that...
Caleb Temple: So when I tell you to do something, you gonna do it, right?

TV Show: American Gothic

Caleb Temple: The Buck starts here.

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Caleb Temple: They say you dream about the person who's gonna kill you.

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Caleb Temple: This ain't right.
Sheriff Lucas Buck: Sure it is, boy. You're doing fine.
Caleb Temple: No, sir.

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Caleb Temple: What're you doing here?
Sheriff Lucas Buck: Lookin' after my own.

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Caleb Temple: You ever read the Bible, Tina? They got the expression in there, "Eye for an eye." Sheriff Buck taught me that.

TV Show: American Gothic

Lt. Drey: You always disturb evidence with such impunity, Buck?
Sheriff Lucas Buck: You always go around barkin' up the wrong tree, Drey?

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Sheriff Lucas Buck: A good loser is still a loser.

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Sheriff Lucas Buck: All guilt is relative. Loyalty counts. And never let your conscience be your guide.

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Sheriff Lucas Buck: Cat got your pen?

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Sheriff Lucas Buck: Conscience is just the fear of getting caught.

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Sheriff Lucas Buck: Do you know what a mentor is?
Caleb Temple: Half-man, half-beast?
Sheriff Lucas Buck: That's a minotaur.

TV Show: American Gothic

Sheriff Lucas Buck: He may be cured, but his personality hasn't improved any.

TV Show: American Gothic