City Hall Quote
Kevin Calhoun: Now there's four deaths, they're all connected, and that's all I know, that much I learned ...
Mayor John Pappas: [interrupting] And that's all I want to know!
Kevin Calhoun: I'm just trying to circle the wagons here, John.
Mayor John Pappas: Circle the wagons? What do you th - Who do you think you are? Some gumshoe in a dime novel, loose-cannoning around the city? Consorting with known mobsters? Kevin, for God's sakes! [long pause]
Mayor John Pappas: You see this desk? This desk belonged to Fiorello La Guardia, the Little Flower. He was about 5 foot tall, used to read the funny papers to his constituents' children over the radio, and was about the best goddamned mayor this city ever had. You know what La Guardia said? Why is it, every time you can do some good, the nice people come in and mess you up? Kevin... be nice, don't mess me up.
Mayor John Pappas: [interrupting] And that's all I want to know!
Kevin Calhoun: I'm just trying to circle the wagons here, John.
Mayor John Pappas: Circle the wagons? What do you th - Who do you think you are? Some gumshoe in a dime novel, loose-cannoning around the city? Consorting with known mobsters? Kevin, for God's sakes! [long pause]
Mayor John Pappas: You see this desk? This desk belonged to Fiorello La Guardia, the Little Flower. He was about 5 foot tall, used to read the funny papers to his constituents' children over the radio, and was about the best goddamned mayor this city ever had. You know what La Guardia said? Why is it, every time you can do some good, the nice people come in and mess you up? Kevin... be nice, don't mess me up.
Movie: City Hall
