Committed Quotes

Deco: If I'm gonna front the band, I like the sound of Deco.
Billy: Deco the bus conductor. Is that top-Deco or bottom-Deco?

Movie: Committed
Jimmy Rabbitte: Do you not get it, lads? The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once, say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud.

Movie: Committed
Jimmy Rabbitte: say it once and say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud.

Movie: Committed
Joey: Look, I know you're hurtin' now, but in time you'll realize what you've achieved.
Jimmy Rabbitte: I've achieved nothing!
Joey: You're missin' the point. The success of the band was irrelevant - you raised their expectations of life, you lifted their horizons. Sure we could have been famous and made albums and stuff, but that would have been predictable. This way it's poetry.

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Marni Fliss: [Laughing] So I said," You can't touch me there. You're my Uncle." [Date looks at her, disturbed]
Marni Fliss: Ahhh, family.

Movie: Committed
Neal Cassady: My role in all this was to make her feel better. Better than what?

Movie: Committed