1- “Bastard in the basket.” –Plainview, ‘There Will Be Blood’.
2- “I wouldn’t take the lease if you gave it to me as a gift.” –Plainview, ‘There Will Be Blood’.
3- “You boys are a regular family business.” -Gene Blaize, ‘There Will Be Blood’.
4- “We gain nothing by losing our heads!” –Prescott, ‘There Will Be Blood’.
5- “[first words] There she is. There she is.” –Plainview, ‘There Will Be Blood’.
6- “Now go. Go and play some more, and don’t come back.” –Plainview, ‘There Will Be Blood’.
7- “Mr. Bandy has a grandson. Have you met his grandson William? William Bandy is one of the finest members we have at the Church of The Third Revelation. He’s eager to come to Hollywood to be in movies. He is very good-looking. And I do think he will have success.” –Eli Sunday, ‘There Will Be Blood’.
8- “[Eli is intending to bless the well] I thank you all so much for visiting with us at this time. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting some of you, and I hope, very much in the months to come, I’ll be able to visit with each and every one of you. Ah… I’m better at digging holes in the ground than making speeches, so let’s forget the speech for this evening, just make it a simple blessing. You see, one man doesn’t prospect from the ground. It takes a whole community of good people, such as yourselves… and, uh, this is good. We stay together. We pray together, we work together and, if the good Lord smiles kindly on our endeavor, we share in the wealth together. Now before we spud in Mary’s Well number one – named for the lovely Miss Mary Sunday here by my side, a proud daughter of these hills – I’d just like to say God bless these honest labors of ours; and, of course, God bless you all. Amen.” –Plainview, ‘There Will Be Blood’.
9- “I’m your brother… from another mother.” –Henry, ‘There Will Be Blood’.
10- “Things go up, things go down, but at least the Lord is always around.” –Eli Sunday, ‘There Will Be Blood’.
11- “I am a false prophet God is a superstition!” –Eli Sunday, ‘There Will Be Blood’.
12- “I’m gonna bury you underground, Eli.” –Plainview, ‘There Will Be Blood’.
13- “[pitching his company to the people of Little Boston] Ladies and gentlemen? Ladies and gentlemen. Thank you so much for visiting with us this evening. Now, I’ve traveled across half our state to be here and to see about this land. Now, I daresay some of you might have heard some of the more extravagant rumors about what my plans are; I just thought you’d like to hear it from me. This is the face. There’s no great mystery. I’m an oilman, ladies and gentlemen. I have numerous concerns spread across this state. I have many wells flowing at many thousand barrels per day. I like to think of myself as an oilman. As an oilman, I hope that you’ll forgive just good old-fashioned plain speaking. Now, this work that we do is very much a family enterprise; I work side by side with my wonderful son, H.W. – I think one or two of you might have met him already – and, uh, I encourage my men to bring their families, as well. Of course, it makes for an ever so much more rewarding life for them. Family means children; children means education; so, wherever we set up camp, education is a necessity, and we’re just so happy to take care of that. So let’s build a wonderful school in Little Boston. These children are the future that we strive for and so they should have the very best of things. Now something else, uh… and please don’t be insulted if I speak about this – bread. Let’s talk about bread. Now to my mind, uh, it’s an abomination to consider that any man, woman or child in this magnificent country of ours should have to look upon a loaf of bread as a luxury. We’re gonna dig water wells here and, uh, water wells means irrigation. Irrigation means cultivation. We’re gonna raise crops here where before it just simply wasn’t impossible. You’re going to have more grain than you know what to do with. Bread will be coming right out of your ears, ma’am. New roads, agriculture, employment, education – these are just a few of the things we can offer you, and I assure you, ladies and gentlemen, that if we do find oil here – and I think there’s a very good chance that we will – this community of yours will not only survive, it will flourish.” –Plainview, ‘There Will Be Blood’.
14- “What are you looking so miserable about? There’s a whole ocean of oil under our feet! No one can get at it except for me.” –Plainview, ‘There Will Be Blood’.
15- “[last lines] I’m finished.” –Plainview, ‘There Will Be Blood’.
16- “-Eli Sunday: Do you understand?
-Plainview: Do you understand, Eli? That’s more to the point. Do you understand? I drink your water. I drink it up every day. I drink the blood of Lamb.” –‘There Will Be Blood’.
17- “-Plainview: Who are you?
-Henry: I’m no one.” –‘There Will Be Blood’.
18- “-Henry: We can eat and get some women.
-Plainview: Take them to the Peachtree dance. l say, get liquored up and take them to the Peachtree dance.” –‘There Will Be Blood’.
19- “-Eli Sunday: What is it that brought you here, sir?
-Plainview: The Good Lord’s guidance.” –‘There Will Be Blood’.
20- “-H.W. Plainview: How much are we gonna pay them?
-Plainview: Who’s that?
-H.W. Plainview: Sunday family.
-Plainview: Well, I’m not gonna give them oil prices. I’ll give them quail prices.” –‘There Will Be Blood’.
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