Extended Reading
  • Domenick 2022-08-05 19:35:39

    Proud?

    "There is a teenage child in front of me. I wonder if he will be proud of what I am doing now. If he is, I will continue to do it. If not, I will stop immediately."

    An old gentleman who was addicted to robbing banks, escaped many times to rob the bank. The victim described him as "polite and...

  • Shanie 2022-08-05 20:18:47

    A real master, what he lives is his attitude

    Choose your own way of living, and live your life according to your own choice. The old thief is admirable. The elegant and calm attitude, the legendary and exciting life (a life of robbery, a life of prison escape), cannot be copied; the comments among the police detectives are very right: He just...

The Old Man & the Gun quotes

  • Jewel: 'Cause you think about... ten years from now, where will you be, what'll you be doing? Now, whenever I close the door, I think: "Oh, is this the last time I'll ever have a chance to do whatever that thing was?"

    Forrest Tucker: You know what I do when the door closes?

    Jewel: What's that?

    Forrest Tucker: I jump out the window.

  • Forrest Tucker: If I ever wonder what I'm doing or where I'm going, I just think to myself: "Is that little kid I was when I was just about this tall," I say, "well now, would he have been proud of me?" And if the answer is "no", well then I just keep walking on through. But if the answer is "yes", then I know I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.

    Jewel: So is he proud of you? That little boy?

    Forrest Tucker: Oh, he's getting closer every day.

    Jewel: But you're never exactly where you're supposed to be, are you? I mean, 'cause if you are, you're dead. And little ten year-old you, he's... y'know, he might have hopes and dreams, but he doesn't understand time or the world like you do. So, I think you gotta keep on keeping on, just living your life, trying new things, just gotta keep on pushing.