“I’m tryin’ real hard to be the shepherd.”

“King Kong ain’t got shit on me!”

“You, Lieutenant Weinberg?”

“Always be closing”

“So, eleven hundred men went into the water, three hundred sixteen men come out, and the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945.”

“The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good.”

“This is my son and my partner, H.W. Plainview.”

“I'm an average nobody. I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.”

“Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist can come from anywhere.”

“That night I had a dream.”