The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
MOVIE’S MEMORABLE LINES
■ Buggin’ Out: Hey, Sal, how come they ain’t no brothas on the wall?
■ Mister Señor Love Daddy: Today’s temperature’s gonna rise up over 100 degrees, so there’s a Jheri curl alert! That’s right, Jheri curl alert. If you have a Jheri curl, stay in the house or you’ll end up with a permanent black helmet on your head fuh-eva!
■ Da Mayor: Those that’ll tell don’t know, and those that know won’t tell.
■ Radio Raheem: (while playing “Fight the Power” loudly in Sal’s pizzeria) Two slices.
■ Mother Sister: Mother Sister’s always watching!
■ Pino: (describing the neighborhood) I detest this place like a sickness.
■ Radio Raheem: Let me tell you the story of Right Hand, Left Hand. It’s a tale of good and evil. Hate: it was with this hand that Cain iced his brother. Love: these five fingers, they go straight to the soul of man. The right hand: the hand of love.
■ Da Mayor: Doctor ...
Mookie: C’mon, what. What?
Da Mayor: Always do the right thing.
Mookie: That’s it?
Da Mayor: That’s it.
Mookie: I got it, I’m gone.
■ Mister Señor Love Daddy: My people, my people, what can I say; say what I can. I saw it but didn’t believe it; I didn’t believe what I saw. Are we gonna live together? Together are we gonna live?