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Father Edward J. Flanagan:
I know that a mother can take a whip to the toughest boy in the world, and he forgets it because he knows that she loves him.
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Spencer Tracy
(as Father Flanagan)
in
Boys Town
(1938)
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Father Edward J. Flanagan:
There is no such thing as a bad boy.
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Spencer Tracy
(as Father Flanagan)
in
Boys Town
(1938)
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Tony Ponessa:
If you're a Catholic or a Protestant, you can go right on being one.
Whitey Marsh: Well, I'm nothin'. Tony Ponessa: Then, you can go right on being nothin', and nobody cares.
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Gene Reynolds
(as Tony Ponessa)
in
Boys Town
(1938)
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Dan Farrow:
[panicky, about to die in the electric chair] How much time have I got, Father?
Father Edward J. Flanagan: Eternity begins in forty-five minutes, Dan. Dan Farrow: What happens then? Father Edward J. Flanagan: Oh, a bad minute or two. Dan Farrow: And after that? Father Edward J. Flanagan: Well, Dan, that's a question that scientists and philosophers have been asking for a million years.
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Spencer Tracy
(as Father Flanagan)
in
Boys Town
(1938)
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