Quotes from David Lee Smith movies and TV shows

John Oldman: Every 10 years or so, when people start to notice I don't age, I move on.

Edith: Are you sorry for some of those things you said?
John Oldman: I'm sorry I said them.

John Oldman: Why not pass the Buddha's teachings on in a modern form.

John Oldman: Believe in what He tried to teach without the rigmarole. Piety is not what the lessons bring to people, it's the mistakes they bring to the lessons.

John Oldman: Piety is not what the lessons bring to people, it's the mistake they bring to the lessons.

John Oldman: What if a man from the Upper Paleolithic had survived until the present day?

Dr. Will Gruber: If I shot you John, you're immortal? Would you survive this?
John Oldman: I never said I was immortal, just old. I might die. And then you could wonder the rest of your incarcerated life what you shot.

Edith: My God, what is this? It looks like a genuine Van Gogh, but I've never seen it before.
Dan: Is that an original, John?
John Oldman: No, it's just a gift someone gave me.
Edith: Still, it's a superb copy. Contemporaneous I think, may I take a closer look?
John Oldman: Please, yeah.
Edith: Yes, it's the same stretcher Van Gogh used.
Dan: Hey, there's writing on the back. It's in French.
Edith: To my friend Jacques Bon. Wonder who that was?
John Oldman: Someone he knew, I guess.

Dr. Will Gruber: I still don't believe you, you know. You need help.
John Oldman: Everybody needs help.
Dr. Will Gruber: Yes, well. Some more than others.

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