The Rainmaker (1997)

Danny DeVito: Deck Shifflet

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• Deck Shiffler : [after waking Rudy with a before-sunrise phone call]  Guess who died last night?

  Rudy Baylor : Who? Do you ever sleep?

  Deck Shiffler : Harvey Hale! Age 62, quite a pedigree.

  Rudy Baylor : Judge Hale?

  Deck Shiffler : Yep. Croaked with a heart attack, dropped dead by his swimming pool.

  Rudy Baylor : You gotta be kidding me!

  Deck Shiffler : Guess which newly-made judge was assigned to Great Benefit's case?

  Rudy Baylor : How the hell am I supposed to know that, Deck?

  Deck Shiffler : Tyrone Kipler. Black, Harvard, civil-rights lawyer. Hates Tinley Britt, and he's tough on insurance companies. You know what a Rainmaker is, kid? The bucks are gonna be falling from the sky.

• J. Lyman 'Bruiser' Stone : Congratulations on... what the hell is that?

  Deck Shiffler : Iced tea.

• Deck Shiffler : What they don't teach you in law school could get you hurt!

• Deck Shiffler : What did they teach you in law school?

  Rudy Baylor : Well, they didn't teach me how to chase ambulances!

  Deck Shiffler : Well, you better learn quick or you're gonna starve.

• Deck Shiffler : There's nothing more thrilling than nailing an insurance company.

• Deck Shiffler : In law school, Rudy, they don't teach you what you need to know. It's all theories and lofty notions and big fat ethics books.

  Rudy Baylor : What's wrong with ethics?

  Deck Shiffler : Nothing, I guess.

• Rudy Baylor : Here's the policy. What do you think?

  Deck Shiffler : Well, this is the scratch-and-sniff armpit of the industry.

• Deck Shiffler : We came with nothing. If he'd have thrown us out of his room for whatever reason, what have we lost?

  Rudy Baylor : A little dignity. Maybe a little self-respect.

• Deck Shiffler : I'm not worried about being arrested. I'm worried about my job.

• Deck Shiffler : Now it's a wrongful death suit. Gazillions!

• Butch : This bugging device has got medium-grade circuitry. It's a weak transmitter. Probably manufactured in Czechoslovakia. I don't think the cops or the Feds would place this.

  Deck Shiffler : Somebody else is listenin'.

• Deck Shiffler : There's an advantage to dealing with pimps and thieves.

• Deck Shiffler : They're bastards! This is a typical debit insurance scam. The Blacks call it street-surance.

  Rudy Baylor : So what do I do?

  Deck Shiffler : You sign 'em up. Sign 'em all up.

• Deck Shiffler : Great Benefit's like a bad slot machine, never pays off.