I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living, or get busy dying.

#qt0470748 / read by Shriram-60

The funny thing is - on the outside, I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook.

#qt0470725 / read by Shriram-60

Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

#qt0470734 / read by Shriram-60

Andy Dufresne - who crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side.

#qt0470728 / read by Shriram-60

Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.

#qt0470717 / read by Shriram-60

Forty years I been asking permission to piss. I can't squeeze a drop without say-so.

#qt0470729 / read by Shriram-60

These walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized.

#qt0470719 / read by Acharya-92

I'd like to think that the last thing that went through his head, other than that bullet, was to wonder how the hell Andy Dufresne ever got the best of him.

#qt0470765 / read by Shriram-60

I don't know; every man has his breaking point.

#qt0470786 / read by Shriram-60

They say [the pacific] has no memory. That's where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory.

#qt0470702 / read by Narmadha-83

Salvation lies within.

#qt0470733 / read by Shriram-60

I believe in two things: discipline and the Bible. Here you'll receive both. Put your trust in the Lord; your ass belongs to me. Welcome to Shawshank.

#qt0470710 / read by Teja-84

I wouldn't say friends. I'm a convicted murderer who provides sound financial planning - it's a wonderful pet to have.

#qt0470741 / read by Shriram-60

Get busy living or get busy dying. That's goddamn right!

#qt2516507 / read by Shriram-60

I want him found. Not tomorrow, not after breakfast - now!

#qt0470723 / read by Shriram-60

I must admit I didn't think much of Andy first time I laid eyes on him; looked like a stiff breeze would blow him over. That was my first impression of the man.

#qt0470711 / read by Shriram-60

The man's been in here fifty years. This is all he knows. In here, he's an important man. He's an educated man. Outside, he's nothing! Just a used up con with arthritis in both hands.

#qt0470764 / read by Shriram-60

I understand you're a man who knows how to get things.

#qt1412637 / read by Shriram-60

His first night in the joint, Andy Dufresne cost me two packs of cigarettes. He never made a sound.

#qt0470720 / read by Shriram-60

The man likes to play chess; let's get him some rocks.

#qt0470709 / read by Shriram-60