Eli: Write everything exactly as I say it. The first book of Moses, called Genesis. Chapter 1, verse 1. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.Eli: Verse 2. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.Eli: Verse 3. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Eli: Stay on the path. It's not your concern. Stay on the path. It's not your concern.

Hijack Leader: [cradling wrist where Eli has severed his hand] What are you standing around for? Kiss him!Hijacker: What'd he say?Eli: He's in shock. I think he meant "Kill Him.

Eli: Cursed be the ground for our sake. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for us. For out of the ground we were taken, for the dust we are... and to the dust we shall return

Lombardi: [to his assistant] Could you get us some writing paper, please.Eli: A lot of it. A whole lot of it.

Lombardi: There's a whole series of beautiful Mozart and Wagner records, in still very pristine condition. But, never a Bible. Until now. May I ask what condition it's in?Eli: It's beat up. But it will do the job.

Solara: I want to come with you.Eli: No, you don't.Solara: I hate it here.Eli: Then change it.

Engineer: You can wait over there, across the street at the Orpheum.Eli: No, I'll wait here.Engineer: Bar is about ready to open.Eli: I'll wait here.Engineer: You don't trust me, do you?Eli: Uh... I'll wait here.

Carnegie: And who are you?Eli: Nobody.Carnegie: Oh, I doubt that. The men you killed in my bar, now they were nobody.

Carnegie: [Carnegie inspects the book] Ask and you shall receive. God is good, is he not?Eli: All the time.Carnegie: Not all the time.[shoots Eli]