Oldboy Quotes

All I could think about in that moment was the guy in the next room was eating with only one chopstick.

Each one I yank out will make you age for one year. Ready to talk?

Mi-do: Dae Su. In front of me is some kind of box. He's telling me to open it. It's the same violet box...
Dae-su Oh: No! No Mi-do don't. Don't open it no matter what. Or something terrible will happen.

If they had told me it was going to be fifteen years, would it have been easier to endure?

As I expected, I can't get along with anyone today either.

I'VE BEEN BUGGED. PLEASE FIND IT.

Remember this: "Be it a rock or a grain of sand, in water they sink as the same."

You want to torture me, but I can simply kill myself first. Do you want revenge, or do you want the truth?

You really are the very monster I created, aren't you? But you won't find out the "why" of this if you kill me. Fifteen years of being curious would go to waste.

My sister and I loved each other, despite everything. Can you do the same?

Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone.

Even though I'm no more than a monster - don't I, too, have the right to live?

"Dick-shit"... a new word. Television doesn't teach you swear words.

How's life in a bigger prison, Dae-su?

Dae-su Oh: Why'd you lock me up, you
Dae-su Oh: ... dick-shit?

If by any chance Mido should find out the truth, you son of a bitch, I'm going to rip you limb from limb. And your remains will never be found. Why? Because I'm going to swallow every last bit.

Dae-su Oh: The TV is both a clock and a calendar. It's your school, your home, your church, your friend...
Dae-su Oh: ... and your lover. But... my lover's song is too short.

Anyone here with an AB blood type, raise your hand.

You need not worry about the future, Imagine nothing.

Erasing my memory and telling me to find the truth was cowardly. I won. So die like you promised.

If you stand aimlessly at a phone booth on a rainy day, and meet a man whose face is covered by a violet umbrella, I'd suggest that you get close to the TV.

I thought I'd lived a simple life. But I've sinned too much

When the melody turns on, gas comes out. When the gas comes out, I fall asleep. I found out later it's the same Valium gas the Russians used on those Chechen terrorists.

Please. Don't tell Mido. What has she done wrong? You know it was all my fault... I have committed an unforgivable sin, against your sister. And I also... Did you wrong. But, please leave Mido alone... If by any chance Mido finds out the truth, you son of a bitch, I'll tear you limb from limb. And your remains will never be found. Why? Because I'm going to swallow every last bit.

Your gravest mistake wasn't failing to find the answer. You can't find the right answer if you ask the wrong questions.

My sister and I loved each other, despite everything. Can you two do the same?

And now... now, what joy will I have left to live for?

Dae-su Oh talks too much.

I'm going to kill every woman you love until you die. You're notorious for not protecting your women.

What I am isn't important. WHY is important.

Mi-do: \\ You stayed in a place like this for fifteen years?
Dae-su Oh: Yeah, but after the first eleven it felt like home.

Very lonely people that I met... they all hallucinated ants at one time.

Mi-do: What should I pray for?
Dae-su Oh: Dear Lord, next time let me meet a younger man.

I love you... Oh-Daesu