Baby Face

Quotes: « Nick Powers: You little tramp, you! » « Lily Powers: Yeah, I'm a tramp, and who's to blame? My Father. A swell start you gave me. Ever since I was fourteen, what's it been? Nothing but men! Dirty rotten men! And you're lower than any of them. I'll hate you as long as I live! » « Cragg: You're a coward. I mean it! You let life defeat you. You don't fight back. » « Lily Powers: What chance has a woman got? » « Cragg: More chance than man. A woman, young, beautiful, like you, can get anything she wants in the world. Because you have Power over men! But you must use men! Not let them use you. You must be a master! Not a slave. Look, here, Nietzsche says, "All life, no matter how we idealize it, is nothing more nor less than exploitation." That's what I'm telling you! Exploit yourself! Go to some big city where you will find opportunities. Use men! Be strong! Defiant! Use men! To get the t'ings you want. » « Lily Powers: [contemplative pause] Yeah. » [puffs a cigarette] « Nick Powers: [Chico accidently drops some glasses on the floor] Now, look what you went and done. You're fired! You lazy, thievin', little son-of-a… » « Lily Powers: Hey! Easy with the whip. » « Nick Powers: You keep outta this! » [to Chico] « Nick Powers: Go on, get outta my house! » « Lily Powers: If Chico goes, I go. » « Nick Powers: What? » « Lily Powers: You heard me. » « Nick Powers: Don't you talk to me that way. I'm your father! » « Lily Powers: That's my tough luck. »