Oz (TV Series)

A Game of Checkers (1997)

Harold Perrineau: Augustus Hill

Quotes 

• Augustus Hill : Yeah, who cares who lives or dies in prison? We read the names in the morning paper and they mean nothing to us. They're faceless. Truth is, we don't wanna put a face on 'em. We don't want to know who they really are. Because then it might hit too close to home, and home is what it's all about, right? Making a home no matter where you are, no matter who you are. At the end of the day, everybody wants somewhere to rest, somewhere to lay their bones, even if it's in a land called Oz. Yeah, like Dorothy says when she wakes up in her own bed back at Aunt Em's, "There's no place like home." There's no fucking place like home.

• Augustus Hill : Remember when your high school history teacher said that the course of human events changes 'cause of the deeds of great men. Well, the bitch was lying. Fuck Caesar, fuck Lincoln, fuck Mahatma Gandhi. The world keeps moving cause of you and me, the anonymous. Revolutions get going cause there ain't enough bread. Wars happen over a game of checkers.

• [Dobbins got stabbed during the riot] 

  Augustus Hill : You gotta take him to ER!

  Jackson Vayhue : Hill, I go out there, they gonna kick my fucking ass.

  Augustus Hill : They gonna be kicking our asses anyway, brother.

  Jackson Vayhue : No way. This ain't my fault, Hill. He is definitely not my problem, man. I did not start all this shit, Hill!

  Augustus Hill : What difference does it make, huh? Look, you think 'cause of who you are you can pick and choose when to take responsibility. You can't. Sometimes you gotta step up.