Frank Miller Quotes

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

When I was a child, the temptation to sin was always a romantic option. This romantic option led me to the cinema, a place where sin was welcome.

Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.

I think villainy just comes naturally to me. I get to work it out naturally so I can be a nice person in life.

You feel the intense desire to do good, to do right thing. At this stage, you also feel helpless.

Jesus died to forgive our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

I wanted to make a redemptive thriller that didn't end with some kind of big, crazy shootout and blood spill, but more of a collision of ideas and a discussion of ethics.

No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong.

It's easy to maintain your integrity when no one is offering to buy it out.

There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.

It's obviously a lot harder to try and be a good guy than it is to be a bad guy. The world is a fundamentally evil place, it seems like. So in order to be a good person, you have to fight temptation and vice.

The better day, the worse deed.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

The greatest want of the world is the want of men - men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

To me, integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences. It means being righteous from the very depth of our soul, not only in our actions but, more importantly, in our thoughts and in our hearts.

The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn't look like there's a light at the end of the tunnel, he's going to keep digging, he's going to keep trying to do right and make up for what's gone before, just because that's who he is.

We don't defeat evil by becoming evil.

The only way to survive among the evil and corrupt is to be even more wicked and more corrupt than they are!

Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.

Long ago I ceased to count heads. Truth is usually in the minority in this evil world.

...it's so hard to find men of a so high type of morals that they'll stay bought.

Character must be kept bright as well as clean.