Red Redding

"Get busy living, or get busy dying."

"Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can set you free."

"Some birds aren't meant to be caged."

"I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living or get busy dying."

"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free."

"The funny thing is, on the outside I was an honest man. Straight as an arrow."

"You know what the awful thing is? It beats the hell out of you."

"There's a lot of life left in these old bones."

"I'm the only one here who knows that the real Andy Dufresne is an innocent man."

"Life is too short to spend it angry all the time."

"A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do."

"Some dreams are worth holding onto."

"You've got to be careful or you'll learn something."

"I'm grateful for each day I get to wake up."

"Get yourself a friend. It makes all the difference in the world."

"The important thing is the music. Not the voices, just the music."

"Keep your head down and do your time."

"I'm not a young man anymore."

"Sometimes it's the small things that matter most."

"A man who can't look out for himself is finished."

"Hope is what separates us from the animals."

"You can't climb out of that pit by yourself."

"I've learned something in all my years. Bad things do happen."

"The world is a hard place, Andy. It don't care how you feel."

"I'd like to think the last thing I ever see is something beautiful."

"I'm telling you, these walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em."

"Every man's got to take care of himself."

"That's God's work. We're doing the Lord's work."

"You need friends, Andy. Everybody does."

"I'm just an old lag who likes to count his time."