Red Redding

"A man's legacy is what he leaves behind."

"Sometimes you have to lose everything to find yourself."

"I believe that hope is the most powerful force on earth."

"A life lived without hope is no life at all."

"Get busy living, or get busy dying."

"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things."

"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 only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"Remember, Andy is just a man. He can't buy his way out of Shawshank."

"I'm the only guilty man in Shawshank."

"There's something inside that they can't get to, that they can't touch."

"That's the beauty of music. They can't get that from you."

"Time is the fire in which we burn."

"I've known it a long time. But I just couldn't accept it."

"I guess after all this time that's who I really am."

"You either get busy living or get busy dying. That's goddamn true."

"A man is nothing but his future."

"I'd like to think that the last thing I did on earth was something good."

"Everyone's got a fever. And the only prescription is more cowbell."

"Brooks don't leave nothing for nobody."

"The world don't owe you nothing, you owe it to yourself."

"I suppose it comes down to a simple choice really."

"Some men never make it out, not because they don't have a chance, but because they give up."

"You can't stop the wind, but you can adjust your sails."

"In prison you're counted on. You're useful."

"That's the way it is. Easy come, easy go."

"A man's got to take time to appreciate the simple things."

"It's like something in the Bible. 'Salvation lies within.' 'Lay on, Macduff.'"