Travis Bickle

"You know what I'm saying? I got an anger in me that won't quit."

"Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere."

"I realize now how much she's just like the others, cold and distant."

"The days go on with no… no decision. This job, it's meaningless."

"I got to work with what I got inside, you know?"

"A person like me, they don't get second chances in this world."

"The whole thing is a sickness. The whole city is diseased."

"I don't know if there's a hell, but I'm not taking any chances."

"You ever get the feeling you're being watched? Something's going on."

"People are phony. They're all part of the same operation."

"Night time is a good time to think about things. To take stock of your life."

"Whoever rode up here to save me, they never came. I had to do it myself."

"The scum is rising to the top. Somebody's got to stop it."

"I can't sleep no more. When I close my eyes, I see things."

"You go out there, you gotta have a plan. You gotta know what you're doing."

"I'm like a cocked gun on the street all night."

"Some people, they're more than just people. They're like angels."

"I tried to change. I really did. But this city, it won't let you."

"Eighty percent of the women in this city are beautiful."

"I work nights. It gives me time to think."

"You know what loneliness is? It's the worst thing in the world."

"All the animals come out at night. The freaks, the perverts."

"She wasn't like other women I've known. Or maybe she was. I don't know."

"A man's got to believe in something."

"The rain keeps everything clean. It washes it all away."

"I got a right to exist. Same as anybody else."

"Sometimes I watch the other cabbies. They got it figured out somehow."

"I might be going bald. That bothers me sometimes."

"The city's got a life of its own. You're just surviving in it."

"I got no complaints. This is my world."