Travis Bickle

"I'm looking for redemption."

"I'm not one to complain."

"I believe in justice."

"I'm trying to be real."

"I got to make something happen."

"I'm not giving up."

"I believe in myself."

"You know, I'm standing here and I think about all the people I've met and all the things I've seen. This city eats people alive."

"Loneliness has followed me my whole life. Everywhere."

"Some day a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets."

"I'm God's lonely man."

"You talking to me? Then who the hell else you talking to?"

"I know what I'm gonna do tomorrow. I'm gonna go to work."

"My whole life is a waste. I don't know where to go."

"I want to go out real big, you understand? Not like some schmuck."

"I've got to be on my toes. I've got to keep moving."

"All the animals come out at night. Whores, skunk pussies, buggers, all kinds of things."

"Listen, you don't have to do this. You can change your life if you really want to."

"I realize now how much she's just like the others in this city. Cold."

"Sometimes I go out and I just drive around all night. Driving at night beats being alone."

"You're a young girl. You got your whole life ahead of you. You don't want to throw it away."

"I got some bad ideas in my head."

"A person is smart. People are dumb."

"I don't believe in anything anymore."

"I am the king of the night. I own the night."

"You should just take your money and go."

"I'm trying to work out how to live my life."

"This is a true story from the Bible. Now don't ask me which book."

"I gotta get myself a piece of ass. I gotta do that."

"Eighty percent of the fare I pick up are robbers."