Ransom Riggs...slow and drunk is no match for fast and scared shitless.
About This Quote
This is a line from the movie “The Green Mile”. The prisoner on death row who escapes is being chased by the other prisoners. The guards are after them too. The scene cuts to Deputy Andy with his tommy gun, which he has just shot at the escaping prisoner.
He says this line to the other officers. Deputy Andy is referring to himself as slow and drunk and comparing himself to fast and scared shitless, which means scared and frightened shitless. This is a phrase that Andy uses to express his fear of losing control if he shoots.
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