Latest Quotes

“Bobby: I had my first wet dream in a sleepin' bag. Ed: How was it? Bobby: Great. [pause] There's no repeatin' it.”

— Stanley Kubrick, Bobby Trippe, Ned Beatty, Deliverance

“No matter what disasters may occur in other parts of the world... or whatever petty little problems arise in Atlanta... no one can find us up here. Good night, Lewis.”

— James Dickey, Ed Gentry, Jon Voight, Deliverance

“[indicating a junk car by a rural gas station] That's my '51 Dodge. No, that's my car! That's my car! Whooee! All my youth and passion... spent in that back seat. It's all gone, you see? It's all gone—rust and dust.”

— James Dickey, Bobby Trippe, Ned Beatty, Deliverance

“Bobby: We beat it, didn't we? Didn't we beat that? Lewis: You don't beat it. You don't beat this river...”

— James Dickey, Bobby Trippe, Ned Beatty, Deliverance

“Night has fallen. And there's nothin' we can do about it.”

— James Dickey, Ed Gentry, Jon Voight, Deliverance

“Do know what's gonna be here? Right here? A lake. As far as the eyes can see. Hundreds of feet deep. HUNDREDS of feet deep. Did you ever look out over a lake and think of somethin' buried underneath it? Buried underneath it. Well man, that's just about as buried as you can get.”

— James Dickey, Deliverance

“Mountain Man: I bet you can squeal like a pig. Weeeeeeee! Bobby: Weee! Mountain Man: Weeeeeeee! Bobby: Weee!”

— James Dickey, Bobby Trippe, Ned Beatty, Deliverance

“Sheriff Bullard: Don't ever do nothin' like this again. Don't come back up here. Bobby: You don't have to worry about that, Sheriff.”

— James Dickey, Sheriff Bullard, James Dickey, Deliverance

“Sometimes you have to lose yourself 'fore you can find anything.”

— James Dickey, Lewis Medlock, Burt Reynolds, Deliverance

“[laughing to himself] But, man, you're never going to get any truth from us. We'll tell you anything you want to hear; we lie like hell. We'll tell you that, uh, Kojak always gets the killer, or that nobody ever gets cancer at Archie Bunker's house, and no matter how much trouble the hero is in, don…”

— Paddy Chayefsky, Howard Beale, Peter Finch, Network

“I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street and there's nobody…”

— Paddy Chayefsky, Howard Beale, Peter Finch, Network

“[Telephone conversation] Duane Jackson: Hi Jacy, it's Duane. Jacy Farrow: What's on your feeble mind, Duane?”

— Larry Mcmurtry, Peter Bogdanovich, Duane Jackson, Jeff Bridges, The Last Picture Show

“I guess if it wasn't for Sam, I'd have missed it, whatever it is. I'd have been one of them amity types that thinks that playin' bridge is about the best thing that life has to offer.”

— Larry Mcmurtry, Peter Bogdanovich, Lois Farrow, Ellen Burstyn, The Last Picture Show

“Never you mind, honey. Never you mind.”

— Larry Mcmurtry, Peter Bogdanovich, Ruth Popper, Cloris Leachman, The Last Picture Show

“[to his team taking laps] If you all didn't jack off too much, maybe you'd stay in shape.”

— Larry Mcmurtry, Peter Bogdanovich, Coach Popper, Bill Thurman, The Last Picture Show

“Nothin's really been right since Sam the Lion died.”

— Larry Mcmurtry, Peter Bogdanovich, Sonny Crawford, Timothy Bottoms, The Last Picture Show

“One thing I know for sure. A person can't sneeze in this town without somebody offering them a handkerchief.”

— Larry Mcmurtry, Peter Bogdanovich, Genevieve, Eileen Brennan, The Last Picture Show

“For better or worse, women have had magazine upon magazine (and limitless porn videos) teach us how to sound sexy in bed, and boy oh boy do we understand the value of it. Meanwhile, it’s perfectly acceptable for men to be silent the entire time they’re having sex, but that shouldn’t be the case.”

— Sophia Benoit, How To Get Better At Dirty Talk

“Charlene Duggs: [In a snit over breaking up] Now don't go tellin' all the boys how hot I was. Sonny Crawford: [Sadly] You wasn't that hot.”

— Larry Mcmurtry, Peter Bogdanovich, Charlene Duggs, Sharon Ullrick, The Last Picture Show

“Y'see? You shouldn't have come here. I'm around that corner now. You've ruined it and it's lost completely. Just your needing me won't make it come back.”

— Larry Mcmurtry, Peter Bogdanovich, Ruth Popper, Cloris Leachman, The Last Picture Show