Latest Quotes

“[out of his car during a traffic jam, yelling at other motorists] Ants! Why don't we all line up like a goddamned bunch of ants! Its the most beautiful part of the day!”

— Carole Eastman, Bob Rafelson, Robert Eroica Dupea, Jack Nicholson, Five Easy Pieces

“Bobby: I'd like a plain omelette, no potatoes, tomatoes instead, a cup of coffee and wheat toast. Waitress: [points at his menu] No substitutions. Bobby: What do you mean? You don't have any tomatoes? Waitress: Only what's on the menu. You can have a number two, a plain omelette, it comes with cotta…”

— Carole Eastman, Bob Rafelson, Robert Eroica Dupea, Jack Nicholson, Five Easy Pieces

“The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk...didya know that?”

— Waldo Salt, Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, Dustin Hoffman, Midnight Cowboy

“Frankly, you're beginning to smell and for a stud in New York, that's a handicap.”

— Waldo Salt, Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, Dustin Hoffman, Midnight Cowboy

“He was even dumber than you. He couldn't even write his own name. 'X,' that's what it ought to say on that goddamn headstone, one big lousy 'X'. Just like our dump. Condemned by order of City Hall.”

— Waldo Salt, Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, Dustin Hoffman, Midnight Cowboy

“You want the word on that brother-and-sister act, Hansel's a fag and Gretel's got the hots for herself, so who cares, right? Load up on the salami.”

— Waldo Salt, Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, Dustin Hoffman, Midnight Cowboy

“You were gonna ask me for money? Who the hell do you think you're dealing with, some old slut on 42nd Street? In case you didn't happen to notice it, ya big Texas longhorn bull, I'm one helluva gorgeous chick!”

— Waldo Salt, Cass, Sylvia Miles, Midnight Cowboy

“Ratso Rizzo: You didn't kill him, did you? Joe Buck: I don't want to talk about it.”

— Waldo Salt, Joe Buck, Jon Voight, Midnight Cowboy

“Joe Buck: Well, I hope you know what you're in for. I'm a truly dangerous person, I am. And some—someone does me bad, like you...I swear, if I'd have caught up with you that night there would've been one dead Ratso along by now, you understand me? You hear? Ratso Rizzo: [deadpan] I'm impressed. You'…”

— Waldo Salt, Joe Buck, Jon Voight, Midnight Cowboy

“John Wayne! Are you tryin' to tell me he's a fag?”

— Waldo Salt, Joe Buck, Jon Voight, Midnight Cowboy

“Joe Buck: I'm brand, spankin' new in this here town and I was hopin' to get a look at the Statue of Liberty. Cass: It's up in Central Park, taking a leak. If you hurry, you can catch the supper show.”

— Waldo Salt, Joe Buck, Jon Voight, Midnight Cowboy

“I only get carsick on boats.”

— Waldo Salt, Joe Buck, Jon Voight, Midnight Cowboy

“Uh, well, sir, I ain't a f'real cowboy. But I am one helluva stud!”

— Waldo Salt, Joe Buck, Jon Voight, Midnight Cowboy

“You try to get something to eat around here and some son of a bitch comes up to you with a meat cleaver.”

— David Newman, Robert Benton, Robert Towne, Clyde Barrow, Warren Beatty, Bonnie and Clyde

“[Bonnie can't stop laughing after Clyde held up a failed bank and left empty-handed] We got a dollar ninety-eight, and you're laughing!”

— David Newman, Robert Benton, Robert Towne, Clyde Barrow, Warren Beatty, Bonnie and Clyde

“Hell, you might just be the best damn girl in Texas.”

— David Newman, Robert Benton, Robert Towne, Clyde Barrow, Warren Beatty, Bonnie and Clyde

“Clyde Barrow: Alright. Alright. If all you want's a stud service, you get on back to West Dallas and you stay there the rest of your life. You're worth more than that. A lot more than that. You know it and that's why you come along with me. You could find a lover boy on every damn corner in town. It…”

— David Newman, Robert Benton, Robert Towne, Clyde Barrow, Warren Beatty, Bonnie and Clyde

“I don't think he's lost. I think the bank's been offerin' extra reward money for us. I think Frank just figured on some easy pickins, didn't ya Frank? You're no Texas Ranger. You're hardly doin' your job. You ought to be home protectin' the rights of poor folk, not out chasin' after us!”

— David Newman, Robert Benton, Robert Towne, Clyde Barrow, Warren Beatty, Bonnie and Clyde

“[after Clyde shows off his marksmanship with a handgun] Bonnie Parker: You're good! Clyde Barrow: I ain't good. I'm the best! Bonnie Parker: And modest!”

— David Newman, Robert Benton, Robert Towne, Clyde Barrow, Warren Beatty, Bonnie and Clyde

“Bonnie's Mother: You know Clyde, I read about you all in the papers, and I just get scared. Clyde Barrow: Now Ms. Parker, don't you believe what you read in all them newspapers. That's the law talkin' there. They want us to look big so they gonna look big when they catch us. And they ain't gonna cat…”

— David Newman, Robert Benton, Robert Towne, Clyde Barrow, Warren Beatty, Bonnie and Clyde