“I hate this, Johnny. I really do. I hate violence. That is why I had Rosie do this, I could never do that man, I could never hold a knife to Tyler’s throat, she was my woman. We shared time together. But, Rosie, he’s like a machine. He’s got this gift of blankness. Once you set him in motion, he…”Tagged: Violence, blankness, Stabbing, Machine
“Johnny Utah: [while night surfing] I gotta be fucking crazy! Bodhi: But are you crazy enough?”Tagged: nightsurfing, Fucking, crazy, crazy enough
“Roach: Hey man, I’m cold. Really cold. Bodhi: Here’s your jacket. [helps Roach put his jacket on] Johnny, hand me that bag of money. Johnny Utah: [getting the bag] You’re cold because all of the blood is running out of your body, Roach. You’re gonna be dead soon. I hope it was worth it. Bodhi: Don’t…”Tagged: cold, jacket, Death Threat, Blood
“Pappas: [of Johnny, after the last robbery] Don’t ride him in with the black and whites like some punk; let me ride him in. Ben Harp: Yeah, sure, Angelo, why not? That is why I put you two screwups to begin with. You deserve each other, don’t you? You’re just as bad as he is, though you’re a little…”Tagged: popping zits, shitface, Sears catalog, respect for elders
“[analyzing a hair sample] The beaches are always being closed because of waste spills, right? And surfers are territorial, they stick to certain breaks. If we can get some hair samples and get a match to a certain beach, we’d know which break the Ex-Presidents surf. You buyin’ this?”Tagged: Surfers, territorial, hair sample
“Diving Instructor: Heads up, Pappas. I want to see you retrieve at least two bricks. Pappas: [puts on blindfold] I’ve been on the job for over 20 years, and I fail to see what fishing bricks from the bottom of a pool has got to do with bank robbery. And on top of that, they got me babysitting some…”Tagged: Shit, bank robbery, blindfold, Punk
“Ben Harp: Do you think that taxpayers would like it, Utah, if they knew that they were paying a federal agent to surf and pick up girls? Johnny Utah: Babes. Ben Harp: I beg your pardon? Johnny Utah: The correct term is ‘babes,’ sir.”Tagged: Taxpayers, Girls, Babes
“You crossed the line. People trusted you and they died. You gotta go down.”Tagged: broken promise, Threat, Trust
“Ben Harp: You’re a real blue flame special, aren’t you, son? Young, dumb and full of cum, I know. What I don’t know is how you got assigned here. Guess we must just have ourselves an asshole shortage, huh? Johnny Utah: [quietly] Not so far.”Tagged: asshole, young, dumb, full of cum
“[during a skydiving game of chicken with Johnny, both falling with no parachute open] Six seconds. We’re going to be meat waffles.”Tagged: Skydiving, plummeting, Fear, meat waffles
“Nathanial: You acted like nothing happened. Bodhi: Relax, Nathanial. Nathanial: [shouting] Don’t tell me to relax, Bodhi! He’s a fuckin’ federal agent! Roach: I should’ve shot him when I had a chance. Grommet: I feel like running. Rosie: You do and you die. Bodhi: Did you know that we’ve hit thirty…”Tagged: the system, Human Spirit, the shit, Federal Agent, relax
“Look at it! It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, man! Let me go out there and let me get one wave, just one wave before you take me in. I mean, come on man, where I am I gonna go? Cliffs on both sides! I’m not gonna paddle my way to New Zealand! Come on, compadre. Come on.”Tagged: once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, New Zealand, Surfing
“Johnny Utah: [Tosses the rubber Reagan mask at Bodhi’s feet] Lose somethin’, Brah? Bodhi: Special Agent Utah! I knew I could count on you. Johnny Utah: I’ve been to every city in Mexico. Came across an unclaimed piece of meat in Baja, turned out to be Rosie. Guess he picked a knife fight with…”Tagged: fiji, Passport, Mexico
“If you want the ultimate, you’ve got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It’s not tragic to die doing what you love.”Tagged: ultimate, Sacrifice, Doing What You Love
“Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true.”Tagged: Fear, Hesitation
“Bodhi: It’s basic dog psychology: If you scare them and get them peeing down their leg, they submit. But if you project weakness, that promotes violence, and that’s how people get hurt. Roach: Peace through superior firepower.”Tagged: Mutually Assured Destruction, peace through superior firepower, Violence, dog psychology