Movie lines of eloquent truth.

One of my favorite movie dialogs, between Jack Nicholson and Dennis hopper in Easy Rider​


  • George Hanson : You know, this used to be a helluva good country. I can't understand what's gone wrong with it.
    Billy : Man, everybody got chicken, that's what happened. Hey, we can't even get into like, a second-rate hotel, I mean, a second-rate motel, you dig? They think we're gonna cut their throat or somethin'. They're scared, man.
    George Hanson : They're not scared of you. They're scared of what you represent to 'em.
    Billy : Hey, man. All we represent to them, man, is somebody who needs a haircut.
    George Hanson : Oh, no. What you represent to them is freedom.
    Billy : What the hell is wrong with freedom? That's what it's all about.
    George Hanson : Oh, yeah, that's right. That's what's it's all about, all right. But talkin' about it and bein' it, that's two different thangs. I mean, it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace. Of course, don't ever tell anybody that they're not free, 'cause then they're gonna get real busy killin' and maimin' to prove to you that they are. Oh, yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em.
    Billy : Well, it don't make 'em runnin' scared.
    George Hanson : No, it makes 'em dangerous. Buhhhh! Neh! Neh! Neh! Neh! Neh! Neh! Swamp!
 
If you’re going to be stupid, you’d better be tough! John Wayne
 
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."


Just remember what ol’ Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol’ storm right square in the eye and he says, “Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it".
 
RetiredUSNChief said:
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."


Just remember what ol’ Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol’ storm right square in the eye and he says, “Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it".
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“Who???”
 
.EC. said:
Dammit, you were supposed to come back with:

“Me! Jack Burton.”

Have you even seen this movie? :)
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Heh! Missed that! It's been a couple decades at least since I last saw it!

There were SO many good lines in that movie!
 
Stella in Silverado: "The world is what you make of it, friend. If it doesn't fit, you make alterations."

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"Years of being on the wrong side of the law had taught him that a tough man can get out of a situation, but a smart man never gets himself into one."

The Gunfighter

 
Mr Inbetween, Australian black comedy-crime drama TV series:


Therapist: Do you enjoy hitting people?

Mr. Inbetween: I wouldn't say I enjoy hitting people. You know, if I hit somebody, I generally got a pretty good reason.

T: And you think you had a good reason?

Mr. I: Didn't I just say that?

T: So can you remind me again what that reason was?

Mr. I: Well, they were being assholes.

T: The world is full of assholes, Ray, you do realize that.

Mr. I: Yeah, and you know why?

T: Why?

Mr. I: 'Cause people let them get away with it.

 
RetiredUSNChief said:
Mr Inbetween, Australian black comedy-crime drama TV series:


Therapist: Do you enjoy hitting people?

Mr. Inbetween: I wouldn't say I enjoy hitting people. You know, if I hit somebody, I generally got a pretty good reason.

T: And you think you had a good reason?

Mr. I: Didn't I just say that?

T: So can you remind me again what that reason was?

Mr. I: Well, they were being assholes.

T: The world is full of assholes, Ray, you do realize that.

Mr. I: Yeah, and you know why?

T: Why?

Mr. I: 'Cause people let them get away with it.

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Crankbait said:
How it should be

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If I got paddled at school, they called home and told Mom.
I got whipped again when I got home.
When Dad got home, Mom told him what I did.
And if he decided I needed more I got whipped with a leather belt I had watched him tool the designs into.
Life in the '50/'60s was different, you and me are not the same.
 
ronn47 said:
If I got paddled at school, they called home and told Mom.
I got whipped again when I got home.
When Dad got home, Mom told him what I did.
And if he decided I needed more I got whipped with a leather belt I had watched him tool the designs into.
Life in the '50/'60s was different, you and me are not the same.
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They did paddling at our school. It was the gym teacher that did it. I witnessed it a lot. Unfortunately for me the gym teacher was also my karate instructor. All the teachers knew who his students were. If we got in trouble, we didn’t get paddled by him, we where given the option to either spar with him or hold the wall up until he go tired. I always chose to spar, it was quicker. At the next karate practice, All the students would get in a circle and us 2 in the middle. If I or whomever was fighting got out of the circle, he would fight them. It wasn’t fun but lesson learned. I also got beat when I got home.

Yes me and you are not alike. When I say I got beat, My dad would tell me that if I didn’t straighten up that he would fill my boots up with blood. He came close a few times. Fortunately after years of karate and the bigger I got, he couldn’t do that anymore. Yes he had anger issues. I live every day with this and try my damndest not to be that for my girls.

The worst feeling in the world was hearing my mom so just wait until your dad comes home. And then I’m under my bed hiding for hours just waiting. I didn’t mind getting whipped for doing something wrong, it was him not knowing when to stop.

And yes I still spank my kids. But it’s a lot different. I have a talk with them before hand and explain why. And I think I cry more than they do, every time.
 
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Ah, yes...school paddling!

Got it from both school and Mom. But the absolute WORST was when Dad got home.

Not because I got my *ss beat by Dad...but because I KNEW the whole time I was waiting for Dad to get home, he was going to ask "The Question"...and I NEVER had an answer for it.

"Why did you do it?"
 
Well, you know, luck don't live out here. Luck lives in the city. It don't live out here. You know, that's whether you get hit by a bus or not. Whether your bank gets robbed or not, or whether someone's on their damn cell phone when they come to a crosswalk, that's luck. That's winning or losing. Out here you survive or you surrender. Period. That's determined by your strength and your spirit. Wolves don't kill unlucky deer. They kill the weak ones.

Cory Lambert as played by Jeremy Renner in "Wind River" - a movie I heartily recommend especially for the scene of Renner reloading for his .45-70.
 
"The only thing worse than a politician is a child molester" - Sheriff Hank Pearson

"Don't nobody move unless you want some of this...................................I figured pig-shit like you for pearly grips"

 
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