Homer Smith : [one of the nuns has just given Homer his breakfast; one fried egg and a half cup of milk] That’s a Catholic breakfast, ain’t it?
Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!
God would like us to be joyful,
Even when our hearts lie panting on the floor.
But how much more can we be joyful
When there’s really something to be joyful for?
Well, I, I think that it, that it wasn’t enough just to want to see Uncle Henry and Auntie Em. And it’s that if I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own backyard. Because if it isn’t there, I never really lost it to begin with. Is that right?
“Don’t cry. We’ll find it again.”
“Oh no, we can’t. We can’t ever.”
“Oh yes, we can, Angela. I’m sure of it. Because now, we know where to look for it, don’t we?”
You and your company have found a movie star to sell your soda pop. You’ve got to pay the price.
I need some petty cash. Do you have $100,000?
Pay the man.
“$5,000?! I had no idea it’d be so much. I won’t pay it.”
“Oh, that’s all right. We can put it right back in there.”
Wait! Okay? Just wait. No worries. Keep it holstered. Everything’s okay. I can pay.
This is a 44. Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and it could blow your head clean off. Do you feel lucky?
Meeting in the middle of the desert always made me nervous. It’s a scary place. I heard about the holes in the desert and for all I know, there could have been a hole nearby with my name on it.
A man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live and is full of misery. He cometh up and is cut down like a flower.
People say you are mad, do you know that? When you went off to war they said you were fine, intelligent - and now you are mad, because… because you sing like the birds, you chase after butterflies and… you look at flowers. I think you were mad before, not now.
Well, I’ve wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I’m happy to state I finally won out over it.
That’s weird, one can become quite detached from reality when one’s famous.
Some day you won’t laugh at me! I’m going out and have a real life! I’m gonna be somebody!
He’s gonna laugh at you. They’re all gonna laugh at you!
Is - is this a joke?
It’s just, you know. You’re just funny, it’s… funny, you know the way you tell the story and everything.