THE FANTABULOUS COEN BROTHERS: Notable Quotables

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I love a good Quote and I think The Coen Brothers have some of the greatest quotes in movies. If you are a fan please give me your favourites

Mine:

From The Big Labowski:

The Dude: No they’re not Nazis, man, they’re nihlists

Walter: Nihilists! Fuck me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.
From Millers Crossing:
Eddie Dane: Where’s Leo?

Leo’s thug: If I tell you, how do I know you won’t kill me?

Eddie Dane: Because if you told me and I killed you and you were lying I wouldn’t get to kill you then. Where’s Leo?

Leo’s thug: He’s moving around. He’s getting his mob together tomorrow night. Whisky Nick’s.

Eddie Dane: You sure?

Leo’s thug: Check it. It’s gold.

Eddie Dane: You know what, yegg? I believe you.

From Raising Arizona:

FBI Man: Was the boy wearing any jammies?

Nathan Arizona Sr.: Of course he was wearing his jammies nobody sleeps naked in this house.

FBI Man: Well could you describe the jammies?

Nathan Arizona Sr.: I don’t what is damn jammies looked like…they had Yodas and shit on them

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Three of my all time favorite Coen bros quotes are from Oh Brother Where Art Thou:

Friend, some of your foldin’ money’s come unstoled.

…And stay out the Woolsworth!

…Hell, they ain’t even old-timey!

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From Blood Simple

Visser: I hope your wife really loves you, because for the next five weeks, you can’t even wipe your own god damn ass. That’s the test, ain’t it? Test of true love.

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“We’re in a tight spot!”

“I need unguent.”

“I’m not sure I agree with you a hundred percent on your police work, there, Lou.”

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“Her womb was a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase.”

“Yeah, but I’m telling you, if you don’t get that Tru-Coat…”

“Are you giving me the High Hat?”

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“So, George, what line of work are you in?”

“Lots of respectable people are hit by trains.”

“Everett, I still ain’t clear on that one. Were we banned from the entire chain or just that branch?”

“Dontcha see? Them sireens loved him up and then turned him into a horney toad!”

“Daddy, maybe we should get us some of that re-form.”

“Have you ever dreamed you were an antelope or an ibex? No? Well, may I call you dear?”

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“Not unless you think round is funny.”

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“I winged a census once”

“Now, that’s a good boy”

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:wakes with a start:
My hair!

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Writers! Hell throw a rock and you’ll hit one. Do me a favor Fink, throw it hard.

I’ll show you the life of the mind!
You know, for kids.

He was the lone biker of the apocalypse.

You give me that baby you warthog from hell!

It was just like making popcorn.

Son you got a panty on your head.

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Well, I’ll be damned…Delmar’s been saved!

Gopher, Everett?

Do NOT. SEEK. The TREASURE…
We THOUGHT you wuz a TOAD…

Too many, just in that movie alone…

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Well ain’t it a small world, spiritually speaking. Pete and Delmar just been baptized and saved. I guess I’m the only one who remains unaffiliated!

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Agh, one more:

Oh, he was just funny-lookin’. More than most people, even.

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The narrator: “… only one thing, dude. Do you have to use so many cusswords?”
The Dude: " '**** you talking about?"
Narrator: “Have it your way, dude.”

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Your revolution is over, Mr. Lebowski! Condolences! The bums lost! I suggest you do what your parents did: get a job sir. The bums will always lose! Do you hear me Mr. Lebowski! The bums will always…

Look who’s sitting on a million fucking dollars, and who’s got my dirty undies. The fucking whites! Heh! Uhhh! Dude, where’s your car?

Who’s got your dirty undies, Walter?

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Shut the fuck up, Donnie.

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“E’tics. I ain’t afraid to use de woid. When I fix a fight, I expect it to stay fixed.”

“What? Do you want to kill him?”
“For starters.”

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“Wallace Beery! Wrestling picture! Whaddya need, a road map?”

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Careful, man, there’s a beverage here!

You can guess what happens next.
He fixes the cable?

I’m just going to go find an ATM machine.

Well, ain’t this place a geographical oddity. Three weeks from everywhere!

Son, you got a panty on your head.

Well, which is it young feller? If’n we freeze, we can’t rightly get down on the ground.

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I’m going to take this hair…and mingle it with common house dirt.

What a coincedence! You sold your soul to the devil, and these two soggy-bottom boys have just been saved. I guess I’m the only one left here who remains unaffiliated!