# Tough Guy Quotes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456 "2009-03-23T14:32:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/101 "2009-03-24T22:08:13Z")
A couple of gems I ran across…from Errol Flynn’s 1937 _The Adventures of Robin Hood_: Lady Marian Fitzswalter: Why, you speak treason! Robin Hood: Fluently. 1950’s _The Gambling House_: Marc Fury: If you try to stop me you’re going to end up in an alley somewhere with the cats licking you. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/102 "2009-03-24T22:16:26Z")
Sicilians were spawned by niggers. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/103 "2009-03-24T22:35:41Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > How about some tough girl quotes? “How’s about some fire, Scarecrow?” “And your little dog, too!” ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/104 "2009-03-24T23:14:22Z")
Charley Partana \* If he was so fuckin’ smart, how come he’s so fuckin’ dead?\* ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/105 "2009-03-25T01:12:46Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Sicilians were spawned by niggers. Um… movie cite? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/106 "2009-03-25T01:18:29Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Private Pyle I’m gonna give you three seconds; exactly three-fucking-seconds to wipe that stupid looking grin off your face or I will gouge out your eyeballs and skull-fuck you! ONE! TWO! THREE! Better yet: “The more you hate me the more you will learn!” ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/107 "2009-03-25T01:46:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Um… movie cite? Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken in [True Romance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqccyUpnZwA). Hopper’s speech starts around 6:10. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/108 "2009-03-25T01:57:44Z")
My father hung me from a hook once. _Once._ Another tough gal quote from _Babylon 5_: “Only one human captain has ever survived battle with the Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else.” – Delenn ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/109 "2009-03-25T02:49:17Z")
Another Delenn one, referring to a race that attacked the Minbari : “We tracked them to their homeworld, and taught them the _depth_ of their mistake.” ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/110 "2009-03-25T05:49:21Z")
DAMMIT! I forgot AOD! :rolleyes: “Shop Smart. Shop S-Mart.” I feel inadequate. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/111 "2009-03-25T06:11:58Z")
In “Stick” Burt Reynolds has gotten the albino hitman out on a balcony where he is just barely hanging on to the railing. Below, about ten stories below, is a concrete patio and off a bit is a pool. Since the albino hitman has been trying to kill Reynolds, Burt is not about to do anything to help him , but he offers a bit of advice: “When you can’t hold on any longer, if you push of a bit when you fall, you might just be able to hit the water.” ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/112 "2009-03-25T12:18:37Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken in [True Romance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqccyUpnZwA). Hopper’s speech starts around 6:10. That is the single best performance of Hopper’s career. What a great scene!!! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/113 "2009-03-25T13:10:24Z")
Also from _Casino Royale_: Vesper: Now, having just met you, I wouldn’t go as far as calling you a coldhearted bastard… Bond: No, of course not. Vesper: But it wouldn’t be a stretch to imagine. You think of women as disposable pleasures rather than meaningful pursuits. So, as charming as you are, Mr. Bond, I will be keeping my eye on our government’s money and off your perfectly formed arse. Bond: You noticed. Vesper: Even accountants have imagination. How was your lamb? Bond: Skewered. One sympathizes. ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/114 "2009-03-25T15:22:00Z")
Westley: I’m not left-handed either. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/115 "2009-03-25T21:53:05Z")
It’s not so much a line as just an expression of emotion: Arnold’s roar of challenge near the end of Predator. Just the pure caveman sound of it still gives me chills. From They Live Nada: I got news for 'em. There’s gonna be hell to pay. 'Cause I ain’t Daddy’s little boy no more. From Conan the Destroyer Conan: Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, or why we died. All that matters is that two stood against many. That’s what’s important! Valor pleases you, Crom… so grant me one request. Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then to HELL with you! ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/116 "2009-03-25T22:29:17Z")
Can girls play? > [@](#): > > You don’t have to say anything, and you don’t have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and… blow. ---
**Author:** ![JCorre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@JCorre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCorre)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/117 "2009-03-25T22:48:00Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > From Conan the Destroyer > Conan: Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, or why we died. All that matters is that two stood against many. That’s what’s important! Valor pleases you, Crom… so grant me one request. Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then to HELL with you! Sorry to split hairs but this was actually from Conan the _Barbarian_ Great quote anyway! ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/118 "2009-03-26T08:35:02Z")
A few Ash quotes would surely suffice for this thread? “Good, bad, I’m the guy with the gun” “This is my boomstick” “Swallow this” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/119 "2009-03-26T13:42:07Z")
Do tough-guy quotes that _should_ have been spoken count? I’ve always wanted the tough guy in a story to say “Hello. My name is X. My friends call me [nickname]. My enemies call me ‘Arrrgh!’. You can call me _Sir_.” Alternatively: “Hi. My name is X. Your name is mud.” ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/120 "2009-03-26T14:30:17Z")
Watched **Casino** again last night. (_After torturing Tony Dogs for two days_) Nicky Santoro: Listen to me Anthony. I got your head in a fuckin’ vise. I’ll squash your head like a fuckin’ grapefruit if you don’t give me a name. Don’t make me have to do this, please. Don’t make me be a bad guy, come on. Tony Dogs: Fuck you. Nicky Santoro: This motherfucker, you believe this? Two fucking days and nights! Fuck me? _Fuck me?_ You motherfucker! [turning the crank] Nicky Santoro: Give me the fuckin’ name! (_Tony’s eye pops out_) Tony Dogs: Ch-Charlie M. Nicky Santoro: Charlie M? Tony Dogs: Charlie M. Nicky Santoro: Charlie M? You made me pop your fuckin’ eye out of your head to protect that piece of shit? Charlie M? You dumb motherfucker! Tony Dogs: Kill me. Nicky Santoro: I’ll kill you. You motherfucker you! Frankie, do him a fuckin’ favor. (_later to a banker_) Nicky Santoro: I think in all fairness, I should explain to you exactly what it is that I do. For instance tomorrow morning I’ll get up nice and early, take a walk down over to the bank and… walk in and see and, uh… if you don’t have my money for me, I’ll… crack your fuckin’ head wide-open in front of everybody in the bank. And just about the time that I’m comin’ out of jail, hopefully, you’ll be coming out of your coma. And guess what? I’ll split your fuckin’ head open again. ‘Cause I’m fuckin’ stupid. I don’t give a fuck about jail. That’s my business. That’s what I do. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456.md?page=7)