# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![The\_Walking\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@The\_Walking\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Walking_Dude)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/121 "2009-03-26T14:44:10Z")
Not from a tough guy movie, but definitely a tough guy. **Major League** - Pedro Cerrano: I look after you. I do a lot for you. If you do not help me now, I say fuck you Jobu, I’ll do it myself. ---
**Author:** ![davekhps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@davekhps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davekhps)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/122 "2009-03-26T15:44:47Z")
As previously noted, anything Ian McShane says on “Deadwood” automatically qualifies. That said, one of my favorite quotable lines from the show was spoken by ultimate tough guy Powers Boothe “Why don’t you come stand over here by what the Dagos call my sensitive side. . .” Also, pretty much everything Boothe says in “Red Dawn” is extra-deep-fried awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/123 "2009-03-26T16:28:32Z")
The best tough-guy quote I’ve heard recently was from Ty Murray, champion bullrider, on _Dancing With The Stars_. The host asked him “Are you ready??” and he said, “You’re never ready; it’s just your turn.” ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/124 "2009-03-26T16:29:55Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > 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” 😃 You can never have enough Ash quotes. > [@davekhps](#): > > Also, pretty much everything Boothe says in “Red Dawn” is extra-deep-fried awesome. “Well, who IS on our side?” “Six hundred million screaming Chinamen.” “Last I heard, there were a billion screaming Chinamen.” “There were…” From The 5th Element “The object will reach Earth in one hour and 53 minutes.” “I’ll call you in two hours.” “ANY ONE ELSE WANT TO NEGOTIATE?” ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/125 "2009-03-26T19:04:21Z")
From Heavy Metal: “Hangin’s too good for him. BURNIN’s too good for him! He aught to be torn into itty bitty pieces, AND BURRIED ALIVE! I’ll kill him! KILL! KILL! KILL!” ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/126 "2009-03-26T21:03:43Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Is it OK if I offer one from real life? Winston Churchill had some of the best tough guy lines. I love, “We are waiting for the long-promised invasion. So are the fishes.” Kruschev and JFK are at the White House getting their picture taken and Nikita leans over and says, “History is on our side, we will bury you.” Yeah he meant ‘we will outlast you’, but it’s cold blooded the way John heard it. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/127 "2009-04-02T18:32:31Z")
Just remembered this one that has kind of stuck with me even though I don’t think it’s oen of the well known lines in Pulp Fiction. Anyway, Zed was shot and after Butch asking Marsellus a question he responds, “Naw, I’m far from alright.” Seems like I got the quote a little wrong though. Anyway, I pulled the one below from IMDB. **Butch:** You okay? **Marsellus** : Naw man. I’m pretty fuckin’ far from okay. **Butch:** What now? **Marsellus:** What now? Let me tell you what now. I’ma call a coupla hard, pipe-hittin’ niggers, who’ll go to work on the homes here with a pair of pliers and a blow torch. You hear me talkin’, hillbilly boy? I ain’t through with you by a damn sight. I’ma get medieval on your ass. **Butch:** I meant what now between me and you? **Marsellus:** Oh, that what now. I tell you what now between me and you. There is no me and you. Not no more. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/128 "2009-04-02T19:04:51Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > “Call it, friendo.” I like that, but this is all kinds of badass: Llewelyn Moss: [talking over phone] Hello? Anton Chigurh: Yes? Llewelyn Moss: Is uh, Carson Wells there? Anton Chigurh: Not in the sense that you mean. You need to come see me. Llewelyn Moss: Who is this? Anton Chigurh: You know who it is. You need to talk to me. Llewelyn Moss: I don’t need to talk to you. Anton Chigurh: I think you do. Do you know where I’m going? Llewelyn Moss: Why would I care where you’re going? Anton Chigurh: I know where you are. Llewelyn Moss: Yeah? Where am I? Anton Chigurh: You’re in the hospital across the river, but that’s not where I’m going. Do you know where I’m going? [blood flows on the floor, and so Chigurh lifts his feet and rests them on the bed] Llewelyn Moss: Yeah, I know where you’re going. Anton Chigurh: Alright. Llewelyn Moss: You know she won’t be there. Anton Chigurh: It doesn’t make any difference where she is. Llewelyn Moss: So what are you going up there for? Anton Chigurh: You know how this is going to turn out, don’t you? Llewelyn Moss: Nope. Anton Chigurh: I think you do. So this is what I’ll offer - you bring me the money and I’ll let her go. Otherwise she’s accountable, same as you. That’s the best deal you’re gonna get. I won’t tell you you can save yourself, because you can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/129 "2009-04-02T19:39:56Z")
My favs from _Big Trouble in Little China_: Jack Burton: Okay. You people sit tight, hold the fort and keep the home fires burning. And if we’re not back by dawn… call the president. Jack Burton: Hollow? Wang Chi: Hollow. Jack Burton: Fuck it. (Jack whips his trusty boot knife through the wall) Margo: God, aren’t you even gonna kiss her goodbye? Jack Burton: Nope. Jack Burton (to Lo Pan): Are you crazy… Is that your problem? ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/130 "2009-04-02T19:52:17Z")
One more from a real-life tough guy, Winston Churchill (speaking of his early military career): Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/131 "2009-04-02T20:22:50Z")
How did this thread last so long without “I have HAD it with these motherfuckin’ SNAKES on this motherfuckin’ PLANE!” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/132 "2009-04-02T21:19:29Z")
The War Wagon. The bad guys sneak up behind Jackson (John Wayne) and Lomax (Kirk Douglas). They draw, turn and shoot the bad guys at the same time. Lomax: “Mine hit the ground first.” Jackson: “Mine was taller.” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/133 "2009-04-02T21:38:28Z")
“You humans and your _guns_.” ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/134 "2009-04-02T22:05:16Z")
Assuming the one above me is a Magneto quote from X-Men, let me add another. Wolverine: I’m not leaving without her. Magneto: Yes, you are. (flings him about a mile away) ---
**Author:** ![kurilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea5d25/32.png) [@kurilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurilla)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/135 "2009-04-02T22:06:01Z")
From Frank Miller’s _The Dark Knight Returns_: It was tough work dragging 250 pounds of sociopath to the top of Gotham Tower, tallest building in the city. The scream alone is worth it. And (slightly paraphrased): From this height, it will take a full ninety seconds before he hits the ground. Contrary to popular belief, you’re likely to stay conscious all the way down. Thoughts like that keep me warm at night. From _Iron Man_: He’s all yours. And from an earlier season of _24_ (I can’t believe I’m the first one to mention this): I’m gonna need a hacksaw. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/136 "2009-04-02T22:29:24Z")
> [@kurilla](#): > > And from an earlier season of _24_ (I can’t believe I’m the first one to mention this): > I’m gonna need a hacksaw. Oooooooo. Good one. And you called it, **Lord Ashtar**. Here’s another favorite of mine from the _X-Men_ films: “When will these people learn how to fly?” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/137 "2009-04-02T22:58:43Z")
From [_Leather Jackets:_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104696/) “Those guys [Vietnamese gangsters] have a weird code of honor! If you cross them they don’t just kill you, they kill everybody you ever fucking met!” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/138 "2009-04-02T23:40:13Z")
_Hellbound: Hellraiser II:_ Pinhead to Kirsty: “But trick us again, and your suffering will be legendary even in Hell!” Can’t get much tougher than a guy who can make a threat like that and you **know** he can make it stick. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/139 "2009-04-02T23:44:45Z")
From _Oldboy_: “Anyone here with an AB blood type, raise your hand.” ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456/140 "2009-04-08T16:59:20Z")
> [@Sauron](#): > > Thought of another one, from Sin City: “I know eatin’ people is pretty fuckin’ weird.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-guy-quotes/490456.md?page=8)