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Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase Quotes

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Memorable Quotes from Chevy Chase

67 quotes
Identity Confusion in Vegas Vacation
Clark Griswold His name is not Papagiorgio. His name is Rusty Griswold and he's a C+ student!
Anticipating the Arrival of Wildlife
Andy Farmer Cue the deer.
Griswold Reflects on Timelessness of Experience
Clark Griswold Oh the hills are alive with the sound of Griswold/this shit's been around for a very long time.
[singing]
Mr. Lamb Fries Introduction
Andy Farmer Call me Mr. Lamb Fries!
The Burden of Debt and Consequences
Dr. Farthing What I don’t understand is, when you owe a bookie a lot of money, and he, say, blows off one of your toes, you still owe him the money. Doesn’t seem fair to me. Especially when he’s gonna kill me in four days anyway.
Clark Griswold's Take on Keno
Clark Griswold Oh, Keno! This is easy.
Unexpected Outcomes in Planning Strategies
Dusty Bottoms Time for plan B. Plan A was to break into El Guapo's fortress.
Carmen And that you have done, now what?
Dusty Bottoms Well we really dont have a plan B. We didn't expect for the first plan to work. Sometimes you can overplan these things.
A Test of Trust and Temptation
Emmett Fitz-Hume Oh. Uh, will you hold my wallet for me while I take the test, please? There's a thousand dollars in there... or maybe there isn't. Know what I mean?
Test Monitor Are you saying I can take this money if I help you pass the test?
Emmett Fitz-Hume What do you think?
Clark Griswold's Traffic Circle Observation
Clark Griswold (The car is stuck in a traffic circle) Hey look kids, there's Big Ben, and there's Parliament.
Beverage Order on a Flight
Stewardess Can I get you anything to drink?
Clark Griswold Honey? I guess I'll have a Coke.
Stewardess Do you want that in the can?
Clark Griswold No, I'll have it right here.
A Reflection on Timeless Human Achievements
Clark Griswold Take a last look kids, At one of man's most curious creations, built to stand the test of time and the elements, the war, you name it, A thing of glory for a million in future generations to see, and we were here.
[about Stonehenge]
Confession of an American Agent
Emmett Fitz-Hume All right! All right, I'm an American agent!
[trying to buy time by making something up]
Russian Interrogator #2 And...?
Emmett Fitz-Hume And? And... uhh... they... they sent me here t-to assassinate your Premier!
Russian Interrogator #2 I knew it! Pay up, comrade!
Russian Interrogator #1 unimpressed] Let's cut his fingers off anyway.
Concerns About Dating Expectations and Reciprocity
Emmett Fitz-Hume My objective? Well I object to taking a girl out, you know, and buying her dinner and then she won't put out for you.
Confronting Marital Betrayals in Funny Farm
Elizabeth Farmer I'm willing to conceive that our marriage has been just a series of mutual betrayals! I know it! YOU know it! Even Yellow Dog knows it!
Andy Farmer I know it and you know it! Yellow Dog doesn't even know what town he's in!
Desire for Diverse Cuisine
Dusty Bottoms Do you have anything besides Mexican food?
Unexpected Encounter in a European Vacation
Ellen Griswold Look back there!
Clark Griswold Yeah, it's a hooker...
Ellen Griswold Look who she's with!
Clark Griswold Russell Griswold!
Rusty Griswold Oink-Oink my good man.
From Novelist to Sportswriter: A Personal Reflection
Andy Farmer As a novelist, I turned out to be a pretty good sportswriter.
Embracing the Art of Deception
Andy Farmer Being a fake is what I do best.
Clark's Excitement Over Unique Casino Games
Clark Griswold Eddie, This is great! They don't have any of these games at the Mirage.
Questioning Paraguayans and Government Subsidies
Emmett Fitz-Hume Are there any Paraguayans here? Well, of course, their requests for subsidies was not Paraguayan in and of it is as it were the United States government would never have if the president, our president, had not and as far as I know that's the way it will always be. Is that clear?
[subtle laugh from the reporters]
Anticipating a Big Win
Clark Griswold Hard six coming out.
Request for Tent Borrowing
Emmett Fitz-Hume Can I borrow your tent?
Communication Breakdown Amidst Impending Crisis
Larraby I told you not to call me unless the world was going to end.
Dr. Grant I don't know about the world ending, but we've been tracking a pan-dimensional anomaly that seems to be moving toward our time-space continuum.
Larraby Dr. Grant, I speak Greek, not geek.
Dr. Grant Let me put it this way. Concussion is still alive, and he's coming back.
Larraby He was destroyed.
Dr. Grant Nope.
Larraby We were there. We both saw it.
Dr. Grant Nope.
Larraby The time has come. I'm reactivating the Zenith program. Find me some kids. Misfits, outcasts, weirdos. Gimme that file. Zoom is the only one who can train them. Now get to Long Beach, find him, evaluate his condition, and bring back here.
[Dr. Grant hands him Jack's file; walks away]
Dr. Grant You know he won't cooperate.
[referring to Jack]
Larraby You won the Nobel Prize, doctor. You'll think of something.
[walks away again]
Explaining the Queen's Role in Humor
Clark Griswold Aw, there's Buckingham Palace, kids, that's where the Queen lives and works.
Audrey Griswold What does she do?
Clark Griswold She queens. And she vacuums.
Questioning Truth in Critical Moments
Alice You're not going to give me some bullshit that you're dying, are you?
Emmett Fitz-Hume No... not now.
Debate on Superpowers and Singing Skills
Cindy Collins A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P...
[singing]
Jack Shepard Stop that! You're singing the alphabet. That-That's not-That's not a power. And your voice is average, it's not super.
Cindy Collins It is too super.
[throws the table]
Dr. Grant Get another table in here please, right away.
Embracing Unconventional Family Travel Dynamics
Ellen Griswold Clark, why don't we just forget the "Pig-in-a-Poke" itinerary, and just play it by ear, like normal people?
Clark Griswold Honey, we're not normal people. We're the Griswolds.
Discussion of Money and Currency
Ty Webb We're talking mucho dinero, and probably some American money too.
Miscommunication in a Crisis Situation
Austin Millbarge Find a rock! Go the SatScram terminal! Smash that thing!
Emmett Fitz-Hume It's broken.
[Fitz-Hume smashes terminal]
Austin Millbarge Bring it here.
Austin Millbarge Not the rock.
Countdown to Catastrophe and Dark Humor
Austin Millbarge They're saying it'll be 28 minutes before the rocket detonates above it's target, somewhere inside the continental United States. Let's see, 28 minutes, that's 18 until it's inside the US radar cup, figure 2 for our response, say 20 until total commitment, I figure, 20-22 until the first impact of our retaliatory strike. I figure we have 42 minutes until the end of civilization as we know it.
Emmett Fitz-Hume You uh - want to go out with a bang?
[to Karen]
Karen Boyer I beg your pardon?
Emmett Fitz-Hume It was just an idea.
Karen Boyer You know, if we were sitting in a bar, I'd throw a drink right in your face. But, under the circumstances, it's not such a bad idea.
Unexpected Delays and Disappointing Inheritances
Emmett Fitz-Hume I'm sorry I'm late; I had to attend the reading of a will. I had to stay till the very end, and I found out I received nothing... broke my arm.
Bathroom Timing Disagreement Between Friends
Austin Millbarge I gotta take a leak. You should go too.
[trying to speak alone with Fitz-Hume]
Emmett Fitz-Hume What are you my mother? Don't you think I'm capable of determining my own time to go to the bathroom?
Austin Millbarge So, isn't now one of those times?
Austin Millbarge You mean you don't feel a certain degree of urgent pressure on the inner wall of your bladder, now, right at this moment?
Emmett Fitz-Hume No, I'm fine!
Austin Millbarge Well... wouldn't you feel more comfortable being fully relieved of any excess fluids that might be building up immediately, now?
Emmett Fitz-Hume I gotta take a wizz?
Cultural Misunderstanding in a Different City
Rusty Griswold Who was it that said when in Rome do as the Romans do?
Clark Griswold That was Rome not Paris. This is Paris and you're drunk.
Facing Fear with Courage and Resolve
Ned Nederlander Tell us we will die like dogs.
[whispers]
El Guapo You will die like dogs!
Dusty Bottoms No, we will not die like dogs, we will fight like lions!
Understanding Alter Egos in Conversation
Jack Shepard Cindy, what are you wearing?
Cindy Collins It's my alter eggo.
Jack Shepard You mean your "alter ego"?
Cindy Collins I'm a princess.
Jack Shepard Cindy, you're not a princess.
Cindy Collins But I look pretty.
Jack Shepard Yeah, but pretty girls don't have any real friends and they never get any respect. I mean, take Miss Holloway for instance.
Dr. Grant Scatter.
[Cindy throws the 2.5-ton object]
Jack Shepard Nice toss, Cindy. Yeah, really good. Why don't you get a juice box and, uh, and a Rice Krispy treat?
A Finger for Every Minute of Silence
Russian Interregator #2 Every minute you don't tell us why you are here, I cut off a finger.
Emmett Fitz-Hume Mine or yours?
Russian Interregator #2 Yours.
Tequila Confusion Among Three Amigos
Bartender We don't have no beer, just tequila.
Ned Nederlander What's tequila?
Bartender ...It's like beer...
Dusty Bottoms Is it fattening?
Bartender ...Fat-ten-ing?
Critique of Writing Expertise
Andy Farmer You don't know a damn thing about writing! You're a goddamn schoolteacher, not an editor!
Costly Decisions in a New Adventure
Andy Farmer This is going to cost us a fortune.
[Andy and Elizabeth are showing Redbud to prospective buyers Bud and Betsy after hiring the town to "act normal"]
Elizabeth Farmer The fifty-dollar bonus was YOUR idea.
Andy Farmer Little slice of heaven, isn't it, Bud?
[smiling]
Family Misunderstandings in European Vacation
Clark Griswold There it is, kids. My mother's land.
Rusty Griswold Dad, Grandma's from Chicago.
Clark Griswold Shut up, Russ.
Unconventional Proposal for Poison Removal
Capt. Tom Everett If I pull the arrow out, will you p-please s-suck out the poison?
Ty Webb Let me get this straight. You pull it out, I suck. Is there any money in it for me?
Questioning Their Actions
Emmett Fitz-Hume What did she say?
[after launching the missile]
Austin Millbarge She wants to know why we'd do such a thing.
Emmett Fitz-Hume Tell her so do we.
The Risks of Poison-Dipped Darts
Ty Webb You know I'm always shooting myself with one of those poison-dipped, crossbow darts. I don't know why they don't put a warning on those things.
Seeking a Plan Amidst Chaos
Austin Millbarge We need a plan.
Emmett Fitz-Hume Let's play dead.
Austin Millbarge Show some balls, man!
Emmett Fitz-Hume I think it's too late to try and impress them. Alright; Stop right there... and I'll bring back the sun. Okay... This is my sister. You can all have her. I hear she's very good.
[beat; Fitz-Hume shows a picture from his wallet]
Miscommunication in a Foreign Language
Emmett Fitz-Hume What's she saying?
Austin Millbarge H... hair... hairbrush... headrest...
Emmett Fitz-Hume Jesus, where did you learn your Russian? ]?
[[w:JCPenney|JCPenney]
Misunderstanding Language in Family Conversations
Clark Griswold What are we looking for?
Audrey Griswold Sechs (pronounced sex) Dad.
Clark Griswold That'll do Audrey.
Rusty Griswold Dad that's German for six.
Struggles in Finding Opportunities
Austin Millbarge It's... "]" by the ].
[Faint music plays in the distance by the missile; [w:Soul Finger|Soul Finger; [w:Bar-Kays|Bar-Kays]
Emmett Fitz-Hume They must be havin a hard time getting gigs.
Accusation of dishonesty during a snow day
Tom Brandston First one, my butt! Liar!! Liar!!
[throwing snowballs at a billboard of Chad Symmonz]
Disillusionment in the Pursuit of Dreams
Andy Farmer We came to Redbud filled with hopes and dreams of a better life. And basically, we've seen those hopes and dreams crushed and battered before our very eyes.
Family Crisis During European Trip
Clark Griswold Get in.
Rusty Griswold What Happened?
Audrey Griswold Oh, not much. Mom's been kidnapped.
Clark's Nonchalant Comment on a Birthmark
Clark Griswold That's nothing, it's a...birthmark.
Understanding a New Term in Conversation
Emmett Fitz-Hume Did you hear that?
Austin Millbarge Yeah. It's a dickfer.
Emmett Fitz-Hume What's a dickfer?
Austin Millbarge To pee with.
Unexpected Intelligence in Unlikely Places
Austin Millbarge They do seem to be headed in that general direction. Maybe your dick's not so dumb.
Emmett Fitz-Hume It got me through high school.
Dreams of Wealth and Adventure
Dusty Bottoms Hey, Lucky, what are you gonna do with your share of the money?
Lucky Day A car. A big, shiny silver car. I'll drive all over Hollywood. Show Flugleman a thing or two. What about you?
[thinks]
Dusty Bottoms New York. Maybe Paris. Champagne. Parties. I'll be a big shot for a while.
Lucky Day Yeah.
Dusty Bottoms How about you, Ned?
Ned Nederlander I'm gonna start a foundation to help homeless children.
Dusty Bottoms That occurred to me to do that at one point, too.
[he and Lucky realize how selfless that is compared to their ideas]
Lucky Day Well, I meant that I would do that first, and then I would get a big shiny car.
Navigating Road Rules Abroad
Ellen Griswold Clark, you're on the wrong side of the road.
Clark Griswold Yes I know, honey, I'm also on the wrong side of the car.
A Playful Exchange About Banks
Clark Griswold There's the left bank kids. I bet you can't guess what bank is on the right.
Rusty Griswold The Bank of America.
Unexpected Consequences of a Travel Mishap
Clark Griswold My pen burst. (after hotel employee notices Clark's arm is blue from falling in the plane's toilet)
A Lesson in Interrogation Techniques
Russian Interrogator #1 Why are you here?
Emmett Fitz-Hume Owww... and let that be a lesson to you.
Clark's Excitement Over FDA Approval
Clark Griswold It's my long-life food preservative. The FDA finally approved it!
Cousin Advice from Clark Griswold
Clark Griswold Don't think unnatural thoughts about your cousin, Rus.
Repetitive Greetings Among Characters
Dr. Imhaus Doctor.
Dr. Imhaus Doctor.
Dr. Marston Doctor.
Dr. Marston Doctor.
Karen Boyer Doctor.
Karen Boyer Doctor.
[amorously]
Jerry Hadley Doctor.
Jerry Hadley Doctor.
Emmett Fitz-Hume And...Doctor.
Austin Millbarge We're not doctors.
Understanding History Through Generations
Clark Griswold Yeah country's eons old kids, that's centuries to you and me.
Cultural Misunderstanding in European Vacation
Clark Griswold Hello, my family and I were looking for sex.
German Neighbor Schweinhund!
A Haircut Comparison Between Father and Son
Rusty Griswold That's it! That's what I want my hair to look like dad!
Clark Griswold Oh Rusty you don't want to look like a rooster do you?
Curiosity Meets Caution in Unexpected Exchange
Emmett Fitz-Hume Hey! What's this?
[catches a grenade]
Austin Millbarge You don't want it!
Questioning the Identity of the Characters
Austin Millbarge They aren't doctors.
Emmett Fitz-Hume What do you mean?
Austin Millbarge That metal case she was packing on her horse.
Emmett Fitz-Hume Well, what about it?
Austin Millbarge It's a Sat Scrambler Terminal - sophisticated system for sending, scrambling, receiving and unscrambling satellite messages.
Emmett Fitz-Hume So, she's a sophisticated woman.
Austin Millbarge It's a highly classified piece of intelligence hardware.
Emmett Fitz-Hume So, she's a high class, intelligent piece!
Desire for Knowledge and Mulch
Clark Griswold ...and he want's to enter that garden, with a knowledge, and a mulch...