Memorable Quotes from Cuba Gooding Jr.
23 quotesEscalating Tensions in a Frustrating Encounter
Melvin Udall
Oh, now I'm pissed! Now, I am REALLY PISSED!
Melvin Udall
OH! Don't touch! Don't touch!
Frank Sachs
Shh! Shh!
Melvin Udall
Don't touch!
Frank Sachs
Shut up! You think you can intimidate the whole world with your attitude, but you don't intimidate me. I grew up in hell, home boy! My grandmother had more attitude!
Melvin Udall
POLICE! DONUT-MUNCHING MORONS! HELP ME! HELP ME...!
[calling]
Frank Sachs
Shh!
Melvin Udall
HELP ME!
Frank Sachs
Stop it! Shh!
[to Melvin Udall]
Melvin Udall
Assault and battery! And you're black!
[to Frank Sachs]
Frank Sachs
I like Simon! I like him enough to batter you unrecognizable if you verbally abuse him, or so much as touch that dog again! Meantime, I'm gonna think of some way that you can make it up to him. I HATE DOING THIS! I'M an art dealer...! Have a nice day. Okay! Party! Party!
[suddenly loud; lowers his voice; running off]
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Private Universes for Everyone
Albert Lewis
Chris, "here" is big enough for everyone to have their own private universe.
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Frustration with Noisy Neighbors
Ted Brooks
SHUT UP, CHESTER! I HATE YOU! WHEN I BOUGHT THIS CONDO, NO ONE TOLD ME A LITTLE RAT LIKE YOU LIVED NEXT DOOR! I'M SO SICK OF YOUR BARKING!
[angrily; Finds a watering can and pours water on the dog]
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Commitment Through Tough Times
Rod Tidwell
Anyone else would have left you by now, but I'm sticking with you. And if I have to ride your ass like Zorro, you're gonna show me the money.
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The Illusion of Identity and Existence
Albert Lewis
Your brain is meat, and rots and disappears. Do you really think that's all there was to you? Like you're in your house right now. You're in your house, that doesn't mean you are your house. House falls down, you get out and walk away.
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Identity Confusion in Snow Dogs
Ted Brooks
I'm an Eskimo?!
[after dreaming of his origins]
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Friendship and Rivalry in Urban Life
Doughboy
I heard you like Mr. GQ Smooth now. You working over at the Fox Hills Mall?
Tre Styles
I get a discount on clothes, and shit. You like?
Doughboy
Nigga, you look like you selling rocks!
Chris
Yo, Tre you be slinging that shit?
Tre Styles
No, I don't sell that shit!
Doughboy
You couldn't anyway! Pops will kick yo ass! You know I'm out the pen. I'm gon keep my ass out this time.
Tre Styles
That's what we're here to celebrate, right? Damn, brother how did you get so big?
Doughboy
Pumping iron, and eating. Ain't nothing else to do in the motherfucking pen. Three hots, and a cot, know what I'm saying? I was also reading, and writing my girl.
Monster
You read?
Doughboy
Yeah nigga, I ain't no criminal! I can read, bitch!
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Desire for Rejection and Emotional Turmoil
Frank Sachs
You wanna say no to me? You wanna say no to me? Cause I've never felt this crazy as I do right now. I almost want you to say no.
[to Melvin Udall]
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The Significance of a Commemorative Coin
Owen Templeton
It's really a commemorative coin.
[Talking about the coin he used to flip at the Super Bowl]
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Ted Brooks' Observations on Family and Environment
Ted Brooks
Everything here's white. Including my FATHER!
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Experiencing a Moment of Uncertainty
Frank Sachs
I'm in a freefall here!
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Confrontation Amidst a Viral Epidemic
Sam Daniels
Colonel Daniels, from USAMRIID. I'm sorry.
[presents business card]
George
Yes, and I'm George from Sioux City, South Dakota. Back of the line, Colonel.
Sam
We got a terrible epidemic. We're from Cedar Creek, George. We're from Cedar Creek, California!
[to the crowd]
Major Salt
CEDAR CREEK, SITE OF A VIRAL INFECTION!!!
[people stand back, including the two men George is trying to gently hold off]
Sam
George, you heard about this virus — need we say more? Okay, we need all the bills of lading from ships arriving from Africa in the last three months. George!
[looks worried; clasps George's hands]
George
Uh-huh… huh?
[nervously]
Sam
Shall I cough on you, George?
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Promise of Joy and Togetherness
Ted Brooks
We’ll be with you all in a while, and we promise to make you smile.
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Identity Confusion and Desperation
Owen Templeton
I AM NOT A BUS DRIVER!!! I DO NOT WORK FOR THE BUS COMPANY!!! ALL RIGHT?!!! I--I NEEDED A RIDE TO NEW MEXICO, SO I STOLE THIS UNIFORM!!! SEE THIS JACKET?!! THIS IS NOT MY JACKET!!! REMEMBER MARTY, THE BUS DRIVER?!! HUH?!! THIS IS HIS SHIRT!!! I STOLE IT!!! AND THESE PANTS, YOU THINK I'D WEAR THESE PANTS?!!! THESE AREN'T MY PANTS!!! THESE ARE MARTY'S PANTS!!! I STOLE THEM!!! I AM NOT...a bus driver!
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Family Traits and Their Influence
Ted Brooks
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, Jack.
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Confrontation Between Officer and Young Man
Tre Styles
I didn't do nothing.
Officer Coffey
You think you tough? Scared now, ain't you? I like that. That's why I took this job. I hate little motherfuckers like you. Little niggers, you ain't shit! I could blow your head off with this Smith & Wesson and you couldn't do shit. Think you tough? What set you from? Look like one of them Crenshaw mafia motherfuckers.
[pulls gun on Tre]
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Ted Brooks Addresses Rupert's Phone Use
Ted Brooks
Ted & Mom: Rupert, get off the phone!
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The Nature of Reality and Illusion
Albert Lewis
Thought is real. Physical is the illusion. Ironic, huh?
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Ted's Affection for Blue Cheese
Ted Brooks
I love blue cheese, and they hate it!
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A Warning About Keeping Children Safe
Tre Styles
Keep your baby off the street. She gonna get hit one of these days.
Sheryl
You got some blow? You got some rock? I'll suck your dick.
Tre Styles
Just keep the baby off the streets! And change her diapers! They almost smell as bad as you.
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Snow Dogs - Ted Brooks
Ted Brooks
Rupert: I'm not on the phone!
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Concerns About Future Financial Stability
Rod Tidwell
I got a shelf life of ten years, tops. My next contract's gotta bring me the dollars that'll last me and mine a long time. Shit, I'm out of this sport in 5 years. What's my family gonna live on? Huh?
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Confrontation Between Friends in Crisis
Tre Styles
Man, what the fuck is wrong with you?
Ricky
What?
Ricky
Damn, nigger! What's wrong with you?
Tre Styles
Nothing.
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