Memorable Quotes from Lee Marvin
20 quotesHumor in the Face of Conflict
The Sergeant
I can understand you being horny and all, Fritz... but you have bad breath.
[choking the German male nurse who kissed him on the mouth]
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Confrontation Among Townsfolk Over Emergencies
Link Appleyard
Mr. Peabody's awful hurt and he needs you bad over at his office.
Liberty Valance
What's the matter, Mr. Marshal? Somebody have an accident?
Doc Willoughby
So that's it, another one of your accidents', huh Valance? I'm looking forward to the day when it's you they'll be calling me for.
Liberty Valance
Paid in advance.
[tossing Doc a silver dollar]
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Questioning Life and Death in War
Kaiser
Did I kill the guy that killed me?
The Sergeant
Yes.
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Language Misunderstanding in Combat Conversation
Johnson
How do you say "push" in French?
[concerning a woman in labor]
The Sergeant
Poussez.
Johnson
Pussy! Pussy! Pussy!
[to woman]
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Memorial Reflections on War's Continuity
Johnson
Would you look at how fast they put the names of all our guys who got killed?
The Sergeant
That's a World War One memorial.
Johnson
But the names are the same.
The Sergeant
They always are.
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Desire for Money Sparks Moral Conflict
Brewster
You're a very bad man, Walker, a very destructive man! Why do you run around doing things like this?
Walker
I want my money. I want my $93,000.
Brewster
$93,000? You threaten a financial structure like this for $93,000? No, Walker, I don't believe you. What do you really want?
Walker
I - I really want my money.
Brewster
Well, I'm not going to give you any money and nobody else is. Don't you understand that?
Walker
Who runs things?
Brewster
Carter and I run things. I run things.
Walker
What about Fairfax? Will he pay me?
Brewster
Fairfax is a man who signs checks.
Walker
No, cash.
Brewster
Fairfax isn't going to give you anything. He's finished. Fairfax is dead. He just doesn't know it yet.
Walker
Somebody's got to pay.
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Identity and Recognition in Conversation
Chris
Hey. What's my last name?
Walker
What's my first name?
[pause]
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Desire and Uncertainty Between Friends
Walker
How bad does he want you, Chris?
Chris
Oh, I don't know. Who knows.
Walker
Yeah, you know. How bad?
Chris
Pretty bad, I guess.
Walker
Bad enough to let you through into the Huntley?
Chris
Why should I?
Walker
Well, it's up to you.
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Morality of Killing in War Context
The Sergeant
Killing insane people is not good for public relations.
Griff
Killing sane people is okay?
The Sergeant
That's right.
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Perfume's Unexpected Effect on Attraction
Vince Stone
Hey, that's nice perfume.
Debby Marsh
Something new. It attracts mosquitoes and repels men.
Vince Stone
It doesn't work that way with me.
Debby Marsh
It's not supposed to.
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A Tense Moment of Control and Resistance
Mal Reese
Let me get dressed!
[nude, except wrapped in a bed sheet]
Walker
I want you this way, Mal.
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A Choice Between Safety and Danger
Liberty Valance
You got a choice, Dishwasher. Either you get out of town, or tonight you be out on that street alone. You be there, and don't make us come and get you.
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Disagreement Over House Access
Walker
Where's his house?
Yost
This is it.
Walker
I said alone.
Yost
Take it easy. You'll last longer.
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Conflict Over a Steak in the West
Tom Doniphon
That's my steak, Valance.
[Valance has tripped Rance in the diner, causing him to spill a tray of food]
Liberty Valance
You heard him, Dude. Pick it up.
[laughing]
Ransom Stoddard
No!
Tom Doniphon
Pilgrim, hold it. I said you, Valance; you pick it up.
Liberty Valance
Three against one, Doniphon.
Tom Doniphon
My boy, Pompey; kitchen door.
Floyd
I'll get it, Liberty!
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Misunderstandings About Relationships and Intentions
Walker
I heard you're running with Reese.
Chris
Well, you heard wrong.
Walker
Does he want you?
Chris
Sure he does.
Walker
Do you want him?
Chris
He makes my flesh crawl.
Walker
I want him.
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The Distinction Between Murder and Killing
Griff
I can't murder anybody.
The Sergeant
We don't murder; we kill.
Griff
It's the same thing.
The Sergeant
The hell it is, Griff. You don't murder animals; you kill em.
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Confrontation Between Liberty Valance and Tom Doniphon
Liberty Valance
You lookin for trouble, Doniphon?
Tom Doniphon
You aim to help me find some?
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Significance of the Red One Insignia
The Sergeant
What do you think?
The Captain
What the hell is it?
The Sergeant
It's a "one". First Infantry Division. The Red One; think General Pershing will like it?
The Captain
Oh, sure.
The Sergeant
I got the idea from the cap of a Hun I killed.
The Captain
When?
The Sergeant
About an hour ago
The Captain
Did he yell out anything?
The Sergeant
Oh, the same old Kaiser stuff, you know, "the war's over," all that junk.
The Captain
Finish it.
The Sergeant
Sir?
The Captain
Finish it. The Armistice was signed, at eleven o'clock this morning. The war's been over for four hours. You didn't know it was over.
The Sergeant
...He did.
Zab
A quarter of a century later that piece of cloth from a dead Hun's hat had become famous all over the world. It was the insignia of the First Infantry Division. The Fightin First. The Big Red One.
[narrating]
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Survival at Any Cost
The Sergeant
You're going to live, even if I have to blow your brains out.
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Reflections on a Prison Cell Experience
Walker
Cell. Prison Cell. How did I get here?
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