Blue Collar Quotes

Taglines Whatever became of the "American Dream"?

Jerry Bartowski Credit's the only thing you can get free from the company. Got a house, fridge, dishwasher, washer-dryer, TV, stereo, motorcycle, car..."buy this shit, buy that shit." All you got's a buncha shit.

Zeke Brown Smoke, what if they don't wanna pay?

Smokey James If they don't pay, then we're gonna cut'em a new asshole.

Zeke Brown And when I take over your muthafuckin job, know what I'm gonna do baby? Gonna get on my private jet and wing up to Palm Springs. Hang out with Eddie Knuckles, and hit a few golfballs with President Ford and Nixon and them muthafuckas.

Zeke Brown Now that shit is pitiful. I dunno how in the fuck a nigga like that gets some money anyway. This is the dumbest shit - look at this muthafucka. Look like a muthafuckin ostrich. Look at that shit . . .

Caroline Brown If you hate it so much, why dontcha just turn it off?

Zeke Brown Turn it off? Are you kiddin baby? Took me three years to pay for that muthafucka. We gon watch everything they show on it. All the shit they show. Even the snow when the muthafucka go off, I'm gonna sit here and watch that!

Clarence Hill, Union Steward It sounds like a simple misunderstanding to me. Now... Zeke'll buy Miller a bottle of Cutty, and we'll forget the whole thing.

Zeke Brown ZEKE AIN'T BUYIN NOBODY A GODDAMN THING! And you ain't shit for a steward, Hill!

Clarence Hill, Union Steward Maybe you don't belong in this union!

Zeke Brown Maybe you're right!

Smokey James Why do you go to the line every Friday?

Jerry Bartowski Well ...

Smokey James Because the finance man's gonna be at your house on Saturday, right? That's exactly what the company wants - to keep you on their line. They'll do anything to keep you on their line. They pit the lifers against the new boys, the old against the young, the black against the white - ANYTHING to keep us in our place.

Taglines The company builds cars and destroys men

Zeke Brown I take home two-ten a week man, goddamn. I gotta pay for the lights, gas, clothes, food... every fuckin thing, man. I'm left with about thirty bucks after all the fuckin bills are paid. Gimme a break, will ya mister?

Mr. Bird, I.R.S. Man Mister Brown, there's nothing I can do. I work for Uncle Sam . . .

Zeke Brown Fuck Uncle Sam, man! They give the fuckin politicians a break! Agnew and em don't pay shit! Working man's gotta pay every goddamn thing!

Mr. Bird, I.R.S. Man You shouldn't say that about Uncle Sam . . .

Zeke Brown Don't point at me, you muthafucka! Get out my house! I'll pay the goddamn money!

Mr. Bird, I.R.S. Man You bet you will, you'll pay it.

Zeke Brown Yeah I know I'll pay it! If I had the Navy and Marines behind me, I'd be a muthafucka too!

Zeke Brown Maybe we should've robbed a liquor store like everybody else.

Clarence Hill, Union Steward Y'know I can't go to the Green Room with every little thing. I gotta wait for somethin big, or a buncha little things. Now we can't let our power be dissipated by the, by the plant. . .

Zeke Brown Plant my ass, man! That's all you talk about, "the plant"! Everybody know what "the plant" is. "The plant" just short for plantation!

Zeke Brown Man, flick my Bic!