Lonely are the Brave (1962) - Quotes

Kirk Douglas Reflects on His Best Film

Quotes about Lonely Are the Brave: [[w:Kirk Douglas|Kirk Douglas] * ], who had used his clout to get the movie made, and considers it his best film, as quoted in The Films of Kirk Douglas (1972) by Tony Thomas, p. 184

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The Struggle of Individuality in Modern Life

Quotes about Lonely Are the Brave: [[love; [individual; [today; [Life; [happy] It happens to be a point of view I ]. This is what attracted me to the story — the difficulty of being an ] ]. ] gets more and more complex and convoluted. Young people are not ] with what's going on — and they're right. The character in Lonely Are the Brave had that quality. He didn't want to belong to this day and age. It's difficult to buck the system. That's the tragedy of it.

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The Dilemma of Freedom and Capture

Jerry Bondi: Maybe you'd be better off if they caught you.

Jack Burns: Maybe, but I'd like to put it off for as long as possible.

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Temptations and Struggles of a Preacher

Rev. Hoskins: Ah, the temptations of the flesh. I fought em my whole life through.

Prisoner: Then how come you're in here, Reverend?

Rev. Hoskins: Well, I said I fought em, I didn't say I fought em off. Sometimes I lost. But believe me, it takes a lot more to tempt a preacher than it does you stumblebums in here. When I lost, I lost big!

Prisoner: Are you a real preacher, Reverend?

Rev. Hoskins: Well now, let's look at it this way. I always had the urge to preach. And if you got the urge, you're halfway home.

Prisoner: What kept you from getting all the way?

Rev. Hoskins: My temptation was women.

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Questioning Reality in Uncertain Times

Paul Bondi: Are you sure you didn't get kicked in the head?

Jack Burns: What do you mean?

Paul Bondi: You act like a man who thinks he's going to break out of jail.

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A New Look from Unwelcome Company

Paul Bondi: [[face] What happened to your ]?

Jack Burns: Oh, a bunch of guys I ran into down at the saloon gave it a new look. I guess they didn't like the old one.

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Confrontation Over Trouble and Caution

Paul Bondi: [[trouble] Be careful, Jack. Don't make any ].

Jack Burns: Trouble's what I came here to fix up.

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Identity Crisis in a Modern World

Desk sergeant: You mean to say you got no identification at all?

Jack Burns: That's right.

Desk sergeant: No draft card, no social security, no discharge? No insurance, no driver's license, no nothing?

Jack Burns: No nothing.

Desk sergeant: [[law] Look, cowboy, you can't go around with no identification. It's against the ]. How are people going to know who you are?

Jack Burns: I don't need a card to figure out who I am. I already know.

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The Benefits of a Good Drunk

Jerry Bondi: Jack, what are you going to do?

Jack Burns: Well, about every six months, I figure I owe myself a good drunk. It rinses your insides out, sweetens you breath and tones up your skin.

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The Illusion of a Perfect World

Jerry Bondi: [[world; [rules] Jack, I'm going to tell you something. The ] that you and Paul live in doesn't exist. Maybe it never did... out there is the real world. And it's got real borders and real fences, real laws and real trouble. And you either go by the ] or you lose. You lose everything.

Jack Burns: You can always keep something.

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The Burden of Loneliness and Love

Jack Burns: [[God; [blessing] I didn't want a house. I didn't want all those pots and pans. I didn't want anything but you. It's ]'s own ] I didn't get you.

Jerry Bondi: Why?

Jack Burns: Cause I'm a loner clear down deep to my guts. Know what a loner is? He's a born cripple. He's a cripple because the only person he can live with is himself. It's his life, the way he wants to live. It's all for him. A guy like that, he'd kill a woman like you. Because he couldn't love you, not the way you are loved.

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The Burden of Fences in Open Land

Jack Burns: [[hate] A westerner likes open country. That means he's got to ] fences. And the more fences there are, the more he hates them.

Jerry Bondi: [[nonsense; [life] I've never heard such ] in my ].

Jack Burns: [[signs] It's true though. Have you ever noticed how many fences there're getting to be? And the ] they got on them: no hunting, no hiking, no admission, no trespassing, private property, closed area, start moving, go away, get lost, drop dead! Do you know what I mean?

Chasing the Unseen in Desperation

Sheriff Morey Johnson: [[ghost] You'd think we're chasing a ]... an invisible horse and an invisible cowboy. Harry, throw me that canteen. I haven't got enough spit left to wet a stick of gum.

Rejection of Conventional Relationships

Jerry Bondi: [[Believe] ] you me, if it didn't take men to make babies I wouldn't have anything to do with any of you!

Anticipation of an Old Friend's Arrival

Jerry Bondi: [[horse] I was expecting you, Jack. Isn't that odd? I heard a ] and I knew it was your horse.

Facing Consequences of Choices Made

Jack Burns: * Spoken to Guiterrez

The Consequences of Losing Control

Jack Burns: [[hell] Take it easy. Temper like that and one of these days you'll find yourself riding through town with your belly to the sun, your best suit on and no place to go but ].

Defiance in the Face of Challenge

Jack Burns: [[action] This fellow wants ], I'm glad to accommodate him, do it with one arm behind my back. Any of you boys interfere, I'll use both arms.