Newsies (1992) - Quotes

Union Formation Through Striking

Jack: If we go on strike, then we are a union, right?

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A Disappointing Day at the Races

Jack: Heya, Race.

Racetrack: Hey, Jack.

Jack: How was your day at the track?

Racetrack: You know that hot tip I told you about? Nobody told the horse.

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Conflicting Lessons on Truth and Survival

David: My father taught us not to lie.

Jack: Well, mine told me not to starve; so we both have an education.

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Panic Overblown in Newspaper Headline

Jack: Extra, extra, read all about it! Ellis Island in flames big conflablataion!

David: Hey, where's that story?

Jack: Page nine. Thousands Flee in Panic!

David: Trash Fire Next To Immigration Building Terrifies Seagulls"?

Jack: Terrified Flight from Inferno!

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A Playful Exchange Between Jack and Weasel

Jack: Didja miss me, Weasel? Huh, didja? Didja miss me?

Weasel: I've told ya a million times...it's Wisel, and that's Mr. Wisel to you. How many?

Jack: Don't rush me, I'm perusin the merchandise, Mr. Weasel.

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A Lighthearted Exchange About Sleep

Mush: So how'd ya sleep Jack?

Jack: On me back, Mush.

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Perseverance in the Face of Adversity

Crutchie: You can't let em beat ya, right Jack? That's what you always said!

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Learning from the Best

Crutchie: When ya learn from Jack, ya learn from the best.

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Crutchie's Reflection on His Mistaken Thoughts

Crutchie: It's this brain of mine, always makin mistakes. It's got a mind of its own!

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Objection Based on Brooklyn Grounds

Spot Conlon: [Judge: On what grounds?] Hey, Your Honor, I object! On the grounds of Brooklyn.

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Demand for Higher Standards

Spot Conlon: That ain't good enough Jackie-boy, you gotta show me.

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Spot Conlon Comments on Jack's Quickness

Spot Conlon: Well if it ain't Jack be nimble, Jack be quick.,

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Taking a Stand for Our Voice

Spot Conlon: Listen, they're gonna be playing with my hands alright. Cuz it ain't what they say, it's what we say. And nobody ain't gonna listen to us unless we make em.

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Brooklyn's Confidence in Times of Challenge

Spot Conlon: Never fear, Brooklyn is here!

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Agreement in Perspective

Spot Conlon: I say, that what you say...is what I say.

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The Perks of Fame in New York

Racetrack Higgins: Hey, glum and dumb! What'sa matta with you? You get your picture in the papes, you're famous. You're famous, you get anything you want! That's what's so great about New York!

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Questioning Treatment of the Less Fortunate

Racetrack Higgins: What are we supposed to do to the bums, kiss em?

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Racetrack's Friendly Greeting to the Cowboy

Racetrack Higgins: Hey Cowboy! Nice shine-a'!

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Racetrack Higgins on Betting Odds

Racetrack Higgins: Five to one that Cowboy skunks em! Huh, who's bettin'?

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Desperation for Funds in Newsies

Racetrack Higgins: Five bucks? We ain't got five bucks! We ain't even got five cents! Hey your honor how bout I roll ya for it, double or nothin'?

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Voices of the Newsies in 1899

Racetrack Higgins: [first lines; opening narration] In 1899, the streets of New York City echoed with the voices of newsies, peddling the papers of Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst, and other giants of the newspaper world. On every corner you saw them carrying the banner, bringing you the news for a penny a page. Poor orphans and runaways, the newsies were a ragged army without a leader, until one day, all that changed.

Jack Kelly's Disappearance Explained

Racetrack Higgins: Oh, you mean Jack Kelly. Yeah, he was here. But he put an egg in his shoe and...beat it.

Observation on Unusual News Headlines

Racetrack Higgins: Look at this. "Baby Born With Two Heads". Must be from Brooklyn.

Creating My Own Narrative

Jack Kelly: [singing] If I hate the headline I'll make up a headline and I'll say anything I havta!

Counting Mistakes and Humorous Remarks

Jack Kelly: Nope, it's nineteen, Weasel. It's nineteen, but don't worry about it; it's an honest mistake. See Morris, he can't count to twenty with his shoes on.

Sharing Profits and Learning Together

Jack Kelly: We sell together, we split 70-30, plus you get the benefit of observin me no charge!

A Reflection on Crutchie

Jack Kelly: [said to Morris Delancy before headbutting him] Remember Crutchie?

Union Identity Through Declaration

Jack Kelly: [singing] We're a union just by sayin so.

Unity is Strength in Adversity

Jack Kelly: You got no brains! Why are we starting to fight each other? It's just what the big shots want to see that we're street trash; street rats with no brains with no respect for nothin including ourselves! So here's how it is: if we don't act together, then we're nothin', if we don't stick together, we're nothin', and if we can't even trust each other, then we're nothin'.