Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) - Quotes

A Reluctant Hero's Action-Adventure Journey

Taglines: A most reluctant hero takes you on an action-adventure armed only with his fists and wits...and with his tongue planted in his cheek.

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The Adventure of Remo Williams

Taglines: The Destroyer Movie!

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Unarmed Yet Dangerous: A Cautionary Reminder

Taglines: Look out! He's unarmed and dangerous!

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A Humorous Exchange Between Remo and Chiun

Remo Williams: You know, Chiun, sometimes you're a real pain in the ass.

Chiun: That is because it is the shortest route to your brain.

Remo Williams: Chiun, you're incredible!

Chiun: No!... I am better than that...

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Clumsy Driving and Middle Age Wisdom

Remo Williams: Are you hurt?

Chiun: No. When you approach middle age, there is a tendency toward bruising, my son.

Remo Williams: What? What did you call me?

Chiun: I called you a clumsy oaf! You drive like a monkey in heat!

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A Complex Relationship Between Friends

Remo Williams: You know, Chiun, there are times when I really like you.

Chiun: Of course. I am Chiun.

Remo Williams: And there are times when I could really kill you.

Chiun: Good! We will practice that after dinner.

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Charm School Lessons on Gender Roles

Chiun: Women should stay home and make babies. Preferably, manchild.

Major Rayner Fleming: [to Remo] I see you both went to the same charm school.

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Conflict Over Traffic Enforcement and Courtesy

New York City traffic control cop: Excuse me. What are you doin to that boy?

Remo Williams: Oh, uh, unnecessary use of the horn, officer.

New York City traffic control cop: Well, I'll make unnecessary use of my nightstick on your thick skull if you don't let him go.

Remo Williams: Whatever happened to police courtesy and that kind of stuff, huh?

New York City traffic control cop: We save that bullshit for the upper east side.

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Food Preferences and Unpleasant Comparisons

Chiun: It would be better for you to eat this can than what is inside of it. Why must everything in this country be coated with monositi-... monosoti...

Remo Williams: Monosodium glutamate. You can't even say it.

Chiun: I can say "rat droppings." That does not mean I wish to eat them.

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Focus Over Faith in Critical Moments

Remo Williams: Jesus.

Chiun: Concentrate. This is no time for prayer.

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Cultural Identity and Perception in Dialogue

Remo Williams: Do you always talk like a Chinese fortune cookie?

Chiun: [striking Remo] Chinese! I am Korean! The Korean is the most perfect creature ever to sanctify the earth with the imprint of its foot.

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The Challenges of a Dangerous Life

Conn MacCleary: All I can promise you is terror for breakfast, pressure for lunch, and aggravation for sleep. Your vacations will be two minutes when you're not looking over your shoulder, and if you live to draw a pension, it'll be a miracle.

Remo Williams: Are there any disadvantages?

Conn MacCleary: Hell, I'm lucky I've lasted this long.

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The Eleventh Commandment and Its Implications

Conn MacCleary: [to Remo] You're going to be the Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not get away with it.

Conn MacCleary: [to Remo] Remember, in out, like a duck mating.

Gen. Scott Watson: So listen to this, George. Lyman four-putts. Four-putts, mind you. I thought he'd have a stroke. And I'd have claimed it if he had.

Harold Smith: Guard, protect and cherish your land, for there is no afterlife for a place that started out as Heaven. Charles M. Russell, Montana, 1926.

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Instructions on Hand Placement

Chiun: [Kicks Remo in the crotch] Place your hands on top of your head." "I did not say to keep them there.

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The Importance of Speed in Action

Chiun: [after having run across a span of water to reach a speedboat that Remo is piloting] You must run very fast.

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Cultural Insights on Durability and Resilience

Chiun: (holding broken door handle after surving truck crash) In Korea, door handles do not break.

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A Moment of Readiness and Precision

Chiun: I reloaded.

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The Superiority of Sinanju in Martial Arts

Chiun: Kung Fu, Karate, Ninjitsu... nothing more than shadows. Sinanju is the sun.

Overcoming Fear and Embracing Self-Belief

Chiun: Purge your mind of fear and believe in yourself. Without that belief, I can do nothing with you.

Understanding Fear as a Temporary Emotion

Chiun: Fear is nothing more than a feeling. You feel hot. You feel hungry. You feel angry. You feel afraid. Fear can never kill you.

Perspective on Proportions and Personal Growth

Chiun: For an apricot, yes. For a head of lettuce, even more so. But for a mountain I am not even begun in years. However, for a man I am just right.

Assassination as Public Service Perspective

Chiun: Professional assassination is the highest form of public service.

The Illusion of Timekeeping Explained

Chiun: The trained mind does not need a watch. Watches are a confidence trick invented by the Swiss.

Critique of Fast Food Culture

Chiun: Do you know why Americans call it fast food'? Because it speeds them on their way to their graves.

The Importance of Proper Breathing

Chiun: Breathe out... slowly... do not gulp. If you do not breathe correctly, you do not move correctly. Pitiful. I can see the deadly hamburger has done its evil work. We must sweat the poison from your body and rebuild.