The Jungle Book Quotes

Baloo If anything happens to that kid, I'll never forgive myself.

Shere Khan The one you really have to look out for is the cuckoo bird. Do you know how the cuckoo bird survives? By preying on a mother's weakness. The cuckoo bird is much too clever to raise its own young. Instead, it lays its eggs in another bird's nest. The mother bird is fooled, and it cares for the new chick. But do you know what happens to her own chicks? They starve and die from neglect. All because a mother loved a chick that wasn't even her own.

Kaa Mostly, men stay in their village, far from the dark of the jungle. But sometimes, they travel. And when they do, their caves breathe in the dark. They call it... the Red Flower. Man's creation. It brings warmth and light and destruction to all that it touches.

Shere Khan I suppose you know why I've come?

Akela The man-cub has left the jungle.

Shere Khan I thought I made myself clear that I wanted him to be handed over to me.

Akela We no longer harbor him. He's left the pack

Shere Khan And where may I ask has he gone?

Akela He's with his own kind now.

Shere Khan So, the Man Cub has left the jungle.

Akela That's right. You and I no longer have to quarrel and, most importantly, we have peace.

Shere Khan Well, I guess it's done, then... ...unless, I can draw him BACK OUT!!!

Raksha AKELA!

Shere Khan Have I got your attention now?! I didn't want it to be this way; I made it so simple. All I asked for was one thing, and YOU DENIED me! Well, that ends now. Spread the word! Until I have the mancub, these hills are my hills. You did not respond to reason! So now you will know fear!

King Louie Just one thing we need to reach our full potential. Bring me that Red Flower, and we will rule this jungle. I will protect you, and you will want for nothing ever again.

Baloo This is the law of the jungle, as old and as true as the sky".

Shere Khan What is this?

Baloo The wolf that keeps it may prosper...

Baloo and Bagheera ... but the wolf that breaks it will die".

Shere Khan You fools.

Baloo, Bagheera and Raksha Like the creeper that girdles the tree trunk, the law runneth over and back".

Shere Khan Fine! Rise up, all of you! You want to put yourselves between me and the man-cub?!

Baloo, Bagheera and Raksha For the strength of the pack is the wolf...

Baloo, Bagheera, Raksha and Mowgli ... and the strength of the wolf is the pack!

Shere Khan I will have you ALL IN MY TEETH!

Mowgli It's a honey stash for winter.

Bagheera Have you lost your mind?!

Mowgli You said you wouldn't get mad.

Bagheera Did you listen to anything Akela taught you? There's no place in the jungle for these... tricks! You wanna do this, you do this in the man-village.

Mowgli But I'm helping Baloo get ready for hibernation.

Bagheera Bears don't hibernate in the jungle. What are you teaching him?

Baloo Not full hibernation, but I nap, a lot.

Bagheera Listen to me, you con artist! He may not know your game, but I do. He's leaving now.

Mowgli But I don't wanna leave!

Bagheera You don't have a choice!

Baloo Why don't we all just settle down for a minute? Look, it's gotten late. Too late to travel, so why don't we all just have a little honey...?

Bagheera I don't eat honey.

Baloo No problem. I'll eat the honey. Let's all get a good night's sleep, and we can talk about this in the morning.

Bagheera Fine, but we're leaving first thing.

Ikki Keep it dry, keep it dry, keep it dry. These quills get stuck on everything.

Baloo Relax, kid. No need to get worked up, okay?

Mowgli I'm not afraid of you! Do you hear me?! I'm done running from you!

Live-Action Characters ] as Mowgli

Shere Khan Everyone comes to Peace Rock, so many smells to catch up on. But, um, I can't help but notice there's this strange odor today... What is it, this scent that I'm on? Almost...almost think it was some kind of man-cub.

Akela Mowgli belongs to my pack, Shere Khan.

Shere Khan Mowgli? They've given it a name. When was it we came to adopt man into the jungle?

Akela He's just a cub.

Shere Khan Does my face not remind you of what a GROWN man can do? Shift your hunting grounds for a few years, and everyone forgets how the law works. Well, let me remind you: a man-cub becomes man, and man is FORBIDDEN!!!

Raksha What do you know about law?

Akela Raksha.

Raksha Hunting for pleasure, killing for power, you've never known law. The cub is mine, mine to me. So, go back to where you came from, you burned beast!

Akela The tiger knows who rules this part of the jungle. I'm sure he doesn't mean to come here and make threats. Especially during a water truce.

Shere Khan Though I'm deeply respectful of these laws to keep us safe. So, here's my promise. Nothing lasts forever. The rains will return and the river will rise. And when this rock disappears, that truce will end. You want to protect him? Fine. But ask yourselves: How many lives is a man-cub worth?

Ikki No, that's my stick! Let go of my stick. It's A WATER TRUCE! Sorry. My bad. It's involuntary. I could pee on it.

Bagheera Many strange tales are told of this jungle, but none so strange as the tale of the cub we call Mowgli.

Shere Khan Did you think I would let you grow old? Either I'll devour you or the Red Flower will. It's just a matter of time. How long did you really think you'd survive against me? Longer than your father did? Longer than... Akela?

Baloo If you send him back to the Man-Village, they'll ruin him. They'll make a man out of him!

Ikki Oh, that's my stick.

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Bagheera Stay here!

Mowgli But I want to fight with the wolves!

Bagheera You can't fight him like a wolf! You're not a wolf! Fight him like a man! Now, go!

Mowgli Okay.

Bagheera We'll hold him off.

Bagheera Over the years I have seen many things in the jungle but that night I saw something I will never forget I saw a child without a people come for the first time all over the jungle.

Ikki My leaf. This is mine. Mine, mine, mine. There some other--There's a rock. That's mud. That's just mud. There's a rock. That's my rock. That's my rock. Nobody touches my rock. There's another rock. Two rocks. Three rocks. Peace Rock? Peace Rock! It's the Truce! The Water Truce! It's Water Truce!

King Louie Kid, I got ears. My ears got ears. Only I can protect you.

Kaa Are you alone out here? What are you doing so deep in the jungle? Don't you know what you are? I know what you are. I know where you came from. Poor, sweet little cub. I'll keep you close. Let go of your fear now... and trust... in me.

Mowgli Bagheera!

Bagheera Mowgli? Stay there. We'll come around you.

Mowgli Is it true?

Bagheera What?

Mowgli Is Akela dead?!

Begheera We were going to tell you.

Mowgli YOU KNEW! YOU BOTH KNEW! AND NOBODY DID ANYTHING ABOUT IT!

Baloo Kid, just hold on a minute!

Mowgli SOMEONE'S GOTTA DO SOMETHING!

Bagheera Mowgli!

Bagheera Down!

Mowgli What, now we have to bow at the buffalo, too?

Bagheera Listen to me. This is not a game. You're gonna run to that ravine.

Mowgli What are you talking about?

Bagheera Go to the north where the sky glows at night. I'll find you on that path.

Mowgli Bagheera, I'm not taking one more step until...

Bagheera RUN, MOWGLI! Run!

King Louie Where are you going, man cub?

Mowgli STAY AWAY FROM ME!!

King Louie You don't have anyone now. I'm your only hope. I can make it real good for you here. Where else you gonna go?

Mowgli I'll go back to the pack! I'll go back to Akela!

King Louie Akela? Oh. You didn't hear? Shere Khan killed him. Must've been on account of you.

Mowgli NO!!! YOU'RE LYING!!!

Baloo You have never been a more endangered species than you are at this moment.

Shere Khan I think they like me.

Mowgli I am Mowgli of the Seoni, and this is my home!

Shere Khan It's time we put an end to this!

King Louie Just one thing we need to reach our full potential. Bring me that Red Flower, and we will rule this jungle. I will protect you, and you will want for nothing ever again.

Mowgli I can't...

King Louie You can't or you won't?

Mowgli I can't!

King Louie YOU WILL!!!

Baloo Excuse me! Anybody? Excuse me, am I in the right monkey temple? Oh, my gosh, is that King Louie? This is so exiting. The legends do you no justice, sir. You are truly... ENORMOUS, ah-ha-ha, in the best way. Look at all of that... flesh just... squatting there on an ancient throne. How... how-how majestic.

King Louie Seize him.

Baloo Hey! Hang on! Can you hang on? Can you just hang on? I climbed a mountain to see you - and I'm not a climber - just to be in your presence. For me this is a dream come true. Oh!

King Louie Throw him off the cliff.

Baloo Wait. Wait, wait, wait. I have no problem with that, I don't have any problem with that, I came up here without an invitation. It was extremely presumptuous of me. Let me interrupt myself, I just gotta say, you guys are so much handsomer in person than anyone knows, no one ever gets up close to you. I guess it's... why? Because of the smell. I mean, the smell is-is-is rough. But it's not just, "Oh, look at me." It's, "I got the brains." You guys got the know-how, you got the noggin. You came up with this stuff, with the thumb. Come on, show me. How do you do that? I can't do that. Look, I scratch, I rub, you know, I can grab a fish. But I was hoping, and you may not be open to this at all, but I was hoping, and once again, it's a dream, but I was hoping that I might become... a Bandar-log myself. Gosh, I wanna be like you. I am hitching my wagon to your star.

King Louie NO ONE LEAVES!

Baloo I can show myself out! Thanks, bye-bye!

Ikki Seriously, that's my stick.