The Nut Job (2014) - Quotes

Mole: Why aren't we doing this at night?

Mole: Oh, the sun's coming up. I must take refuge in the safety of darkness. Out of my way!

Mole: [sighs in relief] By the authority granted by Raccoon and the park community,-- Oh, this is too high! --Surly Squirrel is hereby banished to the city, never to return to our beloved Liberty Park. Can I please get down now?

Grayson: I call for a vote! Agreed! All those in favor of banishment, raise your paws!

Grayson: [Surly pushes him away] Surly, you left me! Wait! Man, don't leave me alone! There is a crazed rat up there!

Grayson: GO ON WITHOUT ME! SAVE THE PARK!!!!!!!!!!!

Grayson: [faints] Never fear, this sweet body is undamaged!

Grayson: [clicks tongue] Honestly, woman! I am still the park hero around here. Which reminds me: why haven't you asked me out on a date?

Raccoon: [last lines, turns to Cardinal; Cardinal turns, stretches his wings ready to fly away; Cardinal puts his wings down, sharks circle the buoy] Anymore big ideas? Please stay.

Raccoon: Never, you backstabbing vermin! Surly goes down with me!

Raccoon: [kicks a rat] He'll warn the others! What are you waiting for? After him!

Raccoon: The day Surly saves this park is the day nuts will rain from the skies. Hmm, there could be an accident.

Raccoon: [talks about Surly's "crimes"] Why are you hesitating? He's refused to join us, ridiculed our hard work, stolen, cheated, lied, and now destroyed our only food for winter! What say all?!

Raccoon: All those in favor of banishment, raise your paws!

Raccoon: [repeated line] For the park!

Andie: This park will always honor your deals, Surly.

Andie: [to Raccoon about Surly] You're a thief, not Surly. He was right about you.

Andie: [brief silence; Jimmy burps, Johnny laughs] Hey, listen! For as long as this old mill has stood, we have always worked together and kept our promises. We are NOT a pack of wild animals! Well... Okay, we are, but... Winter is coming. If we don't work with Surly, we won't survive.

Andie: [looks around the nut store] This is incredible! There's enough food here to feed the park for years!

Andie: Do you really think Grayson should be coming with me? I don't think he's recovered from that hit on the head.

Andie: You should've had a trial, Surly. I'm sorry.

Surly: [last lines of the film; voice over] Yeah, they say life's there for the taking. But the truth is, life's really there for the sharing. Once you realize that, you might discover there's a little hero in all of us. After all, we're all a little nuts.

Surly: [[The Incredibles|YOU DON'T NEED A CAPE!; '''Grayson''': I did?] ] I can't help the park alone. I'm not a hero, but you are. Last summer during that heatwave, who discovered that broken sprinkler so everyone could have water? That's right. They believe in heroes. So snap out of it and be one! It's hero time.

Surly: [referring to Grayson] Buddy, watch him. And keep him away from sharp objects.

Surly: [mockingly] I gotta tell ya, the nerve of those bums. The nerve of those bums! "Raccoon would approve of this." Oh really?! Raccoon?! That guy?! HE'S A BIGGER THIEF THAN I AM! But those blockheads can't see it. They're blind as Mole. I'm the brains of this outfit! I'm the guy with the...the brains! Did I already say that? Raccoon's nothing but a lyin old sack of fur! WHAT?!

Surly: ['''King''': Enough cashews to buy yourselves a racetrack.; '''Johnny''': Is that a candy, or a nut?; chuckles] We're talking almonds, pistachios, walnuts, Brazils. And did I mention the peanut brittle? Both.

Surly: We dig here, from the alley into the basement.

Surly: Buddy, we found it! The lost city of Nutlantis!

Surly: Okay, we get in, we fill our bellies, but we do it my way.

Surly: [first lines of the film; voice over] When you're an animal, life's a balancing act. Each day is a quest to find food to survive. It's a tough nut to crack. Wait... you think I'm one of those pigeons? No, no, no, no. This is me right here. I mean, I got no problem with my feathered friends. (In fact, I get a real kick out of em.) They're really soft on the feet. And they're always building these little picnic baskets that offer the occasional treat. Apparently, not today. Thanks for nothin'. At the end of the day, I'm just like all you fine people. I'm no hero. I'm just a squirrel trying to get a nut. Oh, and that's my buddy named... well, Buddy. He don't talk much. Yeah, they say the world's there for the taking. So that's just what we're gonna do.