Tremors (1990) - Quotes

Earl Bassett: [''Valentine has just freed the truck from a hangup, after a struggle''] Y'know, that's a good way to break an axle.

Earl Bassett: No breakfast?

Valentine McKee: I did it yesterday. It was baloney and beans.

Earl Bassett: No, it was eggs. I made eggs. Over easy.

Valentine McKee: The hell you did! Baloney and beans. It's your turn!

Valentine McKee: Well, I guess when I'm your age, I'll forget what I eat, too.

Earl Bassett: Dammit, Valentine! You never go for any girl unless she fits that stupid list of yours from top to bottom.

Valentine McKee: Well, sure.

Earl Bassett: Yeah, and it's dumber than my hind end! Like that Bobbie Lynn Dexter.

Valentine McKee: Tammy Lynn Baxter!

Earl Bassett: Doesn't matter. They're all the same: dead weight. "Ooh, I broke a nail!" Ugh! Makes my skin crawl.

Valentine McKee: I'm a victim of circumstance.

Earl Bassett: I thought you called it your pecker?

Earl Bassett: [''pricks his hand while setting up a fence''] I ask ya: Is this a job for an intelligent man?

Valentine McKee: Well, show me one. I'll ask him.

Valentine McKee: STAMPEDE! Stampede, Earl! Get out of the way, get out of the way!

Earl Bassett: [''waking up''] You dumb shit. I was in a stampede once. Five hundred head, all hell-bent for the horizon.

Valentine McKee: Now, exactly how many cattle are required for a stampede, Earl? Is it three or more? Is there a minimum to pede?

Earl Bassett: I wish they'd stampede up your ass.

Melvin Plug: [discovering the gun Burt gave him is empty] Burt, you asshole! There's no bullets in this gun!

Burt Gummer: [taking the gun back with a smile] Got you moving, didn't it?

Rhonda LeBeck: Did you notice anything weird a minute ago?

Walter Chang: Earl. Here's some swiss cheese and some bullets.

Burt Gummer: [''handing out weapons and refusing to give Melvin one''] I wouldn't give you a gun if it were World War Three!

Burt Gummer: [''Burt Gummer looks at his bomb shelter for perhaps the last time''] Food for five years, a thousand gallons of gas, air filtration, water filtration, Geiger counter. Bomb shelter! (long sigh) ...underground. God damn monsters.

Burt Gummer: [''Burt Gummer, with his wife Heather at his side, berates the dead monster fought off with their "family arsenal"''] Broke into the wrong God damn rec room, didn't ya you bastard!

Burt Gummer: No tracks, no sign, no spoor... you'd think after eating all those sheep they'd have to take a dump some place.

Earl Bassett: Run for it? Running's not a plan! Running's what you do once a plan fails!

Earl Bassett: Melvin! One of these days someone's gonna kick your ass!

Earl Bassett: [''To Melvin after he scares Earl by throwing his basketball at him''] You little asswipe! You don't knock it off you're gonna be shittin this basketball... pardon my French!

Earl Bassett: [''To Val''] Here's the plan. We don't even stop. Ride like hell. Tonight we keep right on going. We'll walk the horses.

Earl Bassett: Well, there sure as hell ain't nothing to stop us now... everybody we know between here and Bixby's already dead.

Earl Bassett: Damn it Valentine, you never plan ahead, you never take the long view, I mean here it is Monday and I'm already thinking of Wednesday... It is Monday right?

Earl Bassett: [''repeated line''] Pardon my French!

Valentine McKee: I'll tell you. Nobody handles garbage better than we do.

Valentine McKee: I've got a goddamn plan!

Valentine McKee: We decided to leave town just one damn day too late!

Valentine McKee: That's how they get ya. They're under the goddamned GROUND!

Valentine McKee: [''to Earl''] Who died and made you Einstein?

Valentine McKee: [''to Rhonda''] GET OUT OF YOUR PANTS!

Valentine McKee: This valley is just one long smorgasbord.

Valentine McKee: Hey guys, I think I've found the ass end!

Valentine McKee: [''hearing music from below ground''] So where the hell's that goddamn golden oldie comin from?

Valentine McKee: What the hell is going on? I mean what the hell is going on?!

Valentine McKee: [''looking at Old Fred's messed-up corral with chunks of dead sheep lying on the ground''] What the shit?

Valentine McKee: Good morning Mr. Bassett, this is your wake up call. Please move your ass.

Valentine McKee: I can't believe we said no to free beer!

Valentine McKee: We plan ahead, that way we don't do anything right now, Earl explained it to me.