Urban Cowboy (1980) - Quotes

Confrontation Between Bud and Sissy

Bud: Sissy! Sissy?

Sissy: Get outta here, Bud. I mean it!

Bud: I gotta talk to you.

Sissy: Wes is in Gilley's and we're leavin'.

Bud: I know you're leavin', but I just wanted to tell you somethin'. I'm hard-headed, and I'm prideful. And I wanna apologize clear back to when I hit you the first time. I love you, Sissy.

Sissy: I love you, too, Bud!

Bud: You do? I didn't know you came to the trailer that day. If I'd known that, I'd have called you. But she tore up that note. Shit, you can ride that bull anytime.

Sissy: I don't wanna ride it!

Bud: [Bud sees an ugly bruise on Sissy's face left by Wes.] And screw Mexico because we can do anythin we want! I got... What happened to your face?

Sissy: Got hit.

Bud: [about Wes] Did he hit you? Goddamn it, I'm gonna kill that son of a bitch! I'M GONNA KILL HIM!

Sissy: Bud, no just leave him alone. BUD!

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Motivations Behind Actions in Relationships

Pam: You did it for her; didn't you?

Bud: What?

Pam: Practicing, winning, all that, didn't you?

Bud: What are you talkin about?

Pam: Because you sure didn't do it for me.

Bud: Pam, this ain't no time to start this with me. What are you talkin about?

Pam: Look, I'm a shit. But I'm not that big a shit. I have to tell you something. Remember when you came back and the trailer was clean, flowers around?

Bud: Yep.

Pam: I didn't do that. Sissy did it. She was there. She left you a note asking you to phone her. But I tore it up cause I was sort of jealous. I wanted to keep my cowboy. You don't love me, Bud. And I don't really love you. Not like that. So you shouldn't let her get away. But I tell you what. If you ever wanna make her jealous, you know where I am.

Bud: I gotta go.

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Finding Happiness in Relationships

Sissy: Uncle Bob wanted you to be happy. Are you happy?

Bud: Hell, yes I'm happy. How about you? Are you happy?

Sissy: Shit. Yeah, I really am. I finally got what I wanted. I got a real cowboy.

Bud: I got what I wanted, too. I got myself a real lady.

Pam: Bud, the family car's waiting.

Bud: The family car's waiting.

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The Struggle Between Pride and Love

Uncle Bob: You know Bud; sometimes even a cowboy's gotta swallow his pride to hold on to somebody he loves.

Bud: What do you mean?

Uncle Bob: Hell, I know. I pretty near lost Corrine and the kids a couple of times just cause of pride. You know you think that ol pride's gonna choke you going down but I tell you what, ain't a night goes by I don't thank the boss up there for giving me a big enough throat. Cause without Corrine and them kids hell I'd just be another pile of dog shit in the cantaloupe patch just drawing flies.

Bud: I guess so.

Uncle Bob: [[Seven deadly sins|seven deadlies] Think about it Bud, pride's one of those ] you know what I mean?

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Understanding Family Background and Expectations

Bud: What does your daddy do?

Pam: Daddy does oil - and all that that implies.

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Confrontation about Truth and Relationships

Bud: [about Wes] You layin him?

Sissy: I ain't layin him.

Bud: You lied to me.

Sissy: I was with Jessie, but I just didn't say where.

Bud: My daddy once told me if a woman'll lie about one thing, she'll lie about another.

Sissy: Bud, will you just take off your shirt?

Bud: Just get away from me! I don't need your help and I don't want your help. I don't want you showin off on that goddamn bull no more, neither.

Sissy: I wasn't showin off!

Bud: What the hell do you call it if you don't call it showin off?! Huh?!

Sissy: I call it riding it.

Bud: Oh, just riding it, huh?

Sissy: That's right, riding it. And I'm gonna ride it again and again, as much as I want to!

Bud: No, you're not. You think you are, but you ain't.

Sissy: You know, you're not my daddy! You can't tell me what to do!

Bud: Look, I'm the next best thing better than your daddy. I'm your husband, and I say you ain't never riding it, ever!

Sissy: I think you're just jealous cause I can ride it better than you.

Bud: I'm what?!

Sissy: [Bud forces her down the hall] Bud! You hit me! Cut it out! Stop it!

Bud: Come on! Get out!

Sissy: Where am I gonna go?!

Bud: [slams the door and as Sissy heads to her car, Bud tosses her the keys] Go see your daddy! You like him better. Here, take your keys!

Sissy: [catches the keys] Fine!

Bud: [kicks a trashcan] Goddamn it!

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Expectations and Frustrations in Relationships

Bud: [pause] There's certain things a man wants from his wife. Like to be here when he gets home and to cook once in a while and clean up. Make good love to him. Look, I know that's good, OK? But that ain't enough.

Sissy: I just thought we'd go to McDonald's.

Bud: Goddammit! McDonald's again?!

Sissy: Shit I work, too! You're making out like I have nothing to do all day!

Bud: [about his aunt] That's what I told her! I said you worked! She said we live like pigs!

Sissy: She said that? Look, I don't wanna fight with you.

Bud: Well, I don't wanna fight either. Wanna go to Gilley's tonight?

Sissy: No.

Bud: Come here. Come here. You mad at me? Come on, let's go to Gilley's. It'll make us feel better.

Sissy: OK.

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Conflict and Humor in a Relationship

Bud: How are you gonna get home?

Sissy: I got a thumb, I got a middle finger!

Bud: Come on, Sissy.

Sissy: Look, Bud, you hit me!

Bud: I didn't hit you that hard! You don't know what hard is.

Sissy: Just leave me alone.

Bud: Fine, forget it.

Sissy: Fine, forget it.

Challenging Gender Norms in Conversation

Bud: Now, you gotta learn something - there are just certain things a girl can't do.

Sissy: Name one.

Marshall: I can name several, like pissing on the side of a wall, getting laid while your pants are still on...

Sissy: Why would you want to?

Defining a Real Cowboy

Sissy: You a real cowboy?

Bud: Well that depends on what you think a real cowboy is.

Sissy: The other night you had a beard?

Bud: That's right.

Sissy: It looked good. You shouldn't have shaved it.

Bud: Damn, who asked you?

Sissy: [pause] No one. Know how to two step?

Bud: Yup.

Sissy: [pause] Wanna prove it?

Bud: Alright.

Identifying a Job Opportunity in Spur

Plant Supervisor: [Bud is interviewing for a job at the oil refinery where Uncle Bob works] Bud Davis, huh?

Bud: My, my full name is Buford Uon Davis, but nobody calls me Buford cept my Grandmother, and she's half Indian. My initials are B.U.D., it spells Bud.

Plant Supervisor: [mildly annoyed; looks at application more closely] I can spell, boy. Which pipeline? There ain't one in Spur.

Bud: Yes there is. Came in last Spring. I was workin on insulatin it. Uncle Bob told me you was hiring, so I thought I'd come and check it out.

Plant Supervisor: Most of our insulating we contract out. But I can start you as a general helper. A flunky, a gofer.You know what a gofer is, boy?

Bud: [pause] I think it means, you know, "go for" things. Or it could mean you're an animal.

Plant Supervisor: [Looks at Bud intensely; pause] Around here they're on the same level. Start you at the bottom. You work up. I wanna tell you one thing. You're gettin this job because of your Uncle Bob. He's been here a long time and he's a damn good man. I'll tell you one thing more. You're gonna have to lose that beard. It's regulation if you have to wear any kind of a fresh-air mask.

Faithfulness and Personal Expectations Explored

Wes Hightower: [to Sissy] You can't expect a man like me to be faithful to any woman.

Sissy's Humorous Observation on Sweat

Sissy: [at her wedding] My legs are sweatin', momma.

Intelligence Among Cowboys Is Often Overlooked

Bud Davis: [to Pam] Contrary to what you or your daddy think, all cowboys ain't dumb. Some of em got smarts real good, like me.

Jealousy and Possessiveness in Relationships

Bud Davis: [to Wes] What the hell was that? What's he tippin his hat at you for? Don't he know we're married? Hey Tattoo! You see this here. That there's a wedding ring. That means we're married! She's mine, okay?