Burgess Meredith quotes
- From the movie: Grumpy Old Men
“Kids: can't live with them, can't shoot them.”
- From the movie: Grumpier Old Men
“- Grandpa Gustafson: Last Thursday, I turned 95 years old. And I never exercised a day in my life. Every morning, I wake up, and I smoke a cigarette. And then I eat five strips of bacon. And for lunch, I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack?
- John Gustafson: Bacon.
- Grandpa Gustafson: Bacon!” - From the movie: Rocky
“- Mickey: You had the talent to become a good fighter, but instead of that, you become a legbreaker to some cheap, second rate loanshark!
- Rocky: It's a living.
- Mickey: It's a waste of life!” - From the movie: Rocky II
“- Mickey: I want you to chase this little chicken.
- Rocky Balboa: Hey yo, Mick, what do I got to chase a chicken for?
- Mickey: First, because I said so. And second, is because chicken-chasing is how we used to train back in the old days. If you can catch this thing, you can catch greased lighting.
- Rocky Balboa: Well, I'll do it if you say so...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Rocky III
“- Mickey Goldmill: What's the matter with you? Why do you wanna fight this guy? Does anything normal go through your head?
- Rocky Balboa: Nothing that I remember.” - From the movie: Rocky II
“- Mickey: Why do you have to wear that stinkin' sweatsuit?
- Rocky Balboa: It brings me luck, you know?
- Mickey: Brings you luck! I'll tell you what it brings, it brings flies!” “I'll just take amusement at being a paradox.”
“I was born a character actor. I was never really a leading man type.”
- From the movie: Story of G.I. Joe
- From the movie: Second Chorus
- From the movie: Magic
“A pro never forgets his good lines.”
- From the movie: Rocky II
“- Rocky Balboa: [noticing Mickey's hearing aid] What's that in your ear there?
- Mickey: What it is, is I hear stupid things better.” - From the movie: Rocky III
- From the movie: Foul Play
“Like that man told you in the movies last night, beware of the midgets. They're taking over the world.”
- From the movie: Rocky
“- Mickey: Your nose is broken.
- Rocky: How does it look?
- Mickey: Ah, it's an improvement.” - From the movie: Rocky II
“- Rocky Balboa: Three, four...
- Mickey: Now remember, I want 500 hard ones. Go!
- Rocky Balboa: Where was I, seven or eight?” - From the movie: Rocky II
“- Mickey: Left handed fighters, they're the worst. They lead with their face mostly, trying to throw that big left. Right's no damn good. They ought to outlaw southpaws.
- Rocky Balboa: Why didn't you tell me this before?
- Mickey: I didn't wanna hurt your feelings.” - From the movie: Santa Claus
- From the movie: Grumpier Old Men
- Grandpa Gustafson: And finally, the baby bear looked and he said, "Somebody's sleeping in my bed, and the bastard's still there!" But Goldylocks had a Remington semi-automatic, with a scope and a hair-trigger!
- Allie, Melanie's Daughter: That's not the way it goes!
- Grandpa Gustafson: And that was the end of the Three Bears. - From the movie: Rocky III
- From the movie: Magic
- From the movie: Clash of the Titans
“I was partial to tragedy in my youth. That was before experience taught me that life was tragical enough without my having to write about it.”
- From the movie: Grumpier Old Men
“- John Gustafson: Nobody slept with anybody.
- Grandpa Gustafson: Speak for yourself.” - From the movie: Rocky V
“This is the favorite thing that I have on this Earth. And Rocky Marciano give me that. You know what it was? His cufflink. Huh? And now I'm givin' it to you and it, it's gotta be like a, like an angel on your shoulder see? If you ever get hurt and you feel that you're goin' down this little angel is gonna whisper in your ear. It's gonna say,...” (continue)(continue reading)
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