Warren Beatty quotes
- From the movie: Reds
- From the movie: Bonnie and Clyde
“You know what you done there? You told my story, you told my whole story right there, right there. One time, I told you I was gonna make you somebody. That's what you done for me. You made me somebody they're gonna remember.”
- From the movie: Bulworth
“- Dennis Murphy: I work for you. You call the shots. But I will be able to do my job so much better if you will just simply tell me... what is this new strategy? Just tell me a little bit!
- Sen. Jay Billington Bulworth: Have a drink, Murphy. Live your life.” - From the movie: Dick Tracy
- From the movie: Heaven Can Wait
“- Joe Pendleton: I'm starting against Dallas? What about Jarrett?
- Max Corkle: They don't want to go with Jarrett. They want to go with you. Happy Birthday, Joe!” - From the movie: Ishtar
“You gotta have the looks, Chuck. I mean, you walk into a place like that and girls just want ya, ya know, ya got that kinda face. Kinda mean lookin' but with character. And the way you walk, you can only do that with a small body! Didya ever hear of a big sports car? I mean, if I'd look like you...”
- From the movie: Heaven Can Wait
“- Joe Pendleton: She loves me, Mr. Jordan!
- Mr. Jordan: Joe, you must abide by what is written.” - From the movie: Bulworth
“How a young man is gonna take care of his financial responsibilities workin' at motherfuckin' Burger King? He ain't. He ain't, and please don't even start with the school shit. They ain't no education goin' on up in that motherfucker.”
- From the movie: Bulworth
“Corporations and broadcasters make you dead meat / You been taught in this country there's speech that is free / But free don't get you no spots on TV / If you want to have senators not on the take / Then give them free air time / They won't have to fake / Telecommunications is the name of the beast / that, that, that, that, that's eating up the...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Ishtar
“- Chuck Clarke: I feel so small when I look at the stars. How big is Venus?
- Lyle Rogers: How big is Mars?
- Chuck Clarke: I feel so small when I look at the sky. How big is Heaven?
- Lyle Rogers: How big am I?” - From the movie: Bulworth
“We got babies in South Central dying as young as they do in Peru / We got public schools that are nightmares / We got a Congress that ain't got a clue / We got kids with submachine guns / We got militias throwing bombs / We got Bill just gettin all weepy / We got Newt blaming teenage moms / We got factories closing down / Where the hell did all...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Bulworth
“Obscenity? We got a million brothers in prison / I mean, the walls are really rockin / But you can bet your ass they'd all be out / If they could pay for Johnny Cochran / The constitution is supposed to give them an equal chance / Well, that ain't gonna happen for sure / Ain't it time to take a little from the rich motherfucker and give a little...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Bulworth
“White people got more in common with colored people then they do with rich people.”
- From the movie: Ishtar
“A lot of people don't have someone to go out on a ledge for them.”
- From the movie: Ishtar
“- Chuck Clarke: You mean you bought a camel?
- Lyle Rogers: No, I didn't really buy it. They sold it to me! I think that something went wrong and now I own a blind camel. A blind camel!” - From the movie: Ishtar
“- Lyle Rogers: We're not singers, we're songwriters.
- Marty Freed: So? The Beach Boys weren't songwriters.” - From the movie: Dick Tracy
“There's about as much chance of me getting behind a desk as there is of me getting a new girlfriend.”
- From the movie: Heaven Can Wait
“I'm not really Leo Farnsworth.”
- From the movie: Bulworth
- From the movie: Ishtar
“- Lyle Rogers: Chuck, this isn't really a good time to get depressed.
- Chuck Clarke: You're right, I don't know what's wrong with me.
- Lyle Rogers: Look at the upside: we're not livin' lives of quiet desperation.” - From the movie: Ishtar
“Nothing ever happened to us. And now we're going to die out in the desert shootin' at helicopters.”
- From the movie: Reds
“Write this down. Are you naïve enough to think containing German militarism has anything to do with this war? Don't you understand that England and France own the world economy and Germany just wants a piece of it? Keep writing, Miss Bryant. Miss Bryant, can't you grasp that J. P. Morgan has loaned England and France a billion dollars? And if...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Bulworth
- From the movie: Bugsy
“Everybody deserves a fresh start every once in a while.”
- From the movie: Dick Tracy
“- Big Boy Caprice: Welcome to new waters, Dick! We're gonna run one hell of a ship with you aboard. There's a big world out there, and it's up for sale. All of it. All we gotta do is make sure that the people know I'm the one big enough to run it.
- Dick Tracy: And that you are guilty of attempting to bribe an officer of the law.”
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