Burgess Meredith movie quotes

“- John Gustafson: Nobody slept with anybody.
- Grandpa Gustafson: Speak for yourself.”
Jack Lemmon - John Gustafson
Burgess Meredith - Grandpa Gustafson

“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)
Burgess Meredith - Mickey Goldmill

“Portrait of a woman in transit. Helen Foley, age 27. Occupation: schoolteacher. Up until now, the pattern of her life has been one of unrelenting sameness, waiting for something different to happen. Helen Foley doesn't know it yet, but her waiting has just ended.”
Burgess Meredith - Narrator

“Get outta here! Will ya? This is like fighting in a zoo. This is a zoo, you know? Is that the way you train for Clubber? He ain't gonna kiss ya! He gonna kill ya! Ya know that?”

Burgess Meredith - Mickey Goldmill

“- Mickey Goldmill: I seen wrestlers as big as dinosaurs. You ever fought a dinosaur, kid?
- Rocky Balboa: Not lately.
- Mickey Goldmill: They can inflict a variety of damage!”
Burgess Meredith - Mickey Goldmill
Sylvester Stallone - Rocky Balboa

“It is sometimes said that where there is no hope, there is no life. Case in point: the residents of Sunnyvale Rest Home, where hope is just a memory. But hope just checked into Sunnyvale, disguised as an elderly optimist, who carries his magic in a shiny tin can.”
Burgess Meredith - Narrator

“- Mickey Goldmill: You're wearing your anatomy out for charity. Nobody else does this much for charity.
- Rocky Balboa: Bob Hope would.
- Mickey Goldmill: [pause, nods] That's true.”
Burgess Meredith - Mickey Goldmill
Sylvester Stallone - Rocky Balboa

“How about you come back to my place and I'll show you my man-size cannelloni?”
Burgess Meredith - Grandpa Gustafson

“You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... the Twilight Zone.”
Burgess Meredith - Narrator

“It's lonesome for a guy to be without a dog.”
Burgess Meredith - George Milton

“I think that people die sometimes when they don't wanna live no more.”
Burgess Meredith - Mickey Goldmill

“- John Gustafson: You're supposed to be smoking filter cigarettes.
- Grandpa Gustafson: I'm 94 years old. What the hell do I care?”
Jack Lemmon - John Gustafson
Burgess Meredith - Grandpa Gustafson

“There are no real men around anymore, goddamit.”
Burgess Meredith - The General

“Corky has turned impossible, I don't believe it. Well, I should have been a cesspool cleaner like my mama wanted.”
Burgess Meredith - Ben Greene

“Men are just a bunch of titless females, if you ask me.”
Burgess Meredith - The General

“- Alexander Sebastian: That's almost great.
- Jill Baker: Who painted it?
- Alexander Sebastian: A woman. No man could be so malicious.”
Burgess Meredith - Alexander Sebastian
Merle Oberon - Jill Baker

“You're about to meet an angry man. Mr. William Connor, who carries on his shoulder a chip the size of the national debt. This is a sour man, a lonely man, who's tired of waiting for the breaks that come to others, but never to him. Mr. William Connor, whose own blind hatred is about to catapult him into the darkest corner of the Twilight Zone.”
Burgess Meredith - Narrator

“- Grandpa Gustafson: Relax. Kids swallow quarters all the time.
- Melanie Gustafson: Really?
- Grandpa Gustafson: Sure. If she craps out two dimes and a nickel, then you can start worrying.”
Burgess Meredith - Grandpa Gustafson
Daryl Hannah - Melanie Gustafson

“You can wish in one hand and crap in the other, and see which one gets fill first.”
Burgess Meredith - Grandpa Gustafson

“Each year comes and goes, and I'm still here. Ha! And they keep dying. You know? Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.”
Burgess Meredith - Grandpa Gustafson

“I usually drink my dinner.”
Burgess Meredith - Grandpa Gustafson

“- Rocky Balboa: I can't believe it!
- Mickey: What?
- Rocky Balboa: He broke my nose again.”

Sylvester Stallone - Rocky Balboa
Burgess Meredith - Mickey

“- Grandpa Gustafson: I have been to Hawaii.
- Mama Ragetti: Oh yeah? Which island?
- Grandpa Gustafson: Come on I wanna lay ya.
- Mama Ragetti: I find you disgusting.
- Grandpa Gustafson: Well, just as long as you find me.”
Burgess Meredith - Grandpa Gustafson
Ann Morgan Guilbert - Mama Ragetti

“You're gonna eat lightnin'; you're gonna crap thunder.”

Burgess Meredith - Mickey

“- Fein: Back in the 60's, some hippies came here and turned the place into a commune. You know, sex, and drugs, and debauchery.
- Dennis Van Welker: Knew I'd been here before.
- Gaby: Eww! You did that stuff here?
- Dennis Van Welker: No. Not here.”
Burgess Meredith - Fein
Chris Lloyd - Dennis Van Welker
Melody Kay - Gaby Nowicki