Dennis Quaid movie quotes

“- Lily Yuriko Kawamura: Can you read that?
- Jack McGurn: Yeah. My Japanese is getting better every day.
- Lily Yuriko Kawamura: Actually, it's in Chinese. It might help you if you turn your menu up the other way.”
Tamlyn Tomita - Lily Yuriko Kawamura
Dennis Quaid - Jack McGurn

“- Nick Parker: I told Hallie.
- Meredith Blake: You did? And?
- Nick Parker: She went ballistic. She started yelling in French. I didn't even know she spoke French.”
Dennis Quaid - Nick Parker
Elaine Hendrix - Meredith Blake

“- Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer: You match the description of the intended victim: a man with a baby stroller.
- Det. Sgt. Halsey: And we got us a bag lady that says she saw the man enter this hotel.
- Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer: And the desk clerk says that man was you.
- Jeff Blue: Well, that certainly narrows it down, doesn't it?”
Obba Babatundé - Sawyer
Larry Miller - Halsey
Dennis Quaid - Jeff Blue

“- Bowen: How do I know I can trust you?
- Draco: I give you my word.
- Bowen: The word of a dragon - it's worthless.”

Dennis Quaid - Bowen
Sir Sean Connery - Draco

- Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer: My source at the FBI said they didn't think you were, and I quote, "Bureau material".
- Jeff Blue: That's true. I'm more of an end table.
- Jane Blue: I always thought of you as a dining room chair.
- Jeff Blue: Really? I see you as a rosewood armoire with really nice drawers.
Obba Babatundé - Sawyer
Dennis Quaid - Jeff Blue
Kathleen Turner - Jane Blue

“- Anne Osborne: Why don't you believe that the killers were cops?
- Remy McSwain: Because if they were cops, they would've stayed right here. And when we arrived, we would've found plants, guns, knives, all kinds of evidence that they resisted arrest. That's somethin' every cop in the world knows how to do.”

Ellen Barkin - Anne Osborne
Dennis Quaid - Remy McSwain

“- Arnie Metzger: Stay out of things.
- Helena Ayala: That is going to be rather difficult when all the evidence is against us.”
Dennis Quaid - Arnie Metzger
Catherine Zeta-Jones - Helena Ayala

“I've had speechwriters write for me all of my career and advisors telling me what positions to take. I can't even remember why I wanted to get into politics to begin with. I think it's because my mom wanted me to, to show my dad any idiot could do it.”
Dennis Quaid - President Staton

“- Alex Gardner: Sounds like you disapprove.
- Doctor Paul Novotny: You're damn right I disapprove! You've got tremendous gifts, and you've chosen to piss them all away.”

Dennis Quaid - Alex Gardner
Max von Sydow - Doctor Paul Novotny

“- Jeff Blue: I was walking at 8 months.
- Jane Blue: You were walking at a year and a half. Your mother was ready to call in specialists.”
Dennis Quaid - Jeff Blue
Kathleen Turner - Jane Blue

“- Jane Blue: Frank sent the Fisher-Price Barnyard.
- Jeff Blue: You sent that? Aw, do you know those cows really moo?
- Jane Blue: Jeff plays with it day and night.”
Kathleen Turner - Jane Blue
Dennis Quaid - Jeff Blue

“- Hal Petersham: You had it... You had it... and you pissed it away... goddamit Dex... you had a talent... you had a talent that other people...
- Dexter Cornell: ... kill for?
- Hal Petersham: Yeah that's right kill for... isn't that what it's all about? Publish or perish?”

Daniel Stern - Hal Petersham
Dennis Quaid - Dexter Cornell

“- Jeff Blue: Growing up on the mean streets...
- Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer: What mean streets? You're from Nebraska.”
Dennis Quaid - Jeff Blue
Obba Babatundé - Sawyer

“- Juan Seguin: They are gonna want you humble, General.
- Sam Houston: I humble myself before God and there the list ends.”

Jordi Mollà - Juan Seguin
Dennis Quaid - Sam Houston

“It's not the profit. It's the pleasure.”

Dennis Quaid - Bowen

“- Jack McGurn: I agree to hand out a bundle of leaflets, and you act as if I'm going out to kill someone.
- Lily Yuriko Kawamura: Because you know one thing will lead to another, and it'll make you crazy. You can't spit against Heaven, Jack!
- Jack McGurn: Oh, don't give me that Japanese shit!”
Dennis Quaid - Jack McGurn
Tamlyn Tomita - Lily Yuriko Kawamura

“- Moocher: Mike, the time comes when we just all have to go our own ways, you know.
- Mike: You're a real adult, aren't ya. B-town boy grows up.”
Jackie Earle Haley - Moocher
Dennis Quaid - Mike

“You don't move like no virgin.”
Dennis Quaid - Jerry Lee Lewis

“- Meredith: What am I supposed to do for three days, sit home and knit? [Elizabeth exits the house carrying a backpack]
- Meredith: Excuse me, what is she doing here?
- Nick: That was the deal - the four of us go together.”

Elaine Hendrix - Meredith Blake
Dennis Quaid - Nick Parker

“- Sam Hall: I got every question right on the final and the only reason why Mr. Spengler failed me was because I didn't write out the solutions.
- Jack Hall: Why not?
- Sam Hall: I do them in my head.
- Jack Hall: Did you tell him that?
- Sam Hall: I did. He didn't believe me. He said if he couldn't do them in his head then I must be cheating.”

Jake Gyllenhaal - Sam Hall
Dennis Quaid - Jack Hall

“- Mike Brody: You put on weight, you need a shave, and you're too tall.
- Sean Brody: Well, uh, two of out of three I can fix, huh?”
Dennis Quaid - Mike Brody
John Putch - Sean Brody

I asked the Lord, "Lord, why have you forsaken me?". But there was silence. So , I asked again, "Lord, why have you forsaken me?", and there was silence. So I asked again, "Lord, why have you forsaken me?"... and this great booming voice said "Geez, I don't know Travis, I guess something about you just chaps at my ass."
Dennis Quaid - Travis Child

“- Jane Blue: Wait here.
- Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer: No way!
- Jeff Blue: Ted, Jane's an expert in martial arts even I can't pronounce. She can kill you seven different ways without using her hands. Do what she says.
- Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer: Maybe I'll just wait here.”
Kathleen Turner - Jane Blue
Obba Babatundé - Sawyer
Dennis Quaid - Jeff Blue

“- Guy: Sorry about your family.
- Vera: It's war.”

Dennis Quaid - Guy
Natasa Ninkovic - Vera

“- Wyatt Earp: Not everyone who knows you hates you, Doc.
- Doc Holliday: I know it's not always easy being my friend, but I'll be there when you need me.”
Kevin Costner - Wyatt Earp
Dennis Quaid - Doc Holliday