James Earl Jones movie quotes

You city folk are a strange lot. You say, "Shock me", and then when I do, you say, "Oh no, I didn't expect that!".
James Earl Jones - Morrison

“Now you watch your mouth, peckerwood. I've been called nigger, and I can't help that's the way white folks is, but I ain't never been called no scab!”
James Earl Jones - Few Clothes

“What surprises me is that you've survived so long, not knowin' two spits and half a fart about the country you're in.”

James Earl Jones - Morrison

“Now, understand, Commander, that torpedo did not self-destruct. You heard it hit the hull. And I... was never here.”
James Earl Jones - Admiral Greer

“Steel is not strong, flesh is stronger.”
James Earl Jones - Thulsa Doom

“This has nothing to do with winning; if those boys do their best and fail, I'll still be proud, but if they don't give it their all and I don't give them mine, then it's my failure and my disgrace.”
James Earl Jones - Frank Couzo

“Where is the Eye of the Serpent? Rexor says that you gave it to a girl, probably for a mere night's pleasure... What a loss.”
James Earl Jones - Thulsa Doom

“You broke into my house, stole my property, murdered my servants, and my pets! And that is what grieves me the most! You killed my snake. Thorgrim is beside himself with grief! He raised that snake from the time it was born.”
James Earl Jones - Thulsa Doom

“- Admiral Greer: Excuse me, Jack, tell me one thing in life that is absolutely for certain.
- Jack Ryan: My daughter's love.”
James Earl Jones - Admiral Greer
Harrison Ford - Jack Ryan

“- 'Goody' Nelson: How do worms copulate?
- Jackie Willow: They don't, Sergeant-Major; they use asexual reproduction.
- 'Goody' Nelson: Interesting concept! Tell me, Willow - any idea who first came up with that notion: reproducing without sex?
- Jackie Willow: Your wife, Sergeant-Major?”
James Earl Jones - Goody' Nelson
D.B. Sweeney - Jackie Willow

“- Whistler: I want peace on earth and goodwill toward men.
- Mr. Bernard Abbott: We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
- Bishop: You're just gonna have to try.
- Mr. Bernard Abbott: All right, I'll see what I can do.
- Whistler: Thank you very much. That's all I ask.”

David Strathairn - Whistler
James Earl Jones - Mr. Bernard Abbott
Robert Redford - Bishop

“- Mufasa: Simba, you have forgotten me.
- Simba: No. How could I?
- Mufasa: You have forgotten who you are and so have forgotten me. Look inside yourself Simba. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the Circle of life.”

James Earl Jones - Mufasa
Matthew Broderick - Simba

In the third millennium, the world changed. Climate, nations, all were in upheaval. The Earth transformed into a poisonous, scorched desert, known as "The Cursed Earth". Millions of people crowded into a few Megacities, where roving bands of street savages created violence the justice system could not control. Law, as we know it, collapsed.
James Earl Jones - Narrator

“My name is Frank Couzo. To you, I am either Coach, or Mr Couzo. Starting tommorow, you are mine for the next three months. That means no women, no alcohol, no drugs. You will eat, sleep and shit competition.”
James Earl Jones - Frank Couzo

“- Professor Banks: You've learned something I can't teach them. You've learned what it feels like to be black.
- Mark Watson: No, sir.
- Professor Banks: Beg your pardon?
- Mark Watson: I don't really know what it feels like, sir. If I didn't like it, I could always get out. It's not the same, sir.
- Professor Banks: You've learned a great deal...” (continue)(continue reading)
James Earl Jones - Professor Banks
C. Thomas Howell - Mark Watson

“- Morrison: I like to think of myself as a philanderer. Do you know what that is?
- Farley: Yes, I do.
- Morrison: Oh. Well, that's what I am.”
James Earl Jones - Morrison
Brad Dourif - Farley

“So you see, my son, there is a very fine line between love and nausea.”
James Earl Jones - King Jaffe Joffer

“From the decay rose a new order, a society ruled by a new, elite force. A force with the power to dispense both justice and punishment. They were the police, jury and executioner all in one. They were the Judges.”
James Earl Jones - Narrator

“I guess everyone is entitled to make a complete and utter fool of himself every now and then.”
James Earl Jones - Ray Murdock

“- Helen Eden: Objection! Mr. Baylor is purposely trying to confuse the witness.
- Arthur Baylor: I am not trying to confuse the witness; the witness has been trying to confuse this court!”

Wendy Crewson - Helen Eden
James Earl Jones - Arthur Baylor

“- Young Simba: Everything the light touches... What about that shadowy place?
- Mufasa: That's beyond our borders. You must never go there, Simba.
- Young Simba: But I thought a king can do whatever he wants.
- Mufasa: There's more to being a king than getting your way all the time.”
Jonathan Taylor Thomas - Young Simba
James Earl Jones - Mufasa

“- Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez: That's really nice of you, but that ball really is signed by Babe Ruth.
- Mr. Mertle: So is this one...with the rest of the 1927 Yankees.”

Mike Vitar - Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez
James Earl Jones - Mr. Mertle

“You want to know about politics in Washington? Four words. Watch your back, Jack.”

James Earl Jones - Admiral Greer

“- Mufasa: Simba, let me tell you something my father told me. Look at the stars. The great kings of the past look down on us from those stars.
- Young Simba: Really?
- Mufasa: Yes. So whenever you feel alone, just remember that those kings will always be there to guide you. And so will I.”
James Earl Jones - Mufasa
Jonathan Taylor Thomas - Young Simba

“I take it back. You're not in trouble, you're dead where you stand.”

James Earl Jones - Mr. Mertle