John Belushi movie quotes

“If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.”
John Belushi

“- 'Joliet' Jake Blues: They're not the kinda guys who write letters. You were outside, I was inside. You were supposed to keep in touch with the band. I kept asking you if we were gonna play again.
- Elwood Blues: Well, what was I gonna do? Take away your only hope? Take away the very thing that kept you going in there? I took the liberty of...” (continue)(continue reading)

John Belushi - Joliet' Jake Blues
Dan Aykroyd - Elwood Blues

“Christ. Seven years of college down the drain. Might as well join the fucking Peace Corps.”

John Belushi - John Blutarsky

“Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse.”
John Belushi

“- Pa Greavy: You ain't got a whore in there?
- Earl Keese: No.
- Pa Greavy: Wouldn't know where I could find one?
- Earl Keese: Of course not!
- Pa Greavy: One shows up, let me know?”

Tim Kazurinsky - Pa Greavy
John Belushi - Earl Keese

“- Elwood Blues: It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas. What do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?
[a brief thinking pause while Jake attempts to light a cigarette]
- 'Joliet' Jake Blues: Fix the...” (continue)(continue reading)
Dan Aykroyd - Elwood Blues
John Belushi - Joliet' Jake Blues

“- Elwood Blues: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses.
- 'Joliet' Jake Blues: Hit it.”
Dan Aykroyd - Elwood Blues
John Belushi - Joliet' Jake Blues

“I know what I wrote, I was there when I wrote it.”
John Belushi - Ernie Souchak

“- 'Joliet' Jake Blues: [fakes accent] How much for the little girl? How much for the women?
- Father: What?
- 'Joliet' Jake Blues: Your women. I want to buy your women. The little girl, your daughters... sell them to me. Sell me your children!”
John Belushi - Joliet' Jake Blues
Ben Piazza - Father

“- Kent Dorfman: What is my Delta Tau Chi name?
- John Blutarsky: Dorfman, I've thought long and hard about this. Your Delta Tau Chi name is... Flounder.
- Kent Dorfman: Flounder?”
Stephen Furst - Kent Dorfman
John Belushi - John Blutarsky

“No, I didn't. Honest... I ran out of gas. I... I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts! It wasn't my fault, I swear to God!”

John Belushi - Joliet' Jake Blues

“- Ernie Souchak: Why ornithology?
- Nell Porter: I like the uniform.”
John Belushi - Ernie Souchak
Blair Brown - Nell Porter

- John Blutarsky: Kroger, your Delta Tau Chi name is Pinto.
- Pinto: Why "Pinto"?
- John Blutarsky: Why not?
John Belushi - John Blutarsky
Tom Hulce - Larry Kroger

“- 'Joliet' Jake Blues: Bring me four fried chickens and a Coke.
- Mrs. Murphy: You want chicken wings or chicken legs?
- 'Joliet' Jake Blues: Four fried chickens and a Coke.”
John Belushi - Joliet' Jake Blues
Aretha Franklin - Mrs. Murphy

- Elwood Blues: You promised you'd visit the "Penguin" the day you got out of prison.
- 'Joliet' Jake Blues: Yeah... so I lied to her.
- Elwood Blues: You can't lie to a nun, Jake. We're gonna go in, and see the "Penguin".
Dan Aykroyd - Elwood Blues
John Belushi - Joliet' Jake Blues

“- Murphy 'Murph' Dunne: Tell me a little about this electric piano, Ray.
- Ray: Ah, you have a good eye, my man. That's the best in the city of Chicago.
- 'Joliet' Jake Blues: How much?
- Jay: 2000 bucks and it's yours. You can take it home with you. As a matter of fact, I'll throw in the black keys for free.”
Murphy Dunne - Murphy 'Murph' Dunne
Ray Charles - Ray
John Belushi - Joliet' Jake Blues

“They're not going to catch us; We're on a mission from God.”
John Belushi

“- Vic: Well, I can think of a problem that's a good deal more important and you, as a parent, are ignoring it completely.
- Earl Keese: What?
- Vic: What is Elaine doing about sex? Is she getting probed?”
Dan Aykroyd - Vic
John Belushi - Earl Keese

“It's so quiet up here, you could hear a mouse get a hard on.”
John Belushi - Ernie Souchak

“- 'Joliet' Jake Blues: How are you gonna get the band back together, Mr. Hot Rodder? Those cops have your name, your address.
- Elwood Blues: They don't have my address. I falsified my renewal. I put down 1060 West Addison.
- 'Joliet' Jake Blues: 1060 West Addison? That's Wrigley Field.”
John Belushi - Joliet' Jake Blues
Dan Aykroyd - Elwood Blues

What the fuck happened to the Delta I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're gonna let it be the worst. "Ooh, we're afraid to go with you Bluto, we might get in trouble". Well just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. Wormer, he's a dead man!... (continue)(continue reading)
John Belushi - John Blutarsky

“- Ramona: He tried to pork me.
- Earl Keese: Pork you? What?
- Ramona: You know you did.
- Earl Keese: I swear, I never touched her.
- Ramona: Well, I wasn't born with your hand in my bush.”
Cathy Moriarty - Ramona
John Belushi - Earl Keese

“I've never seen such big balls - and I'm from Chicago.”
John Belushi - Ernie Souchak

“- Vic: And that is where you saw her mammal.
- Earl Keese: Her mammal?
- Vic: Her honkers, Earl.
- Earl Keese: She dropped the towel.
- Vic: Did she drop it, or did you psychically will it to fall?”

Dan Aykroyd - Vic
John Belushi - Earl Keese

“- Ernie Souchak: What do you mean, almost killed?
- Deke Lewis: Well, you know when you stop breathing and walking, seeing things? That kind of almost killed.”
John Belushi - Ernie Souchak
Liam Russell - Deke Lewis