John Cusack movie quotes

I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but I'm certainly not the dumbest. I mean, I've read books like "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" and "Love in the Time of Cholera", and I think I've understood them. They're about girls, right? Just kidding. But I have to say my all-time favorite book is Johnny Cash's autobiography "Cash" by Johnny Cash.
John Cusack - Rob Gordon

“- Cheech: They taught me how to read and write in school before I burned it down.
- David Shayne: You burned down your school?
- Cheech: Yeah, it was Lincoln's birthday. There was nobody there.”
Chazz Palminteri - Cheech
John Cusack - David Shayne

“She only speaks French, Roy. She doesn't speak imbecile.”

John Cusack - Lane Myer

“- Diane Court: I love you.
- Lloyd Dobler: What?
- Diane Court: I love you. How many more times do I have to say it?
- Lloyd Dobler: One more would be nice.
- Diane Court: I love you... please. I love you.”
Ione Skye - Diane Court
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler

“- Ivan Alexeev: Josh, losing those jobs is the best thing that ever happened to us! We're free to pursue our destiny!
- Josh Tager: What, abysmal failure?
- Ivan Alexeev: Negativity festers in you, man!”
John Cusack - Ivan Alexeev
Tim Robbins - Josh Tager

“Suddenly I'm taking suggestions from some strong-arm man with an IQ of minus 50.”
John Cusack - David Shayne

“- Lloyd Dobler: Is the movies a good second date? You know, as a date?
- Corey Flood: Well, you never had a first date.
- Lloyd Dobler: Yes we did. I sat across from her at a mall. We ate together. We ate. That's eating. Sharing an important physical event.”
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler
Lili Taylor - Corey Flood

“Should I bolt every time I get that feeling in my gut when I meet someone new? Well, I've been listening to my gut since I was 14-years-old, and frankly speaking, I've come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains.”
John Cusack - Rob Gordon

- Alison Bradbury: You'll never believe what I wanted to be when I was six.
- Walter "Gib" Gibson: A classics professor?
Daphne Zuniga - Alison Bradbury
John Cusack - Walter "Gib" Gibson

- Eddie Thomas: I blew it. I lost her.
- Lee Phillips: Guy goes to his rabbi. He says, "I think my wife's trying to poison me". Rabbi says, "Let me talk to her". Comes back a little later and says, "Listen, I spoke to your wife for three hours. Take the poison". You get it? You and Gwen are over.
- Eddie Thomas: I don't care about Gwen! I'm... (continue)(continue reading)
John Cusack - Eddie Thomas
Billy Crystal - Lee Phillips

“- Lane Mayer: I have great fear of tools. I once made a birdhouse in woodshop and the fair housing committee condemned it. I can't.
- Monique Junot: I cannot do it is your middle name.”
John Cusack - Lane Myer
Diane Frankin - Monique Junot

“- Craig Schwartz: I've fallen in love, and this is what people who've fallen in love look like.
- Maxine Lund: Well, you picked the unrequited variety. It's very bad for the skin.”
John Cusack - Craig Schwartz
Catherine Keener - Maxine Lund

“- Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun: Where you going?
- Marybeth Cogan: The city.
- Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun: Thought we were in the city.
- Marybeth Cogan: Not if you're from Queens.”
John Cusack - Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun
Bridget Fonda - Marybeth Cogan

“- Sheldon Flender: Quantity affects quality!
- David Shayne: Says who?
- Sheldon Flender: Karl Marx!
- Rita: Oh, so now we're talking economics.
- Sheldon Flender: Sex is economics!”
Rob Reiner - Sheldon Flender
John Cusack - David Shayne
Stacey Nelkin - Rita

“How does an average guy like me become the number one lover-man in his particular postal district? He's grumpy, he's broke, he hangs out with the musical moron twins.”
John Cusack - Rob Gordon

“- Vladimir: We have found the heir to the Russian throne. And you...
- Dimitri: Will walk out of her life forever.
- Vladimir: But...
- Dimitri: Princesses don't marry kitchen boys.”
Kelsey Grammer - Vladimir
John Cusack - Dimitri

“It was as if breasts were little pieces of property that had been unlawfully annexed by the opposite sex. They were rightfully ours and we wanted them back.”
John Cusack - Rob Gordon

“- Roy Dillon: Do I get any say in this?
- Myra Langtry: No! Because...
- Roy Dillon: That's what I say. What I say is no. We don't do partners.
- Myra Langtry: What is it? What's goin' on? Why don't you wanna team up?
- Roy Dillon: The best reason I can think of is that you scare the hell out of me. I have seen women like you before, baby....” (continue)(continue reading)

John Cusack - Roy Dillon
Annette Bening - Myra Langtry

“- Lloyd Dobler: I'm a guy. I have pride.
- Corey Flood: You're not a guy.
- Lloyd Dobler: I am.
- Corey Flood: No. The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don't be a guy.”
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler
Lili Taylor - Corey Flood

“As Wichita falls... so falls Wichita Falls.”
John Cusack - Charlie Arglist

“- Irmy: You were wonderful!
- Student Jack: It's not necessary for me to be wonderful. I was paying.”

Mia Farrow - Irmy
John Cusack - Student Jack

- Alison Bradbury: You didn't sleep with her?
- Walter "Gib" Gibson: Still seeing Jason?
- Alison Bradbury: Broke up.
- Walter "Gib" Gibson: That's too bad.
- Alison Bradbury: You didn't sleep with her.
- Walter "Gib" Gibson: Wasn't my type.
Daphne Zuniga - Alison Bradbury
John Cusack - Walter "Gib" Gibson

“It's Christmas, Dennis. It's God's birthday.”
John Cusack - Charlie Arglist

“One question: are you here 'cause you need someone, or 'cause you need me? Forget it, I don't care.”
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler

“What do they teach you in those orphanages?”

John Cusack - Dimitri