Nick Nolte movie quotes

“Those kids played out their heart. They gave everything they had! They played up to the maximum of their ability! They gave it everything. And you know, it wasn't good enough. It wasn't good enough for me, wasn't good enough for you, wasn't good enough for anybody!”

Nick Nolte - Pete Bell

“- Slick: I'm not going to bullshit you Pete. He ain't no brain surgeon all right. He took the SAT recently and scored a 520 out of a possible 1600.
- Pete Bell: 520? You get 400 for just spelling your name correctly.
- Slick: That's it, he messed up on his name.”

Cylk Cozart - Slick
Nick Nolte - Pete Bell

“At the end of every day I drive through the city of Charleston and I cross the bridge that will take me home. I feel the words building inside me, I can't stop them, or tell you why I say them, but as I reach the top of the bridge these words come to me in a whisper. I say these words as a prayer, as regret, as praise, I say: Lowenstein,...” (continue)(continue reading)
Nick Nolte - Tom Wingo

“You're black. You're not even a nigger. You're an African.”

Nick Nolte - Colonel Oliver

“- Danny: I did a real stupid thing that inadvertently led to the death of a United States president, I'm feeling pretty lousy about it.
- Frank Stockburn: Well son, look at my eyes... Shit happens!”
Luke Wilson - Danny
Nick Nolte - Frank Stockburn

“- Lil' Pete: Where do babies come from?
- Frank Stockburn: Well, son, the mom just poops 'em out.”
Taylor Lautner - Lil pete
Nick Nolte - Frank Stockburn

“- Claire: Did you dream about Miss Panama last night?
- Russell Price: No, I dreamed about you.
- Claire: Have a good time?
- Russell Price: Yeah, and you did too!”
Joanna Cassidy - Claire
Nick Nolte - Russell Price

“Think about all those men out there, in their uniforms! Barking and swallowing orders! Inflicting their petty rule over the entire globe! Think of all the harm they've done! To you! To me! To humanity! And know this, that we can make them, and the flags, and the anthems, and the governments disappear! In a flash! You and me!”
Nick Nolte - Father

“They got my buddy, man. Now they're going to kill him and that pretty lady. How am I going to let them do that? Did you see the way she walked to her fate? Nothing but class. She's the love of my life, no shit. Beats the hell out of all of them.”
Nick Nolte - Ray Hicks

“We're here as peace keepers, not peace makers.”
Nick Nolte - Colonel Oliver

“- Jack Cates: So, how was it?
- Reggie Hammond: I'm not goin' in for all that macho shit, Jack. I was great. Should have my dick bronzed.”

Nick Nolte - Jack Cates
Eddie Murphy - Reggie Hammond

“- Father: Sleep, Bruce, and forget forever. Struggle no more... and give me all of your power.
- Bruce Banner: You think you can live with it? Take it! Take it all!”

Nick Nolte - Father
Eric Bana - Bruce Banner

“For them it is a man that counts. Not life.”

Nick Nolte - Learoyd

“- Sheriff Hank Pearson: You ain't just gonna walk in there, are ya'?
- Jack Benteen: Oh, hell, I've known Chub since the third grade. You were just telling me what a nice kid he used to be. I'm just gonna go in there and have a beer with him.
- Sheriff Hank Pearson: Shit, sounds reasonable. Just sit down, talk to him about how you shot his...” (continue)(continue reading)
Rip Torn - Sheriff Hank Pearson
Nick Nolte - Jack Benteen

“- Paulette: I don't have to sleep with you anymore?
- Lionel Dobie: I'm your ally against horse dung and fraud. That's as far as it goes from now on.”

Rosanna Arquette - Paulette
Nick Nolte - Lionel Dobie

“I've become what I despise. I cheated my profession, cheated myself, I cheated basketball. There's two words I didn't think would ever come out of my mouth, I didn't think I'd ever be able to say... I quit.”
Nick Nolte - Pete Bell

“- Elaine: You know, if you let me come over to your place once in a while you could put on a clean shirt in the morning.
- Jack Cates: What makes you think I got any clean shirts in my place?”
Annette O'Toole - Elaine
Nick Nolte - Jack Cates

“- Jack Benteen: You know, Hank, the next thing, you're gonna be complaining about the state legislature making women a Ranger. You know that.
- Sheriff Hank Pearson: Hell, I don't care, as long as she's six-foot-six, mean as a snake. State legislature.”
Nick Nolte - Jack Benteen
Rip Torn - Sheriff Hank Pearson

“- Tom Wingo: Now girls, have I ever told you the facts of life?
- Jennifer Wingo: Not this again.
- Tom Wingo: Stay away from boys 'cause they are all disgusting, self-indulgent beasts that pee on bushes and pick their noses.”
Nick Nolte - Tom Wingo
Lindsay Wray - Jennifer Wingo

“- Tom Wingo: This is not about me!
- Susan Lowenstein: Then, why are you so upset?”

Nick Nolte - Tom Wingo
Barbra Streisand - Susan Lowenstein

“There are families who live out their entire lives without a single thing of interest happening to them. I've always envied those families.”
Nick Nolte - Tom Wingo

“- Claire: You're going to love this war.
- Russell Price: Hmmm.
- Claire: Good guys, bad guys and cheap shrimp.”
Joanna Cassidy - Claire
Nick Nolte - Russell Price

“- Frank Stockburn: Boy, you got your mom's muscles. You a prizefighter?
- Chico: No, actually, I'm a... piano player.”
Nick Nolte - Frank Stockburn
Terry Crews - Chico

“- Jack Cates: Class isn't something you buy. Look at you, you've got on a 500-dollar suit and you're still a low-life.
- Reggie Hammond: Yeah, but I look good.”
Nick Nolte - Jack Cates
Eddie Murphy - Reggie Hammond

“- Susan Lowenstein: How did you deal with his death?
- Tom Wingo: I shut down like a broken motor.”

Barbra Streisand - Susan Lowenstein
Nick Nolte - Tom Wingo