Rip Torn movie quotes

“You can never turn your back on the ocean.”
Rip Torn

“Funny, ain't it, how it comes around. Right way's the hardest, wrong way's the easiest. Rule of nature, like water seeks the path of least resistance. So you get crooked rivers, crooked men.”

Rip Torn - Sheriff Hank Pearson

“Fear is like a giant fog. It sits on your brain and blocks everything - real feelings, true happiness, real joy. They can't get through that fog. But you lift it, and buddy, you're in for the ride of your life.”

Rip Torn - Bob Diamond

“- Daniel Miller: Where were you? I'm just curious.
- Bob Diamond: I'd tell you, but you wouldn't understand.
- Daniel Miller: Don't treat me like a moron. Try me.
- Bob Diamond: I was trapped near the inner circle of thought.
- Daniel Miller: I don't understand.
- Bob Diamond: I told you...”
Albert Brooks - Daniel Miller
Rip Torn - Bob Diamond

“- Zeus: So, Hades, you finally made it. How are things in the underworld?
- Hades: Well, they're just fine. You know, a little dark, a little gloomy. And, as always, hey, full of dead people. What are you gonna do?”
Rip Torn - Zeus
James Woods - Hades

“If you're going to become true dodgeballers, then you've got to learn the five d's of dodgeball: dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge!”
Rip Torn - Patches O'Houlihan

“- Bob Diamond: For example, I use forty-eight percent of my brain. Do you know how much you use?
- Daniel Miller: Forty... seven?
- Bob Diamond: Three.”
Rip Torn - Bob Diamond
Albert Brooks - Daniel Miller

“The only time the Border Patrol wins hot pursuit is when they get laid.”
Rip Torn - Sheriff Hank Pearson

“Americans spend $125 billion a year on health. More than defense. Because Americans believe in medical care. These great hospital complexes are the cathedrals of our age. Billions of dollars, thousands of beds. A whole nation of sick people turning to us for help.”
Rip Torn - Dr. George

“- 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

“- The CEO: Well, I gotta hand it to you. What do they call you? Murphy, is it?
- Robocop: My friends call me Murphy. You call me... Robocop.”
Rip Torn - The CEO
Robert John Burke - Robocop

“- 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

“You'll dress only in attire specially sanctioned by MiB special services. You'll conform to the identity we give you, eat where we tell you, live where we tell you. From now on you'll have no identifying marks of any kind. You'll not stand out in any way. Your entire image is crafted to leave no lasting memory with anyone you encounter.”

Rip Torn - Zed

“They were sweet kids. Not mad dogs, like they turned out to be, tryin' to bite you.”

Rip Torn - Sheriff Hank Pearson

“Anything new is always considered the devil's tool.”
Rip Torn

“The best way to spoil love is by talking to too many people about it.”
Rip Torn

“If society won't decide, we'll decide. We'll make the hard decisions.”
Rip Torn - Dr. George

“Oh, my God, Johnson. Our stock has dropped to nothing. We're ruined.”

Rip Torn - The CEO

“- Jim Brody: Hey, what are ya doing in my scuba gear?
- Gord Brody: Look, I found a treasure.
- Jim Brody: That's a soap on a rope!
- Gord Brody: Shh, I'm pretending it's a treasure.”

Rip Torn - Jim Brody
Tom Greening - Gord Brody

“- Zeus: Hold on, kiddo. What's your hurry? After all these years, is that the kind of hello you give your father?
- Young Hercules: Father?
- Zeus: Didn't know you had a famous father, did you? Surprise!”
Rip Torn - Zeus
Roger Bart - Young Hercules

“No decision is easy, Sue. It only looks that way when you're young. When you're older, everything is complicated. There is no black and white, only gray.”
Rip Torn - Dr. George

- Sheriff Hank Pearson: Morning.
- Jack Benteen: What's good about it!?
- Sheriff Hank Pearson: Well hell, I said "morning". I didn't say "good morning".
Rip Torn - Sheriff Hank Pearson
Nick Nolte - Jack Benteen

“Smartest crooks always did know how to get to a man inside. Women too, as far as that goes.”
Rip Torn - Sheriff Hank Pearson

“Our society faces momentous decisions. Decisions about the right to die. About abortion. About terminal illness, prolonged coma, transplantation. Decisions about life and death. But society isn't deciding. Congress isn't deciding. The courts aren't deciding. Religion isn't deciding. Why? Because society is leaving it up to us, the experts. The...” (continue)(continue reading)
Rip Torn - Dr. George

“Why is it you work your butt off all your entire life just to get ahead, and it takes a couple of nitwits about ten minutes to screw the whole thing up?”
Rip Torn - Buford Pope