Rip Torn movie quotes

“- Hera, Hercules' Mother: You were willing to give your life to rescue this young woman.
- Zeus: For a true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart.”

Samantha Eggar - Hera, Hercules' Mother
Rip Torn - Zeus

“- Patches O'Houlihan: Necessary? Is it necessary for me to drink my own urine?
- Peter La Fleur: Probably not.
- Patches O'Houlihan: No, but I do it anyway because it's sterile and I like the taste.
- Peter La Fleur: ...Okay.”
Rip Torn - Patches O'Houlihan
Vince Vaughn - Peter La Fleur

“Oh, look honey, our boy's a genius! He's rigged a pulley system so he can eat sausage and work on his stupid drawings.”
Rip Torn - Jim Brody

“- Gord Brody: Why do you guys always have roast beef?
- Jim Brody: Boo-hoo. Little Lord Fauntleroy's tummy hurts because there's too much roast beef in it.
- Gord Brody: It's just boring.
[opens bag, pulls out a chicken sandwich]
- Gord Brody: I'm eating a chicken sandwich.”
Tom Greening - Gord Brody
Rip Torn - Jim Brody

“- Scully: Hey mate! Good to see you. What can I get ya?
- Jack Chester: How about... drunk.”
Rip Torn - Scully
John Candy - Jack Chester

“- Patches O'Houlihan: If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.
- Justin: What?
[Patches O'Houlihan throws a wrench and hits Justin in the face]”
Rip Torn - Patches O'Houlihan
Justin Long - Justin

“We'll find dirt. Even if we have to make it up.”
Rip Torn - Bert Langdon

“- Bob Diamond: There was one person you were really cheap with. Over and over again. I wish you'd been more generous with him.
- Daniel Miller: Who?
- Bob Diamond: You.”
Rip Torn - Bob Diamond
Albert Brooks - Daniel Miller

You don't exist; you were never even born. Anonymity is your name. Silence your native tongue. You're no longer part of the System. You're above the System. Over it. Beyond it. We're "Them". We're "They". We are the Men in Black.

Rip Torn - Zed

“When you use more than 5 percent of your brain, you don't want to be on earth; believe me.”
Rip Torn - Bob Diamond

“- Gord Brody: Fuck you, dad.
- Jim Brody: Fuck me? Is that what you wanna do?
[drops his pants]
- Jim Brody: Well, go ahead, fuck me.”
Tom Greening - Gord Brody
Rip Torn - Jim Brody

“- Bob Diamond: Being from Earth, as you are, and using as little of your brain as you do, your life has pretty much been devoted to dealing with fear.
- Daniel Miller: It has?
- Bob Diamond: Well everybody on Earth deals with fear - that's what little brains do.”
Rip Torn - Bob Diamond
Albert Brooks - Daniel Miller

“The only thing worse than a politician is a child molester.”
Rip Torn - Sheriff Hank Pearson

“- Zeus: Aw, Hades, don't be such a stiff. Join the celebration.
- Hades: Love to, babe. But unlike you gods lounging about up here, I regretfully have a full-time job that you, by the way, so charitably bestowed on me, Zeus. So, can't. Love to, but can't.”

Rip Torn - Zeus
James Woods - Hades

“I swear you two are living testimony to the fact that it's better to be lucky than smart!”
Rip Torn - Buford Pope

“- Daniel Miller: Do children come here?
- Bob Diamond: Children don't have to defend themselves. When a child is taken, they automatically move forward. Isn't that nice?
- Daniel Miller: What about teenagers?
- Bob Diamond: Too much trouble. They go elsewhere. We tried for a while, but they damage the tupas.”

Albert Brooks - Daniel Miller
Rip Torn - Bob Diamond

“- Daniel Miller: Is this Heaven?
- Bob Diamond: No, it isn't Heaven.
- Daniel Miller: Is it Hell?
- Bob Diamond: Nope, it isn't Hell either. Actually, there is no Hell. Although I hear Los Angeles is getting pretty close.”
Albert Brooks - Daniel Miller
Rip Torn - Bob Diamond

“Gentlemen, congratulations. You're everything we've come to expect from years of government training. Now please step this way, as we provide you with our final test: an eye exam...”

Rip Torn - Zed

- Buford Pope: I know you're in what they call "financial straits". So why don't you let my boys here set fire to that dump of yours? That way, at least you'll collect on the fire insurance. All you have to do is hand over the map.
- Vernon Hightower: I appreciate that, but that won't do me no good now. See, I let the insurance lapse about a... (continue)(continue reading)
Rip Torn - Buford Pope
Jeff Bridges - Vernon Hightower

“- The CEO: Kanemitsu-San, I... I realize that it looks bad but, I mean, maybe our plans were overambitious. Let's start a skoshy bit smaller. Let's gentrify this neighborhood, build strip malls, fast food chains, lots of popular entertainment. Whadda you think? [to his aide] What'd he say?
- Kanemitsu's Aide: He said you're fired.”

Rip Torn - The CEO
Doug Yasuda - Kanemitsu's Aide

“This place looks like pure-D dog shit, don't it? You may not think it, but there's enough explosives here... if you put a little gasoline in the right place, light a match at the wrong time... this dump would go up like a Roman candle. There'd be no way they'd ever find your bodies.”

Rip Torn - Buford Pope

“- Stu Smiley: How do you know that was a nuclear facility?
- General Dick Panzer: Well, they tricked us on that one. That's a hospital. But it's a hell of a strike!”
Kevin Pollak - Stu Smiley
Rip Torn - General Dick Panzer

“She'll make ya rich, or she'll feed ya to the fishes. If she wants you to dance, sonny boy, you've got to follow her lead.”

Rip Torn - Scully

“Jonah, you wouldn't by any chance be fucking my wife, would you? Because that wouldn't be conducive to a good artist-record company relationship.”
Rip Torn - Walter Fox