Robert Duvall movie quotes

“I like the smell of napalm in the morning. It smells like... victory.”
Robert Duvall

“Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil.”
Robert Duvall - Hub

“True love never dies. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. A man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in.”
Robert Duvall - Hub

“- Don Vito Corleone: My wife is crying upstairs. I hear cars coming to the house. Consigliore of mine, I think it's time you told your Don what everyone seems to know.
- Tom Hagen: I didn't tell Mama anything. I was just about to come up and wake you so that I could tell you.
- Don Vito Corleone: But you needed a drink first.
[Hagen nods]
- Don...” (continue)(continue reading)
Marlon Brando - Don Vito Corleone
Robert Duvall - Tom Hagen

“- Mack: I didn't raise my boys just to see 'em killed.
- Charley Waite: Well you may not know this, but there's things that gnaw at a man worse than dying.”
Peter MacNeill - Mack
Robert Duvall - Charley Waite

“If you need somethin', you'd best find it yourself, or even better, learn to do without.”
Robert Duvall - Hub

“I'm just tryin' to keep everything in balance, Woodrow. You do more work than you got to, so it's my obligation to do less.”
Robert Duvall - Augustus 'Gus' McCrae

“- Hub: We're old, damnit! Leave us alone!
- Garth: The last thing we need is some little sissy boy hanging around all summer.”
Robert Duvall - Hub
Sir Michael Caine - Garth

“- Boss Spearman: It's a pretty day for making things right.
- Charley Waite: Enjoy it, 'cause once it starts, it's gonna be messy like nothing you ever seen.”
Robert Duvall - Boss Spearman
Kevin Costner - Charley Waite

“If you try and make this job about the money, you'll be nothing but miserable, 'cause we don't get the money - never have, never will.”

Robert Duvall - Bernie White

“- Lt. Col. 'Bull' Meechum: Mary Anne scram, I'm starting to lose my temper; Lilian!
- Mary Anne Meechum: Dad, I'm pregnant. I'm pregnant by a negro Daddy. His name is Rufus, I didn't wanna tell you but since we're baring our souls to each other. Rufus is a pacifist; a pacifist homosexual.”
Robert Duvall - Lt. Col. 'Bull' Meechum
Lisa Jane Persky - Mary Anne Meechum

“A man's trust is a valuable thing. You don't want to lose it for a handful of cards.”

Robert Duvall - Boss Spearman

“The government down here pays 200 pesos a head for men, 100 for women and 50 for those kids. They kill any Indian and then claim they are Apache. I don't see how any man can sink so low. Must be Texans... the lowest form of white man there is.”

Robert Duvall - Al Sieber

“I don't trust happiness. I never did, I never will.”
Robert Duvall - Mac Sledge

There's two bulls standing on top of a mountain. The younger one says to the older one: "Hey pop, let's say we run down there and fuck one of them cows". The older one says: "No son. Let’s walk down and fuck 'em all".

Robert Duvall - Bob Hodges

“At this age in my life I've finally decided to settle down.”
Robert Duvall - John J.

“- Hank Palmer: You think there's something else after we die?
- Joseph Palmer: You asking me if I believe in God?
- Hank Palmer: Do you?
- Joseph Palmer: I'm 72 with stage 4 cancer. What choice do I have?”
Robert Downey Jr. - Hank Palmer
Robert Duvall - Joseph Palmer

“I'd rather die today and go to heaven than live to be a hundred and go to hell.”
Robert Duvall - The Apostle E.F.

“- Augustus 'Gus' McCrae: Is that all you boys can think about; gettin' to Ogallala and spendin' your money on whores?
- Jasper Fant: That's all right for you, Gus; you got Lorena with you. What about the rest of us?
- Augustus 'Gus' McCrae: What's good for me might not be good for the weak minded.”
Robert Duvall - Augustus 'Gus' McCrae
Barry Tubb - Jasper Fant

“- Father Des Spellacy: He might have been there on a pastoral call.
- Det. Tom Spellacy: When was the last time you hung your pants over the side of the bed while making a house call?
- Father Des Spellacy: I admit, that's not the way they teach you at the seminary.”

Robert De Niro - Father Des Spellacy
Robert Duvall - Det. Tom Spellacy

“I may be on the devil's hit-list, but I'm on God's mailing list.”
Robert Duvall - The Apostle E.F.

“- Frank: You don't have that problem, pal?
- Walter: Which problem?
- Frank: With your cucumber.
- Walter: I don't eat cucumbers, I always eat these bacon sandwiches.”
Richard Harris - Frank
Robert Duvall - Walter

“- Cole Trickle: This son of a bitch just slammed into me.
- Harry Hogge: No, no, he didn't slam you, he didn't bump you, he didn't nudge you... he rubbed you. And rubbing, son, is racing.”
Tom Cruise - Cole Trickle
Robert Duvall - Harry Hogge

“- Harry Hogge: I want you to go back out on that track and hit the pace car.
- Cole Trickle: Hit the pace car?
- Harry Hogge: Hit the pace car.
- Cole Trickle: What for?
- Harry Hogge: Because you've hit every other goddamned thing out there, I want you to be perfect.”
Robert Duvall - Harry Hogge
Tom Cruise - Cole Trickle

“Life in San Francisco, you see, is still just life. If you want any one thing too badly, it's likely to turn out to be a disappointment. The only healthy way to live life is to learn to like all the little everyday things, like a sip of good whiskey in the evening, a soft bed, a glass of buttermilk, or a feisty gentleman like myself.”
Robert Duvall - Augustus 'Gus' McCrae