Robert Redford movie quotes

“- Tom Bishop: All right, so what else? What else do I need to know?
- Nathan Muir: Put away some money so you can die someplace warm and don't ever touch it. Not for anyone, ever.
- Tom Bishop: Okay, is that it?
- Nathan Muir: Don't ever risk your life for an asset. If it comes down to you or them... send flowers.”

Brad Pitt - Tom Bishop
Robert Redford - Nathan Muir

“- Nathan Muir: He had this plow horse he used to work with everyday. He really loved that plow horse. One summer she came up lame. It could barely stand. The vet offered to put her down. You know what my uncle said?
- Charles Harker: No, Muir, what did he say?
- Nathan Muir: He said, why would I ask somebody else to kill a horse that belonged to...” (continue)(continue reading)

Robert Redford - Nathan Muir
Stephen Dillane - Charles Harker

“- Dellwo: What happened here today happens all the time, sir.
- Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin: So let me get this straight. You mean there's violence, in a prison packed with violent criminals?”
Paul Calderon - Dellwo
Robert Redford - Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin

“- The Sundance Kid: Well, I think I'll get saddled up and go looking for a woman.
- Butch Cassidy: Good hunting.
- The Sundance Kid: Shouldn't take more than a couple of days. I'm not picky. As long as she's smart, pretty, and sweet, and gentle, and tender, and refined, and lovely, and carefree.”
Robert Redford - The Sundance Kid
Paul Newman - Butch Cassidy

“Every day we have is one more than we deserve.”
Robert Redford - Warren Justice

“- Tally Atwater: Do you want to be with me?
- Warren Justice: So much it hurts.”
Michelle Pfeiffer - Tally Atwater
Robert Redford - Warren Justice

“The Burns family run a general store in a one store town and still managed to do badly. They were Methodists, a denomination my father referred to as Baptists who could read.”
Robert Redford - Narrator

“Maybe you were born committed... I can't get negative enough. I can't get angry enough. And I can't get positive enough.”
Robert Redford - Hubbell

“Like many fly fishermen in western Montana where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until the cool of the evening. Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot river and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish...” (continue)(continue reading)
Robert Redford - Narrator

“- The Sundance Kid: You remember the time you and me and Etta went to Denver one summer for a vacation?
- Butch Cassidy: I'm glad you brought that up, Kid. That's an important topic, considering our situation.
- The Sundance Kid: The night we went gambling, you remember?
- Butch Cassidy: We had dinner at the hotel. Etta had roast beef and I had...” (continue)(continue reading)

Robert Redford - The Sundance Kid
Paul Newman - Butch Cassidy

“We didn't know when the Doc was going to be giving the Sheik his physical but it was our one and only opportunity to take him out. So I didn't have the usual time to butter him up. Which means we needed twice the sex with half the foreplay.”
Robert Redford - Nathan Muir

“- Corie Bratter: You're almost nearly perfect!
- Paul Bratter: That's a rotten thing to say!”
Jane Seymour Fonda - Corie Bratter
Robert Redford - Paul Bratter

“If you're not willing to sacrifice scum like Schmidt for those that want nothing more than their freedom, then you better take a long hard look at your chosen profession my friend. Because it doesn't get any easier.”

Robert Redford - Nathan Muir

“- Tally Atwater: Why didn't we do this before?
- Warren Justice: Because it was always gonna be this hard to stop.”

Michelle Pfeiffer - Tally Atwater
Robert Redford - Warren Justice

“- Henry Brubaker: What happened? What happened to your eye?
- Abraham Cook: Oh, got hit.
- Henry Brubaker: With what?
- Abraham Cook: With a baseball bat, a trace chain, and a rope with knots in it.”
Robert Redford - Henry Brubaker
Richard Ward - Abraham Cook

“- Butch Cassidy: We could fight, they'll stay right where they are and starve us out. Or go for position, shoot us. Might even get a rock slide started, get us that way. What else can they do?
- The Sundance Kid: They could surrender to us, but I wouldn't count on that.”
Paul Newman - Butch Cassidy
Robert Redford - The Sundance Kid

“The trouble with some people is they work too hard.”
Robert Redford - Hubbell

“The only thing I know about the dark is you can't see in it.”
Robert Redford - Roy Hobbs

“- Gus Sands: If it isn't enough, tell us what you had in mind.
- Roy Hobbs: To hit away.”
Darren McGavin - Gus Sands
Robert Redford - Roy Hobbs

“You think you're easy? Compared to what, the Hundred Years' War?”
Robert Redford - Hubbell

“- Tally Atwater: I want you around in the morning.
- Warren Justice: You already have me around in the morning. How, I don't know, but you do.
- Tally Atwater: I want to know you're legally required to be there.”

Michelle Pfeiffer - Tally Atwater
Robert Redford - Warren Justice

“When you love someone, from Roosevelt to me, you go deaf, dumb and blind.”
Robert Redford - Hubbell

“- Hallie: What are you gonna do tomorrow, Sonny?
- Sonny: I'm gonna get movin' on. Find me something simple. Hard maybe, but plain and quiet.”
Jane Seymour Fonda - Hallie
Robert Redford - Sonny

“- Sonny: You've had a hard day. Why don't you scrunch down in the bag?
- Hallie: I wish it were that easy. I don't sleep.
- Sonny: Ever? How old are you?”
Robert Redford - Sonny
Jane Seymour Fonda - Hallie

“- Pop Fisher: I'd have walked away from baseball and I'd have bought a farm.
- Roy Hobbs: Nothing like a farm. Nothing like being around animals, fixing things. There's nothing like being in the field with the corn and the winter wheat. The greenest stuff you ever saw.”
Wilford Brimley - Pop Fisher
Robert Redford - Roy Hobbs