Tom Berenger movie quotes

“- Sam: Why is it what you just said strikes me as a massive rationalization?
- Michael: Don't knock rationalization; where would we be without it? I don't know anyone who could get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations. They're more important than sex.
- Sam: Come on, nothing's more important that sex.
- Michael: Yeah? Ever...” (continue)(continue reading)
Tom Berenger - Sam
Jeff Goldblum - Michael

“- Nick: I think the guy in the hat did something terrible.
- Sam: Like what?
- Nick: You're so analytical! Sometimes you just have to let art... flow... over you.”

William Hurt - Nick
Tom Berenger - Sam

“- Gen. Robert E. Lee: We have never concerned ourselves with being outnumbered.
- Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet: That is true, sir. If we move to the south to Washington, they have to pursue us, and then we can fight on ground of our choosing.
- Gen. Robert E. Lee: But the enemy is here! We did not want the fight but the fight is here! How can I...” (continue)(continue reading)
Martin Sheen - Gen. Robert E. Lee
Tom Berenger - Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet

“- Jake Taylor: That's my wife...
- Willie Mays Hayes: Does she know that?
- Jake Taylor: Well, she would've been if I hadn't screwed it up... Who's that guy she's with?
- Willie Mays Hayes: I don't know. He's not wearing a nametag.”

Tom Berenger - Jake Taylor
Wesley Snipes - Willie Mays Hayes

“- Lawson Russell: Drink, detective?
- Clifford Dubose: Nah. Never touch it. Makes me happy.”
Cuba Gooding Jr. - Lawson Russell
Tom Berenger - Clifford Dubose

“- Dan Merrick: You know what I like best about amnesia?
- Judith Merrick: What?
- Dan Merrick: After seven years of marriage, I get to fall in love with you all over again.”
Tom Berenger - Dan Merrick
Greta Scacchi - Judith Merrick

“- Jonathan Knox: I've never seen a grizzly just turn and run like that.
- Warren Stantin: Everybody else up here acts like they've never seen a black man before. Why should the bear be different?”
Tom Berenger - Jonathan Knox
Sir Sidney Poitier - Warren Stantin

“I think this regiment could whip Caesar's Tenth Legion! I think they could ride with Genghis Khan! They are the best examples of American manhood. We have cowboys, Ivy Leaguers, football players, polo players, bronco busters, New York City policemen... and one man, I regret to say, who used to work for the Internal Revenue Service!”
Tom Berenger - Theodore Roosevelt

“The way a person dresses is nobody's business but his or her own.”
Tom Berenger - Rex O'Herlihan

“Dynamite? It's like wine, it only gets better with age.”
Tom Berenger - Lewis Gates

“- Sundance Kid: You know, I've been thinking...
- Butch Cassidy: That could be dangerous!”
William Katt - Sundance Kid
Tom Berenger - Butch Cassidy

“- Rex O'Herlihan: This is 1884. You've gotta date and date and date and date and sometimes marry 'em even before... you know...
- Peter: Now, wait a minute. Are you tellin' me you've never...?
- Rex O'Herlihan: Never.
- Peter: My god, Rex. You are a good guy.”
Tom Berenger - Rex O'Herlihan
G.W. Bailey - Peter

“- Gus Klein: So your wife had an affair. You've never had an affair, Mr. Merrick?
- Dan Merrick: As a matter of fact, I have. But I'm not sure with who.
- Gus Klein: That could keep a guy on his toes, huh?”
Bob Hoskins - Gus Klein
Tom Berenger - Dan Merrick

“Will you quit torturing yourself! He didn't have any kids. He didn't even have a wife... just some old hag he lived with. Sundance, when you go get yourself in gunfights, you can't just pick orphans to do it with.”

Tom Berenger - Butch Cassidy

“- Sam: So how's your life?
- Karen: Oh, great. How's yours?
- Sam: Not so great.
- Karen: Oh, we're telling the truth.”
Tom Berenger - Sam
JoBeth Williams - Karen

“- Rex O'Herlihan: You're not a good guy at all!
- Bob Barber: I'm a lawyer, you idiot!”
Tom Berenger - Rex O'Herlihan
Patrick Wayne - Bob Barber

“- Jake Taylor: I'll let you know if I land a good job, I'm sure you're real concerned about it.
- Tom: Well, I just wanted Lynn to know what she would have had ahead of her.
- Tom: Stay away from her.
- Jake Taylor: Suck my dick!”

Tom Berenger - Jake Taylor
Richard Pickren - Tom

“- Warren Stantin: Do you mountainmen do this kind of shit a lot?
- Jonathan Knox: Every damn day!”

Sir Sidney Poitier - Warren Stantin
Tom Berenger - Jonathan Knox

“- Principal Claude Rolle: Two of your students are in the nurse's office talking a lawsuit right now.
- Shale: Why, is the nurse a lawyer?”
Ernie Hudson - Principal Claude Rolle
Tom Berenger - Jonathan Shale

- Shale: Did you ever look up the word "mercenary"? It's someone who "works merely for money".
- Joey: Everybody works for money.
- Shale: It's not the money that bothers me; it's the "merely".
Tom Berenger - Jonathan Shale
Raymond Cruz - Joey Six

“- Gen. Robert E. Lee: When the fight is coming, I want you to stay back from the main line. This army has already lost far too many of it's veteran commanders, and you sir have a very bad habit of moving too far forward.
- Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet: Can't lead from behind.”
Martin Sheen - Gen. Robert E. Lee
Tom Berenger - Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet

“- Harry Dobbs: Ever want kids, Stella?
- Stella Wynkowski: Kids, uh?
- Harry Dobbs: Yeah, little people that run around with your face.”
Tom Berenger - Harry Dobbs
Elizabeth Perkins - Stella Wynkowski

“- Shale: I'd like to know what area of history you're studying.
- Student: The fuck you history!”
Tom Berenger - Jonathan Shale
Simon Ricky - Student

“We need each other. Words and music.”
Tom Berenger - Frank Ridgeway

“You all take a good look at this lump of shit. Remember what it looks like. You fuck up in a firefight and I goddamn guarantee you a trip out of the bush, in a body bag!”

Tom Berenger - Sgt. Barnes