Swimming quotes

“- Vann: You know why in the old days sailors and fisherman never learned how to swim?
- Ferrin: No, why?
- Vann: Because if you knew how to swim it'd take so much longer to drown.
- Ferrin: Oh. I never heard that.
- Vann: You wanna go in?”
Owen Wilson - Vann
Janeane Garofalo - Ferrin

“- Earl Crest: If it wasn't for Baby I'd have drowned you in that river.
- Junior: Well, for your information Earl I can swim!”
Joshua Carter Jackson - Earl Crest
DJ Qualls - Junior

“- David Lightman: I can't swim.
- Jennifer: You can't swim?
- David Lightman: No, I can't, okay? Wonder Woman, I can't swim!
- Jennifer: Well, what kind of an asshole grows up in Seattle and doesn't even know how to swim?”
Matthew Broderick - David
Ally Sheedy - Jennifer

“You ever seen a duck that couldn't swim?”
Kris Kristofferson - Martin 'Rubber Duck' Penwald

- Anna Foster: I want to swim naked in the Danube!
- Ben Calder: Actually, it's the Vltava.
- Anna Foster: Who wants to swim naked in the Vltava? Nobody says that.
- Ben Calder: Because in English, Vltava means “unhealthy bacteria level”.

Mandy Moore - Anna Foster
Matthew Goode - Ben Calder

“- Todd: Ok, time to get wet! Are you ready?
- Alan: Todd, I just read the invoice from that surgical supply house.
- Todd: So?
- Alan: The thread, the surgical thread we used to sew the bikinis...
- Todd: What about it?
- Alan: It's for dissolving stitches, Todd!
- Todd: I know!”

Bruce Greenwood - Todd
Michael David Wright - Alan

“- Marina: The North Atlantic drift comes in here. That's warmish water from the Caribbean. That's why it's special here. There's stuff fetching up here all the way from the Bahamas.
- Oldsen: Oh, that's a long way.
- Marina: You swim?
- Oldsen: Not that far.”
Jenny Seagrove - Marina
Peter Capaldi - Oldsen

“- Eva: God, I'm so glad! Thank you guys for rescuing me. I can't believe we are going to Florida.
- Eddie: Well, did you bring your little bikini along?
- Eva: Sure! There are alligators in Florida, right?”
Eszter Balint - Eva
Richard Edson - Eddie

“Better swim, Rennie, before Jason pulls you down.”
Peter Mark Richman - Charles McCulloch

“- Howard T. Duck: Philsy, help! Philsy, help me!
- Phil Blumburtt: Never heard of a duck that couldn't swim.
- Howard T. Duck: Shut up and save me!”

Chip Zien - Howard T. Duck
Tim Robbins - Phil Blumburtt

- Apollo Creed: Can he swim?
- Paulie: With a name like "Rock"!

Carl Weathers - Apollo Creed
Burt Young - Paulie

“- Dave: Drowning. Now there's a way to go.
- Lomper: I can't swim.
- Gaz: Well you don't have to fucking swim, you divvy, that's the whole point. God, you're not very keen are you?”

Mark Addy - Dave
Steve Huison - Lomper
Robert Carlyle - Gaz

“- Adam: Why does O.T. have a knife in his mouth? Does he really expect trouble?
- Stu: Nah, he always wanted to swim with one. He saw it once on television.”
Perry Lang - Adam
Paul Land - Stu

“What a delicious day it is. Just perfect for a morning swim. Won't you come with me? Zed says the jungle is just full of danger, and I'd feel a whole lot safer with a big, strong android like you along to protect me.”
Cindy Beal - Tisa

“- Insp. Jacques Clouseau: Does Lady Lytton have a swimming pewl?
- Nice Police Chief: A swimming pewl?”
Peter Sellers - Clouseau
Herb Tanney - Nice Police Chief

“Attention campers, afternoon swim schedule is as follows. Advanced dolphins, report to the dock for survival swimming and I.Q. testing. All senior silverfish, meet on the beach for nude sunbathing. All junior salmon, trout, and herring, report to the nearest delicatessen. And 6-year-old tadpoles, report to the swamp. And all lobsters, get out of...” (continue)(continue reading)
Bill Murray - Tripper

“- Squadron Leader Skipper: Where have you been?
- Sgt. Pilot Andy: [soaking wet and miffed] Learning to swim!
- Squadron Leader Skipper: Did you get one?
- Sgt. Pilot Andy: All I got was a bellyful of English Channel!”
Robert Shaw - Squadron Leader Skipper
Ian McShane - Sgt. Pilot Andy

“- Baggett: What's that smell?
- Lt. Frank Drebin: That would be me. I've been swimming in raw sewage. I love it!”
Lloyd Bochner - Baggett
Leslie William Nielsen - Frank Drebin

“- Dave: I read where this Italian coach said it's no good to go swimmin' right after a race.
- Mike: Who's swimmin'? I'm takin' a leak.”
Dennis Christopher - Dave
Dennis Quaid - Mike

“Jaws, Mr. Bond must be cold after his swim. Place him where he can be assured of warmth.”
Michael Lonsdale - Hugo Drax

“We were in the water, we were moving, we got wet and... Muk. We were swimming!”

Phil Collins - Luk