Bullitt County Quotes
Keaton: You told us to leave no trace - what the fuck are you doing?
Wayne: That's impossible. We all know that's impossible...
Gordie: There's no such thing as leave no trace. There's always a trace. Always a trace...
Wayne: That's impossible. We all know that's impossible...
Gordie: There's no such thing as leave no trace. There's always a trace. Always a trace...
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Carolyn: Waaaaayyy back durin' Prohibition times, the government was hammerin' down on all the distilleries, and the Bullitt family of Bullitt County had one of the biggest. Ergo, a big target on their back. So, the legend goes that they took all their money out in the Bullitt County wilderness and buried it. Supposedly millions.
Gordie: And?
Carolyn: And what?
Gordie: That's kind of a short legend.
Carolyn: Well I don't have a lot of practice tellin' it to make it all flowery.
Gordie: And?
Carolyn: And what?
Gordie: That's kind of a short legend.
Carolyn: Well I don't have a lot of practice tellin' it to make it all flowery.
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Gordie: You know when people look back on their lives and they regret not doing something? Something that could've changed their lives? This is that crossroads, right here. I, for one, am not gonna turn into some fifty-year-old blob of shit, who's, you know, sittin' around in a shitty house wearing a shitty robe obsessing over the one day that we could've all taken a little trek off the beaten path and, I don't know, potentially found Bullitt motherfuckin' treasure.
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The Mr.: What are you, a history nut or a gun nut?
Gordie: I guess a little bit of both. Fiction was definitely not my thing. I didn't care too much about something somebody just made up out of thin air, you know? Hence, the history books.
The Mr.: Yeah, well, they say that history is written by the victors.
Gordie: Which is probably why I'm a gun nut.
Gordie: I guess a little bit of both. Fiction was definitely not my thing. I didn't care too much about something somebody just made up out of thin air, you know? Hence, the history books.
The Mr.: Yeah, well, they say that history is written by the victors.
Gordie: Which is probably why I'm a gun nut.
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Keaton: I'm just saying, if I were in that Gatsby class of yours, I would've aced that fuckin' paper.
Robin: Is that right?
Keaton: Aced it. Yeah, didn't even take that long to read. Finished it just this morning. And that last line, god, stuck with me. 'Our boats float into the green light of tomorrow'?
Robin: 'So we beat on... boats against the current... borne ceaselessly into the past.'
Robin: Is that right?
Keaton: Aced it. Yeah, didn't even take that long to read. Finished it just this morning. And that last line, god, stuck with me. 'Our boats float into the green light of tomorrow'?
Robin: 'So we beat on... boats against the current... borne ceaselessly into the past.'
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Robin: You know, some people can dig themselves out of their holes. Not Gordie Solomon.
Gordie: You know I have a gun, right?
Robin: You tell yourself you're such a loyal, caring, and selfless friend so you don't have to face what you really are.
Gordie: What's that? A Pisces?
Robin: You're nothing.
Gordie: You know I have a gun, right?
Robin: You tell yourself you're such a loyal, caring, and selfless friend so you don't have to face what you really are.
Gordie: What's that? A Pisces?
Robin: You're nothing.
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The Mrs.: Don't apologize for that boy out there neither. Sendin' a woman in here to do a man's job.
Robin: I drew short straw.
The Mrs.: Then do what you came in here to do.
Robin: I drew short straw.
The Mrs.: Then do what you came in here to do.
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Gordie: You know, before I headed off to college and met all you guys, I spent one of those summers trying to find myself. Which is ridiculous because trying to find yourself straight out of high school is like nailing Jell-O to the wall. But there I was, I'd saved up some money, you know, I'm gonna head out to Big Sur and rough it for a few months. And I wanted to see the Pacific - I had never seen it before. I had never seen a state outside of Indiana for that matter. So there I am, I'm at Big Sur and the first thing I do is, I just start trudging it up this mountain. I'm gonna get to the tippy-top of this mountain so I can watch the sunset over the Pacific, and, you know...
Wayne: Find yourself.
Gordie: Man, that sounds really stupid. But at the time, you know, yeah, of course. So, there I am, I'm hoofin' it up this mountain, and I'm not taking my eyes off the top, I'm just going and going and going, watching so I don't fall down. But I'm not as fast as the sun setting. So by the time I get to the top, it's pitch-black. So I turn around to head back down, and BOOM, there she is. The Pacific. She had been at my back the entire time. If I had turned around once, you know, I would've been able to see the sun set over her, but...
Wayne: [beat, smiles]You told me that before.
Gordie: It's a sad fuckin' story, man.
Wayne: Find yourself.
Gordie: Man, that sounds really stupid. But at the time, you know, yeah, of course. So, there I am, I'm hoofin' it up this mountain, and I'm not taking my eyes off the top, I'm just going and going and going, watching so I don't fall down. But I'm not as fast as the sun setting. So by the time I get to the top, it's pitch-black. So I turn around to head back down, and BOOM, there she is. The Pacific. She had been at my back the entire time. If I had turned around once, you know, I would've been able to see the sun set over her, but...
Wayne: [beat, smiles]You told me that before.
Gordie: It's a sad fuckin' story, man.
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Keaton: Hey guys, uh, new plan. I'm not digging for treasure anymore, I'm now digging my own grave. So, when I'm done... JUST FUCKING BURY ME PLEASE.
Gordie: [fake sneeze]Groom card!
Keaton: I'm gonna beat you to death with this, man, I swear to god I will beat you to death...
Gordie: With that? How much did you save on that there kiddie shovel, Mr. Merlot?
Keaton: Fifty-nine cents, bitch.
Gordie: [fake sneeze]Groom card!
Keaton: I'm gonna beat you to death with this, man, I swear to god I will beat you to death...
Gordie: With that? How much did you save on that there kiddie shovel, Mr. Merlot?
Keaton: Fifty-nine cents, bitch.
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Gordie: There was a guy at a meeting once that said he kept a Vodka shooter in his pocket to remind him of his weakness. I mean that's all those meetings really were was reminders of my weakness. And for ten fucking years that's all I did. I just wallowed in it. I wallowed in my weakness.
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Big Aviators: Some chicks don't know how they are till they've loosened up a little bit with some drinks.
Gordie: Maybe she wasn't clear enough, so allow me to be clearer: Fuck. Off.
Big Aviators: You know, that's not what I heard her say. I heard her say she just might need a good ol-fashioned Kentucky-fuckin'.
Gordie: Maybe she wasn't clear enough, so allow me to be clearer: Fuck. Off.
Big Aviators: You know, that's not what I heard her say. I heard her say she just might need a good ol-fashioned Kentucky-fuckin'.
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Gordie: Because it gives your life meaning and gets you closer to that Truth with a capital T. And you said that all meaningful stories, no matter how fantastical or not real they are, hold some of those deep truths.
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Robin: You're seeing things...
Gordie: Yeah, a lot clearer now. And I just need you to know something. Look at me. Robin, I would never do anything to hurt you. Never ever ever ever. Never ever ever do anything to hurt you.
Robin: Ten years, man. Ten fucking years. I thought you were better than this.
Gordie: That's a sad fuckin' story.
Gordie: Yeah, a lot clearer now. And I just need you to know something. Look at me. Robin, I would never do anything to hurt you. Never ever ever ever. Never ever ever do anything to hurt you.
Robin: Ten years, man. Ten fucking years. I thought you were better than this.
Gordie: That's a sad fuckin' story.
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The Mr.: You know, when you're firing at anything that moves in the jungle in the dead of night, God only knows how many men you've killed. But I had men in my platoon who wanted to know. They saw it as a point of pride to get to a hundred or some such thing. They were collecting prizes from the dead. Me, I always preferred not knowin'. [beat]
The Mr.: But there was this one. This one that I hit from up close, and I saw him go down not very far in front of me, and I had to know. I had to look. So I wandered out into the dark - and I saw him lyin' there in all the wet ferns and moss. Wide-eyed, staring up at the moon through the trees. His blood black in the moonlight. [finishes his bourbon]
The Mr.: And I knew I got him then.
The Mr.: But there was this one. This one that I hit from up close, and I saw him go down not very far in front of me, and I had to know. I had to look. So I wandered out into the dark - and I saw him lyin' there in all the wet ferns and moss. Wide-eyed, staring up at the moon through the trees. His blood black in the moonlight. [finishes his bourbon]
The Mr.: And I knew I got him then.
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Robin: They're lucky to have you at those meetings, you know. Ol' Gordie, you're the best listener I know.
Gordie: What's that? [pauses]
Gordie: Yeah, that's all I'm doing right now is listening. Haven't had the nerve yet to start talking myself.
Robin: Well don't keep it all bottled up.
Gordie: What's that? [pauses]
Gordie: Yeah, that's all I'm doing right now is listening. Haven't had the nerve yet to start talking myself.
Robin: Well don't keep it all bottled up.
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Wayne: This is absurd. A woman's life hanging in the balance of a short straw.
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Gordie: Arcadia.
Robin: And it's still there.
Keaton: And we're gonna find it this time, guys. Hell or high water.
Robin: And it's still there.
Keaton: And we're gonna find it this time, guys. Hell or high water.
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Carolyn: Southern hospitality dictates you say no, and I say yes, and we go back and forth a buncha times until you finally agree, which is what you wanna do anyway.
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Robin: If I pulled a knife every time some guy was a pig, I'd be in fucking prison.
Gordie: He was being a piece of shit!
Robin: You're a piece of shit!
Gordie: He was being a piece of shit!
Robin: You're a piece of shit!
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Wayne: You know, I'm not one for signs and all that, but if you ask me, the reason why this whole thing isn't going your way is... well, I'm gonna be blunt. You're not ready to get married. I'm not saying anything you don't already know. A commitment is a pledge for the future, and you can't commit to anything if you keep dwelling in the past.
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Gordie: I had a little bit of a spill back there. Hurt my head real bad. It's got me seein' double...
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Wayne: Listen to me, Gordie. Deep down you're a good person. But you're burying that person deeper and deeper. To thine own self be true.
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Gordie: [takes a deep hit off a joint, coughs and spits]Keats, was this buried in your backpack since high school?
Keaton: No, I got that just last week, from a guy who knew a guy.
Gordie: How much did you pay for this shit?
Robin: Okay, it can't be that bad. Here, let me try it.
Keaton: I'm not a cheapskate with everything, some things I actually do spend some money on...
Robin: [Robin takes a hit, coughs violently]
Keaton: Not a lot...
Robin: That is some evil shit, Keats.
Gordie: [takes the joint back]I'll fall on the grenade. Buncha stems and seeds, but it's something.
Keaton: The dealer says that's the best part.
Keaton: No, I got that just last week, from a guy who knew a guy.
Gordie: How much did you pay for this shit?
Robin: Okay, it can't be that bad. Here, let me try it.
Keaton: I'm not a cheapskate with everything, some things I actually do spend some money on...
Robin: [Robin takes a hit, coughs violently]
Keaton: Not a lot...
Robin: That is some evil shit, Keats.
Gordie: [takes the joint back]I'll fall on the grenade. Buncha stems and seeds, but it's something.
Keaton: The dealer says that's the best part.
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The Mr.: Anyway, I stick to bucks nowadays.
Gordie: You got any of those mounted up around here?
The Mr.: Oh, no no no. Missus don't allow any dead animals around. She says she can feel 'em watching her from beyond the grave.
Gordie: You got any of those mounted up around here?
The Mr.: Oh, no no no. Missus don't allow any dead animals around. She says she can feel 'em watching her from beyond the grave.
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Robin: Who am I kidding? Every time we get together, I fool myself into thinking it's gonna go back to normal.
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Gordie: Would you have pulled the trigger?
Keaton: It wasn't loaded.
Gordie: It takes two things to kill somebody: bullets and balls.
Keaton: It wasn't loaded.
Gordie: It takes two things to kill somebody: bullets and balls.
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