Rain Man Quotes

Dr. Bruner: Raymond's unable to make decisions.
Charlie: You're wrong.
Dr. Bruner: He can't decide for himself.
Charlie: He's capable of a lot more than you know!

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John Mooney: Are you disappointed?
Charlie: Disappointed? Why should I be disappointed? I got rose bushes didn't I? I got a used car, didn't I? This other guy, what'd you call him?
John Mooney: The beneficiary.
Charlie: Yeah him, he got $3,000,000 but he didn't get the rose bushes. I got the rose bushes. I definitely got the rose bushes. Those are rose bushes!
John Mooney: Mr. Babbitt, there's no reason to...
Charlie: To what? To get upset? If there is a hell, sir, my father is in it and he is looking up right now and he is laughing his ass off. Sanford Babbitt, you wanna be that guy's son for five minutes? I mean did you hear that letter? Were you listening?
John Mooney: Yes I was. Were you?
Charlie: Um, no, can you repeat it because I can't believe my ****ing ears.

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Sally Dibbs: Good Morning! Coffee?
Raymond: [looks at her nametag] Sally Dibbs, Dibbs Sally. 461-0192.
Sally Dibbs: How did you know my phone number?
Charlie: How did you know that?
Raymond: You said read the telephone book last night. Dibbs Sally. 461-0192.
Charlie: He, uh, remembers things. Little things sometimes.
Sally Dibbs: Very clever boys. I'll be right back.

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Susanna: You have his money.
Charlie: HIS money? That man was my father too, what about my ****in' half? Where's my ****in' half? I'm entitled to that money, Goddammit!

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[Raymond has jumped in the car with Susanna]
Charlie: Hey, who is this guy?
Susanna: He just jumped in the car.
Charlie: Yeah well he can jump out. Come on!
Raymond: I'm an excellent driver.
Charlie: That's good. Come on! Susanna, why'd you let him get in this car? It's not a toy.
Susanna: He says he drives this car.
Raymond: Dad lets me drive slow on the driveway every Saturday. 'Course the seats were originally brown leather now they're a pitiful red.
Charlie: [surprised] Hey, these seats were brown leather. You know this car?
Raymond: I know this car.
Charlie: How do you know this car?
Raymond: It's a 1949 Buick Roadmaster. Straight 8. Fireball 8. Only 8,985 production models. Dad lets me drive slow on the driveway. But not on Monday, definitely not on Monday.
Charlie: Who's your dad?
Raymond: Sanford Babbitt. 10961 Beachcrest Street, Cincinnati Ohio.
Charlie: That's my address. Hey, who's your mother?
Raymond: Eleanor Babbitt. Died January 5, 1965 after short and sudden illness.
Charlie: Who the hell are you?
Raymond: Uh oh, fifteen minutes to Judge Wapner. [Raymond proceeds back to Walbrook, ignoring Charlie]
Charlie: Wait, I wanna ask you a question! Hey! Dr. Bruner, who is he?
Dr. Bruner: Raymond is your brother.

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[Raymond doesn't want to go outside when it rains]
Charlie: Hey, Ray, you take a shower right?
Raymond: Yeah.
Charlie: Well the rain is a lot like the shower, you get a little wet. What do you say, Ray? What do you say?
Raymond: Of course the shower is in the bathroom.
Charlie: That's the end of that conversation.

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Susanna : You use me, you use Raymond, you use everybody.
Charlie : Using Raymond? Hey Raymond, am I using you? Am I using you Raymond?
Raymond : Yeah.
Charlie : Shut up! He is answering a question from a half hour ago!

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[ Repeated line ]
Raymond : I'm an excellent driver.

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Charlie : Listen... Ray, I don't know if I'm gonna have a chance to talk to you again. Because you see, these... Dr. Bruner really likes you a lot, and he's probably gonna take you back. You know?
Raymond : Yeah.
Charlie : What I said about being on the road with you I meant. Connecting. I like having you for my brother.
Raymond : I'm an excellent driver.
Charlie : [ smiling ] Yes, you are. I like having you for my big brother.
Raymond : C-H-A-R-L-I-E. C-H-A-R-L-I-E. Main man.

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Charlie : I just realized I'm not pissed off anymore. My father cut me out of his will. You probably knew he tried to contact me over the years. I never called him back. I was a prick. If he was my son and didn't return my calls, I'd have written him out. But it's not about the money anymore. You know, I just don't understand. Why didn't he tell me I had a brother? Why didn't anyone ever tell me that I had a brother? Because it'd have been nice to know him for more than just the past six days.

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Dr. Bruner : Raymond's unable to make decisions.
Charlie : You're wrong.
Dr. Bruner : He can't decide for himself.
Charlie : He's capable of a lot more than you know!

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[ Raymond has jumped in the car with Susanna ]
Charlie : Hey, who is this guy?
Susanna : He just jumped in the car.
Charlie : Yeah well he can jump out. Come on!
Raymond : I'm an excellent driver.
Charlie : That's good. Come on! Susanna, why'd you let him get in this car? It's not a toy.
Susanna : He says he drives this car.
Raymond : Dad lets me drive slow on the driveway every Saturday. 'Course the seats were originally brown leather now they're a pitiful red.
Charlie : [ surprised ] Hey, these seats were brown leather. You know this car?
Raymond : I know this car.
Charlie : How do you know this car?
Raymond : It's a 1949 Buick Roadmaster. Straight 8. Fireball 8. Only 8,985 production models. Dad lets me drive slow on the driveway. But not on Monday, definitely not on Monday.
Charlie : Who's your dad?
Raymond : Sanford Babbitt. 10961 Beachcrest Street, Cincinnati Ohio.
Charlie : That's my address. Hey, who's your mother?
Raymond : Eleanor Babbitt. Died January 5, 1965 after short and sudden illness.
Charlie : Who the hell are you?
Raymond : Uh oh, fifteen minutes to Judge Wapner. [ Raymond proceeds back to Walbrook, ignoring Charlie ]
Charlie : Wait, I wanna ask you a question! Hey! Dr. Bruner, who is he?
Dr. Bruner : Raymond is your brother.

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[ last lines ] [ Raymond is boarding a train back to Walbrook ]
Raymond : 'Course, three minutes to Wapner.
Charlie : You'll make it.
Raymond : Yeah.

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[ In a telephone booth with the door closed ]
Raymond : Uh oh fart. Uh oh fart.
Charlie : Did you fart, Ray? Did you fucking fart?
Raymond : Fart.
Charlie : [ Trying unsuccessfully to open the door ] How can you stand that?
Raymond : I don't mind it.
Charlie : How can you stand it?
Raymond : Ten minutes to Wapner. We're definitely locked in this box with no TV.

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Raymond : That's my pen. That's definitely my book.
Charlie : Well taking your book is not a serious injury!
Raymond : Serious injury book is a red book, that book is blue.
Charlie : Well forgive me, I've lost my secret decoder ring!

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[ In a phone booth ]
Raymond : It's definitely very small in here. [ Tries to leave ]
Charlie : Small, and safe. Don't wanna miss the party. You know that, there's a party in your honor Ray. When we get to LA, there'll be a little custody hearing. Lawyers are setting it up right now. Know why there's a party for you? Because you're the $3,000,000 man.

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Charlie : [ talking to the woman who answers the door ] I'm sorry ma'am, I lied to you. I'm very sorry about that. That man right there is my brother and if he doesn't get to watch 'People's Court' in about 30 seconds, he's gonna throw a fit right here on your porch. Now you can help me or you can stand there and watch it happen.

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Doctor : Raymond, do you know what autistic is?
Raymond : Yeah.
Doctor : You know that word?
Raymond : Yeah.
Doctor : Are you autistic?
Raymond : I don't think so. No. Definitely not.

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Raymond : Of course I don't have my underwear. I'm definitely not wearing my underwear.
Charlie : I gave you a fresh pair of mine to wear. Where are they?
Raymond : They're in the pocket of my jacket. Here.
Charlie : I don't want them back.
Raymond : These are not boxer shorts. Mine are boxer shorts. These are Hanes 32.
Charlie : Underwear is underwear, Ray.
Raymond : My boxer shorts have my name and it says Raymond.
Charlie : All right, when we pass the store, we'll pick you up a pair of boxer shorts.
Raymond : I get my boxer shorts at K-Mart in Cincinnati.
Charlie : We're not going back to Cincinnati, Ray, so don't even start with that.

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Raymond : Gotta get my boxer shorts at K-Mart.
Charlie : [ Pulls over, gets out of the car and yells ] WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE WHERE YOU BUY UNDERWEAR? WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? UNDERWEAR IS UNDERWEAR! IT IS UNDERWEAR WHEREVER YOU BUY IT! IN CINCINNATI OR WHEREVER!
Raymond : K-Mart!
Charlie : You know what I think, Ray? I think this autism is a bunch of shit! Because you can't tell me that you're not in there somewhere!
Raymond : Boxer shorts. K-Mart!

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[ Ray and Charlie are sitting at a duck pond. Ray is staring off into space ]
Charlie : Raymond, what are you looking at? The ducks are over here. What are you looking at?
Raymond : I don't know.

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Raymond : Lights out at eleven.
Charlie : Yeah well new rules.

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Charlie : Listen, Ray, our dad died, that means he's not with us anymore. Did they tell you about that?
Raymond : I don't know.
Charlie : You don't know if they told you or you don't know what death is?
Raymond : I don't know.

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Charlie : Ray, all airlines have crashed at one time or another, that doesn't mean that they are not safe.
Raymond : QANTAS. QANTAS never crashed.
Charlie : QANTAS?
Raymond : Never crashed.
Charlie : Oh that's gonna do me a lot of good because QANTAS doesn't fly to Los Angeles out of Cincinnati, you have to get to Melbourne! Melbourne, Australia in order to get the plane that flies to Los Angeles!

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[ Raymond is boarding a train back to Walbrook ]
Raymond : 'Course it's 10 minutes to Wapner.
Charlie : You'll make it.
Raymond : Yeah.

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[ Location: on a back road, nineteen minutes to eleven o'clock ]
Charlie : We're not in the air, we're not on the highway, I'm on some shit secondary road. I gotta make up some time. I have to get to LA, I should've been there this afternoon, my business needs me. I gotta make up some time.
Raymond : Definitely watch TV but you have to be in bed at eleven. Lights out at eleven.
Charlie : Forget it.
Raymond : Uh oh, nineteen minutes to eleven.

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Raymond : [ after Charlie throws underwear out of car ] Uh oh. Underwear on the highway. Uh oh.

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Raymond : I'm an excellent driver.
Charlie : When did you drive?
Raymond : I drove slow on the driveway when my dad came to Walbrook.
Charlie : Was Dad in the car?
Raymond : Yeah.
Charlie : I'll have to let you drive sometime. [ Raymond grabs the wheel and nearly steers them into an oncoming car ]
Charlie : Raymond, you NEVER! NEVER touch the steering wheel when I'm driving. Do you hear me? Do you hear me?

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[ after Susanna kisses Raymond ]
Susanna : How was that?
Raymond : Wet.

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Charlie : Hey Raymond, remember today when the doctor was asking you those questions? How'd you know the answers?
Raymond : [ while brushing his teeth at the same time, Charlie can't make out what he said ] I see it.
Charlie : What? Stop that for a second.
Raymond : I see it.
Charlie : Raymond! [ Grabs tooth brush from him ]
Charlie : When I say stop it, why don't you stop it? Why do you always have to act like an idiot? [ Raymond begins to laugh ]
Charlie : You think that's funny?
Raymond : Yeah funny Rain Man, funny teeth.
Charlie : What'd you say? Funny teeth? What?
Raymond : I didn't say funny teeth, funny Rain Man.
Charlie : You? You're the Rain Man?

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