Stand by Me Quotes
[ after being handed the gun ]
Gordie : Is it loaded?
Chris : Shit no! What do you think I am? [ gun goes off ]
Gordie, Chris : JESUS!
Gordie : Is it loaded?
Chris : Shit no! What do you think I am? [ gun goes off ]
Gordie, Chris : JESUS!
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Eyeball : So, what's with you and this Connie Palermo chick?
Billy Tessio : I've been seeing her for over a month now and all she'll let me do is feel her tits.
Ace : She's a Catholic, man. There'll all like that. If you wanna get laid, you gotta get yourself a Protestant. A Jew's good.
Billy Tessio : I've been seeing her for over a month now and all she'll let me do is feel her tits.
Ace : She's a Catholic, man. There'll all like that. If you wanna get laid, you gotta get yourself a Protestant. A Jew's good.
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Ace : We're gonna get you for this.
Chris : Maybe you will, maybe you won't.
Ace : Oh, we will.
Chris : Maybe you will, maybe you won't.
Ace : Oh, we will.
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Vern : I wasn't that scared. I wasn't. Sincerely.
Gordie : Okay. Then you won't mind if we check the seat of your jockies for Hershey squirts, will you?
Vern : Go screw.
Gordie : Okay. Then you won't mind if we check the seat of your jockies for Hershey squirts, will you?
Vern : Go screw.
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Mayor Grundy : [ a crowd jeers Davy "Lardass" Hogan on stage by calling him "Lardass" repeatedly ] Don't pay any attention to those fools, Lardass-er, I mean Davy.
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Mayor Grundy : Next, a newcomer to the Pie Eat, but one we expect great things from in the future. Young master David Hogan!
Bill Travis : [ Trips Lardass, who falls and hits his large belly on the stage ] Are you all right, young man?
Lardass Heckler #1 : Hey Lardass, how was your trip?
Bill Travis : [ Quietly to Lardass ] I hear you got a big appetite, Lardass. Don't even think about winning this. [ Helps Lardass stand back up ]
Lardass Heckler #2 : Boy, are you fat!
Bill Travis : [ Trips Lardass, who falls and hits his large belly on the stage ] Are you all right, young man?
Lardass Heckler #1 : Hey Lardass, how was your trip?
Bill Travis : [ Quietly to Lardass ] I hear you got a big appetite, Lardass. Don't even think about winning this. [ Helps Lardass stand back up ]
Lardass Heckler #2 : Boy, are you fat!
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Teddy : That was the all-time train dodge! Too cool! Vern, you were so scared you looked like that fat guy, Abbott Costello, when he saw the mummy.
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Teddy : I'll kill you!
Milo : You come on and try it, you slimy bastard.
Chris : He wants you to come over there so he can beat the piss out of you and take you to the cops.
Milo : You watch your mouth, smart guy! Let him do his own fighting.
Gordie : Sure, you only outweigh him by 500 pounds, fat ass!
Milo : I know your name. You're Lachance. I know all you guys and all your fathers are gonna get a call from me. Except for the looney up in Togus.
Teddy : I'll kill you!
Milo : You foul-mouthed whore master!
Teddy : You son of a bitch! Nobody ranks on my old man! My father stormed the beach at Normandy! He stormed the beach, you faggot!
Milo : You come on and try it, you slimy bastard.
Chris : He wants you to come over there so he can beat the piss out of you and take you to the cops.
Milo : You watch your mouth, smart guy! Let him do his own fighting.
Gordie : Sure, you only outweigh him by 500 pounds, fat ass!
Milo : I know your name. You're Lachance. I know all you guys and all your fathers are gonna get a call from me. Except for the looney up in Togus.
Teddy : I'll kill you!
Milo : You foul-mouthed whore master!
Teddy : You son of a bitch! Nobody ranks on my old man! My father stormed the beach at Normandy! He stormed the beach, you faggot!
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Bob Cormier : Hey! From the racks and stacks, it's the best on wax! How 'bout another double-golden-oldie-twin-spin-sound-sandwich from K-L-A-M in Portland? Iiiiiiit's...
Pie-Eat Audience : [ finishing sentence ] Boss!
Pie-Eat Audience : [ finishing sentence ] Boss!
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Billy Tessio : [ about to get in Ace's car to find Ray Brower's body ] Hey, Ace, uh... maybe me and Charlie shouldn't go.
Charlie Hogan : Yeah, maybe you guys could go without us.
Ace : [ sighs ] You guys are like my grandmother having a conniption fit. I don't see your problem. We brought a whole bunch of fishing gear, and if a cop asks us what we're doing here, we're just here to take a couple steelhead out of the river, and look what we found!
Vince Desjardins : Yeah! Come on, man, we're gonna be famous! We're gonna be on every radio and TV show in the country!
Charlie Hogan : I still don't think we should go.
Ace : Okay... okay... you've stated your position clearly. Now I'm gonna state mine: get in the fucking car, now!
Charlie Hogan : Yeah, maybe you guys could go without us.
Ace : [ sighs ] You guys are like my grandmother having a conniption fit. I don't see your problem. We brought a whole bunch of fishing gear, and if a cop asks us what we're doing here, we're just here to take a couple steelhead out of the river, and look what we found!
Vince Desjardins : Yeah! Come on, man, we're gonna be famous! We're gonna be on every radio and TV show in the country!
Charlie Hogan : I still don't think we should go.
Ace : Okay... okay... you've stated your position clearly. Now I'm gonna state mine: get in the fucking car, now!
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Mr. Lachance : Why can't you have friends like Denny's?
Gordie : Dad, they're okay.
Mr. Lachance : Sure they are. A thief and two feebs.
Gordie : Chris isn't a thief.
Mr. Lachance : [ Raises his eyebrow ] He stole the milk money at school. He's a thief in my book.
Gordie : Dad, they're okay.
Mr. Lachance : Sure they are. A thief and two feebs.
Gordie : Chris isn't a thief.
Mr. Lachance : [ Raises his eyebrow ] He stole the milk money at school. He's a thief in my book.
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Gordie : But you didn't miss him. Chris Chambers never misses, does he?
Chris : Not even when the ladies leave the seat down.
Chris : Not even when the ladies leave the seat down.
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Eyeball : [ about Ray Brower ] Shit! When they gonna give up? The kid's gone. They ain't never gonna find him.
Charlie Hogan : Not where they're looking.
Billy Tessio : Hey, Eyeball's right, Charlie. They ain't never gonna find him.
Eyeball : [ "tatooing" Eyeball's arm with a knife blade ] Would you hold still? You're making me fuck up the snake part.
Vince Desjardins : I'll tell you how they're gonna find him. Ten years from now, some hunter's gonna go in the woods to take a leak, wind up pissing on his bones.
Charlie Hogan : I bet you a thousand bucks they'll find him before then.
Eyeball : Bet you two thousand dollars they don't.
Charlie Hogan : Well, asshole...
Billy Tessio : Hey, what's the big deal? Who cares?
Ace : Will you two just shut the fuck up? If either of you assholes had two-thousand dollars, I'd kill you both.
Charlie Hogan : Not where they're looking.
Billy Tessio : Hey, Eyeball's right, Charlie. They ain't never gonna find him.
Eyeball : [ "tatooing" Eyeball's arm with a knife blade ] Would you hold still? You're making me fuck up the snake part.
Vince Desjardins : I'll tell you how they're gonna find him. Ten years from now, some hunter's gonna go in the woods to take a leak, wind up pissing on his bones.
Charlie Hogan : I bet you a thousand bucks they'll find him before then.
Eyeball : Bet you two thousand dollars they don't.
Charlie Hogan : Well, asshole...
Billy Tessio : Hey, what's the big deal? Who cares?
Ace : Will you two just shut the fuck up? If either of you assholes had two-thousand dollars, I'd kill you both.
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Vern : Geez, Gordie. Why couldn't you have gotten breakfast stuff? Like Twinkies and Pez and Root Beer?
Gordie : Sorry, Vern. I guess a more experienced shopper could have gotten more for your seven cents.
Gordie : Sorry, Vern. I guess a more experienced shopper could have gotten more for your seven cents.
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The Writer : The train had knocked Ray Brower out of his Keds the same way it had knocked the life out of his body.
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The Writer : [ referring to Chris ] Although I hadn't seen him in more than ten years, I know I'll miss him forever.
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Chris : You're gonna be a great writer someday, Gordie. You might even write about us guys if you ever get hard-up for material.
Gordie : [ wiping away his tears ] Guess I'd have to be pretty hard-up, huh?
Gordie : [ wiping away his tears ] Guess I'd have to be pretty hard-up, huh?
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[ the boys are having trouble designing how to get across the river ]
Teddy : Okay, you guys can go around if you want. I'm crossing here. And while you guys are dragging your candy asses half way across the state and back, I'll be waiting on the other side, relaxing with my thoughts.
Gordie : You use your left hand or right hand to do that?
Teddy : You wish.
Teddy : Okay, you guys can go around if you want. I'm crossing here. And while you guys are dragging your candy asses half way across the state and back, I'll be waiting on the other side, relaxing with my thoughts.
Gordie : You use your left hand or right hand to do that?
Teddy : You wish.
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[ after losing a drag race to Ace ]
Eyeball : [ to Vince ] You let him beat you, you cock-knocker! Ha ha ha!
Eyeball : [ to Vince ] You let him beat you, you cock-knocker! Ha ha ha!
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The Writer : Vern didn't just mean being off limits inside the junkyard, or fudging on our folks, or going on a hike up the railroad to Harlow. He meant those things, but it seems to me now it was more and that we all knew it. Everything was there and around us. We knew exactly who we were and exactly where we were going. It was grand.
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Mr. Lachance : [ in Gordie's dream, at Denny's funeral ] It should've been you, Gordie.
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Chris : [ while playing gin rummy ] I knock.
Teddy : What? You liar! You ain't got no pat hand. You didn't deal yourself no pat hand!
Chris : Make your draw, shit-heap!
Teddy : What? You liar! You ain't got no pat hand. You didn't deal yourself no pat hand!
Chris : Make your draw, shit-heap!
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The Writer : At the beginning of the school year, Vern had buried a quart jar of pennies underneath his house. He drew a treasure map so he could find them again. A week later, his mom cleaned out his room and threw away the map. Vern had been trying to find those pennies for nine months. Nine months, man. You didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
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