Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Quotes
Butch Cassidy : Who's the best lawman?
Sundance Kid : The best, how? You mean toughest? Or easiest to bribe?
Butch Cassidy : Toughest.
Sundance Kid : Joe Lefors.
Butch Cassidy : Got to be.
Sundance Kid : Lefors never leaves Wyoming, never. You know that.
Butch Cassidy : He always wears a white skimmer. That's how you tell it's Joe Lefors, 'cause he always wears a white straw hat. Look at that guy out front. [ Butch and Sundance start running ]
Butch Cassidy : Who are those guys?
Sundance Kid : The best, how? You mean toughest? Or easiest to bribe?
Butch Cassidy : Toughest.
Sundance Kid : Joe Lefors.
Butch Cassidy : Got to be.
Sundance Kid : Lefors never leaves Wyoming, never. You know that.
Butch Cassidy : He always wears a white skimmer. That's how you tell it's Joe Lefors, 'cause he always wears a white straw hat. Look at that guy out front. [ Butch and Sundance start running ]
Butch Cassidy : Who are those guys?
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Sundance Kid : Hey, Butch?
Butch Cassidy : What?
Sundance Kid : They're very good.
Butch Cassidy : What?
Sundance Kid : They're very good.
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[ Butch just rode with Etta on his bicycle ]
Sundance Kid : Hey, what are you doin'?
Butch Cassidy : Stealin' your woman?
Sundance Kid : [ pause ] Take her. [ sigh ]
Sundance Kid : Take her.
Butch Cassidy : Well, you're a romantic bastard, I'll give you that.
Sundance Kid : Hey, what are you doin'?
Butch Cassidy : Stealin' your woman?
Sundance Kid : [ pause ] Take her. [ sigh ]
Sundance Kid : Take her.
Butch Cassidy : Well, you're a romantic bastard, I'll give you that.
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[ Butch is robbing Woodcock's train for the second time ]
Butch Cassidy : You can't want to get blown up again.
Woodcock : Butch, you know that if it were my money, there is nobody that I would rather have steal it than you. But, you see, I am still in the employment of E. H. Harriman of the Union Pacific Railroad!
Butch Cassidy : You can't want to get blown up again.
Woodcock : Butch, you know that if it were my money, there is nobody that I would rather have steal it than you. But, you see, I am still in the employment of E. H. Harriman of the Union Pacific Railroad!
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Card player #1 : Well, looks like you just about cleaned everybody out, fella. You haven't lost a hand since you got to deal. What's the secret of your success?
Sundance Kid : [ pause ] Prayer.
Sundance Kid : [ pause ] Prayer.
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Butch Cassidy : How long before you figure they're not after us?
Sundance Kid : A while longer.
Butch Cassidy : How come you're so talkative?
Sundance Kid : Naturally blabby, I guess.
Sundance Kid : A while longer.
Butch Cassidy : How come you're so talkative?
Sundance Kid : Naturally blabby, I guess.
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Butch Cassidy : Well, the way I figure it, we can either fight or give. If we give, we go to jail.
Sundance Kid : I've been there already.
Butch Cassidy : We could fight - they'll stay right where they are and starve us out. Or go for position, shoot us. Might even get a rock slide started, get us that way. What else can they do?
Sundance Kid : They could surrender to us, but I wouldn't count on that.
Sundance Kid : I've been there already.
Butch Cassidy : We could fight - they'll stay right where they are and starve us out. Or go for position, shoot us. Might even get a rock slide started, get us that way. What else can they do?
Sundance Kid : They could surrender to us, but I wouldn't count on that.
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Butch Cassidy : Do you believe I'm broke already?
Etta Place : Why is there never any money, Butch?
Butch Cassidy : Well, I swear, Etta, I don't know. I've been working like a dog all my life and I can't get a penny ahead.
Etta Place : Sundance says it's because you're a soft touch, and always taking expensive vacations, and buying drinks for everyone, and you're a rotten gambler.
Butch Cassidy : Well that might have something to do with it.
Etta Place : Why is there never any money, Butch?
Butch Cassidy : Well, I swear, Etta, I don't know. I've been working like a dog all my life and I can't get a penny ahead.
Etta Place : Sundance says it's because you're a soft touch, and always taking expensive vacations, and buying drinks for everyone, and you're a rotten gambler.
Butch Cassidy : Well that might have something to do with it.
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Butch Cassidy : Once they divide up, we take them, no trouble, right?
Sundance Kid : Maybe.
Butch Cassidy : Boy, for a gunman, you're one hell of a pessimist.
Sundance Kid : Maybe.
Butch Cassidy : Boy, for a gunman, you're one hell of a pessimist.
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Sheriff Ray Bledsoe : [ to Butch and Sundance ] You should have let yourself get killed a long time ago when you had the chance. See, you may be the biggest thing that ever hit this area, but you're still two-bit outlaws. I never met a soul more affable than you, Butch, or faster than the Kid, but you're still nothing but two-bit outlaws on the dodge. It's over, don't you get that? Your times is over and you're gonna die bloody, and all you can do is choose where.
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Butch Cassidy : Don't they get tired? Don't they get hungry?
Sundance Kid : They gotta be.
Butch Cassidy : Why don't they slow up? Hell, they could even go faster, at least that'd be a change. They don't even break formation. Do something.
Sundance Kid : They gotta be.
Butch Cassidy : Why don't they slow up? Hell, they could even go faster, at least that'd be a change. They don't even break formation. Do something.
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[ Butch throws his bicycle away ]
Butch Cassidy : The future's all yours, you lousy bicycle.
Butch Cassidy : The future's all yours, you lousy bicycle.
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[ while being chased by the posse ]
Sundance Kid : You remember the time you and me and Etta went to Denver one summer for a vacation?
Butch Cassidy : I'm glad you brought that up, Kid. That's an important topic, considering our situation.
Sundance Kid : The night we went gambling, you remember?
Butch Cassidy : We had dinner at the hotel. Etta had roast beef and I had chicken, and if I can remember what you had, I'll die a happy man.
Sundance Kid : You remember the time you and me and Etta went to Denver one summer for a vacation?
Butch Cassidy : I'm glad you brought that up, Kid. That's an important topic, considering our situation.
Sundance Kid : The night we went gambling, you remember?
Butch Cassidy : We had dinner at the hotel. Etta had roast beef and I had chicken, and if I can remember what you had, I'll die a happy man.
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Sundance Kid : Butch and me have been talking it all over. Wherever the hell Bolivia is, that's where we're off to.
Butch Cassidy : Yeah, we'll go down there and play it safe.
Butch Cassidy : Yeah, we'll go down there and play it safe.
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Sundance Kid : What I'm saying is, if you want to go, I won't stop you. But the minute you start to whine or make a nuisance, I don't care where we are, I'm dumping you flat.
Butch Cassidy : Don't sugarcoat it like that, Kid. Tell her straight.
Etta Place : I'm 26, and I'm single, and a school teacher, and that's the bottom of the pit. And the only excitement I've known is here with me now. I'll go with you, and I won't whine, and I'll sew your socks, and I'll stitch you when you're wounded, and I'll do anything you ask of me except one thing. I won't watch you die. I'll miss that scene if you don't mind.
Butch Cassidy : Don't sugarcoat it like that, Kid. Tell her straight.
Etta Place : I'm 26, and I'm single, and a school teacher, and that's the bottom of the pit. And the only excitement I've known is here with me now. I'll go with you, and I won't whine, and I'll sew your socks, and I'll stitch you when you're wounded, and I'll do anything you ask of me except one thing. I won't watch you die. I'll miss that scene if you don't mind.
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Butch Cassidy : You know, when I was a kid, I always thought I'd grow up to be a hero.
Sundance Kid : Well, it's too late now.
Butch Cassidy : What'd you say that for? You didn't have to say something like that.
Sundance Kid : Well, it's too late now.
Butch Cassidy : What'd you say that for? You didn't have to say something like that.
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Sundance Kid : Well, I think I'll get saddled up and go looking for a woman.
Butch Cassidy : Good hunting.
Sundance Kid : Shouldn't take more than a couple of days. I'm not picky. As long as she's smart, pretty, and sweet, and gentle, and tender, and refined, and lovely, and carefree...
Butch Cassidy : Good hunting.
Sundance Kid : Shouldn't take more than a couple of days. I'm not picky. As long as she's smart, pretty, and sweet, and gentle, and tender, and refined, and lovely, and carefree...
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Sundance Kid : Did you say they were hired permanent?
Etta Place : No, just until they kill you.
Etta Place : No, just until they kill you.
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Sundance Kid : Which way?
Butch Cassidy : It doesn't matter. I don't know where we've been and I've just been there.
Butch Cassidy : It doesn't matter. I don't know where we've been and I've just been there.
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Butch Cassidy : Boy, you know every time I see Hole-in-the-Wall again, it's like seeing it fresh for the first time. And every time that happens, I keep asking myself the same question: how could I be so damn stupid to keep coming back here?
Sundance Kid : What's your idea this time?
Sundance Kid : What's your idea this time?
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[ during a gunfight with the Bolivian police, Butch and Sundance run low on ammunition ]
Butch Cassidy : We're going to run out unless we can get to that mule and get some more.
Sundance Kid : I'll go.
Butch Cassidy : This is no time for bravery. I'll let ya!
Butch Cassidy : We're going to run out unless we can get to that mule and get some more.
Sundance Kid : I'll go.
Butch Cassidy : This is no time for bravery. I'll let ya!
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Percy Garris : Can you hit anything?
Sundance Kid : Sometimes.
Sundance Kid : Sometimes.
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[ performing their first robbery in Bolivia ]
Butch Cassidy : [ spanish ] Manos a... Manos, um... [ Butch pulls out a card that helps him remember his words ]
Butch Cassidy : Manos arriba!
Sundance Kid : They got 'em up! Skip on down.
Butch Cassidy : Arriba!
Sundance Kid : Skip on down!
Butch Cassidy : Todos ustedes "arrismense" a la pared.
Sundance Kid : They're against the wall already!
Butch Cassidy : Donde... Ah, you're so damn smart, You read it!
Butch Cassidy : [ spanish ] Manos a... Manos, um... [ Butch pulls out a card that helps him remember his words ]
Butch Cassidy : Manos arriba!
Sundance Kid : They got 'em up! Skip on down.
Butch Cassidy : Arriba!
Sundance Kid : Skip on down!
Butch Cassidy : Todos ustedes "arrismense" a la pared.
Sundance Kid : They're against the wall already!
Butch Cassidy : Donde... Ah, you're so damn smart, You read it!
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Bolivian cantina owner : El guisado esta delicioso. Para chuparse los dedos. Si quieren mas, es la especialidad de la casa si quieren mas, no tengan pena y diganmelo. Yo estoy aqui para servirles. Agraddezo la visita de tan distinguidos calballeros. Muchas gracias. Para servas.
Butch Cassidy : [ cutting a steak ] The Specialty of the House and it's still movin'!
Butch Cassidy : [ cutting a steak ] The Specialty of the House and it's still movin'!
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Sundance Kid : Look out there!
Butch Cassidy : What?
Sundance Kid : Remember a few years ago when we were at a saloon in Denver? We got to talking to some gambler that night, and he told us about an Indian. A full-blooded Indian, except he called himself by an English name. Sir... somebody.
Butch Cassidy : Lord Baltimore?
Sundance Kid : Lord Baltimore, that's right, and he could track anybody, over anything, day or night.
Butch Cassidy : So?
Sundance Kid : The guy on the ground. I think it's him.
Butch Cassidy : No, Baltimore works out of Oklahoma. He's strictly an Oklahoma man. I don't know where we are, but it sure as Hell isn't Oklahoma. No, it couldn't be him. Couldn't be him.
Sundance Kid : I guess.
Butch Cassidy : What?
Sundance Kid : Remember a few years ago when we were at a saloon in Denver? We got to talking to some gambler that night, and he told us about an Indian. A full-blooded Indian, except he called himself by an English name. Sir... somebody.
Butch Cassidy : Lord Baltimore?
Sundance Kid : Lord Baltimore, that's right, and he could track anybody, over anything, day or night.
Butch Cassidy : So?
Sundance Kid : The guy on the ground. I think it's him.
Butch Cassidy : No, Baltimore works out of Oklahoma. He's strictly an Oklahoma man. I don't know where we are, but it sure as Hell isn't Oklahoma. No, it couldn't be him. Couldn't be him.
Sundance Kid : I guess.
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Etta Place : Butch?
Butch Cassidy : Hmm.
Etta Place : Do you ever wonder if I'd met you first, we'd be the ones to get involved?
Butch Cassidy : But we are involved, Etta. Don't you know that? I mean you are riding on my bicycle - in some Arabian countries that's the same as being married.
Butch Cassidy : Hmm.
Etta Place : Do you ever wonder if I'd met you first, we'd be the ones to get involved?
Butch Cassidy : But we are involved, Etta. Don't you know that? I mean you are riding on my bicycle - in some Arabian countries that's the same as being married.
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Percy Garris : That's what happens when you live 10 years alone in Bolivia: you get colorful... [ is shot ]
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Bike Salesman : [ wheeling bicycle onto stage ] Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls... meet... the future!
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Butch Cassidy : Jeesh, all Bolivia can't look like this.
Sundance Kid : How do you know? This might be the garden spot of the whole country. People may travel hundreds of miles just to get to this spot where we're standing now. This might be the Atlantic City, New Jersey of all Bolivia for all you know.
Butch Cassidy : Look, I know a lot more about Bolivia than you know about Atlantic City, New Jersey, I can tell you that!
Sundance Kid : Aha! You do, huh? I was born there, I was born in New Jersey. Was brought up there, so...
Butch Cassidy : You're from the east? I didn't know that.
Sundance Kid : The total tonnage of what you don't know is enough to shatter...
Etta Place : I'm not sure we're accomplishing as much as we'd like here.
Sundance Kid : Listen, your job is to back me up, because you'd starve without me. And you, your job is to shut up!
Butch Cassidy : He'll feel a lot better after he's robbed a couple of banks.
Sundance Kid : Bolivia. Hahahaha...
Sundance Kid : How do you know? This might be the garden spot of the whole country. People may travel hundreds of miles just to get to this spot where we're standing now. This might be the Atlantic City, New Jersey of all Bolivia for all you know.
Butch Cassidy : Look, I know a lot more about Bolivia than you know about Atlantic City, New Jersey, I can tell you that!
Sundance Kid : Aha! You do, huh? I was born there, I was born in New Jersey. Was brought up there, so...
Butch Cassidy : You're from the east? I didn't know that.
Sundance Kid : The total tonnage of what you don't know is enough to shatter...
Etta Place : I'm not sure we're accomplishing as much as we'd like here.
Sundance Kid : Listen, your job is to back me up, because you'd starve without me. And you, your job is to shut up!
Butch Cassidy : He'll feel a lot better after he's robbed a couple of banks.
Sundance Kid : Bolivia. Hahahaha...
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