Stand by Me Quotes
Ace: OK, Chambers. You little faggot! This is your last chance. What do you say, kid?
Chris: Why don't you go home and **** your mother some more? [Ace pulls out a knife]
Ace: You're dead!
Chris: Why don't you go home and **** your mother some more? [Ace pulls out a knife]
Ace: You're dead!
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Chris: I'm never gonna get out of this town am I, Gordie?
Gordie: You can do anything you want, man.
Chris: Yeah, sure. Give me some skin.
Gordie: I'll see ya.
Chris: Not if I see you first.
Gordie: You can do anything you want, man.
Chris: Yeah, sure. Give me some skin.
Gordie: I'll see ya.
Chris: Not if I see you first.
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Chris: You ready for school?
Gordie: No.
Chris: Junior High. You know what that means. Next year we'll all be split up.
Gordie: What are you talking about? Why would that happen?
Chris: 'Cause it's not gonna be like grammar school, that's why. You'll be taking your college courses, and me, Teddy, and Vern will all be in the shop courses with the rest of the retards, making ash trays and bird houses. You're gonna meet a lot of new guys. Smart guys.
Gordie: A lot of pussies is what you mean.
Chris: No, man. Don't say that. Don't even think that.
Gordie: No.
Chris: Junior High. You know what that means. Next year we'll all be split up.
Gordie: What are you talking about? Why would that happen?
Chris: 'Cause it's not gonna be like grammar school, that's why. You'll be taking your college courses, and me, Teddy, and Vern will all be in the shop courses with the rest of the retards, making ash trays and bird houses. You're gonna meet a lot of new guys. Smart guys.
Gordie: A lot of pussies is what you mean.
Chris: No, man. Don't say that. Don't even think that.
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Chris: I just wish I could go someplace where nobody knows me. [He starts crying]
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Gordie: Why did he have to die, Chris? Why did Denny have to die?
Chris: I don't know.
Gordie: It should've been me.
Chris: Don't say that.
Gordie: It should've been me.
Chris: Don't say that, man!
Gordie: I'm no good. My dad said it. I'm no good.
Chris: He doesn't know you.
Gordie: He hates me.
Chris: He doesn't hate you.
Gordie: He hates me!
Chris: No! He just doesn't know you.
Chris: I don't know.
Gordie: It should've been me.
Chris: Don't say that.
Gordie: It should've been me.
Chris: Don't say that, man!
Gordie: I'm no good. My dad said it. I'm no good.
Chris: He doesn't know you.
Gordie: He hates me.
Chris: He doesn't hate you.
Gordie: He hates me!
Chris: No! He just doesn't know you.
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[the boys are having trouble designing how to get across the river]
Teddy: Okay, you guys can go through the woods, but I am going right here across this bridge. And when you guys will get to the other side, I will be sitting in there, relaxing with my thoughts.
Gordie: Do you use your left hand or right hand to do that?
Teddy: You wish.
Teddy: Okay, you guys can go through the woods, but I am going right here across this bridge. And when you guys will get to the other side, I will be sitting in there, relaxing with my thoughts.
Gordie: Do you use your left hand or right hand to do that?
Teddy: You wish.
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Gordie : Alright, alright, Mickey's a mouse, Donald's a duck, Pluto's a dog. What's Goofy?
Vern : If I could only have one food for the rest of my life? That's easy-Pez. Cherry-flavored Pez. No question about it.
Teddy : Goofy's a dog. He's definitely a dog.
Gordie : I knew the $64,000 question was fixed. There's no way anybody could know that much about opera!
Chris : He can't be a dog. He drives a car and wears a hat.
Gordie : Wagon Train's a really cool show, but did you notice they never get anywhere? They just keep wagon training.
Vern : Oh, God. That's weird. What the hell is Goofy?
Vern : If I could only have one food for the rest of my life? That's easy-Pez. Cherry-flavored Pez. No question about it.
Teddy : Goofy's a dog. He's definitely a dog.
Gordie : I knew the $64,000 question was fixed. There's no way anybody could know that much about opera!
Chris : He can't be a dog. He drives a car and wears a hat.
Gordie : Wagon Train's a really cool show, but did you notice they never get anywhere? They just keep wagon training.
Vern : Oh, God. That's weird. What the hell is Goofy?
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Teddy : Ha ha, Gordie loses! You lose Gordie! Ol' Gordie just screwed the pooch!
Gordie : Does the word "retarded" mean anything to you?
Teddy : Gordie, go get the food, you morphodite.
Gordie : Don't call me any of your mother's pet names.
Teddy : You're a real wet end, Lachance.
Gordie : Shut up.
Teddy, Vern, Chris : I don't shut up. I grow up. And when I look at you, I throw up. Aghhh!
Gordie : And then your mom goes around the corner and she licks it up.
Gordie : Does the word "retarded" mean anything to you?
Teddy : Gordie, go get the food, you morphodite.
Gordie : Don't call me any of your mother's pet names.
Teddy : You're a real wet end, Lachance.
Gordie : Shut up.
Teddy, Vern, Chris : I don't shut up. I grow up. And when I look at you, I throw up. Aghhh!
Gordie : And then your mom goes around the corner and she licks it up.
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Gordie : Fuck writing, I don't want to be a writer. It's stupid. It's a stupid waste of time.
Chris : That's your dad talking.
Gordie : Bullshit.
Chris : Bull true.
Chris : I know how your dad feels about you. He doesn't give a shit about you. Denny was the one. He cared about and don't try to tell me different. You're just a kid, Gordie.
Gordie : Oh, gee! Thanks, Dad.
Chris : Wish the hell I was your dad. You wouldn't be goin' around talkin' about takin' these stupid shop courses if I was. It's like God gave you something, man, all those stories you can make up. And He said, "This is what we got for ya, kid. Try not to lose it." Kids lose everything unless there's someone there to look out for them. And if your parents are too fucked up to do it, then maybe I should.
Chris : That's your dad talking.
Gordie : Bullshit.
Chris : Bull true.
Chris : I know how your dad feels about you. He doesn't give a shit about you. Denny was the one. He cared about and don't try to tell me different. You're just a kid, Gordie.
Gordie : Oh, gee! Thanks, Dad.
Chris : Wish the hell I was your dad. You wouldn't be goin' around talkin' about takin' these stupid shop courses if I was. It's like God gave you something, man, all those stories you can make up. And He said, "This is what we got for ya, kid. Try not to lose it." Kids lose everything unless there's someone there to look out for them. And if your parents are too fucked up to do it, then maybe I should.
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Teddy : This is my age! I'm in the prime of my youth, and I'll only be young once!
Chris : Yeah, but you're gonna be stupid for the rest of your life.
Chris : Yeah, but you're gonna be stupid for the rest of your life.
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Chris : How do you know if a Frenchman has been in your backyard?
Teddy : Hey, I'm French, okay?
Chris : Your garbage cans are empty and your dog's pregnant. [ Chris and Gordie laugh ]
Teddy : Didn't I just say I was French?
Teddy : Hey, I'm French, okay?
Chris : Your garbage cans are empty and your dog's pregnant. [ Chris and Gordie laugh ]
Teddy : Didn't I just say I was French?
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Ace : Okay, Chambers, you little faggot. This is your last chance. What do you say, kid?
Chris : Why don't you go home and fuck your mother some more? [ Ace pulls out a knife ]
Ace : You're dead.
Chris : Why don't you go home and fuck your mother some more? [ Ace pulls out a knife ]
Ace : You're dead.
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Gordie : Do you think I'm weird?
Chris : Definitely.
Gordie : No man, seriously. Am I weird?
Chris : Yeah, but so what? Everybody's weird.
Chris : Definitely.
Gordie : No man, seriously. Am I weird?
Chris : Yeah, but so what? Everybody's weird.
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[ Chris drags Gordie behind the building to show him his gun ]
Gordie : Walking talking Jesus!
Gordie : Walking talking Jesus!
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Vern : [ after dropping his hamburger in the campfire by accident ] This isn't funny! What am I supposed to eat?
Teddy : You could cook your dick.
Chris : It'd be a small meal.
Teddy : You could cook your dick.
Chris : It'd be a small meal.
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Vern : Come on you guys. Let's get moving.
Teddy : Yeah, by the time we get there, the kid won't even be dead anymore.
Teddy : Yeah, by the time we get there, the kid won't even be dead anymore.
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Vern : Do you think Mighty Mouse could beat up Superman?
Teddy : What are you, cracked?
Vern : Why not? I saw the other day. He was carrying five elephants in one hand!
Teddy : Boy, you don't know nothing! Mighty Mouse is a cartoon. Superman's a real guy. There's no way a cartoon could beat up a real guy.
Vern : Yeah, maybe you're right. It'd be a good fight, though.
Teddy : What are you, cracked?
Vern : Why not? I saw the other day. He was carrying five elephants in one hand!
Teddy : Boy, you don't know nothing! Mighty Mouse is a cartoon. Superman's a real guy. There's no way a cartoon could beat up a real guy.
Vern : Yeah, maybe you're right. It'd be a good fight, though.
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Chris : I'm never gonna get out of this town am I, Gordie?
Gordie : You can do anything you want, man.
Chris : Yeah, sure. Give me some skin.
Gordie : I'll see ya.
Chris : Not if I see you first.
Gordie : You can do anything you want, man.
Chris : Yeah, sure. Give me some skin.
Gordie : I'll see ya.
Chris : Not if I see you first.
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Gordie : ...the main guy of the story is a fat kid that nobody likes named Davie Hogan.
Vern : Like Charlie Hogan's brother. If he had one.
Chris : Good Vern. Go on, Gordie.
Gordie : Well this kid is our age but he's fat. Real fat. He weighs close to one-eighty. But you know, it's not his fault. It's his glands.
Vern : Oh yeah, my cousin's like that, sincerely. She weighs over three hundred pounds! Supposed to be Hyboid Gland or something. Well, I don't know about any Hyboid Glands, but what a blimp! No shit. She looks like a Thanksgiving turkey. And you know this one time...
Chris : Shut up, Vern.
Vern : Yeah, yeah, right. Go on, Gordie, it's a swell story.
Vern : Like Charlie Hogan's brother. If he had one.
Chris : Good Vern. Go on, Gordie.
Gordie : Well this kid is our age but he's fat. Real fat. He weighs close to one-eighty. But you know, it's not his fault. It's his glands.
Vern : Oh yeah, my cousin's like that, sincerely. She weighs over three hundred pounds! Supposed to be Hyboid Gland or something. Well, I don't know about any Hyboid Glands, but what a blimp! No shit. She looks like a Thanksgiving turkey. And you know this one time...
Chris : Shut up, Vern.
Vern : Yeah, yeah, right. Go on, Gordie, it's a swell story.
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The Writer : [ voiceover ] It happens sometimes. Friends come in and out of our lives, like busboys in a restaurant.
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Milo : Chopper! Sic'em, boy!
The Writer : Now he said, "Sic'em, boy!" But what I heard was, "Chopper! Sic balls!"
Gordie : [ Chopper turns out to be a small golden retriever ] *That's* Chopper?
Teddy : Ha ha ha! Come on, Choppy! Bite my ass, Choppy! Bite my ass! Bite shit. Come on, Choppy! Sic balls, Choppy!
Milo : Stop teasing that dog, you hear me! Stop teasing him! Sonny, I'm gonna beat your ass, teasing my dog like that!
Teddy : Yeah? I'd like to see you climb over this fence and get me, fat ass!
Milo : Don't you call me that, you little tin weasel peckerwood looney's son.
Teddy : What did you call me?
Milo : I know who you are. You're Teddy Duchamp. Your dad's a looney. A looney up in the nuthouse in Togus. He took your ear and he put it to a stove and burnt it off.
Teddy : My father stormed the beach at Normandy.
Milo : He's crazier than a shithouse rat. No wonder you're acting the way you are with a looney for a father.
Teddy : You call my dad a looney again, I'll kill you.
Milo : Looney, looney, looney!
Teddy : I'm gonna rip your head off and shit down your neck!
The Writer : Now he said, "Sic'em, boy!" But what I heard was, "Chopper! Sic balls!"
Gordie : [ Chopper turns out to be a small golden retriever ] *That's* Chopper?
Teddy : Ha ha ha! Come on, Choppy! Bite my ass, Choppy! Bite my ass! Bite shit. Come on, Choppy! Sic balls, Choppy!
Milo : Stop teasing that dog, you hear me! Stop teasing him! Sonny, I'm gonna beat your ass, teasing my dog like that!
Teddy : Yeah? I'd like to see you climb over this fence and get me, fat ass!
Milo : Don't you call me that, you little tin weasel peckerwood looney's son.
Teddy : What did you call me?
Milo : I know who you are. You're Teddy Duchamp. Your dad's a looney. A looney up in the nuthouse in Togus. He took your ear and he put it to a stove and burnt it off.
Teddy : My father stormed the beach at Normandy.
Milo : He's crazier than a shithouse rat. No wonder you're acting the way you are with a looney for a father.
Teddy : You call my dad a looney again, I'll kill you.
Milo : Looney, looney, looney!
Teddy : I'm gonna rip your head off and shit down your neck!
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[ last lines ]
The Writer : [ typing on computer ] I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?
The Writer : [ typing on computer ] I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?
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[ after they had dinner ]
Vern : Nothing like a smoke after a meal.
Teddy : Yeah... I cherish these moments. [ group chuckles ]
Teddy : What? What did I say?
Vern : Nothing like a smoke after a meal.
Teddy : Yeah... I cherish these moments. [ group chuckles ]
Teddy : What? What did I say?
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Chris : "Suck my fat one"? Whoever told you that you had a fat one, Lachance?
Gordie : Biggest one in four counties.
Gordie : Biggest one in four counties.
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[ first lines ]
The Writer : [ voiceover ] I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead human being. It happened in the summer of 1959-a long time ago, but only if you measure in terms of years. I was living in a small town in Oregon called Castle Rock. There were only twelve hundred and eighty-one people. But to me, it was the whole world.
The Writer : [ voiceover ] I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead human being. It happened in the summer of 1959-a long time ago, but only if you measure in terms of years. I was living in a small town in Oregon called Castle Rock. There were only twelve hundred and eighty-one people. But to me, it was the whole world.
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The Writer : It was weird to me how, then, Teddy could care so much about his father, who practically tried to kill him. And I couldn't give a shit about my old man, and he hadn't laid a hand on me since I was three! And that was for eating the bleach under the sink.
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