The Big Lebowski Quotes

Maude Lebowski : Now, what happened to your face? Did Jackie Treehorn do that as well?
The Dude : Ah, no that was the chief of police of Malibu. A real reactionary.

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[ after the chief of police throws a coffee mug at his head ]
The Dude : Ow! Fucking fascist!

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The Dude : Your money is being held by a kid named Larry Sellers. Real fucking brat, but I'm sure your goons can get it off him. I mean, he's fifteen. [ pause ]
The Dude : Flunking social studies.

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Da Fino : Let me tell ya something - I dig your work. Playing one side against the other, in bed with everybody - just fabulous stuff.

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[ the Dude has been drugged and is semi-conscious ]
The Dude : So if you could just write me my check for ten percent of a half a million... five grand... I'll go out and mingle.

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Walter Sobchak : You know, Dude, I myself dabbled in pacifism once. Not in 'Nam of course.
The Dude : Then you know he's got emotional problems, man.
Walter Sobchak : You mean... beyond pacifism?

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The Big Lebowski : I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

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The Stranger : Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes, well, he eats you.

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Brandt : [ the Dude is leaving after his first meeting with Lebowski ] Well, enjoy. And perhaps we'll see you again some time, Dude.
The Dude : Yeah, sure, if I'm... in the neighborhood and I, uh... gotta use the john.

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The Dude : By the way, do you think that you could give me that $20,000 in cash? My concern is, and I have to, uh, check with my accountant, that this might bump me into a higher, uh, tax...
The Big Lebowski : Brandt, give him the envelope.
The Dude : Oh, you've already got the check made out, that's great.

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Jackie Treehorn : Refill?
The Dude : Does the Pope shit in the woods?

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[ last lines ]
The Stranger : Say, friend - you got any more of that good sarsaparilla?

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Brandt : You never went to college...
The Dude : Oh, no I did, but I spent most of my time occupying various administration buildings... smoking a lot of thai stick... breaking into the ROTC... and bowling. To tell you the truth Brandt, I don't remember most of it.

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The Dude : We dropped off the damn money...
The Big Lebowski : We?
The Dude : I! The Royal "we"! You know, the editorial...

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Walter Sobchak : [ looking at his hero writer Digby Sellers in an iron lung ] Does he still write?
Pilar, Sellers' Housekeeper : Oh no no, he has health problems.

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Maude Lebowski : The story is ludicrous.

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The Big Lebowski : Did I urinate on your rug?
The Dude : You mean, did you personally come and pee on my rug?
The Big Lebowski : Do you speak English sir? Parla usted Inglese?

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The Dude : Uh, and then, uh, the music business, briefly.
Maude Lebowski : Oh?
The Dude : Yeah. Roadie for Metallica
Maude Lebowski : Oh.
The Dude : Speed of Sound Tour
Maude Lebowski : Mm-hmm.
The Dude : Bunch of assholes.

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Donny : I'm throwing rocks tonight. Mark it, Dude.

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Auto Circus Cop : [ the Dude asks the Auto Circus Cop if there are any leads on who stole his beater car ] Leads, yeah, sure. I'll just check with the boys down at the crime lab, they've got four more detectives working on the case. They got us working in shifts! [ laughs ]
Auto Circus Cop : Leads! [ laughs as he walks away ]
Auto Circus Cop : Leads...

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Knox Harrington : So you're Lebowski. Maudie's told me all about you. She'll be back in a moment, sit down. Would you like a drink?
The Dude : [ as he sits down ] Uh, yeah. White Russian?
Knox Harrington : The bar's over there.

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The Big Lebowski : What makes a man, Mr. Lebowski?
The Dude : Dude.
The Big Lebowski : Huh?
The Dude : Uhh... I don't know sir.
The Big Lebowski : Is it being prepared to do the right thing, whatever the cost? Isn't that what makes a man?
The Dude : Hmmm... Sure, that and a pair of testicles.

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The Big Lebowski : Are you surprised at my tears, sir?
The Dude : [ Smoking a joint ] Dude, fuckin' A!
The Big Lebowski : Strong men also cry... strong men also cry.

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The Dude : What do you do?
Knox Harrington : Oh, nothin' much. [ giggles ]

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Walter Sobchak : Fifteen, Dude. This is it. Let's take that hill!

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Maude Lebowski : My father and I don't get along, he doesn't approve of my lifestyle and, needless to say, I don't approve of his. Still, I hardly wish to make my father's embezzlement a police matter, so I'm proposing that you try to recover the money from the people you delivered it to.
The Dude : Well, I could do that...
Maude Lebowski : If you successfully do so, I will compensate you to the tune of 10 percent of the recovered sum.
The Dude : [ stunned ] A hundred...
Maude Lebowski : Thousand, yes bones or clams or whatever you call them.

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The Dude : Hey, no, come on, Walter. We're ending this thing cheap, man.
Walter Sobchak : No, what's mine is mine.
Nihilist : No funny shtuff.
The Dude : Alright, alright, I've got four dollars, almost five...
Donny : Hey, I got eighteen dollars.
Walter Sobchak : What's mine is mine.
Nihilist : We fuck you ups, man. We takes the money.
Walter Sobchak : Come and get it.

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The Stranger : I like your style, Dude.
The Dude : Well, I dig your style too, man. Got the whole cowboy thing goin'.
The Stranger : Thankee.

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Walter Sobchak : Call the medics, Dude. I'd go myself but I'm pumping blood. Might pass out. Rest easy, good buddy, you're doing fine. We got help choppering in.

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[ after biting the German's ear off ]
Walter Sobchak : Anti-semite!

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