Movie Quotes for American Graffiti

I thought, maybe before I leave, we could agree that…that seeing other people while I’m away can’t possibly hurt, you know.

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I think it would strengthen our relationship. Then we’d know for sure that we’re really in love. Not that there’s any doubt.

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Oh, no, not me. Not old Carol. The night is young and I’m not hittin’ the rack till I get a little action.

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I don’t care if you leave this second!

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Where are you going? It’s awfully early in the morning.

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Let’s dance.

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Your car is uglier than I am. That didn’t come out right.

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I decided I wasn’t the competitive type.

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If you ever get tired of going steady with somebody that ain’t around, I’m up for grabs.

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Shhh. Listen, listen! Look at it this way. Now, you got three choices. One, you chicken out and in that case I let Ants tie you to the car and drag you around a little bit and you don’t want that. Right?

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Okay, Bolander, you are suspended. Don’t – don’t you even come in on Monday. You’re out, you’re out!

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No, man. I’m not the Wolfman. Wait a minute.

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You got a bitchin’ car.

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Rock ‘n’ Roll will stand man. Who’s this on the Wolfman telephone?

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Hey, did you get it? Did you get it? Did you get it? Did you get it? You got it! You got it!

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Come on, beat it, Vic. I’m not your baby.

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That creep’s not a friend of mine, he’s just…horny. That’s why I like you, you’re different.

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Why did you do that?

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Two, you foul up and Holstein hears you and, well uh, you don’t want that, right?

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Yeah, and I bet you’re smart enough to get us some brew.

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Wow, you’re just like the Lone Ranger.

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Are you guys ready?

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You’re gonna hafta do one hell of a lot more than that to scare me!

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This is a super fine machine.

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Well, I…I also…I forgot the car.

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Very funny. What a chop! Ha-ha! Quit laughing! Let’s catch ‘em at the light. Jump out and flatten their tires.

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Yeah, well I’m not surprised, drivin’ a field car!

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I’m old enough. How old are you?

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Blotto, exactly. Barfed on the train all the next day, too.

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You’re a regular J.D.

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I’m too old for you.

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Hey now, don’t be stupid. Experience life! Have some fun, Curt! Anyway, good luck.

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Okay, you got an I.D. for the liquor?

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Well, goddammit, I won’t report you this time, but next time just watch it, will ya?

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Sneakin’ around with the Wolfman, baby. This is gonna strike a raw nerve, Mama. Here’s The Platters.

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I am? I mean, do you really think I’m intelligent?

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Hello. Buenos Noches. You sure you don’t need a lift somewhere? Huh? Hey, you know John Milner? John Milner’s a good friend of mine. Hey, did anybody ever tell you that you look just like Connie Stevens?

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Yeah, three weeks? Besides, it only took me one night to realize if brains were dynamite you couldn’t blow your nose.

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Probably a couple of weeks past their bedtime.

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Hey, you see this Milner, you tell him I’m lookin’ for him, huh? Tell him I aim to blow his ass right off the road.

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Field car? What’s a field car?

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Hey I’ve been lookin’ all over for ya man. Didn’t nobody tell ya I was lookin’ for ya?

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I was a dirty bird, Carol’s not grungey – she’s bitchin’

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You can’t be that old.

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Hey, what do you say, Curt? Last night in town – you guys gonna have a little bash before you leave?

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Grungy? You big weenie! If I had a boyfriend, he’d pound you.

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Three, you are successful and you join the Pharaohs with a car coat and a blood initiation and all that, huh?

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Steven, please. Smile or something.

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Middlebury, Vermont.

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Cute, very cute. Where’d you go again?

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Hey, hey, Kroot. I graduated last semester. Remember?

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Hey man, I’m sorry if I scared ya!

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Yeah, I’ll die soon, then it’ll all be over, John.

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You mean dating other people?

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You seem to know a lot of weird guys.

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Listen, I still gotta find that blonde.

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Oh, that was beautiful, John. Just beautiful.

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Well, I uh – I think I may find that I’m not the competitive type myself.

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Some enchanted evening / You will see a stranger / You will see a stranger / Across a crowded room / And somehow you’ll know / That she is the one…

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What? No, get up, N-O. Sheezus.

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Hey! Driving is a serious business. I ain’t having no accidents just because of you!

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That’s $2000 man! $2000!

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Hey, I don’t want it. Take it – it’s yours.

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Oh, rats. I thought some of my friends might be here.

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You better comes with us and take a ride with the Pharaohs, huh?

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You mean John Milner?

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Hey, I’ll call you some night Deb. Some night when I’m hard up.

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I won’t be home.

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What did you say?

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Rome wasn’t burned in a night.

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So, your Judy’s little…Shit! How old are you?

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Toby Juarez? Sure, we know Toby. We killed him last night. Tied him to a car and dragged him.

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We’re finally getting out of this turkey town, and now you wanna crawl back into your cell, right? You wanna end up like John? You just can’t stay seventeen forever.

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Why certainly! I lost my wife, too – her name wasn’t Idy, though, and it wasn’t in a flood – but I know what ya…

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I thought you’d left.

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Shit! Hey, get down!

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No, I’m talkin’ to the other fifty creeps here. You know Gil Gonzales?

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Mr. Jennings gave it to me to give to you. He says he’s sorry it’s so late, but it’s the first scholarship the Moose Lodge has given out. And he, uh, says they’re all very proud of you back at the lodge.

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How you doing Diane?.

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Well, you call that a paint job, but it’s pretty ugly. I bet you got to sneak up on the pumps just to get a little air in your tires!

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OK, John…So long…So long!

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Jesus, what a night!

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Yeah, I think so. There’s some punk lookin’ for me.

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Oh, hi, Mr. Gordon. What’s up?

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You’re talking to the woman I love.

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That’s bitchin’ tuck and roll! You know, I really love the feel of tuck and roll upholstery.

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They got worried – thought you were trying to avoid them or something.

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My name? Mud, if anybody sees you.

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Why are you so depressed? You’ll forget him in a week. After you’re elected senior Queen, you’ll have so many boys after your bod.

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I don’t know why I ever asked you out!

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I don’t know, maybe I was scared.

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Well at least I don’t have to pull over to the side just to let a funeral go by man.

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You know, what, Terry. I had a pretty good time tonight.

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All right, all right, Bolander, break that up. You know the rules. You and your girlfriend want to do that, go someplace else, huh?

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Get out of here.

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Hey, Kroot! Why don’t you go kiss a duck?

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Is that tuck and roll?

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Oh, shit. Dee Dee!

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Sorry. You’ll have to get it before.

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Ha ha! That’s pretty good! Say, I like the color of your car there, man. What’s that s’posed to be? Sort of a cross between piss yella’ and puke green ain’t it?

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Gee, thanks. It’s just like a ring or something. It’s like were going steady.

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That’s the Wolfman.

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Look, creep. You want a knuckle sandwich?

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What the hell’s goin’ on here, Toad? Hey, man, are you all right?

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It’s a really beautiful night. It’s a perfect night for horseback riding.

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Don’t say anything and we’ll get along just fine.

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Just do as I say!

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You mean liquor. Yeah, yeah right, liquor. Yeah, this place is too crowded anyway.

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Are you the Wolfman?

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You know Toby Juarez? Toby Juarez, he’s a Pharaoh isn’t he?

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What did you say? Wait, what did you say?

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Hey, you know a guy around here with a piss yellow deuce coupe, supposed to be hot stuff?

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What is it? What do ya got?

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Hey, hey, hey, baby. What do you say?

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Yeah, yeah. Listen, are you with him?

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Then keep your smart-ass mouth shut.

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Look who’s talking. Hey, who’s the wimp you’re hanging out with now? Einstein?

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Hey now, buddy, look. The lady obviously doesn’t want to have…

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Excuse me, but I think we’ve had an accident.

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One semester. After all that, I came back here.

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Oh, race him. You can beat him.

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Stand by for justice!

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Tiger happens to be very intelligent, unlike you. I know everything your dirty little mind is thinking – it shows.

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Took the header plugs off, eh? Expectin’ some action?

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No, not yet. I have no matches.

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Gil Gonzales? No. No, I don’t.

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You would, you grungy little twirp.

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Just keep him away from me, that’s all I want. How do I get into these things? We’re all right up…Debbie? Debbie?

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Maybe if it’s the goat killer, he’ll get somebody and we’ll see the whole thing.

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What do you mean?

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You think I care if you go off? You think I’m gonna crack up or something? Boy, are you conceited!

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Hey, is this what they call copping a feel?

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Have a good trip!

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I can’t see anything. I don’t wanna see anything.

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Thanks, here’s enough for a pint.

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…but you’re still a punk.

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Man, I can’t keep track of all you punks runnin’ ’round here backwards.

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You’ll always be Number One, John. You’re the greatest.

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Oh, umm, yeah. Oh, nuts, I left it in the car.

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Well, I’m not really sure that I’m

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Sicker ‘n’ a dog, that’s for sure.

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Wait a minute, wait a minute, Joe, wait a minute. What if he hears me?

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Aw, come on honey. Look, so I never called you back. I’ve been, you know, busy.

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Hey, what are you punks doing? What’s going on here?

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I have a dentist appointment.

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Only stayed a semester?

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Cute. Why don’t you hold it for me for awhile?

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Oh, wait, there’s Dee Dee. I hope she sees me.

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Don’t know Gil huh? Well you oughta. He’s a friend of ours and that’s his car you got your butt parked on.

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Who is this on the Wolfman Telephone?.

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I know, uh…you probably think you’re a big shot, goin’ off like this…

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I was losing man.

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Get down! OK now, you got it? I’m staying here, you’re on your own.

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A field car runs through the fields, droppin’ cow shit all over the place to make the lettuce grow.

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What? Wait a minute, wait a minute. What blood initiation?

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I don’t like that surfin’ shit. Rock and roll’s been going down hill ever since Buddy Holly died.

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Joe College strikes out.

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Hey Deb, How’s my soft baby?

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Someone wants me. Someone roaming the streets, wants ME…Will you turn the corner?

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He’s a friend of mine, you hear? And little girl…you better call him, or the Wolfman gonna get you!

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I can’t see what he’s doing. Darn it, I wish I could see.

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Don’t you think the Beach Boys are boss?

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I said, go kiss a duck, marblehead.

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Is that you in that beautiful car? Geez, what a waste of machinery!

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Uh, no thanks. I’m waiting for a double Chucky Chuck.

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Yeah? Well, get in and I’ll let you feel it…I mean, you know, you can touch it…uh…I’ll let you feel the upholstery.

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Why did you come back?

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Pardon me, sir, but I lost my I.D. in…in a flood and I’d like to get some Old Harper, hard stuff. Would you mind buying a bottle for me?

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I don’t want to see the whole thing.

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A double Chubby-Chuck, a chili-barb, two orders of French fries and…

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The Moose have been looking for you all day.

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Brother, how do I get stuck with dance supervision? Will you tell me that? You going back east? Boy, I remember the day I went off. Got drunk as hell the night before, just…

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Why the hell do they bother? You’ve been number one as long as I can remember.

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Yeah. Been a long time, ain’t it? I’ll see ya.

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Get your bugaloos out baby! The Wolfman is everywhere.

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Hey, have a popsicle. The ice box just broke down, and they’re melting all over the place. You want one?

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Hey, what do you want? Push the red switch down.

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Little kiss on your ear. Goodnight, sweetheart. I’ll see you later.

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Sweetheart, if the prize is you, I’m a ready teddy.

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Well, get bent, turkey!

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Let me have a Three Musketeers, and a ball point pen, and one of those combs there, a pint of Old Harper, a couple of flash light batteries and some beef jerky.

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I just love listening to Wolfman. My Mom won’t let me at home. Because he’s a Negro. I think he’s terrific.

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In fact, your car’s so neat, we’re gonna give you our special prize. You want me to give it to you?

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File that under uh, C.S. over there.

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C.S.? What’s that stand for?

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Chicken shit – that’s what it is.

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You’re the most beautiful, exciting thing I’ve ever seen in my life and I don’t know anything about you.

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He who smelt it, dealt it.

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Hey, nobody can beat him, man. He’s got the fastest…

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I ain’t nobody, dork. Right?

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Right.

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Hey you’re s’posed to be the fastest thing in the Valley man, but that can’t be your car. It must be your mama’s car! I’m sorta’ embarrassed to be this close to ya!

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Peel out, I just love it when guys peel out.

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Girls don’t pay – guys pay!

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Hey, man, who cut the cheese?

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