Burgess Meredith movie quotes

View Quote Kids. Can't live with 'em, can't shoot 'em.

View Quote Grandpa: Looks like Chuck's going for a ride on the wild baloney pony!

View Quote Grandpa: Looks like Chuck's taking the skin boat to tuna town!

View Quote You're gonna eat lightnin'; you're gonna crap thunder.

View Quote Mickey: [after slapping Rocky in the face] Now you didn't even see that comin', did ya? And that's comin' from a broken down punk like me. What... what do ya think the champ would do to ya?
Rocky: Hurt me bad I guess...
Mickey: Na, he'd hurt ya permanent. Permanent!

View Quote Mickey: Left handed fighters they're the worst. They try to come in there with that big left. Right's no damn good. They ought to outlaw southpaws!
Rocky: Why didn't you tell me that before?
Mickey: I didn't want to hurt your feelings.

View Quote You'll be able to spit nails, kid. Like the guy says, you're gonna eat lightning and you're gonna crap thunder. You're gonna become a very dangerous person.

View Quote You got heart, but you fight like a god-damn ape. The only thing special about you is ya never got your nose busted - well, leave it that way, nice and pretty, and what's left of your mind...Hey kid, did ya ever think about retirin'?...You think about it.

View Quote You lay off that pet shop dame. Women weaken legs.

View Quote Penguin: There are two eggs this wily bird is gonna scramble. Batman and Robin!

View Quote Penguin: Mr. Bluebeard, down 30 fathoms! Run silent, run deep!

View Quote [An annoyed Penguin observes the destruction of his torpedos]
Penguin: He must be using a Super-Energy Reverse Polarizer!

View Quote [at the statue unveiling, Rocky is considering retirement and the crowd is against it; Clubber Lang appears in the crowd]
Clubber: Gettin' out while you can?! Don't give this sucker no statue. Give him guts! I told you I wasn't goin' away. You got your shot. Now, give me mine.
Mickey: Why don't you get the hell outta there?
Clubber: Shut up, old man! I ain't goin' nowhere. And why don't you tell all these nice folks why you been duckin' me? Politics, man! This country wants to keep me down. Keep everybody weak. They don't want a man like me to have the title, because I'm not a puppet like that fool up there.
Rocky: You know, you've got a big mouth. Y'know?
Clubber: Why don't you come down here and close it, Balboa? C'mon! C'mon!
Rocky: Anytime.
Mickey: This guy's crazy. Don't listen to him.
Clubber: The little man don't wanna come to me, then I'll come to you people and lay out the truth. I am ranked #1. 1! That means I'm the best. But this bum been takin' the easy matches. Fightin' other bums. I'm telling you and everybody here. I'll fight him anywhere, anytime, for nothin'! [crowd shouts] But you people ain't never gonna see that happen, because he's gonna retire. You see, he don't fight no real man. He fight them setups.
Rocky: What?
Mickey: You're a disgrace to this sport!
Clubber: Shut up, old man! You and that chump don't know what I had to come from! Balboa, your family doin' real nice, ain't it? You call yourself a fighter? Prove it now. Gimme that same chance! The way you been duckin' is a disgrace. If he ain't no coward, why don't he fight me, then?
Rocky: I can't listen to anymore of this. Hey, anytime you--
Mickey: I don't care what you're ranked! You don't get no shot and I mean that!
Clubber: I'm glad you people are seein' this here.
Rocky: What are you doin'? I wanna fight this guy.
Mickey: Well, you got him. But you'll fight him without me.
Rocky: What are you saying?
Mickey: It's finished. Yes. I'm finished. I don't want no more of this. I don't want no more of it! You understand? None of it! It's over with! [exits through the crowd]
Clubber: Judge me by my fight record. [to Adrian] Hey, woman! Hey, woman! Listen here. Since your ol' man here ain't got no heart, maybe you like to see a real man. I bet you stay up late at night dreamin' you had a real man, don't ya? I tell you what? Bring your pretty, little self over to my apartment tonight, and I'll show you a real man.
Rocky: [furiously] YOU WANT IT, YOU GOT IT!

View Quote [after the statue unveiling, Rocky finds Mickey packing his suitcase]
Rocky: Why did you leave? Why did you walk away like that?
Mickey: Life's too short, kid.
Rocky: Where are you goin'?
Mickey: I'm goin' on a permanent vacation, that's where.
Rocky: What are you talkin' 'bout? We got one more fight.
Mickey: No, no. Not we, you.
Rocky: Why you doin' this? [Mickey doesn't answer, Rocky slams the suitcase shut] I said why you doin' this?!
Mickey: Because you can't win, Rock! This guy'll kill ya to death inside of 3 rounds!
Rocky: You're crazy.
Mickey: What else is new?
Rocky: He's just another fighter.
Mickey: No, he ain't just another fighter. This guy is a wreckin' machine, and he's hungry! Hell, you ain't been hungry since you won that belt!
Rocky: What are you talkin' about? I've had 10 title defenses.
Mickey: That was easy!
Rocky: What do you mean easy?
Mickey: They was hand-picked!
Rocky: Setups?
Mickey: No, they weren't setups. They was good fighters, but they wasn't killers like this guy. He'll knock ya into tomorrow, Rock!
Rocky: Jeez, Mick, why'd you do it?
Mickey: 'Cause the beating that you got from Apollo should have killed you, kid. It didn't. It was my job to keep ya winnin' and to keep ya healthy.
Rocky: You really don't think I got nothin' left, do you?
Mickey: Well, Rock, let's put it this way. Three years ago, you were supernatural. You was hard and nasty. You had this cast iron jaw. But then, the worst thing happened to you that could happen to any fighter. You got civilized. Don't worry, kid. You know, presidents retire, generals retire, horses retire, Man o War retired. They put him out to stud. That's what you should've done, retire.
Rocky: I can't retire knowing all this, Mick.
Mickey: Don't push it.
Rocky: You've been carrying me.
Mickey: We don't need it.
Rocky: You've been carrying me, though.
Mickey: I haven't been carryin' ya, I've been protecting you.
Rocky: Look, I want this fight. Just one more.
Mickey: We don't need it.
Rocky: I'll live in the gym.
Mickey: We don't need it.
Rocky: Mick, I do. I'm askin' you to train me one last time.
Mickey: No, I can't.
Rocky: If you don't, I'm gonna tell everybody you ain't bought a new pair of underwear in 10 years.
Mickey: You would, wouldn't you?
Rocky: Yeah. Absolutely.
Mickey: No.
Rocky: C'mon. One more time, then it's over. Deal? Come on, come on.
Mickey: It's your head kid. It's your head.
Rocky: Yeah, it is. Thanks, Mick.

View Quote [after losing the title to Clubber, Rocky sees a dying Mickey]
Rocky: Mick?
Mickey: [gasps for air] What? Is it over?
Rocky: Yeah, yeah it's all over.
Mickey: Hey, what happened?
Rocky: It was a knockout.
Mickey: What round? What round?
Rocky: Second round.
Mickey: [thinking Rocky had won] I knew it. That's good. We did it, huh?
Rocky: We did it. We did it. You don't have to worry about nothing no more. Everything's going to be okay Mick.
Mickey: Yeah we did it.
Rocky: You gotta get to the hospital, Mick. You're not as young as you used to be.
Mickey: You're the winner. We did everything right. I did everything right.
Rocky: No, no, listen to me. You done everything right. Listen, we got more to do. Mick, whatever you want to do, we'll do it. Okay?
Mickey: I love you, kid. I love you. [gasps harder] Your instinct... [stops breathing]
Rocky: Mick? MICK! [sobs] M...Mick? It isn't...Speak to me! [breaks down]