Henry Fonda movie quotes

57 quotes from 7 movies

The Lady Eve (1941) as Charles Pike

View Quote [to Jean] It's funny to be even here at your feet talking about beer? You see, I don't like beer, bock beer, lager beer, or steam beer...I do not! And I don't like pale ale, brown ale, nut brown ale, porter or stout which makes me ulp just to think about it. Ulp! Excuse me. But it wasn't enough so everybody'd call me Hopsie ever since I was six years old. Hopsie Pike.

View Quote You ought to put handles on that skull. Maybe you could grow geraniums in it.

View Quote [to 'Lady Eve'] Well, I mean to say, uh, haven't we met?

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My Darling Clementine (1946) as Wyatt Earp

View Quote Look, Doc, I ain't tryin' to poke my nose into your personal affairs, but from where I stand, a man would have to go a long ways before he finds a finer girl than that Miss Carter, or a prettier one for that matter.

View Quote What kind of a town is this anyway? Excuse me ma'am. A man can't get a shave without gettin' his head blowed off.

View Quote There's probably fifty fellas around town just waitin' to see you get liquored up so they can fill you full of holes. Build themselves up a great reputation. The man that killed Doc Holliday.

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On Golden Pond (1981) as Norman Thayer Jr.

View Quote [to Ethel] Wanna dance or would you rather just suck face?

View Quote [to Bill] Would you like the room where I first violated her mother?

View Quote Bill: [as he heads out to the lake to go skinny-dipping with Ethel and Chelsea] Are there any bears around here?
Norman: Oh, sure. Black bears, grizzlies. One of 'em came along here and ate an old lesbian just last month.

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The Grapes of Wrath (1940) as Tom

View Quote Seems like the government's got more interest in a dead man than a live one.

View Quote That Casy. He might have been a preacher but he seen things clear. He was like a lantern. He helped me to see things clear.

View Quote Tom: How about a lift, Mister?
Driver: Can't you see that sticker? [A decal reads NO RIDERS ALLOWED - Instructions of Owner]
Tom: Sure, I see it. But a good guy don't pay no attention to what some heel makes him stick on his truck.
Driver: Well, scrunch down on the running board 'til we get around the bend.

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How the West Was Won (1962) as Jethro Stuart

View Quote [to Zeb Rawlings] Settled down for a year, once. Took ten years off my life!

View Quote Mike King: Why did you bring those bodies here?
Jethro Stuart: They're railroaders. I thought somebody in the railroad might be interested.
Mike King: Well, I'm the railroad and I'm not interested. You should have buried 'em where you found 'em, then tracked down the Indians who did it.

View Quote Zeb Rawlings: Mike King don't own the railroad!
Jethro Stuart: Oh? I don't think he knows that.

The Wrong Man (1956) as Manny Balestrero

View Quote Lt. Bowers: Is your name Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero?
Manny Balestrero: Yes, it is.
Lt. Bowers: I want to speak with you. We're police officers.
Manny Balestrero: What about?
Lt. Bowers: We'd like you to come down to the precinct and help us out a little.

View Quote Lt. Bowers: How do you explain it?
Manny Balestrero: I made a mistake.
Lt. Bowers: And so did the hold up man. And it happens to be the same mistake.

View Quote Manny Balestrero: Tell you what we'll do. This evening, we'll take time for music lessons. Bob'll have a lesson on the piano and Greg on the harmonica.
Gregory Balestrero: Mine first!
Manny Balestrero: Each lesson will be fifteen minutes, and Greg's... [phone rings. He picks it up] Hello...? Hello, Mother.

12 Angry Men (1957) as Juror #8 / Davis

View Quote It's not easy to raise my hand and send a boy off to die without talking about it first...We're talking about somebody's life here. We can't decide in five minutes. Supposin' we're wrong.

View Quote It’s very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. And no matter where you run into it, prejudice obscures the truth.