American Graffiti quotes

View Quote Bob Falfa: [to Laurie] You ain't said one word all night long. What a weird broad. But you'll appreciate me soon. You're gonna be hangin' on for mercy when I get this sucker rollin'.

View Quote Eddie: [to Steve] I hear college girls really put out.

View Quote Jeff Pazzuto: [to John] There's a very wicked '55 Chevy lookin' for you.

View Quote Peggy: [to Laurie] You'll forget him in a week. After you're elected senior queen, you'll have so many boys after your bod.

View Quote Teenager: [to Terry] Is that you in that beautiful car? Geez, what a waste of machinery.

View Quote Wendy: Same old Curt. All the time we were going together, you never knew what you were doing.

View Quote Ants: Hey, man, who cut the cheese?
Joe: He who smelt it, dealt it.

View Quote Bob Falfa: [as Laurie gets in his car] Hey, hey, hey, baby. What do you say?
Laurie: Don't say anything and we'll get along just fine.

View Quote Bob Falfa: Hey man, I'm sorry if I scared ya!
John: You're gonna hafta do one hell of a lot more than that to scare me!
Bob Falfa: Hey I've been lookin' all over for ya man. Didn't nobody tell ya I was lookin' for ya?...Hey, you're supposed 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.
John: I'm not surprised, drivin' a Field Car.
Bob Falfa: Field Car? What's a Field Car?
John: A Field Car runs through the fields, drops cow shit all over the place to make the lettuce grow.
Bob Falfa: [laughing] That's pretty good. Hey, I like the color of your car there, man. What's that supposed to be? Sorta a cross between Piss Yellow and Puke Green, ain't it?
John: Well, you call that a paint job but it's pretty ugly. I'll betcha you gotta sneak up on the pumps just to get a little air in your tires.
Bob Falfa: Well, at least I don't have to pull over to the side just to let a funeral go by, man.
John: Oh, funny... You know what?
Carol: Your car's uglier than I am! [She turns back to John] That didn't come out right.

View Quote Bob Falfa: Hey, you know a guy around here with a piss yellow deuce coupe, supposed to be hot stuff?
Terry: You mean John Milner?
[Falfa nods slowly]
Terry: Hey, nobody can beat him, man. He's got the fastest...
Bob Falfa: I ain't nobody, dork. Right?
Terry: Right.
Bob Falfa: Hey, you see this Milner, tell him I'm lookin' for him, huh? Tell him I aim to blow his ass right off the road.

View Quote Carlos: He's my man. When I graduate, I'm gonna be a Wolfman. Hey, you know he broadcasts out of Mexico someplace?
Joe: No he don't. I seen the station right outside of town.
[The roar of Bob Falfa's black '55 Chevy drowns out their conversation.]
Joe: Check out the snatch he's got with him.
Curt: Wimps get all the snatch.
Carlos: Milner ain't gonna beat that. His time has come. He's gettin' old. He ain't as fast as he used to be.

View Quote Carol: Hey, is this what they call "copping a feel"?
John: What? No. N-O. Sheezus.
Carol: What's your name, anyway?
John: My name? Mud, if anyone sees you.

View Quote Carol: Oh, rats. I was hoping I might see some friends here.
John: Probably a couple of weeks past their bedtime.
Carol: Oh, wait, there's Dee Dee. I hope she sees me.
John: Oh, shit. Dee Dee!

View Quote Carol: Wow! He's really fast, isn't he?
John: Yeah, but he's stupid.

View Quote Carol: You're a regular J.D.
John: File that under uh, C.S. over there.
[hands her the ticket just issued him]
Carol: C.S.? What's that stand for?
John: Chicken shit - that's what it is.
Carol: Oh.
[puts the ticket in the glove compartment which is full of similar tickets]