Dalton quotes from Road House (2024)

View Quote You know, it's strange. Somebody else asked me if I was afraid today. I am afraid. I'm afraid of what happens when somebody pushes me too far. Somebody just like you. 'Cause I know what happens next.

View Quote A **** fishing spear?

View Quote Nice place you got here. Peaceful.

View Quote Knox: Lookie here. Our own little octagon.
Dalton: What? Who taught you shapes?

View Quote Frankie: Well, at least let me text you my number.
Dalton: I don't have a phone, so...
Frankie: Well, hold on. I'll write it down on a pen and paper, just like our ancestors did.

View Quote Knox: Looks like I **** up your leg.
Dalton: You're a shit driver.
Knox: Wrong side of the road.

View Quote Dalton: This piano is out of tune.
Knox: Sounds pretty good to me.

View Quote Ellie: They're not gonna find that guy's body. Crocs hide their food.
Dalton: Do they teach that in kindergarten around here?
Ellie: [Chuckles] They do.

View Quote Dell: Who the **** are you, Mr Smiley?
Dalton: Mr Smiley?
Dell: Yeah. You've had this idiot grin since I walked in. So, are you happy? Are you stupid? Or get punched in the face too many times?
Dalton: Honestly, it's probably the punching thing.

View Quote Sheriff's Deputy: I'll tell 'em it was you.
Dalton: Oh, okay! You know what though? There's a real possibility you won't remember any of this anyway.
Sheriff's Deputy: Wait, wait, what?
Dalton: When you've been fighting as long as I have, you know the power of a concussion.
Sheriff's Deputy: Wait.
Dalton: A real whack can really knock the short-term memory out of ya. Something about how it takes a memory a couple of minutes to get to the long-term part of your brain. I don't know. Anyway, you and I have only been talking for about a minute and a half.
Sheriff's Deputy: I don't understand.
Dalton: Oh what's that over there? [Deputy looks away and Dalton hits him on the back of the head]

View Quote Jack: Hey! Get in the car. [Lifts shirt to reveal his gun] Boss wants to have a word with you.
Dalton: Who's your boss?
Jack: Brandt.
Dalton: Brandt?
Jack: Yeah, Ben Brandt. And he's waiting. So you're gonna get in the car or not?
Dalton: No, I don't think so. [Starts walking away]
Jack: Hey, stop. Stop! You did see that I have a **** gun, right?
Dalton: Yeah. You made a pretty big point of showin' it to me.
Jack: Okay, so get in the **** car! [Dalton laughs and walks towards him] You don't understand how this works, do you?
Dalton: Yeah, I do. But you have a gun, tucked in your waistband. So, it's really not that intimidating, is it?
Jack: What the **** are you talkin' about?
Dalton: [Stops in front of him] I mean, all I have to do is break your index and your middle finger and you wouldn't even be able to hold that gun. Technically, you'd be able to hold it but you wouldn't be able to fire it. So it's really not that big of a threat, is it?
Jack: **** this. [Reaches for his gun, Dalton grabs his hand and bones can be heard snapping] Mother****er!

View Quote Dalton: I just wanted to get you outside so I could ask you and your friends respectfully to leave the premises.
Dell: Oh, we'll leave. After I **** kill you.
Dalton: Sure. Uh, before we start do you have insurance?
Dell: What?
Dalton: Like, you have medical insurance? Your coverage good? Like, you have dental?
Dell: Oh, ha-ha! Yeah. I'm not the one that's gonna ****in' need it.
Dalton: Okay. Sure. Hey, Frankie?
Frankie: Yeah?
Dalton: Is there a hospital nearby?
Frankie: Literally who gives a shit.
Dell: Shit the **** up and fight, asshole!
Dalton: Is there a hospital nearby? Is it like, too far? Is it close?

View Quote Dalton: You don't have to lose, you're gonna lose in front of all your friends.
Dell: "In front of"? [Thugs laugh] Oh, they're not here to just watch.
Dalton: Oh, well, that's hardly fair.
Dell: Life's not fair.
Dalton: I just slapped you. Are you all right?

View Quote Ellie: You sure? You read the whole thing?
Dalton: You know that conchs produce pearls?
Ellie: Yes
Dalton: And that they have ornate spiral...
Ellie: Shells. Yes, everyone knows that.
Dalton: That one in every 15,000 produces a pink pearl.
Ellie: Sounds romantic. Unless you're a conch. Because what actually happens is the conch gets a bit of grit inside its shell, which causes extreme irritation.
Dalton: "Extreme irritation"... that leads to something beautiful. How is that not romantic?

View Quote Dockmaster: Won't find the body. Crocs hide their food.
Dalton: I didn't know that.
Dockmaster: That's why no one believed me about Shantsie. My dog. Damn croc got him, too.

View Quote Frankie: [Walks into her darkened office] Holy shit. You scared the shit out of me
Dalton: That was kind of my intention.

View Quote Sheriff's Deputy: Wait. You don't have to do this.
Dalton: Oh.. I wish I didn't. But I'm angry. It takes a lot to get me angry, but when I am I just can't let go. I wish I could but your boss and Brandt really pissed me off.

View Quote Frankie: So, listen, I own a roadhouse out in the Florida Keys.
Dalton: A roadhouse, huh?
Frankie: Hemingway used to drink there. You know, Ernest Hemingway?
Dalton: Good for you.

View Quote Charlie: I was kind of worried you came here to return 'Fred the Tree.'
Dalton: Why would I do that? How else am I supposed to learn about the Keys' famous six-toed cats?
Charlie: Good point.