The Great Race Quotes

“Rise and shine??” “It’s 7:30.” “Then You rise, you shine!” ~Professor Fate (Jack Lemmon), and Max, after Max (Peter Falk) tries to wake him up in The Leslie Special. - View Quote Details on “Rise and shine??” “It’s 7:30.” “Then You rise, you shine!”…
“Professor, Where are you?” ~ Max - View Quote Details on “Professor, Where are you?” ~ Max
“You bumbling idiots, you will answer to my government for this outrage, outrage! You are kidnapping Fate the Magnificent! Look, let’s get practical. I don’t care what you do to the others, as long as you let me go. What do you say to five HUNDRED dollars?” (whistles) ~ to the Baron’s guards. - View Quote Details on “You bumbling idiots, you will answer to my government for…
“Welcome to Boracho, honey!” ~ Lily Olay - View Quote Details on “Welcome to Boracho, honey!” ~ Lily Olay
(gets a second pie in the face) “Rum! I never mix my pies. I want to play, too.” ~ as he enters the pie fight. - View Quote Details on (gets a second pie in the face) “Rum! I never…
“No! You touch one hair on his head and you’ll have to answer to Teddy Roosevelt, and the government of the United States of America!” ~ Maggie DuBois, in defense of Hezekiah Sturdy (who is completely bald). - View Quote Details on “No! You touch one hair on his head and you’ll…
“Well, there’s another one Leslie can try on for size!” ~Professor Fate, covered in hot slurry after crashing during another stunt. - View Quote Details on “Well, there’s another one Leslie can try on for size!”…
“NOW can I have me some fightin’ room?!” ~Texas Jack, the outlaw (Larry Storch), several times during a saloon fight. - View Quote Details on “NOW can I have me some fightin’ room?!” ~Texas Jack,…
“I once went on an anthropological expedition, to study the Kwakiutl Indians. In winter, one Kwakiutl in a blanket froze. But two Kwakiutls, in the same blanket…” ~ The Great Leslie - View Quote Details on “I once went on an anthropological expedition, to study the…
“Thirty seven inches to go.” ~ The Great Leslie (measuring iceberg remaining) - View Quote Details on “Thirty seven inches to go.” ~ The Great Leslie (measuring…
“You talk a good fight, but when it comes down to it, you’re as emancipated as a confirmed spinster in a knitting bee.” ~The Great Leslie to Maggie DuBois (Natalie Wood) as they approach the finish line in Paris. - View Quote Details on “You talk a good fight, but when it comes down…
“Thieves, brigans and cut-throats of all nations may hound us… but we are ready for them, we shall blast them into Kingdom Come”. - View Quote Details on “Thieves, brigans and cut-throats of all nations may hound us…
“If we turned right back there we’d end up on the Montmarte Steps!” ~ The Great Leslie - View Quote Details on “If we turned right back there we’d end up on…
Pardon me, Mr. Partner. Who is this Texas Jack? - View Quote Details on Pardon me, Mr. Partner. Who is this Texas Jack?
Goodbye! Farewell, you good Leslie you! I hope you win! I hope you win! (laughs) I miss him… - View Quote Details on Goodbye! Farewell, you good Leslie you! I hope you win!…
“As a very wise English gentleman once said, ‘He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day’. So, until another day, Mr. Leslie, please excuse me, I have a boat waiting” ~Baron von Stuppe (Ross Martin), preceding a perfect swan dive through his boat. - View Quote Details on “As a very wise English gentleman once said, ‘He who…
“I hate you” ~ as Prince Frederick Hapnik, to Hapnik’s dog. - View Quote Details on “I hate you” ~ as Prince Frederick Hapnik, to Hapnik’s…
“My apologies, there’s a Polar Bear in our car.” “If you don’t leave this car immediately, I shall personally feed you to the bear.” ~Professor Fate & The Great Leslie, after Fate falls through the roof of the Leslie Special in the middle of a snowstorm. - View Quote Details on “My apologies, there’s a Polar Bear in our car.” “If…
“You have a brain the size of a carbuncle! Get outta here before Leslie spots us! Dive, crash dive!” ~ to Max - View Quote Details on “You have a brain the size of a carbuncle! Get…
“Ulp? Brandy? Hah-hah, throw more brandy! Throw brandy! More Brandy!” ~ after getting a pie in the face. - View Quote Details on “Ulp? Brandy? Hah-hah, throw more brandy! Throw brandy! More Brandy!”…
“Why you thimble headed gherkin! Do you realize the odds against a storm in this part of the ocean at this time of the year?” ~ to Max. - View Quote Details on “Why you thimble headed gherkin! Do you realize the odds…
“You! You’re the cause of it all! It was your idea!” “You’re banished! I’m getting a new tucker-inner! Banished, banished, banished!” ~ to General Kuhster. - View Quote Details on “You! You’re the cause of it all! It was your…