Jaws Quotes

Martin Brody: I mean, it's obvious that a big fish took a bite out of... this big fish.

Dr. Elkins: This is a mammal. Not a fish.

Martin Brody: Don't quibble with me! Is it a shark bite or isn't it?

Dr. Elkins: Possibly. Again, this is a killer whale, wouldn't have to be a shark a considerable size.

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Helicopter Pilot: That you, Brody?

Martin Brody: Listen, did you have a fix on those kids yet?

Helicopter Pilot: Negative - I'm still down.

Martin Brody: Well, you'd better get the hell up because, I'm out here all alone!

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Andy Williams: Did your mom put all this together?

Mike Brody: Yeah, it's her job.

Andy Williams: Did she make the punch?

Mike Brody: No.

Andy Williams: [throwing it back in the bowl] Good, it's terrible!

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[after Brody has been fired]

Martin Brody: Maybe they're right... I'm tired... I'm tired... Too damn tired...

Ellen Brody: Too damn drunk. That's what you are, too damn drunk.

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[Hendricks and Red are dragging the ocean in the police launch]

Red: We've been over this a dozen times.

Hendricks: I know, I know!

Red: How much longer?

Hendricks: Until we find something!

Red: But I'm cold, bored...

Hendricks: You're bored!

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[the launch snags a power line]

Red: Oh, shit! Drop it!

Hendricks: Wh- What is it?

Red: Drop it! It's a power line!

Hendricks: Oh, terrific!

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Martin Brody: Better check the bite radius.

Dr. Elkins: The what?

Martin Brody: The shape of the mouth...

Dr. Elkins: Whales mouth?

Martin Brody: Shark's mouth.

Dr. Elkins: What shark?

Martin Brody: The shark that did this.

Dr. Elkins: We don't know that, do we?

Martin Brody: But we're here to find out!

Dr. Elkins: And we will.

Hendricks: I can't hear you if you're going to whisper!

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Tina Wilcox: Get out the bankets, I'm getting black and blue marks all over my butt, and my moms starting to get uptight about them!

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Martin Brody: I think we've got another shark problem.

Mayor Larry Vaughn: Are you serious?

Martin Brody: You bet I'm serious.

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Len Peterson: Brody, this is nothing! Seaweed, mud, something on the lens...

Martin Brody: Lens my ass!

Len Peterson: You're damn right it's your ass!

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[looking for a dance]

Timmy: Who are you going to ask next?

Doug: Tina Wilcox.

Timmy: Ed's girlfriend... You're crazy!

Doug: It doesn't hurt to ask. Sometimes the most beautiful girls are the loneliest.

Timmy: That's a crock of shit!

Doug: I know!

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Martin Brody: You don't have to worry about being sued or being ruined if this turns out to be what I think it is, because there won't be anybody here!

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Martin Brody: But I'm telling you, and I'm telling everybody at this table that that's a shark! And I know what a shark looks like, because I've seen one up close. And you'd better do something about this one, because I don't intend to go through that hell again!

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Sean Brody: What's after Cable Junction?

Bob: The Atlantic. Then Ireland.

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Bob: [Eying on Jackie] Ooh, Larry Look. Larry, Look.

Larry Vaughn Jr.: What?

Bob: Look at her.
[pauses]

Bob: Well?

Larry Vaughn Jr.: She's got, tits like a sparrow.

Bob: Do you, have to talk like that?

Larry Vaughn Jr.: [Sarcastically] What are you, my mother? Will you undo, the jib?
[Bob undoes the jib]

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Martin Brody: Yeah... that's the Orca.

Phil Fogarty: Good lens, too fast. One-four, I think. You notice that difussion over there...

Martin Brody: [cuts him off] Come on, Phil, don't jerk me, around. What else have you got?

Phil Fogarty: Over here. I exposed another bunch this morning, but I haven't had a chance to develop them yet.

Martin Brody: [as the first photo vaguely shows the shark] That's it. That's the one.

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Philip FitzRoyce: Then perhaps we can have a drink and some dinner tonight?

Kathryn Morgan: Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. FitzRoyce, but that's a behavior I just don't do.

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Mike Brody: You put on weight, you need a shave, and you're too tall.

Sean Brody: Well, uh, two of out of three I can fix, huh?

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Mike Brody: I see my brother nailed you, eh?

Kelly Ann Bukowski: Your brother?

Mike Brody: Yeah, believe it or not.

Kathryn Morgan: If he wouldn't have pulled that old crotch trick, he never would have won.

Mike Brody: Yeah. That's his best move.

Kathryn Morgan: It runs in the family.

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Sean Brody: I was this close doing it in the water last night, and that's a first.

Mike Brody: This close, huh?

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Mike Brody: White sharks are dangerous. I know 'em. My father, my brother, myself. They're murders.

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Calvin Bouchard: Was it the shark?

Kathryn Morgan: It was a shark. It was a shark with a bite radius about a yard across.

Philip FitzRoyce: Don't be silly. That would indicate a shark of some 35 feet in length.

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Hoagie Newcombe: I have an irresistible urge to kiss you, Ellen Brody.

Ellen Brody: Why?

Hoagie Newcombe: Because... it would not occur to you why.

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Hoagie Newcombe: [as the shark swims up to him] Oh, shit.

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Ellen Brody: Come and get me, you son of a bitch!

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Michael Brody: [to torch-wielding welder wife Carla] I've always wanted to make love to an angry welder. I've dreamed of nothing else since I was a small boy.

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Ellen Brody: I want you, to get out of the water.

Michael Brody: What?

Ellen Brody: I want you, to get out of that terrible job!

Michael Brody: C'mon Mom, you can't be serious.

Ellen Brody: Damn! I'm serious.

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Michael Brody: Dad died of a heart attack!

Ellen Brody: No. He died from fear. Fear of that shark.

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Michael Brody: [when shark's chasing him through tunnels] JESUS CHRIST!

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Jake: [to Michael and his crewmates] If mediocrity were fat, you'd all be whales!

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