Taxi Driver Quotes

Betsy : Taking me to a place like this is about as exciting as saying to me "Let's fuck."

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[ first lines ] [ a telephone rings loudly ]
Personnel Officer : [ to the dispatcher ] Harry, answer that. [ to Travis ]
Personnel Officer : So whaddya want to hack for, Bickle?
Travis Bickle : I can't sleep nights.
Personnel Officer : There's porno theaters for that.
Travis Bickle : Yeah, I know. I tried that.
Personnel Officer : So what do you do now?
Travis Bickle : Well, I ride around nights mostly... subways, buses... I figure, you know, if I'm gonna do that I might as well get paid for it.

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Personnel Officer : So what is it? Why do you want to be a taxi driver? Do you need a second job? Are you moonlighting?
Travis Bickle : I... I just want to work long hours. What's moonlighting?

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Travis Bickle : Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There's no escape. I'm God's lonely man.

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Travis Bickle : Let me tell you something. You're in a hell, and you're gonna die in a hell, just like the rest of 'em!

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Travis Bickle : You got a .44 magnum?
Andy, Gun Salesman : It's an expensive weapon.
Travis Bickle : That's all right. I got money.
Andy, Gun Salesman : It's a real monster. It'll stop a car at a hundred yards. Put a round right through the engine block.

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Travis Bickle : How's everything in the pimp business?

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Travis Bickle : I realize now how much she's just like the others, cold and distant, and many people are like that, women for sure, they're like a union.

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Travis Bickle : Each night when I return the cab to the garage, I have to clean the cum off the back seat. Some nights, I clean off the blood.

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Travis Bickle : Twelve hours of work and I still can't sleep. Damn. Days go on and on. They don't end.

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Travis Bickle : I first saw her at Palantine Campaign headquarters at 63rd and Broadway. She was wearing a white dress. She appeared like an angel. Out of this filthy mess, she is alone. They... cannot... touch... her.

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Travis Bickle : I'll tell you why. I think you're a lonely person. I drive by this place a lot and I see you here. I see a lot of people around you. And I see all these phones and all this stuff on your desk. It means nothing. Then when I came inside and I met you, I saw in your eyes and I saw the way you carried yourself that you're not a happy person. And I think you need something. And if you want to call it a friend, you can call it a friend.
Betsy : Are you gonna be my friend?
Travis Bickle : Yeah.

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Travis Bickle : I would say he has quite a few problems. His energy seems to go in the wrong places. When I walked in and I saw you two sitting there, I could just tell by the way you were both relating that there was no connection whatsoever. And I felt when I walked in that there was something between us. There was an impulse that we were both following. So that gave me the right to come in and talk to you. Otherwise I never would have felt that I had the right to talk to you or say anything to you. I never would have had the courage to talk to you. And with him I felt there was nothing and I could sense it. When I walked in, I knew I was right. Did you feel that way?
Betsy : I wouldn't be here if I didn't.

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Betsy : You know what you remind me of?
Travis Bickle : What?
Betsy : That song by Kris Kristofferson.
Travis Bickle : Who's that?
Betsy : A songwriter. 'He's a prophet... he's a prophet and a pusher, partly truth, partly fiction. A walking contradiction.'
Travis Bickle : [ uneasily ] You sayin' that about me?
Betsy : Who else would I be talkin' about?
Travis Bickle : I'm no pusher. I never have pushed.
Betsy : No, no. Just the part about the contradictions. You are that.

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Travis Bickle : Hello Betsy. Hi, it's Travis. How ya doin'? Listen, uh, I'm, I'm sorry about the, the other night. I didn't know that was the way you felt about it. Well, I-I didn't know that was the way you felt. I-I-I would have taken ya somewhere else. Uh, are you feeling better or oh you maybe had a virus or somethin', a 24-hour virus you know. It happens. Yeah, umm, you uh, you're workin' hard. Yeah. Uh, would you like to have, uh, some dinner, uh with me in the next, you know, few days or somethin'? Well, how about just a cup of coffee? I'll come by the, uh, headquarters or somethin', we could, uh... Oh, OK, OK. Did you get my flowers in the...? You didn't get them. I sent some flowers, uh... Yeah, well, OK, OK. Can I call you again? Uh, tomorrow or the next day? OK. No, I'm gonna... OK. Yeah, sure, OK. So long.

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[ last lines ]
Betsy : Travis, I'm... how much was it? [ Travis clears meter ]
Travis Bickle : So long.

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Iris : I don't like what I'm doing, Sport.
Sport : Ah, baby, I don't want you to like what you're doing. If you like what you're doing, then you won't be my woman.

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Sport : Well, take it or leave it. If you want to save yourself some money, don't fuck her. Cause you'll be back here every night for some more. Man, she's twelve and a half years old. You never had no pussy like that. You can do anything you want with her. You can cum on her, fuck her in the mouth, fuck her in the ass, cum on her face, man. She get your cock so hard she'll make it explode. But no rough stuff, all right?

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Sport : I used to have a pony, on Coney Island. It got hit by a truck.

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Street drummer : Now back to Gene Krupa's syncopated style

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Senator Charles Palantine : I think I know what you mean, Travis.

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Charlie T : My man is loaded.

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Passenger : [ to Travis ] You see that window with the light? The one closet to the edge of the building? you know who lives there? Of course you don't know who lives there, but I'm saying "Do you know who lives there?" A Nigger lives there, and that isn't my apartment. My wife is in there and... I'm gonna kill her. [ laughs ]
Passenger : I'm gonna kill her with a .44 Magnum.

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Travis Bickle : [ Walks up to Sport ] Hey Sport. How ya doin'?
Sport : Okay, okay my man, how... Where do I know you from, man?
Travis Bickle : I don't know. How's everything in the pimp business, huh?
Sport : Do I know you?
Travis Bickle : No. Do I know you?
Sport : Get outta here. Come on, get lost, huh.
Travis Bickle : Do I know you? How's Iris? You know Iris.
Sport : No, I don't know nobody name Iris. Iris? Come on, get outta here, man.
Travis Bickle : You don't know anybody by the name of Iris?
Sport : I don't know nobody name Iris!
Travis Bickle : No?
Sport : Hey, go back to your fuckin' tribe before you get hurt, huh man. Do me a favor, I don't want no trouble, huh. Okay?
Travis Bickle : You got a gun?
Sport : Get the fuck outta here, man. [ Flicks his cigarette at him ]
Sport : Get outta here [ Kicks him ]
Sport : .
Travis Bickle : Suck on this. [ Travis shoots him with a revolver in the stomach and walks away ]

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Wizard : In the middle of the bridge she changes her pantyhose.

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Sport : You're a funny guy - but looks aren't everything.

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