The Big Lebowski Quotes

The Dude : It's like what Lenin said... you look for the person who will benefit, and, uh, uh...
Donny : I am the walrus.
The Dude : You know what I'm trying to say...
Donny : I am the walrus.
Walter Sobchak : That fucking bitch...
The Dude : Oh yeah!
Donny : I am the walrus.
Walter Sobchak : Shut the fuck up, Donny! V.I. Lenin. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov!
Donny : What the fuck is he talking about, Dude?

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[ being forced into a limousine ]
The Dude : Hey, careful, man, there's a beverage here!

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The Dude : And, you know, he's got emotional problems, man.
Walter Sobchak : You mean... beyond pacifism?

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Donny : Are these the Nazis, Walter?
Walter Sobchak : No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of.

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Jesus Quintana : What's this day of rest shit? What's this bullshit? I don't fuckin' care! It don't matter to Jesus. But you're not foolin' me, man. You might fool the fucks in the league office, but you don't fool Jesus. This bush league psyche-out stuff. Laughable, man - ha ha! I would have fucked you in the ass Saturday. I fuck you in the ass next Wednesday instead. Wooo! You got a date Wednesday, baby!

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Walter Sobchak : Fucking dipshit with a nine toed woman.

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The Dude : Fuckin' Quintana... that creep can roll, man.
Walter Sobchak : Yeah, but he's a pervert, Dude.
The Dude : Yeah.
Walter Sobchak : No, he's a sex offender. With a record. He served 6 months in Chino for exposing himself to an eight year old.
The Dude : Oh!
Walter Sobchak : When he moved to Hollywood he had to go door to door to tell everyone he was a pederast.
Donny : What's a... pederast, Walter?
Walter Sobchak : Shut the fuck up, Donny.

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Jesus Quintana : You ready to be fucked, man? I see you rolled your way into the semis. Dios mio, man. Liam and me, we're gonna fuck you up.
The Dude : Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Jesus Quintana : Let me tell you something, pendejo. You pull any of your crazy shit with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I'll take it away from you, stick it up your ass and pull the fucking trigger 'til it goes "click."
The Dude : Jesus.
Jesus Quintana : You said it, man. Nobody fucks with the Jesus.
Walter Sobchak : Eight-year-olds, Dude.

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Jesus Quintana : Nobody fucks with the Jesus!

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The Dude : Mind if I do a J?

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Walter Sobchak : Your wheel! At fifteen m-p-h I roll out! I double back, grab one of 'em and beat it out of him! The uzi!
The Dude : Uzi?
Walter Sobchak : You didn't think I was rolling out of here naked!

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The Dude : What's in the fuckin' carrier?
Walter Sobchak : Huh? Oh, that's Cynthia's dog. I think it's a Pomeranian. I can't leave him home alone or he eats the furniture. I'm watching him while Cynthia and Marty Ackerman are in Hawaii.
The Dude : You brought the fuckin' Pomeranian bowling?
Walter Sobchak : What do you mean brought it bowling, Dude? I didn't rent it shoes. I'm not buying it a fucking beer. He's not taking your fucking turn, Dude.
The Dude : Man, if my fuckin' ex-wife asked me to take care of her fuckin' dog while she and her boyfriend went to Honolulu I'd tell her to go fuck herself.

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Walter Sobchak : Fuck it, Dude, let's go bowling.

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Nihilist #3 : I fuck you in the ass, I fuck you in the ass, I fuck you, I fuck you, I fuck you, I fuck...

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The Dude : Jesus, man, can you change the station?
Cab Driver : Fuck you man! You don't like my fucking music, get your own fucking cab!
The Dude : I've had a...
Cab Driver : I pull over and kick your ass out, man!
The Dude : - had a rough night, and I hate the fucking Eagles, man

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The Dude : I mean we totally fucked it up man, we fucked up this payoff, we got the kidnappers all mad at us, and Lebowski, ya know, he yelled at me a lot but he didn't do anything, huh?
Walter Sobchak : Well, sometimes, it's a cathartic...
The Dude : No, I'm saying, if he knows I'm a fuck-up, why does he leave me in charge of getting his wife back? Because he doesn't fucking want her back! He no longer digs her, it's all a show! Ok, so then why doesn't he give a shit about his million bucks? I mean, he knows we never handed off the briefcase, but he never asked for it back. The million bucks was never in the briefcase! The asshole was hoping that they would kill her! You threw out a ringer for a ringer!

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Walter Sobchak : You have got to buck up, man. You cannot drag this negative energy in to the tournament!
The Dude : Fuck the tournament... Fuck YOU, Walter! [ pause ]
Walter Sobchak : Fuck the tournament? All right, I can see you don't want to be cheered up here, Dude. Come on Donny, let's go get us a lane.

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The Dude : Jesus, man, could you change the channel?
Cab Driver : Fuck you man. If you don't like my fuckin' music get your own fuckin' cab!
The Dude : I had a rough...
Cab Driver : I pull over and kick your ass out!
The Dude : Come on, man. I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin' Eagles, man!

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Tony the Chauffeur : So he says "My wife's a pain in the ass. She's always busting my friggin' agates. My daughter's married to a real loser bastard. And I got a rash so bad on my ass, I can't even sit down. But you know me. I can't complain."
The Dude : Fuckin' A, man. I got a rash, man.

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The Dude : Nobody calls me Lebowski. You got the wrong guy. I'm the Dude, man.
Blond Treehorn Thug : Your name's Lebowski, Lebowski. Your wife is Bunny.
The Dude : My... my wi-, my wife, Bunny? Do you see a wedding ring on my finger? Does this place look like I'm fucking married? The toilet seat's up, man!

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Walter Sobchak : Fucking Germans. Nothing changes. Fucking Nazis.
Donny : They were Nazis, Dude?
Walter Sobchak : Oh, come on Donny, they were threatening castration! Are we gonna split hairs here? Am I wrong?

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Brandt : Mr. Lebowski is prepared to make a generous offer to you to act as courier, once we get instructions for the money.
The Dude : Why me, man?
Brandt : He believes the culprits might be the very people who, uh, soiled your rug, and you are in a unique position to confirm or disconfirm that suspicion.
The Dude : He thinks the carpet pissers did this?
Brandt : Well Dude, we just don't know.

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The Dude : Yeah, well. The Dude abides.
The Stranger : The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners. Shoosh. I sure hope he makes the finals.

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The Stranger : I guess that's the way the whole durned human comedy keeps perpetuatin' itself.

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The Dude : Did you ever hear of "The Seattle Seven"?
Maude Lebowski : Mmm.
The Dude : That was me... and six other guys.

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Walter Sobchak : He lives in North Hollywood on Radford, near the In-and-Out Burger...
The Dude : The In-and-Out Burger is on Camrose.
Walter Sobchak : Near the In-and-Out Burger...
Donny : Those are good burgers, Walter.
Walter Sobchak : Shut the fuck up, Donny.

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Walter Sobchak : Those rich fucks! This whole fucking thing... I did not watch my buddies die face down in the muck so that this fucking strumpet...
The Dude : I don't see any connection to Vietnam, Walter.
Walter Sobchak : Well, there isn't a literal connection, Dude.
The Dude : Walter, face it, there isn't any connection.

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The Stranger : There's just one thing, Dude.
The Dude : And what's that?
The Stranger : Do you have to use so many cuss words?
The Dude : What the fuck you talking about?
The Stranger : Okay, Dude. Have it your way.

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Walter Sobchak : I told that Kraut a fuckin' thousand times, I don't roll on shabbos!

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The Dude : This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous. And, uh, a lotta strands to keep in my head, man. Lotta strands in old Duder's head. Fortunately, I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug regimen to keep my mind, you know, uh, limber.

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