Facing the Impossible: jack burton Quotes on Adversity
“When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol’ Jack Burton always says at a time like that: ‘Have ya paid your dues, Jack?’”
“Just remember what ol’ Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol’ storm right square in the eye and he says, ‘Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it.’”
Confidence and Readiness: Essential jack burton Quotes
“Everybody relax, I’m here.”
“I was born ready.”
The Absurd and the Unexplained: Classic jack burton Quotes
“I’m a reasonable guy. But, I’ve just experienced some very unreasonable things.”
“I don’t get this at all. I thought Lo Pan…”
“You’re kidding.”
“Real things?”
“Hey, what more can a guy ask for?”
“Terrific, a six-demon bag. Sensational. What’s in it, Egg?”
“We really shook the pillars of heaven, didn’t we, Wang?”
“What does that mean? ‘China is here’? I don’t even know what the hell that means.”
Burton’s Quirky Wisdom: More Memorable jack burton Quotes
“I know, there’s a problem with your face.”
“You know what ol’ Jack Burton always says at a time like this? Jack Burton. Me!”
“May the wings of liberty never lose a feather.”
“Like I told my last wife, I says, ‘Honey, I never drive faster than I can see. Besides that, it’s all in the reflexes.’”
“Nope.”
“Ol’ Jack always says… what the hell?”
“This is Jack Burton in the Pork Chop Express, and I’m talkin’ to whoever’s listenin’ out there.”
“Which Lo Pan? Little old basket case on wheels or the ten foot tall roadblock?”
“Well, ya see, I’m not saying that I’ve been everywhere and I’ve done everything, but I do know it’s a pretty amazing planet we live on here, and a man would have to be some kind of FOOL to think we’re alone in THIS universe.”
“I’m gonna tell you about an accident, and I don’t wanna hear ‘act of God’!”
“Wang, these guys, these Sing Dings… They got enemies? Who wear red turbans?”
“Feel pretty good. I’m not, uh, I’m not scared at all. I just feel kind of… feel kind of invincible. Good, me too. Is it getting hot in here, or is it just me?”
“Tall guy, weird clothes. First you see him, then you don’t.”
“That is not water. Do you mean oil?”
“Henry Swanson’s my name, and excitement’s my game. Oh gosh, cash, I guess. I mean it’s not deductible, is it.”
“You got a tongue, Dave. Ask her yourself.”
“I have a knife. Seven. Hey, don’t worry, I can handle him.”
“6.9 on the Richter scale!”
“She can’t get enough of me.”
“No horseshit.”
“This is gonna take crackerjack timing, Wang.”
“Oh, my, no. Please! What is that? Don’t tell me!”
“Sharpen their knives, huh? Where is it? Down where?”
“[tapping on the walls] Two, three feet thick, I’ll bet. Probably welded shut from the outside, and covered with brick by now! Oh, okay, I won’t, Wang! Let’s just chew our way outta here.”
“What? Huh? What’ll come out no more? Dammit!”
“No, you don’t. Pay the money now! Where you gotta go? Yeah, right. Over my dead body.”
“[quickly catches knife and throws it back, hitting Lo Pan right between the eyes]”
“It’s all in the reflexes.”
“I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why’re you dressed like that?”
“Oh, shit.”
“Is this gonna get ugly, now? Huh? I hope not. Because I thought what we were here, racial differences notwithstanding, was just a couple of old friends. You know, just both of us Californians.”
“Mutual Fidelity Insurers of Sacramento… well, there’s gotta be a listing, honey, cause I pay ’em 6 G’s a year in premiums.”
“How do you do, ma’am? Henry Swanson’s my name and excitement’s my game.”
“We made it. Holy shit, we made it!”
“Hell of being what?”
“If you have problem like that again, just reach for the sky!”
“So who are we pickin’ up? A girl? Where from? A girl from China? All right, I never done that. I picked up girls from everywhere else, but never from China.”
“Hey Egg! How’d you get up there?”
“What, I’m supposed to buy this shit? 2,000 years and he can’t find a broad to fit the bill? Come on, Dave, you must be doin’ somethin’ seriously wrong.”
“Hold it! Slow down. I’m feelin’ like an outsider here.”
“Let’s you and me have a little talk, friend.”
“Whoa. Who is that? How can you tell from here? Trouble, huh? Wait a minute! Don’t what? So what is this? Chinese or somethin’? Countin’ backwards? Afraid? Are you kidding? Never can tell. There’s plenty more fish in the Sea! [he looks at him] Where are we, Wang? Wang.”