Allen Brandon:
What I don't understand is, why you do this thing at all.
Joe Browdy: To me, it's a business.
Allen Brandon: And you Mr. Rettig? What's it to you? If you don't mind my asking.
Mike Rettig: I had a friend in the Army, a sergeant, a parachutist for about 20 years. He used to say that jumping was not only a way to live, but also a way to die. Damn few things are.
--Burt Lancaster (as Mike Rettig) in The Gypsy Moths
Joe Browdy: To me, it's a business.
Allen Brandon: And you Mr. Rettig? What's it to you? If you don't mind my asking.
Mike Rettig: I had a friend in the Army, a sergeant, a parachutist for about 20 years. He used to say that jumping was not only a way to live, but also a way to die. Damn few things are.
--Burt Lancaster (as Mike Rettig) in The Gypsy Moths
Kevin Gilmartin Jr.:
What's the - What's the matter?
Ned Merrill: I thought you were gonna dive!
Kevin Gilmartin Jr.: You thought I was gonna dive? There's no water in the pool!
Ned Merrill: Well... So long again.
--Burt Lancaster (as Ned Merrill) in The Swimmer
Ned Merrill: I thought you were gonna dive!
Kevin Gilmartin Jr.: You thought I was gonna dive? There's no water in the pool!
Ned Merrill: Well... So long again.
--Burt Lancaster (as Ned Merrill) in The Swimmer
Hewie:
You always stand up for him, don't you, Owen?
Owen Daybright: When you're loyal to a man, Hewie, you're loyal to everything about him... even his faults.
--Burt Lancaster (as Owen Daybright) in Vengeance Valley
Owen Daybright: When you're loyal to a man, Hewie, you're loyal to everything about him... even his faults.
--Burt Lancaster (as Owen Daybright) in Vengeance Valley
Rachel Zachary:
Ben, what did those Indians want?
Ben Zachary: They offered to buy you for those five horses.
Rachel Zachary: Well, did you sell me?
Ben Zachary: Nope; held out for more horses.
--Burt Lancaster (as Ben Zachary) in The Unforgiven
Ben Zachary: They offered to buy you for those five horses.
Rachel Zachary: Well, did you sell me?
Ben Zachary: Nope; held out for more horses.
--Burt Lancaster (as Ben Zachary) in The Unforgiven
Rachel Zachary:
I could marry that handsome, winsome Charlie or that baby Jude. I could even marry you.
Ben Zachary: Watch you language, girl.
Rachel Zachary: Well, why not? We're not cousins. We're not even relatives.
Ben Zachary: We're not even friends.
--Burt Lancaster (as Ben Zachary) in The Unforgiven
Ben Zachary: Watch you language, girl.
Rachel Zachary: Well, why not? We're not cousins. We're not even relatives.
Ben Zachary: We're not even friends.
--Burt Lancaster (as Ben Zachary) in The Unforgiven
Cash Zachary:
When the wind's in the right direction, I can smell Injun a mile off.
Ben Zachary: Well, I hate to disappoint you, but that smell is comin' off of me. I haven't changed my dirt since Wichita, Kansas.
--Burt Lancaster (as Ben Zachary) in The Unforgiven
Ben Zachary: Well, I hate to disappoint you, but that smell is comin' off of me. I haven't changed my dirt since Wichita, Kansas.
--Burt Lancaster (as Ben Zachary) in The Unforgiven
Mrs. Hammar:
Who gave you permission to use the pool?
Ned Merrill: I'm Ned Merrill.
--Burt Lancaster (as Ned Merrill) in The Swimmer
Ned Merrill: I'm Ned Merrill.
--Burt Lancaster (as Ned Merrill) in The Swimmer
Mrs. Hammar:
You're not welcome here, Mister Merrill.
Ned Merrill: Well, you know me, don't you? I'm a friend of your son.
Mrs. Hammar: A friend. How dare you use that word. You never came to see him. You never even called him at the hospital.
Ned Merrill: Well how is he? Is he - better?
[Mrs. Hammar only glares in response]
--Burt Lancaster (as Ned Merrill) in The Swimmer
Ned Merrill: Well, you know me, don't you? I'm a friend of your son.
Mrs. Hammar: A friend. How dare you use that word. You never came to see him. You never even called him at the hospital.
Ned Merrill: Well how is he? Is he - better?
[Mrs. Hammar only glares in response]
--Burt Lancaster (as Ned Merrill) in The Swimmer
Countess Marie Duvarre:
One million's enough for me.
Joe Erin: It ain't for me. I'm a pig!
--Burt Lancaster (as Joe Erin) in Vera Cruz
Joe Erin: It ain't for me. I'm a pig!
--Burt Lancaster (as Joe Erin) in Vera Cruz
Noah Curry:
We don't believe in rainmakers.
Bill Starbuck: What DO you believe in mistah? Dyin' cattle?
--Burt Lancaster (as Bill Starbuck, aka Bill Smith, Bill Harley, Tornado Johnson) in The Rainmaker
Bill Starbuck: What DO you believe in mistah? Dyin' cattle?
--Burt Lancaster (as Bill Starbuck, aka Bill Smith, Bill Harley, Tornado Johnson) in The Rainmaker
