Gen. Mike Randolph: If I were running the Pentagon, I'd have you stood up against the wall. Instead, they'll probably pin a medal on you. Have you ever heard of the word *discipline*? A staff officer acting like a kid playing Cowboys-and-Indians is an example that could cost a hundred lives. What are you trying to prove, Marcus?
Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus: I wish the h__l I knew, sir.


--Kirk Douglas (as Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus) in Cast a Giant Shadow

Taw Jackson: In four days, Pierce is going to make the biggest gold shipment ever made out of the territory - a half a million dollars.
Lomax: How are we goin' to take it? With the Prussian army?
Taw Jackson: With three other fellas. Five of us.
Lomax: Five. I'm kind of glad I didn't kill you tonight - you're funny as hell!


--Kirk Douglas (as Lomax) in The War Wagon

Taw Jackson: The plans have changed. The Kid wants to use nitro.
Lomax: Nitroglycerine?
Taw Jackson: Which is in a safe that you'll have to open.
Lomax: Forget it! I'm not gonna be anywhere near that drunk kid and nitro.
Taw Jackson: Lomax, that cuts it! Nobody takes a half a million sittin' on their backside. You'll either quit acting like a prima donna or we'll call the whole thing off.
Lomax: All right, but it'll cost you two thousand dollars more of your share.


--Kirk Douglas (as Lomax) in The War Wagon

Jeff Bailey: [answering the door] Well, the last guy in the world...
Whit Sterling: I hate surprises myself. You wanna just shut the door and forget it?


--Kirk Douglas (as ) in Out of the Past

Jeff Bailey: Why me?
Whit Sterling: Well, I know a lot of smart guys, and a few honest ones. And you're both.


--Kirk Douglas (as ) in Out of the Past

Amy: Call me sometime.
Rick Martin: Call ya what?


--Kirk Douglas (as Rick Martin) in Young Man with a Horn

Dana Stribling: I got a warrant for your arrest. I'm taking you back to Frio County, Texas, to stand trial. Will you come voluntarily, or will I have to take you?
Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley: Say, it just happens that I'm headed for Texas right now... to Crazy Horse. Of course, it isn't Frio County, but you'll die alot closer to home than if I had to kill you here.


--Kirk Douglas (as ) in The Last Sunset

Dana Stribling: I'm gonna see that you hang, O'Malley
Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley: Oh, hanging is a long time proposition.


--Kirk Douglas (as ) in The Last Sunset

Fred: [after Jonathan's father dies broke and disgraced] Are you going to change your name?
Jonathan Shields: Change it? I'm gonna ram the name of Shields down their throats!


--Kirk Douglas (as Jonathan Shields) in The Bad and the Beautiful

Timothy 'Pop' Keith: [In the midst of singing "Down in the Valley"] I never thought I'd be singin' my way to my own trial.
Marshal Len Merrick: [Painfully listening to him continue to sing] Mister, they're trying you for the wrong crime.


--Kirk Douglas (as Marshal Len Merrick) in Along the Great Divide