Tough Guy Movie Quotes

“Sometimes you bend with the breeze or you break.”

Steve McQueen as Vin Tanner – The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Setting:

After learning that Calvera (Eli Wallach) and his men have no where else to move on to, and that they will attack again, the seven discuss if they should stay and continue the fight, or pull out. This is a piece of ...

“You going to do something or just stand there and bleed?”

Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp – Tombstone (1993)

Setting:

After telling the faro dealer at the Oriental Saloon, Johnny Tyler (Billy Bob Thornton), “No need to go heeled to get the bulge on a devil like you.”  ...

“This is my kind of game, Joe.”

Alan Ladd as Shane – Shane (1953)

Setting:

Joe Starrett (Van Heflin) is preparing to go face Rufus Ryker (Emile Meyer) and Jack Wilson (Jack Palance) when Shane comes in with his gun on.  Joe tells him it ain’t his ...

“Sure I do.  Do you Doyle?  Do you have any idea who you’re dealing with?”

Eric Roberts as Merle “The Butcher” Henche – The Butcher (2007)

Setting:

Henche walks into Doyle’s (Paul Dillon) office and drops his bodyguard with a couple of quick strikes, one to the throat.  Doyle, sitting behind his desk, asks, “Do you ...

“Yeah, well, either you’re part of the problem or you’re part of the solution, or you’re just part of the landscape.”

Robert De Niro as Sam – Ronin (1998)

Setting:

Sam’s reply to Deirdre (Natascha McElhone) when she says, “I see you’re reviewing our problem.”  The group is in an apartment and Sam is preparing for the operation.

Movie Trivia:

Natascha McElhone, who plays Deirdre, played Karen ...

“Wrong bet.”

Jean-Claude Van Damme as Lyon Gaultier – Lionheart (1990)

Setting:

Lyon’s reply to Joshua (Harrison Page) during the final fight against Attila (Abdel Qissi).  Joshua tries to get Lyon to throw in the towel and quit, and tells him, “Look.  It’s on him, man.  The whole bet’s on Attila.”

Movie Trivia:

In Australia, Lionheart (1990) was known as ...

Taken 3 will bring Liam Neeson back as Bryan Mills, a man with a very particular set of skills; skills he acquired over a very long career. Skills that make him a nightmare for people that cross him or try to hurt his family.

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“Young warriors used to like to fight head-on.  Old warriors like to wait, let their opponents expose the board, work themselves into a corner.”

Steven Seagal as Lt. Jack Cole – The Glimmer Man (1996)

Setting:

Cole provides Det. Jim Campbell (Keenen Ivory Wayans) a lesson in chess and strategy from The Art of War by Sun ...