Quotes from the Movie Deliverance

No matter what disasters may occur in other parts of the world, or what petty little problems arise..., no one can find us up here.

Ed Gentry

Night has fallen. And there's nothin' we can do about it.

Ed Gentry

We're gonna leave Friday, from Atlanta. I'm gonna have you back in your little suburban house in time to see the football game on Sunday afternoon. I know you'll be back in time to see the pom-pom girls at halftime 'cause I know that's all you care about...Yeah, there's some people up there that ain't never seen a town before, no bigger than Aintry anyway. And then those woods are real deep. The river's inaccessible except at a couple of points...This is the last chance we got to see this river. You just wait till you feel that white-water under you, Bobby...I'll have you in the water in an hour.

Lewis Medlock

Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything...A couple more months, she'll all be gone...from Aintry on up. One big dead lake.

Lewis Medlock

Talk about genetic deficiencies-isn't that pitiful?

Bobby Trippe

That's the best - the second best sensation I ever felt.

Bobby Trippe

I got eaten alive last night. My bites have got bites...I'm a salesman, Ed.

Bobby Trippe

We made it. We made it, Ed. We made it. We're back, Ed.

Bobby Trippe

Goddamn, you play a mean banjo.

Drew Ballinger

I'm a-goin' with you, Ed, and not with Mister Lewis Medlock, 'cause I done seen how he drives these country roads he don't know nothin' 'bout.

Drew Ballinger

Explain this to me again. I didn't know somebody could shoot themself with their own arrow.

Doctor

Let's just wait and see what comes out of the river.

Sheriff

All this land's gonna be covered with water. This is the best thing that ever happened to this town.

Taxi Driver