Quotes from the Movie Midnight Cowboy
You know what you can do with them dishes. And if you ain't man enough to do it for yourself, I'd be happy to oblige. I really would.
Joe Buck
Lotta rich women back there, Ralph, begging for it, paying for it, too...and the men - they're mostly tutti fruttis. So I'm gonna cash in on some of that, right?...Hell, what do I got to stay around here for? I got places to go, right?
Joe Buck
Well, sir, I ain't a for-real cowboy. But I am one helluva stud.
Joe Buck
You know what you gotta do cowboy?
Joe Buck
You want me to stay here. You're after somethin'. What are you after? You don't look like a fag.
Joe Buck
We ain't gonna have to steal no more, that's what I'm tryin' to tell ya. I've got eight bucks in my damn pockets, twenty more come Thursday, boy. We're gonna be ridin' easy before very long, I'm gonna tell ya. She went crazy if you want to know the damn truth of it...She turned into a damn alley cat.
Joe Buck
Yours was the only one left with a palm tree on it. The clothes are damn cheap here too, you know that?
Joe Buck
Everything we got only set us back ten and some... Hey you know, Ratso. Rico, I mean. I got this damn thing all figured out. When we get to Miami, what we'll do is get some sort of job, you know. Cause hell, I ain't no kind of hustler. I mean, there must be an easier way of makin' a living than that. Some sort of outdoors work. What do ya think? Yeah, that's what I'll do. OK Rico? Rico? Rico? Hey, Rico? Rico?
Joe Buck
Terrific shirt.
Enrico Salvatore Ratso Rizzo
I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here! Actually, that ain't a bad way to pick up insurance, you know.
Enrico Salvatore Ratso Rizzo
You know, with proper management, you could be takin' home fifty, maybe a hundred dollars a day, easy.
Enrico Salvatore Ratso Rizzo
The X on the windows means the landlord can't collect rent, which is a convenience, on account of it's condemned.
Enrico Salvatore Ratso Rizzo
Got my own private entrance here. You're the only one who knows about it. Watch the plank. Watch the plank. Break your god-damn skull. No way to collect insurance.
Enrico Salvatore Ratso Rizzo
It's not, not bad, huh? There's no heat here, but you know, by the time winter comes, I'll be in Florida.
Enrico Salvatore Ratso Rizzo
You know, in my own place my name ain't Ratso. I mean, it just so happens that in my own place, my name is Enrico Salvatore Rizzo...At least call me Rico in my own god-damn place.
Enrico Salvatore Ratso Rizzo
