Favorite Lines
Mine:
"Jesus Christ, has he told them how many push-ups he can do yet?"
I love every line Hopkins says "C.I.A." in.
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"The President can bomb anyone he likes!"
"I am Mr. Shackelford's attorney, Rusty Shackelford, and my client pleads insanity."
I like it when Larry Hagman complains about the SEC. Nixon asks 'How would you like the IRS looking up your ass?' 'Are you threatening me Dick?' Nixon replies 'Presidents don't make threats. They don't have to.'
shareThe white house was full of kennedy people then, it still is.
You have CIa people all over this place, helmes has seen to that, Kissinger himself I believe, may be the leaker. He wants his noble peace prize a little to much, and as the late Dr. King proved, even an ape, can win a prize with good press.
(from the extended version)
"He (Dick Helms) is a real poker player"
"Yeah?, Well I own the *beep* casino."
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They always underestimated old Nixon, see. We're gonna fight just as dirty. This is sudden death, gentlemen. We're gonna get 'em on the ground, stick in our spikes and twist and show them no mercy. So, uh, starting today, no one in this room talks to the press without checking with Mr. Haldeman here. That means we're on complete freeze on The New York Times, CBS, PBS, Jack Anderson and The Washington Post. Mr. Haldeman is the chief high executioner from now on. Don't come whining to me when he tells you to do something. That's me talking. And if you do come to me, I'm gonna be tougher than he is. Anyone who screws with us, his fucing head comes off. You got that?
and my personal favorite...
I end the longest war in American history and they keep harping on this chicken-shi*! God! God! You know who's behind this, don't you? Teddy Kennedy. Yeah he drowns a broad in his car and he can't run for president.
My point exactly! Someday had to die before he got his shi* in the papers! Fucing Kennedys get away with everything! Goddamn them!
When I say I am an oil man, you will agree. - DDL (There Will be Blood)
Also...
Nixon: Don't worry, I'll give her the old Nixon charm.
Haldeman: Who could resist that?
When I say I am an oil man, you will agree. - DDL (There Will be Blood)
@oscars075-1: I also love this one :)
But my favourite is "When they look at you, they see what they want to be. When they look at me, they see what they are"
I think that there is a lot of truth in this comment Nixon said in front of the Kennedy portrait.
Yes, that was a great line, and yes, I agree there is a lot of truth in that. In the annotated screenplay (published about the same time the movie was released), Stone credits Tom Wicker -- a very prominent Southern-liberal editorial columnist for the New York Times during the 60s and 70s -- with that memorable phrase.
shareWicker's bio on Nixon is called 'One of Us: Richard Nixon and the American Dream'.
Frank: Just a man.
Harmonica: An ancient race.
The annotated screenplay credits Tom Wicker -- a southern liberal-Democrat editorial writer and pundit for the NY Times -- with that line about seeing who they are and seeing who they want to be.
shareNixon really talking about himself: 'Always remember: others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.'
Someone talking about G. Gordon Liddy: 'He thinks he's Martin Bormann'.
Richard M. Nixon: [on TV] '... because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I am not a crook.'
Henry Kissinger: 'Oh, God, I think I'm going to throw up.'
Nixon: 'Why don't they just shoot me!?'
Frank: Just a man.
Harmonica: An ancient race.
John Mitchell to pushy reporter:
"Stick that up your keister, fella."
Call me childish,I laugh every time.
"Who put the pineapple juice in my pineapple juice?"
Nixon petting the dog: "Oh jesus, this dog doesn't like me. Its your fault Henry"
Kissinger: "I beg your pardon sir?"