"Now this here story I'm about to unfold took place back in the early '90s - just about the time of our conflict with Sad'm and the I-raqis. I only mention it because sometimes there's a man... I won't say a hero, 'cause, what's a hero? But sometimes, there's a man. And I'm talkin' about the Dude here. Sometimes, there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that's the Dude, in Los Angeles. And even if he's a lazy man - and the Dude was most certainly that. Quite possibly the laziest in Los Angeles County, which would place him high in the runnin' for laziest worldwide. But sometimes there's a man, sometimes, there's a man. Aw. I lost my train of thought here. But... aw, hell. I've done introduced him enough."

"Way out west there was this fella... fella I wanna tell ya about. Fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least that was the handle his loving parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. Mr. Lebowski, he called himself "The Dude". Now, "Dude" - that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense."

"A wiser man than myself once said, "Sometimes you eat the b'ar.… Sometimes the b'ar, well, he eats you.""

"Donny was a good bowler, and a good man. He was one of us. He was a man who loved the outdoors and bowling, and as a surfer he explored the beaches of Southern California, from La Jolla to Leo Carrillo and up to Pismo. He died, like so many young men of his generation, he died before his time. In your wisdom, Lord, you took him, as you took so many bright flowering young men at Khe Sanh, at Langdok, at Hill 364. These young men gave their lives, and so would Donny: Donny, who loved bowling. And so, Theodore Donald Karabotsos, in accordance with what we think your dying wishes might well have been, we commit your final mortal remains to the bosom of the Pacific Ocean, which you loved so well. Good night, sweet prince."

"Who am I? I'm a fucking veteran that's who I am!"

"Language problem here. Little prick stonewalling me."

"Life does not start and stop at your convenience, you miserable piece of shit!"

"Eh, fuck it, Dude. Let's go bowling."

"You see what happens? You see what happens, Larry? See what happens? This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass, Larry! [smashes car]"

"Nihilists! Fuck me. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos."

"I'm perfectly calm, Dude."

"You're not wrong Walter. You're just an asshole."

"Walter, I love you, but sooner or later, you're going to have to face the fact you're a goddamn moron."

"This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-you's. And, uh, lotta strands to keep in my head, man. Lotta strands in old Duder's head. Luckily I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug regimen to keep my mind, you know, limber."

"This aggression will not stand, man."

"Look, let me explain something to you. I'm not Mr. Lebowski. You're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. That, or His Dudeness, Duder or El Duderino, if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

"Well, sir, it's this rug I had. It really tied the room together."

"Ron Jeremy – Vincenzo Lipazzi"

"Billy Connolly – Il Duce"

"Norman Reedus – Murphy McManus"

"Sean Patrick Flanery – Connor McManus"

"Willem Dafoe – Paul Smecker"

"[After proving the Boston detectives wrong] We'll start the ass-kissing with you."

"Cuddle? What a fag."

"There was a fire-fight!!"

"Now, you Irish cops are perking up. That's two sound theories in one day, neither of which deal with abnormally sized men. Kind of makes me feel like Riverdancing. [Begins dancing]"

"Harvey Keitel – Winston Wolfe"

"Steve Buscemi – Buddy Holly"

"Rosanna Arquette – Jody"

"Eric Stoltz – Lance"

"Frank Whaley – Brett"

"Christopher Walken – Capt. Koons"

"Bruce Willis – Butch Coolidge"

"Uma Thurman – Mia Wallace"

"Ving Rhames – Marsellus Wallace"

"Amanda Plummer – Honey Bunny (Yolanda)"

"Tim Roth – Pumpkin (Ringo)"

"Samuel L. Jackson – Jules Winnfield"

"John Travolta – Vincent Vega"

"Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead."

"You won't know the facts until you've seen the fiction"

"Girls like me don't make invitations like this to just anyone!"

"[To young Butch] Hello, little man. Boy, I sure heard a bunch about you. See, I was a good friend of your dad's. We were in that Hanoi pit of hell together over five years. Hopefully, you'll never have to experience this yourself, but when two men are in a situation like me and your dad were for as long as we were, you take on certain responsibilities of the other. If it'd been me who'd - not made it, Major Coolidge would be talking right now to my son Jim. The way it turned out, I'm talking to you. Butch. I got somethin' for ya. [Sits down, holds up a gold wristwatch with no band] This watch I got here was first purchased by your great-grandfather during the First World War. It was bought in a little general store in Knoxville, Tennessee. Made by the first company to ever make wristwatches. Up 'til then, people just carried pocket watches. It was bought by Private Doughboy Erine Coolidge on the day he set sail for Paris. This was your great-grandfather's war watch and he wore it every day he was in that war, and when he'd done his duty, went home to your great-grandmother, took the watch off, put it in an old coffee can, and in that can it stayed until your granddad, Dane Coolidge, was called upon by his country to go overseas and fight the Germans once again. This time they called it World War II."

"[Driving back to his apartment to retrieve his father’s gold watch] Shit! Of all the fucking things she could fucking forget, she forgets my father’s watch! I specifically reminded her; bedside table. On the kangaroo. I said the words “don’t forget my father’s watch”."

"[Putting out a hit on Butch] I'm prepared to scour the earth for that motherfucker. If Butch goes to Indochina, I want a nigga hiding in a bowl of rice ready to pop a cap in his ass."

"[to Butch] The night of the fight, you may feel a slight sting. That's pride fucking with you. Fuck pride. Pride only hurts. It never helps. You fight through that shit."

"[to Butch] This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic motherfuckers. Motherfuckers who thought their ass would age like wine. If you mean it turns to vinegar...it does. If you mean it gets better with age... it don't."

"Phil LaMarr – Marvin"