25 Remarkable Movie Lines by Marlon Brando

Last updated on May 19th, 2024

25 Remarkable Movie Lines by Marlon Brando

Enjoy the timeless lines of one of the most influential actors of the 20th century. From A Streetcar Named Desire to The Score, here is a collection of our favorite movie quotes from Marlon Brando.

You know what luck is? Luck is believing you're lucky, that's all. - Stanley Kowalski (A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 Movie Quotes)
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You know what luck is? Luck is believing you’re lucky, that’s all.Stanley Kowalski, A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

A strong man makes a weak people. Strong people don't need a strong man. - Emiliano Zapata (Viva Zapata! 1952 Movie Quotes)
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A strong man makes a weak people. Strong people don’t need a strong man.Emiliano Zapata, Viva Zapata! (1952)

Nobody tells me what to do. You keep needling me, if I want to, I'm going to take this joint apart. You're not going to know what hits you. - Johnny Strabler (The Wild One 1953 Movie Quotes)
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Nobody tells me what to do. You keep needling me, if I want to, I’m going to take this joint apart. You’re not going to know what hits you.Johnny Strabler, The Wild One (1953)

The evil that men do lives after them. The good oft interred with their bones. - Marc Antony (Julius Caesar 1953 Movie Quotes)
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The evil that men do lives after them. The good oft interred with their bones.Marc Antony, Julius Caesar (1953)

You wanna hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you. - Terry Malloy (On the Waterfront 1954 Movie Quotes)
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You wanna hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.Terry Malloy, On the Waterfront (1954)

You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am. - Terry Malloy (On the Waterfront 1954 Movie Quotes)
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You don’t understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could’ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.Terry Malloy, On the Waterfront (1954)

Life is never simple, but I agree that being in love helps to make it less complicated. - Napoleon Bonaparte (Désirée 1954 Movie Quotes)
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Life is never simple, but I agree that being in love helps to make it less complicated.Napoleon Bonaparte, Désirée (1954)

The companionship of a doll is a pleasant thing even for a period of time running into months. But for a close relationship that can last us through all the years of our life, no doll can take the place of aces back to back. - Sky Masterson (Guys and Dolls 1955 Movie Quotes)
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The companionship of a doll is a pleasant thing even for a period of time running into months. But for a close relationship that can last us through all the years of our life, no doll can take the place of aces back to back.Sky Masterson, Guys and Dolls (1955)

Pain make man think, thought make man wise and wisdom make life endurable. - Sakini (The Teahouse of the August Moon 1956 Quotes)
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Pain make man think, thought make man wise and wisdom make life endurable.Sakini, The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)

You're a one-eyed jack around here. I seen the other side of your face. - Rio (One-Eyed Jacks 1961 Movie Quotes)
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You’re a one-eyed jack around here. I seen the other side of your face.Rio, (to Dad), One-Eyed Jacks (1961)

We need only persuade the British people of something they already know that inhumanity is its poorest servant. - Fletcher Christian (Mutiny on the Bounty 1962 Movie Quotes)
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We need only persuade the British people of something they already know that inhumanity is its poorest servant.Fletcher Christian, Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

We're the weaker sex, not women. We're perishable, like ripe peaches hanging on a tree. - Freddy Benson (Bedtime Story 1964 Movie Quotes)
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We’re the weaker sex, not women. We’re perishable, like ripe peaches hanging on a tree.Freddy Benson, Bedtime Story (1964)

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The best thing about turning over a new leaf on Saturday night is it disappears with a Sunday morning hangover. - Sheriff Calder (The Chase 1966 Movie Quotes)
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The best thing about turning over a new leaf on Saturday night is it disappears with a Sunday morning hangover.Sheriff Calder, The Chase (1966)

If you love someone you want to kill them. - Peter Quint (The Nightcomers 1971 Movie Quotes)
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If you love someone you want to kill them.Peter Quint, The Nightcomers (1971)

A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man. - Don Vito Corleone (The Godfather Quotes)
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A man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man.Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972)

I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse. - Don Vito Corleone (The Godfather Quotes)
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I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972)

Never tell anybody outside the family what you're thinking again. - Don Vito Corleone (The Godfather Quotes)
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Never tell anybody outside the family what you’re thinking again.Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972)

If music be the food of love, play on. - Paul (Last Tango in Paris 1974 Movie Quotes)
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If music be the food of love, play on.Paul, Last Tango in Paris (1974)

I believe that life is like a mountain railway. But not for the reasons in the song. I think life is like a mountain railway 'cause you don't have no idea what sleazy son of a b**ch has got his hand on the throttle. - Lee Clayton (The Missouri Breaks 1976 Movie Quotes)
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I believe that life is like a mountain railway. But not for the reasons in the song. I think life is like a mountain railway ’cause you don’t have no idea what sleazy son of a b**ch has got his hand on the throttle.Lee Clayton, The Missouri Breaks (1976)

Horror has a face, and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and moral terror are your friends. If they are not, then they are enemies to be feared. They are truly enemies. - Walter E. Kurtz (Apocalypse Now 1979 Quotes)
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Horror has a face, and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and moral terror are your friends. If they are not, then they are enemies to be feared. They are truly enemies.Walter E. Kurtz, Apocalypse Now (1979)

We train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won't allow them to write "f***" on their airplanes because it's obscene! - Walter E. Kurtz (Apocalypse Now 1979 Movie Quotes)
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We train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won’t allow them to write “f***” on their airplanes because it’s obscene!Walter E. Kurtz, Apocalypse Now (1979)

Oh, I'm terribly sorry. Would you like a cup of tea? - Ian McKenzie No. No, thank you, no. No, I'm here on a matter of justice. - Ben du Toit Oh, justice. Well, I'm afraid that's a trifle more complex to serve you up than a cup of tea. - Ian McKenzie (A Dry White Season 1990 Movie Quotes)
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Ian McKenzie: Oh, I’m terribly sorry. Would you like a cup of tea?
Ben du Toit: No. No, thank you, no. No, I’m here on a matter of justice.
Ian McKenzie: Oh, justice. Well, I’m afraid that’s a trifle more complex to serve you up than a cup of tea.Ian McKenzie, A Dry White Season (1990)

I want to know what your hopes and your dreams are that got lost along the way when I was thinking about myself. - Jack Mickler (Don Juan DeMarco 1994 Movie Quotes)
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I want to know what your hopes and your dreams are that got lost along the way when I was thinking about myself.Jack Mickler, (to Marilyn), Don Juan DeMarco (1994)

It is the final measure of bravery to stand up to death. - McCarthy (The Brave 1997 Movie Quotes)
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It is the final measure of bravery to stand up to death.McCarthy, The Brave (1997)

My God, let me get a look at you. You know you look like s***? What's your secret? - Max (The Score 2001 Movie Quotes)
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My God, let me get a look at you. You know you look like s***? What’s your secret?Max, The Score (2001)