Quotes from Cool Hand Luke (1967)

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George Kennedy
Dragline: He was smiling... That's right. You know, that, that Luke smile of his. He had it on his face right to the very end. Hell, if they didn't know it 'fore, they could tell right then that they weren't a-gonna beat him. That old Luke smile. Oh, Luke. He was some boy. Cool Hand Luke. Hell, he's a natural-born world-shaker.
- George Kennedy (as Dragline) in Cool Hand Luke (1967)

George Kennedy
Dragline: He's a natural born world-shaker.
- George Kennedy (as Dragline) in Cool Hand Luke (1967)

George Kennedy
Dragline: That's my darling Luke. He grins like a baby but bites like a gator.
- George Kennedy (as Dragline) in Cool Hand Luke (1967)

George Kennedy
Dragline: Where'd the road go?
Luke: That's it. That's the end of it.
Convict: Man, there's still daylight.
Dragline: About two hours left.
Convict: What do we do now?
Luke: Nothin'.
Dragline: Oh Luke, you wild, beautiful thing. You crazy handful of nothin'.
- George Kennedy (as Dragline) in Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Paul Newman
Dragline: Why you got to go and say fifty eggs for? Why not thirty-five or thirty-nine?
Luke: I thought it was a nice round number.
- Paul Newman (as Luke) in Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Paul Newman
Boss: Sorry, Luke. I'm just doing my job. You gotta appreciate that.
Luke: Nah - calling it your job don't make it right, Boss.
- Paul Newman (as Luke) in Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Paul Newman
[Alone in a church, talking to God, as police lights begin flashing]
Luke: Is that your answer, old man? Well, I guess you're a hard case too.
- Paul Newman (as Luke) in Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Paul Newman
[Discussing a new prisoner who has to spend the night in the box]
Dragline: He ain't in the box because of the joke played on him. He back-sassed a free man. They got their rules. We ain't got nothin' to do with that. Would probably have happened to him sooner or later anyway, a complainer like him. He gotta learn the rules the same as anybody else.
Luke: Yeah, them poor old bosses need all the help they can get.
- Paul Newman (as Luke) in Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Paul Newman
[Discussing God and the rain]
Luke: Let him go. Bam, Bam.
Dragline: Knock it off, Luke. You can't talk about Him that way.
Luke: Are you still believin' in that big bearded Boss up there? You think he's watchin' us?
Dragline: Get in here. Ain't ya scared? Ain't ya scared of dyin'?
Luke: Dyin'? Boy, he can have this little life any time he wants to. Do ya hear that? Are ya hearin' it? Come on. You're welcome to it, ol' timer. Let me know you're up there. Come on. Love me, hate me, kill me, anything. Just let me know it.
[He looks around]
Luke: I'm just standin' in the rain talkin' to myself.
- Paul Newman (as Luke) in Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Paul Newman
[Dragline has repeatedly knocked Luke down during a boxing match]
Dragline: Stay down. You're beat.
Luke: You're gonna hafta kill me...
[struggles back to his feet]
- Paul Newman (as Luke) in Cool Hand Luke (1967)

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