Dude Quotes
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Party on, dude!
Mike Myers— 1992 As Wayne Campbell in Wayne's World.
[I'm] an extremely private dude and all this is happening so damn quick. I really haven't had any time to rationalize it. But it's nothing that I'm going to let freak me out or take control of me or my thoughts or my real life.
heath ledger— As quoted in the London Times, July 1, 2000.
I could be accused of being a wannabe tribesman, of wanting to be a tribal dude, but that is not how I see it. I see it as me doing what they wanted me to do, showing them respect and hanging out with them.
bruce parry— As quoted in "Do you really want to be in our tribe?" in The Telegraph (1 March 2005)
They say music can alter moods and talk to you. Well, can it load a gun for you and cock it too? If it can, then the next time you assault a dude, just tell the judge that it was my fault, and I'll get sued!
eminem— "Sing For The Moment"
I saw this dude, he was wearing a leather jacket and at the same time he was eating a hamburger and drinking a glass of milk. I said to him "dude you're a cow, the metamorphosis is complete. Don't fall asleep or I'll tip you over."
— Mitch Hedberg, in Another Comic Grammar Exercise –Identifying Common Punctuation Errors, EN 102/Akers/Spring 2010
We used to run a cow-ranch, In all that old term meant, But all our ancient glories In recent years have went; We’re takin’ summer boarders, And, puttin’ it quite rude, It’s now the cowboy’s province To herd the festive dude.
— The Dude Ranch, st. 1 (Out Where the West Begins and Other Western Verses (1917))
Obviously dudes are way better at talking about sex from Shakespeare, creator of the word “undress,” to the first dude who said “donkey punch.”
— Daniel Maurer (2008). Brocabulary: The New Man-I-Festo of Dude Talk. Harper Paperbacks. p. 88. ISBN 0061547565.
I'm goina take out that dude an' snatch his old lady!
— Who: Miguel Sanchez
— Note: Character has escaped prison and stolen a military Humvee with two other convicts and has started killing survivors in the park area of the mall with a baseball bat while riding in the passenger seat. He spots two people moving across the lawn and says this line before killing the male survivor. Miguel is then killed by Frank.
I saw this wino, he was eating grapes. I was like, "dude, you have to wait."
mitch hedberg— track 3, "Not Track Five, Not Chainsaw Juggler"
Dudeism has a lot in common with Taoism, of course, being its philosophical compeer. Taoists, for example, revere the fella I’ve innerduced by the name of Lao Tzu (literally “The Old Boy,” not something most folks where I come from would self-apply); we have “The dude.” Lao Tzu rejected uptight Chinese imperial society and rode off to the mountains of Tibet, while The dude rejected uptight American imperial society and became a roadie with Metallica. Lastly and most importantly, Dudeists share Taoism’s wu wei ethos of just taking it easy, man, and rolling with the cosmic flow.
— Inner-duction by Rev. Dwayne Eutsey, The Arch Dudeship of the Church of the Latter-Day Dude
When the dude is recognized in the World Undudeness is seen everywhere; When Pacifism is hidden behind Aggression will go unchecked. Am I wrong?
— Ch. 2 : Style (The Dude De Ching (2010))
Bowling is everlasting because it does not have a point. In this way, the dude: Makes his point at the end and finds he made it at the beginning; Rolls casually down the lane, and endures through strikes and gutters. Because he does not put himself over the line, he does not enter a world of pain.
— Ch. 7 : The Ball (The Dude De Ching (2010))
The people are busy, as I know you are, Whereas I am unemployed. Let me explain something about the dude: He is sustained by the Tree of Life , As the ex used to say.
— Ch. 20 : Mark it Zero (The Dude De Ching (2010))
The tumbleweeds do not last long, Nor does the dude. If the Stranger’s words do not last Why should those of man, man? To follow the dude, become the dude; the dude will abide you.
— Ch. 23 : Blathering (The Dude De Ching (2010))
Those who wish to threaten the dude Because they want ze money Cannot succeed. The World is shaped by taking it easy; It cannot be shaped by undudeness. If one tries to steer it, the plane crashes into the mountain; When one works in shifts, promising, uh, uh, leads will not be found.
— Ch. 29 : Fuggedaboudit (The Dude De Ching (2010))
The dude is an extreme case, but he provides an ideal which can help you to bring a little more "dude" into your life, without giving up on the rat race entirely. … I grew up in the 1980s, which was a very ambitious and materialistic time the era of the Yuppies. Even as a youth, I found it frightening and false. … The reason I embarked on a 10-year backpacking journey was so I could avoid being brainwashed by the machine of industry, and find the space and freedom to indulge my imagination .
Oliver benjamin— Oliver Benjamin, as quoted in "The man who founded a religion based on The Big Lebowski" by Richard S. Ehrlich at CNN (August 2011; updated 20 March, 2013)
People who intuitively perceive 2,500-year-old Chinese and Greek concepts, while nodding to California's detached hippie philosophy and quoting droll lines from The Big Lebowski , which turns 15 this year, are joining a revelatory religion that has illuminated its U.S. founder in northern Thailand. Dubbed "Church of the Latter-Day dude," the group also invites "mellow, unflashy chicks who hang around in their bathrobes and take baths with candles and whale sounds," says the religion's Dudely Lama, Oliver Benjamin.
— Richard S. Ehrlich, as quoted in "The man who founded a religion based on The Big Lebowski" at CNN (August 2011; updated 20 March, 2013)
You know, dude, I myself dabbled in pacifism once. Not in 'Nam of course.
— Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski (1998)
dude, what are you on? 'Cause I want some.
— Who: Bill
— Source: Suburban Knights (Part 1)
— Note: Says this before he is killed by an ancient sorceror, Malachite.
dude. That's my heart.
— Who: Chuck Chaffer's buddy
— Source: Suburban Knights (Part )
— Note:
dude, that's my girlfriend!
— Who: Jason Wise
— Source: Final Destination 3
— Note: Killed in a roller-coaster derailment that Wendy had a premonition of. Yells this line before the coaster ride starts, with his "girlfriend" being Wendy.
dude, I have been riding with them for two days. We gotta ditch 'em.
— Who: Derek
— Source: Episode 2x04, "The Kindness of Strangers"
— Notes: Alarmed that his car-mates Maya and Alejandro are wanted for murder, Derek confides in his other car-mate, Sylar. Sylar tells him to go call the cops before smashing him in the head with a brick to prevent just that.
