Rambo Movie Quotes
John Rambo
[while aiming an arrow at Lewis' eye]
Any of you boys want to shoot, now's the time. There isn't one of us that doesn't want to be someplace else. But this is what we do, who we are. Live for nothing, or die for something. Your call.
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Sarah
It's what I'm trying to do.
John Rambo
No, what you're trying to do is change what is.
Sarah
And what is?
John Rambo
That we're like animals! It's in the blood! It's natural! Peace? That's an accident! It's what is! When you're pushed, killing's as easy as breathing. When the killing stops in one place, it starts in another, but that's okay... 'cause you're killing for your country. But it ain't your country who asks you, it's a few men up top who want it. Old men start it, young men fight it, nobody wins, everybody in the middle dies... and nobody tells the truth! God's gonna make all that go away?
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John Rambo
Don't waste your life, I did. Go home.
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John Rambo
You know what you are... what you're made of. War is in your blood. Don't fight it. You didn't kill for your country. You killed for yourself. God's never gonna make that go away. When you're pushed, killing's as easy as breathing.
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Burnett
I was told it might be possible to rent your boat. We'd like to do that. Is that possible? We need to get upriver.
John Rambo
Where are you going?
Burnett
Into Burma.
John Rambo
Burma's a warzone.
Burnett
Well, that's what people call it, but it's more like genocide than war. Anyway, this will be my fifth trip in, so we're aware of the risks.
John Rambo
I don't go that far north.
Burnett
Let me explain our situation. Our church is part of a pan-Asian ministry, located in Colorado. We are all volunteers who, around this time of year, bring in medical supplies, medical attention, prayer books, and support to the Karen tribespeople. People say you know the river better than anyone.
John Rambo
They ain't lying.
Burnett
So what I'm asking is that we compensate you for a few hours of your time that will help change people's lives.
John Rambo
Are you bringing any weapons?
Burnett
Of course not.
John Rambo
You're not changing anything.
Burnett
Well, it's thinking like that that keeps the world the way it is.
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Burnett
What did you do? We came here to help stop the killing! Who are you to...
Sarah
Let him go!
John Rambo
They would've raped her fifty times... and cut your fucking heads off! Who are you? Who are any of you?
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Sarah Miller
Maybe you've lost your faith in people. But you must still be faithful to something. You must still care about something. Maybe we can't change what is. But trying to save a life isn't wasting your life, is it?
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Sarah
You know, you never told us your name.
John Rambo
John.
Sarah
Where are you from?
John Rambo
Bowie, Arizona.
Sarah
Why'd you leave?
John Rambo
I got drafted in 'Nam.
Sarah
And you just stayed?
John Rambo
It's complicated.
Sarah
You have family back home?
John Rambo
Father, maybe. I don't know.
Sarah
Aren't you curious to see how things might've changed back home?
John Rambo
Gotta have a reason for that.
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John Rambo
Why'd you come back?
Sarah
Waiting for you.
John Rambo
I told you before, I can't help you.
Sarah
Well, we need to go and help these people. We're here to make a difference. We believe all lives are special.
John Rambo
Some lives... some not.
Sarah
Really? If everyone thought like you, nothing would ever change.
John Rambo
Nothing does change.
Sarah
Of course it does! Nothing stays the same!
John Rambo
Live your life, 'cause you've got a good one.
Sarah
It's what I'm trying to do!
John Rambo
No, what you're trying to do is change what is.
Sarah
And what is?
John Rambo
Go home.
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Burnett
It's thinking like that that keeps the world the way it is.
John Rambo
Fuck the world.
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Major Pa Tee Tint
[after raiding a village]
These boys are now our soldiers! They belong to me now! If you try to get them back, your whole village will burn! If you ask the Karen Rebels for help, I will cut out your tongues! If you go against me, I will feed you your intestines! Hear me, believe me, and fear me!
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[from Director's Cut]
Arthur Marsh
[praying]
Lord, make me your instrument of peace. Where there is hatred, let me bring love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. Where there is sadness, joy. Grant that I may not seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love, for it is in giving that we receive. It is in dying that we awake to eternal life.
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John Rambo
[alternate line from Director's Cut]
You're not going anywhere. And there isn't one of us that doesn't want to be someplace else. But this is what we do, who we are. Live for nothing, or die for something. Your call.
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Lewis
[to Rambo]
Those God-squadders. They come over here, spouting all that shit, they expect the whole world to start working like their fucking neighbor. Well it doesn't! So they send in the devil...
[points to himself]
Lewis
...to do God's work. It's ironic, isn't it? Am I boring you, mate? Is it the trip? Has it got you nervous? 'Cause really, you should appreciate the action, you know what I mean? Got to be better than looking at the ass end of a snake!
[Rambo stares at Lewis]
Lewis
Oh dear, you really are an uptight bastard, aren't you? You can drop the thousand-yard stare. I've seen it all before, and I'm not impressed.
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School Boy
They call me School Boy. The name stuck with me since sniper school, my mates won't stop calling me it no matter how many people I shoot.
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Lewis
Look at this fucking place. Only a fucking ape would live here. What the fuck am I doing here?
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Snake Village Owner
We need another python. See what you can do. We have enough Cobras, okay?
John Rambo
Fuck off, okay?
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Sarah
The man you were talking to...
John Rambo
I wasn't talking to anybody.
Sarah
All right. The man who was talking to you asked if we could hire you to take us upriver. You said no. Why?
John Rambo
Can't help you out.
Sarah
Well, if you have good reasons, would you mind if I heard them?
John Rambo
Go home.
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Lewis
God didn't save your life! We did!
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Sarah
I don't know what to say.
John Rambo
Then you shouldn't say anything, should you?
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Sarah
What do we do?
School Boy
Nothing we can do.
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Lewis
One man and a kid? You've got to be fucking joking! This all the rebels they put up?
Reese
I'm not liking it.
En-Joo
You're in the jungle, pus-nuts. There's nothing to like.
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Major Pa Tee Tint
[upon seeing a missionary looking at him]
Bring that one out to the pigs.
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Pirate Leader
You have lights! Turn them on! I want to see you fuckin' fools!
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Lewis
For fuck's sake! I can swim faster than this! Am I right?
Reese
Heard that...
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Burnett
[to Rambo]
I have to report this. I know you think what you did was right, but taking a life is never right.
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Reese
En-Joo don't like the arts?
Diaz
En-Joo don't like shit.
En-Joo
I like your sister, Diaz.
Diaz
She's got a thing for retards.
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Reese
I know I'm just a white-trash grunt, but I can count. Fuck fucking with a hundred strong!
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[last lines]
Sarah
Michael!
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Burnett
We'll be taking the overland route on the way back so there's no need to wait around. I have to report this. I know you think what you did was right but taking a life is never right.
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