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Midnight Cowboy Quotes

“The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk...didya know that?”
— Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, Midnight Cowboy
Tagged: Sunshine, coconut milk
“He was even dumber than you. He couldn't even write his own name. 'X,' that's what it ought to say on that goddamn headstone, one big lousy 'X'. Just like our dump. Condemned by order of City Hall.”
— Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, Midnight Cowboy
Tagged: gravestone, X, dumb, father
“Frankly, you're beginning to smell and for a stud in New York, that's a handicap.”
— Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, Midnight Cowboy
Tagged: body odor, Handicap, male prostitute, New York
“You want the word on that brother-and-sister act, Hansel's a fag and Gretel's got the hots for herself, so who cares, right? Load up on the salami.”
— Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, Midnight Cowboy
Tagged: Hansel and Gretel, fag, salami, Homophobia
“You were gonna ask me for money? Who the hell do you think you're dealing with, some old slut on 42nd Street? In case you didn't happen to notice it, ya big Texas longhorn bull, I'm one helluva gorgeous chick!”
— Cass, Midnight Cowboy
Tagged: Slut, prostitution, 42nd street, Texas, chick
“Ratso Rizzo: You didn't kill him, did you?

Joe Buck: I don't want to talk about it.”
— Joe Buck, Midnight Cowboy
Tagged: Killer, Don't Want To Talk
“Joe Buck: Well, I hope you know what you're in for. I'm a truly dangerous person, I am. And some—someone does me bad, like you...I swear, if I'd have caught up with you that night there would've been one dead Ratso along by now, you understand me? You hear?

Ratso Rizzo: [deadpan] I'm impressed. You're a killer.”
— Joe Buck, Midnight Cowboy
Tagged: Killer, dangerous
“John Wayne! Are you tryin' to tell me he's a fag?”
— Joe Buck, Midnight Cowboy
Tagged: John Wayne, fag, Homophobia
“Joe Buck: I'm brand, spankin' new in this here town and I was hopin' to get a look at the Statue of Liberty.

Cass: It's up in Central Park, taking a leak. If you hurry, you can catch the supper show.”
— Joe Buck, Midnight Cowboy
Tagged: Statue of Liberty, out of towner, central park
“I only get carsick on boats.”
— Joe Buck, Midnight Cowboy
Tagged: carsick, boats
“Uh, well, sir, I ain't a f'real cowboy. But I am one helluva stud!”
— Joe Buck, Midnight Cowboy
Tagged: Cowboy, Stud
“Joe Buck: I like the way I look. Makes me feel good, it does. And women like me, goddammit. Hell, the only one thing I ever been good for is lovin'. Women go crazy for me, that's a really true fact! Ratso, hell! Crazy Annie they had to send her away!

Ratso Rizzo: Then how come you ain't scored once the whole time you been in New York?”
— Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, Midnight Cowboy
Tagged: Good-Looking, womanizer
“Ratso Rizzo: You know, in my own place, my name ain't Ratso. I mean, it just so happens that in my own place my name is Enrico Salvatore Rizzo.

Joe Buck: Well, I can't say all that.

Ratso Rizzo: Rico, then.”
— Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, Midnight Cowboy
Tagged: Respect, Nicknames, insults
“Gretel McAlbertson: Why are you stealing food?

Ratso Rizzo: I was just, uh, noticing that you're out of salami. I think you oughta have somebody go over to the delicatessen, you know, bring some more back.

Gretel McAlbertson: Gee, well, you know, it's free. You don't have to steal it.

Ratso Rizzo: Well, if it's free, then I ain't stealin'.”
— Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, Midnight Cowboy
Tagged: Free, Stealing, salami
“I'm walking here! I'm walking here!”
— Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, Midnight Cowboy
Tagged: Walking, Traffic
“Gretel McAlbertson: Why are you stealing food?

Ratso Rizzo: I was just, uh, noticing that you're out of salami. I think you oughtta have somebody go over to the delicatessen, you know, bring some more back.

Gretel McAlbertson: Gee, well, you know, it's free. You don't have to steal it.

Ratso Rizzo: Well, if it's free, then I ain't stealin'.”
— Waldo Salt, Midnight Cowboy
Tagged: Stealing, Free, Free lunch
“I'm walking here! I'm walking here!”
— Ratso Rizzo, Midnight Cowboy
Tagged: Turf, Walking, obstruction
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