The Best Dazed and Confused Quotes

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Dazed and Confused quotes are certainly quotable for movie fans. These are some of the best quotes from the coming-of-age film Dazed and Confused as determined by you and your votes. Written and directed by Richard Linklater, Dazed and Confused focused on the last day of school for several teenagers in Texas. The year was 1976. Released on February 10, 1994, the tagline for Dazed and Confused was "Weed rules." The cast of Dazed and Confused is notable for some of the future stars it features in smaller roles, including Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey.

What are the best Dazed and Confused quotes? Do you like Wooderson's line, "All right, all right, all right"? Or do you like some of the lesser known lines from the film? Let it be known. Vote for your top Dazed and Confused quotes and watch them rise to the top of the list. Looking for more great writing and quotes? Be sure to also check out our list of other great shows and movies like Dazed and Confused.
 

  • Twenty-Five Of You Ain't Coming Back
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    Twenty-Five Of You Ain't Coming Back

    Mitch: [after seniors threaten him] Er, Mr. Payne. Sir. You know every second that you could let us out early would really increase our chances of survival.Mr. Payne, junior high school teacher: It's like our sergeant told us before one trip into the jungle.[shouts]Men![the boys jump] Fifty of you are leaving on a mission. Twenty-five of you ain't coming back.Mitch: Okay.
  • I'd Be A Lot Cooler If You Did
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    I'd Be A Lot Cooler If You Did

    Wooderson: Say, man, you got a joint?
    Mitch: No, not on me, man.
    Wooderson: It'd be a lot cooler if you did.
  • I'm Not Mad
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    I'm Not Mad

    Darla: We know you they talk about us, what do they say?Shavonne Wright: No they don'tDarla: You're lying you bitch. When you do that I know you're lyingSimone: Come on you can tell us.Shavonne: Don't get madSimone: I'm not gonna get mad I'm just curiousShavonne: Ok she called you a bitch and you a slut[laughs]Darla: She called me a bitch! Thats funny! What a riotSimone: She called me a slut? Ohmygod what a bitchShavonne: Yeah she called you a slut[laughing]Simone: What a bitch she called me a slut. I'm gonna kick her assDarla: You said you wouldn't get madSimone: I'm not mad!
  • They Stay The Same Age
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    They Stay The Same Age

    Wooderson: I've been thinkin' about gettin' back in school, though, man.
    Dawson: What, like, J.C. or something like that?
    Wooderson: Yeah, man, that's where all the girls are right? But I'd just as soon keep workin', though, keep a little change in my pocket. Better than listenin' to some dipshit, doesn't know what the hell he's talkin' about, anyway!
    Dawson: I know what you're talkin' about, man!
    Wooderson [to Mitch]: So, you're a freshman, right? Tell me, man, how's this year's crop of freshman chicks lookin' this year?
    Dawson: Wood, you're gonna go to jail very soon, man!
    Wooderson: Naw, man. That's what I like about these high school girls; I get older, they stay the same age.
    Dawson: Yes, they do.
    Wooderson: Yes, they do.
  • L-I-V-I-N
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    L-I-V-I-N

    Wooderson: Man, it's the same bullshit they tried to pull in my day. If it ain't that piece of paper, there's some other choice they're gonna try and make for you. You gotta do what Randall Pink Floyd wants to do man. Let me tell you this, the older you do get the more rules they're gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin' man, L-I-V-I-N.
  • It Can't Get Worse
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    It Can't Get Worse

    Cynthia: Maybe the 80s will be like radical or something. I figure we'll be in our 20s and it cant' get worse.
  • She Was A Hip Lady
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    She Was A Hip Lady

    Kyle: George toked weed, man?
    Slater: Absolutely George toked weed, are you kiddin' me, man? He grew fields of that stuff, man, that's what I'm talkin' about. Fields.
    Kyle: He grew that shit up Mount Vernon, man.
    Slater: Mount Vernon, man? He grew it all over the country, man. He had people growin' it all over the country, you know. The whole country back then was gettin' high. Lemme tell you, man, 'cause he knew he was onto somethin', man. He knew that it would be a good cash crop for the southern states, man, so he grew fields of it, man. But you know what? Behind every good man there is a woman, and that woman was Martha Washington, man, and everyday George would come home, she would have a big fat bowl waiting for him, man, when he come in the door, man, she was a hip, hip, hip lady, man.
  • Slave-Owning, Aristocratic, White Males
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    Slave-Owning, Aristocratic, White Males

    Ms. Ginny Stroud: Okay guys, one more thing, this summer when you're being inundated with all this American bicentennial Fourth Of July brouhaha, don't forget what you're celebrating, and that's the fact that a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic, white males didn't want to pay their taxes.
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    He Graduated When You Were Like Three

    Tony: [Wooderson has just driven off after hitting on Cynthia] God, that was so creepy!Mike: Wait, why are you smiling?Cynthia: [shrugs] I thought he was cute.Tony: Ugh, that's disgusting!Mike: You thought he was cute? Do you realize when he graduated we were like three years old?
  • Minor Insignificant Preamble
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    Minor Insignificant Preamble

    Cynthia: God, don't you ever feel like everything we do and everything we've been taught is just to service the future?
    Tony: Yeah I know, like it's all preparation.
    Cynthia: Right. But what are we preparing ourselves for?
    Mike: Death.
    Tony: Life of the party.
    Mike: It's true.
    Cynthia: You know, but that's valid because if we are all gonna die anyway shouldn't we be enjoying ourselves now? You know, I'd like to quit thinking of the present, like right now, as some minor insignificant preamble to something else.
  • Who The Hell Are You
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    Who The Hell Are You

    Clint: What did you just say?Mike: What?Clint: Just now, man. When you walked past, what'd you say?Mike: About what?Clint: You said, "Someone's tokin' some reefer."Mike: No, I meant somewhere I smell some pot, you know? It was just an observation.Clint: Oh, an observation, huh? Well who the hell are you, man? Isaac fucking Newton?
  • I Think It's Past Your Bedtime
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    I Think It's Past Your Bedtime

    Dawson: Not bad for a little freshman but you gotta watch out for older girlsMelvin Spivey: Hey. Come here. We just wanna know something. You gonna be fucking that tonight, or are you gonna be a little wimp?Mitch: [laughs] How do you know I haven't alreadyMelvin Spivey: [clearly pleased, laughs] Go along man, I think its past your bedtime!
  • I Would Definitely Marry You
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    I Would Definitely Marry You

    Freshman Girl: Will you marry me?Dawson: I don't know. What's in it for me?Freshman Girl: Anything you want?Dawson: Anything?Freshman Girl: Anything.Dawson: [opening his mouth wide] Go like this. Do you spit or swallow?Freshman Girl: Whatever you like.Dawson: Whatever I like? I would definitely marry you.
  • We Don't Need The Beer
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    We Don't Need The Beer

    Pink: Wait a minute. Who put the keg all the way out here in the woods?Jodi: I dunno. This is where they said it would bePink: Really?Jodi: Really? We don't need the beer anyway.[Jodi and Pink start making out]
  • He's A Dead Man
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    He's A Dead Man

    Jodi: Hey, I got a favour to ask you guys. You know my little brother?Benny O'Donnell: Yeah, Mitch KramerJodi: Ya, Mitch Kramer. Well, take it easy on him this summer will ya?Pink: Don't worry sis, little brother's safe with us.Jodi: Well just don't get him worse than the other guys. He's kinda little.[walks off]Benny: Ok. I promise.[Jodi walks off]Dawson: There was just a little bit of bullshit in all that right?Benny: Major bullshit. He's a dead man.
  • The Professor Is Sexy
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    The Professor Is Sexy

    Kaye: You know, you guys were in class trying to list all the Gilligan's Island episodes without even a hint of irony.
    Shavonne: What the hell are you talking about, girl?
    Kaye: You weren't thinking about it, were you?
    Shavonne: Gilligan's Island?
    Kaye: It's what's called a male pornographic fantasy.
    Shavonne: Oh my...
    Kaye: Think about it. You're basically alone on a deserted island with two readily available women. One a seductive sex-godess type, the other a healthy girl-next-door type with a nice butt. So guys have it all, the madonna and the whore. Women get nothing; we get a geek, an overweight middle-aged guy, some nerdy scientific type, I mean...
    Jodi: The professor... is sexy.
  • Well No Wonder!
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    Well No Wonder!

    Jodi: Heard they got you pretty bad.Mitch: Yeah.Jodi: They just got Hersh tooMitch: Was it bad?Sabrina Davis: Yeah.Mitch: Was it O'Bannion?Sabrina: I think soMitch: Man I hate that jerk!Sabrina: Hey I didn't know Jodi was you're big sisterMitch: Oh, yeahJodi: Hey, I hear my name over here? You guys talking about me? Mitch, I heard they got you pretty bad. Those guys... you know I asked them to take it easy on you?Mitch: What? Well no wonder!
  • We're The Savages, Man
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    We're The Savages, Man

    Michelle Burroughs: Watch them fly... awayPickford: Hey you guys know what that song is about? Its about the aliens. We're the aliens man, we're the savages. We're the savages man.
  • I Bet She Is
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    I Bet She Is

    Tony: [to Sabrina about the hazing] We were just discussing the utter stupidity of these initiation rituals, and we were wondering how someone such as you would subject themselves to the losing end of it all.Jodi: What are we, having social hour over here? You're supposed to be being a bitch.Mike: [after Jodi takes Sabrina away] Am I mistaken or was there some unspoken thing between you and that young vixen... you stud.Tony: Well you know how it is.Mike: Yeah, I bet she's pretty cute once you clean all the shit off her.Tony: Yeah I bet she is.
  • Don't Ask Her
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    Don't Ask Her

    Jodi: Is that a beer in your hand?Mitch: Why, yes it is.Jodi: Have you had more than one of those?Mitch: Few. No one's counting.Jodi: When were you supposed to be home?Mitch: Few hours ago I think.Jodi: Thats bullshit. That's major bullshit. You know I was barely let out at your age?Mitch: Aww.Jodi: Aww. Well don't think she won't be waiting up for you. And she is tough. I've been through it.Mitch: Just don't ask her to take it easy on me.
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    I Might Play Ball

    Coach Conrad: Come here, Randy. Come here. You been out with those losers all night?
    Slater: Hey, Coach Conrad. Remember me? Second-period gym class?
    Coach Conrad: That's the kind of people I was tellin' you about. Trouble like this means nothing to those clowns. You're the one with something to lose.
    Pink: Coach, you don't even know them. How can you even pretend to talk that way?
    Coach Conrad: Okay, Randy. I shouldn't do this, but I'm willing to wipe the slate clean and forget about this. I want you to get your priorities straight, quit hanging out with those hoodlums and sign your commitment to your team. Have you done that yet?
    Pink: I'm still thinkin' about it.
    Coach Conrad: No one's paying you to think about it, just do it, son!
    Pink: You know, Coach, I gotta get goin'. Me and my "loser" friends, you know, we gotta get Aerosmith tickets. Top priority of the summer. Oh, and Coach, I forgot. I might play ball. But I will never sign that!
  • Best Not
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    Best Not

    Tony: [describing his dream] So there I am, getting it on with this perfect female body and...
    Mike: What?
    Tony: I can't say.
    Mike: No, you can't give a build-up like that and not deliver. You know, a perfect female body, it’s not a bad start.
    Tony: But with the head of Abraham Lincoln. With the hat and the beard, everything. [pause] Well, best not to think too deep on it.
    Mike: Best not.
    Tony: Look, I'll see you later.
    Mike: See you later. [shaking his head] Sorry.