The Big Lebowski is a 1998 cult classic staring Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler whose mistaken identity leads to an assault that drives this crime comedy film into unexpected directions. Inspired by the work Raymond Chandler and produced by Joel and Ethan Cohen, it is one of the most quoted films of all-time. Here is our list of the best quotes from The Big Lebowski that you can use throughout your busy day:
- Dude: The Dude abides.
- Dude: That rug really tied the room together.
- Dude: I had a rough night and I hate the f***ing Eagles, man.
- Dude: Yeah, well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
- Walter: Shut the f*** up, [insert your friend’s name here]!
- Walter: Forget it, [insert your friend’s name here], you’re out of your element!
- Walter: You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude.
- Walter: Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o’clock this afternoon… with nail polish.
- Dude: No, you’re not wrong [insert friend’s name here], you’re just an a**hole.
- Dude: My wife? [insert girl’s name]? Do you see a wedding ring on my finger? Does this place look like I’m f***in married? The toilet seat’s up man!
- Walter: Am I the only one who gives a s*** about the rules?!
- Dude: Nobody calls me [insert your name here], you got the wrong guy, I’m the dude, man.
- Walter: Were you listening to the Dude’s story, [insert friend’s name]?
- Walter: So then you have no frame of reference here, [insert friend’s name], You’re like a child who wonders in the middle of a movie.
- Walter: You are entering a world of pain
- Dude: This aggression will not stand man
- Dude: His dudeness, duder, or el dudorino
- Walter: Has the whole world gone crazy?!!
- Walter: Calm down your being very undude.
- Dude: Hey, careful, man, there’s a beverage here!
- Stranger: Sometimes you eat the bar and sometimes, well, the bar eats you.
- Dude: At least I’m housebroken.
- Walter: 3000 years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax, you’re goddamned right I’m livin in the f***in past!
- Walter: I mean, say what you want about the tenants of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.
- Dude: Strikes and gutters, ups and downs.
- Dude: Sooner or later you are going to have to face the fact that you’re a moron.
- The Dude: Yeah, well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man
- The Dude: I don’t need your sympathy, I need my Johnson
- Donny: I am the walrus
- Dude: If you’re not into the whole brevity thing.
- Walter: This is what happens when you f*** a stranger in the ass!
- Walter: F*** it dude, lets go bowling.
- Dude: ” I can’t be worrying about that s***. Life goes on, man.”
- Walter: The ringer cannot look empty.
- Malibu Police Chief: I don’t like your jerk-off name, I don’t like your jerk-off face, I don’t like your jerk-off behavior, and I don’t like you… jerk-off.
- Walter: “Have you ever heard of Vietnam [insert friend’s name]?
- The Dude: “Ha hey, this is a private residence man.”
- Walter: You know, Dude, I myself dabbled in pacifism once. Not in Nam, of course.
- Dude: Okay… just give me a minute. I gotta go find a cash machine…
- Dude: They peed on my rug, man!
- Stranger: Do you have to use so many cuss words?
- Dude: Obviously, you are not a golfer!
- Walter: Eight year olds, Dude.
- Walter: [Insert friend’s name], this is not ‘nam. This is bowling. There are rules.
- Walter: I don’t roll on Shabbos!
- Dude: Mind if I do a J?
- Dude: Nice Mormont
- Dude: I’m sorry, I wasn’t listening.
- Dude: This is a very complicated case [insert friend’s name]. You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, lotta what-have-yous
- The Stranger: The Dude abides. I don’t know about you, but I take comfort in that. It’s good knowing he’s out there, the Dude, takin’ ‘er easy for all us sinners.
