I like Road House. I know you do too. You like it in that overtly ironic, “it’s so bad, it’s laughably good” kind of way. As a conniseur of film, and again, I stress the word film, I like Road House on a much more cerebral, humanistic level. You have to understand, Patrick “the Swayz” Swayze isn’t just a tough-as-nails cooler hardened by a lifetime of barroom brawls. He’s also a deep thinking student of philosophy, with the discipline to maintain his perfectly toned and perpetually oiled body through a rigorous diet of black coffee, Marlboro Reds, and Tai-Chi.
I realize that a lot of people like this movie for the humor. That’s great and all, but try to have a conversation with them about the movie and they basically know only three quotes:
- “Pain don’t hurt”
- “I used to fuck guys like you in prison”
- “A polar bear fell on me”
A few might remember “You’re my regular Saturday night thing,” or the part where O’Connel is punished for being so easy to punch in the face, by getting punched in the face by that teddy bear Ben Gazzara, but that’s usually about the best I can hope for.
As such, I’ve compiled a list of the 10 best quotes, in no particular order, from Road House. These 10 quotes are as good or even better than the holy trinity:
- “I thought you’d be bigger.”
- “You know, I heard you had balls big enough to come in a dump truck.”
- “This place has a sign hangin’ over the urinal that says, “Don’t eat the big white mint”. ”
- “Calling me sir is like putting an elevator in an outhouse. It don’t belong.”
- “Is she?” (When Dalton is asked, “What if somebody calls my momma a whore?”)
- “If you’re gonna have a pet, keep it on a leash.”
- “Nobody ever wins a fight.”
- “Whaddaya say we get nipple to nipple? ”
- “I want you to be nice until it’s time to not be nice.”
- “It’s my way, or the highway.”
There’s more to Road House than just great quotes, and I’ll get to that in due time. The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
The best quote that isn’t in the movie, is when The Swayz is pounding away at that Rwandan in red tortoiseshell eyeglasses, that walking Auschwitz, that skeletal celery stalk of hip protrusion and rubbery skin that is Kelly Lynch.
She should stop him while he’s railing her against what has to be a synthetic, stapled-on, faux-brick wall, and she should say, “I thought you’d be bigger.”


Two of my favorite quotes are when he is leaving his current job in the beginning of the movie and he gives the guy sitting on the curb the keys—-the guy says “What do I look like a valet?”.
The other one is when the nephew goes to get his job back and it goes—why don’t you explain it to me? I’ll explain it to you—he shut up shithead!!
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of course patrick swayze is a very talented guy and he is also a very handsome actor “
i find tai-chi a bit harder to learn, but i am really interested in learning tai-chi;,,
farewell Patrick Swayze, we will really miss this very talented guy:.”
my dad is an expert in Tai-Chi and i am taking lessons from him this coming winter*”:
i remember Patrick Swayze with Jennifer Grey on Dirty Dancing movie-.*
my friend is a tai-chi master and he encourages me to enroll in his class’;’
“Bustin’ heads and breaking hearts”
i would also like to learn Tai-Chi but there seems to be no practitioner in our area:*,
I practive both Tai-Chi and meditation on my spare time. It is really good for general health.,~’
I?m enthralled by your beauty, mesmerized by your charisma and spellbound by your love.
what about “ill give you twenty bucks to kiss her boobs ” guy starts to squeeze girls boobs and the man asks “are you gonna kiss em or what?” and the guy says “i cant” the man asks “why not?” guy replies “i dont have twenty bucks”
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wow…this is too funny! Love it – especially about them fucking and she shoulda said “I thought you’d be bigger.” Money!