Austin Pendleton: 18 Movie Quotes with Audio

Updated: Jul 2, 2026

Movie quotes delivered by Austin Pendleton, ranked by user ratings. Listen online or download free MP3 and WAV clips.

1 Well, I don't know how you feel about Wall Street, Doctor, but I mailed this shoebox to JP Morgan with a time bomb in it. And it came back because of insufficient postage. Blew the whole roof off my boarding house.

As Earl Williams in The Front Page (1974)

2 Oh my! Well, one thing we can't control is the weather. The man upstairs is still in charge of that department.

As Dr. Howard Marner in Short Circuit (1986)

3 The frog is right. You're asking him to do something terrible. I can't be a part of it. It's a moral decision and I'll stand by it.

As Max in The Muppet Movie (1979)

4 What if it goes and melts down a bus load of nuns? How would you like to write the headline on that? -Nun soup? -Ben!

Fisher Stevens as Ben Jabituya; Austin Pendleton as Dr. Howard Marner in Short Circuit (1986)

5 Mm... Just the way I like it: shaken but not stirred.

As Dr. Howard Marner in Short Circuit (1986)

6 I had a perfectly normal childhood. -I see. You wanted to kill your father and sleep with your mother.

As Earl Williams in The Front Page (1974)

7 They're gonna hang me. -And how do you feel about that? -Well, to tell the truth, I'll be glad to get out of that cell. It's so drafty.

As Earl Williams in The Front Page (1974)

8 Was your dinner okay? -It was fine, but they forgot the ketchup. -That's just too bad. -In here.

Austin Pendleton as Earl Williams; Vincent Gardenia as Sheriff "Honest Pete" Hartman in The Front Page (1974)

9 I would never abuse myself or anybody else. I love people, I love all people.

As Earl Williams in The Front Page (1974)

10 I wrote out a will and I gave it to the warden. I'm leaving everything to you. A pile of books. Maybe you can get something for them second hand. And a picture of my mother, in a silver frame. And a souvenir pillow from Atlantic City.

As Earl Williams in The Front Page (1974)