34 Movie Quotes about Bourbon (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Jun 2, 2025

Memorable quotes about bourbon, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 Whoa. I hope you're smart enough to know that that who hit John don't go with guns. -Oh, sure. Yes, sir.

John Wayne as J.B. Books in The Shootist

2 A half-bottle of bourbon later I still couldn't believe it.

Steve Martin as Rigby Reardon in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

3 You know a lot of things, don't ya? Well, just what do you know about insomnia? -Bourbon can't cure it. -Well, that's for sure.

Quote from In the Heat of the Night (1967)

4 Then we can all have ice cream. And bourbon.

Bebe Neuwirth as Nora Shepherd in Jumanji (1995)

5 What's your best whiskey? -Kentucky bourbon, 11 years old.

James Cagney as The Oklahoma Kid in The Oklahoma Kid (1939)

6 Your story had me a little confused. Or maybe it was the bourbon.

Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine in Casablanca (1942)

7 Genuine Kansas City bourbon! It's smooth too.

Quote from Forbidden Planet (1956)

8 Jake, you better throw on a couple extra cases of the bosses favorite bourbon. That stuff sure gets used up fast out at our place.

Chill Wills as Drago in McLintock! (1963)

9 Why don't you quit cryin' and get me some bourbon.

Sterling Hayden as Dix Handley in The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

10 So here's what: You slip me a bottle of bourbon, a little glass and some ice. You can do that, can't you, Lloyd? You're not too busy, are you?

Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance in The Shining (1980)