Burt Reynolds Movie Quotes & Lines – 46 Classics (+ Audio)

Updated: Jun 22, 2026

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1 Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything.

As Lewis in Deliverance (1972)

2 I see him. That's right, I killed somebody. But you're wrong if you don't see this as a game.

As Lewis in Deliverance (1972)

3 I never been insured in my life. I don't believe in insurance. There's no risk.

As Lewis in Deliverance (1972)

4 Machines are gonna fail. And the system's gonna fail.

As Lewis in Deliverance (1972)

5 Wait a minute. Why do you want that beer so bad? -Because he's thirsty, dummy.

As Bandit in Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

6 I think I just went 10-100. -Well, it's better than 10-200. -That's true.

Sally Field as Carrie "Frog"; Burt Reynolds as Bandit in Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

7 What the hell you wanna go _ around that river for? -Because it's there.

As Lewis in Deliverance (1972)

8 You don't beat it. You don't beat this river.

As Lewis in Deliverance (1972)

9 Don't you take that hat off for anything? -Sure. I take it off for one thing, and one thing only.

Sally Field as Carrie "Frog"; Burt Reynolds as Bandit in Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

10 And if you hit any rocks, don't hit them with your head.

As Lewis in Deliverance (1972)