I guess you won the battle. But I won the war.
7 seconds sound clip from the Joe Dirt (2001) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:28:00 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Yo, Dirt. You're fired. Here's your week's pay.
- Dang.
- What's up here? Look down there. What's going on? Here I come.
- Luckily, my neck broke my fall.
- I guess you won the battle. But I won the war.
- If you're covered in oil, don't stand next to a fire.
- Keep that Skoal, baby. That's what I'm talking about.
- The next day I was gonna try the police sketch thing, but something happened to my head.
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