Harold Russell Movie Quotes & Lines – 7 Classics (+ Audio)

Updated: Jun 2, 2025

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1 How'd they get you nervous? -Well, they keep staring at these hooks or else they keep staring away from them. -You mean whatever they do is wrong.

Fredric March as Al Stephenson; Harold Russell as Homer Parrish in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

2 Take Pop for instance. He was cleaning his pipe like I've seen him do a million times. And all of a sudden he got conscious that he had hands and I didn't and he stopped cleaning his pipe and he tried to hide his hands like he was guilty or something.

As Homer Parrish in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

3 I've seen a couple of facts. I've seen a ship go down and over 400 of my shipmates went with it. Were those guys suckers? -That's the unpleasant truth.

As Homer Parrish in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

4 I'm lucky, I have my elbows. Some of the boys don't.

As Homer Parrish in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

5 You wanna see how the hooks work? You wanna see the freak? All right, I'll show you. Take a good look.

As Homer Parrish in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

6 Oh, that's where I'm going now. Take a piano lesson. -Uh-huh. Take one for me.

Fredric March as Al Stephenson; Harold Russell as Homer Parrish in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

7 I got sick and tired of that old pair of hands I had. You know, an awful lot of trouble washing them and manicuring my nails. So I traded them in for a pair of these latest models. They work by radar. Look.

As Homer Parrish in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

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