14 Movie Quotes about Quicksand (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Jan 11, 2026

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

1 No, really. I'm telling you, there are jaguars and snakes and quicksand.

David Spade as Emperor Kuzco in The Emperor's New Groove

2 So, you see, all you need is some quicksand. -Good, and the quicker, the better.

John Byner as The Ant And The Aardvark in The Ant and the Aardvark (1969)

3 Almost finished with the potential disasters. Worst scenario is either quicksand, spontaneous combustion, or getting called on by the teacher. So as long as none of those happen...

Bill Hader as Fear in Inside Out

4 So which way you taking? Suicide Trail through Nightmare Canyon, or the shortcut at Satan's Ridge? -Suicide Trail? -Good choice. More snakes, less quicksand.

Bob Newhart as Bernard in The Rescuers Down Under (1990)

5 A little quicksand, with a cherry on top, and quick as a wink, it's lunchtime.

John Byner as The Ant And The Aardvark in The Ant and the Aardvark (1969)

6 Listen dummy, the surveyors say they may have run into some quicksand up ahead. Better check it out.

Cleavon Little as Sheriff Bart in Blazing Saddles (1974)

7 Oh, _, quicksand!

Cleavon Little as Sheriff Bart in Blazing Saddles (1974)

8 And right here, Mr. Lamarr, is where we ran into quicksand.

Cleavon Little as Sheriff Bart in Blazing Saddles (1974)

9 Quicksand. Splendid.

Cleavon Little as Sheriff Bart in Blazing Saddles (1974)

10 Quicksand? I'll hop out and grab you one of those vines.

John C. Reilly as Wreck It Ralph in Wreck-It Ralph