21 Best Street Smarts in the Movies (+ Audio Clips) - page 2

Updated: Oct 8, 2025

A selection of street smarts from movies, as rated by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, with soundbites in MP3 and WAV format.

11 You can't trust anybody. Everybody in the business... is a criminal. And how can you ever trust a criminal?

Jasmine Guy as Dominique La Rue in Harlem Nights

12 We're pinched, for sure. -No way. Only the meek get pinched. The bold survive. Let's go.

Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller in Ferris Bueller's Day Off

13 If you wait until the danger is visible to the naked eye, it will be too late to escape.

Larry Keating as Dr. Cole Hendron in When Worlds Collide (1951)

14 I never shake hands with a left-handed draw. -Smart fella. -That's how I keep alive.

Sterling Hayden as Johnny Guitar Logan in Johnny Guitar (1954)

15 You gotta watch yourself in this town. More wolves. -I know.

Virginia Mayo as Marie Derry in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

16 One word of advice, sweetheart. It's not smart to return to the scene of the crime.

Lorenzo Music as Garfield in Garfield's Babes and Bullets (1989)

17 If I may suggest, deafness is always a good approach to law enforcement officers.

William Daniels as Kitt in Knight Rider (1982)

18 First off, you see gum on the street, leave it there. It's not free candy. Oh.

Will Ferrell as Buddy The Elf in Elf (2003)

19 Listen, where I was brought up, you had to be tough. It was a tough neighborhood. I learned it didn't pay to let anybody know how you feel or really think.

Keefe as Jerry Manning in The Leopard Man (1943)

20 You let him get too close. See, when your assailant gets a hold of your arm like this, you twist under it. Tap it on the forehead like that. It's all that's necessary.

Lee Van Cleef as John Peter McAllister in The Master (1984)

21 Best Street Smarts in the Movies (+ Audio Clips) - page 2

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