William Holden: 86 Movie Quotes with Audio

Updated: Mar 1, 2026

Movie quotes delivered by William Holden, ranked by user ratings. Listen online or download free MP3 and WAV clips.

1 She's television generation. She learned life from Bugs Bunny. The only reality she knows comes to her over the TV set.

As Max Schumacher in Network (1976)

2 He's saying that life is _ and it is, so what are you screaming about?

As Max Schumacher in Network (1976)

3 I'm the man that you presumably love. I'm part of your life. I live here. I'm real. You can't switch to another station.

As Max Schumacher in Network (1976)

4 Good hunting. Good show. Jolly good fun. Jolly, jolly good.

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

5 That's just my point. Here, there is no civilisation. -Then we have the opportunity to introduce it.

Alec Guinness as Colonel Nicholson; William Holden as Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

6 And I'm tired of finding you on the goddamn telephone every time I turn around.

As Max Schumacher in Network (1976)

7 War, murder, death... all the same to you as bottles of beer.

As Max Schumacher in Network (1976)

8 Once in Switzerland, just give out with a big yodel so we'll know you're there.

As J.J. Sefton in Stalag 17 (1953)

9 How to die like a gentleman, how to die by the rules when the only important thing is how to live like a human being!

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

10 What do you do here, major? -Oh, sabotage, demolition, that line of country.

Jack Hawkins as Major Warden; William Holden as Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai