William Holden Movie Quotes & Lines – 86 Classics (+ Audio)

Updated: Mar 1, 2026

Find and rate the best quotes by William Holden, selected from famous or less known movies, as rated by our community, featuring short sound clips in MP3 and WAV formats.

1 I don't mock the grave or the man. May he rest in peace. He found little enough of it while he was alive.

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

2 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

3 Too much talk always spoils it.

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

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

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

5 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)

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

As Max Schumacher in Network (1976)

7 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)

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

As Max Schumacher in Network (1976)

9 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)

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

As Max Schumacher in Network (1976)