William Holden Movie Quotes & Lines – 44 Classics (+ Audio)

Updated: May 25, 2025

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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 Here lies... You know, I've forgotten who we just buried. -Thomson. -Ah, yes.

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

7 We're gonna be a busy pair of gravediggers, Weaver.

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

8 Oh, I'd say the odds against a successful escape are about 100-to-1. -Right. But may I add another word, colonel? -Please. -The odds against survival in this camp are even worse.

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

9 You've seen the graveyard. They're your real odds. To give up hope of escape to even stop thinking about it, is like accepting a death sentence.

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

10 The kind of guts that can get us all killed.

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

William Holden Movie Quotes & Lines – 44 Classics (+ Audio)

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