William Holden Movie Quotes & Lines – 86 Classics (+ Audio) - page 2

Updated: Mar 1, 2026

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

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

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

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

13 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

14 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

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

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

16 Listen, kiddo, when a man like your colonel suggests something, it's an order.

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

17 They're going to put him in the oven.

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

18 You give me powders, pills, baths, injections, enemas... when all I need is love.

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

19 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

20 If he wants to go that bad, he can even take my place.

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai