William Holden Movie Quotes & Lines – 44 Classics (+ Audio) - page 2

Updated: May 25, 2025

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

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

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

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

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

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

14 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

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

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

16 The consensus of opinion is that the most sensible thing for Major Shears to do is to go ahead and jump and hope for the best. -With or without parachute?

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

17 I can walk on it. That's all that counts at the moment. -Yeah, but how far and how fast? -We won't know that till I've tried it, will we?

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

18 He doesn't know it, but I do. You'd leave your own mother here if the rules called for it.

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

19 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

20 The professor says there's always one more thing to do. I can't think of what it could be. Except to wish you a long and happy life. -Thank you.

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

William Holden Movie Quotes & Lines – 44 Classics (+ Audio) - page 2

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