William Holden: 86 Movie Quotes with Audio – Page 3

Updated: Mar 1, 2026

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

21 Do you want to be an angry prophet denouncing the hypocrisies of our times? -Yeah, I think I'd like to be an angry prophet denouncing the hypocrisies of our times. -Then grab it. Grab it!

Max Schumacher (William Holden), Howard Beale (Peter Finch) in Network (1976)

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

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

23 I love it. Suicides, assassinations, mad bombers, Mafia hit men, automobile smash-ups... The Death Hour. Great Sunday night show for the whole family. We'll wipe that _in' Disney right off the air.

As Max Schumacher in Network (1976)

24 Just one more word. If I ever run into any of you bums on a street corner, just let's pretend we never met before.

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

25 And I miss my home because I'm beginning to get scared shitless. Because all of a sudden it's closer to the end than it is to the beginning. And death is suddenly a perceptible thing to me with definable features.

As Max Schumacher in Network (1976)

26 Security officer, huh? Always screening everybody. Only, who screens you?

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

27 You were gonna slit the throat of that stoolie. Here's the knife to do it with. Only make sure you got the right throat.

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

28 Don't bother. I don't like you. I never did and I never will. -A lot of people say that and the first thing you know is they get married and live happily ever after.

Peter Graves as Frank Price; William Holden as J.J. Sefton in Stalag 17 (1953)

29 You can be the heroes, the guys with fruit salad on your chest. Me, I'm staying put. And I'm gonna make myself as comfortable as I can.

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

30 But don't worry about me. I'll manage. I always have, I always will. I'm more concerned about you. You're not the boozer type. So I figure a year, maybe two, before you crack up. Or jump out of your 14th floor office window.

As Max Schumacher in Network (1976)