William Holden: 86 Movie Quotes with Audio – Page 5

Updated: Mar 1, 2026

William Holden

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

41 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

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

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

43 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

44 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

45 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

46 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

47 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

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

As Commander Shears in The Bridge on the River Kwai

49 I bet they make it all the way to Switzerland. -And I bet they don't get out of the forest.

Robert Strauss as Stanislas Animal Kuzawa; William Holden as J.J. Sefton in Stalag 17 (1953)

50 Anybody here wanna double their bet?

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

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