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Cocktail (1988 film) Quotes

Cocktail (1988 film) is a television program that was first aired in 1970 . Cocktail stopped airing in 1970.

It features J. Peter Robinson in charge of musical score, and Dean Semler as head of cinematography.

Cocktail (1988 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Cocktail (1988 film) is 103 minutes long. Cocktail (1988 film) is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

The cast includes: Tom Cruise as Brian, Bryan Brown as Doug, Lisa Banes as Bonnie, Ron Dean as Uncle Pat, Elisabeth Shue as Jordan, Ellen Foley as Eleanor, and Laurence Luckinbill as Mr. Mooney.

Cocktail (1988 film) Quotes

Lisa Banes as Bonnie

  • (Lisa Banes) "Excuse me, do I have "f*** me" written on my forehead?"
  • (Lisa Banes) "Please, I don't want to end it this way."
  • (Tom Cruise) "Jesus, everything ends badly, otherwise it wouldn't end."

Bryan Brown as Doug

  • (Bryan Brown) "I don't care how liberated this world becomes; a man will always be judged by the amount of alcohol he can consume; and a woman will be impressed, whether she likes it or not."
  • (Bryan Brown) "Mighty Casey has struck out."
  • (Tom Cruise) "The game's not over yet. It wouldn't be any fun if they fell over with their legs in the air, would it?"
  • (Bryan Brown) "However, falling down the stairs is allowed."
  • (Bryan Brown) "Coughlin's law: never tell tales about a woman, she'll hear you no matter how far away she is."
  • (Bryan Brown) "When you see the color of their panties, you know you've got talent. Stick with me son and I'll make you a star."
  • (Bryan Brown) "The luck is gone / the brain is shot / but the liquor we still got."
  • (Bryan Brown) "You see, there are two kinds of people in this world: the workers and the hustlers. The hustlers never work and the workers never hustle --"
  • (Bryan Brown) "Coughlin's Law: anything else is always something better."
  • (Bryan Brown) "Couglin's diet: cocktails and dreams."
  • (Bryan Brown) "Douglas Coughlin, Logical Negativist. Flourished in the last part of the 20th Century. Propounded a set of laws the world generally ignores, to its detriment."

Tom Cruise as Brian

  • (Tom Cruise) "So this is your profession."
  • (Elisabeth Shue) "More like my -- obsession."
  • (Tom Cruise) "To pay the rent?"
  • (Elisabeth Shue) "Someday it will."
  • (Tom Cruise) "Come on, put it to the floor. Come on. Let's go."
  • (Tom Cruise) "Listen, I'm sorry I called you a bitch."
  • (Ellen Foley) "Why? I am a bitch."
  • (Tom Cruise) "I am the last barman poet / I see America drinking the fabulous cocktails I make / Americans getting stinky on something I stir or shake / The sex on the beach / The schnapps made from peach / The velvet hammer / The Alabama slammer. / I make things with juice and froth / The pink squirrel / The three-toed sloth. / I make drinks so sweet and snazzy / The iced tea / The kamakazi / The orgasm / The death spasm / The Singapore sling / The dingaling. / America you've just been devoted to every flavor I got / But if you want to got loaded / Why don't you just order a shot? / Bar is open."
  • (Tom Cruise) "I'm willing to start at the bottom."
  • (Unnamed) "You're aiming too high."
  • (Tom Cruise) "I left a can of Spam in your refrigerator -- I hope your Brewers Yeast doesn't take it personally."
  • (Tom Cruise) "Not a god****ed thing any one of those professors says makes a difference on the street."
  • (Bryan Brown) "If you know that, you're ready to graduate."
  • (Tom Cruise) "Is this our waterfall?"
  • (Elisabeth Shue) "No."
  • (Tom Cruise) "It's terrific."
  • (Elisabeth Shue) "Yeah, it's all right. The name's Mooney, not Monet."
  • (Tom Cruise) "I'm looking for the Manager."
  • (Bryan Brown) "What's the problem? Did you find a hair in your quiche?"
  • (Tom Cruise) "No, I'm looking for a job."
  • (Bryan Brown) "Ah, you'd like to put a hair in somebody else's quiche."
  • (Tom Cruise) "I'll stick with the brew."
  • (Bryan Brown) "Beer is for breakfast around here, drink or be gone."
  • (Tom Cruise) "Days get shorter and shorter, nights longer and longer, before you know it, your life is just one long night with a few comatose daylight hours."
  • (Tom Cruise) "Should we let it breathe?"
  • (Bryan Brown) "It hasn't breathed for fifty years, it's dead. Let's just drink it."
  • (Tom Cruise) "If Jordan gives birth to a fine Irish son / There will be Cocktails and Dreams for him one day to run / A business that will yield the financial windfall / To be franchised in every suburban shopping mall. / If a daughter arrives to bless our clan / I guess the s*** will finally hit the fan / But this I shall promise thee / I'll never let her marry a guy like me. / Still if our child is the naughtiest of girls or the wildest of young men / I swear I'll be the best dad I can / And never ever get spooked again."
  • (Tom Cruise) "Coughlin's law: never show surprise, never lose your cool."
  • (Tom Cruise) "You're offering me a job?"
  • (Bryan Brown) "Uh huh."
  • (Tom Cruise) "The waitresses hate me."
  • (Bryan Brown) "You wait till you've given them crabs. Then you'll really know hatred."

Elisabeth Shue as Jordan

  • (Elisabeth Shue) "What are you doing here?"
  • (Tom Cruise) "I bet you thought you'd never see me again."
  • (Elisabeth Shue) "Hoped is a better word."
  • (Elisabeth Shue) "Bet I can still spook you."
  • (Tom Cruise) "No way."
  • (Tom Cruise) "Twins? Twins?"
  • (Tom Cruise) "Twins. Drinks are on the house."
  • (Ron Dean) "No. No."
  • (Tom Cruise) "The bar is open."

Ron Dean as Uncle Pat

  • (Ron Dean) "You outwork, outthink, outscheme and outmanuever. You make no friends. You trust nobody. And you make damn sure you're the smartest guy in the room whenever the subject of money comes up."
  • (Ron Dean) "Most things in life, good and bad, just kinda' happen to ya'."

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