Brain Quotes in Escape from New York (1981)
Brain Quotes:
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Cabbie: Brain? Brain, I brought somebody to see you.
Snake Plissken: [recognizes Brain] Harold Helman...
Brain: Snake?
Maggie: [curious] Harold?
Snake Plissken: How you been, Harold? It's been a long time.
Maggie: You never told me you knew Snake Plissken, Brain.
Cabbie: Isn't that great? Hey, Brain, I could use some gas if you could spare some.
Snake Plissken: I'm glad you remember me. Yeah, a man should remember his past. Kansas City, four years ago, you ran out on me... You left me sittin' there.
Brain: You were late.
Snake Plissken: [bitterly] We were buddies, Harold. You, me, and Fresno Bob. You know what they did to Bob, huh?
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The Duke: [Snake's been captured after getting shot in the leg with an arrow] Who are you?
[Snake says nothing, staring defiantly; the Duke grabs the arrow in Snake's leg and twists it]
The Duke: I said, WHO ARE YOU?
[Snake... in obvious agony, still says nothing]
Brain: Snake Plissken, Duke... the Man sent him in. Somethin's goin' down, we need him...
The Duke: [releases the arrow] Snake Plissken... I've heard of you.
[strikes Snake with a tire iron, knocking him unconscious]
The Duke: I heard you were dead!
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Brain: Swear to God Snake, I thought you were dead...
Snake Plissken: Yeah, you and everybody else!
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Snake Plissken: [after threatening Brain with his machine gun] You always were smart, Harold.
Brain: Just one thing, right now... don't call me Harold!
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Brain: I swear to God, Snake, I thought you were dead.
Snake Plissken: Yeah. You and everybody else.
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Brain: They're savages, Mr. President.
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Penny: This is the coolest watch. It's a radio, computer, and even a phone. Testing, testing. Brain, say something. Come in, Over.
Brain: Brain is not here. Please leave a message at the sound of the woof. Woof.
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Officer Dibble: Thanks a lot fellas! Now I'm never going to be chief.
Brain: Uh, Officer Dibble, I didn't know you cooked.
Officer Dibble: Chief, not chef! That is why I've been working overtime. Now I'll never get the job.
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Igor: Only one thing left to do...
Brain: Ha-ha, he said "do."
Igor: [shouts] Pull the switch!
[Igor's "switch!" echoes several times. Nothing happens. He looks over at Scamper, standing by the switch]
Scamper: Do *not* yell at me.
Igor: Oh, I-I'm sorry. I just... pull the switch?
[No response]
Igor: Please pull the switch.
Scamper: That's better.
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Brain: Aw, blind orphans get everything!
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Brain: Our work here is done.
Scamper: "Our work"? You spent the whole time playing with a piece of ribbon.
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Brain: Wait, wait, wait, wait! Why does *he* get to pull the switch?
Scamper: Because I'm not an idiot, *Brian*.
Brain: My name is not Brian!
Scamper: Then you must have his jar.
Igor: Stop! You can both pull the switch. On the count of three. One...
[Scamper pulls the switch]
Brain: Hey, no fair!
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Brain: Is French Fries an idea?
-- Brain
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