Del Knox Quotes in Without a Paddle (2004)

Del Knox: I spent the best years of my life sittin' on the porch, playin' the harmonica, waitin' for somethin' better. And the years have been goin' by faster, and faster, and then, all of a sudden, I was an old man.

Tom Marshall: Well I bet you can play the shit outta that harmonica!

Del Knox: That I can. 'Cept there's no one around to hear me play it. Piece of advice: you can lose your money. You can spend it - all of it. Maybe work hard, get it all back. But if you waste your time, you're never gonna get it back.

Del Knox: Whatever it is you guy are looking for, you gotta go out there and get it right now.

[Tom, Jerry, and Dan get up to leave despite the rain]

Del Knox: Not right now you idiots.

Jerry Conlaine: But you could've left! Why'd you stay up here all these years?

Del Knox: Seemed like a good idea at the time. Know what I mean, kid?

Jerry Conlaine: Yeah, I do.

Del Knox: Have you ever spent 30 years in a cabin?

Jerry Conlaine: ...No.

Del Knox: Well, then you don't know what I mean!

Jerry Conlaine: I mean, metaphorically, I know what you mean.

Del Knox: Metaphorically, have you ever spent 30 years in a cabin?

Jerry Conlaine: Uh - no.

Del Knox: Well then think before you talk!

Del Knox: Remember, carry your friends wherever you go.

Dan Mott: Close to your heart.

Del Knox: Or on your back. I got D.B's bones in my satchel. Thought I'd give 'em a proper burial. I spent 30 years waiting to have a life!

Dan Mott: Mmm, bacon.

Del Knox: Squirrel.

Dan Mott: Mmm... squirrel.

Del Knox: Come with me, or I'll shoot your testicles off and stuff 'em and mount 'em on my mantlepiece.

Tom Marshall: That's gonna be an ugly mantlepiece.

Del Knox: You boys better get dressed faster 'cause I been up here alone for almost 30 years now.