Roper Quotes in Enter the Dragon (1973)

[Roper sees Tania for the first time]

Roper: Would you look at that? A woman like that could teach you a lot about yourself.

Han: Very few people can be totally ruthless. It isn't easy; it takes more strength than you might believe.

Roper: Now you've got eight more.

Han: So! There is a point you will not go beyond.

[repeated line]

Roper: You wanna bet?

Roper: Well, well. One more lovely than the next.

[pause]

Roper: What'd you have in mind?

Tania: Pick one.

Roper: I already have.

Tania: Wise decision.

Roper: A man's strength can be measured by his appetites. Indeed, a man's strength *flows* from his appetites.

Han: Good morning, Mr. Roper. We have been waiting for you.

Roper: What's going on?

Han: Would you be good enough to participate in this morning's edification?

Roper: Edification?

[Roper sees Lee tied with arms behind his back]

Roper: [to Han] What are you going to do to him?

Han: Not me, Mr. Roper, you.

Han: Opium.

Roper: Uh-oh!

Han: We are investing in corruption, Mr Roper. The business of corruption is like any other.

Roper: Oh yeah! Provide your customers with products they need and, uh, charge a little bit to stimulate your market and before you know it customers come to depend on you, I mean really need you.

Roper: [Roper is betting on insect fighting and loses] For crying out loud! Do you believe that?

[to himself]

Roper: Dumb shit.

Roper: What's the matter? You on a diet?

Williams: I'd like to eat, if I can find something I can keep down.

Roper: [singing] Well, I'm Rope a Dope. A proud Cherokee. I stay busy chopping girls' cherry trees. I'll show you my buns if the booze is free. Hands on the wheel and fondue my cheese. Hey, ladies, please pass me another. I'm not a rubber lover glover, I don't need no love buffer. I'ma do like Pete Ward and go undercover. Make a sister leave a brother. We goin' make a little trouble.

McReynolds: [exhales, speaking] You're the new guy?

Dale: [resuming song] Dale Douglas! Flier than a Cutlass Supreme. Southeast Texas Cherokees. We the team. Finn, me, and Coma. We got Mac in between. Number one position player. Make these girls wanna scream. Wakin' up in a dream. Lucid so sweet. We make you toothless. To put it plain and simple. We the cream of the crop. Cherokees are never leavin'... Douglas.

Willoughby: My name is Wiiloughby. I know the master plan. I got the sun and the stars in the palm of my hand. Carl Sagan knows the universe is eternal. I'm gonna burn this down till my brain's a kernel.

Finnegan: Dr. Finnegan, so epicurean. Indulge in the BMOC. There's only one thing bigger than my IQ. And it stops around my knee. Let me drop a Finnegism and make a Finnegasm. Expand the universe. Make it shudder and spasm. 'Cause when you party like a savage. Speak like a poet. You cha-chao before you even know it.

Brumley: [rapping in fast monotone] Hey, guys. The name's Alex Brumley. I'm gonna break it to you fresh. All the guys around here punch me. 'Cause they know that I'm the best. It's my first days of college. I'm just trying to fit in. So won't you come with me and please be my friend? Please?

Nesbit: Brumley, shut the fuck up!

[sings]

Nesbit: Now, I'm Nesbit. No shame with no game. I'm throwing money down the drain like no thing. The best in a-gambling. Nesbit's a-rambling. Submarine pitch. And the Mac can't handle it. Cherokee chow. Coo-coo-capow in Texas. With the cactus and cows. Amityville? More like Amity-vile. Sick to the bone but we come with style.

Coma: So they call Coma. Told the girl "hop on." Throwing cheers to my boys. 'Cause I'm a superstitious fella. Known to get a little drunk. But I'm here to make some noise.

Jay: Master plan for a higher man. Do it all wrong. Don't fuck it up to make it all right. Drink my cup. Schlong as long as the Nile's bong. Hit it, bitch, I'm 95 strong. I'm the raw dog. Rawest of raw. Four screwdrivers. One fat straw, baby!

Plummer: My name's Tyrone but they call me Plum. I call the whole game but they call me dumb. Beer for breakfast. My Cap'n Crunch. Spread your girl's legs and then I have lunch.