The Taxi Driver Quotes in Harvey (1950)

The Taxi Driver: ...I've been driving this route for 15 years. I've brought 'em out here to get that stuff, and I've drove 'em home after they had it. It changes them... On the way out here, they sit back and enjoy the ride. They talk to me; sometimes we stop and watch the sunsets, and look at the birds flyin'. Sometimes we stop and watch the birds when there ain't no birds. And look at the sunsets when its raining. We have a swell time. And I always get a big tip. But afterwards, oh oh...

Veta Louise Simmons: "Afterwards, oh oh"? What do you mean, "afterwards, oh oh"?

The Taxi Driver: They crab, crab, crab. They yell at me. Watch the lights. Watch the brakes, Watch the intersections. They scream at me to hurry. They got no faith in me, or my buggy. Yet, it's the same cab, the same driver. and we're going back over the very same road. It's no fun. And no tips... After this he'll be a perfectly normal human being. And you know what stinkers they are! I'm glad I met you.

The Taxi Driver: Not after this. He's going to come out of there a perfectly normal human being, and you know what stinkers they are.

The Taxi Driver: You probably noticed I ain't got nothing against you people. I ain't got nothing against you people. I ain't got nothing against any people. That's what I think we need, is more love in the world. I don't know about marriage, I don't know if I'd go that far. But, ah, I believe in the lunch counter thing. I think if a guy wants to be able to get something to eat, he oughta be able to get something to eat, you know.

[honking and yelling at traffic]

The Taxi Driver: C'mon, let's move it up there! What is this, a Mobil gas economy rush? C'mon, what's going on? Bunch o' bastards! Move it!

[repeated line]

The Taxi Driver: Did you happen to see a big, tall, black, blonde chick here?

Jennie: What if you can't make yourself happy?

The Taxi Driver: Then I don't know. You know what you do then you forget, you block it out... If you want to be happy don't think... if you stutter don't talk.

The Taxi Driver: You look like the prom queen. I dated the prom queen when I was your age. She was the first girl I stuck my tongue in.