1. “A detective. A damn good detective. Finding people is my specialty, so naturally, I work for the Nazis finding people, and yes, some of them were Jews. But ‘Jew Hunter?’ It’s just a name that stuck.” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
2. “I didn’t think so. You don’t like them. You don’t really know why you don’t like them; all you know is you find them repulsive. Consequently, a German soldier conducts a search of a house suspected of hiding Jews.” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
3. “A German soldier conducts a search of a house suspected of hiding Jews. Where does the hawk look? He looks in the barn, he looks in the attic, he looks in the cellar, he looks everywhere he would hide. But there’s so many places it would never occur to a hawk to hide.” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
4. “Because our little foe has an instinct for survival and preservation second to none… And that, Monsieur, is what a Jew shares with a rat.” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
5. “Rats were the cause of the bubonic plague, but that’s some time ago. I propose to you, any disease a rat could spread, a squirrel could equally carry. Would you agree?” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
6. “But they’re both rodents, are they not? And except for the tail, they even rather look alike, don’t they?” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
7. “Now if one were to determine what attribute the German people share with a beast, it would be the cunning and the predatory instinct of a hawk.” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
8. “But if one were to determine what attributes the Jews share with a beast, it would be that of the rat. If a rat were to walk in here right now as I’m talking, would you treat it to a saucer of your delicious milk?” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
9. “Consider, for a moment, the world a rat lives in. It’s a hostile world, indeed. If a rat were to scamper through your front door right now, would you greet it with hostility?” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
10. “What a tremendously hostile world that a rat must endure. Yet not only does he survive, he thrives.” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
11. “Oooh, that’s a bingo!” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
12. “What’s that English saying about shoes and feet?” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
13. “Are you mad? What have you done? I made a deal with your general for that man’s life!” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
14. “So, gentlemen, let’s discuss the prospect of ending the war tonight” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
15. “I, on the other hand, love my unofficial title, precisely because I’ve earned it.” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
16. “I love rumors! Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing.” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
17. “I’m aware what tremendous feats human beings are capable of once they abandon dignity.” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
18. “Tell me, Aldo- if I were sitting where you’re sitting, would you show me mercy?” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
19. “I’m officially surrendering myself over to you, Lieutenant Raine. We’re your prisoners.” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
20. “What’s that American expression? ‘If the shoe fits, you must wear it.’” – Hans Landa, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
21. Because you love me. And I love you. And you’re the only person on this earth I can trust.” – Shosanna Dreyfus, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
22. “Fenway Park on its feet for Teddy f***in’ Ballgame! He went yardo on that one, out to f***in’ Lansdowne Street!” – Donny “the Bear Jew” Donowitz, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
23. “It’s only the offspring of slaves that allows America to be competitive athletically. American Olympic gold can be measured in Negro sweat.” – Joseph Goebbels, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
24. “Now, gentlemen, around this time you could ask whether you’re real or fictitious. I, however, think that’s too easy, so I won’t ask that yet.” – Major Dieter Hellstrom, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
25. “Down with Hitler” – Ed Fenech, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
26. “My name is Shosanna Dreyfus and this is the face of Jewish vengence.” – Shosanna Dreyfus, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
27. “Can you Americans speak any other language besides English?” – Bridget von Hammersmark, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
28. “Say ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ to your Nazi balls!” – Hugo Stiglitz, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
29. “Extraordinary, my dear. Simply extraordinary. This is your finest film yet.” – Hitler, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
30. “I am going to burn down the cinema on Nazi night. And if I’m going to burn down the cinema, which I am, we both know you’re not going to let me do it by myself.” – Shosanna Dreyfus, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
31. “That’s a pretty exciting story. What’s next, Lies on Ice?” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
32. “Well, I speak the most Italian, so I’ll be your escort. Donowitz speaks the second most, so he’ll be your Italian cameraman. Omar speaks third most, so he’ll be Donny’s assistant.” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
33. “Nah, I don’t think so. More like chewed out. I’ve been chewed out before.” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
34. “Long story short, we hear a story too good to be true – it ain’t.” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
35. “You know somethin’, Utivich? I think this just might be my masterpiece.” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
36. “Actually, Werner, we’re all tickled to hear you say that. Quite frankly, watching Donny beat Nazis to death is the closest we ever get to goin’ to the movies.” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
37. “And I want my scalps. And all y’all will git me one hundred Nazi scalps, taken from the heads of one hundred dead Nazis. Or you will die tryin’.” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
38. “You didn’t say the goddamn rendezvous was in a fuckin’ basement.” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
39. “I’m gonna give you a little somethin’ you can’t take off.” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
40. “You know how you get to Carnegie Hall, don’t ya? Practice.” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
41. “Well, you don’t got to be Stonewall Jackson to know you don’t want to fight in a basement!” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
42. “Yeah, we got a word for that kind of odd in English. It’s called suspicious.” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
43. “We will be cruel to the Germans, and through our cruelty, they will know who we are, and they will find the evidence of our cruelty in the disemboweled, dismembered and disfigured bodies of their brothers we leave behind us.” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
44. “He bashes their brains in with a baseball bat, what he does. Now, Werner, I’m gonna ask you one last god-damn time. If you still respectfully refuse, I’m calling the Bear Jew over. He’s gonna take that big bat of his, and he’s gonna beat your ass to death with it. Now, take your wiener schnitzel lickin’ finger and point out on this map what I want to know.” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
45. “You probably heard we ain’t in the prisoner-takin’ business; we in the killin’ Nazi business. And cousin, business is a-boomin’.” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
46. “And the German won’t be able to help themselves but imagine the cruelty their brothers endured at our hands and our boot heels and the edge of our knives and the German will be sickened by us, and the German will talk about us, and the German will fear us, and when the German closes their eyes at night and they’re tortured by their subconscious for the evil they have done it will be with thoughts of us they are tortured with.” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
47. “Well, now Werner, that’s where you’re wrong, because that’s exactly what I expect. I need to know about Germans hiding in them trees, and you need to tell me, and you need to tell me right now. Now, just take that finger of yours and point out on this here map where this party’s being held, how many’s coming, and what they brought to play with.” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
48. “I’m putting together a special team. We’re gonna be doing one thing, and one thing only. Killing Nazis.” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
49. “Nazi ain’t got no humanity, they’re the foot soldiers of a Jew-hating, mass-murdering maniac and they need to be destroyed.” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
50. “Yeah, that’s what we thought. We don’t like that. You see, we like our Nazis in uniform. That way you can spot ’em just like that. But you take off that uniform, ain’t no one ever gonna know you were a Nazi.” – Lt. Aldo Raine, ‘Inglourious Basterds’.
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