35 Bonnie And Clyde Quotes From The Infamous Criminal Couple
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Bonnie and Clyde, as the phrase, means a couple who have stuck by one another through thick and thin.
Bonnie and Clyde were known for committing a series of bank robberies, robbing gas stations and small shops. If the quotes of this duo interest you, then do make sure you take a look at 'Die Hard' quotes and Goodfellas quotes.
Best Of Clyde Barrow And Bonnie Parker Quotes
Bonnie and Clyde were two people, who then became a couple. These two then together used to rob banks.
Both came from Dallas, and their life of petty crime and little escapes from the law ensured their brutal death at the hands of the Louisiana and Texan police four years after they had begun committing their crimes.
American resentment with capitalism and big finance in Depression-era America made this couple all the more attractive to people. Their death and their life immortalized them to the degree that even after many a year, no one has forgotten that and their legacy.
1. “Now Ms. Parker, don’t you believe what you read in all them newspapers. That’s the law talkin’ there. They want us to look big so they gonna look big when they catch us. And they ain’t gonna catch us.”
– Clyde Barrow.
2. “It’s called The story of Bonnie and Clyde. You’ve heard of the story of Jesse James, of how he lived and died. If you’re still in need of something to read…here’s the story of Bonnie and Clyde.”
– Bonnie Parker.
3. “I’m even better at runnin’ than I am at robbin’ banks!”
– Clyde Barrow.
4. "Hey, boy, what you doin' with my Mama's car?"
-Bonnie.
5. "Bonnie: Hey! What's your name, anyway?
Clyde: Clyde Barrow.
Bonnie: Hi. I'm Bonnie Parker. Pleased to meet you!"
-Bonnie and Clyde.
6. “You’re a smart fella. You sure do know a lot about automobiles, don’t you?”
– Bonnie Parker.
7. "There's nothing wrong with me, I mean, I don't like boys."
-Clyde Barrows.
8. "Why? What you mean, 'Why?' Because you're different, that's why. You know, you're like me. You want different things. You got somethin' better than bein' a waitress."
-Clyde Barrow.
9. “Shoot, if we’d done half that stuff they said we’d done in that paper, we’d be millionaires by now, wouldn’t we?”
– Clyde Barrows.
10. “You’re just like your brother. Ignorant, uneducated hillbilly, except the only special thing about you is your peculiar ideas about love-making, which is no love-making at all.”
– Bonnie Parker.
11. "Bonnie Parker: You're good
Clyde Barrow: I ain't good. I'm the best!
Bonnie Parker: And modest!"
-Bonnie and Clyde.
12. "I don't think he's lost. I think the bank's been offerin' extra reward money for us. I think Frank just figured on some easy pickins, didn't ya Frank?
-Clyde Barrow.
Quotes From The 'Bonnie And Clyde' Movie
With Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in the lead roles - the movie of 'Bonnie and Clyde' was made. Both, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were not the first choice for their roles, but were eventually cast in it.
The movie went on to be an immense success, claiming commercial acclaim for its story and plotline. This much-romanticized couple Bonnie and Clyde were forever immortalized not just on the silver screen, but in the legacy of Depression-era Texas. Read on for their best movie quotes!
13. “Why don’t y’all go back to your own cabin, if you want to play with C.W.”
– Bonnie Parker, 'Bonnie and Clyde' (1967).
14. "Hell, you might just be the best damn girl in Texas."
-Clyde Barrow, 'Bonnie and Clyde' (1967).
15. “Your advertising’s just dandy… folks would never guess you don’t have a thing to sell.”
– Bonnie Parker, 'Bonnie and Clyde' (1967).
16. “If all you want’s a stud service, you get on back to West Dallas and you stay there the rest of your life. You’re worth more than that. A lot more than that.”
– Clyde Barrow, 'Bonnie and Clyde' (1967).
17. "This here's Miss Bonnie Parker. I'm Clyde Barrow. We rob banks."
-Clyde Barrow, 'Bonnie and Clyde' (1967).
18. "don't believe I would. I surely don't. You try to live three miles from me and you won't live long, honey. You best keep runnin', Clyde Barrow. And you know it."
- Bonnie's Mother, 'Bonnie and Clyde' (1967).
19. “You could find a lover boy on every damn corner in town. It doesn’t make a damn to them whether you’re waitin’ on tables or pickin’ cotton, but it does make a damn to me.”
– Clyde Barrow, 'Bonnie and Clyde' (1967).
20. “When we started out… I thought we were really going somewhere. But this is it. We’re just going.”
– Bonnie Parker, 'Bonnie and Clyde' (1967).
21. “We got a dollar ninety-eight, and you’re laughing!”
– Clyde Barrow, 'Bonnie and Clyde' (1967).
22.
"Truck drivers come in to eat greasy burgers and they kid you and you kid them back, but they're stupid and dumb, boys with big tattoos all over 'em, and you don't like it... And they ask you for dates and sometimes you go... but you mostly don't, and all they ever try is to get into your pants whether you want to or not... and you go home and sit in your room and think, when and how will I ever get away from this?...
And now you know."
-Clyde Barrow, 'Bonnie and Clyde' (1967).
23. “Woo! A man with a record!”
– Bonnie Parker, 'Bonnie and Clyde' (1967).
Famous Bonnie And Clyde Quotes
Some of the most famous Bonnie and Clyde quotes are the Bonnie and Clyde love quotes, and the Bonnie and Clyde relationship quotes. More than their exploits, it was their love and the real Bonnie and Clyde quotes that made them famous.
Before Bonnie, Clyde had been a part of the Barrow Gang - which betrayed him in the end. Read on for their most famous quotes and feel the love!
24. "You know what you done there? You told my story, you told my whole story right there, right there. One time, I told you I was gonna make you somebody. That's what you done for me. You made me somebody they're gonna remember."
-Clyde Barrow.
25. “You try to get something to eat around here and someone comes up to you with a meat cleaver.”
-Clyde Barrow.
26. "Don't think he's lost. I think the bank's been offerin' extra reward money for us. I think Frank just figured on some easy Pickin's, didn't ya Frank? You're no Texas Ranger. You're hardly doin' your job. You ought to be home protectin' the rights of poor folk, not out chasing after us!"
-Clyde Barrow.
27. "You know, down in Duncanville last year, poor farmers kept you Laws away from us with shotguns. You’re supposed to be protecting them from us and they’re protecting us from you.”
– Clyde Barrow.
28. “Next time I’ll aim a little lower!”
– Clyde Barrow.
29. “What would you do if some miracle happened and we could walk out of here tomorrow morning and start all over again clean? No record and nobody after us?”
– Bonnie Parker.
30. "Well, uh, I guess I'd do it all different. First off, I wouldn't live in the same state where we pull our jobs. We'd live in another state. We'd stay clean there and then when we'd take a bank, we'd go into the other state."
-Clyde Barrow.
31. "You and me travelin' together, we could cut a path clean across this state and Kansas and Missouri and Oklahoma, and everybody'd know about it."
- Clyde Barrow.
32. "Bonnie: Hey, that ain't ours!
Clyde: Sure it is.
Bonnie: But we did come in this one!
Clyde: That don't mean we have to go home in it!"
-Bonnie and Clyde.
33. "Least I ain't a liar."
-Clyde Barrow.
34. "I love you."
-Clyde Barrow.
35. "You listen to me, Miss Bonnie Parker. You listen to me."
-Clyde Barrow.
Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for Bonnie and Clyde quotes then why not take a look at Marlon Brando quotes, or '80s movie quotes.
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