Royal Tenenbaums Quotes

I don’t think anyone in this family has ever been happy.

I’m not talking about dance lessons. I’m talking about putting a brick through the other guy’s windshield.

Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn, but what this book presupposes is… maybe he didn’t.

I’m very sorry for your loss. Your mother was a terribly attractive woman.

I just wanted to be someone you could trust.

I’m not talking about dance lessons. I’m talking about putting a brick through the other guy’s windshield.

You know, I smoked a joint with Mr. Spock.

Well, you’re not going to get away with it, Royal. You’re not going to win the custody battle.

Yeah, I think we’re just going to have to be secretly in love with each other and leave it at that.

You dropped some cigarettes.

I’m going to kill myself tomorrow.

You boys genetically engineered a winning racehorse?

That’s pure poetry, dear boy. I’m impressed.

He’s not your child, Steel. He’s my son.

Royal, you don’t have a home. You don’t have any children. You’re an old, selfish man.

Why don’t you penetrate yourself?

That was a very defining day in my life.

Do you think we’re going to sue him? There’s no money in it.

I’m very sorry for your loss. Your mother was a terribly attractive woman.

Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn, but what this book presupposes is… maybe he didn’t.

We’re not in love, but I’ll make love to you.

Can’t someone be in love with someone and still want to tell their story?

It’s been months now. Needless to say, we don’t expect her back.

This is an impossible life for us, but the camera is our weapon.

Do you think we’re going to sue him? There’s no money in it.

I’m going to kill myself tomorrow.

After all these years, I’ve come to realize that dreams don’t mean anything.

You realize you’ve lost sight of the most important thing in your life when caught up in the pursuit of everyone else’s happiness.

The world owes me, and so does my family.

You’re all I have left in the world and I am begging you to stay.

I’ve got it all figured out now. I’m going to marry Dudley and we’re moving to Argentina.

I’m very sorry for your loss. Your mother was a terribly attractive woman.

I hope you die, I really do.

You two are still in love, don’t you know that?

You dropped some cigarettes.

I’m going to kill myself tomorrow.

Don’t listen to him. He’s not my brother.

I had a rough year, Dad.

How long have you been a smoker?

I’m going to kill myself tomorrow.

Did you say you were traveling with your mother?

You dropped some cigarettes.

Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn, but what this book presupposes is… maybe he didn’t.

Don’t listen to him. He’s not my brother.

I’m going to kill myself tomorrow.

I hope you die, I really do.

You realize you’ve lost sight of the most important thing in your life when caught up in the pursuit of everyone else’s happiness.

I’ve got it all figured out now. I’m going to marry Dudley and we’re moving to Argentina.

You two are still in love, don’t you know that?

This is an impossible life for us, but the camera is our weapon.