- Curt Henderson: You're the most beautiful, exciting thing I've ever seen in my life and I don't know anything about you.
- Laurie Henderson: [quoting from Curt] "It doesn't make sense to leave home to look for home, to give up a life to find a new life, to say goodbye to friends you love just to find new friends".
- Carol: [John turns off the radio] Why did you do that?
- John Milner: I don't like that surfin' shit. Rock and roll's been going down hill ever since Buddy Holly died.
- Carol: Don't you think the Beach Boys are boss?
- John Milner: You would, you grungy little twirp.
- Carol: Grungy? You big weenie! If I had a boyfriend, he'd pound you.
- John Milner: Yeah, sure.
- Curt Henderson: Someone wants me. Someone roaming the streets, wants ME... Will you turn the corner?
- Debbie Dunham: Is that tuck and roll?
- Terry Fields: Yeah!
- Debbie Dunham: That's bitchin' tuck and roll! You know, I really love the feel of tuck and roll upholstery.
- Terry Fields: You do?
- Debbie Dunham: Yeah.
- Terry Fields: Yeah? Well, get in and I'll let you feel it... I mean, you know, you can touch it... uh... I'll let you feel the upholstery.
- Debbie Dunham: Okay.
- Carol: Oh, rats. I thought some of my friends might be here.
- John Milner: Probably a couple of weeks past their bedtime.
- Carol: Oh, wait, there's Dee Dee. I hope she sees me.
- John Milner: Oh, shit. Dee Dee!
- Carol: Oh, no, not me. Not old Carol. The night is young and I'm not hittin' the rack till I get a little action.
- John Milner: So, your Judy's little... Shit! How old are you?
- Carol: I'm old enough. How old are you?
- John Milner: I'm too old for you.
- Carol: You can't be that old.
- Man at Accident: [after Terry has backed into his car] Excuse me, but I think we've had an accident.
- Terry Fields: Well, goddammit, I won't report you this time, but next time just watch it, will ya?
- Terry Fields: Pardon me, sir, but I lost my I.D. in... in a flood and I'd like to get some Old Harper, hard stuff. Would you mind buying a bottle for me?
- Bum at Liquor Store: Why certainly! I lost my wife, too - her name wasn't Idy, though, and it wasn't in a flood - but I know what ya...
- Terry Fields: Thanks, here's enough for a pint.
- Steve Bolander: We're finally getting out of this turkey town, and now you wanna crawl back into your cell, right? You wanna end up like John? You just can't stay seventeen forever.
- XERB Disc Jockey: I can't really talk for the Wolfman. But I can tell you one thing, if the Wolfman was here he'd tell you to get your ass in gear. Now, the Wolfman comes in here occasionally, bringing tapes, you know, to check up on me and whatnot, and the places he talks about that he's been, the things he's seen. It's a great big beautiful world out there. And here I sit - sucking on popsicles.
- Debbie Dunham: I really had a good time. I mean, you picked me up and we got some hard stuff and saw a hold-up, and then we went to the Canal, you got your car stolen, and then I got to watch you gettin' sick, and then you got in this really bitchin' fight. I really had a good time.
- Joe: [wearing sunglasses at night with two other members of the Pharoh's gang] Whadaya doin' creep?
- Curt Henderson: Who, me?
- Joe: No, I'm talkin' to the other fifty creeps here. You know Gil Gonzales?
- Curt Henderson: Gil Gonzales? No. No, I don't.
- Joe: Don't know Gil huh? Well you oughta. He's a friend of ours and that's his car you got your butt parked on.
- Mr. Kroot: All right, all right, Bolander, break that up. You know the rules. You and your girlfriend want to do that, go someplace else, huh?
- Steve Bolander: Hey, Kroot! Why don't you go kiss a duck?
- Mr. Kroot: What did you say?
- Steve Bolander: I said, go kiss a duck, marblehead.
- Mr. Kroot: Okay, Bolander, you are suspended. Don't - don't you even come in on Monday. You're out, you're out!
- Steve Bolander: Hey, hey, Kroot. I graduated last semester. Remember?
- John Milner: Shit! Hey, get down!
- Carol: Hey, is this what they call "copping a feel"?
- John Milner: What? No, get up, N-O. Sheezus.
- Carol: What's your name?
- John Milner: My name? Mud, if anybody sees you.
- Carol: You're a regular J.D.
- John Milner: File that under uh, C.S. over there.
- [hands her the ticket Holstein just issued him]
- Carol: C.S.? What's that stand for?
- John Milner: Chicken shit - that's what it is.
- Carol: Oh.
- [puts the ticket in the glove compartment which is full of similar tickets]
- XERB Disc Jockey: [on the radio] He's a friend of mine, you hear? And little girl... you better call him, or the Wolfman gonna get you!
- John Milner: [to a girl in a Studebaker] If you ever get tired of going steady with somebody that ain't around, I'm up for grabs.
- Terry Fields: [to Debbie] Hello. Buenos Noches. You sure you don't need a lift somewhere? Huh? Hey, you know John Milner? John Milner's a good friend of mine. Hey, did anybody ever tell you that you look just like Connie Stevens?
- Carol: I just love listening to Wolfman. My Mom won't let me at home. Because he's a Negro. I think he's terrific! Do you know that he just broadcasts from a plane that flies around in circles all the time? Do you believe that's true?
- Girl in Cadillac: Hey! You got a bitchin' car.
- John Milner: Yeah, I know.
- Girl in Cadillac: In fact, your car's so neat, we're gonna give you our special prize. You want me to give it to you?
- John Milner: Sweetheart, if the prize is you, I'm a ready teddy.
- Girl in Cadillac: Well, get bent, turkey!
- [throws a water balloon which misses him and hits Carol]
- Bob Falfa: Hey man, I'm sorry if I scared ya!
- John Milner: You're gonna hafta do one hell of a lot more than that to scare me!
- Bob Falfa: Hey, I've been lookin' all over for ya, man. Didn't nobody tell ya I was lookin' for ya?
- John Milner: Man, I can't keep track of all you punks runnin' 'round here backwards.
- Bob Falfa: Hey you're s'posed to be the fastest thing in the Valley man, but that can't be your car, it must be your mama's car! I'm sorta' embarrassed to be this close to ya!
- John Milner: Yeah, well I'm not surprised, drivin' a field car!
- Bob Falfa: Field car? What's a field car?
- John Milner: A field car runs through the fields, droppin' cow shit all over the place to make the lettuce grow.
- Bob Falfa: Ha ha! That's pretty good! Say, I like the color of your car there, man. What's that s'posed to be? Sort of a cross between piss yella' and puke green, ain't it?
- John Milner: Well, you call that a paint job, but it's pretty ugly. I bet you got to sneak up on the pumps just to get a little air in your tires!
- Bob Falfa: Well at least I don't have to pull over to the side just to let a funeral go by, man.
- John Milner: Oh ho, funny!
- Vic: Hey Deb, How's my soft baby?
- Debbie Dunham: Come on, beat it, Vic. I'm not your baby.
- Vic: Aw, come on honey. Look, so I never called you back. I've been, you know, busy.
- Debbie Dunham: Yeah, three weeks? Besides, it only took me one night to realize if brains were dynamite you couldn't blow your nose.
- Vic: Look who's talking. Hey, who's the wimp you're hanging out with now? Einstein?
- Debbie Dunham: Tiger happens to be very intelligent, unlike you. I know everything your dirty little mind is thinking - it shows.
- Terry Fields: Hey now, buddy, look. The lady obviously doesn't want to have...
- Vic: Look, creep. You want a knuckle sandwich?
- Terry Fields: Uh, no thanks. I'm waiting for a double Chucky Chuck.
- Vic: Then keep your smart-ass mouth shut.
- Vic: [pauses]
- Vic: Hey, I'll call you some night Deb. Some night when I'm hard up.
- Debbie Dunham: I won't be home.
- Debbie Dunham: [lights a match and throws it at him as he makes an obscene gesture at her]
- Debbie Dunham: Get out of here.
- Terry Fields: You seem to know a lot of weird guys.
- Debbie Dunham: That creep's not a friend of mine, he's just... *horny*. That's why I like you, you're different.
- Terry Fields: I am? I mean, do you really think I'm intelligent?
- Debbie Dunham: Yeah, and I bet you're smart enough to get us some brew.
- [she puts her arm around him, leans over and kisses him]
- Debbie Dunham: Yeah.
- Terry Fields: Brew?
- Debbie Dunham: Yeah.
- Terry Fields: You mean liquor. Yeah, yeah right, liquor. Yeah, this place is too crowded anyway.
- [starts the car, backs up and pulls out of Mel's Drive-in]
- Debbie Dunham: Maybe if it's the goat killer, he'll get somebody and we'll see the whole thing.
- Terry Fields: I don't want to see the whole thing.
- [last lines]
- John Milner: I know, uh... you probably think you're a big shot, goin' off like this...
- John Milner: [he slaps Curt] ... but you're still a punk.
- Curt Henderson: OK, John... So long... So long!
- [Steve, Terry, Laurie and John wish Curt goodbye]
- Terry Fields: Have a good trip!
- Laurie Henderson: Bye, Curt. Good-bye!
- Steve Bolander: I thought, maybe before I leave, we could agree that... that seeing other people while I'm away can't possibly hurt, you know.
- Laurie Henderson: You mean dating other people?
- Steve Bolander: I think it would strengthen our relationship. Then we'd know for sure that we're really in love. Not that there's any doubt.
- Teenager in car: [to Terry] Is that you in that beautiful car? Geez, what a waste of machinery!
- Curt Henderson: [to the mysterious blonde, driving off after mouthing "I love you" to him] What did you say? Wait, what did you say?
- Carol: [after being hit with a water balloon] Very funny. What a chop! Ha-ha! Quit laughing! Let's catch 'em at the light. Jump out and flatten their tires.
- John Milner: Wait a minute.
- Carol: Just do as I say!
- John Milner: Alright, boss.
- Curt Henderson: Are you the Wolfman?
- XERB Disc Jockey: No, man. I'm not the Wolfman. Wait a minute.
- [puts in a tape]
- Wolfman Recording: "Who is this on the Wolfman Telephone?".
- Diane: "Diane".
- Wolfman Recording: "How you doing, Diane?".
- XERB Disc Jockey: That's the Wolfman.
- XERB Disc Jockey: [on the radio] Little kiss on your ear. Goodnight, sweetheart. I'll see you later.
- Laurie Henderson: Come on, Curt. We can't be spending half the night chasing girls after you.
- Curt Henderson: Laurie, I'm telling you, this was the most perfect, dazzling creature I've ever seen!
- Steve Bolander: She's gone. Forget it.
- Curt Henderson: She spoke to me! She spoke to me, right through the window! I think she said, "I love you." That means nothing to you people? You have no romance, no soul? She - someone wants me. Someone roaming the streets wants me! Will you turn the corner?
- Curt Henderson: You know Toby Juarez? Toby Juarez, he's a Pharaoh isn't he?
- Joe: Toby Juarez? Sure, we know Toby. We killed him last night. Tied him to a car and dragged him.
- John Milner: What the hell's goin' on here, Toad? Hey, man, are you all right?
- Terry Fields: Yeah, I'll die soon, then it'll all be over, John.
- Debbie Dunham: Wow, you're just like the Lone Ranger.
- John Milner: Yeah, yeah. Listen, are you with him?
- Terry Fields: You're talking to the woman I love.
- John Milner: What happened, man?
- Joe: [waves for Curt to come over] Get down! OK now, you got it? I'm staying here, you're on your own.
- Curt Henderson: Wait a minute, wait a minute, Joe... wait a minute. What if he hears me?
- Joe: Shhh. Listen, listen! Look at it this way. Now, you got three choices. One, you chicken out and in that case I let Ants tie you to the car and drag you around a little bit and you don't want that. Right?
- Curt Henderson: No.
- Joe: Two, you foul up and Holstein hears you and, well uh... you don't want that, right?
- Curt Henderson: No, I don't.
- Joe: Three, you are successful and you join the Pharaohs with a car coat and a blood initiation and all that, huh?
- [Joe pats Curt on the shoulder and runs back to the car]
- Curt Henderson: What? Wait a minute, wait a minute! What blood initiation?
- Bob Falfa: Hey, you know a guy around here with a piss yellow deuce coupe, supposed to be hot stuff?
- Terry Fields: You mean John Milner?
- [Falfa nods slowly]
- Terry Fields: Hey, nobody can beat him, man. He's got the fastest...
- Bob Falfa: [cutting him off] I ain't nobody, dork! Right?
- Terry Fields: [intimidated] Uh... right.
- Bob Falfa: Hey, you see this Milner, you tell him I'm lookin' for him, huh? Tell him I aim to blow his ass right off the road.
- Bob Falfa: Hey, hey, hey, baby. What do you say?
- Laurie Henderson: Don't say anything and we'll get along just fine.