Memorable quotes for
Les quatre cents coups (1959) More at IMDbPro »

Petite Feuille: Now, Doinel, go get some water and erase those insanities, or I'll make you lick the wall, my friend.

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Gilberte Doinel: I'm not in the mood.
Julien Doinel: Too bad, I am.

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Antoine Doinel: I need some money for lunch, dad. Only 1,000 francs.
Julien Doinel: Therefore you hope for 500. Therefore you need 300. Here's 100.

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Julien Doinel: I have no socks left around these holes.

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Gilberte Doinel: The best thing is to eat out until the end of the month.
Julien Doinel: For that, I need a clean shirt.

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English Teacher: Last and simple question. Where is the father?
Rene: Ze fazer...
English Teacher: No. The father.
Rene: Ze fazer.
English Teacher: No, the tip of the tongue between the teeth. As if you had a lisp. Father.
Rene: Fazer.
English Teacher: No.
Rene: But I can't, sir. Not everybody has a tongue like yours.

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Petite Feuille: Doinel, if your paper is first today, it's because I've decided to give the results beginning with the worst.

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Prostitute #1: I saw a police station in a movie. It was cleaner.
Prostitute #2: I once saw a dirtier one.
Prostitute #3: And I, a more cheerful one.

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Judge: I think we should place your child under observation in a special home.
Gilberte Doinel: Could it be by the sea, Your Honor?

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Juvenile Delinquent: Every time I cried, my father would imitate me on his fiddle, just to drive me nuts. One day I got fed up and I knocked him out.

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Juvenile Delinquent: [to Antoine about another boy in the reformatory] He escaped a week ago, but they got him. Around here to escape is bad enough, but getting caught is worse.

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Juvenile Delinquent: If she drops her pen, pick it up, but don't look at her legs. Or else it will be on your record.

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Juvenile Delinquent: I'm an unstable psychotic individual with perverted tendencies.

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Psychiatrist: Your parents say you're always lying.
Antoine Doinel: Oh, I lie now and then, I suppose. Sometimes I'd tell them the truth and they still wouldn't believe me, so I prefer to lie.

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