Bobby: We beat it, didn't we? Didn't we beat that? Lewis: You don't beat it. You don't beat this river...
Bobby: There's no end to it.
Ed: No matter what disasters may occur in other parts of the world... or whatever petty little problems arise in Atlanta... no one can find us up here. Good night, Lewis.
Lewis: This is the one! There she is. [Lewis pushes aside tree branches and we see the river for the first time] Ed: Looks good. Looks good. Lewis: [mournfully] Couple more months, and she'll all be gone. Bobby: [offscreen] Ed! Lewis! Ed: Even up as ...
Lewis: Can that chubby boy handle himself? Ed: Bobby? He's rather well thought of in his field, Lewis. Lewis: Insurance? Shit. I never been insured in my life. I don't believe in insurance. There's no risk.
Bobby: Mister, I love the way you wear that hat. Old man: [after taking off his hat and examining it] You don't know nothin'.
Lewis: We killed a man, Drew. Shot him in the back. A mountain man. A cracker.
Mountain Man: Now let's you just drop them pants.
Drew: I'm a-goin' with you, Ed, and not with Mister Lewis Medlock, 'cause I done seen how he drives these country roads he don't know nothin' 'bout.
Bobby: Hey, what happens if we flip this thing over? Lewis: Now that you brought that up, hang onto your paddle. And if you hit any rocks, don't hit 'em with your head.
Bobby: Talk about genetic deficiencies-isn't that pitiful?
Drew: Goddamn, you play a mean banjo.
Mountain Man: You ever had your balls cut off you fucking ape?
Mountain Man: Looks like we got us a sow here instead of a boar.
Mountain Man: [to Bobby] Them panties. Take 'em off.
Lewis: [Ed and Lewis are driving to find the river and come to a dead end] Well, we fucked up.
Lewis: Anybody know anything about the law? Drew: I was on a jury once.
[first lines] Lewis: You w- you wanna... you wanna talk about the vanishing wilderness? Bobby: Lewis, listen - what are you so anxious about this? Lewis: Because they're buildin' a dam across the Cahulawassee River; they're gonna flood a whole valley...
