Thelma Quotes

Thelma: [shouting wildly as she runs back to the car] Driiive, Louise! Drive! Drive the car! Come on. Go! Go! Go go go go go!
Louise: What happened?
[Thelma holds up money]
Louise: You robbed the store? You robbed the goddamn store?
Thelma: Well, we needed the money.
Louise: Oh!

Thelma: It's not like I killed anybody, for God's sake!
Louise: Thelma!
Thelma: I'm sorry, we needed the money, now we have it.
Louise: Oh, shit! Oh, shit! Oh, shit, Thelma!
Thelma: Louise. Louise.
Louise: Oh, shit!
Thelma: Come on,

get a grip. Drive us to goddamn Mexico, will you?
Louise: Okay. Oh, shit! Oh, shit! Well, how... How'd you... I mean, what'd you say?
Thelma: Well, I just waltzed on in there and I said...
[cut to surveillance video of Thelma robbing the store as watched by Hal, Max, and Darryl]

[they've just discovered that J.D. has stolen all of Louise's money]
Thelma: Oh! Oh, goddamn it! I don't believe it. I've never been lucky! Not one time! Shit! That son of a bitch burned me. I don't believe it. I don't believe it. Louise? You okay? Louise. I'm sorry, I mean it.
Thelma: [Louise has her wrists over her face as Thelma kneels down to

face her] Louise, it's okay. It's okay.
Louise: [Louise lifts her tear-streamed face] No, Thelma, it's not okay! It's definitely not okay. None of this is okay! I mean, what are we gonna do for money, huh? How we gonna get gas? I mean, trade on our good looks? I mean...
[she starts sobbing]
Louise: oh, goddamn it, Thelma, it's not okay!

[the ladies are just starting off on their road trip. Thelma lifts out Darryl's pistol]
Thelma: Oh, Louise, umm, will you take care of this gun?
Louise: What in hell did you bring that for?
Thelma: Oh, come on! Psycho killers, or bears or snakes? I just don't know how to use it. Will you take care of it?

Louise: Put it away! Just, here, put it in my purse. Thelma, good lord!

Thelma: [seen on surveillance video of Thelma robbing the store as watched by Hal, Max, and Darryl] Good mornin' ladies and gentlemen. This is a robbery. Now, if nobody loses their head, nobody will lose their head. Simon says y'all lie down on the floor, please, right away. Thank you. Ma'am, would you get down? Not you, sir. Let's see who'll win a prize for keepin' their cool.

Sir, will you do the honors? Take all the cash out of the drawer, put it in a paper bag.
Store clerk: Yes ma'am.
Thelma: You're gonna have an amazing story to tell your friends. If not, you'll have a tag on your toe. You decide. Hurry up. Let's go. Ma'am, would you be quiet? Sir, get down, please. Thank you. Just stay there. Just get real comfortable. Hey, uh, throw

in some bottles of Wild Turkey, too, will you?
Store clerk: Yes ma'am.
Thelma: Thank you. Now, you get down, too.
Store clerk: Yes ma'am.
Thelma: Ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank you all for your cooperation. Now, stay down on the floor 'til I'm gone and have a good day.

Louise: What did Darryl have to say?
Thelma: Oh, he said,
[in a mocking tone of voice]
Thelma: "Okay, Thelma, I just wanted to make sure you was all right. I sure hope you're havin' fun. You deserve it after all you've put up with me. I love you, honey."
[she swigs from a mini-bottle of bourbon]

Thelma: So, how long before we're in goddamn Mexico?
[realizing that Thelma has committed to journeying with her, Louise grins]