O Brother Where Art Thou Quotes

The crime comedy-drama takes place in 1937, during the Great Depression. The satire in the movie is a contemporary retelling of Homer’s epic poem Odyssey. Learn more from these o brother where art thou quotes.

About the Movie

The plot of the film centres on the pursuit of hidden wealth by three jail escapees named Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney), Delmar O’Donnell (Tim Blake Nelson), and Pete Hog wallop.

They walk to see Pete’s cousin Washington Hog wallop, who releases them from their chains, provides them new clothing, and lets them spend the night in his barn.

However, after Hog wallop handed them in for the prize, the authorities, led by the partially blinded World War I veteran Sheriff Cooley, awaken the group.

Even though the barn is set on fire, Everett, Pete, and Delmar manage to flee thanks to the assistance of Hog wallop’s boisterous young kid, who drives them out of the fiery barn in a car.

O Brother Where Art Thou Quotes

1. “Well, ain’t it a small world, spiritually speaking? Pete and Delmar have just been baptised and saved. I guess I’m the only one that remains unaffiliated.”

2. “It’s a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart.”

3. It ain’t the law. -Ulysses Everett

4. “The law? The law is a human institution.” -Sheriff Cooley

5. “So you’re against me now too? Is that how it is boys? The whole world, God almighty, and now you.”

6. “We’re gonna see a brave new world where they run everybody a wire and hook us all up to a grid.”

1. “Well, it didn’t look like a two-horse town, but try finding a decent hair jelly.”- Ulysses Everett McGill. “O brother where art thou quotes”

2. “Uh, we’re adventurers, sir, currently pursuing a certain opportunity, but we’re open to others as well.”- Ulysses Everett McGill.

3. “Ulysses: Why are you telling our gals that I was hit by a train?

4. ” Tommy, what you riding’ there? -Ulysses

5. “I was not hit by a train. Damn it, I am the paterfamilias!”

6. “Now Penny, stop that! -Ulysses

7. No – you stop it! Vernon here’s got a job. Vernon’s got prospects. He’s bona fide! What’re you?” -Penny

8. ” What’s his name.” – Ulysses

9. Well, that right there may be the reason you’ve had difficulty finding gainful employment.” Ulysses

10. “Well, as soon as we get ourselves cleaned up and we get a little smell in our hair, why, we’re gonna feel 100% better about ourselves and about life in general.”- Ulysses Everett McGill.

11. “I am the only daddy you got! I’m the damn paterfamilias.” – Ulysses

12. But you ain’t bonafide.” – Wharvey

13. “I’ll tell you what I am – I’m the damn paterfamilias! You can’t marry him!”

Ulysses Everette Quotes

1. “Damn! We’re in a tight spot!”- Ulysses Everett McGill.

2. “I like the smell of my hair treatment; the pleasing odour is half the point.”- Ulysses Everett McGill.    “O brother where art thou quotes”

3. “Makin’ money in the service of the Lord.”- Delmar O’Donnell.

4. “Where’s the happy little tire swing?”- Delmar O’Donnell.

5. ” You work for the railroad, Grampa?” – Delmar

1. “I work for no man.” – Blind Seer

2. “You can have the whole thing. Me and Pete already had one apiece. We ran across a whole… gopher village.”- Delmar O’Donnell.

3. “You ain’t no kind of man if you ain’t got land.”- Delmar O’Donnell.

4. “Hey mister! I don’t mean to be tellin’ tales out of school, but there’s a feller in there that’ll pay you ten dollars if you sing into his can.”- Delmar O’Donnell.    “0 brother where art thou quotes”

5. Part of the crazy trio, Pete has often been seen as the less craziest member of the band.

6. “You ruined my life! [while being choked]” – Pete

7. “I do apologise about that Pete.” – Ulysses

8. “My pa always said ‘Never trust a Hogwallop!” – Pete Hogwallop

9. “Since we been followin’ your lead, we ain’t got nothing but trouble.”- Pete Hog wallop

10. ” Ain’t you gonna introduce us, Pete? – Ulysses

11. “I don’t know their names. I saw ’em first!” – Pete

12. “Pete: I’ve always wondered, what’s the devil look like?

Quote from the Movie

1. “He’s white, as white as you folks, with empty eyes and a big hollow voice. He likes to travel around with a mean old hound. That’s right.” – Tommy     “0 brother where art thou quotes”

2. “The Preacher said it absolved us.” – Pete Hogwallop

3. For him, not for the law. I’m surprised at you, Pete, I gave you credit for more brains than Delmar. – Ulysses Everett McGill

4. “But they were witnesses that seen us redeemed.” – Delmar O’Donnell

5. “Pete’s cousin turned us in for the bounty.” – Ulysses

6. The hell you say! Wash is kin! -Pete

7. Sorry, Pete, I know we’re kin, but they got this depression on. I got to do for me and mine. –Washington

8. “I’m gonna kill you, Judas Iscariot Hog wallop!” – Pete

1. The renowned actor Charles Durning played the role of Pappy O’Daniel in this movie. Some of the best Charles Durning quotes from ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou’ below will make you laugh.

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1. “Wouldn’t we look like a bunch of Johnny-come-latelies, bragging on our own midget, doesn’t matter how stumpy.”    “0 brother where art thou quotes”

2. “Pappy: I’m a forgive-and-forgettin’ Christian, and I say, if their rambunctiousness, and misdemeanour, is behind them… It is, ain’t it, boys?

George Nelson

1. “Uh, yes sir, it is.” -Ulysses

2. “Furthermore, in the second Pappy O’Daniel administration, these boys is gonna be my brain trust.” – Pappy

3. What’s that mean?” -Delmar

4. “Moral fibre? I invented moral fibre! Pappy O’Daniel was displaying rectitude and high-mindedness when that egghead you work for was still messing his drawers.”- Pappy O’Daniel.

5. “Looks like Homer Stokes is the kind of fellow who wants to cast the first stone.”- Pappy O’Daniel.    “0 brother where art thou quotes”

6. The wacky bank robber and the baby-faced thief has some of the best moments in the movie! Here are ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou’ quotes from the character George Nelson that are absolutely amazing.

1. “I’m George Nelson, and I’m feeling ten feet tall!”- George Nelson.

2. “I’m gonna go off like a Roman candle! Twenty thousand volts chasin’ the rabbit through yours truly! Gonna shoot sparks out the top of my head and lightning from my fingertips!”- George Nelson.

3. “My name is George Nelson, get me? … George Nelson. Not ‘Babyface’. You remember, and you tell your friends. I’m George Nelson. Born to raise hell.”- George Nelson.

4. “Jesus saves, George Nelson withdraws!”- George Nelson.

5. “Cows! I hate cows worse than coppers!”-George Nelson.

6. The adversary of Pappy O’Daniel in the competition for the mayor, Homes Stokes is a quirky character with a dark secret.

7. “This band of miscreants, this very evening, interfered with a lynch mob in the performance of its duty.”- Homer Stokes.     “brother where art thou quotes”

8. “Is you is, or is you ain’t, my constituency?”- Homer Stokes.

9. “These boys are not white! These boys are not white! Hell, they ain’t even old-timey!”- Homer Stokes.

10. “Those boys desecrated a burning cross!”- Homer Stokes.

Dialogue Quotes

1. “The colour guard is coloured!”- Homer Stokes.

2. “Though the road may wind, yea, your hearts grow weary, still shall ye follow them, even unto your salvation.“- Blind Seer.

3. “Thank you boys for throwing’ in that fricassee. I’m a man of large appetite, and even with lunch under my belt, I was feeling’ a mite peckish.” – Big Dan

4. It’s our pleasure, Big Dan.” – Ulysses

1. “The only good thing you ever did for the gals was get hit by that train!”

2. “You seek a great fortune, you three who are now in chains. You will find a fortune, though it will not be the one you seek.”- Blind Seer    “0 brother where art thou quotes”

3. “Ain’tcha gonna press the flesh, Pappy, do a little politickin’?” – Junior O’Daniel.

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1. These funniest quotes from ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou’ cast that will make you laugh out loud.

2. “Ulysses: Well, you lying… unconstant… succubus.

3. Whoa, whoa, whoa! You can’t swear at my fiancé. – Vernon T. Waldrip

74.“Oh, yeah? Well, you can’t marry my wife.” – Ulysses

Quotes and Dialogue

1. “Jesus! Can I count on you people?” – Ulysses

2. “What’d the devil give you for your soul, Tommy?” – Ulysses

3. Well, he taught me to play this here guitar real good. -Tommy Johnson

4. “Oh son, for that you sold your everlasting soul? – Delmar

5. “Well, I wasn’t usin’ it.” – Tommy Johnson

6. “I had to be up at that crossroad last midnight, to sell my soul to the devil.”

7. “Of course it’s Pete! Look at him… We gotta find some kind of wizard to change him back.” – Delmar    “0 brother where art thou quotes”

8. “Never trust a female, Delmar, remember that one simple precept and your time with me will not have been ill-spent.”

9. “Believe me, Delmar, the woman is the most fiendish instrument of torture ever devised to bedevil the days of man.”

10. “Me and the old lady are gonna pick up the pieces and retie the knot, metaphorically speaking.”- Ulysses Everett McGill

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