J.D.: Well, I've always believed that if done properly, armed robbery doesn't have to be an unpleasant experience.
J.D.: So, tell me something, Miss Thelma. How is it you ain't got any kids? I mean God gets you something special, I think you oughta pass it on. Thelma: Well, Daryl, that's my husband. J.D.: Daryl? Thelma: Yeah, he says he's not ready yet. He says he's still too much of a kid himself. He kinda prides himself on being infantile. Louise: He's got a lot to be proud of. Thelma: Louise and him don't get along. Louise: That's putting it mildly. Thelma: She thinks he's a pig. Louise: I KNOW he's a pig. Thelma: I don't ever remember feeling this awake. Thelma: I've had it up to my ass with sedate. Max: If she calls, just be gentle, you know? Like you're really happy to hear from her. Like you miss her. Women love that shit. Louise: I'm in deep shit; Deep Shit, Arkansas. Thelma Dickinson: Are you sure we should be driving like this, I mean in broad daylight and everything? Louise Sawyer: No we shouldn't, but I want to put some distance between us and the scene of our last goddamn crime. Louise Sawyer: Besides, what are we gonna say about the robbery? There's no excuse for that, there's no such thing as justifiable robbery. Max: You know, the one thing I can't figure out are these girls real smart or real real lucky? Hal Slocumb: Don't matter. Brains'll only get you so far and luck always runs out. Thelma Dickinson: You're a real live outlaw, aren't ya? J.D.: Well I may be an outlaw, darlin', but you're the one stealing my heart. Louise Sawyer: In the future, when a woman is crying like that, she isn't having any fun. Louise Sawyer: You shoot off a guy's head with his pants down, believe me, Texas ain't the place you want to get caught. Louise Sawyer: Is he your husband or your father? Louise Sawyer: You finally got laid properly, I'm so proud. Thelma Dickinson: You said you 'n' me was gonna get out of town and for once just really let our hair down. Well darlin', look out 'cause my hair is comin' down! Louise Sawyer: Certain words and phrases just keep drifting through my mind, things like, incarceration, cavity search, death by electrocution, life in prison, shit like that, know what I'm sayin', so do I want to come out alive ... Louise Sawyer: Where do you get off behaving that way with women you don't even know, huh? How'd you feel if someone did that to your mother or your sister or your wife? Louise Sawyer: You've always been crazy, this is just the first chance you've had to express yourself. Louise Sawyer: You get what you settle for. Thelma: You could park a car in the shadow of his ass. Thelma Dickinson: But, umm, I don't know, you know, something's, like, crossed over in me and I can't go back, I mean I just couldn't live. Louise Sawyer: I know, I know what you mean. Anyway, don't wanna end up on the damned Geraldo show.
[With a cliff in front of them and cops behind them.] Thelma Dickinson: OK, then listen, let's not get caught. Louise Sawyer: What're you talking about? Thelma Dickinson: Let's keep going. Louise Sawyer: What do you mean? Thelma Dickinson: Go. Louise Sawyer: You sure? Thelma Dickinson: Yeah, yeah. Let's.