Semi-Tough (1977)

Bert Convy: Friedrich Bismark

Quotes 

• Marvin 'Shake' Tiller : I've been tellin' Barbara Jane about B.E.A.T.

  Friedrich Bismark : Well, I hope you're not looking for any answers.

  Barbara Jane Bookman : Oh, I don't even know the questions.

  Friedrich Bismark : There aren't any questions. That's why there aren't any answers.

• Friedrich Bismark : Assholes! Ass-holes! You're all assholes, every one of you. Your lives don't work! And you're assholes because you sit here and pretend they do. Well, this weekend we're going to show you how that *shit* has gotten you exactly nowhere.

• Friedrich Bismark : Get this people. Get this! Believing - is shit! Being is where it's at.

• Friedrich Bismark : You choose what you get! When will you assholes learn that? If it happened, *you* chose it!

• Friedrich Bismark : You're going to get it.

  B.E.A.T. Woman : What's "it"?

  Friedrich Bismark : That's what you get.

  B.E.A.T. Woman : How will I know - when I've gotten "it"?

  Friedrich Bismark : You'll know.

  B.E.A.T. Woman : Suppose that I know I haven't.

  Friedrich Bismark : That's how you know you have.

• Billy Clyde Puckett : The most important thing is - that Barbara Jane has her own space. And she needs a lot of space. So if you give her her own space, you gonna have her right in the palm of your hand.

  Friedrich Bismark : And you've got a great pair of hands, Shake.

• Billy Clyde Puckett : The truth ain't always what's so.

  Friedrich Bismark : Exactly. The truth is also: so what.

• Friedrich Bismark : This - is it. This is all there is. There isn't any more. Life is a shell game without the shell. There is nothing up the sleeve of life. You either get life or you don't, and if you don't, life - gets you.

• Friedrich Bismark : Where you are is - where it's at.