The Straight Story

Alvin Straight:
You don't think about getting old when you're young... you shouldn't.

Cyclist #1:
Must be something good about gettin' old?

Alvin Straight:
Well I can't imagine anything good about being blind and lame at the same time but, still at my age I've seen about all that life has to dish out. I know to separate the wheat from the chaff, and let the small stuff fall away.

Cyclist #2:
So, uh, what's the worst part about being old, Alvin?

Alvin Straight:
Well, the worst part of being old is rememberin' when you was young.

Sig:
What do you need that grabber for, Alvin?

Alvin:
Grabbin'.

Dorothy:
What's the number for 911?

Alvin:
I'd give each one of 'em a stick and, one for each one of 'em, then I'd say, 'You break that.' Course they could real easy. Then I'd say, 'Tie them sticks in a bundle and try to break that.' Course they couldn't. Then I'd say, "That bundle... that's family."

Alvin Straight:
There's no one knows your life better than a brother that's near your age. He knows who you are and what you are better than anyone on earth. My brother and I said some unforgivable things the last time we met, but, I'm trying to put that behind me... and this trip is a hard swallow of my pride. I just hope I'm not too late... a brother's a brother.

Alvin Straight:
Anger, vanity, you mix that together with liquor, you've got two brothers that haven't spoken in ten years. Ah, whatever it was that made me and Lyle so mad... don't matter anymore. I want to make peace, I want to sit with him, look up at the stars... like we used to do, so long ago.

Alvin Straight:
I haven't had a drink in a lotta years, but now I'm gonna have me a cold beer.

Alvin Straight:
I want to thank you for your kindness to a stranger.

Danny Riordan, Clermont Resident:
It's been a genuine pleasure having you here, Alvin. Write to us some time.

Alvin Straight:
I will.

Hard-ware store guy:
He'll never make it to the Grotto.

[last lines]

Lyle Straight, Alvin's Brother:
Did you ride that thing all the way out here to see me?

Alvin Straight:
I did, Lyle.

[first lines]

Dorothy:
Hi Rose.

Rose 'Rosie' Straight:
Hi Dorothy.

Alvin Straight:
[can be heard collapsing inside his house]

Danny Riordan, Clermont Resident:
Well, you know, Alvin, there's a lot of hills bigger than Clairmont's between here and Zion. Even if you get that mower running again, it might still break down.

Alvin Straight:
Well, you're a kind man talking to a stubborn man.

Alvin Straight:
The worst part of being old is remembering when you was young.