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The Graduate Quotes

“Oh no Mrs. Robinson, I find you very desirable. I think you are the most desirable of all my parents' friends.”
— Mr. Robinson, The Graduate
“Mrs. Robinson: Elaine, it's too late!

Elaine: Not for me!”
— Mrs. Robinson, The Graduate
Tagged: Too Late, Never Too Late
“[in anger for ruining Elaine's wedding] You punk! You crazy punk! I'll kill you!”
— Mr. Robinson, The Graduate
Tagged: Punk, Death Threat
“Benjamin: For God's sake, Mrs. Robinson. Here we are. You got me into your house. You give me a drink. You... put on music. Now, you start opening up your personal life to me and tell me your husband won't be home for hours.

Mrs. Robinson: So?

Benjamin: Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me!”
— Ben Braddock, The Graduate
Tagged: seduction
“Mr. Robinson: You'll never be young again.

Benjamin: I know.”
— Ben Braddock, The Graduate
Tagged: Youth, Aging
“Mr. Robinson: Do you ummm... do you want to tell me why you did it?

Benjamin: Mr. Robinson!

Mr. Robinson: Do you have a special grudge against me? Do you feel a particularly strong resentment? Is there something I've said that's caused this contempt, or is it just things I stand for that you despise?”
— Ben Braddock, The Graduate
Tagged: Affairs, contempt, resentment
“Benjamin: Listen to me. What happened between Mrs. Robinson and me was nothing. It didn't mean anything. We might just as well have been shaking hands.

Mr. Robinson: Shaking hands? Well, that's not saying much for my wife, is it?”
— Ben Braddock, The Graduate
Tagged: affair, Sex, shaking hands
“Mrs. Robinson, if you don't mind my saying so, this conversation is getting a little strange.”
— Ben Braddock, The Graduate
Tagged: Conversation, strange
“Elaine: Good night.

Benjamin: Are we getting married tomorrow?

Elaine: No...

Benjamin: Day after tomorrow?

Elaine: I don't know. Maybe we are, and maybe we're not.”
— Ben Braddock, The Graduate
Tagged: Marriage, Uncertainty
“Mrs. Braddock: What makes you think she wants to marry you?

Benjamin: Oh, she doesn't. To be perfectly honest, she doesn't like me.”
— Ben Braddock, The Graduate
Tagged: Marriage, i don't like you in that way
“Mrs. Robinson: Benjamin, I want you to know that I'm available to you, and if you won't sleep with me this time...

Benjamin: Oh, my Christ.

Mrs. Robinson: If you won't sleep with me this time I want you to know that you can call me up anytime you want and we'll make some kind of arrangement.”
— Ben Braddock, The Graduate
Tagged: seduction
“Mrs. Robinson: Benjamin, I am not trying to seduce you.

Benjamin: I know that, but please, Mrs. Robinson, this is difficult...

Mrs. Robinson: Would you like me to seduce you?

Benjamin: What?

Mrs. Robinson: Is that what you're trying to tell me?

Benjamin: I'm going home now. I apologize for what I said. I hope you can forget it, but I'm going home right now.”
— Ben Braddock, The Graduate
Tagged: seduction
“Benjamin: Mrs. Robinson, I can't do this anymore.

Mrs. Robinson: You what?

Benjamin: This is all terribly wrong.

Mrs. Robinson: Do you find me undesirable?

Benjamin: Oh no, Mrs. Robinson. I think, I think you're the most attractive of all my parents' friends. I mean that.”
— Ben Braddock, The Graduate
Tagged: Guilt, Affairs, Cougar
“Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.

Benjamin: Yes, sir.

Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?

Benjamin: Yes, I am.

Mr. McGuire: Plastics.”
— Ben Braddock, The Graduate
Tagged: plastics, just one word
“Mr. Braddock: Ben, what are you doing?

Benjamin: Well, I would say that I'm just drifting. Here in the pool.

Mr. Braddock: Why?

Benjamin: Well, it's very comfortable just to drift here.”
— Ben Braddock, The Graduate
Tagged: drifting, comfortable
“It's like I was playing some kind of game, but the rules don't make any sense to me. They're being made up by all the wrong people. I mean no one makes them up. They seem to make themselves up.”
— Ben Braddock, The Graduate
Tagged: Game, Rules
“Benjamin: For God's sake, Mrs. Robinson. Here we are. You got me into your house. You give me a drink. You... put on music. Now, you start opening up your personal life to me and tell me your husband won't be home for hours.

Mrs. Robinson: So?

Benjamin: Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me!”
— Ben Braddock, The Graduate
Tagged: seduction, horny housewive
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