25 Holes Quotes From the Funny Adventure Drama Movie

You will enjoy learning more about this fun and highly-rated movie through these Holes quotes!

Holes is an adventure comedy-drama movie that was released in 2003.

The movie was directed by Andrew Davis and written by Louis Sachar, whose novel of the same name was what the film was based on.

Holes stars Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Patricia Arquette, and Shia LeBeouf, among other talented actors.

The movie received mostly positive reviews from critics and grossed over $71 million against a $20 million budget.

The plot of the movie follows Stanley Yelnats IV, who is wrongfully convicted of stealing the cleats of a baseball player and is sent to a juvenile detention camp for 18 months.

Stanley and his family feel he must have been wrongfully accused because of the 100-year-old family curse from a fortune teller.

When Stanley arrives at Camp Green Lake, he finds that he and the other detainees are required to dig holes each day in the hot desert lake bed that has not seen rain in 100 years.

Take a look at the following Holes quotes to learn more about the movie!

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Best Holes Quotes from the Film

If you’re a fan of the movie, these quotes will ring a bell.

1. “D-I-G. What does that spell?” — Mr. Pendanski

2. “You got five seconds to tell me where you buried the lout!” — Trout Walker

3. “Well, that’s too damn bad! You keep digging!” — Trout Walker

4. “There ain’t nothing down there. We woulda found it by now.” — Mr. Sir

5. “I can’t read.” — Zero

6. “I guess you have to fill in the rest of the holes yourself.” — Stanley

7. “I am surrounded by cow turds.” — The Warden Walker

8. “I’ve been wishing I was dead for a long time.” — Kissin’ Kate Barlow

9. “I would have made it out, too… if my pocket didn’t start barkin’.” — Magnet

10. “Hey. Maybe it’ll rain for 40 days and 40 nights like it did in the Bible.” — Magnet

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11. “I’m not stupid; I know everyone thinks I am. I just don’t like answering stupid questions.” — Zero

12. “You want to know my secret ingredient? Rattlesnake venom.” — The Warden Walker

13. “Are you trying to be funny, or do you just think I’m stupid?” — The Warden Walker

14. “I ain’t gonna kill you. But by the time I’m finished with you, you gonna wish you was dead.” — Trout Walker

15. “There is currently a vacancy at Camp Green Lake. They help troubled youth build character.” — Judge

16. “You know something, Armpit? Your little joke has just cost you a week of shower privileges.” — Mr. Sir

17. “Everyone in my family names their son Stanley ’cause it’s Yelnats backwards. It’s this little tradition.” — Stanley

More of the Best Holes Quotes for Fans

You get a real feel for the characters in the movie through the following quotes.

18. “It smells like puke from a mule been ‘ruminating on asparagus for two weeks.” — Mr. Pendanski

19. “You take a bad boy, make him dig holes all day in the hot sun, it turns him into a good boy. That’s our philosophy here at Camp Green Lake.” — Mr. Sir

20. “They all have their little nicknames; however, I prefer to use the names their parents gave them, the names society will recognize them by.” — Mr. Pendanski

21. “The lake goes around for miles. You, and your children, and your children’s children, will dig for a hundred years, and you will never find it.” — Kissin’ Kate Barlow

22. “Stanley, won’t you just open it? Just let me see what’s inside it, please!” — The Warden Walker

23. “I got a story for your Girl Scouts. Once upon a time, there was a magical place where it never rained; the end.” — Mr. Sir

24. “Oh, man, she’s got the whole place wired. Oh yeah, she has these little cameras and microphones all over the place.” — Zig-Zag

25. “I never mean to steal anything, but when I see a nice car, I just start twitching.” — Twitch

Why Are the Juveniles Digging Holes?

Stanley figures out that the warden and her assistant are making the kids dig holes because they are looking for something.

It turns out that 100 years ago, a chest of gold was stolen from Stanley’s ancestors, and the camp leaders are looking for it.

With the help of his new friends, Stanley sets out to find the gold before the camp leaders!

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