A large part of our childhood memories consists of watching Popeye and getting hyped up about becoming strong like him.
It presented the perfect opportunity for our mothers to encourage kids to eat spinach, and all the other vegetables. And kids, the ones dreaming about growing strong like Popeye after a dose of spinach, ate their vegetables up like little angels!
The character first appeared on the comic strip ‘Thimble Theatre’, where the main character used to be Castor Oyl, and later the series was named after Popeye due to his growing popularity. He, as we all know, is a sailor. When he was a child of just twelve, Popeye went on his first-ever voyage and lost one of his eyes in what he claims was the most awful battle of his life. He is relatively uneducated and his mannerisms seem somewhat uncouth, but it is his ability to solve problems that makes him a favorite among his peers. Popeye is close to his fellow cast members, and often calls Olive Oyl Sweet Pea, or Sweet Patootie.
We have found some classic Popeye quotations for you, that will make you revisit your childhood.
Famous Quotes By Popeye
Loud-mouthed, uncouth, aggressive but courageous, confident, and with a keen sense of right and wrong, the character of Popeye was hugely popular. Whatever the problem, even if all else fails, our hero never failed to save the day. Do you recognize Popeye’s most famous saying: “I’m Popeye the sailor man!”? Of course you do! Here are some more quotes by the star of the show that will take you back to your childhood.
1. “I’m strong to the finich, ’cause I eats me spinach, I’m Popeye the sailor man!”
– Popeye, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’ (Theme Song).
2. “Where’s the entrance to the exit?”
– Popeye, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’.
3. “I’ll take all on one at a time!”
– Popeye, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’.
4. “I ain’t no tailor but I know what suits me.”
– Popeye, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’.
5. “That’s all I can stands, I can stands no more.”
– Popeye, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’.
6. “I yam what I yam and that’s all what I yam.”
– Popeye, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’.
7. “If I’m not me, who am I. And If I’m somebody else, why do I look like me?”
– Popeye, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’.
The Best ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’ Quotes
Always helpful, saving his girlfriend Olive Oyl from the bad guys, eating spinach to gain instant strength, rivaling with his sometimes friend sometimes enemy Bluto, and fighting for the good in general with the help of others or even alone, that is how Popeye is portrayed. His courage and ability to keep fighting even when the enemy is much larger and stronger than him are the qualities that make him so endearing to others. Here are some quotes by Popeye and some of the other characters, that carry the essence of the show perfectly.
8. “I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”
– J. Wellington Wimpy, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’.
9. “You keep your hands to you, that’s what you are!”
– Olive Oyl, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’.
10. “Careful there, don’t ruffle me feathers. What am I? I ain’t no physcikisk, but I knows what matters. What am I? I’m Popeye the Sailor.”
– Popeye, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’.
11. “Help! Popeye, Save me!”
– Olive Oyl, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’.
12. “I found him in Sweet Haven, that’s why I am calling him Swee’Pea. That is his name.”
– Popeye, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’.
13. “Oh, Popeye!”
– Olive Oyl, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’.
14. “Bluto, even though you’re larger than me, you can’t wins, ’cause you bad, and the good always wins over the bad.”
– Popeye, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’.
Funny ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’ Quotes
Every character in the show played a very important role, and here are a few quotations by the characters that will make you appreciate the show some more. Did you know that the legendary Robin Williams played Popeye in the film released in 1980? He starred alongside Shelley Duvall, Paul L Smith and Paul Dooley! Shelly Duval played Olive Oyl, Paul L Smith played Bluto, and Paul Dooley played Wimpy.
15. “If you know what I mean, you’ll know what I mean! I’m mean”
– Bluto, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’.
16. “Don’t you dare ‘reproach’ me!”
– Olive Oyl, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’.
17. “She’ll marry me! She won’t! She will!”
– Bluto, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’.
18. “Oh yeah? WHAM!”
– Popeye, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’.
19. “If we can’t be friends we’ll be enemies.”
– Popeye, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’.
20. “If I was gonna be Swee’Pea’s mother, I should’ve at least let Olive be his father. Or visa versa. I ain’t man enough to be no mother.”
– Popeye, ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’.
Popeye Quotes About The Spinach
“I yam what I yam and dats all what I yam”
“I ain’t no tailor but I know what suits me.”
“I have had all I can stand I cant stands no more!”
“I’ll take you all on one at a time!”
“I’m strong to the finish ’cause I eats me spinach.”
“If I’m not me, who am I. And If I’m somebody else, why do I look like me?”
“I yam what I yam”…”
“I am what I am”
“I yam what I yam.”
“I am what I am, and that’s all that I am.”
“A-gah-gah-gah-gah-gah-gah!
“I yam what I yam and dats all what I yam.”
“If I’m not me, who am I. And If I’m somebody else, why do I look like me?”
“Ja’ think I’m a cowboy?”
“Leave us not jump to seclusions.”
“Oh yeah? WHAM!”
“That’s all I can stands, I can’t stands no more.”
“Well blow me down!”
“Where’s the entrance to the exit?”
“I yam what I yam and tha’s all what I yam.”
“Well blow me down! ”
“That’s all I can stands, cuz I can’t stands n’more!”
“I’d gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”
“Let’s you and him fight.”
“Popeye, Popeye!”
“Help, Popeye! Save me!”
“You keep your hands to you, that’s what you are! ”
“Don’t you DARE ‘reproach’ me!”
“Oh, Popeye!”
“Did you kill any Japs? ”
“I’ll take you all on one at a time!”
“Where’s the entrance to the exit?”
“Oh yeah? WHAM! ”
“Oh No!”
“That’s a pretty cheesy trick to play on them little fellas! ”
“Blow me down!”
“Ahoy”
“I yam what I yam an’ tha’s all I yam”
“That’s all I can stands, ’cause I can’t stands no more!”
“I yam disgustipated”
“If we can’t be frens we’ll be emenies”
“Oh my gorshk!”
“Oh, dear!”
“Help! Popeye!
“I’d gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today”
“I’d like to invite you over to my house for a duck dinner… you bring the ducks!”
“Jones is my name… I’m one of the Jones boys”
“Let’s you and him fight!”
“Glop”
“Runt!”
“I don’t like relatives”
“Pooey!”
“Bah!”
“I hate you to pieces!”
“Worry! Worry!”
“But-We-Don’t like-Spinach!”
“Jeep”
“Whiffle”
“[to a photo of his Pappy] Poppa. Pretty soon, you and me are going to be together again, huh? Yeah. Thirty years ain’t that long. Besides, next Wednesday’s our annual-versity. Yeah? Yeah. Stay alive. That’s all I’m axskin’ you. Good night, Poppa.”
“Eau de toilette, yeh, eau de toilette.”
“Another thing I got is a sensk of humiligration. Now, maybe you swabs can pool your intelligensk and sees that I’m axsking you for an apologeky.”
“I know you ain’t down there. Truth is you ain’t here. Now, where ain’t you? Where ain’t me Swee’Pea?”
“If I was gonna be Swee’Pea’s mother, I should’ve at least let Olive be his father. Or viska versa. I ain’t man enough to be no mother.”
“Bluto, even though you’re larger than me, you can’t wins, ’cause you bad, and the good always wins over the bad.”
“Oh, what am I? Some kind of barnicle on the dinghy of life? Oh, I ain’t no doctors, but I knows I’m losing me patience. What am I? Some kind of judge or lawyers? Maybe not, but I knows what law suitks me. [to the prostitute] Careful there, don’t ruffle me feathers. What am I? I ain’t no physcikisk, but I knows what matters. What am I? I’m Popeye the Sailor.”
“[singing] And I yam what I yam and I yam what I yam that I yam / And I gotta lotta muscle and I only gots one eye / And I never hurts nobody and I’ll never tell a lie / Top to me bottom and bottom to me top / That’s the way it is ’til the day that I drop, what am I / I yam what I yam”
“[to the Oyls when they enter the gambling den] Oh, what is this? A house of ill repukes? Ooh, who’d bring me infant to this den of immoraliky? Don’t touch nothin’. You might get a venerable disease.”
“[cartoon version] Hey, what’s this? One of Bluto’s tricks? I’m in the wrong movie.”
“[when Bluto sinks him during a fight] Goodnight, Irene!”
“[to the audience] Don’t thinks I blames ya, cause I don’t. Nope.”
“Another thing I got is a sensk of humiligration. Now, maybe you swabs can pool your intelligensk and sees that I’m axking you for an apologeky.”
“I hates it.”
“I don’t wanna. I don’t wanna. Waaaaah. Waaaaah.”
“I know you ain’t down there. Now where ain’t me Swee’Pea?”
“She choked on it, pop.”
“It wasn’t my fault.”
“That was Coolidge, Poppa.”
“Yeah. You laughed?”
“I’m your one and only exspring. See, we got the same bulgy arms.”
“That’s going to be hard for you to see. Oh, we even got the same pipe, Pap.”
“If I was gonna be Swee’Pea’s mother, I should’ve at least let Olive be his father. Or viska versa. I ain’t man enough to be no mother.”
“I oughta busk you right in the mush.”
“Oh, what am I? Some kind of barnicle on the dinghy of life? Oh, I ain’t no doctors, but I knows that I’m losing me patience. What am I? Some kind of judge or lawyers? Maybe not, but I knows what law suitks me.”
“Careful there, don’t ruffle me feathers. What am I? I ain’t no physcikisk, but I knows what matters. What am I? I’m Popeye the Sailor.”
“Bluto. Even though you’re bigger than me, you can’t win, ’cause you’re bad, and the good always wins over the bad.”
“They’ve got me Olive Oyl and Swee’Pea.”
“Where ain’t they?”
“That’s where they ain’t? Well if that’s where they ain’t, I’ll prove to you that that’s where they ain’t.”
“I has.”
“It ain’t no sea craft, it’s me dinghy and it’s under the wharf.”
“If you call this a town, yes.”
“Uh, who’s this Commodore?”
“I found him in Sweet Haven, that’s why I am calling him Swee’Pea. That is his name.”
“Well what do you wants me to call him? Baby Oyl?”
“I is disgustipated.”
“There’s womens and infinks on that ship.”
“Wrong is wrong, even when it helps ya.”
“None of that baby talk around me son. Me son is gonna be a man infink, not a baby infink.”
“Oh yeah? Well, I am a mother”
