Bonnie and Clyde Crime Quotes

We hear this line, or a variation of it, more than once in the film. And there is good reason for the repetition. Each time they say this line, Bonnie and Clyde are defining their career choice and their destiny: they're announcing to others that they're outlaws, and that they're proud of it.

Bonnie says this to C.W. Moss when they stop at the gas station he works at. He finds the fact that the car's stolen to be exciting, and, much like Bonnie, he quickly decides to abandon his humdrum life for the thrills and adventures that he thinks will come with being a bank robber.

Buck proudly makes this declaration to a bank guard during a robbery. He may be a bit envious because all the law enforcement and media attention thus far has been only on Bonnie and Clyde. He's attracted to this work because it makes him feel like a big shot, a position he's probably never had in his life.