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Many quotes from films have entered common usage, usually for comic effect. The following are noteworthy because they represent some aspect of society and the human condition. With thanks to the American Film Institute’s list of 100 Movie Quotes.
The Quote: I’m the King of the World
Said By: Leonardo Di Caprio as Jack Dawson
Demonstrates: Poor Boy Makes Good
Jack wins a voyage on the luxury liner in a card game and boards as a Third Class passenger. He can’t believe his luck and stands proudly at the prow of the ship and throws out his arms, declaring he’s the King of the world. He captures the heart of socialite Rose (Kate Winslet), who prefers the partying on the Third Class deck to the stuffy atmosphere of First Class. Together, they must combat Rose’s caddish fiancé, not to mention a certain iceberg that is lurking in the Atlantic.
The Quote: I’m as Mad as Hell and I’m Not Going to Take This Anymore
Said By: Peter Finch as Howard Beale
Demonstrates: Nervous Breakdown
News anchorman Howard Beale (Peter Finch) is fired following deteriorating ratings. The network allows him back on and he astonishes everyone with his rants on modern life, culminating in his famous speech, urging the audience to express their anger by shouting out of their windows that they’re not going to take it anymore. Beale becomes a hero, as he explores the isolation of people, and society’s attempts to pacify them with consumer goods. He is clearly not well but the network cynically exploits the situation as the ratings soar. Finch won the Oscar for Best Actor (posthumously) and was ably supported by William Holden and Faye Dunaway.
The Quote: We’ll Always Have Paris
Said By: Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine
Demonstrates: Lost Love
There are several famous quotes to choose from but none so heartrending as this one, when Rick persuades Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) to get on the plane with her husband, Victor (Paul Henreid). Set in WWII, Casablanca is controlled by the Vichy and Rick tries to stay politically and emotionally neutral. Then, the former love of his life, now married, walks into his café. Ilsa has already broken his heart, leaving him bitter, but she melts him again. It takes all his strength of character to tell Ilsa to do the right thing and stick by her husband. Paris is where Rick and Ilsa had been happy during their previous romance. The wartime story has the benefit of Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, and Peter Lorre in support but it’s the romance that is the heart of the movie. For doomed lovers everywhere, they know what it means to always have Paris.
The Quote: You Used to be Big (reply: I Am Big. It’s the Pictures That Got Small)
Said By: Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond
Demonstrates: Faded Star
It was inspired casting to place Gloria Swanson, a star in silent films, in the role of Norma. There were parallels between the actress and the character, as both were movie icons no longer wanted in movies, although Swanson had moved on to television roles. Beautifully shot in a film noir style, Norma is a mentally unstable recluse who desperately wants to resurrect her career. When she hooks up with Joe Gillis (William Holden), she asks him to help her. Joe, a struggling screenwriter, has problems of his own. This is a fascinating insight into the sad decline of a star and the dark arts practiced in Hollywood.
The Quote: Greed, for Lack of a Better Word, is Good
Said By: Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko
Demonstrates: The Rise of the Yuppie
It was the perfect film for the ‘80s and gave birth to a modern villain, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas). Gekko is a speculator and uses inside information on companies to acquire his financial acumen. Charlie Sheen plays Bud Fox, a stockbroker who wants to get to the top. The ruthless Gekko is his role model and Gekko is only too happy to mentor him. This corporate greed and unethical behavior is in opposition to the working class values of Carl Fox (Martin Sheen), estranged father to Bud. The Greed is good quote became a mantra for some, either in admiration or as a morality tale. Gekko delivers a speech about the condition of corporate America to a packed room, telling his audience that greed is good, greed is right and greed will save the USA.
The Quote: They Call Me Mister Tibbs
Said By: Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs
Demonstrates: Fight for Racial Equality
When a wealthy white man is murdered in a small Mississippi town, the sheriff, Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) is under pressure to charge someone. Along comes Virgil Tibbs, a black man carrying a lot of money. The racist Gillespie assumes he’s got his man, only to discover that Tibbs is a homicide detective from Philadelphia, passing through to visit his mother. When Tibbs’ captain wants him to stay to help with the investigation, Tibbs and Gillespie are reluctantly thrown together. This movie came out against the background of civil rights struggles in the 1960s. Poitier, as always, is superb and portrays the detective as a dignified and proud man. Gillespie asks him what they call him in his hometown and Tibbs shoots back that they call him Mister Tibbs. Gradually, as they work together, Gillespie’s prejudice gives way to respect for his colleague.
The Quote: I Love the Smell of Napalm in the Morning
Said By: Robert Duvall as Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore
Demonstrates: Dehumanization in War
The movie explores the horror of the Vietnam War and the main plot concerns Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) and his mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a US Army officer who has gone AWOL and reportedly insane. Lieutenant Kilgore is a disturbing supporting character, an eccentric Helicopter Cavalry commander, whom you suspect doesn’t want the war to end. He’s enjoying himself too much, particularly when he launches an attack on a beach, simply because he wants to surf there. Cue Wagner’s ‘Ride of the Valkyries’. The cavalry also drops napalm on the jungle. Later, Kilgore is in a reflective mood, and declares his love of napalm because it smells like victory.
The Quote: What’re You Rebelling Against Johnny? (Johnny: Whaddya Got?)
Said By: Marlon Brando as Johnny Strabler
Demonstrates: Teenage Rebellion
Johnny, leader of the Black Rebel Motorcycles Club, is the epitome of cool with his black leather motorcycle jacket, sunglasses and peak cap. It seems tame by our standards now but this movie was banned in the UK until 1968! It’s a tale of youthful rebellion, although Brando was thirty years old when it came out. It influenced James Dean and numerous anti-heroes that followed. The gang rides into a small town and comes into conflict with the local townsfolk and a rival motorcycle gang, The Beetles, led by Chino, played by Lee Marvin. The Sheriff’s daughter falls for Johnny’s charms. When a young blonde asks him what he’s rebelling against, he gives the perfect answer.
The Quote: Andy Dufresne – who crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side
Said By: Morgan Freeman as Red Redding (narrating)
Demonstrates: Indomitable Spirit
Based on a Stephen King novella, it’s the story of a banker named Andy (Tim Robbins) who is mistakenly found guilty and given two life sentences for the murder of his wife and her lover. He must adapt to the harsh world of the Shawshank gaol. The prison ‘fixer’, Red, befriends him and the two inmates forge a close bond. Morgan Freeman, as Red, is also the narrator. Hope and patience are the themes as Andy refuses to be crushed by the system and spends years planning his eventual escape. The river of shit is the sewage pipe that he crawls through to freedom.
The Quote: I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could’ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.
Said By: Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy
Demonstrates: Wasted Life
The New Jersey docks were used as a location for this story about longshoremen. Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) is the corrupt dockworkers’ union leader. He controls the waterfront because everyone is afraid of him. Terry Malloy has information on Friendly that would put him behind bars, a situation complicated by the fact that Terry’s brother Charlie (Rod Steiger) is Friendly’s lawyer. Will Terry do the right thing? His promising career as a boxer had been curtailed because Friendly told Charlie to order Terry to take a fall in a fight because Friendly was betting on his opponent. The famous lines delivered to Charley are from a man who knows what he gave up. He tells Charlie that he should have looked out for him, as his brother.
Contributed by Shell Harris. Other interesting Top 10 Lists can be found on his site TopTenz.net, such as the Top 10 Traitors.
June 4th, 2009 at 1:42 am
This is the first time I have commented so it’s fitting that I’m first. Interesting list.
June 4th, 2009 at 1:42 am
I personally love Arnold Schwarsnegger’s “Let’s ged owwd of yer!” from Last Action Hero.
June 4th, 2009 at 1:43 am
I like this one..nice list
June 4th, 2009 at 1:45 am
I thought Robert Duvall’s “I love the smell of napalm in the morning” from Apocalypse Now would be there though.
June 4th, 2009 at 1:46 am
Haha. These are classics. Love it
June 4th, 2009 at 1:50 am
I have been a long time reader but never posted before and this is now my 3rd comment with a different username. I finally registered so expect me to be active in all future discussion/debates!
June 4th, 2009 at 1:52 am
I would include “I’ll be back” from Terminator. It represents the human (or rather cyborg) condition of being totally badass.
June 4th, 2009 at 2:14 am
Doughboy, it is on the list.
June 4th, 2009 at 2:18 am
no darth vader??? i think it went something like this…
Luke: You killed my father!
Vader: No, I am your father.
Luke: Nooooo!
haha all time favorite of mine, i dont know what it means or demonstrates but its for sure memorable.
June 4th, 2009 at 2:22 am
How about “get away from her you BITCH!”, a quote by Ripley in Aliens to the Queen alien… it represents the human condition of motherly love and protection.
(i realize Ripley isn’t that girl’s mother, but she “adopts” her, especially if you consider the deleted scene where we learn Ripley’s daughter died of old age… time lag thingy..)
June 4th, 2009 at 2:35 am
If you gonna put Brando up there you gotta put:
“Will make him an offer he cant refuse” – Godfather
Demonstrates how dominant the family was!
June 4th, 2009 at 2:37 am
“We’ll make him an offer he cant refuse!”
June 4th, 2009 at 2:39 am
My favorite would be ‘I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse’ from The Godfather.
June 4th, 2009 at 2:42 am
-guess I wasn’t the only one who liked that quote.
June 4th, 2009 at 2:44 am
You can’t handle the truth!
June 4th, 2009 at 2:56 am
“We’re on a mission from God”
June 4th, 2009 at 2:57 am
“So I jump ship in Hong Kong, and made my way over to Tibet. So I tell ‘em I’m a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? THe Dali Lammmma himself. The flowing robes, bald. Striking, striking…….big hitter, The Lammmma.”
-Carl Spackler
June 4th, 2009 at 3:04 am
“THIS IS SPARTAAAA!!!” (with saliva flung everywhere lol!)
June 4th, 2009 at 3:10 am
Surprised that the following are missing:
“You can’t handle the truth” from “A Few Good Men”
“May the force be with you” from “Star Wars Double-Trilogy”
“I’ll have what she’s having.” from “Harry meets Sally”
“Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” from “Love story”
June 4th, 2009 at 3:11 am
“There can be only one!!!” (The Kurgan vs Connor McLeod in “Highlander”) – that’s much better than “Imma daking of the world”
June 4th, 2009 at 3:11 am
My favorite “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine” from Casablanca.
Irony and lost love go hand in hand, always when you least expect them to.
June 4th, 2009 at 3:13 am
A girl prolly made this list :p no self respecting guy would consider #10 and #10 as “memorable” :p
June 4th, 2009 at 3:14 am
“Say hello to my little friend!” – Tony Monatana, Scarface. Demonstrates the human condition to not giving a f*ck.
“You talking to me? I see no one else around… you must be talking to me!” – Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver
“Run Forest, run!” – Forest Gump
“Yo, Adrien” – Rocky Balboa, Rocky. Demonstrates an underdog making it.
“Show me the money!” – Jerry Maguire.
“Funny how? Tell me, what the fuck is so funny about me?” – Tommy DeVito, Goodfellas
“Beam me up Scotty.” – Star Trek
June 4th, 2009 at 3:14 am
uh… I meant #10 and #8
June 4th, 2009 at 3:16 am
“I don’t drink… wine” (which sounded like “I zon’t drink… vine” as rendered by Bela Lugosi in “Dracula”)
June 4th, 2009 at 3:34 am
I cannot believe “Go ahead, make my day.” is not on the list as #1 (Harry Callahan anyone?).
Also:
“You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya punk?” – Hmmm..
“This is mass madness, you maniacs!” – Howard Beale
“Hooah” – Frank Slade (try not to remember this after the movie! ..and his entire speech at the end!)
“Engage!” – Jean-Luc Picard
“I’m a doctor, not a(n)…” – Leonard H. McCoy
June 4th, 2009 at 3:35 am
“Dude your mom’s a MILF!” – American Pie
“There’s nothing wrong with letting the girls know that you’re money and that you want to party.” – Trent (Vince Vaughn), Swingers
“Bullshit I can’t hear you. Sound off like you got a pair!” – Sgt. Hartman, Full Metal Jacket
“Dude, wheres my car?” – Jesse, Dude Wheres My Car?
June 4th, 2009 at 3:36 am
Make hin an offer he can’t refuse
I love the smell of napalm in the morning
You can’t handle the truth
are among the ten MOST recognised movie quotes of all time.
However the two biggest; OFFICIALLY – according to most of the ovie groups I belong to – as well as other official “Lists” including the “Top Ten of Everything” the seminal and most authoritative source for lists are
“Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn!” – Rhett Butler to Scarlett O’Hara in ‘Gone With the Wind’
and
“I’ll be back” – T-100 (Arnie) to Cop in the original ‘Terminator’
June 4th, 2009 at 3:47 am
“Is that a pistol in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?–Mae West, She Done Him Wrong
“I think I chipped my tooth”
“From giving me oral pleasure?”–Butch and Fabienne, Pulp Fiction
“It’s not a tooo-moor.” Arnold Schwartzenegger, Kindergarten Cop
June 4th, 2009 at 3:49 am
“Greed is GOOD.” Wallstreet,
June 4th, 2009 at 3:53 am
Ah crap, my erratic browser skipped a list item. Found it as I re-read list to others.
Jamie where’s a “delete my post” button?!!!!
June 4th, 2009 at 4:02 am
Hehe! This is a fun list, and may spawn others!
I’m with (19) Howabout. “I’ll have what she’s having”
My own personal fav: Chauncy Gardner in “Being There”
I LIKE TO WATCH!
June 4th, 2009 at 4:08 am
deeeziner: one day comment edits might return
I forgot to mention that my comments might be a little sporadic as I am on a much needed holiday at mount ruapehu – let’s hope she doesn’t errupt while I am here!
Oh – and let’s not forget that this list is of quotes that show the human condition – it is not just great quotes – which all of the ones mentioned in the comments are
June 4th, 2009 at 4:20 am
cool…
@atmos_fear: AGREE!!!
June 4th, 2009 at 4:30 am
First thing I did was check if this is a list of “Another” 10 quotes, well it isn’t, so the following are my additions:
Jerry Mcguire had a few more quotes like “you complete me” and “you had me at hello”. Demonstrates that it pays in many ways to watch this movie on a first date (it did for me!)
“I’ll be back” from Arnold demonstrates fulfillment of commitment. He came back for 3 more terminator films.
I agree that “Make my day” should not only be here but should be number one.
“With great power comes great responsibility” – Uncle Ben from Spiderman; demonstrates how one line can become the premise of a trilogy of films.
“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn” another classic.
“Whoa” – Neo from Matrix demonstrates what happens when a dumb surfer dude becomes saviour of the human race against an army of computers.
“I am duh lauow” Stallone in Judge Dredd; I’m starting to believe rumours that Stallone’s cheeks are actually paralyzed.
“Assolootly” Stallone trying to mouth ‘absolutely’
“Yo Adrien” Rocky Balboa
“I’m not gonna say it again, I’m not gonna say it again, I’m not gonna say it again…” DeNiro from some movie, probably before beating up some guy.
“This is not my war, I didn’t ask for this” John Rambo; another line that helped carry four films.
“Hulk SMASH” the incredible hulk; demonstrates what happens if u piss off the hulk.
“I have breakfast 10 miles from 10,000 soldiers who are trained to kill me” Jack Nicholos in Few Good Men
“I feel the need for speed” from Top Gun
“In this hotel there’s always someone watching” Ocean’s 11
June 4th, 2009 at 4:40 am
nice list. although my favorite movie quote is not listed, “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” said by Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) in Gone With The Wind. Demonstrates tired love.
June 4th, 2009 at 4:47 am
“Have that removed”
Capt. Stillman – John Larroquette
Stripes
June 4th, 2009 at 4:47 am
…You’re gonna need a bigger boat…. JAWS
June 4th, 2009 at 4:48 am
Just thought of another one of my favorites-
“When you have to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk” – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
The world could do with a lot more of this philosophy. Action over words.
June 4th, 2009 at 4:49 am
@mel061970
I love that line. I use it way too much.
June 4th, 2009 at 4:54 am
Okay… obviously everyone can think of a ton more movie quotes that are more memorable. This list sucked.
June 4th, 2009 at 4:54 am
#17 Rob, I love that scene also. He goes on to say, The ‘lama is going to give him complete enlightenment when he passes on. Then he tells the kid “so I got that going for me.”
So now in my family whenever we have some little trivial thing go right we say: “So I got that going for me.”
June 4th, 2009 at 4:54 am
“what we do in live, echoes in eternity” -gladiator… but maybe too “new” for this list
June 4th, 2009 at 4:55 am
@jfrater:
Human condition for “Go ahead, make my day.”: Shows the persistence in the intent of kicking your ass.
It also means that Clint Eastwood is the only man in the history of mankind to reach 0.9999999999(…)ChuckNorris.
The only person to reach 1.0 ChuckNorris is of course Chuck Norris.
June 4th, 2009 at 4:56 am
“Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” (Gone with the Wind)
“You had me at hello.” (Jerry Maguire)
“Hasta La Vista, Baby.”
June 4th, 2009 at 5:16 am
I’m not much of a movie person…rarely watch them, in fact. But as soon as I saw the movie title, I knew the quote for each entry on the list.
June 4th, 2009 at 5:30 am
WHEN THIS THING HITS 88MPH, ur gonna see some serious shit!!!
June 4th, 2009 at 5:31 am
For you Terminator fans, while “I’ll Be Back’ is iconic, I don’t think that is the funniest line in that movie. I liked when the janitor of the apartment T-100 is renting comes around and asks, “Hey buddy, You got a dead cat in there, or what?” And Arnie in trying to elicit a response, accesses a list of possibles and comes up with “FUCK YOU, ASSHOLE!”
June 4th, 2009 at 5:38 am
@kring_kring: now I wanna watch Jerry Maguire!
June 4th, 2009 at 6:00 am
“here’s johnny” => the shining
and “were in hell is major kong” => Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb both kinda memorable =)
June 4th, 2009 at 6:10 am
Great list and follow up comments! What fun!
I always liked these:
“Yippee-ki-yay, motherf**ker” – Die Hard
“What’s happenin’ hot stuff?” – Sixteen Candles
“Gee, I’m real sorry your mom blew up, Ricky.” – Better Off Dead
“Git-R-Done!” (Mater) – Cars
June 4th, 2009 at 6:13 am
this list? you’re killing me, smalls.
June 4th, 2009 at 6:15 am
“I POOP too much, and then I get tired”
“- perhaps you’re lactose intolerant.”
June 4th, 2009 at 6:17 am
35. Tomo – ““Hulk SMASH” the incredible hulk; demonstrates what happens if u piss off the hulk.”
That made me giggle.
June 4th, 2009 at 6:21 am
“Ooooh… ooooh… Stiffler’s Mom!!!”
American Pie 2
June 4th, 2009 at 6:36 am
“He fixes the cable?”
The Dude from The Big Lebowski
Demonstrating a stoner’s understanding of a porn film.
June 4th, 2009 at 6:37 am
“I POOP too much, and then I get tired”
“- perhaps you’re lactose intolerant.”
TEX quoted Beavis and Butthead–Hehe hehe
June 4th, 2009 at 6:40 am
Wow! “We’ll always have paris” in Casablanca is so emotional. I hadn’t even watched it yet.
June 4th, 2009 at 6:42 am
“Rory? Yeah I know Rory. He’s not to be underestimated, you’ve got to look past the hair and the cute, cuddly thing – it’s all a deceptive facade. A few nights ago Rory’s Roger iron’s rusted, so he’s gone to the local battle-cruiser to catch the end of his footer. Nobody is watching the custard so he turns the channel over. A fat man’s north opens and he wanders over and turns the Liza over. ‘Now fuck off and watch it somewhere else.’ Rory knows claret is imminent, but he doesn’t want to miss the end of the game; so, calm as a coma, he stands and picks up a fire extinguisher and he walks straight past the jam rolls who are ready for action, then he plonks it outside the entrance. He then orders an Aristotle of the most ping pong tiddly in the nuclear sub and switches back to his footer. ‘That’s fucking it,’ says the guy. ‘That’s fucking what’ says Rory. Rory gobs out a mouthful of booze covering fatty; he then flicks a flaming match into his bird’s nest and the man’s lit up like a leaky gas pipe. Rory, unfazed, turned back to his game. His team’s won too. Four-nil.”
Barfly Jack from Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
June 4th, 2009 at 6:42 am
“May the Force be with you.”
“What we have here is a failure to communicate.”
“We’ve got bush!”
“Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.”
“ET phone home!”
“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.”
June 4th, 2009 at 6:43 am
51 oouchan–Our home’s favorite from Better Off Dead:
“Now that’s a real shame when folks be throwin’ away a perfectly good white boy like that.”
I guess that can be considered a state of the human condition in our house. LOL
June 4th, 2009 at 6:51 am
61 deeeziner: Our favorite is Young Frankenstein!
“Put the candle back!”
“Are you saying that I put an abnormal brain into a seven and a half foot long…fifty-four inch wide…GORILLA?”
June 4th, 2009 at 6:54 am
“Deserve’s got nothing to do with it.”
William Munny from Unforgiven.
June 4th, 2009 at 6:57 am
“I don’t believe this! I’ve got a trig midterm tomorrow, and I’m being chased by Guido the killer pimp.” (Miles, Risky Business)
June 4th, 2009 at 7:03 am
“What’s the matter with these cans?
These cans are defective! They’re springing leaks!”
[sounds of gunshots]
“Huh?”
“He hates these cans! Stay away from the cans!”
June 4th, 2009 at 7:08 am
I love Shawshank because of Andy’s spirit. Sadly, I’ve only seen that movie and Titanic on this list! I got get crackin’!
June 4th, 2009 at 7:09 am
“May the force be with you”. ’nuff said.
June 4th, 2009 at 7:09 am
Great, original list. Missing some of the more usual, obvious quotes that you see.
June 4th, 2009 at 7:15 am
One of my *favorite* movie quotes was:
“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” – Keyser Soze/Verbal Kint (The Usual Suspects)
Not that I’m going to look deeply into it right now, but it’s always stuck with me.
June 4th, 2009 at 7:24 am
Nice choices, but I’d rather have a collection of the best quotes ever that experts such as, say, the AFI already did:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years…_100_Movie_Quotes
Although I would’ve included “GET TO THA CHOPPA!” jk.
June 4th, 2009 at 7:27 am
My MINI had a holder that read “I AM BIG / THE PICTURES GOT MINI”. (I couldn’t fit “it’s” and “that”.) My plates and holder got stolen a few months ago, so I swapped to “MY OTHER CAR IS A TARDIS”. Still love Sunset though!
June 4th, 2009 at 7:38 am
“Rollo Thomazi” From “LA Confidential” It summed up the whole movie.
June 4th, 2009 at 7:47 am
Well, I was sure that “Sa Da Tay” by Pootie Tang would be here…oh well.
June 4th, 2009 at 7:50 am
GODDAMN KIDS… NOT KNOWING CLASSIC FILM. It irks the hell out of me.
Great, there’s some classics here. But TITANIC? Freakin’ TITANIC? When there’s HUNDREDS of far better films to choose from with FAR more memorable lines? And “Shawshank Redemption”? Who the hell remembers that line? I don’t.
Come on.
“Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.”! (Gone With the Wind)
“But you don’t understand, Osgood. Ohhhh…I’m a man!” REPLY: “Well, nobody’s perfect!” (Some Like it Hot)
“Made it, Ma! Top of the world!” (White Heat)
“You know how to whistle don’t you? You just put your lips together… and blow.” (To Have and Have Not)
“I make more money than… Calvin Coolidge! Put together!” (Singin’ in the Rain)
June 4th, 2009 at 7:57 am
Mein Fuhrer! I can walk! – Dr. Strangelove, from Dr. Strangelove
June 4th, 2009 at 8:01 am
Also, Randall, The Shawshank Redemption was a fucking fantastic movie. I remember that line. I will agree with you about Titanic, though.
June 4th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Hello there. Movie quotes eh? Which ones do I actually use? I can only think of:
“I’ll buy THAT for a dollar!” (Robocop) – the condition of weakness for a bargain.
“This should preshent noo Shignificant problemshh” (Trainspotting) – the condition of being self confident.
“Game OVER man! – It’s game OVER!” (Aliens) – the condition of losing out.
June 4th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Painless: [lining up during football game] All right, Bub, your fuckin’ head is coming right off.
[the first use of the word "fuck" in a major motion picture]
From the movie M*A*S*H.
June 4th, 2009 at 8:08 am
‘Titanic’ over ‘Gone With the Wind’? ‘Shawshank’ over ‘Gone With the Wind’? What were you thinking? It’s only one of the most iconic movies EVER!
I won’t think about this list now… I’ll go crazy if I do. I’ll think about it tomorrow. After all…. tomorrow… is another day!
June 4th, 2009 at 8:11 am
These go to 11 – This is Spinal Tap
There is no crying in baseball – A league of their own
I fart in your general direction – Monty Python & The Holy Grail
I’ma get medieval on your ass – Marcellus Wallace – Pulp Fiction
June 4th, 2009 at 8:13 am
“Your mother was a hamster and your father reeked of elderberries. Come again and we will taunt you a second time!” Monty Python and the Holy Grail
June 4th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Soeaking of movies, guys- One of my fave actors passed away. David Carradine was found dead in a Bankok hotel room. Totally sucks- I loved him. He was 73.
June 4th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Oops- I meant “speaking”
June 4th, 2009 at 8:22 am
Yes, David Carradine “Kill Bill” was found dead in an apparent suicide by hanging.
June 4th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Randall…have to agree with on the Titanic. I hated that movie!
Got some more:
“Let me tell you a little story about a man named Sh! Sh! even before you start. That was a pre-emptive “sh!” Now, I have a whole bag of “sh!” with your name on it.” – Austin Powers
And just because I am a sci-fi nut:
“He who controls the Spice, controls the universe!” – Dune
June 4th, 2009 at 8:25 am
“We´ll make him an offer he can´t refuse…”
The Godfather
You cannot have a list about great movies and movie quotes and not include The Godfather.
Though I´m glad you put Apocolipse Now and Shawshank Redemption on here… And for all the Titanic haters, it may not be a great movie (it sucks) but that line is truly memorable (if not overly quoted!)
June 4th, 2009 at 8:26 am
What about Alien’s “get away from her you bitch”? Its a classic.
June 4th, 2009 at 8:30 am
Bill: “I’m the man”
David Carradine in Kill Bill
R.I.P. grasshopper
June 4th, 2009 at 8:31 am
I think it’s safe to say that most of the quotes on this list could be replaced with much more memorable quotes.
June 4th, 2009 at 8:32 am
“I invented Post Its”
June 4th, 2009 at 8:33 am
81. Nicosia
You made me think of one!
“It’s just a flesh wound!”
Said by: Black Knight
Demonstrates: Superhuman abilities to ignore injuries in the heat of battle in the effort to not only survive but be victorious
June 4th, 2009 at 8:37 am
“Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.”
Airplane
June 4th, 2009 at 8:37 am
91 gabi319: Of course now you made me think of some…
“What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?”
“Ni!”
June 4th, 2009 at 8:43 am
The movie “Friday” is filled with memorable quotes…for example:
Puff Puff give, puff puff give, you fuckin up the rotation – Smokey
Cause it’s Friday, you ain’t got no job & you ain’t got shit to do – Smokey
June 4th, 2009 at 8:44 am
yes, oouchan, but you’re missing a major part of the criteria for this list, which is to find quotes that demonstrate society and the indomitable human spirit. I DEMAND that you fix your contribution!
As for Nicosia’s quote
“Your mother was a hamster and your father reeked of elderberries.”
Said by: Castle guard (did he have a name?)
Demonstrates: father’s poor hygiene and rather adventurous bedroom antics.
June 4th, 2009 at 8:47 am
95 gabi319: Sorry…but my family uses these daily! But…fine. I will add another.
“It’s good to be the king.” – History of the World, Part I
June 4th, 2009 at 8:47 am
More from Monty Pyton and the Holy Grail:
King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king.
Dennis: [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin’ in ponds distributin’ swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony
June 4th, 2009 at 8:52 am
“dyin ain’t much of a livin” from Outlaw Josey wales and “come get one in the yarbles if You’ve got any Yarbles” from A Clockwork Orange.
June 4th, 2009 at 8:54 am
and “I’m the Dude so that’s like what you call me” Lebowski
June 4th, 2009 at 8:56 am
aww, now I want to watch some Monty Python! No time… great quotes, though, you guys.
June 4th, 2009 at 8:59 am
“If I told you I’d have to kill you…”
June 4th, 2009 at 8:59 am
“Know how I knew you were gay? You like Coldplay.”
40 Year Old Virgin
Dark Helmet: What the Hell am I looking at?! When does this happen in the movie?!
Col. Sandurz: Now! You’re looking at “now,” sir. Everything that happens now is happening “now.”
Dark Helmet: What happened to “then?”
Col. Sandurz: We passed it.
Dark Helmet: When?
Col. Sandurz: Just now. We’re at now “now.”
Dark Helmet: Go back to “then.”
Col. Sandurz: When?
Dark Helmet: Now.
Col. Sandurz: Now?!
Dark Helmet: Now!
Col. Sandurz: I can’t.
Dark Helmet: Why?
Col. Sandurz: We missed it.
Dark Helmet: When?
Col. Sandurz: Just now.
Dark Helmet: When will “then” be “now?”
Col. Sandurz: Soon.
Dark Helmet: How soon?
Spaceballs
June 4th, 2009 at 9:00 am
The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and goodwill shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee
June 4th, 2009 at 9:04 am
where we’re going we dont need roads…
June 4th, 2009 at 9:05 am
“Wanna play games pendejo?” Chavez (Lou Diamond Phillips) Young Guns II
Represents the futility of challenging someone with a bigger knife than you.
“Suck me beautiful” American Pie
Represents the authentic IQ of Chris Klein.
June 4th, 2009 at 9:10 am
102 & 103: Ace! Love ‘em.
June 4th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Fish called Wanda
Otto: You know your problem? You don’t like winners.
Archie: Winners?
Otto: Yeah. Winners.
Archie: Winners, like North Vietnam?
Otto: Shut up.
We didn’t lose Vietnam.
It was a tie.
Casablanca
Here’s looking at you, kid.
June 4th, 2009 at 9:14 am
“You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don’t wanna know about it, believe me. Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o’clock this afternoon… with nail polish…fucking amateurs…”
“Ludicrous Speed!Go!”
June 4th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Hi- yo – Silver – from the Lone Ranger in the 1950s movies.
Nice list.
June 4th, 2009 at 9:20 am
2B or not 2B (to be?)–that is my apartment.
June 4th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Mr. Treehorn treats objects like women, man.
Mr. Treehorn draws a lot of water in this town. You don’t draw shit, Lebowski. Now we got a nice, quiet little beach community here, and I aim to keep it nice and quiet. So let me make something plain. I don’t like you sucking around, bothering our citizens, Lebowski. I don’t like your jerk-off name. I don’t like your jerk-off face. I don’t like your jerk-off behavior, and I don’t like you, jerk-off. Do I make myself clear?
I’m sorry, I wasn’t listening.
June 4th, 2009 at 9:27 am
This has got to be the list with funniest comments ever, I have sincerely enjoyed it guys, thank you all!
How about the epic scene from “True Romance” by Dennis Hopper and Chris Walken? It´s full of witty quotes and answers, enjoy:
June 4th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Nicosia , had not heard about David Carradine. Tex, nice touch including him in the quotes. Sad news
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/david-carradine-dies/?hpw I guess it was suicide.
June 4th, 2009 at 9:33 am
oh yes, except for the David Carradine news
RIP
June 4th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Mae West..’that a banana in your pocket or ya happy to see me?’
June 4th, 2009 at 9:55 am
“as god as my witness, I will never go hungry again.” scarlett ohara in gone with the wind.
June 4th, 2009 at 9:57 am
There’s no place like home – Wizard of Oz
Bring out yer dead! – Monty Python and the Holy Grail
June 4th, 2009 at 9:57 am
oh my god this list is so bad. like c’mon 90% of the quotes in the comments are better than the actual list. this one should have been 20 great quotes and should have been the easiest one NOT to screw up. wow…just terrible
June 4th, 2009 at 10:00 am
These are from “Arthur”. Funny flick.
Hobson: Thank you for a memorable afternoon, usually one must go to a bowling alley to meet a woman of your stature.
Arthur: Not all of us who drink are poets. Some of us drink because we’re not poets.
Arthur: Isn’t this fun? Isn’t fun the best thing to have? Don’t you wish you were me? I know I do.
Hobson: Thrilling to meet you, Gloria.
Gloria: Hi.
Hobson: Yes… You obviously have a wonderful economy with words, Gloria. I look forward to your next syllable with great eagerness.
Burt Johnson: I never drink. No one in my family ever drinks.
Arthur: That’s great! You probably never run out of ice your whole life!
Arthur: Have you ever been on a yacht?
Linda: No, is it wonderful?
Arthur: It doesn’t suck.
and the most memorable…….
Arthur: Do you know what I’m going to do? I’m going to take a bath.
Hobson: I’ll alert the media.
June 4th, 2009 at 10:05 am
112 psychosurfer
Awesome scene! do you know what the music piece is called?
June 4th, 2009 at 10:09 am
“Soylent Green is people, its PEOPLE!!!”
“Get your filthy hands off of me, you damn dirty ape!”
Charltom Heston needs to be on this list.
And just for fun, my favorite Arnie quote, from The Running Man:
“Killian, you cold-blooded bastard, I’ll tell you what I think of it. I live to see you eat that contract. But I hope you leave enough room for my fist, because I’m going to ram it into your stomach, and break your god-damned spine! AHHH!” Awesome.
June 4th, 2009 at 10:37 am
“Excuse Me, while I whip this out.” Sheriff Bart from Blazing Saddles
Demostrates misconceived perceptions.
June 4th, 2009 at 10:45 am
119 Seanithan
“Arthur: Do you know what I’m going to do? I’m going to take a bath.
Hobson: I’ll alert the media.”
(Seanithan – it’s OK tp finish the scene!)
Arthur: Do you want to run my bath for me?
Hobson: It’s what I live for. Perhaps you would like me to wash your dick for you, too, you little shit.
June 4th, 2009 at 10:45 am
# 116 topazandice that saying will be with me until I die.
About 20 years or so ago I lost everything, and I mean everything, and for 9 months I realy battled big time, I got a break as Ive mentioned above after 9 months, and I have not looked back since. ( The hunger was the worst in those months )
Hence your saying at comment # 116 – I said it to the mirror one morning and I have never been hungry since.
Life can be cruel you never know what dice is being thrown to you.
Sorry guys I got carried away with this one, and went of the beaten track a wee bit
June 4th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Cool list – here are some others I thought of…
“I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.” ~Airplane~
“I see dead people.” ~The Sixth Sense~
“Nobody puts Baby in the corner.” ~Dirty Dancing~
“I won’t be ignored, Dan”.—–Fatal Attraction
“Did you eat paint chips as a kid?” ~Tommy Boy~
Badgers? We don’t need no sticking badgers!! —- UHF
” Have you ever seen a grown man naked” – Airplane
June 4th, 2009 at 11:19 am
How could you leave out, “Frankly my dear I don’t give a damn” from Gone With The Wind?
or
“I don’t know nothing bout birthing no babies!” Prissy
June 4th, 2009 at 11:37 am
I mos def second Travis’ #23 post…how the heck did none of those get on the list???
And what about “Bond….James Bond”?
June 4th, 2009 at 11:41 am
or Jack Nicholson in Batman….”Where does he get those wonderful toys?” or “Wait’ll they get a load of me.”
June 4th, 2009 at 11:48 am
“Get to da CHOPPA!!!”
June 4th, 2009 at 11:50 am
“You talking to me?!?”
-Taxi Driver
“Sometimes, I guess, there just aren’t enough rocks.”
-Forrest Gump
June 4th, 2009 at 11:57 am
“Whose motorcycle is this?”
“It’s a chopper, baby.”
“Whose chopper is this?”
“Zed’s.”
“Who’s Zed?”
“Zed’s dead, baby.”
Classic
June 4th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Pretty weak list. I’m disappointed. Shawshank Redemption and Casablanca both have more memorable lines. There are so many better ones out there.
“Get busy living, or get busy dying” – Shawshank
“Here’s looking at you kid.” – Casablanca
“What we have here is failure to communicate” – Cool Hand Luke
“Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?” – The Graduate
“I’m sick of all these mother f@#$ing snakes on this mother f@#$ing plane!” – Snakes on a Plane
June 4th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
“What is your major malfunction numbnuts!!!!”
The Gunny rocks!
June 4th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Swingers has to be on this list – “You’re so money” was heard EVERYWHERE for about five years. While these are mostly classics, I would say Swingers had way more life than Titanic.
June 4th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
I enjoyed the list although I can not say that I liked all the movies I did know the quoes. Yes some should have made the list that didn’t. I decided I would add a few more…lol.
“Gimme the keys – I’ll drive” Drunk Wyat (Anthony Michael Hall) from Weird Science.
“You mess with the bull and you’ll ge the horns” The principal dude in Breakfast club.
“Don’t you love coming back from the bathroom and your food is waiting on you” Uma Thurmans charachter in Pulp Fiction.
My Schwartz is bigger then yours” Spaceballs.
“I triple dog dare you” – A christmas Story
“I have a gun in my purse and I can change you from a roster to a hen with one shot” Dolly Parton in 9 to 5
And my personal all time favorite
“I think you’re all fu**ed in the head. We’re ten hours from the fu**ing fun park, and you wanna bail out! Well, I’ll tell you something, this is no longer a vacation . . . it’s a quest! It’s a quest for fun! I’m gonna have fun, and you’re gonna have fun! We’re all gonna have so much fu**ing fun we’ll need plastic surgery to remove our Goddamn smiles! You’ll be whistling Zip-a-dee-doo-da out of your a**holes! I’ve got to be crazy! I’m on a pilgrimage to see a moose! Praise Marty Moose!”
Clark Griswald – The original National Lampoons Vacation
June 4th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
great list! here are a few common movie quotes that make the rounds between my friends & i…
1.)
“It rubs the lotion on it’s skin” 1st friend
“Or else it gets the hose again!” 2nd friend.
this is ALWAYS said between 2 or more people…
from “The Silence of the Lambs”
2.)
“That’ll do, PIG, that’ll do” said to an offensive comment made by a spouse or male acquaintance, from “Babe”
3.)
“It can’t rain all the time” said to a friend who is down in the dumps, from “The Crow”
4.)
“Ni-ce, ver-ee ni-ce” from “Borat”. often said by my hubby when expressing joy over a new culinary experiment.
and my most often used one…it’s a song lyric from TLK
5.)
“It’s clear by your vacant expression, that the lights are not all on upstairs”
must be said in sing-song…with a gravelly voice…
ringtailroxy
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June 4th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
whoa!!!!! no run forrest run!!!!! whats wrong with u?
June 4th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
More!
“That rug really pulled the room together.” Big Lebowski
“And like that (poof) he’s gone!” The Usual Suspects
I also liked this exchange from Shawshank:
Andy- “Why do they call you Red?”
Red- “I don’t know… Maybe because I’m Irish.”
June 4th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
And if you are going to use Sunset Boulevard, where on earth is “I am ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille.”? It is the best line in the whole film!
June 4th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Really good list, well done. Network is one of my favourite fimls, so was glad to see it acknowldged.
June 4th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
“To infinity and beyond!”
“You shall not pass!”
“I am not an elephant! I am not an animal! I am a human being! I am a man!”
“They’re heeeeeeeere”
“What an excellent day for an exorcism.”
“I’m a star…. I’m a star… a big bright shining star.”
“I have come to see with eyes unclouded by hate.”
“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”
“Show me the money!”
June 4th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Haha… The comments have a lot of quotes that are memorable, but don’t have a whole lot of meaning to them!
As for the Shawshank Redemption quote, I would have gone with “Get busy living, or get busy dying.” And for good measure: “That’s god damn right.”
June 4th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
How about Q “Where do these stairs go?”
A “They go up”
or
“The next time someone asks you if you’re a GOD, you say YES!!!”
from Ghostbusters
Demonstrating the living versus the dead.
June 4th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
“Obviously you’re not a golfer” – The Big Labowski
Demonstrates slacker rebellion
“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here, this is the war room!” – Dr. Stranglove
demonstrates irony in war
June 4th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Not a very well received movie in 1968.
But this was one really memorable!!
The Killing of Sister George (1968)
Mercy Croft: (Coral Browne)
“People are always telling me how cheerful you look, riding around on your bike.”
Sister George: (Beryl Reid) “Well, you’d look cheerful too with fifty cubic centimeters throbbing away between your legs!”
June 4th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
GET TO DA CHOPPER!
June 4th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Here is one for your honorable mentions “I may be rancid butter but I’m on your side of the bread.” Inherit the Wind, 1960.
June 4th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
“I’m your huckleberry”
“Skin that smokewagon and see what happens.”
June 4th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Both of the above quotes have the same meaning. “I’m gonna kick your ass!”
June 4th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
“I’ve never seen one so large”
must be famous- repeated in many films
June 4th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
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June 4th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
June 4th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
@ #23 Travis – “Beam me up Scotty!” was never said in any Star Trek film so that cant be included. infact it tells you that on one of the other movie quotes lists on LV
June 4th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Interesting list. Heard some new ones.
June 4th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Love 148, gotta go with, “Roads. Where we’re going we don’t need roads.” Back to tha’ future baby.
It represents being a badass.
June 4th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
You forgot the quote,”Theyre eating her, then theyre going to eat me, OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!”, thats from Troll 2. Greatest movie ever made.
June 4th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Oh and who could forget,”You can’t piss on hospitality, I won’t allow it!!! Also from Troll 2
June 4th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
“What floats, besides wood?”
“Very small rocks?”
&
“She turned me into a newt!”
“A newt?”
“Well, I got better…”
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
“Rats on a stick! Get ‘em while they’re hot!”
Jaberwocky
“Abby Something… …Abby Normal…”
Young Frankenstein
“Four fried chickens and a Coke.”
The Blues Brothers
“With the rich and mighty, always a little patience.”
The Philadelphia Story
June 4th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
this is so funny…
my hubby was helping me find my missing phone this afternoon. (it had fallen out of my purse and slid under the passenger seat)
he was calling my phone, so i could hear it and find it…when i picked it up, i told him thanks, and asked him to pour me a glass of water…
to which he responded”
“As You Wish.”
*sigh*
rtr
June 4th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
I thought the most powerful line from Shawshank was when Andy told Red after his last solitary confinement,
“The way I see it, Red. You either get busy living or get busy dying.”
June 4th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
@Travis- “Say hello to my little friend!” = Best pickup line ever.
June 4th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
161 atheists eat fish: That’s not nice to pick on yourself. Remember, size doesn’t matter.
June 4th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
From The Apartment
“I guess that’s just the way it crumbles, cookie-wise”
Said by Jack Lemmon as C.C. Baxter (and later by Shirley MacLaine as Miss Kubelik)
Demonstrates: Acceptance of the world as it is.
June 4th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
162 oouchan : ROFL! Trust you to jump straight to said conclusions.
June 4th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
oouchan: I am a woman- so obviously.
June 4th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
“Why so serious?” from Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight.
I know, I know, it may not fit the list as described, but it goes with the comments as a favorite movie line.
June 4th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
165 atheists eat fish: No offense meant. It was just as Mark put it, jumping straight to a conclusion. It was funny.
June 4th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
i love shawshank redemption
one of my favorite movies
June 4th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Great list.
But, can someone please compile a list of great Arnie movie quotes. I loves me some beefcake
June 4th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
The Shawshank Redemption is a favorite of mine also. It’s described as, “the story of a banker named Andy (Tim Robbins) who is mistakenly found guilty…” But by the end of the movie it seemed almost to be more about Morgan Freeman’s character, Red Redding. Morgan Freeman was so good in this film.
It surprised me that it was based on a Steven King story, because I had thought he only wrote horror. Although what could be scarier than being wrongly sent to prison. The fact that it could actually happen makes it more frightening than any imaginary monsters.
June 4th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Frankly my dear I don’t give a damn-Gone With the Wind
June 4th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
170. Moonbeam – King’s non-horror stuff tends to be his best work. He wrote “The Body” (aka Stand By Me) too.
June 4th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Sunset Boulevard’s classic quote is actually “All right, Mr. Dev Mille. I’m ready for my close up.” It represents the faded star’s last grasp at fame, even though the cameras are only there to film a murderer.
June 4th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Never used any of them.. and I have not heard them in “Common use today” either
June 4th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
“You talking to me?” just should be on there.
“i’ll make him an offer he dont refuse.”
something from forrest gump. (:
“Boy if life were only like this.”
-Annie Hall
June 4th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
good list but the title shouldn’t be 10 incredibly memorable movie quotes,
it should be 10 movie quotes that represent some aspect of society and the human condition
there are more quotes that that would fit the title incredibly memorable quotes much better
June 4th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
#120 Well Hello There
The music in the “True Romance” clip is called “Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin” or commonly known as “The Flower Duet” from the opera Lakmé by Léo Delibes.
June 4th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Fill your hands you sons of bitches. True Grit
June 4th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Uh, what’s with the Incredibly Random Capitalization?
June 4th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
“We’re going to need a bigger boat.” from Jaws. It represents the human condition known as “Oh, SHIT!”
June 4th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
“’scuse me while I whip this out”
cleavon little – sherrif bart
blazing saddles
what you see ain’t always what you get
“do or do not…there is no try”
yoda
the empire strikes back
it’s yoda – nuff said
“fredo, you’re my older brother and i love you, but don’t ever take sides with anyone against the family again……..ever”
al pacino – michael corleone
the godfather II
don’t f**k with the family
June 4th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
The best line EVER is….
“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” Verbal Kint, The Usual Suspects
June 4th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
“Stand by Me”
“If I could only have one food for the rest of my life? That’s easy: Pez. Cherry flavored Pez.”
June 4th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
thes0wer – My friend spoke the infamous Prissy line while I was in labor. “I don’t know nothin’ about birthin’ no babies!” It was funny until the next contraction
June 4th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
“You dont know who you’re messing with. I’m deep in the streets. I kill for fun!” Chris Rock in Money go Round
June 4th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Anouther fuckin beautifull day in Africa
White Mischief
June 4th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
‘U make me wanna be a better man’-As good as it gets
‘U had me at hello’-Jerry Maguire
June 4th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Dr. Gonzo: Let’s give the boy a lift.
Raoul Duke: What? No. We can’t stop here. This is bat country. –Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Miracle Max: Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there’s usually only one thing you can do.
Miracle Max: Have fun stormin’ the castle!!
The Princess Bride
Navin R. Johnson: Good Lord – I’ve heard about this – cat juggling! Stop! Stop! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Good. Father, could there be a God that would let this happen? –The Jerk
June 4th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
“I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die. First of all, that one second isn’t a second at all, it stretches on forever, like an ocean of time. For me, it was lying on my back at Boy Scout Camp, watching falling stars. And yellow leaves, from the maple trees that lined our street. Or my grandmother’s hands, and the way her skin seemed like paper. And the first time I saw my cousin Tony’s brand new Firebird. And Janie… and Janie. And… Carolyn. I guess I could be really pissed off about what happened to me, but it’s hard to stay mad, when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst. And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain. And I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life. You have no idea what I’m talking about, I’m sure. But don’t worry… you will someday.”
-kevin spacey american beauty
June 5th, 2009 at 1:12 am
“CHAAARRGGE”!-Arsanick and Old Lace
Trust Me-Indiana Jones
June 5th, 2009 at 1:43 am
“What the hell are you?” by Arnold Shwarzenneger in The Predator after he takes a close look at the wounded predator. Demonstrates that there are people looking at whom makes even Arnie raise an eyebrow.
June 5th, 2009 at 1:44 am
Hey everybody ‘Why so serious’
June 5th, 2009 at 2:06 am
“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I’ve watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.”
Roy Batty (Blade Runner) – the replicant is “more human than human”
June 5th, 2009 at 2:27 am
“hope is a good thing and good things never die…”
from Shawshank Redemption…very close to my heart!
June 5th, 2009 at 3:07 am
You mean,let me understand this,cause ya know maybe it’s me,I’m a little messed up maybe,but I’m funny how?I mean funny like a clown?I amuse you? i make you laugh?I’m here to freakin amuse you?What do you mean funny?Funny how? How am I funny?
June 5th, 2009 at 4:03 am
“No wire hangers!”
June 5th, 2009 at 4:48 am
My all time favorite:
“I came here to kick ass and chew bubblegum and I’m all out of bubblegum”
-Rowdy Roddy Piper in “They Live”
June 5th, 2009 at 4:49 am
“-…because dickless here shut off the power grid.
-Is this true?
-Yes, it’s true. … This man has no dick.”
-Ghostbusters
Cracks me up every time.
Speaking of…
“Did anyone ever tell you, you look like a penis with a little hat on?”
A League Of Their Own
That one was for my dad… cracked him up every time.
And I’ve just gotta put…
Jimmy Dugan: Well, it’s not exactly like that… I hurt my knee.
Walter Harvey: You fell out of a hotel! That’s how you hurt it.
Jimmy Dugan: Well, there was a fire.
Walter Harvey: Which you started, which I had to pay for.
Jimmy Dugan: Well, now, I was going to send you a thank-you card, Mr. Harvey, but I wasn’t allowed anything sharp to write with.
A League Of Their Own
Um… not sure what these say about the human condition though. OK, I’ll stop now.
June 5th, 2009 at 4:52 am
‘The sireeens done turned Petey into a horny toad’ ‘O’ Brother Where Art Thou..one of George Clooney’s funniest movies
June 5th, 2009 at 5:08 am
one of my favs from Major League…
harris: you ever think of giving up that mumbo jumbo and having Jesus Christ as your savior?
cerrano: ah, Jesus. i like him very much. but he no help bats hit curveball.
harris: are you trying to say Jesus Christ can’t hit a curveball?
June 5th, 2009 at 5:35 am
Narrator: [about the soap] Tyler sold his soap to department stores at $20 a bar. Lord knows what they charged. It was beautiful. We were selling rich women their own fat asses back to them.
Tyler Durden: Listen up, maggots. You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You’re the same decaying organic matter as everything else.
Tyler Durden: You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your fucking khakis. You’re the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.
—Fight Club
Now there’s some insight into the Human Consition.
June 5th, 2009 at 5:52 am
Lets not forget “Karate Kid”…
Kreese: Fear does not exist in this dojo, does it?
Karate Class: NO, SENSEI!
Kreese: Pain does not exist in this dojo, does it?
Karate Class: NO, SENSEI!
Kreese: Defeat does not exist in this dojo, does it?
Karate Class: NO, SENSEI!
Human condition? I think so!!
June 5th, 2009 at 5:55 am
My personal fave: “Frankly, Scarlett, I don’t give a damn.”
June 5th, 2009 at 6:42 am
awesome
June 5th, 2009 at 7:50 am
‘I’m Spartacus’, by a thousand voices. Tells all about respect, love, sympathy and admiration for a leader. Still brings a lump in my throat after all these years. Kirk Douglas was magnificent…
June 5th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Son of Ali Baba (1952)
Tony Curtis in his best Bronx accent
“yonda lies da Castle of my faddah”
June 5th, 2009 at 9:33 am
Great list!
June 5th, 2009 at 9:41 am
At the end of Conan The Destroyer, the princess he rescued asks him to rule at her side as her husband. He declines, saying “Someday I will have my own kingdom, my own queen.” The shot of him sitting on a throne implies that he did eventually go and conquer a kingdom of his own.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:57 am
“Do you make an effort to be that obnoxious or is it a gift” – In the line of fire
[Claudia has just killed her seamstress]
Lestat: Claudia! Claudia! Now, who are we going to get to finish your dress? These impracticalities, cherie! Remember: never in the home! – Interview with the vampire
John Bender: Screws fall out all the time, the world is an imperfect place.
Allison Reynolds: I never did it either. I’m not a nymphomaniac. I’m a compulsive liar.
“What if your pot was on fire?”
“Impossible Sir it’s in Johnsons underwear”
- The breakfast club
Walter Stratford: My insurance does not cover PMS!
Kat Stratford: Well then, tell them I had a seizure.
Michael: I have a dick on my face, don’t I?
Walter Stratford: This morning, I delivered a set of twins to a fifteen-year-old girl, do you know what she said to me?
Bianca: “I’m a crack-whore who should have made my skeazy boyfriend wear a condom”?
Walter Stratford: Close, but no. She said, “I should have listened to my father”.
Bianca: She did not.
Walter Stratford: Well, that’s what should would have said if she wasn’t so doped up!
Cameron: And, um, and here’s another problem. Bianca said that Kat likes pretty guys.
Patrick: [looks confused and slowly rises] Are you telling me I’m not a pretty guy?
Michael: H-He’s very pretty. He’s a gorgeous guy.
Mr. Morgan: I know how difficult it must be for you to overcome all those years of upper middle-class suburban oppression. Must be tough. But the next time you storm the PTA crusading for better… lunch meat, or whatever it is you white girls complain about, ask them WHY they can’t buy a book written by a black man!
White Rastas: That’s right mon!
Mr. Morgan: Don’t even get me started on you two!
White Rastas: [Mumble to themselves]
[Mr. Stratford makes Bianca wear a pregnancy belly before leaving for a party, Patrick arrives and sees her]
Patrick: [to Kat] Who knocked up your sister?
- 10 things I hate about you
The Joker: And… here… we… go!
The Joker: What happened? Did your balls drop off?
- The dark knight
Poot: Man, why do you always have to bite my moment? Did it taste good?
Frank: [Slurps] Delicious.
Joanne – its not called gym-nice-tics
- stick it
June 5th, 2009 at 10:29 am
“i wish i could speak whale” Dory, Finding Nemo
demonstrates that we all have skills we are unaware of, even when we’re using them. My daughter and I say this when we do something we didnt think we could.
“my name is Inigo Montoya. you killed my father. prepare to die.” Inigo, The Princess Bride
demonstrates obsession.
June 5th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Doesn’t someone say that napalm line in the Thin Red Line?
June 5th, 2009 at 11:46 am
I was hoping someone would come up with a list like this. The only problem being… there are sooo many good lines out there, as evidenced by the comments.
Well done…
June 5th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Cory @172 Thanks for the response. I also remembered that Steven King wrote Misery. Even though I thought it was a good movie, it falls into a catigory of movies that I never want to see it again. The scene with the sledge hammer, YIKES!
June 5th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Sorry – Corey (not Cory)
June 5th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
“All I know is this Lopan character comes out of nowhere in the middle of a goddamn alley while his buddies are flying around on wires cutting people to shreds, and he just stands there? Waitin’ for me to drive my truck straight through him!! With light comin’ out of his mouth!!!”
Jack: “Yeah you know what ol’ Jack always says at a time like this?”
Thunder: “Who?”
Jack: “Jack Burton!! Me!”
- Jack Burton: Big Trouble in Little China
“Your shrinking! And you little balls are shriking with ya!! And the fact that you got Replica written down the side of your gun (Zoom in on gun spell out Replica) and the fact that I got Desert Eagle .50 writin on the side of mine (Zoom in on gun spell out Desert Eagle .50) should precipitate your balls into shrinking along with your presence, now…..Fuck Off!”
- Bullet Tooth Tony: Snatch
“Come on kill me, kill me now!!” Arnold: Predator
“You know, you can ball my wife if she wants you too Ralph. In her ex-husbands post modernistinc bullshit house. But what you can not do is…watch….MY…FUCKING TELEVISON SET!!!!”
- Detective Vincent Hanna: Heat
“Shut up, Ralph……SIT DOWN!!”
(Happens later in the same scene from the above quote but funny as hell)
June 5th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
“…and Killer got the wrath! He got the wrath of the nunchuks, Yo!”
-Dazed and Confused
June 5th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
If my left leg is Thanksgiving and my right leg is Christmas, why don’t you come visit between the holidays.
-Mae West
June 5th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Youtube: 100 Best Movie lines in 200 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QUT0tweX1M&feature=fvw
You’re gonna need a bigger boat/list.
June 5th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
How this could have be forgotten I do not know.
June 5th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
On my signal,release hell.
June 5th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Get your paws off me you damn dirty ape! -Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apea (1968)
I’m Ron Burgundy, go f**k yourself San Diego -Will Ferrel in Anchorman
June 5th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
“Not happening…High Brazil is Not sinking” Erik the Viking. Demonstrates inability to face reality. We say it a lot around our house:) Also, the “Do or do not…there is no try” Yoda line.
June 5th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
“Some people believe that when you die, your soul goes up to Heaven. And there’s a bright light, brighter than the sun, but it doesn’t hurt to look into it. All the answers to all the questions you ever wanted to know are in that light. And when you walk into it, you become a part of it forever.” – Dr. Lesh to Robbie in “Poltergeist”.
“My best friend’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend talked to this guy who knows this kid who says he saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it’s pretty serious.” – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Miles: I think I’m gonna throw up. I think I’m gonna throw up on you, Joel!
Joel: Porsche-there is no substitute.
Miles: Fuck you!
“Princeton can use a guy like Joel.” Risky Business
June 5th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
“Be excellent to each other” Bill and Ted
I still use that one from time to time.
June 5th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
You talkin to me ?
Best scene almost ever. Depicts crossing sanity line.
I think.
June 6th, 2009 at 12:25 am
Sunset Boulevard is my favorite movie of all time.
‘mister demille, i’m ready for my close up.’
June 6th, 2009 at 12:37 am
No “I’ll be back” from The Terminator ????????????????
That’s like the most memorable movie quote ever !!
June 6th, 2009 at 5:38 am
what about “You gotta be fucking kidding” from The Thing?
June 6th, 2009 at 5:58 am
“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse”
Marlon Brando – The Godfather
June 6th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Oh the best one
“Who do I trust? ME!”
Al Pacino as Tony Montana – Scarface
June 6th, 2009 at 7:29 am
“Don’t just stare at it, eat it.” – American Psycho
“I don’t even own *a* gun, let alone many guns that would necessitate an entire rack. What am I gonna do, with a gun rack?” – Wayne’s World
June 6th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Striker: “Surely you can’t be serious!” Rumack: “I am serious… and don’t call me Shirley.” ~ Airplane!
Alvy Singer: Don’t knock masturbation. It’s sex with someone I love. ~ Annie Hall
June 7th, 2009 at 2:56 am
I want get medieval on your ass (Pulp Fiction)
June 7th, 2009 at 7:01 am
“The only problem with kicking the shit out of you is that it would be too easy”. Tom Cody (Michael Pare), to Billy Fish (Rick Moranis) in “Streets of Fire”
June 7th, 2009 at 7:29 am
“RUN FOR IT MARTY ITS THE LIBIANS!!!”- Doc from back to the future.
“dad-dad-dadio”- Marty from back to the future
June 7th, 2009 at 7:31 am
i love back to the future
June 7th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
I would have thought “I see dead people” from Sixth Sense. Or “Everytime a bell rings an angel gets it’s wings” from It’s a Wonderful Life. Or even “god bless us, every one” from Scrooge. Or “ET phone home”.
June 7th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
“I know right?”—Mean Girls
—shows…gee, i can’t think of any. =)
June 7th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
I only saw titanic and the network, i dunno about the others listed. But what i do know is robert de niro quote in Taxi driver should be included in the list. “You talking to me?”
June 8th, 2009 at 4:08 am
The portrayal of Howard Beale as having demonstrated a nervous breakdown here is clear evidence of how the media distorts reality and alters history. Beale was a hero to mankind and didn’t demonstrate a nervous breakdown. He demonstrated that he’d had enough of the false paradigm that is provided for us by the media/industrial/military/corporate complex. This post fools many but not all.
June 8th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
“…yeah, but my lips hurt REALLY bad!”
June 8th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Today’s forecast? Dark and cloudy, and chance of drive-by.
40 year old virgin
June 8th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
“No Luke, I am your father.” – Darth Vader.
I enjoyed this list until i got to #1 which i was dissapointed that this quote isnt on there as this is one of the most memorable quotes in American pop culture.
June 8th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Oh, and i forgot,
Ferris Buelers day off:
Ferris: Look, it’s real simple. Whatever mileage we put on, we’ll take off.
Cameron: How?
Ferris: We’ll drive home backwards.
Represents: Ya got me there. It was funny though
June 8th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
I honestly have never heard of most of the movies on this list, let alone any of the quotes. I don’t think they’re that ‘memorable’.
June 8th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
We need a list of badass movie quotes, but I was quite surprised these were not on here:
“Go ahead, make my day.”
“We’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
“Do or do not; there is no try.”
“I’ll be back.”
“Luke, I am your father”
“Say hello to my little friend.”
It has also occurred to me that this is not a list of memorable quotes, but of quotes that epitomize the crisis of the movie, that seemingly sum up what happens in the film and the similarities swimming alongside it in reality, but memorable, they are not. Some of the quotes I have listed I have not seen the movies to, but still hear them in common practice today, i.e. the “Scarface” quote.
June 8th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Oh, and The Dark Night has some nice quotes to choose from, with the obvious one seen everywhere as of late:
“Why so Serious?”
This quote is epochs away from our time, and the spitting of this anti-canorous quote from The Joker’s mouth is so adapted to his character. The way it sounds so choppy because of strophes and dactyls, which are too detailed for me too explain here, makes it sound cryptic and even in some forms alien, but that only furthers the extent of what this quote means.
It’s a now mindless person laughing at what he used to be, which, in reality, we all seem to do.
June 8th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
“Run, Forest, run!”
June 9th, 2009 at 3:10 am
Pointless Announcement: The Ferris Bueller house is up for sale for 2.3 milion dollars..For and extra 200,000 dollars they’ll throw in a red Ferrari.
June 9th, 2009 at 10:07 am
What about: Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn ?!
It’s a fucking classic !
June 9th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
“Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.”
“May the Force be with you.”
The list could go on forever. There are so many memorable Star Wars quotes, and yet, they’re not in the list. That’s just plain WRONG!!
June 10th, 2009 at 2:46 am
“To Infinity… and beyond!” – Buzz Lightyear
I know its a kids quote, but it still has some great meaning. It represents the fealing that you can do the impossible (Going beyond infinity)
June 10th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
It seems like there are bigger quotes from both Casablanca and Sunset Blvd: the beginning of a beautiful friendship and the ready for my close-up, respectively.
June 10th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
“it’s what i do; i fix things”
clint eastwood – gran torino
June 11th, 2009 at 8:57 am
How About
“Get your hands off me you damn dirty ape”
Planet of the apes
June 15th, 2009 at 12:06 am
this town aint big enough for the two of us
June 16th, 2009 at 1:17 am
Chong to Cheech (in the Next Movie) – U got that tye stick
Robert Downey Jr. (Less than Zero) Does it look like I’m ready for Homework! (Who Knew Downey would be sent in a drug infested spiral for the next 10 yrs or so)
Were the people, we’re the people – Ma Joad, The Grapes of Wrath
June 18th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Darn, I was pretty sure that “Run Forest, run!” would make it there…
June 19th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
But my lips hurt real bad!
Tina, you fat lard
June 19th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Soylent Green is People! -Charlton Heston in Soylent Green
June 19th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Helena Bonham Carter in Fight Club:
“My God. I haven’t been f*ck*d like that since grade school.”
Hands down.
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:28 pm
‘I’m walkin’ here!” Al Pacino in “Midnight Cowboy”-a great quote that’s been used in many movies-as varied as “Apocalypto” and “Ice Age”…
June 26th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Not Al Pacino, sorry, Dustin Hoffman…
June 26th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
konethegod says “why don’t you try sticking your head up your ass, see if it fits” – Tony Montana
July 10th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
put the lotion on its skin or it gets the hose again-silence of the lambs
it was trodden upon by little dwarves!-this is spinal tap
don’t go to the prom with your dirty pillows hanging out like that-carrie
July 12th, 2009 at 8:19 am
“Houston, we have a problem…”
July 13th, 2009 at 3:02 am
“beyond that beach is immortality!!! take it!!! it’s yours!!!!!” -Achilles
August 8th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
i love titanic! what about..houston,we have a problem? or…and thats the way the cookie crumbles! haha good movie
August 16th, 2009 at 4:57 am
‘ET phone home!’-ET
‘you takintome?’- TAXI
August 16th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
“Say hello to my little friend!” – Tony Montana WHY!!!!!!!
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:30 pm
“I´m singin in the rain” (a clockwork orange)
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:32 pm
“why wont you die?” Austin Powers
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:34 pm
“it´s a böömb” ,insp.Clouseau
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:38 pm
“he´s got the whole world in his hands” (con air)
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:47 pm
“finally, Big Earn is above the law” (kingpin)
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:13 pm
“you feel lucky?PUNK?”
October 24th, 2009 at 7:09 am
I always liked this one from “Papillon”1974. Papillon(Steve McQueen)wants to plan an escape from Devil’s Island & wants his friend & fellow prisoner Louis Dega(Dustin Hoffman)to go with him.Dega says no believing his wife is working on his behalf to get him released,so he’ll cooperate with the warden & guards & be a good prisoner.Papillon says to Dega,”Me they can kill.You they own.”
October 26th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Good list, but there are so many other classic movie lines that the Titanic and Wall Street inclusions could easily be bumped.
October 29th, 2009 at 12:45 am
From the maltese falcon. Detective Tom Polhaus: [Picks up the falcon] Heavy. What is it? Samuel Spade: (Humphrey Bogart) The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of.
November 15th, 2009 at 12:56 am
“I Feel The Need… The Need, For Speed!” from Top Gun.
“Goose, You Big stud, take me to bed or lose me forever.” also top gun.
“Take that you Commie Rat!” Tour of duty (after platoon has blown the crap out of a bunker wall to kill a rat that sent Ruiz into a quizering wreck. the rat then crawls back out of the sandbags unharmed)
“whats with all the Negitive waves Moriartey?” Oddball from Kellys heros
“oh i wish i was a loofah…” Capt. Stillman, stripes. (while watching the female personal showering through a telescope)
“F@%k the Sheep!!!” “No time for that Bro!” Black sheep.
November 15th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Coffee’s for closers