Movie Quotes you don't use in everyday life (but wish you did)

[Zebra]

OK We have this other thread, but it is about quotes you do use in everyday life when the occasion arises.


But, if you're like me, and I'm awesome, you have a set of movie quotes ready to use, but the occasion just hasn't come up. Frustrating isn't it?

For me, I've always wanted a real occasion to use the phrase, "Quick! The game's afoot and we haven't a moment to lose!" Sadly, I'm hardly ever coming across key clues that lead me to my nemesis but only if I act quickly. I think the last time I did use it was when hurrying to return a VHS to blockbuster before midnight to avoid the late fee, so, it's been awhile.


I also would love to use, "I know it was you Fredo, you broke my heart" but I'm hardly ever betrayed or when I am I don't know who did it. I suppose if I found out who was betraying me I could use both quotes in one day.

So do you have any special reserve quotes?

[6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast]

"Fuck you, you fucking fuck!" (Frank Booth, Blue Velvet)

Oh wait. I do say that.

[Siam Sam]

Originally Posted by 6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast

"Fuck you, you fucking fuck!" (Frank Booth, Blue Velvet)

Oh wait. I do say that.

Beat me to it! (Also said by Clive Owen in Shoot 'Em Up.)

[twickster]

I've been making an effort to use "What ho," for hello, and "Toodle-pip" for goodbye, given all the Jeeves and Wooster I've been watching, but I never remember, dash it!

[Smapti]

I DO use this one in real life sometimes, though i've never found an occasion where i've really been able to follow through with it;

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I am all out of bubblegum."

[Sevastopol]

"My hovercraft is full of eels." Not easy to wedge that plausibly into conversation.

[6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast]

Try "My overcraft is full of heels." It's sure to slot in somewhere.

[Jenaroph]

"Again we see there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away."

[Dewey Finn]

I'd like to be able to use this quote from Ghostbusters, "Ray, if someone asks if you are a god, you say, 'Yes!'"

And I completely agree with Roger Rabbit here:
Eddie Valiant: You mean you could've taken your hand out of that cuff at any time?
Roger Rabbit: No, not at any time. Only when it was funny.

[Joey P]

Originally Posted by Sevastopol

"My hovercraft is full of eels." Not easy to wedge that plausibly into conversation.

I had a friend who managed to use that phrase more often then most people. But since he had a habit of saying random things as people walked by, it wasn't a difficult task.

[Isamu]

"Bathe her and bring her to me."

[cordylus]

"Contemplate this on the tree of woe."

I've said it once or twice. It lacks something when you don't follow through with an actual tree crucifixion. If I'm ever in a position to order someone to be crucified you can bet I'll take this pony out for a trot.

[Typo Negative]

Fuck you, fuckball!

[WILDJC]

"Whadda hear, whadda say?" Angels With Dirty Faces - James Cagney, Pat O'Brien.

[NoClueBoy]

And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by from this day until the ending of the world but we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, For he today who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother, Be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition, and gentlemen in England now abed shall think themselves acursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whilst any speaks, that fought with us upon St. Crispin's day!

[Zebra]

I first read that as "And Crispin Glover shall ne'er go by..."


But good one NCB.

[Love Rhombus]

The whole monologue from Cool Hand Luke: "Well, what we have here is, a failure to communicate..."

Also, "Daddy is the breadwinner", preferably while choking someone. *

* If you get this, congrats!

[RealityChuck]

"Them! Them!"

[Harvey The Heavy]

"He tasks me! He tasks me and I shall have him! I'll chase him round the moons of Nibia and round the Antares maelstrom and round perdition's flames before I give him up!"

[NoClueBoy]

Originally Posted by Zebra

I first read that as "And Crispin Glover shall ne'er go by..."


But good one NCB.

Funny.

Yeah, it's a hard quote to work into a conversation.

[EvilTOJ]

Originally Posted by Love Rhombus

Also, "Daddy is the breadwinner", preferably while choking someone. *

* If you get this, congrats!

or while saying "Your momma's goin on a date. You dig that, a date? She's goin with me, she's gonna have a good time, if you can dig that."

[Minnie Luna]

Enough is enough! I have had it with these mother fucking snakes on this mother fucking plane!

[El_Kabong]

"By Grabthar's hammer, by the sons of Worvan, you shall be avenged."

Unfortunately, I really haven't had to avenge anyone recently.

[NoClueBoy]

Originally Posted by Harvey The Heavy

"He tasks me! He tasks me and I shall have him! I'll chase him round the moons of Nibia and round the Antares maelstrom and round perdition's flames before I give him up!"

To the last, I will grapple with thee... from Hell's heart, I stab at thee! For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee!

[DirkGntly]

"I don't have time to bleed."

[Kobal2]

Originally Posted by DirkGntly

"I don't have time to bleed."

And its corollary, "If it bleeds, we can kill it."
Actually I've used this one a couple times during RPG sessions, but it's quite harder to drop in actual life.

I'd also love to get an opportunity to say "Stop thinking X [where X is restrained and responsible] and start thinking Playstation: blow shit up !", but short of joining the military I don't think I'll ever get a chance. Then again people in the military are all about blowing shit up, so even then the setup would probably not work...

[Equipoise]

I'm risking getting whacked with a decorative katana, an ice skate, or a living room lamp post, but I'm going to repeat what I said in the other thread, with some additions, since I don't actually use these lines.

I'm not spoiling anything with all these because they mean nothing out of context. To anyone else who loves the movie they'd get an instant glow of warmth with scenes flooding back into their heads and would probably want to go watch the movie again immediately. I'll put them in spoiler tags anyway on the off-chance someone wants to see the movie without knowing any of the lines in advance.

SPOILER:

If I could, I'd use the words/phrases "Believe," "Bruv," "Fam," "Trust," "Plan," "Allow it," "Snitch," "Murked," "It's raining Gollums!," "Let's get tooled up blood," "No one's ever going to call you Mayhem if you keep on acting like such a pussy," "This is too much madness to explain in one text!," "Alien GorillaWolf motherfuckers," "Bully van," "That's blacker than my cousin Femi," "See? Is that a dog? No, that is not a dog," "You'd be better off calling the Ghostbusters luv," "This is sick," "You go out there and try feeding them some Pedigree chum," "Easy peasy, lemon squeezy," "Don't give a fuck" (which if someone else says it, has to be followed by "brap brap brap")" "What's Ron's Weed Room?"(and the answer which I won't type) "Better get the next one," "Go see what that is," "There's PoPo everywhere," "I'm killin' them, I'm killin' them things!" "It's an alien invasion" (if anyone says "Lovely fireworks")

... and a few dozen others (seriously, there are tons more) in everyday life, if it weren't for the fact that no one I know other than my dear husband would have the slightest idea what I'd be talking about.



Wishing Attack The Block would hurry up and become a cult classic already so more people would get these.

[dogbutler]

Originally Posted by NoClueBoy

And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by from this day until the ending of the world but we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, For he today who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother, Be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition, and gentlemen in England now abed shall think themselves acursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whilst any speaks, that fought with us upon St. Crispin's day!

I actually did paraphrase this on a hockey messageboard.

I've always wanted to use "Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women" as my next year goal during my performance review.

[Chefguy]

"Boards don't hit back." - Bruce Lee, Enter The Dragon

"Very pretty, Colonel; but can they fight?" - Donald Sutherland - The Dirty Dozen Actually, I do use this one, but only get blank looks.

[Sevastopol]

Point the gun at me, Yolande.

[digs]

Originally Posted by El_Kabong

"By Grabthar's hammer, by the sons of Worvan, you shall be avenged."

Unfortunately, I really haven't had to avenge anyone recently.

I'm always avenging something... like the garbage.

And, of course, I pledge: "I WILL convey this sodden bag all the way to the garbage can. This I swear... by Grabthar's hammer!"
And, usually, my kid listlessly intones, a la Alan Rickman: "...what savings."

[Farmer Jane]

Originally Posted by Love Rhombus

The whole monologue from Cool Hand Luke: "Well, what we have here is, a failure to communicate..."

I say this with my students - casually - and they have no idea what I'm talking about.

[Equipoise]

Originally Posted by Sevastopol

Point the gun at me, Yolande.

Ha yeah, not much call for that one, or "Any of you fucking pricks move, and I'll execute every motherfucking last one of ya!."

I often want to say "English, motherfucker, do you speak it?" but it's kinda rude. I say it to my cat sometimes.



Edit to add, love the Galaxy Quest references too.

[RadicalPi]

I was always partial to Jack Sparrow's usage of Savvy? to say "You see what I mean?" and other similar phrases, but it just doesn't work in real life.

[Sudden Kestrel]

Originally Posted by 6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast

"Fuck you, you fucking fuck!" (Frank Booth, Blue Velvet)

Oh wait. I do say that.

Dammit, I thought I invented that one.

I'd like to find a way to use this one in conversation:

Dr Noah Praetorius: And whose fault is it, my fine atomic friend. You can't go around smashing everything you see, you know. Everything isn't atoms!
Professor Barker: Yes it is!

[Teacake]

Originally Posted by Equipoise

I'm risking getting whacked with a decorative katana, an ice skate, or a living room lamp post, but I'm going to repeat what I said in the other thread, with some additions, since I don't actually use these lines.

I'm not spoiling anything with all these because they mean nothing out of context. To anyone else who loves the movie they'd get an instant glow of warmth with scenes flooding back into their heads and would probably want to go watch the movie again immediately. I'll put them in spoiler tags anyway on the off-chance someone wants to see the movie without knowing any of the lines in advance.

SPOILER:

If I could, I'd use the words/phrases "Believe," "Bruv," "Fam," "Trust," "Plan," "Allow it," "Snitch," "Murked," "It's raining Gollums!," "Let's get tooled up blood," "No one's ever going to call you Mayhem if you keep on acting like such a pussy," "This is too much madness to explain in one text!," "Alien GorillaWolf motherfuckers," "Bully van," "That's blacker than my cousin Femi," "See? Is that a dog? No, that is not a dog," "You'd be better off calling the Ghostbusters luv," "This is sick," "You go out there and try feeding them some Pedigree chum," "Easy peasy, lemon squeezy," "Don't give a fuck" (which if someone else says it, has to be followed by "brap brap brap")" "What's Ron's Weed Room?"(and the answer which I won't type) "Better get the next one," "Go see what that is," "There's PoPo everywhere," "I'm killin' them, I'm killin' them things!" "It's an alien invasion" (if anyone says "Lovely fireworks")

... and a few dozen others (seriously, there are tons more) in everyday life, if it weren't for the fact that no one I know other than my dear husband would have the slightest idea what I'd be talking about.



Wishing Attack The Block would hurry up and become a cult classic already so more people would get these.

Come to Peckham.

[Equipoise]

Originally Posted by Teacake

Come to Peckham.

Oh, you mean real life isn't as funny and endearing and cool as it is in the movies? Damn. I should have learned my lesson whern I tried to sing with a bunch of Puerto Rican toughs after watching West Side Story.

[Teacake]

Uh, no, Ms Snark. I actually meant come to Peckham where everyone talks like that and will understand you, instead of just your husband. But maybe I rescind my invitation if you're that touchy!

[Equipoise]

Damn. Edited one thing and left a typo in another. I hate when that happens.


Oh, sorry! Now I understand.

[Equipoise]

Originally Posted by Teacake

Uh, no, Ms Snark. I actually meant come to Peckham where everyone talks like that and will understand you, instead of just your husband. But maybe I rescind my invitation if you're that touchy!

Ok, now I'm not eating and I can type with two hands instead of one finger. I do apologize. That response was a direct result of arguing with someone about how (to their mind) Attack The Block "glamorizes" hoods, thugs, chavs, whatever they're being called today, and it's unconscionable how the director is trying to make us sympathize with them and how said hood, thugs, chavs could never and should never be made the "hero" of any movie, it's just irresponsible, blah blah blah. I was still in my defensive mode.

[Uncle Brother Walker]

These aren't the droids you're looking for. Move along. (Substitute droids with whatever noun you're searching for, for example if you and your SO are searching for lost keys)

As a response to somewhat over-the-top reaction:

"A knife to the throat? Is that how you do things?"
"That's how we do things where I come from."
(from Southern Comfort)

[muldoonthief]

"Sit tight, hold down the fort, and keep the home fires burning. If we're not back by dawn, call the President." - Jack Burton

[outlierrn]

There's two ways to look at this, first the lines you'd like to use but don't because the opportunity rarely presents itself, and second the lines you'd like to use but don't because bad things will ensue.


For the first, from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, when discussing their trip to England, one says he doesn't believe it, and the other replies 'what, just a conspiracy of cartographers?' I'd like to throw this into a conversation when someone says they don't believe something, but I'm rarely fleet enough to make it work.


For the second, when I'm working in the ER and I'm trying to establish a patients baseline neuro status, or I'm trying to establish a childs trust, and I'm down at their level making eye contact and someone standing behind me keeps answering for them, especially on a busy day, I have a burning desire to turn on them with righteous Samuel L Jackson indignation and say 'I don't remember asking you a god damned thing.' Sadly, my boss has made it clear that she could not support me in this.

[Maiira]

"If any of you sons of bitches got anything else to say, now's the fucking time!"
[Silence]
"I didn't think so."

[Satchmo]

"Mother puss bucket!"

Actually, I do say that, but only when I'm alone.

And disgusted.

[phouka]

Originally Posted by NoClueBoy

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...

Buffy, the Vampire Slayer actually used this when the Scooby gang was going off to Save the World/Probably Die again. Buffy gave a morale boosting speech, Giles muttered something about how it wasn't the St. Crispin's Day speech, but it would have to do, and Spike said "we few, we happy few, we band of buggered."

I laughed til I cried.

One line I wish I could have used but never got to. I needed a sub for three days, and she backed out after the first day, leaving me completely up the creek. I was ranting at phoukabro, who suggested I go up to her, kiss her on both cheeks, then hold up my fingers pressed together (like I was holding a coin, it must be an Italian thing), and say "You're dead to me!"

[Teacake]

Originally Posted by Equipoise

Ok, now I'm not eating and I can type with two hands instead of one finger. I do apologize. That response was a direct result of arguing with someone about how (to their mind) Attack The Block "glamorizes" hoods, thugs, chavs, whatever they're being called today, and it's unconscionable how the director is trying to make us sympathize with them and how said hood, thugs, chavs could never and should never be made the "hero" of any movie, it's just irresponsible, blah blah blah. I was still in my defensive mode.

Fair enough then!

I teach the young men in question. They're lovely! (Obviously not when they're doing their gang thing, but they're really nice boys in school.)

[Sitnam]

After picking up a hitch hiker, "I saw this in a cartoon once, I think I can do it."

[Misery Loves Co.]

"I can lay you out and fill your mouth with your mother's feces, or we can talk."

[Equipoise]

Originally Posted by Teacake

Fair enough then!

I teach the young men in question. They're lovely! (Obviously not when they're doing their gang thing, but they're really nice boys in school.)

That's nice to know. Have any of them heard of or even seen Attack The Block? Probably not. I argued with someone else a few weeks ago who said that the movie was responsible for the August riots (*sniff, nose in air*). I had to inform them that the movie came out in England in May, and pretty much died at the box office there, and that it hasn't been released on DVD yet (next week in the UK) so there's no way. I'd imagine that 99% of the rioters would not have seen or probably even heard of the movie. And anyway, the movie depicts hoodies/thugs/chavs becoming heroes trying to save their community, not destroy it. "Oh"