# AFI Top 100 Quotes from US movies - what should be in/out? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 22, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398 "2005-06-22T17:37:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398/81 "2005-06-24T07:30:53Z")
The list has three lines from **The Wizard of Oz** , including _There’s no place like home,_ which in my opinion is a little weak. The line is not original to the movie. I would replace it with _Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain._ This line is not only memorable and original, it has become part of the language. From **Patton** I would choose _Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country._ From Glengarry Glen Ross, _Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you’re fired._ By the way, for **Pride of the Yankees** they re-wrote Gehrig’s famous speech. The arrogance! Here is a [web page](http://moregehrig.tripod.com/id89.html) with the text of both the original speech and the movie version. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398/82 "2005-06-24T08:21:18Z")
> [@Jeff Lichtman](#): > > The list has three lines from **The Wizard of Oz** , including _There’s no place like home,_ which in my opinion is a little weak. The line is not original to the movie. . . . > > From **Patton** I would choose _Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country._ That quote isn’t original to the movie _Patton_, either. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398/83 "2005-06-24T12:59:53Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Val Kilmer got all the good lines. 😃 As he should. He was excellent in that role. Am I the only one who was a little disappointed to see nothing from **Wayne’s World**? Yeah, probably. I’ll throw this one out anyway just for fun (bear with me, I’m quoting from memory): “Did you ever see that Twilight Zone where the guy signed a contract and they cut out his tongue and put it in a jar and it wouldn’t die, it just grew and pulsated and gave birth to baby tongues? Pretty cool, huh.” ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398/84 "2005-06-24T13:11:52Z")
What?!?! No Monty Python quotes on this list? “Ni!” - Monty Python and the Holy Grail “How do you know he’s a king?” “He hasn’t got sh\*t all over him.” - Monty Python and the Holy Grail “Ah, I see you have the machine that goes, ‘Bing!’” - The Meaning of Life “It’s just a wafer thin mint.” - The Meaning of Life ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398/85 "2005-06-24T14:07:29Z")
> [@Dragwyr](#): > > What?!?! No Monty Python quotes on this list? AFI lists are restricted to AMERICAN movies. Month Python films are not American. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398/86 "2005-06-24T15:26:58Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > What is a tombstone line? “Shakespeare in Tombstone…It’s been a long time since I’ve heard Shakespeare.” ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398/87 "2005-06-24T17:18:23Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > That quote isn’t original to the movie _Patton_, either. Before I made my posting I suspected the quote was from Patton himself. I did some research and found [this forum](http://www.military-quotes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=605) on military quotes, in which someone quotes the entire speech from the movie and the original speech by Patton that the movie speech was based on. The “poor dumb bastard” quote is in the movie speech, but not the original. Perhaps Patton said it at some other time, but I’d like a citation. Even if the line originated with Patton rather than a scriptwriter, at least it would be original to Patton. The line _There’s no place like home_ was already trite by the time it was included in **The Wizard of Oz.** ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398/88 "2005-06-24T17:32:52Z")
I think Homer Simpson summed it up best when he said: “Look, Marge, you don’t know what it’s like. I’m the one out there every day putting his ass on the line. And I’m not out of order! You’re out of order. The whole freaking system is out of order. You want the truth? You want the truth?! You can’t handle the truth! 'Cause when you reach over and put your hand into a pile of goo that was your best friend’s face, you’ll know what to do! Forget it, Marge, it’s Chinatown.” ---
**Author:** ![gaucho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@gaucho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaucho)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398/89 "2005-06-24T17:34:17Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > The list of 400 candidate lines didn’t even include any from _Glengarry Glen Ross_ > > “Put the coffee down! Coffee is for closers only!” Oh, that’s a good one. How about: “Heineken? Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!” from **Blue Velvet**? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398/90 "2005-06-24T18:42:26Z")
Woody Allen is a bit under-represented on this list. Some lines that ought to be included: “Ah, marijuana. The grand illusion that lets white women think that they’re Billie Holliday.” - Annie Hall “You have a really authoritarian voice, you know that? Kind of like Moses, or the computer from 2001.” - Manhattan “Don’t Speak!” - Bullets Over Broadway ---
**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398/91 "2005-06-24T22:35:45Z")
I don’t know if these are more great moments than great lines, but: “You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and… blow.” a then 19 year old Lauren Bacall to a 44 year old Humphrey Bogart, in “To Have and Have Not” and: John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn confronts four outlaws across a field: **Ned Pepper** : What’s your intention? Do you think one on four is a dogfall? **Rooster Cogburn:** I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker’s convenience. Which’ll it be? **Ned Pepper:** I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man. **Rooster Cogburn:** Fill your hands, you son of a bitch. I’m sure there are other good John Wayne quotes out there. Anybody got a better memory than me at the moment? ---
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There is no spoon. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398/93 "2005-06-24T22:40:32Z")
> [@trupa](#): > > “You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and… blow.” No. 34 on the [AFI list](http://afi.com/tvevents/100years/quotes.aspx#list). ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398/94 "2005-06-24T22:42:18Z")
> [@trupa](#): > > “You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and… blow.” And of course the sendup from _Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid_: “You know how to dial, don’t you? Just put your finger in the hole, and make little circles.” ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398/95 "2005-06-24T22:57:14Z")
> [@Jeff Lichtman](#): > > The “poor dumb bastard” quote is in the movie speech, but not the original. Perhaps Patton said it at some other time, but I’d like a citation. _Patton: A Genius for War_ by Carlo D’Este, p. 578. > [@](#): > > His troops were fresh from the United States and unfamiliar with him except by reputation. All were eventually the recipients of the “no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country, they won it by making the other poor bastard die for his” speech that had become part and parcel of the Patton method. ---
**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398/96 "2005-06-24T23:02:05Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > No. 34 on the [AFI list](http://afi.com/tvevents/100years/quotes.aspx#list). :smack: stupid codeine… ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398/97 "2005-06-24T23:08:54Z")
“Tomorrow is another day” was the tag line from the Marx Brothers’ _A Day at the Races,_ 1937. Favorite Marx quotes: \*The Cocoanuts: \* “Believe me, you have to get up early if you want to get out of bed.”–Groucho _Animal Crackers:_ “Ever since I met you, I’ve swept you off my feet.”–Groucho _Monkey Business:_ “Tell me when you want to be attacked and I’ll be there ten minutes later to defend you.”–Groucho _Horse Feathers:_ “Chicolini, I’m going to fix it for our team to win.” “Oh, no! I wanna play!” --Groucho & Chico _Duck Soup:_ “Oh, I’m sick of messages from the front! Don’t we ever get a message from the side?”–Groucho _"A Night at the Opera:_ “An’a two hard boiled eggs.” “And two hard boiled egs.” [two dozen honks] “It’s either foggy out or make that two dozen more hard-boiled eggs.”–Groucho, Chico, Harpo _A Day at the Races:_ “Take these bags up to my room and here’s a dime for yourself.” “Oh, no, Dr. Hackenbush. This is Mr. Whitmore, our business manager.” “Oh, I’m terribly sorry. Here’s a quarter.”–Groucho & Margaret Dumont _Room Service:_ “But he’s not cold yet!” “I’ll fix that, I’ll phone for some ice. _[on phone]_, Hello, Room Service? Send up enough ice to cool a worm-a body.” --Chico and Douglas MacBride _At the Circus:_ “Hey waiter! Get me a doctor!” “What for? You ain’t tasted [the doughnut] yet!”–Kenny Baker and the doughnut vendor _Go West:_ “You wait here while Stuffy and I break open the s-a-f-f!” “You’re a one-man fifth column!”–Groucho & Chico _The Big Store:_ “How many grapes have you got? How many kids have you got? How many grapes have your kids got?”–Groucho _A Night in Casablanca:_ “Your trunks haven’t arrived? Put your pants on, nobody will notice!”–Groucho _Love Happy:_ “Remember me?” "Yes, I do! _[she slaps him]_ “No, I mean _before_ that!”–Groucho and Ilona Massey ---
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From “Goldfinger:” James Bond: Do you expect me to talk? Goldfinger: No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die. From “Blazing Saddles:” Sheriff Bart: 'Scuse me while I whip this out. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398/99 "2005-06-25T00:15:25Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > A quote from the movie [Tombstone.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108358/) > > Doc Holliday: Why Kate, You’re not wearing a bustle. How lewd. > > Doc Holliday: It appears my hypocrisy knows no bounds. > > Doc Holliday: It’s true, you are a good woman. Then again, you may be the antichrist. > > Val Kilmer got all the good lines. 😃 Also: Doc Holliday: You’re no daisy…you’re no daisy at’all Doc Holliday: Say when! Wyatt Earp: What does he want revenge for? Doc Holliday: For bein’ born Doc Holliday: If you were ever my friend you’d leave right now and never come back. Go find that spirited actress, take her in your arms and never let go… (sniff) ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398/100 "2005-06-25T01:06:23Z")
It’s hard to argue with lists like this; you know what they say… “Well, art is art, isn’t it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west, and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce, they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know.” -Animal Crackers But, there are a couple of instances where I would have preferred a different quote from the same movie… 1. “La-dee-da, la-dee-da,” “Annie Hall,” 1977. _Sun is bad for you. Everything our parents said was good is bad. Sun, milk, red meat… college._ 1. “Toga! Toga!”, “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” 1978. _Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son._ 1. “Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac … It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole!”, “Caddyshack,” 1980. _Ty Webb: You take drugs, Danny? Danny Noonan: Every day. Ty Webb: Good._ I will also join in the general condemnation of the lack of _any_ quotes from The Princess Bride. And here’s a few that would have made my list… “Never get off the boat” “Charlie don’t surf” -Apocalypse Now “I’ve led a stange life, Mortimer” -Arsenic and Old Lace "When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, looks you crooked in the eye and asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol’ Jack Burton always says at a time like that: “Have ya paid your dues, Jack?” “Yessir, the check is in the mail.” -Big Trouble In Little China “I’m not supposed to be here today!” -Clerks “As it stands Plan B is to just keep on Given’r.” -Fubar “Colonel, fair’s fair… if I punch Hawkeye and nail Hot-Lips, can I go home too?” -M_A_S\*H “Dr. Spivey: Well, the real reason that you’ve been sent over here is because they wanted you to be evaluated… to determine whether or not you are mentally ill. This is the real reason. McMurphy: Well, as near as I can figure out, it’s 'cause I, uh, fight and fuck too much.” -One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest “I blame society” -Repo Man “MINKEY??? You said MINKEY!!!” -Return of the Pink Panther “Things sure have changed since we got kicked outta high school.” -Rock n Roll High School “Give yourself over to absolute pleasure.” -Rocky Horror Picture Show Reporter: Say listen, is he working on a case? Nora Charles: Yes, he is. Reporter: What case? Nora Charles: A case of scotch. Pitch in and help him. -The Thin Man “As long as there’s, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.” -This Is Spinal Tap “Ohhh, Martha? When is our son coming home?” -Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afi-top-100-quotes-from-us-movies-what-should-be-in-out/309398.md?page=6)