# Best Cult Movie One Liners... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344 "2003-04-22T16:52:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/121 "2003-04-25T12:05:41Z")
“Jackie Treehorn treats objects like women man!” “You want a toe, dude I can get you a toe by three o’clock.” “Fucking amateurs” Big Lebowski “If you’re lucky you can cut through your ankle in five minutes” Mad Max “Dick, you’re fired!” Robocop (should really be seen on screen though, doesn’t make such a good quote) ---
**Author:** ![pcarney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ea5d25/32.png) [@pcarney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pcarney)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/122 "2003-04-25T12:33:05Z")
“To dine with the devil you need a long spoon!” Jack Palance in (I believe) Cyborg 2, which featured a young Angelina Jolie. Fine, fine movie. Then, of course, from the Army of Darkness, Ash’s classic line when he calls a demon out. “Yo, She bitch! Lets go!” ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/123 "2003-04-25T12:36:11Z")
Blues Brothers “We got both kinds (of music), country and western” Raising Arizona “Do you have any of those baloons that make funny shapes?” “Not unless you consider ‘round’ funny” More Strange Brew “Somebody horked our clothes!” “It’s a jelly…” ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/124 "2003-04-25T13:04:14Z")
I’m a lawyer, you idiot! From Rustler’s Rhapsody: Rex O’Herlihan: You’re not a good guy at all! Bob Barber: I’m a lawyer, you idiot! ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/125 "2003-04-25T13:35:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyomara \* > \*\*“Nihilists! Fuuuck ME! I mean, say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an _ethos_!” \*\* I must know what this is from!?! ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/126 "2003-04-25T21:26:44Z")
That’s from _The Big Lebowski_ ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/127 "2003-04-25T21:38:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoCoolUserName \* > \*\*I must know what this is from!?! \*\* Yes. You _must_. And now for what I think is the best one-liner: “Where’s the money, Lucas?” “Joe, the money is gone.” “I know it’s GONE, where’s it gone to?” “Atlantic City.” “Atlantic City?” “Yeah.” “What’s it DOING in Atlantic City?” “Recirculating!” ---
**Author:** ![knock\_knock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@knock\_knock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knock_knock)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/128 "2003-04-25T22:15:34Z")
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure: “Do you have something you’d like to share with the rest of us, Amazing Larry?” UHF: What’s in the box? “Nothing! You are so stupid! Stupid!!” Spaceballs: “I see your Schwartz is as big as mine. But let’s see how well you handle it.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/129 "2003-04-25T22:20:40Z")
“It’s good to be the king!” – History of the World, Part I “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!” – Network “We have just run out of wine. What are we going to do about it?” – Withnail & I “I fear we are drifting into arena of the unwell.” – W&I “Cool yer boots, mate.” – W&I “Well, lick 10% of the asses, then!” [phone clicks] “What?!? How dare you!! FUCK YOU!!!” – W&I “It is the saddest day in a young man’s life, when he realizes, ‘I will never… play… The Dane.’” – W&I “It’s only a flesh wound.” – Monty Python & the Holy Grail “This new learning amazes me…” – MP&tHG “Abby… Normal” – Young Frankenstein “The horror… the horror.” – Apocalypse Now “I have a bad feeling about this.” – Star Wars movies “I’m shocked, shocked…” – Casablanca ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/130 "2003-04-25T22:25:41Z")
“Submitted for your approval…” – The Twilight Zone [TV show] Probably the all-time best one-liner snipped from a movie: “You’re licking my arm.” – Sheriff Bart, in **Blazing Saddles**. (Uttered in the dark to Lili Von Shtupp.) Considered too risque. “SHAZBAT!” – from the TV show _Mork and Mindy_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/131 "2003-04-25T22:28:26Z")
Does anybody know where this one came from? [in a German accent] “Vee haff VAYS to make you talk…” ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/132 "2003-04-25T22:39:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > \*\*I’m not sure of the album or the song, but I first heard the phrase from Frank Zappa. I don’t know if he originated it though. \*\* It was in “Don’t eat the yellow snow” i forget whick album that’s on. ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/133 "2003-04-26T00:07:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Scrivener \* > **"You’re licking my arm." – Sheriff Bart, in Blazing Saddles. (Uttered in the dark to Lili Von Shtupp.) Considered too risque.** If I recall correctly it was, “Why are you suckin on my leg?” In any case it comes right after my, “It’s twooo, it’s twooo.” quote. ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/134 "2003-04-26T00:15:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Scrivener \* > \*\*Does anybody know where this one came from? > > [in a German accent] “Vee haff VAYS to make you talk…” \*\* I’m thinking Top Secret. ---
**Author:** ![jack\_ss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@jack\_ss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_ss)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/135 "2003-04-26T01:15:20Z")
“this town is like a great big pussy, just waiting to get fucked” “Can you please stop saying ‘fuck’ all the time?” “Ju know what ju problem is pussycat?” -_Scarface_ “I was going to the worst place in the world and I didn’t even know it” “Fucking Tiger, Man!” “Never get off the boat” -_Apocalypse Now_ “Do you Understand everything I’ve just said to you? Because if you don’t, I’ll kill ya!” -_Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels_ “This conversation can serve no further purpose. Goodbye” -_2001 a Space Odyssey_ ---
**Author:** ![T.Slothrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@T.Slothrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Slothrop)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/136 "2003-04-26T01:44:49Z")
from “The Tick” “Destroy the earth ? but that’s where I keep my stuff !” ---
**Author:** ![FranticMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@FranticMad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FranticMad)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/137 "2003-04-26T02:07:13Z")
“It is not magic. It is a price that has been paid.” ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/138 "2003-04-26T02:28:47Z")
The commercial for this movie was just on, and it reminded me. It’s probably too popular to be a “cult movie”, but the line is classic… “Juuuuust a bit outside…” ---
**Author:** ![richardb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/96bed5/32.png) [@richardb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/richardb)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/139 "2003-04-26T17:54:51Z")
**knock knock** reminded me of another gem from _UHF_: SUPPLIES! (yelled by the heavily-accented japanese guy as he jumps out from the supplies closet) Oh, the fun I had yelling that to people (hey, it always made me laugh, regardless of their oblivion-ness)! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344/140 "2003-04-26T19:57:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by knock knock \* > \*\*Spaceballs: > “I see your Schwartz is as big as mine. But let’s see how well you handle it.” \*\* I just hate it when my Schwartz get twisted~ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cult-movie-one-liners/170344.md?page=8)