# Challenge us with a non-famous line from a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 2, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142 "2022-04-02T06:07:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 117
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2325 "2023-07-16T06:43:10Z")
Bingo! Well done! 👍 ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2326 "2023-07-16T06:48:12Z")
There are some great lines in that film, mostly coming from, or directed at, Miller (David Niven). Although that one wasn’t! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2327 "2023-07-16T06:54:43Z")
It was said to Gregory Peck by his CO—Maj Baker? My favorite line is from Stanley Baker: “When you kill a man with a knife, you’re close enough to smell him.” Try this one from a different movie: **[SHAKING HIS HEAD]** “Nazis … mein Gott!” ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2328 "2023-07-17T23:52:15Z")
“Seize Them!” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2329 "2023-07-18T00:28:31Z")
“Do you really think that if a soldier thought twice he’d give his life for queen and country? Not bloody likely.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2330 "2023-07-18T00:57:21Z")
> [@Philliam](#): > > “Seize Them!” Uhm, could you be a bit more specific? 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2331 "2023-07-18T02:04:22Z")
_The Man Who Would Be King_ isn’t it? I’ve watched that movie several dozen times. Love it! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2332 "2023-07-18T02:24:42Z")
Yep! One of my favorites too. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2333 "2023-07-18T04:11:02Z")
Capricorn One ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2334 "2023-07-18T04:15:15Z")
Yes. Surprised this one took so long. Sam Waterston played a pretty good smartass in that. Got a couple good rants from David Doyle too, of all people. Early roles from Barbara Bosson and James Sikking, who would both be on _Hill Street Blues_. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2335 "2023-07-18T04:35:23Z")
In high school while rock-climbing, I may have been known to sort of pretend I was Sam Waterson and Id play his monologue in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2336 "2023-08-02T22:21:33Z")
Pretty much every B, C & D rated films ever had this line in it. You could make a full-length feature with just “Seize Them” clips. Sorry, couldn’t resist a favorite movie line - we use it all the time when watching cop shows. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2337 "2023-08-02T22:26:10Z")
I thought maybe you wanted _ **The Wizard of Oz** _, but I see from Googling that it has a much more complex and varied provenance than that. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2338 "2023-08-02T22:39:46Z")
After an auto accident: **A:** “What would be the conventional thing to do?” **B:** “I don’t know. We’ve never been conventional.” ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2339 "2023-08-02T23:13:09Z")
Keep after her. Be nice. Stop womenin’ around in Rafael. Treat her right. Take a bath sometime. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2340 "2023-08-03T20:36:24Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > _The Man Who Would Be King_ isn’t it? I’ve watched that movie several dozen times. Love it! Yes! My favorite line: “Danny’s only a man, but he can break wind at both ends simultaneous - which is more, I reckon, than any god can do.” ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2341 "2023-08-04T00:09:30Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > ‘Obviously, Doctor, you’ve never been a 13 year old girl.’ _The Virgin Suicides._ > [@outlierrn](#): > > ‘Who did I think I was going to be when I bought that bike?’ Would it help if I said it was chekov’s bike? _Deep Impact_ ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2342 "2023-08-04T01:25:07Z")
After a short, violent palace takeover: “You are a very dangerous man, Captain, and your President Roosevelt is mad.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2343 "2023-08-04T03:51:58Z")
_The Wind and the Lion_, I believe. “Perdicaris alive or Raisuni dead!” ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2344 "2023-08-04T18:56:13Z")
Yep! Fun film. Weird, but has a lot of fans. I knew a guy who named his Yacht “Risuli” thanks to this movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=116) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=118)