# 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:** 119
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2365 "2023-08-11T13:02:41Z")
> [@KCB615](#): > > A Hard Day’s Night (Paul, on the train)? Right you are. ---
**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 11, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2366 "2023-08-11T15:49:55Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > “Do I really have a face like a horse?” Sarah Jessica Parker reading a theatrical review in _ **Ed Wood** _. (My response: “No, you have a face like a foot.”) > [@](#): > > “Nazis … mein Gott!” Railroad dispatcher in _ **Von Ryan’s Express** _. > After an auto accident: > > **A:** “What would be the conventional thing to do?” > **B:** “I don’t know. We’ve never been conventional.” Cary Grant and Constance Bennett as George and Marion Kerby in the original _ **Topper** _. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2367 "2023-08-11T16:52:06Z")
Here are a couple of mine that never got answered: > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > “I tried to capture the spirit of the thing.” _Slap Shot_. M. Emmet Walsh plays sportswriter Dickie Dunn, who Reggie uses to start the rumor that the Chiefs are going to be sold and moved to Florida. At least twice, people compliment his writing, and his response is the same each time. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > “Pork bellies have a future?” I thought this one would be easy. _For Pete’s Sake_, a movie all about pork belly futures. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2368 "2023-08-11T20:53:46Z")
“Is that our plane?” “No. If it were our plane, it would be crashing.” ---
**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:** [August 11, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2369 "2023-08-11T21:08:19Z")
_Quick Change_ ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2370 "2023-08-11T21:28:19Z")
Yup. So many quotes from that film ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2371 "2023-08-12T04:56:58Z")
“Well, I always wanted to be in the Ice Capades.” ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2372 "2023-08-13T19:25:58Z")
“I own this boat…I own all these boats.” Same movie “He was a slob.” ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2373 "2023-08-14T00:34:05Z")
“Eat the Pig, eat the Pig, ziggy, ziggy, ziggy, zig!” ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2374 "2023-08-14T01:12:11Z")
A Christmas Story? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2375 "2023-08-14T01:20:11Z")
_Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure_? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2376 "2023-08-14T03:24:50Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Bill and Ted…? Correct. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2377 "2023-08-14T14:26:17Z")
I saw that movie in the theater when it came out in 1988. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2378 "2023-08-15T12:45:07Z")
“Doctor. Medico. Por favor.” ---
**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 15, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2379 "2023-08-15T18:35:54Z")
No Country For Old Men. > [@teelabrown](#): > > “Doctor. Medico. Por favor.” ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2380 "2023-08-15T18:51:51Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > No Country For Old Men. Righto. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2381 "2023-08-15T19:30:47Z")
Just to bump this one: > [@CalMeacham](#): > > “Would it endanger your amateur standing if I asked you to use a sterilized needle?” ---
**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 15, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2382 "2023-08-15T21:55:54Z")
I cheated- had just rewatched it the night before. Might have remembered anyway, I’ve seen NCFOM a dozen times. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2383 "2023-08-15T22:04:25Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > “Would it endanger your amateur standing if I asked you to use a sterilized needle?” _S.O.B._ One of Robert Preston’s greatest roles. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2384 "2023-08-15T22:48:51Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > One of Robert Preston’s greatest roles. Right. Although I preferred Centauri in _The Last Starfighter_. The Music Man in Space! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=118) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=120)