# 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:** 130
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2585 "2023-10-14T17:07:06Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I don’t know if I saw this before. It sounds like _Fargo_. Yes, it was _Fargo_. Jerry Lundegaard actually uses that phrase several times throughout the movie, which I didn’t notice until I rewatched it last weekend. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2586 "2023-10-16T01:16:34Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > ‘‘Are you kidding? You know cops can’t read.’’ This one is dear to my heart, as I use it IRL, changing cops to nurses. But, some more from the same movie… ‘Nuns…no sense of humor.’ ‘Heh, heh, what kept you?’ ‘Whatever you say, Jack, you’re the master race.’ It might be interesting to do a challenge for quotes that only exist in deleted scenes/DVD extras/less well known edits. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2587 "2023-10-16T02:29:01Z")
Let’s see how long this one takes. > [@](#): > > Yeah, just one ‘l’. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2588 "2023-10-16T08:16:56Z")
> “The butterfly. Follow the butterfly!” ---
**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:** [October 16, 2023, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2589 "2023-10-16T08:19:29Z")
Just a guess, but _Papillon_. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2590 "2023-10-16T16:33:07Z")
This one might be pretty easy, but: “I can’t believe what a bunch of nerds we are, looking up ‘money laundering’ in a dictionary.” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2591 "2023-10-16T16:47:17Z")
Office Space ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2592 "2023-10-16T17:08:37Z")
Correct. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2593 "2023-10-16T18:37:43Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Just a guess, but _Papillon_. Maybe, but not what I had in mind. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2594 "2023-10-16T19:23:24Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > “The butterfly. Follow the butterfly!” **Encanto**? ---
**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:** [October 16, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2595 "2023-10-16T23:45:20Z")
“Ah, yes. UPSTART!” ---
**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:** [October 17, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2596 "2023-10-17T00:41:30Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Encanto**? Correct. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2597 "2023-10-17T01:17:14Z")
> [@Jack\_Burden](#): > > “There will be a day when you will wish you had done a little evil to do a greater good.“ Since I didn’t get any takers on this, here’s another quote from the same film- “Your quality will be known among your enemies, before ever you meet them.” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2598 "2023-10-17T01:48:34Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > “Ah, yes. UPSTART!” _Duck Soup_ ---
**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:** [October 17, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2599 "2023-10-17T01:49:20Z")
That’s it! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2600 "2023-10-17T01:54:30Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > > > “You can’t be suicidal if you’re singing show tunes!” > > I love this movie so here’s another line from a different scene: > > “I’m serious when I tell you that I have to clean my bong. You can’t mix the kind with the schwag.” I’m just going to keep posting lines from the movie until someone gets it or I publish the entire script: “Which one of these chicks is for me?” “Actually I think they’re all lesbians.” “Lesbians?!? You guys are cool.” ---
**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:** [October 17, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2601 "2023-10-17T01:56:06Z")
_ **Up in Smoke** _, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2602 "2023-10-17T02:05:24Z")
Nope. Later film than that. \*It’s not exactly a blockbuster, but it’s funny as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2603 "2023-10-17T23:22:02Z")
> [@Jack\_Burden](#): > > Since I didn’t get any takers on this, here’s another quote from the same film- > > “Your quality will be known among your enemies, before ever you meet them.” I have no idea but I bet it’s a period piece. But this line: > [@Jack\_Burden](#): > > “There will be a day when you will wish you had done a little evil to do a greater good.“ Made me think of this quote (exchange): _"Don’t fall for it, Jack._ _Fall for what?_ _For the lie we keep telling ourselves. We only do the dirty stuff to get the power. It will will give us the freedom to all the good things we really want. But when you get the power, you can’t goddamn remember what you wanted the freedom for in the first place.”_ From a very, very funny (and underappreciated) movie. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2604 "2023-10-18T00:03:07Z")
Let’s see if anyone gets this one: “Great. I’m never goona make it to that appointment now!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=129) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=131)