# 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:** 226
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4505 "2026-05-01T15:36:43Z")
> “It was nothing like that, penis breath!” ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4506 "2026-05-01T15:38:08Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > I’m glad you made that decision. Ethics is important, it’s what separates us from the animals. Bravo, good sir, bravo. When you’re right you’re right, but you never say ‘I told you so’. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4507 "2026-05-01T15:39:04Z")
Elliot to his brother in _ **E.T.** _ ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4508 "2026-05-01T15:39:27Z")
Got that pretty fast! ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4509 "2026-05-01T15:40:31Z")
I have most of the movie memorized. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4510 "2026-05-01T15:41:26Z")
Sorry, incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4511 "2026-05-01T15:44:06Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > **Clues:** > > - Came out in 1964. > - Also set in the South Pacific, but more of a romantic comedy than a war flick. > - A VERY, **VERY** famous actor is hooked into serving with an allied navy in his penultimate film role. _Father Goose_ starring Cary Grant. The clues gave it away, I have no memory of the quotation. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4512 "2026-05-01T15:51:33Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > _Father Goose_ starring Cary Grant. > > The clues gave it away, I have no memory of the quotation. Very good, cheers! The quote comes from the beginning of the movie, when Cary Grant is caught stealing gasoline off the Royal Australian Navy dock being shelled by the Japanese. Lt Stebbings is reporting to his CO, played by Trevor Howard. I saw it with my dad and older brother too, when it came out right around Christmas. The phrase “pinching our petrol” has stuck in my mind ever since. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4513 "2026-05-01T16:38:02Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _ **PT 109** _ was a big deal when it came out in July 1963. I went to see it with my dad and older brother. I know. I saw it then, too. It’s not very big or famous now, though. As a book I read once put it – Remember _Cavalcade"?_ I’ll bet even most movie buffs don’t, but it won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1933 and was a huge financial success. “The movie of a generation”, claimed the movie posters. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4514 "2026-05-01T17:01:13Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > It’s not very big or famous now, though. Few things that were _au courant_ in 1963 are, except for people like you and me. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4515 "2026-05-01T18:17:22Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Few things that were _au courant_ in 1963 are, except for people like you and me. Then it shouldn’t bother anyone if I quote from movies at least that old. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4516 "2026-05-01T18:43:54Z")
“Best dollar 80 I ever spent!” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4517 "2026-05-01T20:13:41Z")
_Young Guns_. The deputy guarding Billy the Kid had a shotgun loaded with coins instead of shot. When Billy escaped, he stole the shotgun and used it to kill the deputy. The movie takes some liberties with the historical events, but that scene is fairly accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4518 "2026-05-01T22:22:29Z")
If memory serves, it’s _Young Guns 2_. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2026, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4519 "2026-05-02T01:05:15Z")
> “You ever meet anyone you _didn’t_ kill?” > “I haven’t killed _you_ yet.” > “Yeah, well - don’t do me any favors.” ---
**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:** [May 2, 2026, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4520 "2026-05-02T02:27:37Z")
_Lethal Weapon_ ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4521 "2026-05-02T06:51:35Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > “Wilford is divine!” “Snowpiercer”? Baltimore Police today reported they had no suspects in the Baltimore Foot-Stomper Case. Described as a thin, white teenage male, the stomper struck twice this week, seriously injuring the feet of two Baltimore women. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4522 "2026-05-02T11:37:05Z")
Correct! ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4523 "2026-05-02T13:20:55Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > “You should be running.” Another quote: “Don’t get psychic with me fella.” Separate movie: > [@muldoonthief](#): > > “Well I don’t peg him for the understanding type.” > [@muldoonthief](#): > > “Close your eyes ladies I’m coming through.” > [@muldoonthief](#): > > Ethics is important, it’s what separates us from the animals. > [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > When you’re right you’re right, but you never say ‘I told you so’. Anybody? Well known movie by very well known and still active filmmakers. " Do me a favor and mind your own business." “This is my business. Intimidating helpless women is part of what I do.” “Then go and find one an intimidate her.” ---
**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:** [May 2, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4524 "2026-05-02T13:51:46Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > “Well I don’t peg him for the understanding type.” This has got Butch and Sundance vibes for me but I know it can’t be, surely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=225) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=227)