# 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:** 244
**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:** [September 13, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4865 "2026-09-13T00:15:23Z")
Continuing in that spirit… “Big S, small a, small n, big D, small e, big E and there’s a little star at the end.” ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4866 "2026-09-13T13:35:03Z")
Sarah Jessica Parker in _L. A. Story._ ---
**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:** [September 13, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4867 "2026-09-13T14:30:22Z")
Correct, of course. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2026, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4868 "2026-09-14T03:47:48Z")
> “She is alive, or was, an hour ago. If she is otherwise when I find her, I shall be very put out.” ---
**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:** [September 14, 2026, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4869 "2026-09-14T04:00:20Z")
_The Princess Bride_ ---
**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:** [September 14, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4870 "2026-09-14T04:05:54Z")
“I’m getting too old for this shit.” Hint #1: It is spoken by Warren Oates. Hint #2: It is not _Stripes_. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2026, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4871 "2026-09-14T04:32:45Z")
Yep. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4872 "2026-09-14T12:43:47Z")
“Well, they’ve got a very good bass section, mind, but no top tenors that’s for sure.” ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4873 "2026-09-14T12:56:18Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Let’s build a list of films that are well-known enough that they have essentially no “non-famous lines.” > > I’ll start: > > _Airplane!_ > _Casablanca_ > Virtually all of _Monty Python_ (films and TV) > _Star Wars_ (1977) > _The Empire Strikes Back_ > _Return of the Jedi_ @Ranger_Jeff correctly added _Blazing Saddles_ and _Young Frankenstein_, and we certainly must add _The Princess Bride_ as well. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4874 "2026-09-14T13:07:03Z")
(Duh, I didn’t see it got answered in the very next post. Deleted) But since I’m here, no one has answered this: > [@muldoonthief](#): > > “(he) is a dying star. A white dwarf heading for a black hole. That’s physics. It’s inevitable.” Same scene: “They’re gonna kill him!” “And, we’ll weep for him, in the press.” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4875 "2026-09-14T14:14:10Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > “Well, they’ve got a very good bass section, mind, but no top tenors that’s for sure.” Zulu ---
**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:** [September 14, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4876 "2026-09-14T15:01:44Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Zulu Righto ETA: movies with nothing but memorable quotes - The Big Lebowski ---
**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:** [September 14, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4877 "2026-09-14T17:32:03Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > ETA: movies with nothing but memorable quotes _ **Star Trek** _ II and IV, fer sure. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4878 "2026-09-14T19:17:54Z")
Awhile back someone asked the question ‘what movies could have the whole thing strung together from individual short clips on youtube?’ and we settled on _The Big Lebowski_ and _SW: A New Hope_. Then it devolved into a mash up of quotes like ‘that planet really tied the solar system together,’ or ‘he fixes the hyperdrive?’ and ‘the Jedi youngling junior achievers, and proud we are of all of them.’ That was a great thread. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4879 "2026-09-15T11:18:03Z")
> One…soiled `//i\\` ---
**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:** [September 15, 2026, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4880 "2026-09-15T11:32:34Z")
_The Blues Brothers_ ---
**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:** [September 15, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4881 "2026-09-15T11:35:36Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > Probably the campest of all Bond films (and that’s saying something given Roger’s subsequent tenure)… > > _Diamonds are Forever_ Sorry – I’ve been away for several days, and haven’t had a chance to check in. Correct ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4882 "2026-09-15T12:05:37Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > “Wow! This place sure is crawlin’ with celebrities. I’m the only person here I never heard of.” Ten days later: Nobody else heard of, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4883 "2026-09-15T12:56:01Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > The Blues Brothers Correct, while not as quoted as some other movies, still a rather quotable film. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4884 "2026-09-15T13:13:41Z")
**Movies with no unmemorable lines** _Airplane!_ _The Big Lebowski_ _Blazing Saddles_ _The Blues Brothers_ _Casablanca_ _The Empire Strikes Back_ _Monty Python_ (films and TV) _The Princess Bride_ _Return of the Jedi_ _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ _Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home_ _Star Wars_ (1977) _Young Frankenstein_ Additional nominations welcome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=243) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=245)