# 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:** 34
**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:** [April 17, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/664 "2022-04-17T23:08:33Z")
Yes! 👍 ---
**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:** [April 17, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/665 "2022-04-17T23:37:16Z")
“You missed Pudge Fisk’s home run? To have a drink with some lady you never even met?” “Yeah, but you should have seen her. She was a stunner.” “I don’t care if Helen of Troy walks in the room; that’s Game 6!” ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/666 "2022-04-18T00:13:00Z")
[quote]“You missed Pudge Fisk’s home run? To have a drink with some lady you never even met?” “Yeah, but you should have seen her. She was a stunner.” “I don’t care if Helen of Troy walks in the room; that’s Game 6!”[/quote] Good Will Hunting “What kind of government you guys got here? This is worse than California!” ---
**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:** [April 18, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/667 "2022-04-18T00:26:22Z")
**A:** “You certainly are well developed.” **B:** “Yeah, I’d have to say the same about you.” **A:** “Well, its not the same. I mean your shoulders and arms seem to be all muscle. I bet there’s not a soft spot on you.” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/668 "2022-04-18T01:39:04Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Close Encounters of the Third Kind Yep. I’m terribly sorry, mother, but you know too much. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/669 "2022-04-18T12:39:00Z")
“Yes, you’re very smart. Shut up” ---
**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:** [April 18, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/670 "2022-04-18T13:44:32Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > “That escalated quickly. I mean that really got out of hand fast.” Anchorman ---
**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:** [April 18, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/671 "2022-04-18T13:44:57Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Yes, you’re very smart. Shut up” The Princess Bride ---
**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:** [April 18, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/672 "2022-04-18T13:47:44Z")
> [@Jack\_Burden](#): > > Anchorman Correct. “You’re a hell of a piece of furniture.” ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/673 "2022-04-18T13:50:51Z")
_I realize that I’m the president of this company, the man that’s responsible for everything that goes on here. So, I want to state, right now, that anything that happened is not my fault._ ---
**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:** [April 18, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/674 "2022-04-18T16:44:48Z")
“Well, can I at least call you ‘deer’?” ---
**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:** [April 18, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/675 "2022-04-18T17:48:51Z")
“Forget it! I’m stayin’ right where I am. It’s gonna take you and the police department and the fire department and the National Guard to get me outta here!” Union activist Sally Field in _ **Norma Rae** _. “You seem to be working your way down the corporate ladder.” Divorce lawyer to Dustin Hoffman in _ **Kramer vs Kramer** _. “You can’t be a good girl on the inside if you are a dirty girl on the outside.” Mrs Pearce to Eliza Doolittle in _ **Pygmalion** _, just before giving her a bath. “Yeah, that’s a track all right. Look at the _size_ of that thing. He must be as big as a house!” The original _ **King Kong** _, of course. **A:** “You certainly are well developed.” **B:** “Yeah, I’d have to say the same about you.” **A:** “Well, its not the same. I mean your shoulders and arms seem to be all muscle. I bet there’s not a soft spot on you.” Clint Eastwood and a nubile Southern belle in _ **The Beguiled** _. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/676 "2022-04-18T18:03:52Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > “I wrapped your sandwich in cellophane, just like you like it.” From _The Jerk_, after Navin leaves his birthday party his brother brings him his tuna sandwich. Brought to mind because I just saw that actor in reruns of _The Rockford Files_ and _Law & Order_. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/677 "2022-04-18T18:53:34Z")
“Another Quaalude , she’ll love me in the morning.” ---
**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:** [April 18, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/678 "2022-04-18T20:26:41Z")
Wolf of Wall Street? ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/679 "2022-04-18T21:48:18Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > I realize that I’m the president of this company, the man that’s responsible for everything that goes on here. So, I want to state, right now, that anything that happened is not my fault. Quote of J. B. Biggley played by Rudy Vallee in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967), starring Robert Morse. I always loved Robert Morse. He was great playing Bertram Cooper in Mad Men, too. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/680 "2022-04-18T21:57:55Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > Good Will Hunting Yep. “…not counting the mezzanine.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/681 "2022-04-19T01:12:28Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > …not counting the mezzanine.” _The Hudsucker Proxy_ Made the same year as **The Shawshank Redemption** , quite a good year for Tim Robbins. “He came down from the North to Paris with a mind like Aristotle’s and a form like mortal sin. We shattered the Commandments on the spot.” ---
**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:** [April 19, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/682 "2022-04-19T01:35:40Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > “He came down from the North to Paris with a mind like Aristotle’s and a form like mortal sin. We shattered the Commandments on the spot.” Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine in _The Lion in Winter_ “I admire its purity” ---
**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:** [April 19, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/683 "2022-04-19T01:38:49Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > The Hudsucker Proxy Yep. Such a great, weird little movie. “Have the good taste to die!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=35)