# 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:** 40
**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:** [April 23, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/784 "2022-04-23T15:08:00Z")
Yup. I left out “Myrtle Mae…” since that would have given it away even more quickly. It’s one of my favorite lines in a movie that has many great lines. E.g., “I’ve wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I’m happy to state I finally won out over it.” ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/785 "2022-04-23T15:17:37Z")
Repost: “The trouble with these international affairs, they attract foreigners” “The food’s hot, brown and plenty of it” ---
**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 23, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/786 "2022-04-23T16:07:28Z")
“Women. Can’t live with 'em. Can’t kill 'em!” Tom Arnold as “Gib” in _ **True Lies.** _ Some of his bitterness over his divorce from Roseanne Barr was incorporated into the movie. “I am honored to have served in the Royal Canadian Navy.” Tony Curtis as WJ Namara in _ **The Great Impostor** _. “There’s loose women and there’s whores … and then there’s British soldiers’ whores!” Irish shopkeeper in regard to Rose (Sarah Miles) in _ **Ryan’s Daughter** _. **A:** _“Surrender!”_ **B:** _“Ergeben Sie sich!”_ British and German officers at the climax of _ **The King of Hearts** _. An easy one: “Let’s just for a moment speculate, shall we?” ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/787 "2022-04-23T16:53:03Z")
“You know what that is… scruples?” “No, I don’t know what it is but if you’ve got 'em, it’s a sure bet they belong to somebody else!” ---
**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:** [April 23, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/788 "2022-04-23T18:37:01Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > “Don’t smoke right after you drink it.” Steve McQueen in **The Great Escape** (referring to the distilled hooch they gave away on July 4) ---
**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 23, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/789 "2022-04-23T18:41:39Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > “Seize the fat one!” It’s from Disney’s _Robin Hood_. New quote: “I don’t need help.” “Not _my_ diagnosis.” ---
**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 23, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/790 "2022-04-23T19:25:12Z")
Anybody gets this one, I’ll buy them a lobster dinner at Scott’s in London: “Oh, mama! Is it the _real thing_?” If you’ve seen the movie, you’ll remember the line because it always gets a laugh from English-speaking audiences. 😃 ---
**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:** [April 23, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/791 "2022-04-23T19:25:33Z")
This one ought to be easy, from context: “There was enough formic acid in his body to kill twenty mem” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/792 "2022-04-23T19:27:14Z")
_Them!_ ---
**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 23, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/793 "2022-04-23T19:28:07Z")
_ **Them!** _ DAMN! Ninja’d! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/794 "2022-04-23T19:31:17Z")
Them! What’sa mem? ---
**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:** [April 23, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/795 "2022-04-23T19:34:43Z")
Too easy, evidently. ---
**Author:** ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/796 "2022-04-23T19:38:25Z")
“Where did you learn our language? I listened!” ---
**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 23, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/797 "2022-04-23T19:39:21Z")
_ **Splash** _? ---
**Author:** ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/798 "2022-04-23T19:42:18Z")
Not Splash ---
**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 23, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/799 "2022-04-23T19:44:38Z")
_ **Them! Them! Them!** _ Sounds like the text of a Rupert Holmes song! 😖 ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/800 "2022-04-23T19:46:50Z")
Another easy one: " I didn’t chicken. You saw where I jumped. What did I have to do, kill myself?" ---
**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 23, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/801 "2022-04-23T19:47:57Z")
> [@EastUmpqua](#): > > “Where did you learn our language? I listened!” _ **The Day the Earth Stood Still** _? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/802 "2022-04-23T19:48:06Z")
> [@EastUmpqua](#): > > “Where did you learn our language? I listened!” _The 13th Warrior_ ---
**Author:** ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/803 "2022-04-23T20:00:33Z")
One of my [all-time favorite scenes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y7zq1gGEAU) in a movie. I lived in Brasil for six months, and I remember listening. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=41)