# 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:** 43
**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 25, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/844 "2022-04-25T03:51:23Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > “I left my Jag in Kansas City.” Were you watching TCM tonight, too? “I wanna lie back on the grass and have you teach me some more about gardening.” ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/845 "2022-04-25T03:53:15Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Were you watching TCM tonight, too? Yes, I was. And you’re correct–your second line came from the same movie. I’m originally from Toronto, and can attest that Toronto’s Union Station stood in for LA, Kansas City, and Chicago stations. I actually got to watch some of the filming in the station. ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/846 "2022-04-25T04:09:13Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Yes, I was. And you’re correct–your second line came from the same movie. I know. I already posted a line from that movie earlier in the thread. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > “That’s my driver’s license picture. I hate that picture.” ---
**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 25, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/847 "2022-04-25T12:03:56Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > “Here’s to the pencil-pushers. May they all get lead poisoning, eh?” Boob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant in **Who Framed Roger Rabbit.** ---
**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 25, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/848 "2022-04-25T12:22:03Z")
Repost: " I didn’t chicken. You saw where I jumped. What did I have to do, kill myself?" 1955 “The trouble with these international affairs, they attract foreigners” 1965 ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/849 "2022-04-25T13:14:26Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > “I left my Jag in Kansas City.” Richard Pryor in _ **Silver Streak** _. ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/850 "2022-04-25T13:21:33Z")
“Like many sedatives, if taken in sufficient quantity, it IS a poison.” ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/851 "2022-04-25T13:24:37Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Were you watching TCM tonight, too? > [@Spoons](#): > > Yes, I was. And you’re correct–your second line came from the same movie. > [@terentii](#): > > Richard Pryor in _ **Silver Streak** _ . I always fall for Jill Clayburgh a little bit every time I see that movie. ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/852 "2022-04-25T13:30:31Z")
“Let’s just for a moment speculate, shall we?” Kevin Kostner as Jim Garrison in _ **JFK** _. “Oh, mama! Is it the _real thing_ ?” Natasha Rostova head over heels in love with Andrei Bolkonsky in the Soviet version of _ **War and Peace** _ (English edition). “Now we can deal with those _immigrants_ .” 😠 John Carradine as the vampire in _ **Billy the Kid vs Dracula** _, _in re_ Franz and Eva (Virginia “Mrs Olsen” Christine). “Silly question. How did _you_ learn to talk?” 🤨 Francis to Donald O’Connor in _ **Francis, the Talking Mule** _. ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/853 "2022-04-25T13:37:57Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > “Illinois Nazis!” Dan Aykroid (I think) in _ **The Blues Brothers** _. ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/854 "2022-04-25T13:49:02Z")
> [@Crane](#): > > " I didn’t chicken. You saw where I jumped. What did I have to do, kill myself?" 1955 Rebel Without a Cause? ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/855 "2022-04-25T13:50:01Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Rebel Without a Cause? Ta Da - Correct! ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/856 "2022-04-25T13:59:48Z")
“While I live, while my blood burns hot, your daughter is not safe in her tent.” ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/857 "2022-04-25T18:16:01Z")
Does is cause any brain damage? Well, technically speaking, what we do _is_ brain damage. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/858 "2022-04-25T19:16:55Z")
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/859 "2022-04-25T19:29:26Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > “Like many sedatives, if taken in sufficient quantity, it IS a poison.” The Albert Finney version of _Murder on the Orient Express_. ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/860 "2022-04-25T20:12:36Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > The Albert Finney version of _Murder on the Orient Express_ . Very good ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/861 "2022-04-25T20:21:37Z")
“Madam, I had a nice, clean place to stay, and I left it… to come here.” ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/862 "2022-04-25T20:22:40Z")
“Now you’ve got the edge on him.” ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/863 "2022-04-25T20:23:14Z")
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