# 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:** 46
**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 27, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/904 "2022-04-27T19:42:25Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > “I _am_ the business.” _Have you had the test yourself?_ ---
**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/905 "2022-04-28T14:41:21Z")
You nailed it! Here’s a gift for you: 🍰 ---
**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 28, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/906 "2022-04-28T19:34:59Z")
“Oh, these Christians. They aren’t afraid. They bore me.” ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/907 "2022-04-28T19:48:54Z")
“You d\*\*k!” ---
**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:** [April 28, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/908 "2022-04-28T20:48:51Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > “I’ll have a twist of lemon.” _LA Story_ Instant gratification takes too long. ---
**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 28, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/909 "2022-04-28T21:32:29Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > LA Story Yes. Took a while to get that one. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/08NkaqoOELg/hqdefault.jpg "Ordering a Coffee LA Style") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08NkaqoOELg) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/910 "2022-04-28T22:15:32Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > “Oh, these Christians. They aren’t afraid. They bore me.” Quo Vadis? ---
**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:** [April 28, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/911 "2022-04-28T22:43:12Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Yes. Took a while to get that one. Whereas I use that line IRL when I think people are being left coast pretentious. ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/912 "2022-04-28T23:03:41Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > “You d\*\*k!” Fast Times at Ridgemont High Spicoli to Mr. Hand. ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/913 "2022-04-28T23:17:48Z")
Yep! 👍 Can you name who says it? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/914 "2022-04-28T23:21:52Z")
I’m hearing it in Peter Ustinov’s voice, but that would be too obvious. I am thinking it was the guy who writes a poison-pen letter to Nero while committing suicide. ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/915 "2022-04-28T23:24:17Z")
I believe it’s Ustinov as Nero, but now I’d have to see the movie again to be 100% sure. Another one: “People fall asleep at the opera, but they stay wide awake at the bullfights because there’s one man defying death down in that arena.” Hint: It’s another one of my heroes, but not Hemingway. (Neither is he a scientist, inventor, explorer, or aviator.) ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/916 "2022-04-28T23:45:31Z")
I’ll give you another hint: 100 years ago, he was one of the most famous men in the world. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/917 "2022-04-29T00:11:02Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Indeed Lo Pan, **Big Trouble In Little China** ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/918 "2022-04-29T00:16:11Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Barbra Streisand in **What’s Up Doc**? “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” It was from “Love Story,” of course, but also…“What’s Up, Doc?” The line has also been criticized or mocked for suggesting that apologies are unnecessary in a loving relationship. Another character played by O’Neal disparages it in the 1972 screwball comedy _[What’s Up, Doc?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_Up,_Doc%3F_(1972_film))_ : in that film’s final scene, [Barbra Streisand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbra_Streisand)’s character says “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” and bats her eyelashes, and O’Neal’s character responds in a flat [deadpan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadpan) voice, “That’s the dumbest thing I ever heard.” MacGraw has said that she always hated the line and considered it ridiculous. Another: “Hello, Cleveland!” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiEglUjqWj0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiEglUjqWj0) ---
**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 29, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/919 "2022-04-29T02:08:40Z")
“You dumb, stubborn, stupid Konskazudnice!” “What’s _that_ supposed to mean?” “Back end of horse.” “Are you calling me a horse’s ass?” ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/920 "2022-04-29T03:13:20Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Is that a bra you’re wearing, or are you expecting an assassination attempt? > > Meatballs. Why was there never a sequel? _Meatballs Part II_ came out in 1984, _Meatballs III: Summer Job_ in 1988, and _Meatballs 4_ in 1992. You’ve never heard of them because, except for the name, none had anything to do with the original, and Bill Murray was nowhere to be seen. ---
**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 29, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/921 "2022-04-29T12:38:00Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > “You dumb, stubborn, stupid Konskazudnice!” > “What’s _that_ supposed to mean?” > “Back end of horse.” > “Are you calling me a horse’s ass?” From the James Bond movie **The Living Daylights** Maryam d"Abo and Timothy d"Alton ---
**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 29, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/922 "2022-04-29T13:19:37Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Instant gratification takes too long. _Postcards from the Edge._ One of my favorite lines from that film. ---
**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 29, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/923 "2022-04-29T13:22:05Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > > [@terentii](#): > > > > Think “self-immolation.” > > Too obvious a hint: _Harold and Maude._ One of the dates Harold’s mother sets up. I have to put this up. The line is a bit different from what I’d remembered, but the essentials are correct. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZeF18IorXS4/hqdefault.jpg "Harold and Maude - Meeting Candy scene") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeF18IorXS4) I crack up just thinking about this scene! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=47)