# 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:** 58
**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:** [May 14, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1144 "2022-05-14T20:44:01Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Is that John Goodman in _Raising Arizona_ ? Righto! “I thought I’d seen some mean little gals in my time, but you’re the meanest.” ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1145 "2022-05-15T02:16:26Z")
“If you had brain one in that _huge_ mallet on top of your neck, you would be living the sweet life out in Southern California’s beautiful San Fernando Valley!” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1146 "2022-05-15T02:19:01Z")
I know it’s Bill Murray, i just can’t place the movie. _Stripes_? ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1147 "2022-05-15T05:58:30Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > > [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > > > I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like… tears in rain > > _Blade Runner_. The only quote I know from that film, actually. There are a couple others back up the thread a ways. Another one that sticks with me is “_I don’t know such stuff. I only do eyes_”. And everyone remembers “_My mother? I’ll tell you about my mother_”. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1148 "2022-05-15T17:25:52Z")
Or when Rutgers character says, “That…. hurt”. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1149 "2022-05-15T22:23:26Z")
“Which three books would you have taken?” ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1150 "2022-05-15T22:36:50Z")
That’s the George Pal version of The Time Machine. Last line. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1151 "2022-05-15T22:37:36Z")
Correct! ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1152 "2022-05-15T22:57:10Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I know it’s Bill Murray, i just can’t place the movie. You’re correct in that it’s Bill Murray, but no, it’s not _Stripes_. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1153 "2022-05-15T22:58:10Z")
“There’s four left in the box.” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1154 "2022-05-15T23:14:04Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > You’re correct in that it’s Bill Murray, but no, it’s not _Stripes_ . Now that I read it again, it’s Venkman to Vigo in GBII. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1155 "2022-05-15T23:18:45Z")
“I can do anything I want. I’m eccentric.” ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1156 "2022-05-15T23:32:38Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > “There’s four left in the box.” _Rain Man_ ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1157 "2022-05-15T23:34:12Z")
Yep, four matchsticks. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1158 "2022-05-15T23:34:29Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > it’s Venkman to Vigo in GBII. Yep. “You flush it, I flaunt it.” ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1159 "2022-05-15T23:37:32Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Yep, four matchsticks. I thought they were toothpicks. Yeah, definitely toothpicks. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1160 "2022-05-15T23:39:57Z")
You’re right, my mistake! 😳 ---
**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:** [May 16, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1161 "2022-05-16T13:09:59Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Also, **Dracula: Dead and Loving It.** Followed by, “Oh, what the hell. Let me try it.” In **Love at First Bite** George Hamilton, as Dracula, says “I do not drink … wine. And I do not smoke… shit.” (After Susan St. James has offered him a toke, saying “It’s really good shit.”) ---
**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:** [May 16, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1162 "2022-05-16T16:57:46Z")
“Why must I submit samples of my work to some stupid committee just to teach a thirteen-year-old girl?” ---
**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:** [May 16, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1163 "2022-05-16T17:03:40Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > “Why must I submit samples of my work to some stupid committee just to teach a thirteen-year-old girl?” Wolfie, from _Amadeus_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=59)