# Challenge us with a non-famous line from a movie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142>\
**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\
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**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:** [June 29, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1404 "2022-06-29T00:05:08Z")

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_Being There._

(Not non-famous, IMHO.)

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**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:** [June 29, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1405 "2022-06-29T01:33:02Z")

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“Hand me the keys, you fucking cocksucker.”

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**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:** [June 29, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1406 "2022-06-29T01:58:26Z")

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The Usual Suspects.

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**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:** [June 29, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1407 "2022-06-29T02:08:57Z")

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“You think I _deserve_ to wear white?”  
“Honey, we _all_ deserve to wear white.”

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**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:** [June 29, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1408 "2022-06-29T02:33:56Z")

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> [@saucywench](#):
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> “I like to watch.”

Body Double, Craig Wasson

> [@ekedolphin](#):
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> “You think I _deserve_ to wear white?”  
> “Honey, we _all_ deserve to wear white.”

Bull Durham, Jenny Robertson and Susan Sarandon

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**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:** [June 29, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1409 "2022-06-29T02:47:26Z")

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> [@lobotomyboy63](#):
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> Bull Durham, Jenny Robertson and Susan Sarandon .

Correct.

“Can he stay here for a couple of days?”  
“He’s not going to do anything crazy, is he?”

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**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:** [June 29, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1410 "2022-06-29T03:48:24Z")

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“I just don’t think I can continue to live in a place that embraces and nurtures apathy as if it was virtue.”

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**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:** [June 29, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1411 "2022-06-29T03:57:49Z")

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> [@Hypno-Toad](#):
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> The Usual Suspects.

Yes. That movie is so famous for the ending I thought people might not recognize a quote from the beginning.

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“You get these sudden urges and then you come up with warthogs and rhinoceroses!”

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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1412 "2022-06-29T04:52:01Z")

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It may have been said in _Body Double_, but the movie I’m thinking of was a few years before that one.

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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1413 "2022-06-29T04:55:29Z")

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That’s the one!

I thought the other meaning of that phrase might throw people off.

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**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:** [June 29, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1414 "2022-06-29T22:22:36Z")

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“All right, I’m gonna tell you! Because you had the talent to be a great fighter, and instead of that, you became a leg-breaker for some cheap, second-rate loan shark!”  
“…It’s a living.”  
“IT’S A WASTE OF LIFE!”

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**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1415 "2022-06-29T22:49:49Z")

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> [@ekedolphin](#):
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> “All right, I’m gonna tell you! Because you had the talent to be a great fighter, and instead of that, you became a leg-breaker for some cheap, second-rate loan shark!”  
> “…It’s a living.”  
> “IT’S A WASTE OF LIFE!"

I’m not even going to look it up - _Rocky_

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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1416 "2022-06-30T03:45:44Z")

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“He has pulled the wrong tooth!”

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**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:** [June 30, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1417 "2022-06-30T03:57:29Z")

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“You can’t do that! That’ll blow the whole place up!” 😲

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**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:** [June 30, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1418 "2022-06-30T04:09:49Z")

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“Soufflé iss for people mitout teeth!” 😠

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**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:** [June 30, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1419 "2022-06-30T04:43:34Z")

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**A:** “How would you like to do something difficult and terribly dangerous?”  
**B:** “I’d love it!”

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**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:** [June 30, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1420 "2022-06-30T04:48:17Z")

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> [@saucywench](#):
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> “He has pulled the wrong tooth!”

_The Pink Panther Strikes Again_

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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1421 "2022-06-30T04:49:31Z")

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Bingo! 🙂

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**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1422 "2022-06-30T09:44:39Z")

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> [@Jack\_Burden](#):
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> “I just don’t think I can continue to live in a place that embraces and nurtures apathy as if it was virtue.”

Se7en

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**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1423 "2022-06-30T10:12:14Z")

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I don’t need a gun, I’ve got a Donk.

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