# Favorite Movie Lines **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245 "2003-01-13T04:34:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![DLurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@DLurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DLurker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/101 "2003-01-15T15:31:04Z")
[quote] - Originally posted by Evil Death \* \*\* Well, I’m not even made of virtual shiny brass buttons - so there! \*\* [quote] Well if \*\* Evil Death \*\* is going to renege on his offer, I’ll take it up to bestow on the person who answers his challenge. This also gives me an excuse to not try and figure them out. Conflict of interest and all. Yeah that’s it, conflict of interest… Even a little nonsense now and then is valued by the wisest men. – \* Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory \* ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Trari\_de\_Reeson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Count\_Trari\_de\_Reeson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Trari_de_Reeson)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/102 "2003-01-15T15:41:34Z")
One that I still use a lot when someone says something stupid: “You just keep thinking Butch, that’s what your good at” From **Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid** ---
**Author:** ![bafaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bafaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bafaa)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/103 "2003-01-15T15:41:56Z")
You gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie? **The Outlaw Josey Wales** ---
**Author:** ![YoudNeverGuess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a587f6/32.png) [@YoudNeverGuess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoudNeverGuess)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/104 "2003-01-15T16:06:22Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Royal Berk \* \*\*I’m Spartacus Yes - great moment from a great film - ‘Gladiator’ doesn’t have a patch on it. On a more low-brow note though I also like these: ‘Say, what do you think I am - dumb or somethin’ ’ - Lena, Singing in the Rain ‘These go to eleven’ - Nigel, This is Spinal Tap ‘There’s such a fine line between stupid and clever’ - Nigel, This is Spinal Tap ---
**Author:** ![murky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@murky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/murky)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/105 "2003-01-15T16:13:57Z")
“Man I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue.” -Airplane! and a recent addition: “We are what we love. Not what loves us.” - Adaptation (great film) ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_of\_Graymatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/74df32/32.png) [@Baron\_of\_Graymatter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_of_Graymatter)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/106 "2003-01-15T18:26:12Z")
Lucky Ned Pepper: That’s mighty big talk from a one-eyed fat man. Rooster Cogburn: Fill your hand, you sonofabitch! ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/107 "2003-01-15T19:36:06Z")
“So much time, so little to do…no, wait, reverse that.” “If God had meant for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented roller skates.” **Willy Wonka** ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/108 "2003-01-15T20:02:56Z")
To pile on the **Top Gun** goodness: “You can be my wingman anytime” * * * _cough_bullshit_cough_ ---
**Author:** ![queen\_bee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e9c0ed/32.png) [@queen\_bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/queen_bee)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/109 "2003-01-15T20:32:53Z")
Forget about holding her hand, man. Think about the damage he could do other places! - Edward Scissorhands ---
**Author:** ![Flowerchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Flowerchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flowerchild)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/110 "2003-01-15T21:43:53Z")
Any thing from **The Breakfast club** but the best line in **Dirty Dancing** was of course, **Nobody puts baby in a corner.** Wait a minute, where have I been, is that a new smilie I see? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/111 "2003-01-15T23:20:17Z")
From “The Outlaw Josey Wales” Josey: “You a bounty hunter boy?” Bounty Hunter: “A mans got to do something for a living.” Josey: “Dying ain’t much of a living.” ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/112 "2003-01-16T00:12:27Z")
Reagan/Satan – Dami, Dami, why you do this to me? Damian – You’re not my mother, you’re not my mother. Father Marin – Damian, get out. "The Excorcist ---
**Author:** ![TVS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@TVS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVS)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/113 "2003-01-16T03:30:29Z")
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.-- The Usual Suspects Oswald was a fag.-- The Usual Suspects And you will know my name is THE LORD when I lay my vengance upon thee.-- Pulp Fiction. If I was the man I was five years ago,m I’d take a FLAMETHROWER to this place!- Scent of a woman We are strong in the lord and the power of his might!-- Bram Stoker’s Dracula Coppertop!-- The Matrix Merry Christmas! Shitter’s full!-- Christmas Vacation I said… LICK MY B@LLS MR. GARRISON!-- South Park, the Movie I’m gonna find a couple of waitresses and pull me a Fredo.-- Swingers How do you write a woman? I think of a man, and take away reason and accountability.-- As Good as it Gets You make me want to be a better man.-- As Good as it Gets You ever dance with the Devil in the pale moonlight?-- Batman Your mother sucks C\*\*\*\* in Hell, Karas-- The Exorsist You are all a bunch of Bastard People!-- Waiting for Guffman Study you’re math, kids. Key to the universe.-- The Prophecy I have respect for beer!- A beautiful mind ---
**Author:** ![DLurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@DLurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DLurker)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/114 "2003-01-16T04:22:30Z")
Alright \*\* Evil Death \*\*. What were the two lines not yet identified? With the vast movie going expertise in this thread. Some one will know what flick they are from. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/115 "2003-01-16T04:25:32Z")
A new favourite from _Adaptation_ that broke me up. Ron Livingston plays Kaufman’s agent, Marty. Charlie is distraught at his difficulties with the script. ``` KAUFMAN ``` I don’t know how to adapt this. I should’ve just stuck with my own stuff. I don’t know why I thought I could… ``` MARTY ``` See her? I fucked her up the ass. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Eyed\_Stranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Green\_Eyed\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Eyed_Stranger)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/116 "2003-01-16T04:53:30Z")
My goodness already on page three, and only one **Blues Brothers** quote? Tsk tsk. “Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips.” “It’s a hundred and six miles to Chicago. We got a full tank of gas,a half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses.” “Hit it” “Oh, we got both kinds. Country and Western.” “One Timex digital watch…broken. One unused prophylactic. One…soiled” Oh so many more. GES ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/117 "2003-01-16T06:57:15Z")
“Now there’s something a girl could make sacrifices for-sable” “Did she say sable or Gable?” “Either one” “Fetchez la vache” “I think some men are following me” “I can’t imagine why” and a second vote for “Gentlemen you can fight in here-this is the War Room” and “I am shocked, shocked to find out there is gambling going on here” “Your winnings, Sir” and finally, “Frenchy, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship” ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/118 "2003-01-16T10:25:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DLurker \* > \*\*Alright \*\* Evil Death \*\*. What were the two lines not yet identified? > > With the vast movie going expertise in this thread. Some one will know what flick they are from. \*\* Evidently not. What’shisface who posted eight correct actually separated the two lines out for you. They are - and no naughty IMDb searching: “I can do anything I want … and so can you.” and “… but I never meant to hurt anybody.” Both lines are undoctored. ---
**Author:** ![DLurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@DLurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DLurker)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/119 "2003-01-17T05:37:28Z")
\*\* Evil Death \*\* Just to make sure, can we rule out Porno movies? I am pretty sure those lines have come up in a few of them but just to make sure… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245/120 "2003-01-17T05:56:34Z")
**Clerks** Randal- “I’m a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule.” Dante- “All _Jedi_ had was a bunch of Muppets.” **The Blues Brothers** About 10 people- “He broke my watch!” Police Dispatcher- “Use of excessive force in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers has been approved.” **Ghostbusters** Guy- “What are you supposed to be, some kind of a cosmonaut?” Peter- “No, man, we’re exterminators. Somebody saw a cockroach up on 12.” Guy- “Must be some cockroach.” Peter- “Bite your head off, man.” **Office Space** Tom- “It’s called a Jump to Conclusions Mat. It has different conclusions on it that you can jump to.” Michael- “That is the worst idea I’ve ever heard.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-lines/148245.md?page=7)