“Luckily, just then, an unconscious Argentinian fell through the ceiling!” - Ewan McGregor’s character narrating, Moulon Rouge
Oota goota, Solo? - Greedo, Star Wars
“Therre are shome thingsh down herre, Mishter Ryan, that don’t react well to bulletsh” - Sean Connery as Capt. Marko Ramius, and a few seconds later, Alec Baldwain as Jack Ryan mimicking Ramius, The Hunt for Red October
“Allllmossst therrre…” Red Leader, Star Wars
How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss?- Usual Suspects
People don’t commit murder on credit. - Dial M for Murder
Here! I’ve got an idea. Suppose you agree that he can’t actually have babies, not having a womb, which is nobody’s fault, not even the Romans’, but that he can have the right to have babies. -Life of Brian
forgot one:
Well, Thelma, you get what you settle for. Thelma and Louise
“You must be one of them deviated pre-verts!”
–Dr. Strangelove
“Got a bit of a pain in the gulliver.”
–A Clockwork Orange
“I’m old n’ give-out.”
–Sling Blade
“I’m tryin’ ta drive you to the sto’!”
–Driving Miss Daisy
“Stupid is as stupid does, sir.”
–Forrest Gump
“Get me transvestites! I need transvestites!”
–Ed Wood
Think about the last five minutes of Raiders of the Lost Ark when Indiana Jones is trying to find out where the Ark is.
“My name is Muerte!” –Undercover Blues
“Looks like we’re gonna need some more FBI guys.” –Die Hard
“We at the FBI do not have a sense of humor we are aware of.” –Men in Black
Most of Office Space (see sig)
Moving this quotefest to Cafe Society.
Actually, the real quote is: “Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges.”
Many of mine have already been stolen. Here’s a few:
Clint: Hell of a thing, killin’ a man. Take away all he’s got and all he’s ever gonna have.
Kid: Well, I guess he had it comin’.
Clint: We all got it comin’, kid.
Jack: Heeeeere’s Johnny!
Hannibal: A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
Willard: Saigon, shit. I’m still only in Saigon. Every time I think I’m going to wake up back in the jungle. When I was home after my first tour, it was worse. I’d wake up and there’d be nothing.
Ash: Gimme some sugar, baby.
Nigel: …These go to eleven!
“I…I…I believe you have my stapler.” - Milton in Office Space
Did I ever tell you how I invented snowboarding? I don’t want credit, but they keep giving it to me! - forgot the dude’s name, in Out Cold
Seriously, I have a list on my computer of threads I want to start, and one of them was “Favorite line from a movie” but I never started it because I could never think of my favorite line!
“I AM big. It was the movies that got small.” Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard
“I think it’s more sense than meself you’re havin’.” Barry Fitzgerald, The Quiet Man
“Look at that! It’s like Jell-O on springs. I tell you, it’s a whole different sex!” Jack Lemmon, Some Like It Hot
“Get away from her, you bitch!” - Aliens
“We named the dog Indiana.” - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
“INCONCEIVABLE!” - The Princess Bride
“That’s the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!” - …kind of obvious, isn’t it?
Police Detective - “We do not allow smoking in here.”
Sharon Stone - “So what are you going to do, arrest me for smoking?” Basic Instinct
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Butch - “What do you think they’re going to do?”
Sundance - “Well they might surrender to us but I doubt it.”
Smokey and the Bandit
“I want a Dr. Pepper and a Diablo sandwich and make it fast. I’m in a goddamned hurry.”
Son -“Daddy daddy my hat fell off. Jackie Gleason " I hope your goddamn head was in it.”
“When I get home I’m gonna slap yo momma in the mouth cuz I know the likes of you didn’ come from these loins.”
Richard Pryor - Live On Sunset Strip
“When a woman breaks your heart, she get beautifler with some other mother ****** that looks good”
“Badgers? Badgers?!? We don’t NEED no stinking badgers!”
“Supplies!”
“You idiot! Can’t you do anything I tell you to do?!? Does THIS look like a Number 2 pencil?!?”
“Nothing! Absolutely nothing! Stupid! You so STUPID!”
“Welcome to… ‘Secrets… of… the Universe.’ Today we will learn to make plutonium from common household items.”
“Never before in motion picture history has there been a screen presence so powerful… so commanding… so deadly: Conan the Librarian!”
All from UHF…
Mr. Blonde: Hey Joe, want me to shoot this guy?
Mr. White: Shit… you shoot me in a dream, you better wake up and apologise.
– Reservoir Dogs
Pres. Muffley: Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room.
– Dr. Strangelove
Adam/Felicia: Ever since I was a lad, I’ve had a dream – a dream that I now, finally, have a chance to fulfill.
Bernadette: And what was that?
Adam/Felicia: To travel to the centre of Australia, climb King’s Canyon - as a queen - in a full length Gautier sequin, heels and a tiara.
Bernadette: Great, that’s just what this country needs. A cock in a frock on a rock.
– The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
i’m not a guy, but i know some! (that should be a movie quote! ;))
some of my favorites:
my sig line
“happy people just don’t go out and kill their husbands. they just don’t”-legally blonde
‘aahhh! it’s godzilla!
but it can’t be due to international copyright law!
let’s run like it is godzillaaaa!
but it isn’t-AAAAAAHHHH!’-goldmember
one of these days i’ll settle on my favorite line from the best movie ever. tonight i like this one:
‘brave sir robin ran away, bravely ran away away’
shakes head and realizes she’s seen holy grail too many times
i’m just glad this board isn’t about somng quotes, otherwise i’d be here all night
From Heathers:
Dad: Dammit, will somebody tell me why I smoke these things?
Veronica: Because you’re an idiot.
Dad: Oh yeah! That’s it…
From Millers Crossing:
“You can’t hijack me, Tic-Tac, we’re on the same side now. Or didn’t you get that far in school?”
“This is my business - intimidating helpless women is part of what I do…”
“Ray - when someone asks you if you’re a god, you say YES!”
Maybe I’ve missed it, but has no one posted the treasure trove of movie lines from O’ Brother Where Art Thou?
Tommy Johnson: “I had to be up at that there crossroads last midnight, to sell my soul to the devil.”
Ulysses Everett McGill: “Well, ain’t it a small world, spiritually speaking. Pete and Delmar just been baptized and saved. I guess I’m the only one that remains unaffiliated.”
Pete: “What’s the devil look like?”
Ulysses Everett McGill: “Well, Pete, there are all manner of lesser imps and demons, but the great Satan hisself is red and scaly with a bifurcated tail, and he carries a hay fork.”
Tommy Johnson:“Oh no, sir. He’s white, as white as you folks, with empty eyes and a big hollow voice. He likes to travel around with a mean old hound.”
Penny Wharvey McGill: “A lot of respectable people have been hit by trains.”
Pete:“No one’s gonna pick three dirty, unshaved strangers – and one of them a know-it-all who can’t keep his trap shut.”
Ulysses Everett McGill: “Pete, the personal rancor reflected in that remark I don’t intend to dignify with comment. However, I would like to address your general attitude of negativity. Consider the lilies o’ the goddamn field or… hell! Take Delmar here as your paradigm of hope.”
Delmar O’Donnell: “We thought you was a toad!”
Pete: “What?”
Delmar O’Donnell: [leaning in, speaking slower] “We thought you was a toad!”
Ulysses Everett McGill: “So you’re against me now too? Is that how it is boys? The whole world, God almighty, and now you.”
Ulysses Everett McGill: “I like the smell of my hair treatment; the pleasing odor is half the point.”
Screws fall out all the time, sir. The world’s an imperfect place.
~John Bender, The Breakfast Club
Too bad she won’t live…but then again, who does?
~Gaff, Blade Runner
I want more life, fucker!
~Roy Batty, Blade Runner
You’ve got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?
~Harry Callahan, Dirty Harry
I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or… process anything sold, bought or processed, or repair anything sold, bought or processed, you know, as a career I don’t want to do that.
~Lloyd Dobler, Say Anything
I’m melting! I’m melting! Who would have thought a little girl like you could destroy all my beautiful wickedness!
~The Wicked Witch of the West, The Wizard of Oz
It was just a mission statement!
~Jerry Maguire
“I don’t want to say anything over the phone. All I can say is; I killed her last night.”
-Danny Devito, Throw Mama From the Train