# Favorite single line from television? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 26, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309 "2016-01-26T22:05:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/1 "2016-01-26T22:05:52Z")
Some coworkers and I were discussing our favorite television shows and how they were written. I’m 61, or manager is 60, one coworker is in her low 50’s, the rest are way younger. We got around to lines that were iconic, lines that, if spoken, pretty much ID’d the show. I got the idea to do a poll but I haven’t seen a lot of episodic television in the last few years, so constructing such a poll for me would be difficult. What are your favorite, iconic, lines from TV? I know what _ **mine** _ is, but I won’t say yet as I don’t want to skew potential answers. (One hint though, it’s a ten word sentence.) When/if I get enough responses that seem to be repeating I’ll do a poll. So, what is your favorite or most iconic single line from television? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/2 "2016-01-26T22:24:38Z")
_Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice: Pull down your pants and slide on the ice._ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/3 "2016-01-26T22:26:26Z")
“Out. For. A. Walk…Bitch.” ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/4 "2016-01-26T22:26:48Z")
My mind immediately goes to catchphrases. I wouldn’t say any of these are _favorites_, per se, but they should be iconic enough that I don’t need to identify the show they’re from. “Get _out_!!!” “Not that there’s anything wrong with it…” “No soup for you!” “Whatchoo talking 'bout, Willis?” “Dy-no-mite!” “Exxxcellent.” “D’oh!” “To the moon, Alice!” “You’ve got some ‘splainin’ to do…” “Norm!” ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/5 "2016-01-26T22:29:32Z")
“If you value your lives, be somewhere else.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/6 "2016-01-26T22:30:35Z")
For a single line, I’d have to go with “The avalanche has started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote.”. _Babylon 5_ had a lot of other great quotes, too, but most of the best ones are longer than a single line. EDIT: Ninjaed by **Oakminster** , but his loses some of the punch when you separate it from the several before it. And Delenn’s badass speech there is still a little overshadowed by Ivanova’s “Who am I?” speech. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/7 "2016-01-26T22:31:01Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > “If you value your lives, be somewhere else.” Is that _Babylon 5_? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/8 "2016-01-26T22:36:28Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Is that _Babylon 5_? [Yes, it is.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFvkgfBXHPA) ---
**Author:** ![Chihuahua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/9 "2016-01-26T22:37:47Z")
“To alchohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/10 "2016-01-26T22:38:09Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > _Babylon 5_ had a lot of other great quotes, too, but most of the best ones are longer than a single line. Tons, but probably my favorite (that isn’t an exchange between more than one character) is a single word: _“Attributes!”_ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/11 "2016-01-26T22:42:12Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > What are your favorite, iconic, lines from TV? I know what _ **mine** _ is, but I won’t say yet as I don’t want to skew potential answers. (One hint though, it’s a ten word sentence.) Is aviation involved? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/12 "2016-01-26T22:45:32Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Is aviation involved? …and ornithology? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/13 "2016-01-26T22:46:08Z")
Vulcans never bluff. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/14 "2016-01-26T22:47:49Z")
Don’t appall me when I’m high. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/15 "2016-01-26T22:49:18Z")
Make it so number one. ---
**Author:** ![Pither](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@Pither](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pither)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/16 "2016-01-26T22:53:23Z")
“As God is my witness I thought turkeys could fly…” ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/17 "2016-01-26T22:54:09Z")
As God is my witness I thought turkeys could fly. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/18 "2016-01-26T22:54:25Z")
“Let’s get the hell out of here.” Made quite an impression on a certain 6 yr old sci-fi geek ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/19 "2016-01-26T22:57:19Z")
Grasshopper! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-single-line-from-television/744309/20 "2016-01-26T22:58:19Z")
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