# Iconic pop culture quotes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-pop-culture-quotes/581898 "2011-05-14T14:08:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-pop-culture-quotes/581898/41 "2011-05-16T15:39:29Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > (not a quote) > > A lot of these are baby boomer-centric. I don’t recall all that much of the pop culture being overwhelmed by stuff from the, oh, 1930s when I was a kid. I’ll bet you recognize this one: “Because that’s where the money is.” ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-pop-culture-quotes/581898/42 "2011-05-16T15:43:04Z")
Let them eat cake. Four score and seven years ago… The British are coming! ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-pop-culture-quotes/581898/43 "2011-05-16T16:00:10Z")
> [@Peanuthead](#): > > “I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. And you, Senator, are no Jack Kennedy.” > -Lloyd Bensten to Dan Quayle- I have always adored this quote. The man just sounded like pure class somehow…though name dropping _usually_ sounds low-class. And what I loved most about it was Quayle’s response. Just like in the movies, he actually seemed completely served, “Why I never!” Hahaaa! Actually I think he said, ‘Sir, that was totally uncalled for’. Just as funny. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-pop-culture-quotes/581898/44 "2011-05-16T16:11:01Z")
> [@Khan](#): > > Khaaaan!!! Seriously? Your name is Khan, and that’s the best you can do? _ahem_ …KHAAAAAAAAAAN!!! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-pop-culture-quotes/581898/45 "2011-05-16T16:37:28Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I’m wondering if people missed the OP’s clarification or don’t know that a lot of those phrases come from TV and movies. What we have here is a failure to communicate. The Eagle has landed. I am not a crook. Yowza yowza yowza! ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-pop-culture-quotes/581898/46 "2011-05-16T17:37:20Z")
Yippee-ki-ay-[motherfucker ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-pop-culture-quotes/581898/47 "2011-05-16T17:41:18Z")
How about a question about how phrases become widely used? During the past year or so, I have heard a number of people IRL and even seen a few posters on SDMB begin a reply in conversation with “I know. Right?”. The way this has begun to crop up in disparate places, and the relative lack of meaning that it conveys, lead me to believe that this must come from a movie or a TV show. Does anyone know if that’s true? If so, which show? ---
**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:** [May 16, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-pop-culture-quotes/581898/48 "2011-05-16T18:30:10Z")
Seinfeld, I think. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-pop-culture-quotes/581898/49 "2011-05-16T19:01:43Z")
“What we have is a failure to communicate” “I made him an offer he can’t refuse” “I cudda been a contender” and an old one… “Tippicanoe and Tyler two” ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-pop-culture-quotes/581898/50 "2011-05-16T19:32:22Z")
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