# It's time for another installment of MOVIE LINES YOU USE IN EVERYDAY LIFE! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 8, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586 "2011-09-08T05:11:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/21 "2011-09-08T14:40:53Z")
“Both ways are nice,” accompanied by cross-armed pointing. (The scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz) Not a movie, but I _always_ say “roast beast” instead of roast beef. (How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) “It’s only a flesh wound.” (Monty Python and the Holy Grail.) ---
**Author:** ![maisoui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@maisoui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maisoui)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/22 "2011-09-08T14:42:51Z")
_“There go the piano lessions!”_ from Mystery Science Theatre 3000 The Movie. Used whenever someone gets a bump to any part of the body, not just the head… ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/23 "2011-09-08T14:43:48Z")
Sophia was playing some game on her DSI when she got killed. In a pitch-perfect _Napolean Dynamite_ voice, she says “Lucky.” ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/24 "2011-09-08T14:55:42Z")
“There is no spoon.” From The Matrix, when we are attempting to do something that on the surface looks impossible but you know the impossibility is just an illusion. “Oh, we’re in a tight spot!” From O Brother Where Art Thou, used on an almost daily basis. “You know, you’re starting to look like The Devil”. From TV - Everybody Loves Raymond - when looking directly into your SO’s eyes while saying something important/angry/serious, and there you are trying to make eye contact to get your point across and there he is puncturing your balloon of seriousness. ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/25 "2011-09-08T14:59:13Z")
A friend of mine routinely greets me (and a lot of others) by extending his hand for a handshake and saying “Eric Stratford, Rush Chairman. Damn glad to meet you.” (Animal House) I usually return the handshake with “Artie Fufkin, Polymer Records. Hiiiiii.” (This Is Spinal Tap) Also, I’m not sure if there’s ever a day that goes by in which I don’t at some point intone “Yeeaaah. Yeeaaaah.” a la Bill Lumbergh (Office Space). ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/26 "2011-09-08T15:01:21Z")
I very, very frequently do the “Kif sigh” from Futurama. ([Visible here.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUus8zOhq6Y&feature=related)) ---
**Author:** ![MobiusStripes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@MobiusStripes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MobiusStripes)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/27 "2011-09-08T15:12:03Z")
“This is not my best day ever” - Malcolm Reynolds, first episode of Firefly. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/28 "2011-09-08T15:17:35Z")
Whenever someone corrects something I’ve said, I reply with the patented Shawn Spencer (“Psych”) line, “I’ve heard it both ways.” They rarely get it. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/29 "2011-09-08T15:24:30Z")
“What fresh hell is this?” Bette Davis (I think), don’t know the movie: whenever the phone rings. “But ya aaaah, Blanche! Ya ah in that chair!” Bette Davis, _Whatever Happened to Baby Jane_. I use the appropriate word for the situation, i.e., “I’d buy that if I wasn’t so broke”. “But ya ahhhhh, Jim; ya ahhhh broke” “Fasten your seatbelts; it’s gonna be a bumpy night.” Bette Davis (I’m seeing a trend), _All About Eve_ “Ged outd”. Ahnold in probably every movie. I drop off my wife at the bus stop: “Ged outd”, in my best Arnie monotone. She always laughs, bless her heart. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/30 "2011-09-08T15:27:32Z")
Seeing **Delores Reborn** ’s user name reminded me of another one I quote frequently, from Delores Claiborne: “Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman has to hold on to.” Word, Delores. Word. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/31 "2011-09-08T15:33:46Z")
A couple more: “Lighten up, Francis”, Sgt. Hulka in _Stripes_. “Why do you say these things to me when you know I will kill you for it?” Zod to Lex Luthor in one of the Superman movies. I used to say this to my kids when they were young. Actually, I still do. When I get together with my four children, it’s nearly all quotes, all the time. We usually end up going through the entire _Enter The Dragon_ dialogue before it’s over. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/32 "2011-09-08T15:34:38Z")
“Open, damn it, open!” --Ultra Magnus, The Transformers: the Movie “BONESAW IS READY!” --Bonesaw, the first Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movie The former when I can’t get something open, the latter when I’m asked if I’m ready. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/33 "2011-09-08T15:36:10Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > “Why do you say these things to me when you know I will kill you for it?” Zod to Lex Luthor in one of the Superman movies. I used to say this to my kids when they were young. Actually, I still do. You, sir, win the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/34 "2011-09-08T15:36:11Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > “What fresh hell is this?” Bette Davis (I think), don’t know the movie: whenever the phone rings. I can hear Frasier Crane saying that in my head! And it reminded me of another one I use frequently. Boromir saying, “What is this new devilry?” ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/35 "2011-09-08T15:36:25Z")
“I can do nothin’ for ya, kid.” to my dog when there are no more noms. In my best Lebowsky/Cogburn drawl. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/36 "2011-09-08T15:40:30Z")
You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin’ to? You talkin’ to me? Well I’m the only one here. Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper? And … to be REALLY obscure: [You’re sucking on my elbow](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/trivia) ---
**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:** [September 8, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/37 "2011-09-08T15:40:42Z")
“Christ, they sent me a moron!” Scent of a Woman. I rarely say this, often think it. “So I’ve got that going for me.” Caddy Shack. Usually someone will reply “Which is nice.” ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/38 "2011-09-08T15:45:16Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > “So I’ve got that going for me.” Caddy Shack. Usually someone will reply “Which is nice.” …big hitter, the Lama ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/39 "2011-09-08T15:49:06Z")
“Everybody MOOOVE!!” (Fezik, _The Princess Bride_) “Haff fun storming de Castle” (Miracle Max, _ibid_) “Not much fun in Stalingrad, no!?” (Monty Python) “Burma!!” (_ibid_) “Dishes are DONE, man” (I think it was _So I married an Axe Murderer_) “For joo, I killa da Bull” (I have absolutely no idea) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/40 "2011-09-08T15:53:53Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > “What fresh hell is this?” Bette Davis (I think), don’t know the movie: whenever the phone rings. That is supposedly what Dorothy Parker said when her phone rang. You may be thinking of Bette’s “Fasten your seat belts–it’s going to be a bumpy night” from _All About Eve._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586.md?page=3)