# Most memorable movie quotes **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 8, 2000, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565 "2000-08-08T14:37:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [August 8, 2000, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/1 "2000-08-08T14:37:49Z")
I heard about a poll of the top 100 movie quotes. Number one was “I’ll be back” from Terminator. Second was “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” Also on the list was “hasta la vista, baby”. I didn’t hear them all, but my favorite would be “Yippee ki-ay, motherfucker!” What’s your favorite movie quote? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/2 "2000-08-08T14:41:44Z")
What we have here is a failure to communicate. ---
**Author:** ![jb\_farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/3 "2000-08-08T14:45:26Z")
“I am in a world full of shit, but I am alive and I am not afraid.” “Getcher paws off me, you damned DIRTY APE!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/4 "2000-08-08T14:56:22Z")
“You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? Well I’m the only one here.” “I love the smell of napalm in the morning. It’s the smell of victory.” “I _am_ the Brute Squad.” MR ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/5 "2000-08-08T14:57:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dinsdale \* > \*\*What we have here is a failure to communicate. \*\* What we _got_ here… Also… “Leave the gun. Take the canoles.” ---
**Author:** ![Teach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@Teach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/6 "2000-08-08T15:09:22Z")
“Food alright?..Try the wine!” Name that flick. ---
**Author:** ![Teach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@Teach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/7 "2000-08-08T15:11:16Z")
In the same scene… “I’m pleased you appreciate good wine. Have another glass!” ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/8 "2000-08-08T15:15:25Z")
“And what a grand pursuit it must be…” “Winter has come at last.” ---
**Author:** ![dekayx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@dekayx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dekayx)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/9 "2000-08-08T15:16:10Z")
I remember reading somewhere that the most recognizable movie quote is ’ Bond, James Bond." As for a favorite - how about “You know I don’t wear underwear, don’t you?” Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/10 "2000-08-08T15:27:44Z")
Teach: “A Clockwork Orange”, if memory serves. My personal favorites are more lowbrow. “I am shocked–shocked!–to find gambling going on.” “Your winnings, sir.” “Thank you.” “You are blind, Lou, and you cannot speak. But you can hear–and that will never do!” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/11 "2000-08-08T15:39:38Z")
Ryan, most things in here don’t react well with bullets. I shagged her. I shagged her rotten baby, yeah! No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die. ---
**Author:** ![Teach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@Teach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/12 "2000-08-08T15:42:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mbh \* > \*\*Teach: “A Clockwork Orange”, if memory serves. > \*\* You got it, my droogie. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mbh \* > \*\*My personal favorites are more lowbrow. \*\* I never thought of _Clockwork_ as highbrow. Is it? > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mbh \* > \*\*“I am shocked–shocked!–to find gambling going on.” “Your winnings, sir.” “Thank you.” > > “You are blind, Lou, and you cannot speak. But you can hear–and that will never do!”\*\* I don’t recognize those, though. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/13 "2000-08-08T15:47:45Z")
“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” It don’t get much better than that. ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/14 "2000-08-08T15:48:48Z")
“There’s no place like home.” ---
**Author:** ![Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/15 "2000-08-08T15:51:43Z")
“Zed’s dead, baby. Zed’s dead.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stranger\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@The\_Stranger\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stranger_1)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/16 "2000-08-08T15:53:55Z")
“Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms” ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/17 "2000-08-08T15:54:40Z")
“He’s cutting a piece of wood. And I have a feeling that when he stops cutting, something’s gonna happen.” "I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck… maybe even a “recreational vehicle.” “What’s that? Chicken?” “Something like that. Tastes the same anyway.” ---
**Author:** ![irish\_bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ac91a4/32.png) [@irish\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irish_bill)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/18 "2000-08-08T15:55:25Z")
Inconceivable. Heere’s Johnny! Smile, you sonofabitch. Damp hair is for squids. Bright light, bright light. You know how to whistle dont you, you put your lips together and blow. ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/19 "2000-08-08T15:56:40Z")
“Here’s looking at you, kid”. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565/20 "2000-08-08T16:04:34Z")
“I don’t give a good fuck what you know or don’t know, I’m gonna torture you anyway.” “Back home, they put me in jail for what I’m doing. Here, they give me awards.” “Do or do not, there is no try.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565.md?page=2)