Whenever I’m told a long story that kind of peters out into pointlessness, I wait a beat and give them a quote from Pee Wee’s Big Adventure: “I love that story.”
Just the other day, I said, “Now there’s something you don’t see every day,” a line I first heard on the old Bullwinkle Show.
(I was commenting on the phantom suit of armor in last night’s Witchblade on TNT, a made-for-TV movie I did not care for. So little happened, and yet I kept watching, thinking, “Maybe it gets better in the last hour.” Nope.)
(It was SOOOO predictable. As soon as the Bad Guy appeared, I thought, “Well, we know whose ass she’s going to kick in the last fifteen minutes of the movie.” I was right.)
There’s not much of a difference between quoting Bruce Campbell and Duke Nukem, but I frequently say:
“Groovy!”
“Yeah… and maybe I’m a Chinese jet pilot.”
“Damn, those alien bastards are gonna pay for shooting up my ride.”
“What are you waiting for? Christmas?”
And Arnold Schwarzenegger had good lines in Commando:
“You’re a funny guy, Sully. I like you. That’s why I’m going to kill you last.”
“You remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last? I lied.”
They’re no basement in the Alamo! - PeeWee’s big adventure
Don’t you people have homes!?- Caddyshack
So that your friend there in the chipper?-Fargo
Those retarded bastered are the best thing that ever happened to me (or something close to that)
Something about Mary
Applicable in almost any situation: “It’s good to be the king.” (History of the World, Part I)
Particularly fun when you’re in a board meeting and someone isn’t willing to meet you in compromise: “Gimme some sugar, baby.” (Army of Darkness)
One that creeps in at odd times (from a cartoon, not a movie): “OK, lady, I love you, buh-bye!” Most effective if you can manage Mindy’s high squeaky voice.
At restaurants where the waitresses flirt with you (Outback Steakhouse comes to mind, among others): “And, then, the oral sex!” (MPATHG, of course)
“I’m shocked, shocked, to find (whatever) going on in this establishment!” -Casablanca, for use whenever someone points out the obvious.
“It’s a thingie! A fiendish, evil thingie!” -Help!
“Now, if you’ll excuse me- I’m going home to sleep with my wife.” -Clue
And, while not directly from a movie, inspired by one (and stolen from an RPG)-
“Lick that monolith, Arthur.” When someone does something relatively bright.
From Dusk 'Til Dawn = “Everybody be cool. YOU… be cool.”
(Although it hasn’t happened yet… I’m REALLY ready to use…)
-“I will make you my slave.”
-“No thanks, I already have a wife.”
Mission: Impossible 2 = “What? To sleep with a man and then lie to him? She’s a woman; she has all the training she needs.”
FromIdunnowheres (and TV cartoons):
“Yess! That’s a pain that will DEFINATELY stay with me for a while…”
“Okay,prettyladyIloveyoubuhbye.”
“Now there’s something you don’t see everyday.”
“Oooh. That’s GOTTA hurt.”/“That’s gonna leave a mark.”
Well I quote just about everything, I think my friends have given up trying to figure out what’s mine and what isn’t they just smile and nod.
“What is your childhood trauma?” in a ditzy valley girl voice, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
“Let’s go kick some honey buns!” Mushu from Mulan
“No. The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don’t be a guy.” Say Anything
“So I’m single now, and everything’s changed. I hate it.”
Say Anything
(in regards to anything in English class) “They give you credit just for speaking it, right?” Buffy
“I can not stress enough how much I don’t have plans.” Xander from Buffy
“I got so many hickeys people’ll think I’m a leper.” Grease
“Men are rats! Worse then that! They’re fleas on rats! Worse then that! They’re amoebas on fleas on rats! They’re too low for even the dogs to bite. The only man a girl can trust is her daddy.” Grease (alright I’m just a little bit bitter at times)
“Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker!” Willy Wonka
“Buttons, buttons, whose got the button?” Willy Wonka
Alright I think I’ll shut up now. runs back off to her little corner
God I love Clue and Ghostbusters! Though I don’t quote 'em that much.
You can easily work “Where’s the fun in that?” from Jurassic Park in to everyday life. Watch it to get the accent and inflection right.
Jaws quotes are good, too:
“Here’s to swimmin’ with bowlegged women.”
*Half sing, half hum “Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies, farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain” (Occasionally used like when Quint maxes-out the engine on the Orca going to shore near the end, for when you speed up in your car to pass somebody.)
“You rich?” … “How much?”
“SON-of-a-BITCH!” (Said by Quint as Brody and his wife are walking along the docks towards the Orca, before they put to sea. Watch and listen carefully for the special emphasis Quint puts into this.)
“Awww FUCK!” (by Roy Schieder in the out-takes on the 25th Anniv. DVD. He puts a lot of emphasis into it )