# Movies or TV shows you only quote one line from **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817 "2016-10-27T01:12:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/41 "2016-10-27T19:51:57Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > From _Cool Hand Luke_: “What we have here is a failure to communicate.” The actual quote is “What we’ve got here, is failure to communicate.” > [@Grrr](#): > > “We don’t need no stinking badges” The actual quote from _Treasure of the Sierra Madre_ is “Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges.” The quote you used is actually spoken in _Blazing Saddles_. My quote is from _The Paul Lynde Show_ in response the questions “How’s the rat race?” “The rats are winning.” ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/42 "2016-10-27T19:56:50Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > “No.”–Annakin Skywalker, _Revenge of the Sith_. I prefer “[DO NOT WANT!](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/do-want-do-not-want)” > [@Telemark](#): > > The actual quote is “What we’ve got here, is failure to communicate.” > The actual quote from _Treasure of the Sierra Madre_ is “Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges.” The quote you used is actually spoken in _Blazing Saddles_. > > My quote is from _The Paul Lynde Show_ in response the questions “How’s the rat race?” “The rats are winning.” These are a special category, along with “Luke, I am your father”\* or “play it again, Sam”\*\* \*“No, I am your father”, though I’d hope most people know more than one ESB quote \*\*“Play it once, Sam. For old times’ sake.” and a few other lines ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/43 "2016-10-27T22:28:16Z")
[“I could crush your head…like a nut…but I won’t…because I need you!”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDov_a1vZbY) - Max von Sydow, “Strange Brew” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/44 "2016-10-28T01:57:33Z")
Norm in _ **Cheers!** _ “Women! Can’t live with 'em … pass the Beer Nuts, Woody!” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/45 "2016-10-28T02:22:21Z")
I’ve used a bunch of the ones already mentioned. Today I used one when looking at the proposed additional load to put on a computer system: Jaws: You’re going to need a bigger boat. One I wish I didn’t have so many reasons to use: Predator: I ain’t got time to bleed. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/46 "2016-10-28T02:28:18Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > [“I could crush your head…like a nut…but I won’t…because I need you!”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDov_a1vZbY) > > - Max von Sydow, “Strange Brew” Oh, get real. I quote multiple lines from “Strange Brew” EVERY DAY. “I gotta take a leak so bad I can TASTE it!” “If I didn’t have puke breath, I’d kiss you.” “Let ME try. I’m a genius.” ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/47 "2016-10-28T05:41:10Z")
From The Magnificent Seven: Eli Wallach as the bandit Calvera, explaining his philosophy of plundering the poor villagers: “If God had not wanted them to be shorn, He would not have made them sheep.” ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/48 "2016-10-28T13:04:45Z")
This is fairly hard for me. Sure, the examples of “stinkin’ badges” and “little friend” are memorable. But I don’t _quote_ them (except for pun and such purposes). If I like the movie/TV show enough to quote it, I’ll remember several lines. The best I can do is where I say my favorite line from a movie far, far more often than the others. From _Searching for Bobby Fischer_: “Ooh, that was a mistake.” (Remember to say this with a Ben Kingsley accent.) For TV, it’s _Community_ and Abed’s “Cool, cool, cool, cool.” (But 3 "cool"s will do if I’m in a rush.) If I say “Yeehaw!” am I quoting _Dr. Strangelove_? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/49 "2016-10-28T13:24:18Z")
What about “And don’t call me Shirley.”? Whenever anyone says something beginning with “Surely,” I use that line. And they laugh. What’s odd is about half of them have no clue where it comes from ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/50 "2016-10-28T13:30:02Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > What about “And don’t call me Shirley.”? Whenever anyone says something beginning with “Surely,” I use that line. And they laugh. > > What’s odd is about half of them have no clue where it comes from It is an old joke, but I doubt many people using it have any source for it but the movie or people quoting the movie. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/51 "2016-10-28T13:43:01Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > EVERYTHING ends badly, or else it wouldn’t end. If anyone cares, this was from Tom Cruise’s “Cocktail.” And I use the line a lot in a sports context. When a great athlete gets old and goes downhill fast, I remember that line. We always wish great sports careers wouldn’t end horribly. But they usually do. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/52 "2016-10-28T14:30:51Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > If anyone cares, this was from Tom Cruise’s “Cocktail.” And I use the line a lot in a sports context. > > When a great athlete gets old and goes downhill fast, I remember that line. We always wish great sports careers wouldn’t end horribly. But they usually do. I knew it - recognized the line as soon as I read it. There’s some great dialogue from “Doug Coglin” in that movie too - “Bury the dead - they stink up the joint.” ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/53 "2016-10-29T00:08:44Z")
Lethal Weapon Two" “Because you’re blick!” Cherry 2000: “Can I get you a Pepsi, Honey?” ---
**Author:** ![Victor\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/54 "2016-10-29T03:58:32Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > What about “And don’t call me Shirley.”? Whenever anyone says something beginning with “Surely,” I use that line. And they laugh. > > What’s odd is about half of them have no clue where it comes from That’s the only line you quote from that movie? It’s only one of the most quotable movies ever. “Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?” “Roger, Roger.” “I picked a bad day to stop sniffing glue.” “There’s a sale at Penney’s!” “I speak jive.” And on and on… ---
**Author:** ![Victor\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/55 "2016-10-29T04:01:06Z")
“Hold it between your knees.” Jack Nicholson in _Five Easy Pieces_ ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/56 "2016-10-29T11:09:00Z")
My wife, I, and even my five-year-old son say “_Tight! Tight! Tight!_” at least once a week --say, when trying to open a jar of peanut butter. It was Tuco’s reaction to trying out the blue meth in _Breaking Bad_. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/57 "2016-10-29T11:12:34Z")
My Big Fat Greek Wedding “She fixed it!” It’s a throwaway line in the background after the inlaws befuddle them with a Bundt cake. They “fix” the hole in the cake by sticking a potted plant in the middle. I don’t know why but it’s the funniest line in the movie. We use it all the time when we actually fix something or when we’re ridiculously proud of something trivial. A Christmas Story “I’m not colorblind either” All purpose line when one of us is annoyed at the other for being stubborn or patronizing. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/58 "2016-10-29T11:14:15Z")
“Serpentine!” ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/59 "2016-10-29T14:38:30Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > “Serpentine!” But then you have to shout: " I have flames on my car!" ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817/60 "2016-10-30T00:49:49Z")
I’ve adopted a line from the 1990s TV show, _Herman’s Head_. The main characters all work in the fact-checking department at a publisher, and the department head is Paul Bracken, a man with a mind like a steel trap. To any trivial, obscure question somebody asks, he instantly has the correct answer. This is always followed by, “Wow! How did you know that?!” And he would always answer: “I’m Bracken. I know everything!” My mind works in a similar manner and I also have a tendency to know unexpected facts, so I like to use the line, substituting my own last name. It’s actually my _second_-favorite line from the show, but my favorite line has rather limited use. There was a scene when one of the female leads asked Herman, “Herman, do you think my skirt is too tight?” And Herman replied: “Not if you’ve been shot in the ass and you’re trying to stop the bleeding.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817.md?page=4)