# Non-memorable movie lines... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 28, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-memorable-movie-lines/792304 "2017-07-28T02:42:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-memorable-movie-lines/792304/1 "2017-07-28T02:42:01Z")
… That you like anyway. The movie: The Professional Mathilda (after being hit by her father): Is life always this hard, or is it just when you’re a kid? Léon: ALways like this. I like it because you are expecting him to give her hope, instead he gives her the harsh truth. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e02CauzZVX4/hqdefault.jpg "Leon Always Like This!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e02CauzZVX4) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-memorable-movie-lines/792304/2 "2017-07-28T10:59:34Z")
But the _Leon_ quote isn’t really a non-memorable one! You want a non-memorable phrase, the line “[no time for pancakes](http://www.google.com/search?q=no+time+for+pancakes+%22patriot+games%22&oq=no+time+for+pancakes+%22patriot+games)” from _Patriot Games_ has always stuck with me, and I sometimes think of it when deciding that there isn’t time for something. ---
**Author:** ![Mavic\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-memorable-movie-lines/792304/3 "2017-07-28T11:06:52Z")
Everyone remembers “I am big - it’s the pictures that got small” from Sunset Boulevard. But no one remembers the next line “I always knew there was something wrong with them” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-memorable-movie-lines/792304/4 "2017-07-28T12:18:26Z")
One of my favorites is a throwaway line in Lawrence Kasdan’s **Silverado** , spoken by Kevin Kline, playing Paden: > [@](#): > > Hobart: Baxter! Hawley! Where the hell’ve you been? You’re late and I tell you, I don’t like it. It’s a bad start, boys. I got my people down there throwin’ snowballs and rarin’ to go. > > Emmett: I’m afraid it is a bad start, friend, 'cause my name ain’t Baxter, he ain’t Hawley. > > Hobart: You’re not Baxter? > > Emmett: Name’s Emmett. > > Hobart: You’re not Baxter either? > > Paden: No, I’m not Hawley. Whenever I’ve seen it in the theater, this fails to get the laugh it was intended to. I think a lot of people miss it. Emmett (Scott Glenn) tells Hobart that he isn’t Baxter and that his companion Paden (Kevin Kline) isn’t Hawley. Hobart asks Emmett if he’s Baxter, and Emmett says he isn’t. Then, instead of asking Paden if he’s Hawley, Hobart asks Paden if he’s Baxter. Paden, whose sense of symmetry is outraged because he should’ve been asked if he was Hawley, replies that, no, he’s the only who isn’t Hawley. (instead of saying that he isn’t Baxter). I think it goes by too quickly for a lot of people to catch it. I think that, of the ones who _do_ catch it, they don’t think it’s particularly funny. I do like it, myself, but spelling it out in detail like this eviscerates the joke, and destroys any residual humor it might have had. But I still like it. Paden’s the one with the quirky sense of humor, which I identify with. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-memorable-movie-lines/792304/5 "2017-07-29T03:28:33Z")
Thanks for posting that. I love that movie and I’ve seen it several times. Each time that scene goes by the cadence of it always mentally tripped me up but I never got the joke. It seems so obvious now. I think you’re right, it goes by too fast for most people to get. Silly I know, but knowing this makes me happy.