# The greatest line from any movie or TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 24, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431 "2011-09-24T04:12:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/221 "2011-10-08T22:03:08Z")
Capt Kirk in Balance of Terror: Full Astern!! Emergency warp speed!! ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/222 "2011-10-08T23:13:43Z")
“I am not in danger, Skyler. I _am_ the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot and you think that of me? No. _I am the one who knocks._” - [Breaking Bad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMEq1mGpP5A) ---
**Author:** ![lurkedtolong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@lurkedtolong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkedtolong)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/223 "2011-10-09T01:42:18Z")
I know you thought this was a manageable situation, but some situations are unmanageable. Knockaround Guys ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/224 "2011-10-09T03:04:43Z")
Since I’ve slogged through this entire thread so as not to repeat a quote (unlike some of you other lazy bastages), I’m going to permit myself a bonus quote. But I’ll link it to youtube, so if you don’t want to, you don’t have to listen to it and can keep my official count to one. With that said: Chevy Chase’s [rant](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afbLb8A6oSE) in Christmas Vacation, i.e. “I want him brought right here. With a big ribbon on his head. And I wanna look him straight in the eye, and tell him what a cheap, lying, no good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-assed, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm headed, sack of monkey shit he is! Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where’s the Tylenol?” So many good ones to choose from, but I’ll go for one off the wall a bit. From the movie **In Bruges** , I give you the [cunt](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFX5rZZzCp4&feature=related) rant. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/225 "2011-10-09T03:10:14Z")
TV: [No more, Butchie. No more o’ this.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=DLrlIpoQfQg#t=97s) ---
**Author:** ![tadtooornamental](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@tadtooornamental](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tadtooornamental)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/226 "2011-10-16T02:10:07Z")
“I AM no MAN.” -Eowyn, in Return of the King. Gives me chills every damn time. (Even though the original line in the book was way more badass.) ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/227 "2011-10-16T02:13:51Z")
“It says ‘balls’ on your face.” -Garden State ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/228 "2011-10-16T02:21:59Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > TV: > > [No more, Butchie. No more o’ this.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=DLrlIpoQfQg#t=97s) That line is made by that music playing along with it, Great combination of song and script. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/229 "2011-10-16T02:24:20Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > +1 to many, especially the Josey Wales quotes Agreed. There are some great quote lines in that movie. And for those that have never seen it (or if you did and missed it) you get a chance to see a younger “Uncle Leo” from Seinfeld fame. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/230 "2011-10-16T02:47:25Z")
After filtering out the ones that were already taken: “Do you know what I really hate?” “That your date melted?” “Nah… _you_.” ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/231 "2011-10-16T08:55:47Z")
All I need is a word and not a line. It’s from Skycaptain and the World of Tomorrow. LENSCAP ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/232 "2011-10-17T14:47:11Z")
This thread needs more horror movies. **"Your suffering will be legendary…even in hell!"** - Pinhead, from _Hellraiser_. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/233 "2011-10-17T15:59:11Z")
I’ll get you my pretty, and your little dog, too. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/234 "2011-10-17T16:00:00Z")
This perhaps stretches the definition of “line,” but…I give you President Bartlett, from West Wing: You’re a son of a bitch you know that? She bought her first new car and you hit her with a drunk driver. What, is that supposed to be funny? “You can’t conceive nor can I the strangeness of the mercy of God,” says Graham Green. I think I know who’s ass he was kissing there, 'cause I think your’re just vindictive. What was Josh Lyman, the warning shot? That was my son, what did I ever do to yours but praise his glory and praise his name? There’s a tropical storm that’s gaining speed and power. They say we haven’t had a storm this bad since you took out that Tender ship of mine in the North Atlantic last year, sixty-eight crew. You know what a Tender ship does? It fixes the other ships, and, delivers the mail, that’s all it can do. Gracias Tibiago Domine. Yes, I lied. It was a sin, I’ve committed many sins. Have I displeased you, you feckless thug? Three point eight billion new jobs that wasn’t good? Bailed out Mexico, Increased foreign trade, 30 million new acres of land for conservation, put Mendoza on the bench, we’re not fighting a war, I’ve raised 3 children. That’s not enough to buy me out of the doghouse? Hace credam a deo pio? A deo iusto, a deo scico? Cruciatus in crucem. Tuus in terra sertvus, nuntius fui. Officium perfecti. Cruciatus in crucem. Eas in crucem. (Translation: Am I really to believe that these are the acts of a loving God? A just God? A wise God? To hell with your punishments. I was your servant here on Earth. And I spread your word and I did your work. To hell with your punishments. To hell with you.) ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/235 "2011-10-17T22:52:17Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > “Stay out of my territory.” -Heisenberg, Breaking bad. > [@interface2x](#): > > “I am not in danger, Skyler. I _am_ the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot and you think that of me? No. _I am the one who knocks._” - [Breaking Bad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMEq1mGpP5A) All good, but since the season finale of Breaking Bad, this has become my favorite: “I won.” ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/236 "2011-10-17T23:26:09Z")
The entire movie Ocean’s 11 (2001) is quotable. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/237 "2011-10-20T19:00:06Z")
since a lot of mine were taken I offer up from Barton Fink: Look upon me! I’ll show you the life of the mind! ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/238 "2011-10-20T20:02:18Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > “The thing’s hollow—it goes on forever—and—oh my God—it’s full of stars!” _2001: A Space Odyssey._ Isn’t this line from the sequel “2010”? It’s not in 2001 (although I haven’t seen any of the Special Editions). > [@JustinC](#): > > “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time… like tears in rain… Time to die.” Earlier today I posted Roy’s death speech as one of my favorite “movie monologues” in the thread by that name. Then, I looked into this thread for the first time, and would have posted it again, but no need- it’s been listed at least three times already. Kind of gratifying to see I’m not the only one. My official entry to this thread will make no sense to anyone who doesn’t know the movie (_Harvey_), so with my apologies… Wilson: “Is he alone?” Bartender: \*\*“Well, there’s two schools of thought, sir.” \*\* ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/239 "2011-10-20T20:44:08Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Isn’t this line from the sequel “2010”? > > It’s not in 2001 (although I haven’t seen any of the Special Editions). Actually, that’s the line from the _2001_ book. IIRC, _2010_ has the line simply as “My God! It’s full of stars!” ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/240 "2011-10-20T20:48:11Z")
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