# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Newton\_s\_Apple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Newton\_s\_Apple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newton_s_Apple)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/161 "2011-10-01T06:15:29Z")
assuming TV is ok, a fave from Futurama: Fry: When will that be? Glermo\*: Soon enough. Fry: That’s not soon enough! To this day I want to say “that’s not soon enough!” any time I hear someone use the phrase “soon enough”… \*I was sure Professor Farnsworth said this, but I just googled it to make sure and apparently it’s this one-shot character. oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/162 "2011-10-01T08:04:10Z")
I blame society. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/163 "2011-10-02T11:16:25Z")
> [@Newton\_s\_Apple](#): > > assuming TV is ok, a fave from Futurama: > > Fry: When will that be? > Glermo\*: Soon enough. > Fry: That’s not soon enough! > > To this day I want to say “that’s not soon enough!” any time I hear someone use the phrase “soon enough”… > > \*I was sure Professor Farnsworth said this, but I just googled it to make sure and apparently it’s this one-shot character. oh well. > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I blame society. For Futurama? ---
**Author:** ![drbhoneydew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d78d45/32.png) [@drbhoneydew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drbhoneydew)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/164 "2011-10-02T16:31:50Z")
Macreedy: You’re not only wrong. You’re wrong at the top of your voice. _Bad Day at Black Rock_ ---
**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 2, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/165 "2011-10-02T16:40:27Z")
> [@drbhoneydew](#): > > Macreedy: You’re not only wrong. You’re wrong at the top of your voice. > > _Bad Day at Black Rock_ That was an outstanding movie, and incredible performance from Tracy. Many excellent lines as well. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/166 "2011-10-02T17:33:36Z")
PINHEAD: . . . But trick us again, and your suffering will be legendary even in Hell! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/167 "2011-10-02T21:34:00Z")
Lots of great lines in this thread. I’ve been mulling over this one for a while, torn between some already mentioned, among others, but my fave (for right now, at least) is from _The Wizard of Oz_: “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.” ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/168 "2011-10-02T21:39:26Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > For Futurama? LOL No, that’s my own personal “greatest line from any movie or TV”. The full line is “I know a life of crime led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame society… society made me what I am.” But I usually just shorten it to “I blame society”. It’s my own version of “that’s what she said”, kinda. ---
**Author:** ![luvtinayothers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@luvtinayothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvtinayothers)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/169 "2011-10-02T21:50:33Z")
From Silverado: Mal Johnson: Now, I don’t wanna kill you, and you don’t wanna be dead. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/170 "2011-10-02T22:13:25Z")
> [@audit1](#): > > “Who am I? I am Susan Ivanova. Commander. Daughter of Andrei and Sofia Ivanov. I am the right hand of vengeance and the boot that is going to kick your sorry ass all the way back to Earth, sweetheart. I am death incarnate, and the last living thing that you are ever going to see. God sent me.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RaSmassvv4w/hqdefault.jpg "Susan Ivanova - "I Am Death Incarnate"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaSmassvv4w) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/171 "2011-10-03T00:21:55Z")
“Okay.” _zzzip_ “Let’s be bad guys.” ---
**Author:** ![rotntoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rotntoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rotntoe)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/172 "2011-10-03T22:41:06Z")
Bruce Lee, Enter the Dragon. “You have offended my family, and you have offended the Shaolin Temple.” ---
**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 3, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/173 "2011-10-03T22:44:03Z")
“You elected?” “No. Got nominated real good, though.” > [@Miller](#): > > “Okay.” _zzzip_ “Let’s be bad guys.” Nitpick: “Shiny.” Not “Okay.” ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/174 "2011-10-03T23:02:51Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > [“I lied.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd1kzNBt4f4) Also, this one (couldn’t find video): [Kirk and party have commandeered Kruge’s Bird of Prey] Kirk: [to Maltz] You! Help us or die! Maltz: I do not deserve to live! Kirk: Fine. I’ll kill you later! [later, once safely in Warp Speed] Kirk: Take care of the prisoner. Maltz: Wait! You said you would kill me! Kirk: I lied! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/175 "2011-10-03T23:20:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, let me tell you something, funny boy. Y’know that little stamp, > > the one that says “New York Public Library”? Well that may not mean > > anything to you, but that means a lot to me. One whole hell of a lot. > > Sure, go ahead, laugh if you want to. I’ve seen your type before: > > Flashy, making the scene, flaunting convention. Yeah, I know what you’re > > thinking. What’s this guy making such a big stink about old library > > books? Well, let me give you a hint, junior. Maybe we can live without > > libraries, people like you and me. Maybe. Sure, we’re too old to change > > the world, but what about that kid, sitting down, opening a book, right > > now, in a branch at the local library and finding drawings of pee-pees > > and wee-wees on the Cat in the Hat and the Five Chinese Brothers? > > Doesn’t HE deserve better? Look. If you think this is about overdue > > fines and missing books, you’d better think again. This is about that > > kid’s right to read a book without getting his mind warped! Or: maybe > > that turns you on, Seinfeld; maybe that’s how y’get your kicks. You and > > your good-time buddies. Well I got a flash for ya, joy-boy: Party time > > is over. Y’got seven days, Seinfeld. That is one week! [Watch it.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zePQavforA) OK, OK, it’s not a single line, but it’s great… ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/176 "2011-10-03T23:53:10Z")
suck my fat one you cheap dimestore hood. Gordie in Stand By Me ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/177 "2011-10-04T00:28:54Z")
I think it’s interesting that some Dopers have trouble with the word “one”. The idea was to pick THE best line so yes, you do have to make a hard life choice. ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/178 "2011-10-04T01:57:03Z")
## From The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: [_Tuco is in a bubble bath. The One Armed Man enters the room_] **One-Armed Man** : I’ve been looking for you for eight months. Whenever I should have had a gun in my right hand, I thought of you. Now I find you in exactly the position that suits me. I had lots of time to learn to shoot with my left. [_Tuco kills him with the gun he has hidden in the foam_] **Tuco** : When you have a chance to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk. From Die Hard _[McClane is scooting along on his back, trying to stay underneath a conference table while, above him, a terrorist is stomping along atop the conference table trying to shoot him through the wood. Eventually, McClain runs out of table…]_ * * * **Marco** : You are done now. Where you going, pal? Soon there will be no more table. [_pulls out his clip and jams a fresh one in_. _Then he misquotes Tuco from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly_] Next time you have a chance to kill someone, don’t hesitate. **McClane** : [_fires upwards several times through the table, riddling Marco with bullets. Marco drops dead on the table with bullets and wood splinters in him_] **Thanks for the advice, “pal”!** * * * ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/179 "2011-10-04T06:33:58Z")
You’re going the wrong way, you’re going to kill someone… ---
**Author:** ![Vicullum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6de8d8/32.png) [@Vicullum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vicullum)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431/180 "2011-10-04T06:57:08Z")
If you’re a fan of Breaking Bad (who isn’t?), then you’ll love this line delivery by [Giancarlo Esposito.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOmp3HpAGgM) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-line-from-any-movie-or-tv/597431.md?page=10)