I could have sworn he…
Son of a bitch. You’re right.
Be that as it may, from* Hombre*:
“How are you going to get down off this mountain?”
"I’ll have what she’s having. "
men in black:
Edwards: Why the big secret? People are smart. They can handle it.
Kay: A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you’ll know tomorrow.
There’s no crying in baseball!
Duke: The lights are growing dim Otto. I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am.
Otto: That’s bullshit. You’re a white suburban punk just like me.
Duke: Yeah, but it still hurts.
From the Cable guy in Independence Day as he sees the fireball of doooom coming towards him in New York:
“Oh Crap.”
It’s not too late! You can ask a moderator to change your name.
These are all pretty great lines. The one that comes to me right now is:
Vivian Jaffe: Have you ever transcended space and time?
Albert Markovski: Yes. No. Uh, time, not space… No, I don’t know what you’re talking about.
-I Heart Huckabees
I’m not locked in here with you. You’re locked in here with ME!
rorschach, best tough guy line ever.
“Mongo just pawn in game of life”. Blazing Saddles
“Whaaaaaat doooooooooes a yellllllooooooooooow liiiiiiiight meeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaan?”
“sloooooooow dooooown!”
Inigo Montoya: Offer me anything I ask for.
Count Rugen: Anything. Anything you want…
[Rugen knocks Inigo’s sword aside and lunges. But Inigo traps his arm and aims his sword at Rugen’s stomach]
Inigo Montoya: I want my father back, you son of a bitch!
My favorite line from* WKRP in Cincinnati *about the ill-fated Thanksgiving promotion has already been mentioned.
An entirely underrated line out of Erin Brockovich is when Erin is explaining to her boss how she got so much information on PG&E’s chromium pollution:
They’re called boobs, Hal.
It’s not my goddamn planet. Understand, monkey boy?
Well, let’s see. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes Benzes.
You know, it says here that by the time the average American is fifty, he’s got five pounds of undigested red meat in his bowels.
- Hombre* is lousy with them.
“'Cause I can cut it lady.”
“Mister, you got a lot o’ hard bark on you.”
"Well now, what’ya suppose hell’s gonna look like? "
“Mister, you got a lot o’ hard bark on you.”
Jessie: And we got him a marble headstone. It had his name on it, and underneath, we had them put, “In the Fullness of His Years.” Is that all right with you?
John Russell: I’ll settle for that. I’m not on the slab.
Jessie: Well, what do you figure yours is going to read?
John Russell: “Shot Dead,” probably.
Jessie: Don’t people take to you, Mr. Russell?
John Russell: It only takes one who doesn’t.
That’s the one.
Honorable Mention
Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
We don’t need no stinking badges. Blazing Saddles (later)
Can you hammer a six-inch spike through a board with your penis? *Real Genius *(1985)
Fasten your seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy night. by Bette Davis
Come up and see me sometime. by Mae West
Rosebud Citizen Kane
I have HAD it with these motherfuckin’ snakes on this motherfuckin’ plane! – Samuel L Jackson
“Luke, I am you father. Give in to the Dark Side of the Force, you knob!”
Strange Brew
Reaching back to 1944 for this one:
(the last line is the line; the others provided for set-up)
Walter: “You’ll be here too?”
Phyllis: “I guess so. I usually am.”
Walter: “Same chair, same perfume, same anklet?”
Phyllis: “I wonder if I know what you mean.”
Walter: “I wonder if you wonder.”
(from Double Indemnity)
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