The greatest line from any movie or TV

[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.

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

@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?

[drbhoneydew]

Macreedy: You’re not only wrong. You’re wrong at the top of your voice.

Bad Day at Black Rock

[TriPolar]

@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.

[BrainGlutton]

PINHEAD: . . . But trick us again, and your suffering will be legendary even in Hell!

[The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski]

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.”

[Snowboarder_Bo]

@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.

[luvtinayothers]

From Silverado:

Mal Johnson: Now, I don’t wanna kill you, and you don’t wanna be dead.

[drachillix]

@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.”

Susan Ivanova - "I Am Death Incarnate"

[Miller]

“Okay.” zzzip “Let’s be bad guys.”

[rotntoe]

Bruce Lee, Enter the Dragon. “You have offended my family, and you have offended the Shaolin Temple.”

[KneadToKnow]

“You elected?”

“No. Got nominated real good, though.”

@Miller

“Okay.” zzzip “Let’s be bad guys.”

Nitpick: “Shiny.” Not “Okay.”

[Saltire]

@hogarth

“I lied.”

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!

[beowulff]

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.

OK, OK, it’s not a single line, but it’s great…

[Cub_Mistress]

suck my fat one you cheap dimestore hood. Gordie in Stand By Me

[Saint_Cad]

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.

[Grestarian]

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…]

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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”!

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[eenerms]

You’re going the wrong way, you’re going to kill someone…

[Vicullum]

If you’re a fan of Breaking Bad (who isn’t?), then you’ll love this line delivery by Giancarlo Esposito.