Whenever anybody is doing something (a machine, pencil, jar that won’t open) that isn’t cooperating with them I bust out the Star Wars classic from Mos Eisley:
It doesn’t like you
I have been using this line, mimicing the Dr. Evanzan tone, for the better part of my whole life and no one ever got it. Until 3 weeks ago.
A co-worker was trying to get a machine to work, it wasn’t, I said the line and he replied: I don’t like you either. It absolutely made my day.
I love that line but I believe it goes: “If it ain’t, it’ll do 'til the mess gets here.”
I find myself using this Rick Moranis line from Parenthood a lot: “How proud you must be.”
From Deep Throat: “Mind if I smoke while you eat?”
An underrated line from an underrated movie, The Mystery Men: “We have a date with destiny. And she’s ordered the lobster.”
And this exchange from the incredibly beautiful Ghost World:
Dana: I am so excited to see this movie. Dustoff Varnya is such a brilliant director. Did you see his last film, “The Flower that Drank the Moon”? It was simply glorious!
Seymour: I guess I must have missed that one. But then what do I know. I like Laurel and Hardy movies.
Dana: Really? I never really cared for those. I mean, why does the fat one always have to be so mean to the skinny one?
More lines from Aliens one of my favorite movies of all time:
Burke: “I expected more out of you, Ripley” Ripley: “I’m happy to disappoint you!”
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Burke: “It was a bad call, Ripley, a bad call.”
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Ripley (when she was being interrogated in the beginning by the Company):
“Did IQ’s drop sharply while I was away??”
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Also a good one from War Games
The General: “We can’t just sit here waitin’ to grow tits!!”
Of the 385 amazing lines in The Princess Bride, one that I still laugh at (among many) after 40-50 viewings is:
Vizzini: “Inconceivable!”
Inigo: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
Just the way the line is delivered makes me laugh out loud every time.
KIRK: I can’t believe I kissed you!
SHAPESHIFTER IN KIRK-FORM: It must have been your lifelong fantasy!
A couple of overlooked ones in Ghostbusters which, granted, are context sensitive:
“Well, that’s what I heard!”
“The flowers are still standing!”
“Tell him about the twinkie…”
I remember “I’d piss on a spark plug if I thought it’d do any good,” but that one doesn’t ring a bell. Fortunately, I just bought the 25th anniversary DVD, so I’ll be able to watch for it.
I also loved, “After careful consideration, I’ve come to the conclusion that your new system sucks.” That one’s got a lot of real-world potential for quotation.
There was a thread about movie quotes you wish you could find an excuse to use in real life, wasn’t there? I think it was Threadspotted?
Heh, that one pops into my head at the most random moments. I haven’t even seen the whole thing, just a few clips from Inside Deep Throat.
Agreed–great movie all around, and this is a wonderful exchange.
I don’t have the cite, and imdb isn’t listing quotes for the movie, but I wrote it down years ago:
Kris Kristofferson was in the TV movie “Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind,” and a character (Kristofferson’s? I don’t remember) said, “If I want any more crap out of you, I’ll squeeze your head!”