# Worst single lines of dialogue from artistic works **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-single-lines-of-dialogue-from-artistic-works/980002 "2023-02-18T19:04:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-single-lines-of-dialogue-from-artistic-works/980002/41 "2023-02-20T07:19:02Z")
I almost added that clip-Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-single-lines-of-dialogue-from-artistic-works/980002/42 "2023-02-20T15:48:52Z")
“Because you can’t win, Rock! This guy will kill ya to death inside of three rounds!” - Not so sure. . . that sounds like something Rocky’s trainer would say to my ears. It’s like a Yogi Berra kinda line. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-single-lines-of-dialogue-from-artistic-works/980002/43 "2023-02-20T17:24:26Z")
Apparently this line was left over from earlier versions of the script where Toad was supposed to brag about things Toads can do throughout the film, with Storm’s line as a comeback. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-single-lines-of-dialogue-from-artistic-works/980002/44 "2023-02-20T17:31:35Z")
A few fron this classic film: 1. "I did not hit her, it’s not true! It’s bulls\*\*\*! I did not hit her! 2. “You betrayed me! You’re not good. You, you’re just a chicken. Chip-chip-chip-chip-cheep-cheep.” ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-single-lines-of-dialogue-from-artistic-works/980002/45 "2023-02-20T17:43:18Z")
Terms of Endearment, said to the terminally ill Debra Winger character by her friend, “You’re my touchstone, Emma!” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-single-lines-of-dialogue-from-artistic-works/980002/46 "2023-02-20T17:52:13Z")
Alfred, Lord Tennyson. “Only reapers, reaping early” ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-single-lines-of-dialogue-from-artistic-works/980002/47 "2023-02-20T17:53:08Z")
“With great power comes great responsibility”. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-single-lines-of-dialogue-from-artistic-works/980002/48 "2023-02-20T18:56:10Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > From **Willow** … > > Willow: “You really ARE a great swordsman!” > > I suppose there’s nothing wrong with the way the line is written, but it is delivered in the most unnatural, over-the-top manner. It’s either hilarious or cringeworthy…depending on how much I’ve had to drink and whether I’m watching it by myself. Ha, that’s one of my favorite lines! “You _are_ great!” I think it actually fits so well; throughout the movie, Madmartigan has been such a pompous ass, all braggadocio… but until that point in the movie, he has _never_ held a sword. And when he finally gets one, Willow sees that all his talk actually wasn’t just bullshit; he really is an excellent swordsman just like he claimed. Val Kilmer’s goofy smile and flourish of the sword in response (basically, “See? I told you I was the best!”) followed by immediately slipping in the ice and snow makes me chuckle every time. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-single-lines-of-dialogue-from-artistic-works/980002/49 "2023-02-20T19:03:45Z")
Dan Conner: “Come on, do you want to go down to the multiplex and watch Debra Winger cough up another lung?” 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-single-lines-of-dialogue-from-artistic-works/980002/50 "2023-02-20T19:47:58Z")
Q in the “Unofficial” Bond sequel “Never Say Never Again” gives a line of exposition that clearly was only written so they could put it in the trailers as a stinger. > Good to see you, Mr. Bond. Things’ve been awfully dull 'round here. Bureaucrats running the whole place. Everything done by the book. Can’t make a decision unless the computer gives you the go ahead. Now you’re on this. I hope we’re going to have some gratuitous sex and violence! ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-single-lines-of-dialogue-from-artistic-works/980002/51 "2023-02-20T19:51:04Z")
Try to find any good single line from that movie? I will say that movie is “artistic”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-single-lines-of-dialogue-from-artistic-works/980002.md?page=2)