Pardon my paraphrasing:
Humperdinck: (having declared the princess was alive when the tracks were made) “If she is otherwise when I find her, I will be very put out.”
Grandpa: Yes, you’re very smart; shut up.
“To the death!”
“No, to the pain.”
“What?”
“To the pain means the first thing you’ll lose will be your eyes. They your nose, and then your tongue. Then your right arm followed by your left.”
“Then my ears, I get the picture. Let’s get on with it.”
“No. Your ears you keep, and I’ll tell you why. So that every babe who weeps, every mother who cries out “Good God, what is that thing?” will be yours to cherish.”
“Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something.”
As much as I love the movie (it’s my 2nd favorite), I absolutely think the book was WAY better and that the movie did NOT give the whole story. There is so much more to the book! Especially the fact that Buttercup is a vain twit. Not really necessary for the movie, but after I read the book (saw the movie first) I really felt gypped by the movie. On it’s own, the movie is fantastic. You’d never know from the movie, though, that the book is really funny.
And now, I have to add a line or two…
After Westley puts the sleeper hold on Fezzik, he whispers to him, “I don’t envy you the headache you’ll have when you wake up. Sleep well and dream of large women.”
At the end, when they’re jumping out the window,
Inigo: Fezzik, where did you get those horses?
Fezzik: I saw them in the barn and thought we could use them if we ever found the lady. Hello, lady!
Inigo: Fezzik, you did something right!
Fezzik: Don’t worry, I won’t let it go to my head!
That’s gotta be one of my favorite jokes from the movie, because it’s such a long walk from the setup to the punchline. Still cracks me up.
“Do you think he’s using the same wind we are using?”
People, the person who wrote the book also wrote the screenplay! William Golding is primarily a screenwriter (also Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men, Misery, etc.), that’s why it made the transition so well.
My favorite scene is when Inigo says his famous line (not gonna repeat it AGAIN) and the Count takes one look at him and runs away in the opposite direction.
Also, after the “To the Pain” bit, when Westley collapses, and Humperdink says “He was bluffing! I knew he was bluffing!”
Oh, Kyla, repeat it one more time… just for me! Pleeeeease?
Stop saying that!
Chalk me up as another in agreement with this being one of the best book to movie transitions ever.
This movie is one of my favs also, but rather than add more lines to this already quite saturated thread, let me point out a mistake in the movie that, if you are not already aware of it, will drive you crazy every time you see it from now on. Anyone else notice Robin Wright’s hair in the scene with Vizzini and Wesley at the battle of wits. She’s sitting there still, not moving her head or adjusting her hair or anything, yet at first we see her with her hair hanging in front of her shoulder, than the scene cuts and magically her hair is behind her shoulder, then the scene cuts again and… you get the idea.
“My name ees Inigo Montoya. You keel my fader. Prepare to die!”
That is one of the lines that I can’t seem to stop saying over and over… it’s like a disease… it spreads very quickly.
“My name ees Inigo Montoya. You keel my fader. Prepare to die!”
“My name ees Inigo Montoya. You keel my fader. Prepare to die!”
“My name ees Inigo Montoya. You keel my fader. Prepare to die!”
“My name ees Inigo Montoya. You keel my fader. Prepare to die!”
“My name ees Inigo Montoya. You keel my fader. Prepare to die!”
“My name ees Inigo Montoya. You keel my fader. Prepare to die!”
“My name ees Inigo Montoya. You keel my fader. Prepare to die!”
“My name ees Inigo Montoya. You keel my fader. Prepare to die!”
“When they’re ALL dead, there’s only one thing you can do.”
“What’s that?”
“Go through their pockets and look for loose change.”
This is great! I’ve watched the movie so many times, that as I’m reading the posts, I’m hearing them spoken in the characters’ voices!
“SEE?! The Cliffs of Insanity!!”
“I only dog paddle”
“Oh, it’s probably only some fisherman, taking a moonlight pleasure cruise through eel infested waters”
“Do you think he’s using the same wind we are?”
Some of my favorite lines:
V: “Am I going mad, or did the word think escape your lips!”
V: “We are but poor, lost circus performers.”
I: “I’m going to do him left-handed.”
V: “You know what a hurry we’re in!”
I: “It’s the only way I can be satisfied. If I use my right…over too quickly.”
W: “Let me get this straight: you put down your rock, I’ll put down my sword, and we’ll kill each other like civilized human beings?”
I: “You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you.”
W: “You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die.”
I figure now, if you can piece together this thread in the correct order, you’ll have the entire script for the movie.
Reading this has made me hungry… I think I’ll go out for a mutton, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
Hopefully the mutton will be nice and lean.
My favorite quote? All the good stuff has been quoted already. I’ll take the shortcut way…
http://us.imdb.com/Quotes?0093779
How about The Godfather? Book and screenplay written by Mario Puzo.
Sua
GREAT movie, no doubt. My favorite lines are:
“You had love, and you threw it away!” The whole theme of “true love” being the single most precious thing in the world.
“Life IS pain. Anyone who tells you different is selling something.” Very obvious, very simple, very true.
Anyone else think Wesley and Buttercup didn’t really have a future together? Wesley seems like a pretty clever guy; Buttercup exists only to look gorgeous and be fought over. Will Robin Wright Penn ever again be in a movie as good as this? For that matter, what the hell happened to Cary Elwes? He had another fun role in Mel Brooks’ Robin Hood: Men in Tights, then he became known as The Rival: Hot Shots, Days of Thunder, Twister, and Liar, Liar. He’s the only blond I ever liked. I want more of him!
Finally, the big dramatic fight to the death between Humperdinck and Inigo. Inigo has Humperdinck at his mercy, can kill him any time, makes him beg for mercy, then when Humperdinck pleads: “Anything you want!” Inigo says: “I want my father back, you son of a bitch!” and runs him through. Wow, that blew me away. This was supposed to be heroic and campy and fun, and suddenly we’re all profound and serious.
They torture the leading man to death. Holy schlamoley. And then poor little Fred/Kevin gets terribly upset about the way the story is going … but calms down so Grandpa will finish the story. Nice. 
That wasn’t Humperdink. Humperdink was the prince that Wesley had Buttercup tie up. The six-fingered man was Count Rugen, whom Inigo slew.
Oh yes, you’re right.
Ok, I’m just going to have to go to Hollywood Video this weekend so that my kids can see this movie again.
“I don’t care if you’ve already seen this movie. Sit down and memorize it so that you can keep me entertained.” 
VB already said my favorite line, the one about the wind. There are so many though.