The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
Tony Curtis is an wannabe Ivanhoe-type English knight:
“These are da lands of my fadda, and yondah lies his castle!”
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
Tony Curtis is an wannabe Ivanhoe-type English knight:
“These are da lands of my fadda, and yondah lies his castle!”
" Hey, hey, hey, hey-now. Don’t be mean; we don’t have to be mean, cuz, remember, no matter where you go, there you are."
“The Lord loves a working man. Don’t trust whitey. See a doctor and get rid of it.”
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There is no way I can pick one. Some of the ones that ran through my head tonight are.
Never go against the family.
and
San Dimas High school football RULES!
What truck? I don’t know, I’m making this up as I go.
Suck my fat one you cheap dime store hood.
“Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.”
Too many good ones.
Captain from Castille (1947). Tyrone Power confronts an Inquisitor while at Hernando Cortez’s dinner table:
I: [With a faggy English (!) accent] So deeply had the seeds of heresy been implanted in the child [Power’s little sister] that even when she was hoisted upon the rack she refused to bear witness against her family!
[Power suggests they “meet” privately to, uhm, discuss the matter.]
I: [Nonchalantly] And the time and place of this proposed … “meeting”?
P: Here and now! [Draws sword with a Pshinggggggg!]
“I don’t want my brother coming out of that toilet with just his dick in his hands, alright?”
“Yes its true; that man has no dick.”
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" we all got it comin’ kid."
“There’s nothin’ more foolish than a man chasin’ his hat.”
–Miller’s Crossing
“Get busy living or get busy dying, that’s Goddamn right.” The Shawshank Redemption
also Andy says it first without the “that’s Goddamn right” but I like Red’s version better
“Deserves got nothing to do with it” Unforgiven
+1
I quote movies like literature (…and occasionally, they are
).
Genie: You’re a clever little man little master of the universe, but mortals are weak and frail. If their stomach speaks, they forget their brain. If their brain speaks, they forget their heart. And if their heart speaks
[laughter] … they forget everything!!!
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Spade: We didn’t exactly believe your story, Miss O’Shaughnessy. We believed your 200 dollars. I mean, you paid us more than if you had been telling us the truth, and enough more to make it all right.
The Maltese Falcon (1940)
Adam Canfield: Hasn’t it occurred to you that I’m having a tough time keeping my hands off you? Oh, you should see your face.
Reggie Lampert: What’s the matter with it?
Adam Canfield: It’s lovely.
Charade (1963)
Dr. Loomis: “As a matter of fact, it was.”
Halloween (1978)
Dr. Peter Venkman: “We’ve been going about this all wrong. This Mr. Stay Puft’s okay! He’s a sailor, he’s in New York; we get this guy laid, we won’t have any trouble!”
Ghostbusters (1984)
Jimmy Conway: " I’m not mad, I’m proud of you. You took your first pinch like a man and you learn two great things in your life. Look at me, never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut."
GoodFellas (1990)
*“Deserve’s got nothing to do with it it.”
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Eddie Dane faves:
*“You killed Mink you son of a bitch! You killed Mink, and by God I’ll hear you say it!”
“Ever noticed how the snappy talk dries up once a guy starts soiling his union suit?”
“Because if you told me and I killed you and you were lying I wouldn’t get to kill you then.”*
Remember Sully, when I promised I’d kill you last? … I LIED.
“We don’t need no stinking badges!” - Treasure of the Sierra Madre
“Sedagive??!!” - Young Frankenstein
“Do you have anything besides Mexican food?” Chevy Chase in The Three Amigos
“I’m your huckleberry.” Tombstone
“Forget about it, Jake; it’s Chinatown.” Chinatown
I think it is more like:
“The Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don’t believe they exist.”
WHOMP!
My own contribution, because I find it so useful working in IT, is:
“Some days the magic works. Some days it doesn’t.”
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Much like the line, “Play it again, Sam”, that “Badges” quote derives from imitators. The original line was:
“Sometimes nothin’ can be a real cool hand.” - Cool Hand Luke