Bridges
Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA
https://www.dictionaryscoop.com/article/11-Memorable-Movie-Lines-That-Echo-Through-Time?utm_source=blog&utm_campaign=blog-20231231This article lists 11 memorable movie lines. While there are some good ones like "Life is like a box of chocolates -- you never know what you're going to get" from Forrest Gump and "You're going to need a bigger boat" from Jaws, some really good ones were not on the list.
"Play it, Sam" from Casablanca -- this one might not have made the list except for the mistake people make in saying "Play it again, Sam"
"Show me the money" from Jerry McGuire
"You had me at hello" also from Jerry McGuire
"Who ya gonna call -- Ghostbusters" from Ghostbusters
"Damn" from Gone With the Wind
"Houston, we have a problem" from Appolo 13
I feel sure a lot of you can add to this list
“I’ll have what she’s having,” from When Harry Met Sally.
"We Don't Need No Stinkin Badges", from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
"Bold Talk for a One-Eyed Fat Man" "Fill your hands you son of a bitch" True Grit
Burtzy
Loc: Bronx N.Y. & Simi Valley, CA
"What we've got here is a failure to communicate." Cool Hand Luke
"You're gonna need a bigger boat." Jaws
"You keep thinkin' Butch. That's what you're good at." Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
"You want me to talk Goldfinger? No Mr. Bond. I want you to die!" Goldfinger "You don't corners. You cut floors" The Towering Inferno
"Because we're here. There's no-one else. Just us. " From "Zulu", recounting the the Rorke's Drift battle of 1879.
"There's no crying in baseball!" and "Of course it's hard; if it was easy, everyone would do it" ...Tom Hanks; A League of Their Own.
"A hospital?! Doctor, what is it?"
"A place where sick people to to get well but I can't talk about that right now"
"Surely you jest!"
"I'm not jesting and don't call me Shirley" (And a dozen more) Leslie Nielsen; Airplane
"Leave the gun, take the cannoli" The Godfather.
"I don't go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons." Ace In The Hole
RustyM wrote:
“I’ll have what she’s having,” from When Harry Met Sally.
What adds to this line is that the actress who said it was director Rob Reiner’s mother.
Bridges wrote:
https://www.dictionaryscoop.com/article/11-Memorable-Movie-Lines-That-Echo-Through-Time?utm_source=blog&utm_campaign=blog-20231231
This article lists 11 memorable movie lines. While there are some good ones like "Life is like a box of chocolates -- you never know what you're going to get" from Forrest Gump and "You're going to need a bigger boat" from Jaws, some really good ones were not on the list.
"Play it, Sam" from Casablanca -- this one might not have made the list except for the mistake people make in saying "Play it again, Sam"
"Show me the money" from Jerry McGuire
"You had me at hello" also from Jerry McGuire
"Who ya gonna call -- Ghostbusters" from Ghostbusters
"Damn" from Gone With the Wind
"Houston, we have a problem" from Appolo 13
I feel sure a lot of you can add to this list
https://www.dictionaryscoop.com/article/11-Memorab... (
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Virtually every scene in National Lampoon’s
Animal House has a line for this list. It’s my favorite comedy film, because it was uncannily like my college experience.
“What we have here is a failure to communicate.” Cool Hand Luke.
“I’m afraid I can’t do that Dave” 2001: A Space Odyssey.
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." In The Godfather and both sequels.
sprucemesa wrote:
"We Don't Need No Stinkin Badges", from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
That one is my favorite and I still use it today when referring to many items that I feel I don't need.
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