Memorable Movie Lines
Jan 2, 2024 12:03:34 #
“AK47, the best there is - when you absolutely, positively got to kill every … in the room” from Jackie Brown, directed by who else? Quentin Tarantino
Jan 2, 2024 14:38:38 #
dbrugger25
Loc: Raleigh, NC
"Everytime I try to get out, they pull me back in!" from The Godfather, Michael Corleone.
Jan 2, 2024 15:27:03 #
RoswellAlien wrote:
There is no "a" in the line, he simply pauses... What we have here is...(pause, then quickly)...Failure to communicate.“What we have here is a failure to communicate.” Cool Hand Luke.
Jan 2, 2024 15:49:03 #
Jan 2, 2024 16:38:09 #
"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient." High Road To China.
Jan 2, 2024 16:45:58 #
goofybruce wrote:
There is no "a" in the line, he simply pauses... What we have here is...(pause, then quickly)...Failure to communicate.
Struthers Martin. Cool Hand Luke.
Jan 2, 2024 17:11:38 #
This has been a fun read. I'm glad I ran across the article that listed 11 of the top movie quotes.
One puzzling thing though is that there are no Mae West quotes, and she had some of the best! I read that most of her quotable lines were made up by her, not some scriptwriter. Here are a few of her really good ones:
A man in the house is worth two in the street.
An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises
Any time you’ve got nothing to do and lots of time to do it come on up
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before
I didn’t discover curves; I only uncovered them.
It takes two to get one in trouble
Save a boyfriend for a rainy day – and another, in case it doesn’t rain.
She’s the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I’ve never tried before.
When I’m good I’m very, very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better.
One puzzling thing though is that there are no Mae West quotes, and she had some of the best! I read that most of her quotable lines were made up by her, not some scriptwriter. Here are a few of her really good ones:
A man in the house is worth two in the street.
An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises
Any time you’ve got nothing to do and lots of time to do it come on up
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before
I didn’t discover curves; I only uncovered them.
It takes two to get one in trouble
Save a boyfriend for a rainy day – and another, in case it doesn’t rain.
She’s the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I’ve never tried before.
When I’m good I’m very, very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better.
Jan 2, 2024 18:28:01 #
Reuss Griffiths
Loc: Ravenna, Ohio
If we are using quotes from sources other than movies (plays, etc), here are a few from Author Robert A. Heinlein
1. A desire not to butt into other people's business is at least eighty percent of all human wisdom...and the other
twenty percent isn't very important.”
2. “Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.”
3. “You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by
logic.”
4. A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a
building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give
orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer,
cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
1. A desire not to butt into other people's business is at least eighty percent of all human wisdom...and the other
twenty percent isn't very important.”
2. “Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.”
3. “You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by
logic.”
4. A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a
building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give
orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer,
cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
Jan 2, 2024 19:38:43 #
Bridges wrote:
This has been a fun read. I'm glad I ran across t... (show quote)
What happened to:
"Come up and see me sometime "?!
Jan 2, 2024 19:40:01 #
Reuss Griffiths
Loc: Ravenna, Ohio
Dikdik wrote:
When I first started living in Toronto, I used to go for long walks in the evening with the intent, "If you have no intended destination, you cannot get lost."
But you do have an intended destination ultimately, getting back home.
Jan 2, 2024 20:01:56 #
Jan 2, 2024 20:17:01 #
patman1 wrote:
What do you need a suit for Charlie, you dont got no Job! From the Pope of Greenwich Village
Great movie with a couple more also.
Jan 2, 2024 20:19:14 #
bw79st wrote:
I know that line is very popular but it's a misquote. The line goes, "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges."
So true
Jan 2, 2024 20:25:51 #
Bridges wrote:
This has been a fun read. I'm glad I ran across t... (show quote)
Brings to mind memorable W C Fields' lines.
Jan 2, 2024 20:36:43 #
fantom wrote:
Brings to mind memorable W C Fields' lines.
One of my favorites: In response to "Don't strike that child!" he snaps back, "No child of mine is going to say I don't love him!"
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