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Speak Out: Favorite Lines

Posted by Old John on Sun, Oct 31, 2010, at 8:33 PM:

I must admit I haven't been to a theater in years. Many of the movies I've seen were on TV.

Next I must admit having a hard time remembering the titles of the movies enjoyed, but I do remember some of my favorite lines from the movies watched.

What are your favorite movie quotations?

Replies (41)

  • Well, you started this, Old John. You first.

    -- Posted by voyager on Sun, Oct 31, 2010, at 8:50 PM

  • "That's the stuff that dreams are made of"

    "Anything goes wrong, my fault... your fault.. nobody's fault.....". "Frankly my dear.."

    "I know you love her,.. but do you like her?"

    Voyager, Not sure if I got the quotes right but hope you get my idea.

    -- Posted by Old John on Sun, Oct 31, 2010, at 9:07 PM

  • Go ahead... make my day!

    -- Posted by Have_Wheels_Will_Travel on Sun, Oct 31, 2010, at 9:37 PM

  • As Myrna Loy said to William Power inone of the Thin Man pix, "You know the loveliest people." Or what about Mae West's "Come up and see me sometime" Or "Hey Mabel, peal me a grape."

    -- Posted by voyager on Sun, Oct 31, 2010, at 10:51 PM

  • Pilgrim.....

    -- Posted by Have_Wheels_Will_Travel on Sun, Oct 31, 2010, at 10:53 PM

  • dy'in ain't much of a livin'

    -- Posted by rockman54 on Sun, Oct 31, 2010, at 11:51 PM

  • "Were gonna need a bigger boat" !!

    -- Posted by GREYWOLF on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 5:55 AM

  • You can't handle the truth!

    Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Whose gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a **** what you think you are entitled to.

    -- Posted by Acronym on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 7:26 AM

  • "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." - Gen. George Patton - (The Real one, not George C. Scott.

    "I want you to remember that no b*****d ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor, dumb b*****d die for his country."

    -George C. Scott - playing Gen. George Patton in the film _Patton_.

    -- Posted by Shapley Hunter on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 8:38 AM

  • To hell with them fellas, buzzards gotta eat...same as worms.

    -- Posted by FreedomFadingFast on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 8:46 AM

  • I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

    -- Posted by Acronym on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 8:53 AM

  • Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith: Give me a minute, I'm good. Give me an hour, I'm great. Give me six months, I'm unbeatable. -- IMDb Quotes: The A-Team (2010)

    -- Posted by SEMO_Storyteller on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 9:33 AM

  • "Hi Bob... Bye Bob... Best dollar eighty I ever spent"

    -- Posted by thumkin on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 9:39 AM

  • "It's good to be the king"

    -- Posted by Egotistical_Bigot on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 10:17 AM

  • Tal Rick! I was expecting a bigger welcome, but considering my visit was impromptu I'm rather pleased.

    Doesn't look like much has changed in the monkey hut, but...I'm baaaaack! lol

    -- Posted by Egotistical_Bigot on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 10:42 AM

  • I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.

    J.D.Books, The Shootist.

    Fill your hand you sons of....Katie Elder?

    -- Posted by Old John on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 12:01 PM

  • Ego's back? Well, guess that proves the Resurrection!

    -- Posted by voyager on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 12:08 PM

  • That was True Grit, Old John!

    -- Posted by doggone on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 12:10 PM

  • What we have here is a failure to cummunicate...

    -- Posted by doggone on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 12:11 PM

  • "Sorry, wrong number."

    -- Posted by voyager on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 12:17 PM

  • "Beautiful morning sergeant major. What are you the f*&^#n weather man now?"

    -- Posted by thumkin on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 12:19 PM

  • Scarface..."Hey baby what is your problem? Huh, you got a problem? You're good looking, you got a beautiful body, beautiful legs, beautiful face, all these guys in love with you. Only you got a look in your eye ... "

    -- Posted by peacock111 on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 12:56 PM

  • Come back Shane.

    -- Posted by We Regret To Inform U on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 1:13 PM

  • Hey hey hey look BooBoo, A slow poke farmer on the road. Why do farmers poke Yogi?

    -- Posted by Old John on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 1:15 PM

  • Airplane-"There's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?"

    Crimes and Misdemeanors-"My husband and I fell in love at first sight... maybe I should have taken a second look."

    Donnie Brasco-"Fuh-get about it!"

    Some Like It Hot-"I'm a man."..."Well, nobody's perfect."

    To Catch a Thief-"You want a leg or a breast?"

    -- Posted by ho ho ho on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 1:20 PM

  • "I didn't surrender, but my horse did."

    "The newspaper headlines said 'Indians vow to endeavor to persevere.' We went home, and thought about it a long time. And when we had thought about it enough, we declared war on the white man."

    "Looks like we can't trust the white man, then."

    -Clint Eastwood and Chief Dan George in "The Outlaw Jose Wales".

    -- Posted by Acronym on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 1:37 PM

  • "Christ, seven years of college down the drain". Bluto-Animal house.

    -- Posted by Airborne 95B on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 2:13 PM

  • Hello Megalo!!!!

    -- Posted by Have_Wheels_Will_Travel on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 2:22 PM

  • "Sometimes there just aren't enough rocks." Forrest Gump

    "Now go away or I shall taunt you again"

    Holy Grail

    -- Posted by cptfa on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 2:57 PM

  • I am partial to all things Office Space.

    -- Posted by lumbrgfktr on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 3:13 PM

  • Yes, we got no bananas. We got no bananas today."

    "And that's all I've got to say about that."

    -- Posted by voyager on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 4:00 PM

  • "And over here's the new eye clinic."

    "That'll be a sight for sore eyes."

    "You can have any kind of a home you want. You can even get stucco. Oh, how you can get stucco."

    "Go, and never darken my towels again."

    "I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception."

    "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."

    "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others."

    "We've got to speed things up in this hotel.

    Chef, if a guest orders a three-minute egg, give it to him in two minutes.

    If he orders a two-minute egg, give it to him in one minute.

    If he orders a one-minute egg, give him a chicken and let him work it out for himself."

    "We must remember that art is art.

    Well, on the other hand water is water isn't it?

    And east is east and west is west.

    And if you take cranberries and stew them like applesause

    they taste much more like prunes than rubarb does.

    Now uh...now you tell me what you know."

    "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.

    Then we tried to remove the tusks. The tusks. That's not so easy to say. Tusks.

    You try it some time. As I say, we tried to remove the tusks. But they were embedded so firmly we couldn't budge them.

    Of course, in Alabama the Tuscaloosa, but that is entirely ir-elephant to what I was talking about."

    "I'll teach you to kick me..."

    "You don't need to teach me I already know how!"

    "Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?"

    "Well, that covers a lot of ground. Say, you cover a lot of ground yourself.

    You better beat it - I hear they're going to tear you down and put up an office building where you're standing.

    You can leave in a taxi. If you can't get a taxi, you can leave in a huff.

    If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff.

    You know, you haven't stopped talking since I came here?

    You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle."

    "I can see you standing over a hot stove, but I can't see the stove."

    "We need to take up the tax"

    "I'd like to take up the carpet."

    "I still insist we take up the tax."

    "He's right - you've gotta take up the tacks before you can take up the carpet."

    "Remember men, we're fighting for this woman's honour; which is probably more than she ever did."

    "Well, I thought my razor was dull until I heard his speech.

    And that reminds me of a story thats so dirty, I'm ashamed to think of it myself."

    -- Posted by Shapley Hunter on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 4:22 PM

  • Shapley, you forgot "We took some pictures of the native girls, but they aren't developed yet. We're going back next year" and the famous "sanity clause".

    V'ger, we watch the same movies. My wife was watching "Sorry, Wrong Number" this morning at 4:00 as I was getting ready for work. I just saw the end and the delivery of that line.

    -- Posted by Maynard on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 6:19 PM

  • Madea: I'm Madea! Ma to the **** D-E-A!

    Dr. Phil: What is wrong with you? Why do you feel the need that you gotta "get" somebody all the time?

    Madea: Well when you gettin' "got" and somebody done "got" you and you go "get" them, when you get 'em everybody's gon' get got.

    Dr. Phil: Yea but you're gettin' the gotters when they didn't do anything to even get you.

    Madea: Yea but if the gotters get me I'm gonna get my glock.

    Madea: I aint scared a no po po. Call da po po hoe... Call da po po hoe.

    -- Posted by Skeptic1 on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 7:20 PM

  • Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens: [Crowe is pointing a shotgun at Givens] Mr. Crowe, I want you to know that I only draw my sidearm when I intend to shoot to kill.

    Dewey Crowe: Man, I am pointing a scattergun right at you!

    Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens: You think you can rack in a load before I put a hole through you?

    -- Posted by We Regret To Inform U on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 8:20 PM

  • "Let the tumbrels roll. Vive la Revolution!"

    "Daddy, are we there yet?"

    -- Posted by voyager on Mon, Nov 1, 2010, at 10:45 PM

  • There were some great lines in an old Van Johnson film about bombing Japan. I'm thinking it was Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo. "We'll be back but it wont be us, but you'll know who we are"?

    -- Posted by Old John on Tue, Nov 2, 2010, at 12:52 AM

  • "play Misty for me "

    -- Posted by rockman54 on Tue, Nov 2, 2010, at 1:02 AM

  • "that was a cowardly thing to do , shoot an unarmed man"

    "Well he should of armed himself if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend"

    -- Posted by rockman54 on Tue, Nov 2, 2010, at 1:05 AM

  • Play it again Sam

    -- Posted by Old John on Tue, Nov 2, 2010, at 1:18 AM

  • Great lines, like great humor seem to sometimes be rooted with a bit of reality.

    I like the old movies because they give a glimpse of real America in real time. A movie made in the '50s often shows footage of a busy street full of "50s cars. In some of the late '40s reels we can view actual footage of military might, undeveloped landscape and hear true accent and dialect of the day.

    Movies also have given us great lines of romance, intrigue and suspense.

    "Dad burn it Pa, I just can't seem to say to 'em what I'm trying to say to 'em".

    That was TV and nary got nothing to do with movies.

    -- Posted by Old John on Tue, Nov 2, 2010, at 2:00 AM

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