tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post110079501994863830..comments2023-11-03T04:39:50.760-05:00Comments on Galley Slaves: Best Movie Line Ever?Jonathan V. Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17426165197358366129noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-89169641976927253402008-02-13T09:49:00.000-05:002008-02-13T09:49:00.000-05:00This line from Matrix pops into my head when somet...This line from Matrix pops into my head when something disastrous happens...you know, like a computer crash, dropped cell phone call...<BR/><BR/>"Not like this...not like this."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1151973933808475782006-07-03T19:45:00.000-05:002006-07-03T19:45:00.000-05:00"Thats what you call ironic"- Pirate, Pirates of t..."Thats what you call ironic"- Pirate, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Black PearlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1148138383154801872006-05-20T10:19:00.000-05:002006-05-20T10:19:00.000-05:00My favourite movie quote is from "The Witches of E...My favourite movie quote is from "The Witches of Eastwick". Jack Nicholson is lying on the bed looking rather smug and Cher is standing at the foot of the bed, telling him off:<BR/><BR/>"You are physically repulsive, intellectually retarded, you're morally reprehensible, vulgar, insensitive, selfish, stupid, you have no taste, a lousy sense of humor and you smell."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1122231189883529462005-07-24T13:53:00.000-05:002005-07-24T13:53:00.000-05:00My favorite of all time...Our love is God... let's...My favorite of all time...<BR/><BR/>Our love is God... let's go grab a slushie<BR/><BR/>JD (Christian Slater) from heathersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1115927781453867312005-05-12T14:56:00.000-05:002005-05-12T14:56:00.000-05:00"Bond, James Bond"From any Bond movie, by any Bond..."Bond, James Bond"<BR/>From any Bond movie, by any Bond Character.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1101598348246222602004-11-27T18:32:00.000-05:002004-11-27T18:32:00.000-05:00"Charlie Don't Surf!"
Robert Duvall in "Apocalypse..."Charlie Don't Surf!"<br />Robert Duvall in "Apocalypse Now"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1101249817880429292004-11-23T17:43:00.000-05:002004-11-23T17:43:00.000-05:00"Just like a wop to bring a knife to a gun fight."..."Just like a wop to bring a knife to a gun fight."<br />-Connery, Untouchables<br /><br />"Shee-it, you shoot me in a dream you better wake up and apologize."<br />-Keitel, Reservoir DogsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1101244758230241222004-11-23T16:19:00.000-05:002004-11-23T16:19:00.000-05:00I'm sorry, i went a little overboard in terms of n...I'm sorry, i went a little overboard in terms of numbers . . . but I love this game.<br /><br />"On bass, Derrick Smalls!! He wrote this!!"<br />-Spinal Tap, David St. Hubbins<br /><br />"What do you do when your real life exceeds your dreams?"<br />"Keep it to yourself."<br />-Broadcast News, exchange between Bill Hurt and Al Brooks<br /><br />"People don't say that about you. As far as you know."<br />-Caddyshack, Ty Webb to Spangler<br /><br />"Grover: Ok, the way I see it, if we were an old couple, dated for years, graduated, away from all these scholastic complications, and I reached over and kissed you, you wouldn't say a word, you'd be delighted, probably, but if I was to do that now it'd be quite forward, and if I did it the first time we ever met you probably would hit me. <br />Jane: What do you mean? <br />Grover: I just wish we were an old couple so I could do that."<br />-Kicking and screaming<br /><br /><br />"Sully: I can't believe it's gonna take you that long to get me out of jail. <br />Wirf: Don't blame me, I'm a Jew. They're not my holidays. <br />Sully: A Jew? Really? I didn't know that. How come you ain't smart?"<br />-Nobody's Fool<br /><br />"Fred: You are far weirder than someone merely into S&M. At least they have a tradition. We have some idea what S&M is about. There's movies and books about it. But so far as I know, there is nothing to explain the way you are. "<br />-Barcelona<br /><br />The entire screenplays for Bottlerocket and Rushmore are (like Animal House and caddyshack) endlessly quotable, but I'll just give one from each:<br /><br />"Anthony: One morning, over at Elizabeth's beach house, she asked me if I'd rather go water-skiing or lay out. And I realized that not only did I not want to answer THAT question, but I never wanted to answer another water-sports question, or see any of these people again for the rest of my life."<br />-Bottlerocket<br /><br />"Max Fischer: So tell me Curly, how do you know Miss Cross? <br />Dr. Peter Flynn: We went to Harvard together. <br />Max Fischer: Oh that's great. I wrote a hit play and directed it, so I'm not sweating it either." <br />-RushmoreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1101171255705523402004-11-22T19:54:00.000-05:002004-11-22T19:54:00.000-05:00From "Predator", one of the greatest "guy" flicks ...From "Predator", one of the greatest "guy" flicks ever. After a brief firefight, one of the specfor fighters notices fellow warrior Jesse Ventura is bleeding from a cut on his face. Ventura, without averting his stare into the surrounding treeline replies: <br />"I ain't got time to bleed.."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1101159327156094462004-11-22T16:35:00.000-05:002004-11-22T16:35:00.000-05:00Two from The Wizard of Oz
From the song "In The M...Two from The Wizard of Oz<br /><br />From the song "In The Merry Old Land of Oz":<br />We get up at noon and go to work at one<br />Take an hour for lunch and then at two we're done<br /><br />And from the Cowardly Lion's song "If I Were King of the Forest": <br />Who put the ape in apricot?<br />What makes the Hottentots so hot?<br />What do they got that I ain't got?<br />Courage..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1101099517009302642004-11-21T23:58:00.000-05:002004-11-21T23:58:00.000-05:00From Dr. Strangelove:
"You try any preversions in...From Dr. Strangelove:<br /><br />"You try any preversions in there, I'll blow your head off." -- Okay, maybe you had to have been there for that one, so:<br /><br />From The Big Sleep:<br /><br />"She tried to sit on my lap while I was standing up."<br /><br />Or this exchange from Plan 9 From Outer Space:<br /><br />"Modern women."<br />"Yeah, they've been like that all through history."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1101060192893744652004-11-21T13:03:00.000-05:002004-11-21T13:03:00.000-05:00Albert Brooks, "Lost in America", when he realizes...Albert Brooks, "Lost in America", when he realizes his wife just bet all their savings on a casino game:<br /><br />"Not the nest egg!! Not the core of the nest egg!!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1101012315228750792004-11-20T23:45:00.000-05:002004-11-20T23:45:00.000-05:00Joe Gideon, speaking to God, in ALL THAT JAZZ:
"Wh...Joe Gideon, speaking to God, in ALL THAT JAZZ:<br />"What's the matter? Don't you like musical comedy?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1100983770391331602004-11-20T15:49:00.000-05:002004-11-20T15:49:00.000-05:00"He's dead, Jim""He's dead, Jim"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1100912067771400582004-11-19T19:54:00.000-05:002004-11-19T19:54:00.000-05:00This is my favorite put-down line of all time. MU...This is my favorite put-down line of all time. MUST be said with a honey sweet Southern accent and a smile. Originally said by Bette Davis in a movie from the early 1930's, "Cabin in the Cotton", I think.<br />"I'd love to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1100904809654298412004-11-19T17:53:00.000-05:002004-11-19T17:53:00.000-05:00"Conversation just kinda dried up" -- John Wayne i..."Conversation just kinda dried up" -- John Wayne in the Undefeated, explaining why a gunfight broke outAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1100904749577098982004-11-19T17:52:00.000-05:002004-11-19T17:52:00.000-05:00From"The Maltese Falcon":
Spade(Bogart) to Wilm...From"The Maltese Falcon":<br /> Spade(Bogart) to Wilmer(Elisha Cook) "The cheaper the hood, the gaudier the patter"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1100903841960173962004-11-19T17:37:00.000-05:002004-11-19T17:37:00.000-05:00The Untouchables: "You wanna know how you do it? H...The Untouchables: "You wanna know how you do it? Here's how. They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send on of his to the morgue! That's the Chicago way."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1100903570093706532004-11-19T17:32:00.000-05:002004-11-19T17:32:00.000-05:00"Initiative comes to thems that wait," Alex, A Clo..."Initiative comes to thems that wait," Alex, A Clockwork OrangeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1100899049724485712004-11-19T16:17:00.000-05:002004-11-19T16:17:00.000-05:00From Caddyshack
Danny: "Where'd it go?"
Ty Webb: "...From Caddyshack<br />Danny: "Where'd it go?"<br />Ty Webb: "Right in the lumberyard"<br /><br /><br />From You've Got Mail<br />"I wanted it to be you. I wanted it to be you so badly". Meg Ryan to Tom HanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1100897261249702322004-11-19T15:47:00.000-05:002004-11-19T15:47:00.000-05:00From As Good As it Gets:
Receptionist: How do you...From As Good As it Gets:<br /><br />Receptionist: How do you write women so well?<br /><br />Melvin: I think of a man, then I take away reason and accountibility.<br /><br />and the title line:<br /><br />Melvin (exiting through psychiatrist's waiting room): What if this is as good as it gets?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1100895974387579122004-11-19T15:26:00.000-05:002004-11-19T15:26:00.000-05:00"The dead know only one thing: it is better to be ..."The dead know only one thing: it is better to be alive" - Full Metal JacketAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1100895750117396562004-11-19T15:22:00.000-05:002004-11-19T15:22:00.000-05:00The problem with best lines is that it dovetails r...The problem with best lines is that it dovetails right into one-liners. The true greats evoke something more than just an individual moment by encapsulating the film's larger theme. <br /><br />"My child, you have come to me my son. For who now is your father if it is not me? I am the well spring from which you flow. When I am gone, you will have never been" - Conan The Barbarian<br /><br />"Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There's no escape. I'm God's lonely man" - Taxi Driver<br /><br />"Television is reality, and reality is less than television...After all, there is nothing real outside our perception of reality, is there?"- Videodrome<br /><br />"Have you ever heard of insect politics? Neither have I. Insects... don't have politics. They're very... brutal...No compassion, no compromise...We can't trust the insect...I'd like to become the first... insect politician" - The Fly (1986)<br /><br />"I'm the bad guy? How'd that happen?" - Falling Down <br /><br />...And about a dozen from Wall Street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1100895548976734302004-11-19T15:19:00.000-05:002004-11-19T15:19:00.000-05:00Monty Python's Life of Brian:
"I say you're the M...Monty Python's Life of Brian:<br /><br />"I say you're the Messiah. I should know; I've followed a few."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1100894495963211562004-11-19T15:01:00.000-05:002004-11-19T15:01:00.000-05:00From "Time Bandits"
"Oh ... so THATs what an invis...From "Time Bandits"<br />"Oh ... so THATs what an invisible barrier looks like."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com