Another movie thread--"most quoted"

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<p>“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!”</p>

<p>Repeated because of the Art Imitates Art category. (Wasn’t it “■■■■■” who quoted Michael’s Godfather III line in a few Sopranos sequential episodes?)</p>

<p>From Cool Hand Luke, spoken by one of the supers or guards, (forgot name):
“What We Have Here Is A Failure to Communicate”</p>

<p>From Network:
“I’m mad as Hell and I’m not going to take it anymore” (The refrain to whip up the public)</p>

<p>From Godfather II, spoken by Hyman Roth:
“Michael, We’re bigger than U.S. Steel.”</p>

<p>From Fatal Attraction, spoken by Glenn Close’s character:
“I’m not going to be igNORED.”</p>

<p>Not “most quoted,” but certainly one of the memorable lines from Godfather II:
Michael Corleone to Senator Pat Geary, responding to Geary’s distaste for the slimy Corleone tactics:
“Senator, we’re both part of the same hypocrisy.”</p>

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<p>The undoubted winner, at least with my family, has to be Austin Powers. I could go on all day, and I’m sure most of you could too, but I’ll settle on just a few:
“Yeah, baby!”
“Shagadelic”
“Do I make you horny?”
Those are probably the most (over)quoted, but far from the only ones.</p>

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<p>(I haven’t referenced, nor will I, the link above, as I think that’s “cheating”) :)</p>

<p>There are a couple of lines from A Man For All Seasons that are probably quoted often:
One is spoke by the Duke of what-his-name (sorry) to Sir Thomas More, when they argue about More’s stubbornness: “…It makes me think that somewhere in your pedigree a b*tch got over the wall.”</p>

<p>The other is from Sir Thomas to Richard Rich, regarding the latter’s sacrifice of his soul through perjury, for political & economic gain: “Richard, what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul…but,…for <em>Wales</em>?”</p>

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<p>At appropriate times (which seems to be quite often), we like to use Big Daddy’s quote from “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” – "What’s that smell? It’s the obnoxious odor of mendacity . . . " Something like that. I love that quote. Of course, it has to be done with Big Daddy’s accent, too. There are a lot of good ones from that movie-- including the “no neck monster” quote. I use that a lot, too.</p>

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<p>Yo, Adrian… Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine. Well, here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into and I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore so Go ahead, make my day. </p>

<p>Surely you can’t be serious. I am serious…and don’t call me Shirley.</p>

<p>What we’ve got here is failure to communicate… Elementary, my dear Watson.</p>

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<p>and this being College Confidential…from Animal House:</p>

<p>He can’t do that do that to our pledges. Only we can do that to our pledges.</p>

<p>I’ve got their disciplinary files right here. Who dropped a whole truckload of fizzies into the swim meet? Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner? Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode. </p>

<p>The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me</p>

<p>Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son. </p>

<p>Mr. Kroger: two C’s, two D’s and an F. That’s a 1.2 grade average. Congratulations, Kroger. You’re at the top of the Delta pledge class. </p>

<p>Over? Did you say “over”? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! And it ain’t over now. ‘Cause when the goin’ gets tough… the tough get goin’! Who’s with me? Let’s go!
What happened to the Delta I used to know? Where’s the spirit? Where’s the guts, huh? “Ooh, we’re afraid to go with you Bluto, we might get in trouble.” Well just kiss my a** from now on! Not me! I’m not gonna take this. Wormer, he’s a dead man! Marmalard, dead! Niedermeyer… </p>

<p>Seven years of college down the drain. Might as well join the Peace Corps. </p>

<p>Ladies and gentlemen, I’ll be brief. The issue here is not whether we broke a few rules, or took a few liberties with our female party guests - we did.
but you can’t hold a whole fraternity responsible for the behavior of a few, sick twisted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn’t we blame the whole fraternity system? And if the whole fraternity system is guilty, then isn’t this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you, Greg - isn’t this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we’re not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. Gentlemen! </p>

<p>TOGA! TOGA! </p>

<p>My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.
Better listen to him, Flounder, he’s in pre-med</p>

<p>As of this moment, they’re on DOUBLE SECRET PROBATION!</p>

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<p>Continuing…</p>

<p>(1) “In 5 years, the Corleone family will be … completely legitimate.”</p>

<p>(2) “My father gave him an offer he couldn’t refuse.”</p>

<hr>

<p>From the James Dean movie – oh, quick quick what is it?–</p>

<p>“I wanna be a contender.”</p>

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<p>^^ [Edits self]: Or was it Marlon Brando, not James Dean?</p>

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<p>“Red Rum!” (done in best Danny Torrance voice, of course)</p>

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<p>“It’s only a flesh wound!” </p>

<p>The Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail</p>

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<p>How could I blow this twice? <em>hangs head</em></p>

<p>Marlon Brando: “I coulda been a contender.” (Not I wanna be.) :eek:</p>

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<p>There was a pretty long period in my life (before the advent of satellite TV) when I lived way out in the country, no cable available, on the reception fringe of the three available network stations, and thirty miles from the nearest one-screen movie theater that showed new movies about 3-5 months after they premiered. A VCR was an unaffordable luxury and I was caught up in raising a young family and just didn’t get out much anyway! So there are tremendous gaps in movie line knowledge…reading through this thread, I’ve found myself saying several times, “Oh, THAT’s what that’s from!”</p>

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<p>Hakuna Matata: The Lion King</p>

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<p>Nobody mentioned any WC Fields quotes. I guess we do forget.</p>

<p>I don’t know if these are from the movies and I don’t care. :)</p>

<p>"Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.</p>

<p>A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.</p>

<p>Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. </p>

<p>I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally. </p>

<p>I like children - fried.</p>

<p>If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.</p>

<p>It ain’t what they call you, it’s what you answer to. </p>

<p>Never give a sucker an even break.</p>

<p>The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.</p>

<p>You can’t trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it. </p>

<p>No doubt exists that all women are crazy; it’s only a question of degree."</p>

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<p>Cool Hand Luke: “You got to get your mind right!”</p>

<p>Apocalypse Now: “The horror, the horror!” (AND the original source of the famous East Coast phrase “I’m good.”)</p>

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<p>Name the movie for each of these:</p>

<ol>
<li> I could peel you like a pear and God himself would call it justice!</li>
<li> Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha …!</li>
<li> That’s an over-share.</li>
<li> I know he can get the job, but can he do the job?</li>
<li> My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.</li>
<li> Rodents of unusual size? I don’t believe they exist? [Ack!]</li>
<li> Daddy’s gonna kill Ralphie!</li>
<li> “Why are you wearing that toy on your head?” “Because if I wear it anyplace else, it chafes.”</li>
<li> Some of these houses are twenty years old!</li>
<li>David, ever since you took us to the Caribbean, it’s been Jamaica homeless people sucking soup, and a big wave outside that cost a hundred thousand dollars. That’s depressing and it’s expensive, two words I hate. You know the words I like? I like the word “peppy” and the word “cheap”. Peppy and cheap. </li>
<li>I’m more of a Telex man.</li>
<li>…really – 20 points higher than me on your entrance exams and you think a big guy like that can wear your clothes? Think about these things, Mitch.</li>
<li>Houston, we have a problem.</li>
<li>Mitch, you need to understand that next to you, most people have the IQ of a carrot.</li>
<li>I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take it any more.</li>
<li>“It’s coherent light.” “So, it can talk – right?”</li>
<li>Let’s fold scarves!</li>
<li>You don’t have to act with me Steve. You don’t have to say anything or do anything. Just whistle. You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve?</li>
<li>He laid there like a slug. It was his only defense.</li>
<li>Instant gratification takes too long.</li>
<li>I hate the British! You are defeated but you have no shame. You are stubborn but you have no pride. You endure but you have no courage. I hate the British!</li>
<li>All I’m saying is that, when I’m around you, I find myself showing off, which is the idiot’s version of being interesting.</li>
<li>I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way.</li>
<li>I would rather be with the people of this town, than with the best people in the world.</li>
<li>General, sometimes the men don’t know when you’re acting. It’s not important for them to know, only for me to know.</li>
<li>The position of ‘annoying talking animal’ has already been filled.</li>
<li>I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.</li>
<li>Bart: Do you need any help? The Kid: Oh, all I can get.</li>
<li>Badges? We don’t need no badges. We don’t need to show you no stinkin’ badges!</li>
<li>Can I spin here?</li>
<li>What have I done?!</li>
<li>I never sleep, I don’t know why. I had a roommate and I drove her nuts, I mean really nuts, they had to take her away in an ambulance and everything. But she’s okay now, but she had to transfer to an easier school, but I don’t know if that had anything to do with being my fault. But listen, if you ever need to talk or you need help studying just let me know, 'cause I’m just a couple doors down from you guys and I never sleep, okay?</li>
<li>I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.</li>
<li>“Surely you can’t be serious.” “I am serious…and don’t call me Shirley.”</li>
<li>Mr. President, we cannot allow a mineshaft gap!</li>
<li>All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.</li>
<li>Badges? We ain’t got no badges! We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinking badges!</li>
<li>Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac…It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole!</li>
<li>Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.</li>
<li>Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room!</li>
<li>There’s no crying in baseball!</li>
<li>Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.</li>
<li>You’re gonna need a bigger boat.</li>
<li>“Surely you can’t be serious.” “I am serious…and don’t call me Shirley.”<br></li>
<li>We have an injured rabbit also.</li>
<li>The prettiest sight in this fine pretty world is the privileged class enjoying its privileges.</li>
<li>Would you characterize that as a launch problem or a design problem?</li>
<li>What do you think a phase conjugate tracking system is for?</li>
<li>You’ll have to answer to the Coca-Cola Company for this.</li>
<li>Mongo just pawn in game of life.</li>
<li>Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.</li>
<li>What was that middle thing again?</li>
<li>I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.</li>
<li>Do or do not, there is no try</li>
<li>“I love you.” “I know.”</li>
<li>Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.</li>
<li>It just doesn’t matter, because all the really good looking girls would still go out with the guys from Mohawk, because they got all the money.</li>
<li>And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being</li>
</ol>

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<p>I say “make good choices” sometimes, quoting from Mean Girls. Didn’t realize it was in Back to the Future as well.</p>

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<p>“My name is Bond – James Bond”</p>

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<p>Washdad, I’ll start. Many of these quotes aren’t coming to me.
7. A Christmas Story
13. Apollo 11
15. Network
18. To Have and Have Not
23. Jessica Rabbit’s movie :wink:
28. Blazing Saddles
29.Treasure of the Sierra Madre
35 Dr. Strangelove
36 Sunset Boulevard
37 Treasure of the Sierra Madre
40 Dr. Strangelove
41 The Tom Hanks, Madonna, the actress that used to date Jeff Goldblum baseball movie
42 The Wizard of Oz
43 Jaws
46 I love that quote, but I can’t remember the movie
49 I think Dr. Strangelove
50 Blazing Saddles
51 The Wizard of Oz</p>

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<ol>
<li>Who Framed Roger Rabbit?</li>
<li>Philadelphia Story</li>
</ol>

<p>This list is from WashMom’s birthday party last Saturday. We handed out the list and had the guests work together (while eating, etc.) to figure out the movies.</p>