<p>The movie threads seem to be popular- and some of my favorite movies are very quotable ( if I could remember them)</p>
<p>Along with ones everybody knows like " you know how to whistle? You just pucker up and blow"( To Have and Have not) and “Play it again Sam” & my favorite " Round, up the usual suspects"( Casablanca for you young pups) , some movies have so many quotes that you could pick anything and it would remind you of how perfect the movie was. Inigo Montoya:<br>
Who are you?
Westley:<br>
No one of consequence. Inigo Montoya:<br>
I must know.
Westley:<br>
Get used to disappointment.
( the Princess Bride)</p>
<p>or *I] do mind. The Dude minds. This will not stand. This aggression will not stand, man.<a href=“The%20Big%20Lebowski”>/i</a></p>
<p>or from a lesser known movie Sneakers- with Robert Redford, David Straitharn, and River Phoenix Erwin “Whistler” Emory:<br>
I want peace on earth and good will toward men.
**Bernard Abbott: **
We are the United States Government. We don’t do that sort of thing.</p>
<p>I loved Sneakers, EK! Isn’t that the part where Robert Redford tells Abbott he’d better try anyway? I also liked the part where Whistler says “Fellas, Janek’s little black box is on the desk between the pencil jar and the lamp,” and Mother says, “Uh, Whistler, I hate to tell you this, but you’re blind!”</p>
<p>Between the Monty Python and the Holy Grail [url=us.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/quotes]quotes<a href=“%22A%20duck!%22;” title=“Just a little bit of peril?”; “Now you see the violence inherent in the system!”>/url</a> and the Office Space [url=us.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/quotes]quotes<a href=“%22Didja%20get%20the%20memo?%22;” title=“Somebody’s got a case o’ the Mondays!”>/url</a>, you could probably cover half our family’s in-jokes and repartee. We’re so predictable. But those two lightweight movies in particular are just waaaaay too full of quotable moments.</p>
<p>“I’ll have what she’s having.” When Harry Met Sally . It may be low-brow, but it works. I’m just glad the shampoo company has discontinued its derivative commercials.</p>
<p>O.K. Which somewhat modern western has the classic scene where pa is telling the hands to saddle up to chase the varmint that stole his horse (whatever) and darling daughter is insisting that he avenge her lost (but highly questionable ) innocence? Pa’s response was to shush daughter with “One crime at a time, darling. One crime at a time.”</p>
<p>Although everyone’s favorite “Life of Brian” scene is the “what have the Romans done for us?” one, I, as the mother of a budding classicist have always had a fondness for this one, where a Roman soldier corrects Brian’s Latin anti-Roman graffiti<a href=“A%20Centurion%20catches%20Brian%20writing%20graffiti%20on%20the%20palace%20wall.”>quote</a>
Centurion: What’s this, then? “Romanes eunt domus”? People called Romanes, they go, the house?
Brian: It says, “Romans go home.”
Centurion: No, it doesn’t! What’s the latin for “Roman”? Come on, come on !
Brian: Er, “Romanus”!
Centurion: Goes like?
Brian: Annus.
Centurion: Vocative plural of “Annus” is?
Brian: Er, er, annus, anni, anno, annum, anno, anni… “Romani”!
Centurion: [writes “Romani” over Brian’s graffiti] “Eunt”? What is “eunt”? Conjugate the verb, “to go” !
Brian:Er, “Ire”.Er, “eo”, “is”, “it”, “imus”, “itis”, “eunt”.
Centurion: So, “eunt” is… ?
Brian Third person plural present indicative, “they go”.
Centurion: But, “Romans go home” is an order. So you must use… ? [twists Brian’s ear]
Brian: Aaagh! The imperative!
Centurion; Which is…?
Brian: Which is…?
Brian: Aaaaagh! Er, er… “i”!
Centurion: How many Romans?
Brian: Aaaaagh! Plural, plural… er, “ite”!
Centurion: [writes “ite” on wall] “Domus”? Nominative? “Go home” is motion toward, isn’t it?
Brian: Dative! [Centurion holds a sword at Brian’s throat] Aaagh! Not the dative, not the dative! Er, er… accusative, “ad domum”!
Centurion: But “Domus” takes the locative, which is…?
Brian: Er… “Domum”!
Centurion: [writes “Domum” on wall] Understand? Now, write it out a hundred times.
Brian: Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.
Centurion: Hail Caesar! And if it’s not done by sunrise, I’ll cut your b***s off.
<p>jmmom, I was going to say the same thing! LOL</p>
<p>and more recently it’s “What the heck are you even talking about???!!!” from Napoleon Dynamite</p>
<p>mootmom, there’s a million good ones in Office Space. “yeah, I’m going to have to go ahead and disagree with you there…yeah…”
and also the guy telling Michael Bolton to just go by Mike. He says. “Why should I change? He’s the one who sucks!”</p>
<p>SBmom/DrDrewsmom: yes, yes, exactly! That’s the “A duck!” scene! Among my fave quotes from that is the one that follows the duck outburst: “Who are you, good sir, who are so wise in the ways of science?” (I can’t count the number of times I’ve said that to older S. ;))</p>
<p>Ooops! Sorry for the threadjacking! We’re threatening to turn this into a Holy Grail / Office Space quote-fest. (Which would be fun, but would crowd out the other really <em>meaningful</em> and <em>memorable</em> quotes from other movies without the silliness factor.)</p>
<p>October Sky:
“Cool it Quinton, man, talk about your hot gases.” (The accent makes this one memorable.) </p>
<p>“Four unidentifiable high school students were found dead earlier this mornin’ when their toy rocket exploded.”</p>
<p>Also from the Holy Grail:
“It’s just a flesh wound.”
and
“I **** in your general direction.” I’m not normally amused by this type humor, but that’s just funny.</p>
<p>It’s a cliche now, but I liked when Rene Zellweger character said “You had me at hello” in Jerry Maguire. I still think it’s a really cool and original line.</p>
<p>in the jodie foster movie contact
as a young girl she asks her dad if there is life
on other planets and as they ponder the infinite stars he says
sometthing like…if theres not it sure would be a waste of space</p>
<p>Did anyone else watch the American Film Institute’s show on the 100 greatest movie quotes of all time? It was on Bravo last week sometime, and will be repeated on the 15th and 23rd - lots of fun! Not surprisingly, Casablanca had the most quotes in the top 100 (six, I think, including my favorite, “Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”). Here’s a link: <a href=“http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/quotes.aspx[/url]”>http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/quotes.aspx</a></p>
<p>I won’t say what #1 was, in case anyone wants to see the show - but it’s pretty unforgettable and most folks could probably guess it (though it hasn’t surfaced on this thread yet). Don’t click on the link if you don’t want to know.</p>
<p>My youngest d’s favorite Holy Grail quote is, “Are you implying coconuts migrate?” She swears it’s going under her name in the yearbook.</p>
When Harry Met Sally . It may be low-brow, but it works. I’m just glad the shampoo company has discontinued its derivative commercials.</p>