The summer blockbusters have begun their annual box office blitzkrieg, but it could be years before any of them become useful in conversation. We think the true value of a film isn’t determined until lines from the script can be used to express a larger point, convey a secondary meaning, or basically establish the speaker’s pop-culture bone fides.
We’ve broken out some good ones by their practical applications. Now get out there and
Expressing anger & retribution
“Funny like I’m a clown? I amuse you?” — Tommy DeVito, Goodfellas
“I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!” — Mugatu, Zoolander
“Over the line!” -- Walter Sobchak, The Big Lebowski
“Oh, I’m sorry, did I break your concentration?” — Jules the Assassin, Pulp Fiction
“You can’t handle the truth!” — Col. Jessup, A Few Good Men
“I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse.” — Michael Corleone, The Godfather Part II
“The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.” — Dean Vernon Wormer, Animal House
“Open the pod bay doors, HAL.” -- Dave Bowman, 2001: A Space Odyssey
“I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads!” -- Dr. Evil, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
“I love the smell of napalm in the morning.” -- Col. Kilgore, Apocalypse Now
“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” -- Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride
"Say good night, floppy." -- The Evil Betty, Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
"You’re all worthless and weak! Now drop and give me twenty!" -- Douglas
Neidermeyer, Animal House
"Well, as of this moment, they’re on DOUBLE SECRET PROBATION!" --
Dean Vernon Wormer, Animal House
"Hey baby, you must’ve been something before electricity." --
Al Czervik, Back to School
"What are you, people? On dope?" --
Mr. Hand, Fast Times At Ridgemont High
"I am reality!" -- Sgt. Barnes, Platoon
"You’re an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill." Col. Kurtz, Apocalypse Now
Flirting & love-dovie
“You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.” — Marie Browning, To Have and Have Not
“Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me.” — Ben Braddock, The Graduate
“I’m not bad; I’m just drawn that way.” — Jessica Rabbit, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
“When I first saw you, I thought you were handsome. Then, of course, you spoke.” — Carol Connelly, As Good As It Gets
“If I hold you any closer, I’ll be in back of you.” -- Dr. Hackenbush, A Day At The Races
“You’re rather attractive for a beautiful girl with a great body.” — Ty Webb, Caddyshack
“When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side 1 of Led Zeppelin IV.” -- Mike Damone, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
“You had me at hello.” -- Dorothy Boyd, Jerry Maguire
"Here’s looking at you, kid." -- Rick Blaine, Casablanca
"We’ll always have Paris." -- Rick Blaine, Casablanca
"YES! YES! Say it! He vas my... BOYFRIEND!" --
Frau Blücher, Young Frankenstein
"No, I don’t think I will kiss you, although you need
kissing, badly. That’s what’s wrong with you. You should be kissed and
often, and by someone who knows how." --
Rhett Butler, Gone With The Wind
"That's Rhett Butler! He’s from Charleston, he has the most terrible reputation!" --
Cathleen Calvert, Gone With The Wind
"I can’t go all my life waiting to catch you between husbands." --
Rhett Butler, Gone With The Wind
Expressing irony & sarcasm
“These go to 11.” — Nigel Tufnel, This is Spinal Tap
“This is supposed to be a happy occasion! Let’s not bicker and argue about who killed who!” — The King of Swamp Castle (Prince Herbert's father), Monty Python and the Holy Grail
“I weep for the future.” — Maitre D’, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
“Obviously you’re not a golfer.” — The Dude, The Big Lebowski
“I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!” — Capt. Renault, Casablanca
“Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects.” -- Capt. Renault, again, Casablanca
“Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.” -- Steve McCroskey, Airplane
“I’ll have what she’s having.” -- Female diner, When Harry Met Sally
"Is there someone else up there we can talk to?" -- Sir Galahad, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
"Help! Help! I’m being repressed!" -- Dennis the peasant, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
"Obviously you’re not a golfer." -- The Dude, The Big Lebowski
"Make it ten. I’m only a poor corrupt official." --
Captain Renault, Casablanca
"He was my father my entire life." -- Ling, Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
"I’m bleeding, making me the victor." --
Wimp Lo, Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
"Well, I’m sure I’d feel much worse if I weren’t under such heavy sedation." -- David St. Hubbins, This is Spinal Tap
"It’s a big building with patients, but that’s not important right now." --
Dr. Rumack, Airplane
"Nothing is over until we decide it is!
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!" -- Brother Bluto, Animal House
"A flute without holes, is not a flute. A donut without a hole, is a Danish." --
Ty Webb, Caddyshack
"Do you stand for goodness, or for badness?" --
Judge Smails, Caddyshack
Invoking life wisdom
“It’s not the years, honey. It’s the mileage.” — Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark
“There’s no crying in baseball!” — Jimmy Dugan, A League of Their Own
“Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.” — Dennis the peasant, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
“Only the meek get pinched. The bold survive.” — Ferris Bueller, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
“We all got it coming, kid.” — Will Munny, Unforgiven
"Somebody once wrote: 'Hell is the impossibility of reason.' That's what this place feels like." -- Chris Taylor, Platoon
“Don’t try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring; besides
that, they’re fascist. Throw some ground balls. It’s more democratic.” -- Crash Davis, Bull Durham
“I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender.” -- Terry Malloy, On the Waterfront
“Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.” -- Dean Vernon Wormer, Animal House
"I stick my neck out for nobody." -- Rick Blaine, Casablanca
"It’s not personal, Sonny. It’s strictly business." Michael Corleone, The Godfather
"Leave the gun. Take the cannolis." -- Clemenza, The Godfather
"I don’t feel I have to wipe everybody out, Tom. Just my enemies." -- Michael Corleone, The Godfather Part II
"Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger." -- Don Lucchesi, The Godfather Part III
"Just when I thought that I was out they pull me back in!" --
Michael Corleone, The Godfather Part III
"People on ‘ludes should not drive." --
Jeff Spicoli, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
"The world is made for people who aren’t cursed with self-awareness." --
Annie Savoy, Bull Durham
"As God is my witness, as God is my witness they’re not going
to lick me. I’m going to live through this and when it’s all over, I’ll
never be hungry again. No, nor any of my folk. If I have to lie, steal,
cheat or kill. As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again." --
Scarlett O'Hara, Gone With The Wind
"Son, all I’ve ever asked of my Marines is that they obey my orders as they would the word of God." Col. Pogue, Full Metal Jacket
"A woman is the most fiendish instrument of torture ever devised to bedevil the days of man." --
Ulysses Everett McGill, O Brother Where Art Thou?
"You either surf or you fight." -- Col. Kilgore, Apocalypse Now
"Hey, careful, man, there’s a beverage here!" --
The Dude, The Big Lebowski
General coolness boosting
“Fasten your seat belts — it’s going to be a bumpy night.” — Margo Channing, All About Eve
“What we’ve got here ... is failure to communicate.” — The Captain, Cool Hand Luke
“If it turns out that there is a God, I don’t think that he’s evil. I think that the worst you can say about him is that basically he’s an underachiever.” — Boris Grushenko, Love and Death
“We’re in a tight spot!” — Ulysses Everett McGill, O Brother Where Art Thou?
“The thing is, Bob, it’s not that I’m lazy, it’s that I just don’t care.” — Peter Gibbons, Office Space
“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” — Rhett Butler, Gone With The Wind
“I’m a loner, Dottie. A rebel.” - Pee-Wee Herman, Pee-wee's Big Adventure
"I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray, you wore blue." -- Rick Blaine, Casablanca
"I got screwed!" -- Boris, again, Love and Death
"I’ll be taking these Huggies and whatever cash ya got." -- H.I., Raising Arizona
"He’s not the Messiah! He’s a very naughty boy!" -- Brian's Mother, Monty Python's Life of Brian
"What Jesus fails to appreciate is that it’s the meek who are the problem." -- Reg the Judean Terrorist, Monty Python's Life of Brian
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