Great Film Quotes
From Great Films
(Part 2)

Great Film Quotes and Movie Lines Sections
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Famous quotes and great lines of dialogue from 75 years of sound films come from speeches, one-liners, quips, punchlines, statements and insults. Here are some more examples of the most memorable movie quotes and lines of dialogue.

 

Great Film Quotes

Hint: Move your mouse pointer over the yellow star HERE is the film title! next to each quote to identify the source of the film quote (some of the stars are linked to the film's identification and a detailed description of the film).

Young Frankenstein "Oh-oh-oh, sweet mystery of life - at last I found you!"

Forrest Gump "Mama says stupid is as stupid does."

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf "I am, George. I am."

It's a Wonderful Life "Every time you hear a bell ring, it means that some angel's just got his wings."

Frenzy "Mr. Rusk, you're not wearing your tie."

Citizen Kane "Throw that junk."

A Double Life "Strike me pink!"

Casablanca - "I've often speculated why you don't return to America. Did you abscond with the church funds? Did you run off with a senator's wife? I like to think that you killed a man. It's the romantic in me."
- "It's a combination of all three."
- "What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?"
- "My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters."
- "The waters? What waters? We're in the desert."
- "I was misinformed."

Psycho "We all go a little mad sometimes... Haven't you?"

Jaws - "I used to hate the water."
- "I can't imagine why."

Brokeback Mountain "I wish I knew how to quit you."

Blade Runner "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain. Time to die."

When Harry Met Sally... "I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."

Bull Durham "Well, I believe in the soul, the c--k, the p---y, the small of a woman's back, the hangin' curveball, high fiber, good Scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent crap...I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve, and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days."

Star Wars "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought."

The Producers "Sing out, men. We open at Leavenworth on Saturday night."

Airplane! - "Surely you can't be serious."
- "I am serious, and don't call me Shirley."

The Sand Pebbles "What the hell happened?"

The Wizard of Oz" Oh! You cursed brat. Look what you've done. I'm melting! Melting! Oh, what a world! What a world! Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness."

The Silence of the Lambs "I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner."

Field of Dreams "If you build it, he will come."

2001: A Space Odyssey "But you'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle - built - for - two."

Poltergeist "They're heee-re."

The Day The Earth Stood Still "Gort! Klaatu barada nikto."

The Goodbye Girl "I do not like the panties drying on the rod."

My Little Chickadee "A thing worth having is worth cheating for."

Elephant Man "I am not an animal! I am a human being."

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid "Good. For a moment there, I thought we were in trouble."

Raiders of the Lost Ark "Snakes. Why'd it hafta be snakes?"

Psycho "Well, a boy's best friend is his mother."

Casablanca "We'll always have Paris."

Animal House "Food fight!"
AND
"Toga! Toga!"

It's a Wonderful Life "I suppose it'd been better if I'd never been born at all."

Marathon Man "Is it safe?"

Patton "Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."
AND
"I love it. God help me, I do love it so. I love it more than my life."

Pulp Fiction - "You know what they call a - a - a Quarter Pounder with cheese in Paris?"
- "They don't call it a Quarter Pounder with cheese?"
- "No man, they got the metric system. They wouldn't know what the f--k a Quarter Pounder is."
- "Then what do they call it?"
- "They call it a 'Royale' with cheese."
- "A 'Royale' with cheese!...What do they call a Big Mac?"
- "A Big Mac's a Big Mac, but they call it 'Le Big Mac.'"
- "'Le Big Mac!' What do they call a 'Whopper'?"
- "I dunno, I didn't go into Burger King."

How Green Was My Valley "Men like my father cannot die. They are with me still - real in memory as they were in flesh, loving and beloved forever."

True Grit "That's mighty brave talk for a one-eyed fat man."

Lawrence of Arabia "Well sir, goin' 'ome...'Ome, sir."

It's a Wonderful Life "You want the moon? Just say the word, and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. Hey, that's a pretty good idea. I'll give you the moon."

The Grapes of Wrath "That's what makes us tough. Rich fellas come up an' they die an' their kids ain't no good, an' they die out. But we keep a-comin'. We're the people that live. They can't wipe us out. They can't lick us. And we'll go on forever, Pa... 'cause... we're the people."

Apollo 13 "Houston - we have a problem."

James Bond films "Shaken, not stirred."

The Band Wagon "I can stand anything but pain."

Camille "Never be jealous again. Never doubt that I love you more than the world. More than myself."

The More the Merrier "Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead!"

Adam's Rib - "And after you shot him, how did you feel then?"
- "Hungry."

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective "Aaaaawl-right-y-then."

The Hunchback of Notre Dame "Sanctuary!"

Midnight Cowboy " I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here!"

Double Indemnity "But it's straight down the line for both of us."

Mutiny on the Bounty "I'll live to see you - all of ya - hanging from the highest yardarm in the British fleet!"

Fatal Attraction "I'm NOT gonna be ignored, Dan."

The Thin Man "Will you bring me five more martinis, Leo? And line them right up here."

Flashdance "When you give up your dreams, you die."

Top Hat "For the woman - the kiss, for the man - the sword."

The Women "Jungle Red."

Gone With the Wind "You should be kissed - and often, and by someone who knows how."

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs "Magic Mirror on the Wall, Who is the fairest one of all?"

All About Eve "I wouldn't worry too much about your heart. You can always put that award where your heart ought to be."

An American in Paris "That's, uh, quite a dress you almost have on."

Vertigo "Well, I'll wear the darn clothes if you want me to - if-if you'll just, just like me."

Good Morning, Vietnam "Goooood morning, Vietnam!"

Tea and Sympathy "Years from now, when you talk about this, and you will, be kind."

Back to the Future "Roads? Where we're going we don't need - roads."

From Here to Eternity "Only my friends call me wop."

The African Queen "I never dreamed that any mere physical experience could be so stimulating."

Raising Arizona "Turn to the ri-i-ght."

Deliverance "He's got a real purty mouth, ain't he?"

Harvey "I've wrestled with reality for thirty-five years, and I'm happy, Doctor, I finally won out over it."

Some Like It Hot - "Steady boy. Just keep telling yourself you're a girl."
- "I'm a girl...I'm a girl...I'm a girl."

Planet of the Apes "Get your stinkin' paws off me, you damn dirty ape!"

City Slickers "Did you ever reach a point in your life, where you say to yourself: 'This is the best I'm ever going to look, the best I'm ever going to feel, the best I'm ever going to do,' and it ain't that great?"

Young Frankenstein "Frau Bleucher." (followed by the whinnying and neighing of horses)

The Quiet Man "No patty fingers, if you please. The proprieties at all times."

Touch of Evil "I didn't recognize you. You should lay off those candy bars...You're a mess, honey."

Now, Voyager "I'm such a fool, such an old fool. These are only tears of gratitude - an old maid's gratitude for the crumbs offered...You see, no one ever called me darling before."

The Maltese Falcon "Well, if you get a good break, you'll be out of Tehachapi in 20 years and you can come back to me then. I hope they don't hang you, precious, by that sweet neck...Yes, angel, I'm gonna send you over. The chances are you'll get off with life. That means if you're a good girl, you'll be out in 20 years. I'll be waiting for you. If they hang you, I'll always remember you."

Moonstruck - "I'm in love with you."
- "Snap out of it!"

A Tale of Two Cities "It's a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done. It's a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever known."

The Blues Brothers "They're not gonna catch us. We're on a mission from God."

2001: A Space Odyssey "Except for a single, very powerful radio emission aimed at Jupiter the four million year old black monolith has remained completely inert, its origin and purpose still a total mystery."

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid "Kid - the next time I say, 'Let's go someplace like Bolivia,' let's go someplace like Bolivia."

Funny Girl "Hello, gorgeous."

The Producers "Hitler was better looking than Churchill, he was a better dresser than Churchill, he had more hair, he told funnier jokes, and he could dance the pants off of Churchill."

Reflections in a Golden Eye "She cut off her nipples with garden shears. You call that normal?"

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington "You think I'm licked. You all think I'm licked. Well, I'm not licked, and I'm gonna stay right here and fight for this lost cause even if this room gets filled with lies like these, and the Taylors and all their armies come marching into this place."

Dracula "I never drink wi-i-ine."

The Philadelphia Story "Put me in your pocket, Mike."

All About Eve "What a story! Everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end."

Mister Roberts "Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver, and I just threw your stinking palm tree overboard. Now, what's all this crud about no movie tonight!"

Butterfield 8 "Mama, face it. I was the slut of all time."

Hud "The only question I ever ask any woman is: 'What time is your husband coming home?'"

The Little Shop of Horrors "Feed me! Feed me!"

Annie Hall "I forgot my mantra."

Rocky "Yo, Adrian!"

Doctor Zhivago "Ah, then it's a gift."

Key Largo "One Rocco, more or less, isn't worth dying for."

Ninotchka "Your general appearance is not distasteful."

The Night of the Hunter "They abide and they endure."

Being There "I like to watch (TV)."

Gypsy "And her daughter, Gypsy."

Chinatown "You're a very nosy fellow, kitty-cat, huh? You know what happens to nosy fellows? Huh, no? Want to guess? Huh, no? OK. They lose their noses."

Rebecca "You've nothing to stay for. You've nothing to live for really, have you? Look down there. It's easy, isn't it? Why don't you? Why don't you? Go on. Go on. Don't be afraid!"

Monty Python and the Holy Grail "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!"

Shampoo "Want me to do your hair?

M*A*S*H "Oh, Frank, my lips are hot. Kiss my hot lips."

Dog Day Afternoon "Attica! Attica!"

Mister Roberts "Now what's all this crud about no movie tonight?"

The Exorcist "Your mother's in here with us, Karras. Would you like to leave a message? I'll see that she gets it."

Mrs. Miniver "This is not only a war of soldiers in uniform. It is a war of the people - of all the people - and it must be fought not only on the battlefield but in the cities and in the villages, in the factories and on the farms, in the home and in the heart of every man, woman and child who loves freedom...This is the people's war. It is our war. We are the fighters. Fight it, then. Fight it with all that is in us, and may God defend the right."

The Adventures of Robin Hood - "Overtaxed, overworked and paid off with a knife, a club or a rope."
- "Why, you speak treason."
- "Fluently."

Gaslight "If I were not mad, I could have helped you. Whatever you had done, I could have pitied and protected you. But because I am mad, I hate you. Because I am mad, I have betrayed you. And because I'm mad, I'm rejoicing in my heart, without a shred of pity, without a shred of regret, watching you go with glory in my heart!"

Klute "Because when you're a call girl, you control it, that's why. Because someone wants you...and for an hour...I'm the best actress in the world."

The Shining "Wendy, darling. Light of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya... I'm just gonna bash your brains in."

The Good Earth "O-Lan, you are the earth."

Duel in the Sun "You always said you could shoot. I never believed ya."

The Pride of the Yankees "People all say that I've had a bad break, but today - today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth."

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town "But, in the opinion of the court, you are not only sane but you're the sanest man that ever walked into this courtroom. Case dismissed."

It Happened One Night "Shapeley's the name - and that's the way I like 'em!"

Scarface (1983) "Say hello to my little friend."

Public Enemy "I ain't so tough."

All Quiet on the Western Front "And our bodies are earth. And our thoughts are clay. And we sleep and eat with death."

She Done Him Wrong "It was a toss-up whether I go in for diamonds or sing in the choir. The choir lost."

Pee Wee's Big Adventure "I know you are, but what am I?

The Princess Bride "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!"

Glengarry Glen Ross "Only one thing counts in this life: Get them to sign on the line which is dotted...A. Always. B. Be. C. Closing. Always Be Closing."

Wuthering Heights "I killed you. Haunt me then. Haunt your murderer. I know that ghosts have wandered on the Earth. Be with me always. Take any form. Drive me mad. Only do not leave me in this dark alone where I cannot find you. I cannot live without my life. I cannot die without my soul."

Singin' in the Rain "What do they think I am, dumb or something? Why I make more money than Calvin Coolidge put together."

Fargo "I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

The Silence of the Lambs "Oh, and Senator, just one more thing. Love your suit!"

Thelma and Louise "Look, you shoot off a guy's head with his pants down, believe me, Texas is not the place you want to get caught."

For Whom the Bell Tolls "I don't know how to kiss, or I would kiss you. Where do the noses go?"

The Most Dangerous Game "First the hunt, then the revels!"

In Which We Serve "Now, she lies in 1,500 fathoms. And with her, more than half our shipmates. If they had to die, what a grand way to go! For now they lie all together with the ship we loved and they're in very good company. We've lost her, but they're still with her."

Mata Hari "I am Mata Hari, my own master."

Duck Soup - "I suggest that we give him ten years in Leavenworth or eleven years in Twelveworth."
- "I tell you what I'll do. I'll take five and ten in Woolworth."

Easy Rider "Oh, oh, I've got a helmet. I've got a beauty."



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