Monday, November 30, 2009

[Goddard is singing along to a record of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" - badly]
Capt. Sam Cahill: Is it my ears, or has your singing actually gotten worse?
Goddard: Must be your ears, it was already as bad as it could be! Memorable quotes for
Operation Dumbo Drop (1995) More at IMDbPro »
Richard Brown: Oh, Mrs. Dalloway... Always giving parties to cover the silence. Memorable quotes for
The Hours (2002) More at IMDbPro »
Lucilla: I want to help you.
Maximus: Yes, you can help me... Forget you ever knew me, and never come back here again. Memorable quotes for
Gladiator (2000) More at IMDbPro »
William Wallace: There's a difference between us. You think the people of this country exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom. And I go to make sure that they have it.
Natalie: Where's Knox? Is he OK?
Dylan: He's fine. He's the bad guy. Memorable quotes for
Charlie's Angels (2000) More at IMDbPro »
Montel Gordon: So you pay off customs officials?
Montel Gordon: Well, you know, in Mexico, law enforcement is an entrepreneurial activity. Not so much in the states, anyway, we, uh... We hire drivers with nothing and throw a lot of product at the problem. Some gets stopped, enough gets through. It's not difficult. Look, boys, this has worked for years, okay. It's going to continue to work for years. Memorable quotes for
Traffic (2000) More at IMDbPro »
James Clayton: All I know about the CIA is that they're a bunch of fat, old white guys who fell asleep when we needed them most. Walter Burke: You gotta give me one thing. I'm a scary judge of talent. Walter Burke: Rule number one:
[pause]
Walter Burke: do not get caught. Memorable quotes for
The Recruit (2003) More at IMDbPro »
Agent Smith: You're empty.
Neo: So are you.
Joe Fox: [speaking to the grumpy cashier] Happy Thanksgiving... it's your turn to say Happy Thanksgiving back.
Rose, Zabars Cashier: Happy Thanksgiving back. Memorable quotes for
You've Got Mail (1998) More at IMDbPro »
Sid Hudgens: [voiceover] Something has to be done, but nothing too original, because hey, this is Hollywood. Memorable quotes for
L.A. Confidential (1997) More at IMDbPro »
Eduardo Ruiz: You guys remind me of Japanese soldiers on deserted islands who still think world war two is still going on. The fact is that your government surrendered this war a long fucking time ago.
Montel Gordon: You know, I don't think this attitude is gonna help him in front of the judge. Eduardo, there is just one thing wrong with this math. You're in here. Memorable quotes for
Traffic (2000) More at IMDbPro »
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Licence to Kill (1989) More at IMDbPro »

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James Bond: This is no place for you, Q. Go home.
Q: Oh, don't be an idiot, 007. I know exactly what you're up to, and quite frankly, you're going to need my help. Remember, if it hadn't been for Q Branch, you'd have been dead long ago.
[opens a case]
Q: Everything for a man on holiday. Explosive alarm clock - guaranteed never to wake up anyone who uses it. Dentonite toothpaste - to be used sparingly, the latest in plastic explosive.
James Bond: I could do with some plastic.
Latika: You want to do something for me?
Jamal Malik: Anything.
Latika: Then forget me! Memorable quotes for
Slumdog Millionaire (2008) More at IMDbPro »
Sid Hudgens: 'It's Christmas Eve in the City of Angels and while decent citizens sleep the sleep of the righteous, hopheads prowl for marijuana, not knowing that a man is coming to stop them! Celebrity crimestopper Jack Vincennes, scourge of grasshoppers and dopefiends everywhere!' Ya like it, Jackie boy?
Jack Vincennes: Yeah, subtle. Memorable quotes for
L.A. Confidential (1997) More at IMDbPro »
Tom Joad: Sure don't look none too prosperous. Memorable quotes for
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) More at IMDbPro »
[at the Firing Range, Pvt. Pyle is shooting at the targets, doing an impressive job while Hartman watches]
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Outstanding, Private Pyle. I think we finally found something that you do well.
Private Gomer Pyle: Sir, yes, sir! Memorable quotes for
Full Metal Jacket (1987) More at IMDbPro »
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Clueless (1995) More at IMDbPro »

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Cher: Miss Stoeger, I would just like to say that physical education in this school is a disgrace. I mean, standing in line for forty minutes is hardly aerobically effective. I doubt I've worked off the calories in a stick of Carefree gum.
[in 1921]
Virginia Woolf: [writing in her book] Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.
[in 1951]
Laura Brown: [reading in bed] Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.
[in 2001]
Clarissa Vaughan: Sally, I think I'll buy the flowers myself.
[waking up]
Sally Lester: What? What flowers?
[realizing]
Sally Lester: Oh, shit! I forgot!
Dorothy: Did you say something?
Tin Woodsman: [indiscernible sounds from the Tin Man, who is rusted]
Dorothy: He said oil can!
Scarecrow: Oil can what? Memorable quotes for
The Wizard of Oz (1939) More at IMDbPro »
Seagulls: Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine.
Nigel: Oh would you just shut up? You're rats with wings. Memorable quotes for
Finding Nemo (2003) More at IMDbPro »
Moff Jerjerrod: The Emperor's coming here?
Darth Vader: That is correct, Commander. And, he is most displeased with your apparent lack of progress.
Moff Jerjerrod: We shall double our efforts.
Darth Vader: I hope so, Commander, for your sake. The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am. Memorable quotes for
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) More at IMDbPro »
Virgil Malloy: Doesn't this guy believe in fresh air?
Rusty Ryan: He opens the second floor window every now and then.
Virgil Malloy: What does that mean?
Rusty Ryan: It means he opens the second floor window every now and then. Memorable quotes for
Ocean's Twelve (2004) More at IMDbPro »
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) More at IMDbPro »

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Colonel Saito: Do not speak to me of rules. This is war! This is not a game of cricket!
[Hockney talks about Keaton's girlfriend Edie Finneran while they're held after interrogation]
McManus: How about it, Keaton? You a lawyer's 'wife'? What kinda retainer are you givin' her? Memorable quotes for
The Usual Suspects (1995) More at IMDbPro »
Cole Sear: [of his grandmother] She wanted me to tell you...
Lynn Sear: Cole, please stop...
Cole Sear: She wanted me to tell you she saw you dance. She said, when you were little, you and her had a fight, right before your dance recital. You thought she didn't come see you dance. She did. She hid in the back so you wouldn't see. She said you were like an angel. She said you came to the place where they buried her. Asked her a question? She said the answer is...”Every day." What did you ask?
Lynn Sear: Do... Do I make her proud? Memorable quotes for
The Sixth Sense (1999) More at IMDbPro »
Dean Walcott: Our job is to rigorously and ruthlessly train the humanity out of you and make you into something better. We're gonna make doctors out of you. Memorable quotes for
Patch Adams (1998) More at IMDbPro »
Private Reiben: You wanna explain the math of this to me? I mean, where's the sense of riskin' the lives of the eight of us to save one guy?
Captain Miller: Twenty degrees. Anybody wanna answer that?
Medic Wade: Reiben, think about the poor bastard's mother.
Private Reiben: Hey, Doc, I got a mother, all right? I mean, you got a mother. Sarge's got a mother. I mean, shit, I bet even the captain's got a mother.
[he turns and looks at Miller, who has a bemused expression on his face]
Private Reiben: Well, maybe not the captain, but the rest of us got mothers.
Upham: "Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die."
Mellish: La-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la. What the fuck is that supposed to mean, Corporal, huh? We're all supposed to die, is that it?
Captain Miller: Upham's talking about our duty as soldiers.
Upham: Yes, sir.
Captain Miller: We all have orders, and we have to follow 'em. That supersedes everything, including your mothers.
Upham: Yes, sir. Thank you sir.
Private Reiben: Even if you think the mission's FUBAR, sir?
Captain Miller: *Especially* if you think the mission's FUBAR. Memorable quotes for
Saving Private Ryan (1998) More at IMDbPro »
Victor, Filmstage Director: Acting is acting like you're *not* acting. Memorable quotes for
The Rocketeer (1991) More at IMDbPro »
Troy Barlow: Let's just stick to the plan. The plan is for the gold, right?
Chief Elgin: Hold on, we can help these people first, and then we can be on our way. Memorable quotes for
Three Kings (1999) More at IMDbPro »
[First lines]
One Stab: Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become One Stab: I thought Tristan would never live to be an old man. I was wrong about that. I was wrong about many things. It was those who loved him most who died young. He was a rock they broke themselves against however much he tried to protect them. One Stab: It is hard to tell of happiness. Time goes by and we feel safe too soon. Alfred: You don't have to be a genius to figure out they going to come after you for this.
Tristan: Yeah. Alfred?
Alfred: Yeah?
Tristan: I want to ask you to watch over my children. Watch over Samuel.
Alfred: Brother, it will be an honor. Memorable quotes for
Legends of the Fall (1994) More at IMDbPro »
God: What are you doing now?
King Arthur: Averting our eyes, oh Lord.
God: Well, don't. It's just like those miserable psalms, always so depressing. Now knock it off! Memorable quotes for
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) More at IMDbPro »
Danny: Now, they tell me I paid my debt to society.
Tess: Funny, I never got a check. Memorable quotes for
Ocean's Eleven (2001) More at IMDbPro »
Robert Wakefield: Look, we need to take down either of these cartels: either Juarez or Tijuana. Not because they're a symbol but... hell, they are a symbol! But because we need to send a message! When Carlos Ayala hires Michael Addler as his legal defense, I send Ben Williams down to San Diego as a prosecutor, why? Because it's a symbol. It's a symbol that we are sending the best! It's a message that we're going after their top guys. Memorable quotes for
Traffic (2000) More at IMDbPro »
Laura Brown: Don't worry, honey. Everything's fine. We're going to have a wonderful party. We've made Daddy such a nice cake. Memorable quotes for
The Hours (2002) More at IMDbPro »
Charles Foster Kane: The news goes on for 24 hours a day. Memorable quotes for
Citizen Kane (1941) More at IMDbPro »
Gandalf: He's suffered a defeat, yes, but... behind the walls of Mordor, our enemy is regrouping.
Gimli: Let him stay there. *Let him rot!* Why should we care?
Gandalf: Because 10,000 Orcs now stand between Frodo and Mount Doom. I've sent him to his death.
Aragorn: No. There is still hope for Frodo. He needs time... and safe passage across the plains of Gorgoroth. We can give him that.
Gimli: How?
Aragorn: Draw out Sauron's armies. Empty his lands. Then we gather our full strength and march on the Black Gate.
Eomer: We cannot achieve victory through strength of arms.
Aragorn: Not for ourselves. But we can give Frodo his chance if we keep Sauron's Eye fixed upon us. Keep him blind to all else that moves.
Legolas: A diversion.
Gimli: Certainty of death, *small* chance of success... What are we waiting for?
Gandalf: Sauron will suspect a trap. He will not take the bait.
Aragorn: [knowingly] No, I think he will. Memorable quotes for
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) More at IMDbPro
Brett Chase: Excuse me, ma'am; just the facts. Memorable quotes for
L.A. Confidential (1997) More at IMDbPro »
Jarda: Word in the ether was you'd lost your memory.
Jason Bourne: You still should have moved. Memorable quotes for
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) More at IMDbPro »
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The Interpreter (2005) More at IMDbPro »

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Silvia Broome: Vengeance is a lazy form of grief.
Julia: You can't see that Louis Waters is weird?
Clarissa Vaughn: I can see that he's sad.
Julia: Well. All of your friends are sad. Memorable quotes for
The Hours (2002) More at IMDbPro »
Cher: Suddenly a dark cloud settled over first period... I got a C in debate? Memorable quotes for
Clueless (1995) More at IMDbPro »
Dr. Edward Staunton: I'm curious about the subject of your dissertation. You suggest 'Picasso will do for the twentieth century what Michael Angelo did for the renaissance"?
Katherine Watson: In terms of influencing movements.
Dr. Edward Staunton: So, these canvases they're turning out these days with paint dripped and splotched on them, they're as worthy of our attention as Michael Angelo's Sistine Chapel?
Katherine Watson: I'm not comparing them. Memorable quotes for
Mona Lisa Smile (2003) More at IMDbPro »
Dave Kujan: You know a dealer named Ruby Deamer, Verbal?
Verbal: You know a religious guy named John Paul?
Dave Kujan: You know Ruby's in Attica?
Verbal: He didn't have my lawyer.
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The Usual Suspects (1995) More at IMDbPro Dave Kujan: You know a dealer named Ruby Deamer, Verbal?
Verbal: You know a religious guy named John Paul?
Dave Kujan: You know Ruby's in Attica?
Verbal: He didn't have my lawyer.
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The Usual Suspects (1995) More at IMDbPro »
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The Hours (2002) More at IMDbPro »

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Vanessa Bell: Virginia.
Virginia Woolf: Leonard thinks it's the end of civilization: People who are invited at 4 and arrive at 2:30.
Vanessa Bell: Oh God.
Virginia Woolf: Barbarians.
Henry Hill: [narrating] And when the cops, when they assigned a whole army to stop Jimmy, what'd he do? He made 'em partners. Memorable quotes for
Goodfellas (1990) More at IMDbPro »
[after Maguire tells Sullivan about his profession]
Maguire: You ever seen one?
Michael Sullivan: Yeah.
Maguire: Sorry for you. Terrible thing... but it sure makes you feel alive, don't it?
Michael Sullivan: I'll drink to that. Memorable quotes for
Road to Perdition (2002) More at IMDbPro »
Eomer: What business does an elf, man, and a dwarf have in the Ridder-Mark? Speak quickly.
Gimli: Give me your name, horse-master, and I shall give you mine.
Eomer: [dismounts] I would cut off your head, dwarf, if it stood but a little higher from the ground.
Legolas: [draws his bow and aims at arrow at Eomer's throat] You would die before your stroke fell. Memorable quotes for
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) More at IMDbPro »
Charlotte: That was the worst lunch.
Bob: So bad. What kind of restaurant makes you cook your own food? Memorable quotes for
Lost in Translation (2003) More at IMDbPro »
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Star Wars (1977) More at IMDbPro »

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[a large-eyed creature gives Luke a rough shove and starts yelling at Luke in an alien language which Luke doesn't understand]
Dr. Evazan: [explaining] He doesn't like you.
Luke: Sorry.
Dr. Evazan: I don't like you either. You just watch yourself. We're wanted men. I have the death sentence on twelve systems.
Luke: I'll be careful.
Dr. Evazan: You'll be dead!
Obi-Wan: [intervening] This little one's not worth the effort. Now come, let me get you something.
[Dr. Evazan shoves Luke across the room and pulls out a blaster]
Bartender: No blasters! No blasters!
[Obi-Wan pulls out and ignites his lightsabler. In a flash, Dr. Evazan and his alien companion, Pomda Baba, are on the floor with a slashed torso and a severed arm respectively]
Dickie Greenleaf: You can be a leech! Tom Ripley: What are you trying to say?
Freddie Miles: I think I'm saying it. Memorable quotes for
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) More at IMDbPro »

Sunday, November 29, 2009

James Reston, Jr.: You know the first and greatest sin of the deception of television is that it simplifies; it diminishes great, complex ideas, trenches of time; whole careers become reduced to a single snapshot. At first I couldn't understand why Bob Zelnick was quite as euphoric as he was after the interviews, or why John Birt felt moved to strip naked and rush into the ocean to celebrate. But that was before I really understood the reductive power of the close-up, because David had succeeded on that final day, in getting for a fleeting moment what no investigative journalist, no state prosecutor, no judiciary committee or political enemy had managed to get; Richard Nixon's face swollen and ravaged by loneliness, self-loathing and defeat. The rest of the project and its failings would not only be forgotten, they would totally cease to exist. Memorable quotes for
Frost/Nixon (2008) More at IMDbPro »
Herbert Greenleaf: You know, people always say that you can't choose your parents, but you can't choose your children... Dickie Greenleaf: Now you'll find out why Ms. Sherwood shows up for breakfast, Tom. It's not love, it's my coffee machine. Dickie Greenleaf: How could it take an hour to find an ambulance?
Marge Sherwood: She was already dead, darling.
Dickie Greenleaf: I don't know why people say this country is civilised. It isn't. It's fucking primitive! Memorable quotes for
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) More at IMDbPro »