I haven’t written for a couple of days because I realized that this was my 100th post and not wanting to spoil the moment I wanted to come up with something more than just a commentary (although there will be plenty of those to follow this). Here are 100 of my favorite movie quotes. Some of them are for my own personal reasons, some I quote way too much for no particular reason (why Rocky IV? Why?), and some are just classics. I hope you enjoy them.
1. “I love scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch.” – Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2. “I love the smell of Napalm in the morning. It smells like…. victory.” – Apocalypse Now
3. “And Shepherds we shall be, for Thee, my Lord, for Thee, power hath descended forth from Thy hand, that our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command. So we shall flow a river forth to Thee, and teeming with souls shall it ever be. In Nomine Patri et Fili Spiritu Sancte.” – The Boondock Saints
4. “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.” – Casablanca
5. “You can’t fight in here, this is the War Room!” – Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
6. “Big gulps huh? Alright…..Well…see you later!” – Dumb and Dumber
7. “Clementine: I’m not perfect. —-Joel: I can’t see anything about you I don’t like. —– Clementine: But you will, you will. You know you will think of things and I’ll get bored with you and feel trapped because that is what happens with me. —– Joel: Okay….—— Clementine: Okay…” – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8. ” I have reflected many times upon our rigid search.It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us, on the inside, looking out.” – Everything is Illuminated
9. “You can’t handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls. And those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who’s gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: That Santiago’s death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives…You don’t want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don’t talk about at parties, you want me on that wall…you need me there. We use words like honor, code, loyalty…we use these words as the backbone to a life spent defending something. You use ’em as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it. I’d prefer you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you’re entitled to.” – A Few Good Men
10. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn!” – Gone with the Wind
11. “An entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables… slaves with white collars. Advertising has its taste in cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy s— we don’t need. We’re the middle children of history, no purpose or place. We have no great war, no great depression. Our great war is a spiritual war, our great depression is our lives. We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d be millionaires, movie gods, and rock stars. But we won’t. We’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off.” – Fight Club
12. “Tim: Do you have 5 dollars that I could like….have. —–Chris: Sure thing. You keep living the dream, Tim. —— Tim: Done! Class of ’95! ——Chris: Class of ’95! —— Tim: (to woman off screen) Here’s your money, —–. ” – Just Friends
13. ” It’s a funny thing being taken under the wing of a dragon…its warmer than you think.” – Gangs of New York
14. “My father told me we was all born of blood and tribulation, and so then was our great city. But for those of us what lived and died in them furious days, it was like evrything we knew was swept away. And no matter what they did to build this city up again, for the rest of time, it will be like no one even knew we was here.” – Gangs of New York
15. “We’ve been going about this all wrong. This Mr. Stay-Puft is o.k., he’s a sailor, he’s in New York. We get this guy laid, we don’t have any trouble!” – Ghostbusters
16. “Never hate your enemies, it affects your judgement.” – The Godfather
17. “If you’re going to shoot…shoot!!! Don’t talk.” – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
18. “As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.” – Goodfellas
19. “What if there is no tomorrow? There wasn’t one today.” – Groundhog Day
20. “Customer: Do you have ‘I just called to say I love you?’ —– Barry:Yes. —– Customer: Can I have it? —— Barry:No. ——- Customer:Why not? —– Barry: Because it’s tacky sentimental crap that’s why. Do we look like a store that would sell that song. Do you even know your daughter, there’s no way she likes that song. Oh I’m sorry, is she in a coma?”- High Fidelity
21. “When you become friends with a girl, you become a completely nonsexual entity in her eyes. Like her brother…..or a lamp.” – Just Friends
22. “Don’t point that gun at him. He’s an unpaid intern.” – The Life Aquatic: With Steve Zissou
23. “Shotguns? What…. like guns that fire shot?” – Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
24. “If you hold anything back, I’ll kill you. If you bend the truth, or I think you’re bending the truth, I’ll kill you. If you forget anything, I’ll kill you. In fact, you’re going to have to work very hard to stay alive, Nick. Now, do you understand everything that I’ve just said? Because if you don’t, I’ll kill you.” – Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
25. “Frodo: I wish none of this had happened. —– Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” – Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
26. “My father used to say: ‘The first time someone calls you a horse, you punch him on the nose. The second time someone calls you a horse, you call him a jerk. But, the third time someone calls you a horse, well then perhaps it’s time to go shopping for a saddle.'” – Lucky Number Slevin
27. “A man can be an artist… in anything, food, whatever. It depends on how good he is at it. Creasy’s art is death. He’s about to paint his masterpiece.” – Man on Fire
28. “Thank God for the model train, because without it they wouldn’t have had the idea for the big train.”- A Mighty Wind
29. “Pete:Who elected you leader of this outfit? —— Everett:Well I thought it should be the one with the capacity for abstract thought. But, if that ain’t the consensus view, let’s put it to a vote. I’m voting for yours truly. ——Pete:Well, I’m voting for yours truly too. —— Delmar: Ok….I’m with you fellers.” – Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
30. “What is it exactly that you say…..you do here?” – Office Space
31. “You’re my boy,Blue!” – Old School
32. “Actually, me and the wife got a nice little Saturday planned, some Home Depot buy some wall paper maybe get some flooring maybe stop at Bed Bath and Beyond….I’m not sure we are going to have enough TIME!” – Old School
33. ” The secret impresses no one. The trick you use it for is everything.” – The Prestige
34. “Life is pain, highness! Anyone who says otherwise is selling something.” – The Princess Bride
35. “What” ain’t no country I ever heard of. They speak english in “what”?”- Pulp Fiction
36. “I remember those cheers they still ring in my ears, and for years they’ll remain in my thoughts. ‘Cause one night I took off my robe and what’d I do, I forgot to wear shorts. I recall every fall, every hook, every jab, the worst way a guy could get rid of his flab. As you know, my life was a jab. Though I’d rather hear you cheer, when I delve into Shakespeare. ……A Horse, a Horse, my Kingdom for a Horse, I haven’t had a winner in six months. I know I’m no Olivier, but if he fought Sugar Ray, he would say that the thing ain’t the ring, it’s the play. So gimme a stage where this bull here can rage. And though I can fight I’d much rather recite. That’s entertainment. That’s entertainment.” – Raging Bull
37. “There are only murderers in this room, Michael! Open your eyes! This is the life we choose; the life we lead. And the is only one guarantee: none of us will see heaven.” – Road to Perdition
38. “I must break you.” – Rocky IV
39. “Nurse:’These are O.R. Scrubs’….. Max: ‘ O…R…they?'” – Rushmore
40. “You’re killing me, Smalls!!!” – The Sandlot
41. “I’m a school teacher. I teach English Composition in this little town called Addley, Pennsylvania. The last eleven years, I’ve been at Thomas Alva Edison High School. I was coach of the baseball team in the spring time. Back home when I tell people what I do for a living, they think, well, that, that figures. But over here it’s a big, a big mystery. So I guess I’ve changed some. Sometimes I wonder if I’ve changed so much my wife is ever gonna recognize me whenever it is I get back to her and how I’ll ever be able to tell her about days like today. Ryan?… I don’t know anything about Ryan. I don’t care. Man means nothin’ to me. It’s just a name. But if … you know … if going to Ramel and finding him so he can go home, if that earns me the right to get back to my wife — well, then, then that’s my mission. You wanna leave? You wanna go off and fight the war? Alright. Alright, I won’t stop you. I’ll even put in the paperwork. I just know that every man I kill, the farther away from home I feel.” – Saving Private Ryan
42. “Power is when we have every justification to kill, and we don’t.” – Schindler’s List
43. “Wanting people to listen, you can’t just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer, and then you’ll notice you’ve got their strict attention” – Se7en
44. “I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don’t want to know. Some things are better left unsaid. I’d like to think they were singing about something so beautiful it can’t expressed in words, and it makes your heart ache because of it.” – The Shawshank Redemption
45. ” Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.” – Snatch
46. “One day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets.” – Taxi Driver
47. “Call it, Friendo.” – No Country for Old Men
48. “I wish we’d known each other, this is a little awkward.” – Tommy Boy
49. “He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He puts one of yours in the hospital, you put one of his to the morgue. That’s the Chicago way. And that’s how you get Capone.” – The Untouchables
50. “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn’t exist.” – The Usual Suspects
51. “Ed: The network is complaining about a lack of diversity here at the station.—— Champ: What in the hell’s diversity? —– Ron: Now, correct me if I’m wrong Ed, but I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship built in the civil war era.” – Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
52. “Butch: What happened to the old bank? It was beautiful! —– Security: People kept robbing it. —– Butch: Small price to pay for beauty.”- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
53. “It’s great to be young and insane.” – The Dream Team
54. “Don’t listen to that guy. He’s trying to lead you down the path of righteousness. I’m gonna lead you down the path that rocks.” – The Emperor’s New Groove
55. ” Are we like couples you see in restaurants? Are we the dining dead?” – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
56. “LT Daaaan! Ice Cream!” – Forrest Gump
57. “You see this knife? I’ll teach you to speak English with this knife!” – Gangs of New York
58. “I’m a go get da papers, get da papers.” Goodfellas
59. “You see, Paulie might have moved slow, but its only because Paulie didn’t have to move for anybody.” – Goodfellas
60. “Barry: He offended me with his terrible taste! ——Rob: It wasn’t even his terrible taste! It was his daughter’s!” – High Fidelity
61. “I’m going to start drinking….” – Just Friends
62. “I’m gonna go on an overnight drunk and in ten days I’m going to set out to find the shark that ate my friend and destroy it.” – The Life Aquatic: With Steve Zissou
63. “Guns for show, knives for a pro.” – Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
64, “Brikowski: Who are you? —— Slevin: Philosophically speaking? —— Brikowski: Name. ——- Slevin: Rank, serial number? ——- Dumbrowski: You should really play ball kid. —— Slevin: Really? You think I’m tall enough?” – Lucky Number Slevin
65. “It’s a good thing your mammy died in childbirth, if she seen you she’d have died of shame.” – Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
66. “Once it hits your lips it’s so good!” – Old School
67. “Inconceivable!” – The Princess Bride
68. “You never knocked me down, Ray!! You hear? You never knocked me down!” – Raging Bull
69. “If he dies, he dies.” – Rocky IV
70. “The secret, I don’t know… I guess you’ve just gotta find something you love to do and then… do it for the rest of your life.” – Rushmore
71. “My father was fond of saying you need three things in life…A good doctor, a forgiving priest, and a clever accountant.” – Schindler’s List
72. “What sick, ridiculous puppets we are, and what a gross little stage we dance on, what fun we have, dancing and f——, not a care in the world. Not knowing that we are nothing, we are not what was intended.” – Se7en
73. “It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – This is Spinal Tap
74. “Can I have your watch when you are dead?” – Three Amigos
75. “You just fulfilled the first rule of law enforcement. Make sure when your shift is over you go home alive. Here endeth the lesson.” – The Untouchables
76. “Keaton used to say ‘I don’t believe in God, but i’m afraid of him’. Well, I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Kaiser Soze.” – The Usual Suspects
77. “We do not ask for your poor or your hungry. We do not want your tired and sick. It is your corrupt we claim. It is your evil that will be sought by us. With every breath we shall hunt them down. Each day we will spill their blood til it rains down from the skies. Do not kill , do not rape, do not steal. These are principles which every man, of every faith, can embrace. These are not polite suggestions, these are codes of behavior and those of you that ignore them will pay the dearest cost. There are varying degrees of evil, we urge you lesser forms of filth not to push the bounds and cross over into true corruption; into our domain. But, if you do, one day you will look behind you and see we three, and on that day you will reap it- and we will send you to whatever god you wish.” – The Boondock Saints
78. “Cotton: Unbelievable. It looks like Average Joe’s is forfeiting the game. —– Pepper: That’s a bold move, Cotton, we’ll see if it pays off.” – Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
79. “Mr. Hand: You’re wasting my time!——Spiccoli: I’ve been thinking about this, and if I’m here, and you’re here..isn’t it OUR time…?” – Fast Times at Ridgemont High
80. “I know your words. You are neither hot or cold and since you are LUKE WARM….. I spew you out of my mouth.” – Gangs of New York
81. “Put that coffee down!!! Coffee is for closers.” – Glengarry Glen Ross
82. “I’m funny how? Funny like a clown? Like I amuse you?” – Goodfellas
83. “The unlucky are nothing more than a frame of reference for the lucky, Mr. Fisher. You are unlucky so I may know that I am not. Unfortunately, the lucky never realize they are lucky until it’s too late. Take yourself for instance. Yesterday you were better off than you are today, but it took today for you to realize it. But… today has arrived, and it’s too late, you see?” – Lucky Number Slevin
84. “Forgiveness is between them and God, it’s my job to arrange the meeting” – Man on Fire
85. “Sounds like a case of the Mondays.” – Office Space
86. “You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never to get involved in a land war in Asia. And only slightly less well known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!” – The Princess Bride
87. “People always ask me if Michael Sullivan was a good man. And I always give them the same answer: He was my father.” – Road to Perdition
88. “Smalls: Ohhhhh I thought you said the great Bambi. —— Ham: That wimpy deer?” – The Sandlot
89. “Only thing is, sometimes my Mom would come home early, and I’d pretend to be asleep. She’d stand in the doorway looking at me… and I’d just keep my eyes shut. And I knew she just wanted to find out about my day – that she came home early… just to talk to me. And I still wouldn’t move… I’d still pretend to just be asleep. I don’t know why I did that.” – Saving Private Ryan
90. “These walls are kind of funny. First you hate ’em, then you get used to ’em. Enough time passes, gets so you depend on them. That’s institutionalized. They send you here for life, that’s exactly what they take. The part that counts, anyways.” –The Shawshank Redemption
91. “When I was your age they would say we can become cops, or criminals. Today, what I’m saying to you is this: when you’re facing a loaded gun, what’s the difference?” – The Departed
92. “Oh, Dusty, ‘infamous’ means you are more than famous. This is saying that this El Guapo character must be like the biggest movie star to come out of Mexico.” – Three Amigos
93. “You can get further with a kind word and a gun, than you can with just a kind word.” – The Untouchables
94. “Innocent? Is that supposed to be funny? An obese man, a disgusting man who could barely stand up…a man who if you saw him on the street, you’d point him out to your friends so they could join you in mocking him? A man who if you saw him while you were eating, you wouldn’t be able to finish your meal. And after him I picked the lawyer. And you both must have been secretly thanking me for that one. This is a man who dedicated his life to making money by lying with every breath that he could muster…to keeping murderers and rapists on the streets. A woman…so ugly on the inside that she couldn’t bear to go on living if she couldn’t be beautiful on the outside. A drug dealer…a drug dealing pederast, actually. And, let’s not forget the disease spreading w—–. Only in a world this terrible could you even try to say these were innocent people and keep a straight face. But that’s the point. We see a deadly sin on every street corner, in every home… and we tolerate it. We tolerate it because it’s commonplace. It’s trivial. We tolerate it morning, noon, night. Well, not anymore. I’m setting the example. And what I’ve done is going to be puzzled over…and studied…and followed… forever.” – Se7en
95. “Dad: It’s like one of those clipper ship captains, you’re married to the sea. —–Max: Yes that’s true, dad, but I’ve been out to sea for a long time now.” – Rushmore
96. ” Ezekiel 25:17! The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great VENGEANCE and FURIOUS ANGER those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my VENGEANCE upon you.” – technically The Bible, but greatly used in Pulp Fiction
97. “We are men of action. Lies do not become us.” – The Princess Bride
98. “When you kill a king, you don’t stab him in the dark. You kill him where the entire court can watch him die.” – Gangs of New York
99. “Don’t you get that? Your time is over! And you’re gonna die, bloody, and all you can choose is where.” Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
100. “Whadda ya say, Jen? One more time for the sweet souvenir?” – Gangs of New York
I would love to hear some of what your favorite quotes are. Either leave them in the comments or on the facebook page. Take care and thanks for reading!
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