Sometimes, not always, a film produces a great quote that transcends the medium. They are so memorable that they actually become part of your own script, that you use day to day. They become part of your identity. Then there are some quotes that summarize an entire film so beautifully, and when watching a particular film again, you wait for that quote with eager anticipation. They are the reasons why you love film.
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And so, here are some of my favourite movie quotes over the years, in no particular order, and perfect fodder for a blog entry...
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“Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world,
“Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world,
she walks into mine.”
(Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine, Casablanca, 1942)
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"You don't understand! I coulda had class.
(Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine, Casablanca, 1942)
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"You don't understand! I coulda had class.
I coulda been a contender.
I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."
(Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy, On The Waterfront, 1954)
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I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."
(Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy, On The Waterfront, 1954)
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"I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
(Robert Duvall as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore, Apocalypse Now, 1979)
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"The stuff that dreams are made of."
(Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade, The Maltese Falcon, 1941)
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"You can't handle the truth! "
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"The stuff that dreams are made of."
(Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade, The Maltese Falcon, 1941)
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"You can't handle the truth! "
(Jack Nicholson as Col. Jessep, A Few Good Men, 1992)
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"You're gonna need a bigger boat."
(Roy Scheider as Police Chief Martin Brody, Jaws, 1975)
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"You're gonna need a bigger boat."
(Roy Scheider as Police Chief Martin Brody, Jaws, 1975)
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"The Bible is a book. It's a good book, but it is not the only book. "
(Spencer Tracy as Henry Drummond, Inherit the Wind, 1960)
"The Bible is a book. It's a good book, but it is not the only book. "(Spencer Tracy as Henry Drummond, Inherit the Wind, 1960)
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"You had me at 'hello.' "
"You had me at 'hello.' "
(Tom Cruise as Jerry Maguire, Jerry Maguire, 1996)
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"You think I'm licked. You all think I'm licked. Well, I'm not licked. And I'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause. Even if the room gets filled with lies like these, and the Taylors and all their armies come marching into this place.
"You think I'm licked. You all think I'm licked. Well, I'm not licked. And I'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause. Even if the room gets filled with lies like these, and the Taylors and all their armies come marching into this place.
Somebody will listen to me.
Somebody."
(James Stewart as Jefferson Smith, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 1939)
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"There's no crying in baseball!"
(James Stewart as Jefferson Smith, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 1939)
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"There's no crying in baseball!"
(Tom Hanks as Jimmy Dugan, A League of Their Own, 1992)
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"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room. "
(Peter Sellers as President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove..., 1964)
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room. "
(Peter Sellers as President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove..., 1964)
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"Open the pod bay doors, Hal."
"Open the pod bay doors, Hal."
(Keir Dullea as Dr. Dave Bowman, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968)
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"Nothing ever possibly in the least ever happens here.
Mother, how do you get smallpox? "
(Virginia Weidler as Dinah Lord, The Philadelphia Story, 1940)
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"This is the west, sir.
When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
(Carleton Young as Maxwell Scott, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 1962)
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"He's dead. I'm crippled. You're lost.
Do you suppose it's always like that? I mean war."
(Richard Burton as Flight Officer David Campbell, The Longest Day, 1962)
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"Well that's the real question, isn't it? Why? The how and the who is just scenery for the public. Oswald, Ruby, Cuba, the Mafia. Keeps 'em guessing like some kind of parlor game, prevents 'em from asking the most important question, why?
Why was Kennedy killed?
Who benefited?
Who has the power to cover it up?
Who?"
(Donald Sutherland as X, JFK, 1991)
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"Even great men have to pee."
(Jerry Stiller as Lt. Rico Patrone, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, 1974)
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"She LIKED me. She liked ME. SHE liked me...
At least I think she did."
(John Cusack as Rob Gordon, High Fidelity, 2000)
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"Sometimes the spaghetti likes to be alone."
(Tony Shalhoub as Primo, Big Night, 1996)
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"I never walk into a place I don't know how to walk out of."
(Robert De Niro as Sam, Ronin, 1998)
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"I tried taking pictures, but they were so mediocre.
I guess every girl goes through a photography phase.
You know, horses... taking pictures of your feet."
"I tried taking pictures, but they were so mediocre.
I guess every girl goes through a photography phase.
You know, horses... taking pictures of your feet."
(Scarlett Johansson as Charlotte, Lost in Translation, 2003)
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