Movie Lines .......

SOME OF THESE ARE EASY. SOME ARE NOT SO EASY. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD A FEW OF YOUR OWN ........ I WANNA PLAY TOO!

"You're a very rude young woman. I know Douglas from the Rotary and I can't believe he'd want you treating customers so badly."

"A heart can be broken, but it keeps beating just the same."

"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver, with some fava beans and a nice chianti...."

"I'd rather have thirty minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special...."

"Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable ......."

"I got scruples too, you know. You know what that is? Scruples?"
"No, I don't know what it is, but if you got 'em, it's a sure bet they belong to somebody else!....."

"The dingo's got my baby!....."

"It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses."

"No, at that time I was not the mental giant that you see before you. I was the intellectual equivalent of a 98 pound weakling. I'd go to the beach and people would kick copies of Byron in my face."

"This is so Guatemala. They put hard boiled eggs in everything down there because you know chicken is so important to them. Its their only real currency. A woman is said to be worth her weight in hens and a man's wealth is measured by the size of his cock. Will you excuse me?"

If she can take it, I can take it. Play it Sam!

So many guns, so few brains.

from The blues brothers, Wizard of Oz, Silence of the Lambs and some movie set in the Australia outback staring Meryl Streep (I think).

I know I got all the easy ones.

This is a line from a recent movie that I thought was great --

"Rocking is my contribution to society!"

Greta Garbo

"You're a very rude young woman. I know Douglas from the Rotary and I can't believe he'd want you treating customers so badly."

I can't believe I can't think of the movie title. But it's John Lithgow telling off a supermarket checker that was irritated by Debra Winger not having enough money...do I get partial credit?

partial credit, but I don't know where you can spend it!

LOL

You just had to make me go to the trouble, didn't you? ;)

Terms of Endearment.

Gary Cooper - super-duper!

the look of the country changes because of the men we admire."

From the movie Hud. Melvyn Douglas says it to Hud (Paul Newman) in disgust at Hud's despicable behavior.

It is the single most prescient thing I've ever heard. I did not see the movie when it first came out, even though I'm old enough. I saw it on TV about 25 years later, and nearly fell off the couch in astonishment at that line.

I've actually won movie trivia contests knowing that line.

From my very favorite Elizabeth Taylor film...

Which movie?

I've just been in a very bad mood for the last 40 years.

I love Shirley MacLaine in that movie!

without the jelly, they're ready."

"A heart can be broken, but it keeps beating just the same."

if from Fried Green Tomatoes



and

"I'd rather have thirty minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special...."

if from Steel Magnolias

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room!"


"You tell them, 'Our lives can change with every breath we take.' We both know that."


"Are you one of those volleyballers?"


"What's the matter with Shirley MacLaine? Is she too busy?"


"Get away from her, you BITCH!!!!"


"Yes, I killed Yvette. I hated her SO much.... flames, flames, on the side of my face... heaving, heavy...."


"I am not going over a cliff for you two, so just forget it."


"It's true I've had a checkered past, but Ed here is an officer of the law twice decorated . . ."



"Avoid the green ones. They're not ripe yet."

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room!"
*Dr. Stranglove Or How I Learned To Love The Bomb*

"I am not going over a cliff for you two, so just forget it."
*Thelma & Louise*

"Avoid the green ones. They're not ripe yet."
*A Fish Called Wanda*

But your middle guess is wrong.

Dr. Strangelove?
don't know
don't know
don't know
don't know
"Clue" -- Madeline Kahn, the Goddess (RIP)
don't know (but is it a reference to "Thelma & Louise"?)
don't know
"A Fish Called Wanda" -- Kevin Kline (Oscar for that role)

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room!"
Dr Strangelove


"You tell them, 'Our lives can change with every breath we take.' We both know that."
dunno


"Are you one of those volleyballers?"
dunno


"What's the matter with Shirley MacLaine? Is she too busy?"
dunno


"Get away from her, you BITCH!!!!"
Alien or Aliens - whichever was the 2nd


"Yes, I killed Yvette. I hated her SO much.... flames, flames, on the side of my face... heaving, heavy...."
Clue


"I am not going over a cliff for you two, so just forget it."
dunno


"It's true I've had a checkered past, but Ed here is an officer of the law twice decorated . . ."
Raising Arizona



"Avoid the green ones. They're not ripe yet."
A Fish Called Wanda

"You slut."

"Sorry, are ya? I bet the last time you were sorry was when you had to use the pay toilet and the string on your pet dime broke."

"It's of German derivation." (for real obscurity)

"Because, madam, I was at hand."

"It's like looking for a needle in a stack of needles."

"Boat is boat. Fuck is fuck."

"Very good, ________. Spoken like a true smartass." (name deleted--dead giveaway)

"Sea monkey has my money."

"Sometimes I sing and dance around the house in my underwear. Doesn't make me Madonna. Never will."

"Lady, if that's the best you can do then your best sucks! Now I don't know what you got for selling me out, but I sure as shit hope it's worth it!"

"It's of German derivation." (for real obscurity)
*Driving Miss Daisy*

"Very good, ________. Spoken like a true smartass." (name deleted--dead giveaway)
*Steel Magnolias*

"Sometimes I sing and dance around the house in my underwear. Doesn't make me Madonna. Never will."
*Working Girl*

That last one is driving me crazy!

"Because, madam, I was at hand."
Amadeus

"Boat is boat. Fuck is fuck."
Shirley Valentine (?)

"Sea monkey has my money."
Finding Nemo

"Sometimes I sing and dance around the house in my underwear. Doesn't make me Madonna. Never will."
Working Girl (?)

"You slut." Tootsie, Bill Murray to Dustin Hoffman

"Sorry, are ya? I bet the last time you were sorry was when you had to use the pay toilet and the string on your pet dime broke." Dolores Claiborne, Kathy Bates to Christopher Plummer

"It's of German derivation." Driving Miss Daisy, Jessica Tandy to a racist state trooper

"Because, madam, I was at hand." Amadeus, F. Murray Abraham to Elizabeth Berridge (I want to know who told her she could act. :eyes:)

"It's like looking for a needle in a stack of needles." Saving Private Ryan, Tom Hanks to Tom Sizemore

"Boat is boat. Fuck is fuck." Shirley Valentine, Tom Conti to Pauline Collins

"Very good, Annelle. Spoken like a true smartass." Steel Magnolias, Olympia Dukakis to Daryl Hannah

"Sea monkey has my money." Finding Nemo, Ellen Degeneres to a face mask

"Sometimes I sing and dance around the house in my underwear. Doesn't make me Madonna. Never will." Working Girl, Joan Cusack to Melanie Griffith

"Lady, if that's the best you can do then your best sucks! Now I don't know what you got for selling me out, but I sure as shit hope it's worth it!" The Accused, Jodie Foster to Kellie McGillis

"I got scruples too, you know. You know what that is? Scruples?"
"No, I don't know what it is, but if you got 'em, it's a sure bet they belong to somebody else!....."

Paper moon?

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room!" Dr. Strangelove


"You tell them, 'Our lives can change with every breath we take.' We both know that." Where the Heart Is


"Are you one of those volleyballers?" Cannonball Run


"What's the matter with Shirley MacLaine? Is she too busy?" Field of Dreams


"Get away from her, you BITCH!!!!" Aliens


"Yes, I killed Yvette. I hated her SO much.... flames, flames, on the side of my face... heaving, heavy...." Clue


"I am not going over a cliff for you two, so just forget it." Boys on the side


"It's true I've had a checkered past, but Ed here is an officer of the law twice decorated . . ." Raising Arizona



"Avoid the green ones. They're not ripe yet." A Fish Called Wanda