Whenever the subject of movie quotes comes up, I can't help but think of Dr. Strangelove. Almost every line in that movie is quotable.
"Ever seen a Ruski drink a glass of water?"
"I don't avoid women, Mandrake, but I do deny them my essence."
"You'll have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."
"Gentleman! You can't fight in here. This is the War Room!"
"Oh, you should see it sometime, Mr. President. Those jets flying so low, fryin' chickens in the barnyard!"
"Keep your feet on the ground Demitri!"
There are just too many to name.
Besides Dr. Strangelove, one line that I've always liked was from Dreamcatcher, when Morgan Freeman says "Come with me Owen, and I'll show you things you'll wish you'd never seen." I love that line.
And then, of course the classic "Badges? We don't need no stinking badges."
Jim, I'm afraid you've opened up a thread that will grow very quickly.
"Ever seen a Ruski drink a glass of water?"
"I don't avoid women, Mandrake, but I do deny them my essence."
"You'll have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."
"Gentleman! You can't fight in here. This is the War Room!"
"Oh, you should see it sometime, Mr. President. Those jets flying so low, fryin' chickens in the barnyard!"
"Keep your feet on the ground Demitri!"
There are just too many to name.
Besides Dr. Strangelove, one line that I've always liked was from Dreamcatcher, when Morgan Freeman says "Come with me Owen, and I'll show you things you'll wish you'd never seen." I love that line.
And then, of course the classic "Badges? We don't need no stinking badges."
Jim, I'm afraid you've opened up a thread that will grow very quickly.
Last edited by DrPaul on December 29, 2005 • 9:54 am, edited 1 time in total.
Slightly off-topic, but being a big Dr. Strangelove fan, I noticed what might be a Dr. Strangelove in-joke in the recent film "Fun with Dick and Jane".
In Dick and Jane, there is a finacial form called a CRM-114 that requires a special identification number and is used to transfer money to a Cayman Island account. In Dr. Strangelove, the CRM-114 was a device on the bomber that would block any incomming messages unless preceeded by the three letter code prefix. Coincidence?
In Dick and Jane, there is a finacial form called a CRM-114 that requires a special identification number and is used to transfer money to a Cayman Island account. In Dr. Strangelove, the CRM-114 was a device on the bomber that would block any incomming messages unless preceeded by the three letter code prefix. Coincidence?
Here are a few from Chinatown (possibly the best script ever written) I'm fond of:
Here are a couple funny ones: "I @*!% near lost my nose. And I like it. I like breathing through it."
"To tell you the truth, I lied a little."
A couple insightful ones: "'Course I'm respectable. I'm old. Politicians, public buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough."
Jake Gittes: "Why are you doing it? How much better can you eat? What can you buy that you can't already afford?"
Noah Cross: "The future, Mr. Gitts, the future."
And a chilling one (especially if you know what he's referring to), "See, Mr. Gitts, most people never have to face the fact that, at the right time and the right place, they're capable of... anything!"
And then, of course, "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."
Here are a couple funny ones: "I @*!% near lost my nose. And I like it. I like breathing through it."
"To tell you the truth, I lied a little."
A couple insightful ones: "'Course I'm respectable. I'm old. Politicians, public buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough."
Jake Gittes: "Why are you doing it? How much better can you eat? What can you buy that you can't already afford?"
Noah Cross: "The future, Mr. Gitts, the future."
And a chilling one (especially if you know what he's referring to), "See, Mr. Gitts, most people never have to face the fact that, at the right time and the right place, they're capable of... anything!"
And then, of course, "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."
The following quote comes courtesy of Edward G Robinson in Double Indemnity:
"They've committed a murder and it's not like taking a trolley ride together where they can get off at different stops. They're stuck with each other and they've got to ride all the way to the end of the line and it's a one-way trip and the last stop is the cemetery."
Edit: let's add one more from DI. These lines we have Raymond Chandler's script editing to thank for (and quite frankly the Production Code which prohibited much when it comes to sexuality):
Phyllis: Mr. Neff, why don't you drop by tomorrow evening about eight-thirty. He'll be in then.
Walter Neff: Who?
Phyllis: My husband. You were anxious to talk to him weren't you?
Walter Neff: Yeah, I was, but I'm sort of getting over the idea, if you know what I mean.
Phyllis: There's a speed limit in this state, Mr. Neff. Forty-five miles an hour.
Walter Neff: How fast was I going, officer?
Phyllis: I'd say around ninety.
Walter Neff: Suppose you get down off your motorcycle and give me a ticket.
Phyllis: Suppose I let you off with a warning this time.
Walter Neff: Suppose it doesn't take.
Phyllis: Suppose I have to whack you over the knuckles.
Walter Neff: Suppose I bust out crying and put my head on your shoulder.
Phyllis: Suppose you try putting it on my husband's shoulder.
Walter Neff: That tears it.
"They've committed a murder and it's not like taking a trolley ride together where they can get off at different stops. They're stuck with each other and they've got to ride all the way to the end of the line and it's a one-way trip and the last stop is the cemetery."
Edit: let's add one more from DI. These lines we have Raymond Chandler's script editing to thank for (and quite frankly the Production Code which prohibited much when it comes to sexuality):
Phyllis: Mr. Neff, why don't you drop by tomorrow evening about eight-thirty. He'll be in then.
Walter Neff: Who?
Phyllis: My husband. You were anxious to talk to him weren't you?
Walter Neff: Yeah, I was, but I'm sort of getting over the idea, if you know what I mean.
Phyllis: There's a speed limit in this state, Mr. Neff. Forty-five miles an hour.
Walter Neff: How fast was I going, officer?
Phyllis: I'd say around ninety.
Walter Neff: Suppose you get down off your motorcycle and give me a ticket.
Phyllis: Suppose I let you off with a warning this time.
Walter Neff: Suppose it doesn't take.
Phyllis: Suppose I have to whack you over the knuckles.
Walter Neff: Suppose I bust out crying and put my head on your shoulder.
Phyllis: Suppose you try putting it on my husband's shoulder.
Walter Neff: That tears it.
