movie quotes you use

[minlokwat]

What quotes from movies do you actually use when interacting with other humanoids??

I'm not talking about the greatest quotes from movies -- "There's no place like home," "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damm"-- but ones that you can bring up when the need arises.

Here are two of mine:

"A man's got to know his limitations" Clint, Magnum Force.

and

"I keep my friends close and my enemies closer." Pacino in God Father II but I still speak those lines in a cheesy-Brando-Don Corleone accent simply because it seems to work better. Try it you'll see what I mean.

[vandal]

I use this one from Fight Club quite often - "We are a generation of men raised by women."

Then there's this one from Chasing Amy which I use when I'm talking to someone with a pissy attitude - "Well, who pissed in your cereal?"

[CnoteChris]

Vandal-

I heard that quote from movie years ago, I think before Chasing Amy, and it went, 'Sheesh, who pissed in your Cheerios this morning?'.

Can't remember the movie, but I use that one alot.

[Fear Itself]

"You just keep thinking, Butch, that's what you're good at," Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid

Perfect for when someone over-analyzes a situation.

[betenoir]

Christ. Somebody already mentioned Fight Club.

My SO is trying to find a way to communicate only in Fight Club quotes.

[Guinevere]

"What if this is as good as it gets?"

-From movie "As Good as it Gets"

[tubagirl]

Look! Combination cooker and coffee maker, also makes Julien fries, will not break, will not -- It broke
--Aladdin.

I use it all the time...

[billyt123]

You can't do that. She's ..old.
-Happy Gilmore


Usually just the "shes old" part in the adam sandler voice

[poohpah chalupa]

"No reason...I just like doing things like that."
-the Warriors

"You know nothing you little weasel!"
-Modern Romance

and, of course, the indispensible: "Yippee-Kai-Yay, mother-fucker."
-Die Hard

[Peta Tzunami]

SO and I are always using movie quotes, but Bull Durham always plays a large role in our normal banter. Hmmmm...almost all Crash Davis, too!

"What do you mean William Blake?"
"Um, you know, knock, knock--come in?!"
"Don't you think that's a little excessive for the Carolina league?"
"[Charlie, here comes the deuce]...and when you speak of me, speak well."
"I don't know where he's going to throw it--swear to God."
"So is somebody gonna sleep with somebody or what?"


From other movies of great fandom in our household:

A Hard Day's Night

"He's very clean."
"Afterall its his train, isn't it?"
"Mister, mister? Can we have our ball back?"
"Down the eh...Oh, down the eh. Yeah, down the eh. Well, that's alright then--give him a few minutes."
"I'll bind him to me with promises."
"He's consealed about me person."
"He's a swine....isn't he, George? (Yeah, swine.)"

Star Wars I: Phantom Menace

Done in Jar-Jarese
"Whoa, yousa guys bombad!"
"Me no watchen!"
"Hey wait!"
(And allusions to Jedi mind tricks)

Filmphile,
Peta T.

[Peta Tzunami]

"You're a swine...isn't he, George?"
(my bad)

[JBENZ]

For sheer all-purpose don't-have-to-think-just-say-it-iveness:

"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son."

"My advice to you is to start drinking heavily."

"The time has come for someone to put his foot down on those guys...and that foot is me."


And...for every time you and your graduate degree get stuck with some bullshit job:
"Seven years of college down the drain."

[Motorgirl]

"That'll do, pig." Sometimes spoken a la Farmer Hoggett, sometimes crooned a la Peter Gabriel.

"I don't laugh all day long like an idiot, if that's what you mean." Various words get substituted for laugh now and again.

[Max Torque]

Whenever someone says something like, "Surely you can't be serious!" to you, always always ALWAYS respond with, "I am serious, and don't call me Shirley." Ya gotta love Airplane.

[pepperlandgirl]

My sister and I can choose any random scene from A Hard Day's Night or Help! and go back and forth, and not miss a line. Well, we used to. I don't know if we can still do it, it's been a while.

[kasuo]

"Do I make you horny?" - Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery

"Are you touching my ass?" - Night at the Roxbury

"37!?" - Clerks

[Kilgore Trout]

"where's the commode in this dungeon? i gotta take a squirt."

[magpie]

"oh i think my bunny slippers just ran for cover! c'mon, scare me, girl!"
- from disney's Mulan

"disHONAH! cricket, make a note of this... dishonah on YOU, dishonah on ya COW..."
- also from Mulan

*grin*
can you tell i live in a house with kids? heh.

magpie

[Moirai]

My brother and I can go on for hours reciting lines from most movies out in the last 20 years or so. It's a little pathetic, and people look at us funny when we're doing it in public. Even our mom thinks we're a little wierd.

But movie freaks gaze in awe.

[EnochF]

The entire script to Clue. Including whole exchanges between Colonel Mustard and Wadsworth sometimes. The ones I end up hearing in my conversations a lot are:

Miss Scarlet: "Why is the car stopped?"
Prof. Plum: "It's frightened."

Col. Mustard: "Are you trying to make me look stupid in front of the other guests?"
Wadsworth: "You don't need any help from me, sir."
Col. Mustard: "That's right!"

Wadsworth: "Well, to make a long story short—"
Col. Mustard: "Too late."

Mr. Green: "Who would want to kill the cook?"
Miss Scarlet: "Dinner wasn't that bad."

Prof. Plum: "There's no need to shout."
Wadsworth: "I'm not shouting!" [pause] "All right, I am. I'm shouting! I'm shouting! I'm shou—" [thump!]

Cop: "This man is drunk. Dead drunk."
Miss Scarlet: "Dead right."

Mrs. White: "What do you mean, don't deny it? I'm not denying anything."
Wadsworth: "Another denial!"

Col. Mustard: "There's still one thing I don't understand."
Mrs. White: "One thing?"

Wadsworth: "And monkey's brains, though popular in Cantonese cuisine, are not often to be found in Washington, D.C.!"

Mrs. White: "Yes, I did it. I killed Yvette. I hated her... so much. It – it – the fee – flames – flames... on the side of my face, breathing – breathle – heaving breaths, heaving..."

(Also, being a complete dweeb, I can't help but inject a few Monty Python and the Holy Grail lines into my daily patter...)

[Zumba The Cat]

My quotes are mostly from The Princess Bride:


When ever anyone says they must know something
"Get use to disappointment"


When ever anyone uses a word incorrectly
"I do not think that word means what you think it means"

And finally, whenever I can fit it in
"My way is not very sporting is it?"

I LOVE that movie.

[Balance]

"Our shituation hash not improved." --Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in my full-bore Connery imitation.

A misquote from "Alien", applied to Windoze:
"Its structural imperfection is matched only by its hostility."

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." --Princess Bride (this one gets dropped on managers in meetings a lot)

Innumerable Monty Python quotes--I'm in a LARP group, after all.

[Mr. Cynical]

Whenever someone says something way off base, it's one of the following:

Juuuuuuust a bit outside!

And, the Indians take the mound!

Both from Major League.

[SoMoMom]

It's probably a misquote but:

From Pulp Fiction - "That's more information than I needed."

[xizor]

When leaving a room, I occasionally use (in Arnold's voice of course) "I'll be back".

I also use the Ace Ventura line "spank you very much" and some of the Wayne's World puns ("ex-squeeze me? A baking powder?")

[Eve]

From "Dinner at Eight." Whenever a friend says, "I was reading a book the other day," I am incapable of not skidding to a halt, doing a Marie Dressler double-take and saying in amazement, "reading a BOOK?"

[John Bredin]

Not a movie, but a television show: Mad About You. There are so many Buchmanisms to choose from:

"Not going to happen, my friend."
"What are you, kidding me?!"
"Let's not go there!" or "Do you want to go there?"
"'Fine' fine or 'kiss my ass' fine?"
"This is what I'm saying." and "This is what I'm thinking."

And, of course, the indispensable "Not so much!" and "REALLY not so much!"

[Sister Vigilante]

Originally posted by EnochF
The entire script to Clue.

Enoch, I just fell in love with you. Years ago, a friend of mine made a cassette tape (of all things) of Clue, and I borrowed it and listened to it over and over again, whenever I was in the car. I got to where I could literally quote the entire film. I even have the Flames .wav file - Mrs. White was my second favorite, after Miss "It's my defense mechanism" (which I also have the .wav of) Scarlet. Looking back, that doesn't seem like quite the accomplishment, but hey, that was 10 years ago...

I often use "To make a long story short (too late)" in message board posts or emails, and I like to say "ner" (Tim Curry style) in place of "no" in real life.

Here are some other movies I use in everyday conversation:

"Not especially" from Mannequin
"Inconceivable!" from The Princess Bride
"What does 'incompetent' mean?" from Highlander
"No fair!" (babytalk style) from Pet Sematary
"Let me do it!" from Mad TV (Stuart!)

And I use, to full effect, Katharine Hepburn's "withering glance" from Philadelphia Story.

[Samonek]

If there's a movie quote/entire philiosophy of life I overuse more than any other, it's this Matrix-ism. It's beautiful in its simplicity. If this line weren't in the Matrix, the movie would have been a disaster. (Okay, exagerating now.)

Some others:

"That's a 1970 Camaro, it's the car I always wanted when I was 18. I RULE!" Words to that effect, Lester Burnham, American Beauty.

"Salt?"
Brazil (Kills me every time, I have no idea why.)

"Computers are my forte"
Also Brazil (You have to do the voice and tap your nose)


"I sure do like them french fried pertaiters, mmmhmmm"
Slingblade

[Giraffe]

current movie quotes in active use:

Fight Club:
"I am Jack's [raging bile duct, complete lack of surprise, etc.]"

Swingers:
"Roll up, bitch!"
"It's on, baby!"
"This place is dead anyway!"

Plus assorted Wayne's World, Monty Python and whatever movie pops into my head based on free association quotes.

[ElwoodCuse]

Forget movies, I don't think I can go half an hour without quoting something from the simpsons to someone. Practically everything in life can be related to a Simpsons episode or quote.

[zwaldd]

when someone asks me to do something:
"i'm, uh, kinda busy, rat"
-damone to ratner in 'fast times at ridgemont high' when ratner forgets to bring his wallet on a date and he needs damone to bring it to him.

when the waiter/waitress is late with my drink:
"where's my fucking drink? i ordered a drink."
-tommy to spider in 'goodfellas' shortly before t shoots s in the foot. my fellow drinkers usually just think i'm being belligerent until i tell them it's from goodfellas.

[CrankyAsAnOldMan]

husband does the french fried pertaiters too. And whenever we watch Antiques Road Show, he finds at least one opportunity to say "This guy's a collectah!" like Morgan Freeman in Kiss The Girls

I (or we) also use:

"Look kids! Big Ben! Parliament!" (European Vacation, handy when lost)
"Finally! A salesman who understands me!" (Ruthless People, every time we're near a stereo display)
"220, 221, Whatever it takes" (Mister Mom, whenever we're trying a home improvement project)
"Why don't you just ASK for the money, Eddie? It's obvious he can't take a hint!" (Vacation, anytime I'm headed for husband's wallet)
"Sorry folks, park's closed. Moose outside shoulda told ya" (Vacation. Nearly anytime we're headed somewhere that we don't know the business hours for)
"Guess I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue!" (Airplane, handy most anytime)

[wolfman]

Well I don't remember which Kid'n'Play movie it came from but "That ain't no turtle" was a popular expression to imply that a girl had a great butt.(In the movie the line was, something like "That ain't no turtle, that's ass!!!)


Ohh, that's gonna leave a mark - Spaceballs
What we have heye is a failure to communinicate- Cool Hand Luc
What an odd person. -Robin Hood Men in Tights.

[PowerpuffKue]

Whenever someone offers me anything(Like Coffee), and is holding it while they offer me, I usually say:

"Yes I know." Any movie with Lesile Neilson (sp.)

[Hello Again]

In response to question: do you run?
"Only when chased"
-Real Genius

I just saw this exchange in a movie and am dying to incorporate it in somehow:

(drunk/rowdy dude is trying to get female protagonist to sing karaoke in a bar)
Woman: I know a good one, it's called "You're an asshole when you drink."
-From "Paperback Hero" a little australian movie starring tasty-liscious Hugh Jackman. ahem.

[DigitalMuse]

Another Mulan quote I use

"My little girl's all grown up, and saving China"
-said by Mushu.-from Mulan

Truth is like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold"
-Dead Poet's Society

A few from Robin Hood: Men in Tights-another one of my fav movies of all times:
Pissed off? If I were that close to a horse's weiner, I'd be worried about getting pissed on!

No, we're straight. Just merry.

Robin:You're shivering. What are you wearing underneath that gown?
Maid Marien: Practically nothing.

[Ad Noctum]

there is one that I NEVER go a daw without saying...
well.... I'll add to the list probably, but here they are....

"yes, yes, Yes, YES, NO NO NO!!!" Austin Powers
"that's not right....?"Austin Powers, the scene where Mini-Me is giving him back his glasses, and gives him the middle
when something isn't goin' my way, I'll say a few lines from Caddyshack, one is always this one...
"Freeze Gopher" and then I'll go along the entire rest of the day talking in A Drunken/wasted Bill Murray voice

[Jophiel]

"Come on ramblers, let's get rambling." - Reservoir Dogs
I'd say that one every morning to my son after I got him dressed and was going out the door with him to the sitter.

"I have to go to work like a schnook." - Goodfellas
Said on a fairly regular basis to the girlfriend as I leave for work.

[JDeMobray]

"You rebel scum" - Unnamed Imperial Commander, Return of the Jedi

"That would be . . . just fine" - Durante, Darkman

"I'm going to have to ask you to LEAVE THE STORE" - Ash, Army of Darkness.

"Game Over man, GAME OVER!" - Hudson, Aliens

"Did I.Q.'s just drop sharply while I was away" - Ripley, Aliens

"I didn't know we had a king, I thought we were an autonomous collective" - Dennis' wife, Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

"You keep using that word, I do not think you know what it means" - Inigo, The Princess Bride.

I am EnochF's roommate, so pretty much the entire Clue script here too.

[Speaker for the Dead]

Usually as some bully (bigger than I) walks over me, I mumble under my breath a quote from Army of Darkness--

"Yo, she-bi*ch, pick one someone your own size --followed by several shotgun shots. Or, in a joking mood:

Evil Half-"Goody little two shoes!" *kick* "Goody little two shoes!" *kick* "Goody little--"

Good half-*puts shotgun to EH's face, blows him away* "Good, bad; I'm the guy with the gun."

And, as I flee if he hears, from Quest for the Holy Grail:

"AHHH, Run away, run away!"

[Triskadecamus]

“What did you have in mind?” In response to any request worded “could you do something. . .” or “could you do me a favor. . .” (Elwood P Dowd, in Harvey)

“Let me explain. No, there is too much, let me sum up.” (Inigo, in The Princess Bride.)

“Well, that’s hardly common knowledge, now is it?” (Wesley, also from The Princess Bride.)

“It’s been twenty years, and I am startin’ to get a little discouraged.” (Inigo, The Princess Bride.)

Tris

[EnochF]

<boggle>

I just made Jean Grey fall in love with me...

Quick, must think of more Clue quotes!

Ones I occasionally throw into conversation, hoping that someone will catch the reference:

"One plus two plus two plus one."
"No, sorry. I said no meaning yes."
"Would anyone care for fruit or dessert?"
"Are you trying to make me look stupid in front of the other guests?"
"I'm sorry. I'm a little accident prone."
"Have you ever given any thought to the Kingdom of Heaven?"

Dialogue I can use as banter when my roommates are around:

Mrs. White: "He had threatened to kill me in public."
Miss Scarlet: "Why would he want to kill you in public?"
Wadsworth: "I think she meant he threatened, in public, to kill her."

Mrs. Peacock: "Everything all right?"
Col. Mustard: "Yep. Two corpses. Everything's fine."

Mrs. Peacock: "And there are two dead bodies in the study!"
Everybody: "Sh!"

Mr. Green: "So it was you. I was going to expose you."
Wadsworth: "I know. So I choose to expose myself."
Col. Mustard: "Please. There are ladies present."

[flodnak]

I understand that some people manage to get through their entire lives without quoting Monty Python. What boring, shallow lives they must lead. "Help! Help! I'm being oppressed!" "That's what being a Protestant is all about!" "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!" And, well, about a hundred more.

When I ask the husband unit what he wants for supper, I risk getting an answer straight out of "Shirley Valentine": "Today is Thursday. On Thursdays we have steak." Some of Costas' speeches are also good for, ahm, erotic occasions: "You think I want make f*ck with you."

"This means something." I don't remember if that was in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" or only in the little homage/parody scene in "UHF". Which movie also inspired another one, after someone proposes a preposterous plan: "And after that, we're going to make plutonium from common household objects."

AH! And one more before I forget it. From the Beatles movie "Help!" comes this all purpose quote: "A THINGIE! A FIENDISH THINGIE!" (The accent is crucial here.)

[kevals]

Who shot who in the what now? another simpsonism

Whenever possible also try to use
"You want I should wipe the dead bugs off the windshield?" --Blues Bro's

But also lets not forget lines from whats got to be one of the most quoted movies of all time -Full Metal Jacket
..me love you long time
..Private Pyle I will rip your eyes out and skull f*#k you, now choke yourself...not with your hand numbnuts...
..we're all in a world of hurt
Unfortunately my FMJ quotes escape me at this time, oh well

am I funny, do I AMUSE you? How the f*#$ am I funny? -Goodfelals

[seriousart]

Also from Full Metal Jacket, my most often used quote:

"I AM in a world OF SHIT..."

and then theres the ever so pedestrian usage of Billy Bob Thortons' "Mm Hmm" ala Slingblade.
And the equally overused "MMMmmm..." ala Homer Simpson

[tracer]

"Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."

[Outrider]

I love to quote Reservoir Dogs.

"If you get a customer, or an employee, who thinks he's Charles Bronson, take the butt of your gun and smash their nose in." - said when entering a store or a bank with a friend

"If you keep talking like a bitch, I'm gonna slap you like a bitch!"

"Somebody's shoved a red-hot poker up our ass, and I want to know whose name is on the handle!"

"You shoot me in a dream, you'd better wake up and apologize."

[Gunslinger]

"DRAgon! I don't do that tongue thing (demonstrates "tongue thing")"--Mulan

I use Python's "Run away, run away!" a lot.

also the scene with the killer rabbit guarding the cave--
"Is it behind the rabbit?"
"No, you fool, it is the rabbit!"
"Aaaaah! Run away, run away!"



Another classic:
"You killed the car!"

[voguevixen]

When someone's nagging you about something you have no intention of doing: "I'm right on top of that, Rose!" from Don't tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

"We're gonna need a bigger boat." Jaws

"So I got THAT going for me, which is nice." Caddyshack

and Peta, you forgot: "It's dead grotty!" and "Who's this Susan when she's at home?"