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AFI's top 100 movie quotes

AFI's top 100 movie quotes. Anything missing from the list or something that should be dropped?

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ctsamurai says:

"Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead."

» by ctsamurai on Jun 23, 2005 at 01:30 AM
Virginia says:

"I am not left-handed either".

» by Virginia on Jun 23, 2005 at 01:34 AM
John says:

"I am your father."

» by John on Jun 23, 2005 at 01:35 AM
mic says:

My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

» by mic on Jun 23, 2005 at 01:44 AM
Geoff says:

No Coen brothers films made the cut?

» by Geoff on Jun 23, 2005 at 02:09 AM
Roland says:
» by Roland on Jun 23, 2005 at 02:14 AM
marty says:

Bill Murray's Caddyshack line in at 92 made me laugh as I remembered it.
"Excellent" (Bill & Ted)
"Bueller ... Bueller ... Bueller"

» by marty on Jun 23, 2005 at 02:24 AM
Polaris says:

Dang! You got shocks, pegs... lucky! You ever take it off any sweet jumps?

» by Polaris on Jun 23, 2005 at 02:25 AM
Matt says:

I came to chew gum and kick some ass, and I'm all out of chewing gum -- They Live

» by Matt on Jun 23, 2005 at 02:32 AM
mhegge says:

"I wanted to see exotic Vietnam... the crown jewel of Southeast Asia. I wanted to meet interesting and stimulating people of an ancient culture... and kill them."

» by mhegge on Jun 23, 2005 at 02:33 AM
August says:

I think they should fire their copyeditor, as "quote" is a verb, not a noun. What they really mean is "quotation".

» by August on Jun 23, 2005 at 02:45 AM
yi says:

i am not drinking any fucking merlot.

» by yi on Jun 23, 2005 at 03:36 AM
nex says:

"Open the pod bay doors, HAL." should really be: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

And dear August, next time you're going to be a smart-ass, get the facts right please. "Quote" is in fact a noun. It can mean quotation mark, it can be a stock market valuation, or a tender offer, and it can very well mean quotation.

Now it's my turn: while mhegge's quot(e|ation) is from Full Metal Jacket, actually it's originally from Woody Allen.

» by nex on Jun 23, 2005 at 03:49 AM
Craig C. says:

Klaatu barada nikto.

» by Craig C. on Jun 23, 2005 at 04:10 AM
JeroenR says:

Basic Instinct: "Have you ever fucked on cocaine, Nick? It's nice."
Good Morning Vietnam: "Goooooooood morning, Vietnam! Hey, this is not a test! This is rock and roll! Time to rock it from the Delta to the D.M.Z.!"
Magnolia: "The book says, we might be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us."

» by JeroenR on Jun 23, 2005 at 04:19 AM
Joerg says:

Oh fukk, I shot Marvin in the face.

» by Joerg on Jun 23, 2005 at 04:55 AM
Lode says:

Any of you fucking pricks move, and I'll execute every motherfucking last one of you! (Pulp Fiction)

» by Lode on Jun 23, 2005 at 05:13 AM
Grande Fromage says:

"Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?"

(Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)

» by Grande Fromage on Jun 23, 2005 at 05:20 AM
mhegge says:

nex, I didn't know that. Thanks for the correction.

» by mhegge on Jun 23, 2005 at 05:25 AM
zinckiwi says:

Damn shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that. (Better Off Dead)

» by zinckiwi on Jun 23, 2005 at 06:01 AM
Reid says:

"You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off" - The Italian Job (1969)

» by Reid on Jun 23, 2005 at 06:02 AM
Curtis says:

"I'm an ugly little man, mama" from Marty

» by Curtis on Jun 23, 2005 at 06:26 AM
xm says:

"I guess there's just two kinds of people, Miss Sandstone: my kind of people, and assholes." – Pink Flamingos

» by xm on Jun 23, 2005 at 07:05 AM
Mr. Sun says:

Heineken? F*** that s***! Pabst Blue Ribbon! -- Blue Velvet

» by Mr. Sun on Jun 23, 2005 at 07:17 AM
Grande Fromage says:

"That is one big pile of shit."

(Jurassic Park)

» by Grande Fromage on Jun 23, 2005 at 07:29 AM
Joerg says:

QUINTANA I see you rolled your way into the semis. Deos mio, man. Seamus and me, we're gonna fuck you up.

DUDE
Yeah well, that's just, ya know, like, your opinion, man.

Quintana looks at Walter.

QUINTANA
Let me tell you something, bendeco. You pull any your crazy shit with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I'll take it away from you and stick it up your ass and pull the fucking trigger till it goes "click".

DUDE
Jesus.

QUINTANA
You said it, man. Nobody fucks with the Jesus.

» by Joerg on Jun 23, 2005 at 08:12 AM
tobybot11 says:


Full Metal Jacket - "Looks like Charles has got his shit together today"


» by tobybot11 on Jun 23, 2005 at 08:34 AM
Matt says:

"But this one goes to eleven." Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) Spinal Tap

» by Matt on Jun 23, 2005 at 08:44 AM
Steve says:

"Who are those guys?" - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

» by Steve on Jun 23, 2005 at 08:45 AM
ctsamurai says:

forgot this one:
"Your gonna shoot your eye out..."

» by ctsamurai on Jun 23, 2005 at 08:46 AM
mrf says:

I totally agree with nex about the 2001 quote, it should be the one from HAL, not Dave.

» by mrf on Jun 23, 2005 at 09:08 AM
Lou says:

I've been ready for this my whole life. - Rudy

» by Lou on Jun 23, 2005 at 09:14 AM
diddy says:

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. --Usual Suspects

(I could have predicted that Tarantino quotes would have been all over the snub list. Face it, Q fans: his dialogue is not that great.)

» by diddy on Jun 23, 2005 at 09:36 AM
ron says:

from transformers: the movie:

Kup: Don't act hostile, I'll use the universal greeting... "Bah weep granah weep ninni bong."

» by ron on Jun 23, 2005 at 09:41 AM
Tony says:

Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!

» by Tony on Jun 23, 2005 at 09:42 AM
ken says:

I'm shocked, shocked I say, to find that they didn't list my favorite Casablanca quote.

Plus, "It's the fall that'll kill ya."

» by ken on Jun 23, 2005 at 09:53 AM
Jay says:

"Inconceivable!"

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

» by Jay on Jun 23, 2005 at 09:54 AM
cyrie says:

"Get busy living, or get busy dying." -- The Shawshank Redemption
"Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passing."-- To Kill A Mockingbird
"Groovy."-- Army of Darkness
I think the HAL quote was also the better one than Dave's quote.

I was going to say that "You had me at hello." and "I'm king of the world!" should be dropped, but so many people quote those damn lines, I guess that's really what the list was getting at. 6 quotes from Casablanca is a bit excessive. Some of the lines that I never hear quoted, like the ones from King Kong, Dracula and Animal Crackers could be dumped in favour of something from, oh, I don't know, the last 20 years?

» by cyrie on Jun 23, 2005 at 10:16 AM
Morgan says:

"Moses couldn't reroute this shit." -Volcano

» by Morgan on Jun 23, 2005 at 10:18 AM
Elliott says:

"This ain't lucky Lager!" --Kalifornia
"This is my BOOMSTICK!" -- army of darkness
"Holy dog shit! Texas? Only steers and queers come from Texas, Private Cowboy. And you don't look much like a steer to me so that kinda narrows it down. Do you suck dicks?" -- Full metal jacket
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" --Revenge of the Sith

» by Elliott on Jun 23, 2005 at 10:26 AM
Steve says:

"Nerds!!!!!!" -- Revenge of the Nerds
"I have a bad feeling about this..." -- Any and all Star Wars movies
"He hates these cans! Stay away from the cans!" -- The Jerk

» by Steve on Jun 23, 2005 at 10:27 AM
Sam says:

[Luke Wilson character] : These are O.R. scrubs.

Max Fischer: Oh, are they?

and:

"I saved Latin!"

both from Rushmore

» by Sam on Jun 23, 2005 at 10:28 AM
Beth says:

"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads." -Back to the Future

» by Beth on Jun 23, 2005 at 10:40 AM
barlow says:

How about the missing alternating row colors or aligning all the quotes and attributions at the top of the various table cells?

» by barlow on Jun 23, 2005 at 10:48 AM
Rob says:

"We're on a mission from God."

» by Rob on Jun 23, 2005 at 11:05 AM
Bryan says:

"I'll be taking these Huggies and whatever cash you got."
Raising Arizona

"Ever seen a spleen that large?"
"No, not since breakfast. "
Fletch

» by Bryan on Jun 23, 2005 at 11:11 AM
August says:

nex: How about next time I'm trying to be a 'smart-ass', I let you know that I teach people how to write like literate human beings for a living. Using 'quote' to mean 'quotation' is an informal (ie. non-standard) 'Americanism' (to quote a lovely entry I found in the OED).

And guess what! It developed because people were too lazy or too stupid to use the term "quotation" when talking about quotation marks, market valuations, tenders, and so on. The fact that people's mistakes have made its usage dead common doesn't change the 'mistake' part.

» by August on Jun 23, 2005 at 11:14 AM
emily says:

My Star Wars choice would be, "Who you callin' scruffy-lookin'?!"
And to round out the Harrison Ford trifecta: "It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage" and, reluctantly,
"Get off my plane!!"

The 80s were sorely neglected on the AFI list, in favor of forgotten faves of the 30s. I'll add:
"I could be the Walrus -- I'd still have to bum rides off of people."
"Goonies never say die!"
"Did Lardass have to pay to get into the contest?"
"I myself am...strange and unusual."
"There's that word again, 'heavy'. Why are things all so heavy in the future- is there some problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?"

» by emily on Jun 23, 2005 at 11:15 AM
Winter says:

"Okay ramblers, let's get rambling."
- Joe Cabot, Reservoir Dogs

» by Winter on Jun 23, 2005 at 11:31 AM
Brian Sugar says:

"Now, if that's a fact, tell me, am I lying? Cause you, you're part eggplant."- Clifford Worley (Dennis Hopper) said to Vincenzo Coccotti (Christopher Walken) while smoking a Chesterfield in True Romance

» by Brian Sugar on Jun 23, 2005 at 12:44 PM
cpchester says:

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stopsniffing glue.

» by cpchester on Jun 23, 2005 at 01:03 PM
Winter says:

"It's Daddy, you shithead! Where's my bourbon?"
- Frank Booth, Blue Velvet

» by Winter on Jun 23, 2005 at 01:19 PM
amy says:

"i love you, maude."
"i love you, harold."

» by amy on Jun 23, 2005 at 01:38 PM
amy says:

oh! and "the horror! the horror!" -- apocalypse now

» by amy on Jun 23, 2005 at 01:41 PM
nex says:

Dear August, I'm really sorry if I came across a bit rude, I was just upset (not because of you, I'll get to that in the next paragraph); there's nothing wrong with being a smart-ass. The OED is my favourite dictionary, I own one. However, as this site is more or less American, and I'm not, I specifically consulted an American dictionary before replying.

Merriam-Webster, to be precise (as it's available online), and boy, do I fucking hate that Webster guy! 'Color', 'center', 'pajamas'; that's bloody insane! Now I always have to type two alternatives whenever I use a search engine, and it just doesn't fit together any longer, etymology-wise. These only stuck because people are too lazy or too stupid to use the proper spellings, but they are so wrong! The fact that people's mistakes have made their usage dead common doesn't change the 'mistake' part. 'Math': ouch. 'Auto': big mistake. And don't get me even started on 'aluminum'. But if you asked just about anyone here, you'd find they don't see a fault with any of them. See?

By the way, why did you address me with 'you'? Using this one word instead of all of 'thou', 'thee', 'thy', and 'thine' (not even talking about 'ye' yet) is pure stupid lazyness -- o, the ambiguity!

» by nex on Jun 23, 2005 at 02:33 PM
Mike says:

Puhnhuh-uhnhuh-ehhhfth
--Young Frankenstein

» by Mike on Jun 23, 2005 at 02:47 PM
elliott says:

couple more...

'Can I borrow your towel? My car just hit a water buffalo' -- Fletch

'What the fuck is this?'
'They're for the bullet holes, Bitch!'

(King of New York, after Laurence Fishburne pays for a shipment of cocaine with a suitcase full of tampons...)

» by elliott on Jun 23, 2005 at 02:57 PM
Eric Bostrom says:

I really hope people quit quoting(quotationifying) Napoleon Dynamite soon.

"if you build it, they will come."

"you complete me"

"who wants a mustache ride?"

"i see (dead) people"

Jason, your current comment template reminds me of Speak-and-Spell:

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Moo
>>by The Cow on Jun 23

» by Eric Bostrom on Jun 23, 2005 at 03:21 PM
shane says:

Asa Isi Masa, Asa Isi Masa

» by shane on Jun 23, 2005 at 03:38 PM
matt says:

so llama, how about something, y'know, for the effort. so he says, on your death bed you will regain full consciousness, so I go that going for me.... which is nice.

-bill murray, caddy shack

» by matt on Jun 23, 2005 at 03:54 PM
Paul Murray says:

Eric, check #44.

» by Paul Murray on Jun 23, 2005 at 07:12 PM
Paul says:

"That's it man, game over man, game over!" - Hudson, Aliens

Not a great or classic quote, really, but I like it.

» by Paul on Jun 23, 2005 at 08:09 PM
Zac says:

Missing:
"Get three coffins ready."
"I'm Brian and so's my wife!"
"You will have: long blonde hair, big green eyes, world class breasts, ass that won't quit, and legs that go aaaall the way up!"
"Unfortunately no one can be told what the Matrix is, you have to see it for yourself."
"That's gonna look real good on his grave stone in Arlington: Here lies John Rambo, winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, survivor of countless incursions behind enemy lines, Killed for vagrancy in Jerkwater, USA!"
"What are you two talking about?" "Football. What were you talking about?" "Shopping."
I'll think of more as soon as I click Post, I know it.

» by Zac on Jun 23, 2005 at 08:11 PM
Ian says:

"You don't want to get mixed up with a guy like me. I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel."

» by Ian on Jun 23, 2005 at 09:37 PM
Frank M. says:

American Pie - band camp;
Say Anything - she gave me a pen;
Office Space - Hawaiian shirt day;
Real Genius - god to you, to jerry, to the cleaners;
Grease - athletic supporter;
Back to School - he really seems to care.... about what i have no idea;
Heathers - What's your damage, Heather?;
10 Thing I Hate About You - beer flavored nipples.

» by Frank M. on Jun 23, 2005 at 09:54 PM
T.C. says:

Therapist: "Were they [staged suicides] all done for your mother's benefit?"
Harold: [long pause] "No. No, I would not say 'benefit.'"

--Harold and Maude

» by T.C. on Jun 23, 2005 at 10:03 PM
Rachel says:

"You know, for kids!"

» by Rachel on Jun 23, 2005 at 10:51 PM
Beth says:

"That's a big Twinkie." from Ghostbusters
"Put ... the candle ... BACK." from Young Frankenstein
" No, YOU must be Don Francisco's sister!" Love and Death
"I think I got the best one!" Raising Arizona
"KKKKen's cccoming to kkkill me!" A Fish Called Wanda

» by Beth on Jun 23, 2005 at 11:51 PM
arto says:

Top two Canadian movie quotes of all time:
"Are you some sort of housekeeper? Because I've had them before, but they tended to be older... more Germanic... more given to the wearing of clothes." (Whale Music)

"Lady, you can't cheat at bingo. If you could, I would, but you can't. I won because I was lucky - lucky to wind up in a town full of losers! " (Highway 61)

Oh, and if you're gonna quote a line from Revenge of the Nerds, how about: "All jocks ever think about is sports--all nerds ever think about is sex."

» by arto on Jun 23, 2005 at 11:59 PM
dobbs says:

1. "There's always got to be poison!" or "Is this an ultimatum? Answer me, you ball-busting, castrating, son of a cunt bitch! Is this an ultimatum or not?" or "Why don't you leave me?... For God's sake, I'd almost marry you if you'd leave me."
2. "I want you to hold it between your knees!" or "I move around a lot, not because I'm looking for anything really, but 'cause I'm getting away from things that get bad if I stay."
3. "People always ask me if I know Tyler Durden." or "You met me at a very strange time in my life." or "My God. I haven't been fucked like that since grade school." or "I want you to hit me as hard as you can." or "You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world."
4. "Trust me."
5. "I'm dyin' here."
6. "She's my sister AND my daughter!"
7. "Spanning time..."
8. "I'LL SHOW YOU THE LIFE OF THE MIND!"
9. "Hey little brother... I loooove to drive." or "Not unless you call round funny."
10. "My brother from another mother!"
11. "I'm Spartacus!"
12. "I think the end of the world just came for that bag of Fritos I had in my pants pocket." or "I think the man in the moon just fucked my sister."
13. "The power of Christ compels you!" or "Your mother sucks cocks in hell." (I mean really, how could that NOT have made the list?)
14. "You ever pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?"
15. "Now that I've met you, would you object to never seeing me again?" or "Respect the cock... and tame the cunt. Tame it."

» by dobbs on Jun 24, 2005 at 12:10 AM
Craig C. says:

They're coming to get you, Barbara...

» by Craig C. on Jun 24, 2005 at 01:00 AM
Andy says:

Nothing from Full Metal Jacket? That film's full of memorable gems, and not just from the drill sergeant.

Also, "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those...moments...will be lost in time, like tears in rain." --Blade Runner

» by Andy on Jun 24, 2005 at 02:25 AM
Matt says:

"You're terrible, Muriel." - Muriel's Wedding

» by Matt on Jun 24, 2005 at 11:36 AM
dave rogers says:

"Klaatu barrada nikto."

» by dave rogers on Jun 24, 2005 at 10:27 PM
David K says:

"I'll get all the sleep I need when I'm dead." - Sam Elliot as Wade Garrett in Roadhouse

» by David K on Jun 25, 2005 at 09:51 AM
lionel says:

there is no spoon.

» by lionel on Jun 25, 2005 at 02:59 PM

 
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