Monthly Archives: July 2014
Movie Quote of the Day – The Recruit, 2003 (dir. Roger Donaldson)
James Clayton: The Iwo Jima Memorial… this where you tell me about duty and sacrafice?
Walter Burke: No. This is where I have my breakfast burrito.
Movie Quote of the Day – School of Rock, 2003 (dir. Richard Linklater)
Dewey Finn: Now, what makes you mad more than anything in the world? Billy?
Billy: You.
Dewey Finn: Billy, we’ve already told me off. Let’s move on.
Billy: You’re tacky and I hate you!
Dewey Finn: Okay, you see me after class!
Movie Quote of the Day – Brassed Off, 1996 (dir. Mark Herman)
Gloria: Do you want to come up for a coffee?
Andy: I don’t drink coffee.
Gloria: I haven’t got any.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Avengers, 2012 (dir. Joss Whedon)
Steve Rogers: Dr. Banner, now might be a really good time for you to get angry.
Bruce Banner: That’s my secret, Captain: I’m always angry.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Lucky One, 2012 (dir. Scott Hicks)
Ellie: But you went to college?
Logan: Yes, ma’am. Just for a year.
Ellie: What’d you study?
Logan: I liked philosophy.
Beth: Really?
Logan: Yeah, I like to read.
Beth: Give us a quote of your favorite philosopher.
Logan: “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
Beth: Don’t tell me. Voltaire? It’s Voltaire, isn’t it?
Logan: It’s Dr. Seuss.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Expendables 2, 2012 (dir. Simon West)
Barney Ross: I’ve heard another rumor, that you were bitten by a king cobra?
Booker: Yeah, I was. But after five days of agonizing pain, the cobra died.
Movie Quote of the Day – Dunston Checks In, 1996 (dir. Ken Kwapis)
Mrs. Dubrow: Did you get him?
Buck LaFarge: No. I did not. We’re dealing with a very smart animal here.
Robert Grant: He’s a psycho.
Mrs. Dubrow: I like obsessive people. They get things done!
Movie Quote of the Day – Drugstore Cowboy, 1989 (dir. Gus Van Sant)
Bob: Most people don’t know how they’re gonna feel from one moment to the next. But a dope fiend has a pretty good idea. All you gotta do is look at the labels on the little bottles.
Movie Quote of the Day – Dogfight, 1991 (dir. Nancy Savoca)
Waiter: Well, are you ready to order now or. . .?
Eddie: No.
Rose: Yes, goddammit. I’m going to have the fucking poached salmon, with the son-of-a-bitching rice, and a dirty bastard salad with a shitload of Roquefort dressing. Thank you. And um, who knows what this asshole wants.
Movie Quote of the Day – Affliction, 1997 (dir. Paul Schrader)
Glen Whitehouse: Come on smart guy. Tell me it’s no big deal. I just. . .tell me. . .there’s a single one of you that’s worth one single hair on that woman’s gray head! Tell me that!
Lena: Pop?
Glen Whitehouse: What?
Lena: Jesus is more powerful than any demon.
Glen Whitehouse: Oh, go fuck yourself!
Rolfe: Wade, just leave it.
Glen Whitehouse: Yeah, just listen to your little brother here. “Wade, just leave it.” Candy-asses. All of you. That’s what I’ve got for children. Jesus freaks and candy-asses!
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