Category Archives: Movie Quote of the Day
Movie Quote of the Day – Sixteen Candles, 1984 (dir. John Hughes)
Samantha/Jake: [both in unison] Hi.
Jake: Hi.
Samantha: Hi. What are you doing here?
Jake: I heard you were here.
Samantha: You came here for me?
Jake: Is that okay?
Samantha: Yeah, it’s okay.
Jake: Do you have to go to reception now?
Samantha: I’m supposed to.
Jake: Can I call you later?
Samantha: Sure. . .I mean no.
Jake: No, I can’t call you later?
Samantha: Yeah. . .No, I mean, I’m not going to the reception.
Jake: Oh. Great.
Movie Quote of the Day – Shadows, 1959 (dir. John Cassavetes)
Lelia: What happens now?
Tony: What happens? Um, what do you mean, “what happens now?”
Lelia: I mean, do I stay with you?
Tony: Stay with me? Um, stay with me. Do you mean live with me?
Lelia: Yes.
Tony: Do you want to?
Lelia: No. I want to go home.
Movie Quote of the Day – Something’s Gotta Give, 2003 (dir. Nancy Meyers)
Harry: I don’t think I’ve ever had this effect on a woman before.
Erica Barry: What effect do you think you’re having on me?
Harry: I don’t quite recognize it. That’s how I know I never had it before.
Movie Quote of the Day – Baby Doll, 1956 (dir. Elia Kazan)
Silva Vacarro: You make me think of cotton. No. . .no fabric or cloth. . .not even satin or silk. . .no kind of fiber, not even a cotton fiber. . .has the absolute delicacy of your skin.
Baby Doll: Should I say thanks, or something?
Silva Vacarro: Just smile. You’ve got an attractive smile. . .and dimples. . .oh, yes, you do. Smile, Mrs. Meighan. There, you see, you do have them.
Baby Doll: Please, don’t touch me, I don’t like to be touched.
Silva Vacarro: Why do you giggle?
Baby Doll: You make me feel kind of hysterical.
Silva Vacarro: I do?
Baby Doll: Mr. Vacarro. . .
Silva Vacarro: Yes?
Baby Doll: I think I’ll go and make us some lemonade. [he stops her] What did you do that for?
Silva Vacarro: I don’t want to be deprived of the pleasure of your company. Not yet.
Baby Doll: Mr. Vacarro, you certainly are getting familiar.
Silva Vacarro: Don’t you have a little fun-loving spirit?
Baby Doll: This isn’t fun.
Silva Vacarro: Why do you giggle, then?
Baby Doll: Because I’m ticklish.
Silva Vacarro: Ticklish? Don’t be so skittish.
Baby Doll: All right, I’ll get up then.
Silva Vacarro: Go on. . .
Baby Doll: I feel so weak.
Movie Quote of the Day – Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, 2005 (dir. Steve Box, Nick Park)
Wallace: Ah, love, Gromit. That’s the biggest trap of all. The tender trap, they call it. And that’s how we’ll capture this thing. A lovely lady rabbit. How could any hot-blooded rabbit beast resist?
Movie Quote of the Day – You Only Live Once, 1937 (dir. Fritz Lang)
Eddie Taylor: Lots of people in love get to live inside a house…
Joan Graham: That doesn’t matter now. Maybe anywhere is our home. In the car, out on that cold star, anywhere’s our home.
Movie Quote of the Day – TRON, 1982 (dir. Steven Lisberger)
TRON: If you are a user, then everything you’ve done has been according to a plan.
Kevin Flynn: Ha! You wish! You guys know what it’s like. You keep doing what it looks like you’re supposed to, no matter how crazy it seems.
Movie Quote of the Day – Week End, 1967 (dir. Jean-Luc Godard)
Corinne: This isn’t a novel, this is a film. A film is life.
Movie Quote of the Day – Finding Nemo, 2003 (dir. Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich)
Marlin: Dory. If it wasn’t for you, I never even would have made it here. So, thank you.
Dory: Hey! Hey, wait a minute. W-w-wait! Where are you going?
Marlin: It’s over, Dory. We were too late. Nemo’s gone and I’m going home now.
Dory: No. . .no, you can’t! S-s-stop! Please don’t go away. Please? No one’s ever stuck with me for so long before. And if you leave, if you leave. . .if you leave. . .I just, I remember things better with you. I do. Look, P. Sherman, forty-two. . . forty. . .two. . .agh! I remember it, I do. It’s there, I know it is because when I look at you, I can feel it. And I, I look at you and. . .I’m home. Please. I don’t want that to go away. I don’t wanna forget.
Marlin: I’m sorry, Dory, but I do.
Movie Quote of the Day – Broadway Danny Rose, 1984 (dir. Woody Allen)
Danny Rose: You know what my philosophy of life is? That it’s important to have some laughs, but you gotta suffer a little too, because otherwise you miss the whole point to life.
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