Category Archives: Movie Quote of the Day

Movie Quote of the Day – The Postman, 1997 (dir. Kevin Costner)

The Postman: I know you. You’re. . .famous.
Bridge City Mayor: I was once. . .sorta. . .kinda. Not anymore.

Movie Quote of the Day – L.A. Story, 1991 (dir. Mick Jackson)

Harris K. Telemacher: Well, I. . .I might like to have the duck.
Chef: You can’t have the duck.
Mr. Perdue, Maitre D’ at L’Idiot: You can’t have the duck.
Harris K. Telemacher: Why?
Mr. Perdue, Maitre D’ at L’Idiot: You think with a financial statement like this, you can have the duck?!

Movie Quote of the Day – Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, 1999 (dir. Jay Roach)

Dr. Evil: Anyways, the key to this plan is the giant laser. It was invented by the noted Cambridge physicist Dr. Parsons. Therefore, we shall call it the Alan Parsons Project.
Scott: Oh, my God.
Dr. Evil: What now?
Scott: The Alan Parsons Project is a progressive rock band in 1982. Why don’t you just name it ‘Operation Wang-Chung’? Ass.
Dr. Evil:  What should we. . .
Scott: Nothing. I’m sure ‘Operation Bananarama’ will be huge.
Dr. Evil:  What are you saying?
Scott: If you’re. . .
Dr. Evil:  Shh.
Scott:  . . .trying to be hip. . .
Dr. Evil:  www [dot] shh [dot] com . . . [dot] org.

Movie Quote of the Day – Wayne’s World, 1992 (dir. Penelope Spheeris)

Wayne Campbell: I mean, there’s two Darrin Stevenses. Dick York and Dick Sargent. Sh’yeah, right, as if we wouldn’t notice. Oh hold on: Dick York, Dick Sargent, Sergeant York. . .Wow, that’s weird.

Movie Quote of the Day – Strange Days, 1995 (dir. Kathryn Bigelow)

Max: Hey, cheer up. World’s gonna end in ten minutes anyway.

Movie Quote of the Day – 200 Cigarettes, 1999 (dir. Risa Bramon Garcia)

Lucy: You need to find somebody that likes you the way you are.
Kevin: And who would possibly like me the way I am?
Lucy: I have no idea.

Movie Quote of the Day – Mean Streets, 1973 (dir. Martin Scorsese)

Johnny Boy: Hey Mikey, you’re really something, you know that? What’s the matter? You too good for this ten dollars? You too good for it? It’s a good ten dollars. You know something, Mikey, you make me laugh, you know that? You know, I borrow money all over this neighborhood, left and right from everybody, I never pay them back. So, I can’t borrow no money from nobody no more, right? So who does that leave me to borrow money from but you? I borrow money from you, because you’re the only jerk-off around here who I can borrow money from without payin’ back, right? Right? You know, ’cause that’s what you are, that’s what I think of you: a jerk-off. You’re smiling, right, because you’re a  jerk-off! You’re  a fucking jerk-off. I’ll tell ‘ya something else, Mikey, [lights ten-dollar bill on fire] I fuck you right where you breath, because I don’t give two shits about you or nobody else.

Movie Quote of the Day – Norma Rae, 1979 (dir. Martin Ritt)

Norma Rae: I’m staying put! Right where I am! It’s gonna take you, and the police department, and the fire department, and the National Guard to get me outta here! I’m waitin’ for the sheriff to come and take me home! And I ain’t gonna budge till he gets here!

Movie Quote of the Day – Down With Love, 2003 (dir. Peyton Reed)

Catcher Block: You said she was a spinster.
Peter MacMannus: I’ve never used the word “spinster” in my life. Okay, once, when I told my mother it was technically incorrect to call her son a spinster.

Movie Quote of the Day – The Virgin Suicides, 1999 (dir. Sofia Coppola)

Doctor: What are you doing here, honey? You’re not even old enough to know how bad life gets.
Cecilia: Obviously, Doctor, you’ve never been a 13-year-old girl.