Category Archives: Movie Quote of the Day
Movie Quote of the Day – C’era una volta il West (Once Upon a Time in the West), 1968 (dir. Sergio Leone)
Harmonica: Did you bring a horse for me?
Snaky: Looks like we’re. . .[snickers]. . .looks like we’re shy one horse.
Harmonica: [shakes head] You brought two too many.
Movie Quote of the Day – Brick, 2006 (dir. Rian Johnson)
Brendan Frye: Throw one at me if you want, hash head. I’ve got all five senses and I slept last night, that puts me six up on the lot of you.
Movie Quote of the Day – The People vs. Larry Flynt, 1996 (dir. Miloš Forman)
Larry Flynt: You know, politicians and demagogues like to say that sexually explicit material corrupts the youth of our country. And yet they lie, cheat and start unholy wars. [beat] Look at them, they like to call themselves warriors; they’re sheep in a herd. I think the real obscenity comes from raising our youth to believe that sex is bad and ugly and dirty. And yet, it is heroic to go spill guts and blood in the most ghastly manner – in the name of humanity. With all the taboos attached to sex, it’s no wonder we have the problems we have. It’s no wonder we’re angry and violent and genocidal. But ask yourself the question: what is more obscene – sex or war?
Movie Quote of the Day – To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, 1995 (dir. Beeban Kidron)
Car Salesman: Ladies, please, I implore you. For your own safety, go with the Toyota Corolla.
Vida Boheme: Well pumpkins, it comes down to that age-old decision: style. . .or. . .substance?
Movie Quote of the Day – The Grapes of Wrath, 1940 (dir. John Ford)
Ma Joad: How am I gonna know about ya, Tommy? Why they could kill ya and I’d never know. They could hurt ya. How am I gonna know?
Tom Joad: Well, maybe it’s like Casy says. A fellow ain’t got a soul of his own, just little piece of a big soul, the one big soul that belongs to everybody, then. . .
Ma Joad: Then what, Tom?
Tom Joad: Then it don’t matter. I’ll be all around in the dark – I’ll be everywhere. Wherever you can look – wherever there’s a fight, so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever there’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there. I’ll be in the way guys yell when they’re mad. I’ll be in the way kids laugh when they’re hungry and they know supper’s ready, and when the people are eatin’ the stuff they raise and livin’ in the houses they build – I’ll be there, too.
Movie Quote of the Day – Primary Colors, 1998 (dir. Mike Nichols)
Henry Burton: Come back, Shane! Run for president!
Movie Quote of the Day – I’m Not There., 2007 (dir. Todd Haynes)
Jude: I’ll tell ya, love and sex are two things that really hang people up. And why that is, I’ll, I’ll never fully understand.
Movie Quote of the Day – Mighty Aphrodite, 1995 (dir. Woody Allen)
Lenny: Hey, you got an appetite like a lumberjack here.
Linda: Oh, well, thank you.
Movie Quote of the Day – Braveheart, 1995 (dir. Mel Gibson)
Magistrate: It can all end. Right now! Bliss. Peace. Just say it. Cry out. “Mercy!”
Crowd: Mer-cy! Mer-cy! Mer-cy!
Magistrate: The prisoner wishes to say a word!
[beat]
Hamish and Stephen: Mercy, William. . .Say Mercy. . .
[beat]
William Wallace: FREEEEEDOMMMMMM!
Movie Quote of the Day – Marathon Man, 1976 (dir. John Schlesinger)
Dr. Christian Szell: Is it safe?
Thomas “Babe” Levy: Are you talking to me?
Dr. Christian Szell: Is it safe?
Thomas “Babe” Levy: Is what safe?
Dr. Christian Szell: Is it safe?
Thomas “Babe” Levy: I don’t know what you mean. I can’t tell you if something is safe or not unless I know specifically what you’re talking about.
Dr. Christian Szell: Is it safe?
Thomas “Babe” Levy: Tell me what the “it” refers to.
Dr. Christian Szell: Is it safe?
Thomas “Babe” Levy: Yes, it’s safe. It’s very safe. So safe you wouldn’t believe it.
Dr. Christian Szell: Is it safe?
Thomas “Babe” Levy: No, it’s not safe. It’s very dangerous. Be careful.
Dr. Christian Szell: Relax, relax. Come on. Open. Open. It’s OK. That hurt? I should think it would. You should take better care of your teeth. You have quite a cavity here. [beat] Is it safe?
Thomas “Babe” Levy: I told you I can’t tell you [screams in pain]
Dr. Christian Szell: Think he knows? He’s being very stubborn.
Thomas “Babe” Levy: No, please. Please don’t. No.
Dr. Christian Szell: It’s OK. [beat] Is it not remarkable? Simple oil of cloves and how amazing the results. Life can be that simple; relief – discomfort. Now, which of these I next apply, that decision is in your hands, so take your time and tell me. Is it safe?
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