Category Archives: Movie Quote of the Day

Movie Quote of the Day – Clueless, 1995 (dir. Amy Heckerling)

Christian: Do you like Billie Holiday?
Cher: I love him.
Christian: Right.

Movie Quote of the Day – Frequency, 2000 (dir. Gregory Hoblit)

John Sullivan: Listen Gordo, my name is Santa Claus and I’m going to give you the biggest Christmas present that you’ve ever had.
Gordo Hersch (8 Years old): I better give you my address then.
John Sullivan: No, no, no. Don’t worry about it kid. Now, this is important. Something you’ve got to remember for a long time. Yahoo.
Gordo Hersch (8 Years old): What’s that?
John Sullivan: It’s a magic word. It’s like abracadabra, only better.

Movie Quote of the Day – American Psycho, 2000 (dir. Mary Harron)

Patrick Bateman: Harold, it’s Bateman, Patrick Bateman. You’re my lawyer so I think you should know: I’ve killed a lot of people. Some girls in the apartment uptown uh, some homeless people maybe 5 or 10 um an NYU girl I met in Central Park. I left her in a parking lot behind some donut shop. I killed Bethany, my old girlfriend, with a nail gun, and some man uh some old faggot with a dog last week. I killed another girl with a chainsaw, I had to, she almost got away and uh someone else there I can’t remember maybe a model, but she’s dead too. And Paul Allen. I killed Paul Allen with an axe in the face, his body is dissolving in a bathtub in Hell’s Kitchen. I don’t want to leave anything out here. I guess I’ve killed maybe 20 people, maybe 40. I have tapes of a lot of it, uh some of the girls have seen the tapes. I even, um… I ate some of their brains, and I tried to cook a little. Tonight I, uh, I just had to kill a LOT of people. And I’m not sure I’m gonna get away with it this time. I guess I’ll uh, I mean, ah, I guess I’m a pretty uh, I mean I guess I’m a pretty sick guy. So, if you get back tomorrow, I may show up at Harry’s Bar, so you know, keep your eyes open.

Movie Quote of the Day – ‘Crocodile’ Dundee, 1986 (dir. Peter Faiman)

Sue Charlton: He’s got a knife.
Michael J. “Crocodile” Dundee: [chuckles] That’s not a knife.
[he pulls out a large bowie knife]
Michael J. “Crocodile” Dundee: Now THAT’s a knife.

Movie Quote of the Day – Hope Floats, 1998 (dir. Forest Whitaker)

Bernice Pruitt: My dad says that childhood is the happiest time of my life. But, I think he’s wrong. I think my mom’s right. She says that…
[Bernice’s voice fades as Birdee takes over]
Birdee Pruitt: [laughing] Childhood is what you spend the rest of your life trying to overcome. That’s what momma always says.

Movie Quote of the Day – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 1975 (dir. Miloš Forman)

McMurphy: What do you think you are, for Christ’s sake, crazy or somethin’? Well you’re not! You’re not! You’re no crazier than the average asshole out walkin’ around on the streets and that’s it.

Movie Quote of the Day – Only You, 1994 (dir. Norman Jewison)

Faith Corvatch: How could you do this to me?
Peter: Because I’m in love with you!
Faith Corvatch: Ha! What kind of an excuse is that?

Movie Quote of the Day – Gran Torino, 2008 (dir. Clint Eastwood)

Walt Kowalski: Get off my lawn.

Movie Quote of the Day – Doubt, 2008 (dir. John Patrick Shanley)

Sister Aloysius: Sister James…
Sister James: What is it, Sister?
Sister Aloysius: I have doubts. [beat] I have such doubts.

Movie Quote of the Day – Mr. Holland’s Opus, 1995 (dir. Stephen Herek)

Mr. Holland: Let me ask you a question.
Gertrude Lang: Alright.
Mr. Holland: When you look in the mirror, what do you like best about yourself?
Gertrude Lang: My hair.
Mr. Holland: Why?
Gertrude Lang: Well, my father always says that it reminds him of the sunset.
Mr. Holland: Play the sunset.