Category Archives: Movie Quote of the Day

Movie Quote of the Day – The Thin Red Line, 1998 (dir. Terrence Malick)

First Sgt. Edward Welsh: Where’s your spark now?

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Movie Quote of the Day – The Bridges of Madison County, 1995 (dir. Clint Eastwood)

Robert: I’ll only say this once. I’ve never said it before. This kind of certainty only comes but once in a lifetime.

Movie Quote of the Day – Good Will Hunting, 1997 (dir. Gus Van Sant)

[reads a note from Will: “Sean, if the Professor calls about that job, just tell him, sorry, I have to go see about a girl.”]
Sean: Son of a bitch… He stole my line.

Movie Quote of the Day – They Live!, 1988 (dir. John Carpenter)

Nada: I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all out of bubblegum.

Movie Quote of the Day – Big, 1988 (dir. Penny Marshall)

Billy: So what do they make you do for all this?
Josh: Well, I play with all of this stuff and then I tell them what I think.
Billy: And they pay you for that?
Josh: Yeah.
Billy: Suckers!

Movie Quote of the Day – Grosse Point Blank, 1997 (dir. George Armitage)

Martin Q. Blank: Dr. Oatman, please pick up, pick up! It’s Martin Blank! I, I’m standing where my, uh, living room was and it’s not here because my house is gone and it’s an Ultimart! You can never go home again, Oatman… but I guess you can shop there.

Movie Quote of the Day – Practical Magic, 1998 (dir. Griffin Dunne)

Gillian Owens: You ever put your arms out and spin really, really fast?
Antonia Owens: She does it all the time.
Gillian Owens: She does? Well, that’s what love is like. It makes your heart race. It turns the world upside down. But if you’re not careful, if you don’t keep your eyes on something still, you can lose your balance. You can’t see what’s happening to the people around you. You can’t see that you’re about to fall.

Movie Quote of the Day – Wild At Heart, 1990 (dir. David Lynch)

Lula: This whole world’s wild at heart and weird on top.

Movie Quote of the Day – Never Been Kissed, 1999 (dir. Raja Gosnell)

Sam Coulson: Sorry I’m late. It took me forever to get here.
Josie Geller: I know what you mean.

Movie Quote of the Day – Sunset Blvd., 1950 (dir. Billy Wilder)

Joe Gillis: You’re Norma Desmond. You used to be in pictures. You used to be big.
Norma Desmond: I am big. It’s the pictures that got small.
Joe Gillis: I knew there was something wrong with them.