Category Archives: Movie Quote of the Day
Movie Quote of the Day – Ladies They Talk About, 1933 (dir. Howard Bretherton, William Keighley)
Susie: Say, there isn’t any punishment bad enough for you!
Nan Taylor: Yeah? Well, being penned up here with a daffodil like you comes awful close.
Movie Quote of the Day – Dazed and Confused, 1993 (dir. Richard Linklater)
Wooderson: That’s what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age. [laughs] Yes, they do.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Bad News Bears, 1976 (dir. Michael Ritchie)
Amanda: I hear you like to gamble.
Kelly: We go a dollar a game here. Serve it.
Amanda: I don’t want to play for money. If I win, you play baseball for the Bears.
Kelly: And if I win?
Amanda: Name it.
Movie Quote of the Day – Clear and Present Danger, 1994 (dir. Phillip Noyce)
Jack Ryan: I’m here to rent the Huey.
Helicopter owner: We don’t rent it anymore, but it is for sale.
Jack Ryan: How much?
Helicopter owner: Two million dollars.
Jack Ryan: Uh, my pilot and I will have to take it for a test drive.
Helicopter owner: Of course, you just have to leave a deposit.
Jack Ryan: How much is that?
Helicopter owner: Two million dollars.
Jack Ryan: Umm…
[Shows a CIA business card]
Jack Ryan: Would you take a company check?
Helicopter owner: Yes.
Movie Quote of the Day – Point Break, 1991 (dir. Kathryn Bigelow)
Ben Harp: You know nothing. In fact, you know less than nothing. If you knew that you knew nothing, then that would be something, but you don’t.
Johnny Utah: Yes, sir.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Station Agent, 2003 (dir. Thomas McCarthy)
Finbar McBride: It’s funny how people see me. . .treat me, since I’m really just a simple, boring person.
Movie Quote of the Day – 12 Years A Slave, 2013 (dir. Steve McQueen)
John Tibeats: God damn you! I thought you knowed something!
Solomon Northup: I did as instructed. If there’s something wrong, then it’s wrong with your instructions.
Movie Quote of the Day – Splash, 1984 (dir. Ron Howard)
Freddie: So, how is she?
Allen: How is she? She’s a. . .she’s a mermaid. I don’t understand. All my life I’ve been waiting for someone and when I find her, she’s a fish.
Freddie: Nobody said love’s perfect!
Allen: Oh, Freddie, I don’t expect it to be perfect, but for God’s sake, it’s usually human! Every day people meet and they fall in love. Look what I got.
Freddie: Look what you got. Yeah, let’s look at what you got. Let’s take a good look at what you got. People fall in love every day, huh? Is that what you said?
Allen: Yeah.
Freddie: Yeah? That’s a crock! It doesn’t work that way. Do you realize how happy you were with her? That is, when you weren’t driving yourself crazy. Every day? Come on. Some people will never be that happy! I’ll never be that happy. What am I talking to you for? You don’t know nothing.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Grifters, 1990 (dir. Stephen Frears)
Myra Langtry: I’m Roy’s friend.
Lilly Dillon: Yes. I imagine you’re lots of people’s friend.
Myra Langtry: Oh, of course, now that I see you in the light, you’re plenty old enough to be Roy’s mother.
Lilly Dillon: Aren’t we all?
Roy Dillon: Play nice. Don’t fight.
Movie Quote of the Day – We Bought a Zoo, 2011 (dir. Cameron Crowe)
Dylan Mee: It’s like you embarrass yourself if you say something and you embarrass yourself if you don’t.
Benjamin Mee: You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it.
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