Category Archives: Movie Quote of the Day
Movie Quote of the Day – The Accidental Tourist, 1988 (dir. Lawrence Kasdan)
Julian: Call it something catchy. The Reluctant Tourist. And you are the fella to write it.
Macon: But I hate to travel.
Julian: I thought so, but so do businessmen. They would rather be at home in their living rooms. So you will be helping them
to pretend that that’s where they are. What do you think? Your logo. You get it? While armchair travelers
dream of going places…traveling armchairs dream of staying put.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Last Emperor, 1987 (dir. Bernardo Bertolucci)
Reginald Fleming ‘R.J.’ Johnston: Words are important.
Pu Yi, at 15: Why are words important?
Reginald Fleming ‘R.J.’ Johnston: If you cannot say what you mean, your majesty, you will never mean what you say and a gentleman should always mean what he says.
Movie Quote of the Day – Anna Karenina, 2012 (dir. Joe Wright)
Anna: You should leave me.
Vronsky: I don’t want to. I love you.
Anna: Why?
Vronsky: You can’t ask why about love.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Wheeler Dealers, 1963 (dir. Arthur Hiller)
Eloise Cott: You think he’s got more than business on his mind?
Molly Thatcher: Every man has sex on the brain, like it’s some sort of wonder drug. . .a cure-all for everything: colds, pleurisy, arthritis. I even had a guy once tell me that sex prevents cavities.
Eloise Cott: Cavities? In your teeth?
Molly Thatcher: Sure. When you’re tense, you have more acids in your mouth; and acids eat enamel. When you get rid of the tension, you get rid of the acids. And the best way to get rid of tension. . .
Eloise Cott: Don’t tell me! let me guess.
Movie Quote of the Day – H. M. Pulham, Esq., 1941 (dir. King Vidor)
Marvin Myles: Just try to forget that there’s anyone but me.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Girl in the Café, 2005 (dir. David Yates)
Gina: Scary.
Lawrence: Yes, but don’t worry. Some of the dullest people in the world are in this room. There are gold medalists in the Boredom Olympics here. Anything you say will be more interesting than anything they’ve ever said.
Movie Quote of the Day – One From the Heart, 1982 (dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
Hank: Did you make love to that guy?
Frannie: Of course I did!
Hank: Was it passionate?
Frannie: Yes, very.
Hank: You don’t have to say very! You know, you could just say yes! But, no, you gotta say very!
Movie Quote of the Day – Born to Dance, 1936 (dir. Roy Del Ruth)
Nora Paige: Oh, are you married?
Jenny Saks: Yes, we were partners in a marathon dance. About the 28th day business dropped off, so the management offered a cash prize to the couple who would get married during the contest. Well, gee, dancing with the same guy for 672 hours, naturally I thought I was in love, but I was just tired.
Movie Quote of the Day – Two Weeks in Another Town, 1962 (dir. Vincente Minnelli)
Jack Andrus: What’s your name?
Veronica: Veronica.
Jack Andrus: Veronica what?
Veronica: Veronica Whats the difference?
Movie Quote of the Day – Blind Date, 1987 (dir. Blake Edwards)
Walter Davis: Nadia I’m taking you home!
Nadia Gates: To Baton Rouge?
Walter Davis: I’m taking you to your friend’s house! Now where do they live?
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