Movie Quote of the Day – Black Nativity, 2013 (dir. Kasi Lemmons)
Reverend Cornell Cobbs: Lord, bless this food to our use and us to Thy service. And make us ever mindful of the needs of others for Christ’s sake. Lord Jesus, today we are mindful of the needs of this youth, our grandson, whom Thou, in Thy infinite wisdom, has sent to us. And be he troubled and in need of guidance, or simply a belt to hold his loose-fitting pants up.
Movie Quote of the Day – Seven Women, Seven Sins: Greed – Pay to Play, 1986 (dir. Bette Gordon)
Rosemary: By the way, I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing that. Did anyone ever tell you that just because you have a lot of money, doesn’t mean you know how to dress? It’s the woman that makes the clothes. And you’ve got about as much class as a pimp.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Girl In The Book, 2015 (dir. Marya Cohn)
Alice: It’s nice to know somebody who actually likes what they do. I always wanted to be a writer when I grew up.
Emmett: Are you?
Alice: Grown up?
Emmett: Nooo. Writing?
Alice: No.
Emmett: How come?
Alice: I sit there waiting to hear the characters speak, and instead I have this voice in my head saying, “This is shit. This is shit. This is shit.”
Emmett: Come on! That voice? Everybody hears that voice. That’s the same voice that says, “I can’t believe you just said that, you fucking moron!” Everybody hears that voice.
Alice: You think?
Emmett: Yeah! Most people just ignore it.
Alice: Really? I just. . .succumb.
Emmett: I like a girl who knows how to succumb.
Alice: Really?
Emmett: Really.
Movie Quote of the Day – Le meraviglie (The Wonders), 2015 (dir. Alice Rohrwacher)
Marinella: When I’m 60, how old will Gelsomina be?
Angelica: 64, why?
Marinella: It’s not fair, she’ll stay with you four years more than me.
Angelica: Marinella, Gelsomina was born four years before you, it’s normal.
Gelsomina: I’m gonna leave early and you can catch up.
Movie Quote of the Day – Sleeping with Other People, 2015 (dir. Leslye Headland)
Lainey: I guess, I guess I just thought eventually he’d choose me.
Jake: Mmm-hmm.
Lainey: And so I always chose him. When he texted, I’d think of an excuse, I’d lie, I’d get–
Jake: That’s psychotic.
Lainey: Thanks.
Jake: I mean, it’s not your fault. You know. Little girls are told that some day they’re gonna find the one. What they don’t tell you guys is that the one might be a complete fucking dick-head with a boring heroine penis that turns y’all into a sex addict.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Wolfpack, 2015 (dir. Crystal Moselle)
Govinda Angulo: If I didn’t have movies, life would be pretty boring and there wouldn’t be any point to go on, you see? So movies opened up another world.
Movie Quote of the Day – Infinitely Polar Bear, 2015 (dir. Maya Forbes)
Cameron: There’s a semi-private in my apartment building. . .
Maggie: [laughs]
Cameron: What do you say?
Maggie: Oh. My stairwell days are over.
Cameron: You have stairwell days?
Movie Quote of the Day – Arthur Christmas, 2011 (dir. Sarah Smith)
Grandsanta: Don’t worry, son, only a raving lunatic. . .
Arthur: I have to worry! It’s the only thing I’m good at!
Movie Quote of the Day – Nénette et Boni, 1996 (dir. Claire Denis)
La boulangère: Anything else?
Boni: A nice, long French stick.
La boulangère: They’re all the same length.
Movie Quote of the Day – Wasp, 2003 (dir. Andrea Arnold)
Dave: Can you play pool?
Zoë: I used to be alright.
Dave: Still are.
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