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Movie Quote of the Day – Corrina, Corrina, 1994 (dir. Jessie Nelson)
Molly: Will I have chi-chis like yours someday?
Corrina: Why do you call them “chi-chis?” Who told you that?
Molly: My Daddy calls them that.
Corrina: He calls them chi-chis?” I heard them called a lot of things: “hooters,” “ta-tas,” but never “chi-chis.”
Movie Quote of the Day – Border Radio, 1987 (dir. Allison Anders, Kurt Voss, Dean Lent)
Chris: Well, yeah. I’m the roadie, but I. . .I do a lot more than that. I, uh. . .I mean, I. . .I do a lot more than just set up equipment and stuff. I’m like a. . .Well, I’m more what you call a hands-on roadie. I’m basically Jeff’s right-hand man. And when he needs advice or somethin’, he comes to me. And. . .You know, like when he has trouble with Dean or something like that. Yeah, when Jeff’s up there onstage, it’s like a. . .It’s like a part of me is up there with him.
Man: Do you get paid?
Chris: Nah, I do it for rock. Rock’s much more important than money. It’s like a statement.
Man: A statement of what?
Chris: Well, it’s. . .Uh. . .I don’t know. It’s. . .It’s, uh. . .Well, it’s like when guys are rockin’ out onstage, you know. . .and they’re. . .they’re doin’ what they want and bein’ cool. That’s a statement.
Man: Well, how do you support yourself?
Chris: Well, that’s extraneous information.
Movie Quote of the Day – Girlfriends, 1978 (dir. Claudia Weill)
Susan: You’re very inflexible.
Eric: Who, me?
Susan: I don’t like you when you’re inflexible.
Eric: I don’t like it when you exaggerate to make sure I’ll listen to you.
Susan: Well, I can’t stand it when you don’t listen to me.
Eric: I don’t like it when you’re loud.
Susan: Well, I don’t like you when you’re not loud. I don’t know why I like you.
Eric: Because you can tell me why you don’t like me.
Susan: I like me when I don’t need you.
Eric: I don’t want you to need me. I want you to want me.
Susan: There’s no truth like bullshit.
Eric: Very good, Susan. 2 points.
Susan: Thank you.
Movie Quote of the Day – True Love, 1989 (dir. Nancy Savoca)
Michael: I would bet you that that happens a lot more often than you think, you know? You know, some guys goes and marries some whacko and then he becomes a whacko and then his whole life goes and becomes a living hell, you know?
Dom: Mikey! What are you thinking, huh? Huh? You comparing this to you and Donna? You’re nuts, buddy.
Michael: You’ve never been in this situation, Dom. With a wedding and all. Forget about it. Suddenly everything becomes very, very complicated. You know, it’s like, she’ll talk to me and she tells me stuff and she says it’s important and I don’t even know what the fuck she’s talking about. It really makes you feel like you’re losing control.
Dom: Mikey, you ain’t losing control over nothing. You’re getting married. A person’s gotta adjust to certain things.
Michael: What if I can’t adjust?
Dom: When you’re in love with somebody, you adjust.
Michael: Dom, I just don’t want to end up hating my life.
Dom: You’re not going to end up hating anything. So forget about it, all right?
Movie Quote of the Day – First Love, 1977 (dir. Joan Darling)
Elgin: David, I don’t think you know what love is.
David: Love is what feels good.
Movie Quote of the Day – Outrage, 1950 (dir. Ida Lupino)
Rev. Bruce Ferguson: Ann, we all have to stop running sometime. We have to face ourselves. And look at the world all over again.
Movie Quote of the Day – Honeymoon, 2014 (dir. Leigh Janiak)
Bea: Before, I was alone, but now I’m not.
Movie Quote of the Day – Pet Sematary, 1989 (dir. Mary Lambert)
Jud Crandall: Women are supposed to be the ones who are good at keeping secrets, but any woman who knows anything at all would tell you she’s never seen into a man’s heart. The soil of a man’s heart is stonier, Louis. . .like the soil up there in the old Micmac burying ground.
Movie Quote of the Day – Near Dark, 1987 (dir. Kathryn Bigelow)
Caleb Colton: What the fuck is goin’ on?
Severen: It ain’t what’s goin’ on, son. It’s what’s comin’ off. Your face. Clean off.
Movie Quote of the Day – Carrie, 2013 (dir. Kimberly Peirce)
Sue Snell: No! Carrie please don’t hurt me.
Carrie White: Why not? I’ve been hurt my whole life.
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