Favourite Film Quotes

Behind Enemy Lines. Capt. Rodway, USMC: We each have our jobs. Now I’m a Marine. That means I do the serious work. You’re a Navy Pilot. That means that you sit here and… eat jello.

Was this one , or something like it , in “Airplane” ?

>We must get this man to hospital !
-Why,what is it?
>It’s a big building full of beds and doctors.

Also,
Surely you can’t be serious?
I’ve never been more serious in my life. And don’t call me Shirley.

What made that kind of thing work was that Leslie Nielson was always so utterly deadpan and serious. Ditto Police Squad (IN COLOR!) and Naked Gun.

(From Spinal Tap) “This would’ve sounded much better in Dobbly !”

and… “Stonehenge was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf…!” 😀

Was this one , or something like it , in “Airplane” ?

>We must get this man to hospital !
-Why,what is it?
>It’s a big building full of beds and doctors.

Forrest Gump: My momma always said, “Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”

The best quote (well at least I think so!) from Top Gun:

Stinger: And if you screw up just this much, you’ll be flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog-s**t out of Hong Kong!

Maverick: Yes sir!

Possibly the most famous exit line in cinema history – James Cagney,White Heat (1949)

‘Made it, Ma, top of the world’

“Any more talk like that Mr Grafton and I’ll have you keel hauled. And thats serious on an aircraft carrier”

Or

“is that normal?”
what the feet”
“yes, the feet”
“yes”
“can you do something about it?”
“what do you want me to do? kill him again?”

I just came here to build a bridge:- Zulu

The previous post reminded me of another (much less eloquent) favourite line of mine from Zulu Dawn. Imagine the most formidable British Regimental Sergeant Major speaking to the lowliest private soldier:

RSM: “Put your rifle above your head and run round this parade-ground until you DROP BL00DY DEAD!”

It’s a long one but I think well worth thinking on. For me it epitomises the internal struggle of many who fought in the American Civil War. It is Brigadier General Lewis (Lo) Armistead talking to General Longstreet on the eve of Pickett’s Charge. Lo Armistead was to lead a Brigade of Virginians of Pickett’s Corps on the long slow march up the hill to the Union lines.

“The last time I saw Winn he played that song. That very song. Back in California, we were all together for the last time. Before we broke up. Spring of ’61. Almyra Hancock. You remember Almyra, Hancock’s wife? Beautiful woman. Most perfect woman I ever saw. They were a beautiful couple. Beautiful. Garnett was with me that night. A lot of fellows from the old outfit. People standing around singing in the blue uniform. We were leaving the next day. Some going north, some going south. Splitting up. A soldier’s farewell. “Goodbye.” “Good luck.” “I’ll see you in hell.” Do you remember that? Towards the end of the evening, we all sat around the piano. And Myra played that song there, that was the one she played. Maybe for years, maybe forever, I’ll never forget that. You know how it was, Pete. Winn was like a brother to me. Remember? Towards the end of the evening, things got a little rough. We both began to… well, there were a lot of tears. I went over to Hancock. I took him by the shoulder. I said, “Winn, so help me, if I ever raise my hand against you, may God strike me dead.” Ain’t seen him since. He was at Malverne Hill, White Oak Swamp, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg. One of these days, I will see him, I’m afraid. Across that small, deadly space. I thought about sitting this one out. But I can’t do that. That wouldn’t be right either. I guess not. Thank you, Peter. I had to talk about that. “

Lo Armistead, who, from all I can read of him, was a truly gentle man, was not to survive that charge. His friend, Winfield Hancock was wounded but survived. The song referred to is Kathleen Mavourneen which means Kathleen my darling.

If I had to pick another it would be from the same film and is the moment when Joshua Chamberlain of the 20th Maine realises that to defend Little Round Top they have just one hope left. The line is one single, simple word but Jeff Daniels puts such emotion and intensity into the word that the desperation of the coming action is palpable. The word, simply, is this….

Bayonets!!!

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Serenity
Jayne “Let’s be bad guys” [undoing his coat to reveal a gun]

Mal to Jayne “do you want to run this ship”
Jayne “yes”
Mal [pause] ” well you can’t”

“spare a sheckel for an ex leper” Beggar as played by Michael Palin in The life of Brian:)

After the world’s greatest display of shooting…..and firing fourteen shots from two six-shooters without reloading!

Butch Cassidy: Is that your idea of giving covering fire?

Sundance Kid: Is that your idea of running?

Followed by the immortal line:

Butch Cassidy: You never could shoot…..not from the very beginning!

Ummm…no I havent heard the joke (:o), perhaps you can PM it to me!

Hi. Check your PM’s. 😀

Butch Cassidy: Then you jump first.
Sundance Kid: No, I said.
Butch Cassidy: What’s the matter with you?
Sundance Kid: I can’t swim.
Butch Cassidy: Are you crazy? The fall will probably kill you.

And many more to be found here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/quotes

[after blowing the train car to smithereens]
Sundance Kid: Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?

Woody Allan, in a taxi with a girl “You’re so pretty I can hardly keep my eyes on the meter” (I’ve actually used this in real life………and it paid off!)

And from Sink the Turpitz, in a mini submarine under her.
“The hatch won’t open”
“That’s because there’s a ruddy great battleship on top of it”

I do believe this quote from William Hootkins’ character in Raiders of the Lost Ark sums up Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones Jr. perfectly…

Professor of Archeology. Expert on the occult and how does one say it? Obtainer of rare antiquities.

Know doubt you’ve heard the rude joke about that?

:confused: I no that cant be rite!:D

More dialogue than quote, but Sir Sean is on form in this section from The Rock:

John Mason: Are you sure you’re ready for this?
Stanley Goodspeed: I’ll do my best.
John Mason: Your “best”! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and **** the prom queen.
Stanley Goodspeed: Carla was the prom queen.
John Mason: Really?
Stanley Goodspeed: [cocks his gun] Yeah.

WE going to need a bigger boat:- Jaws