All-Time Great Movie Quotes

Here, in no particular order, you'll find my selections for the all-time great movie quotes. Strangely, most of these have been left off of the AFI list of 100 greatest quotes, though I did steal some off their list. We clearly have different tastes and, of course, mine are skewed toward movies that I've actually seen. Author's notes are in parantheses. Also, as much as possible, I've written the quotes as I remember them, which may be slightly different than the actual quote.

A few words here about following people. People know they're being followed when they turn around and see someone following them. They can't tell they're being followed if you get there first.
--Bill Pullman as Daryl Zero in Zero Effect
(I absolutely love this quote. If I were ordering this list, this would definitely be a top 5 quote, possibly even number 1)
Mark it zero!
--John Goodman as Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski
They're Nihilists, Donny. They don't believe in anything.
--John Goodman as Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski
(Especially since I learned about Nihilism in my freshman-year philosophy course shortly after seeing this move)
Let me hit you with some knowledge
--Ben Stiller as White Goodman in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
I got a newsflash for you, Walter Cronkite
--Ben Stiller as Derek Zoolander in Zoolander
You's talkin' loco and I like it
--Owen Wilson as Hansel McDonald in Zoolander
It only takes one big play to get you back in the game
--John Madden as himself in The Replacements
Winners want the ball
--Gene Hackman as Jimmy McGinty in The Replacements
Let me speak to the Chinaman. Tell him it's the only man who's ever heard him call on Jesus.
--Val Kilmer as Scott in Spartan
(A fine example of a random quote)
Godfather, your money is no good here.
--Bryan Callen as Avi, the Waiter in Old School
(This is how it felt at the end of our first bowling league when they didn't make us pay anymore because ours was the last team standing)
True love is hard to find, sometimes you think you have true love and then you catch the early flight home from San Diego and a couple of nude people jump out of your bathroom blindfolded like a goddamn magic show ready to double team your girlfriend
--Luke Wilson as Mitch Martin in Old School
I think I see Blue. He's glorious!
--Will Ferrel as Frank "the Tank" Ricard in Old School
That's why they call him the Godfather!
--Artie Lange as Booker in Old School
Always double down on 11.
--Vince Vaughn as Trent Walker in Swingers
(This is the quote whose advise I've probably taken and used more than any other)
You're so money and you don't even know it!
--Vince Vaughn as Trent Walker in Swingers
Vegas, baby, Vegas!
--Vince Vaughn as Trent Walker in Swingers
(Great lead-in to any trip to Las Vegas)
I feel the need...the need for speed
--Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards as Maverick and Goose in Top Gun
Negative, Ghostrider. The pattern is full
--Duke Stroud as Air Boss Johnson in Top Gun
(Can be used to say "no" to anything at any time)
May the force be with you
--Harrison Ford as Han Solo (and other people as other characters) in Star Wars (and others in the series)
Luke. I am your father.
--James Earl Jones as the voice of Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back
I see your Schwartz is as big as mine
--Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet in Spaceballs
Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
--Mandy Patinkin as Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride
I am not left handed
--Mandy Patinkin as Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride
(What I imagine saying after having secured a bet while hustling someone at bowling, hoping that they don't say...)
I'm not left-handed either
--Cary Elwes as Westley in The Princess Bride
Quit? You know, once I was thinking of quitting when I was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer all at the same time. But with the love and support of my friends and family, I got back on the bike and won the Tour de France five times in a row. But I'm sure you have a good reason to quit...I guess if a person never quit when the going got tough, they wouldn't have anything to regret for the rest of their life. Well good luck to you Peter. I'm sure this decision won't haunt you forever.
--Lance Armstrong as himself in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(Could also be on the list of all-time greatest movie cameos)
I am Batman
--Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman
Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?
--Jack Nicholson as The Joker in Batman
(Cool thing for a villain to say. I was very disappointed that they didn't stick with this back story in Batman Begins)
He chose poorly...You have chosen wisely
--Robert Eddison as Grail Knight in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(Not only does my friend Lance use variations of it all the time but even my Confirmation teacher used it)
No ticket
--Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
I see dead people
--Haley Joel Osment as Cole Sear in The Sixth Sense
(Most famous quote from one of my all-time favorite movies)
If you build it, they will come.
--The Voice in Field of Dreams
When I think about it, I just feel so lazy. I mean, he's studying criminal justice at Rutgers and when he was little, he was one of those kids with the flies on his face.
--Natalie Portman as Sam in Garden State
You talkin' to me?
--Robert DeNiro as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver
You've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?
--Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry
Go ahead, make my day
--Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan in Sudden Impact
I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse
--Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in The Godfater
Yo Adrian!
--Sylvester Stalone as Rocky Balboa in Rocky
You're gonna eat lightning and you're gonna crap thunder
--Burgess Meredith as Mickey in Rocky
Rosebud
--Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane
You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it.
--Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront
(I've never seen this move and don't really know what it's about, but this quote is imitated so often, it has to be on the list)
Bond. James Bond
--Lots of actors in lots of movies
I'll be back
--Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator in The Terminator and as Ben Richards in The Running Man
Hasta la vista, baby
--Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator in Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Come with me, if you want to live!
--Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator in Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Houston, we have a problem
--Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell in Apollo 13
It's alive! It's alive!
--Colin Clive as Dr. Henry Frankenstein in Frankenstein
I didn't spend six years in evil medical school to be called "Mr."
--Mike Myers as Dr. Evil in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
(Probably resonates with me because of my claim that after getting my Ph.D., I'm going to make my friends and family call me "Dr. Scrofano")
Throw me a freakin' bone here
--Mike Myers as Dr. Evil in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Yeah baby, yeah
--Mike Myers as Austin Powers in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
(Exteremely overused, but to get that way, it must have been great)
We're not in Kansas anymore
--Judy Garland as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz
What about Brett Fav-ruh?
--Ben Stiller as Ted Stroehmann in There's Something About Mary
There's nothing left on that plate but fat and gristle
--Dan Aykroyd as Roman Craig in The Great Outdoors
(Great to bring out whenever anyone has eaten most of a giant dinner)
Como esta, bitches?
--Ben Stiller as Arturo Mendes in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
The low point
--Steve Martin as George Banks in Father of the Bride
What would JFK do? You know JFK would tap that ass!
--Chris Marquette as Eli in The Girl Next Door
(Strange quote in a move that descended further and further into unbelievability as it went, yet still got more enjoyable)
The juice was worth the squeeze.
--Emile Hirsch as Matthew Kidman in The Girl Next Door
Do you like apples?...Well, I got her number. How you like them apples?
--Matt Damon as Will Hunting in Good Will Hunting
Sorry guys, I gotta go see about a girl
--Robin Williams as Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting
We're on a mission from God
--Dan Aykroyd as Elwood Blues in The Blues Brothers
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
--Dan Aykroyd as Elwood Blues in The Blues Brothers
If it bleeds, we can kill it
--Arnold Schwarzenegger as Major Alan 'Dutch' Schaeffer in Predator
He's not a machine, he's a man, he's a man
--Tony Burton as Duke in Rocky IV
I must break you
--Dolph Lundgren as Ivan Drago in Rocky IV
Game on!
--Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell and Dana Carvey as Garth Algar in Wayne's World
We're not worthy. We're not worthy.
--Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell and Dana Carvey as Garth Algar in Wayne's World
It will be mine. Oh yes. It will be mine.
--Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell in Wayne's World
Ex-squeeze me? Baking powder?
--Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell in Wayne's World
Excellent!
--Keanu Reeves as Ted "Theodore" Logan and Alex Winter as Bill S. Preston, Esq. in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Bogus!
--Keanu Reeves as Ted "Theodore" Logan and Alex Winter as Bill S. Preston, Esq. in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
But...those are historical babes.
--Keanu Reeves as Ted "Theodore" Logan in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
DO IT! DO IT!
--Ben Stiller as David Starsky in Starsky and Hutch
That sounds like another one of the white man's lies!
--Kevin Thigpen as Afrocentrist in PCU
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball...If you can dodge traffic, you can dodge a ball
--Rip Torn as Patches O'Houlihan in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Don't do crack: it's a ghetto drug
--Tim Robbins as Bob Roberts in Bob Roberts
Which brings me to my second point, kids. Don't do crack
--Lawrence Taylor as Himself in The Waterboy
Visualize and attack
--Henry Winkler as Coach Klein in The Waterboy
Juuuust a bit outside
--Bob Uecker as Harry Doyle in Major League
I'm hung over, my knees are killin' me and if you're going to pull this shit at least you could've said you were from the Yankees.
--Tom Berenger as Jake Taylor in Major League
We "fixed the glitch"
--John C. McGinley as Bob Slydell in Office Space
PC load letter? What is this shit?!
--Ajay Naidu as Samir Nagheenanajar in Office Space
You don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man. Just take a look at my cousin, he's broke, don't do shit.
--Diedrich Bader as Lawrence in Office Space
Keaton always said, "I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of him." Well I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Soze.
--Kevin Spacey as Roger 'Verbal' Kint in The Usual Suspects
You make me want to be a better man.
--Jack Nicholson as Melvin Udall in As Good as It Gets
You know what the Bible says about not forgiving people...It's against it.
--Woody Harrelson as Roy Munson in Kingpin
You want my blood? Take my blood!
--Samuel L. Jackson as Lieutenant Danny Roman in The Negotiator
Yes, they deserved to die and I hope they burn in hell!
--Samuel L. Jackson as Carl Lee Hailey in A Time to Kill
It's just a flesh wound.
--John Clesse as the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Hey, everybody! It's Enrico Pallazzo!
--Mark Holton as Man in the Stadium Crowd in The Naked Gun
Rule #76: No excuses. Play like a champion!
--Vince Vaughn as Jeremy Grey in Wedding Crashers
Soft mattress? Yeah, it could have been the soft mattress. Or the midnight rape. Or the nude gay art show that took place in my room last night. One of those three probably contributed to the lack of sleep.
--Vince Vaughn as Jeremy Grey in Wedding Crashers
It's true the compass doesn't point north. But, we're not trying to find north, are we?
--Kevin McNally as Mr. Gibbs in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Not just the Spanish Main...the entire ocean. The entire world. Wherever we want to go, we'll go. That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails: that's what a ship needs but what a ship is...is freedom.
--Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
(That's kind of the way I feel about a car and why I hate it so much when people say that we don't need more roads, all we need is more mass transit)
An undead monkey. Top that.
--Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
You hired me. I can't help it if your standards are lax.
--Jack Davenport as James Norrington in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
It's the Bible. You get credit for trying!
--Mackenzie Crook as Ragetti in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
To the primitive mind, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
--Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor in Superman Returns
Do as I say and you'll live.
--Samuel L. Jackson as Neville Flynn in Snakes on a Plane
How can I trust a man who won't eat a good old-fashioned American hotdog?
--Samuel L. Jackson as Hondo in S.W.A.T.

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