I love quotes from great scientists, philosophers and even politicians because they give you a little insight into the mind of those people. Literature aside for a second I have to admit many of my favorite quotes are from movies. Many times when my wife and I talk to each other when we are with other people we get strange looks because we have almost created a mini-language based on movie references. There are a few films like “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” that we can probably quote from beginning to end. Here are a few great scenes with those famous quote from movies you might remember as well. Feel free to add any of you favorite quotes from movies, television, or any other source for that matter.
The quotes in the battle between King Arthur and the black night in Monty Python and the Holy Grail are just too classic to pass up in a discussion of movie quotes.
Uncle Ruckus from Boondocks. (if you are easily offended you might not want to watch this compilation).
The famous “Far better place…” quote from a Tale of Two Cities with Ronald Coleman (I know I’m cheating because it’s about my favorite quote in literature as well because it demonstrates the height of human unselfishness in a selfish world).
“I love the smell of napalm in the morning” from Apocalypse Now. The problem was victory in Vietnam was just as elusive and short lived as that smell.
The most damaging mentality that still prevails in our culture. The “greed is good” speech from Gordon Gekko in the film Wall Street.
Paint Your Wagon – Wandering Star –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnbiRDNaDeo
Mamma Mia – Dancing Queen-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6f9RcnpiQQ
Singing In The Rain –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8zaxTZ4OFg
Chicago –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BBGQgcQXoE
Cabaret –
One of my favorite British comedic actresses – Dawn French – The Vicar of Dibley –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgdVRBiLIYQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGRhXMPdLBs
And another favorite for the beauty and humor – Monarch of the Glen –
Absolutely Dawn French is hilarious.
Recognize Johnny Depp in the first clip?
One of my favorite is from Top Gun Stinger to Maverick
Maverick, you just did an incredibly brave thing. What you should have done was land your plane! You don’t own that plane, the tax payers do! Son, your ego is writing checks your body can’t cash. You’ve been busted, you lost your qualifications
-Stinger
OR
The Breakfast Club. John Bender
Hey, how come Andrew gets to get up? If he gets up . . . we’ll all get up . . . it’ll be anarchy!
Two great quotes.
One last quote before I turn in from the show where the character from my Gravatar originated, Shin Chan. There is one character on Shin Chan that is a Republican called Georgie Prescott III and he succinctly defined the Republican strategy in one quote.
“Tell them it will trickle down and talk about abortion”.
I remember that show used to be on at 3 a.m. on the Cartoon Network. It was like a Japanese South Park.
I can’t believe I put this reply on the wrong thread.
One of my favorite quotes from a film is from Jaws, when Roy Scheider, after getting his first real look at the monstrous thing, turns around and says to Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss:
“We’re gonna need a bigger boat.”
That is a classic and I quote find ways to quote it often.
Me too. I used it a couple of times during the primaries when the attacks from the right on Obama got to be a bit vicious.
Another one I like that will be even less unique, is that famous one from ‘Gone With The Wind’, where at the end Rhett says to Scarlett: “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
I picure McCain and Palin, parting after their loss, and her saying to him: “But where will I go, what will I do?” or something like that, the same as Scarlett said to Rhett. And then McCain…who in my view used Palin unmercilessly to win the election..says he doesn’t give a damn.
That might be unfair to him; for all I know he was torn asunder about what she went through, and they parted clinging to each other and crying their eyes out.
McCain was never one to be able to hide how he felt about someone as evidenced with the debates. I can’t imagine that he even talked to Palin after long. But picking her had to be the worst mistake in American political history.
Once again, The party is over for me.
Sweet dreams,all. And remember:
We’re on a mission from god”
(just don’t go out tonight wrecking a few hundred cars.~smile~
G’night bito.
‘Night, Bito– sleep well!
Why am I Mr. Pink?
Oh, I could be at this all night! Here are a few that come to mind:
Goodfallas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_ff46b58Hk
Animal House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK-Dqj4fHmM
Fargo
AdLib– Goodfellas is one I never tire of watching. And from Fargo, our favorite quote, for some reason, is the way she says, “He’s a nice man.” Maybe because it’s so Minnesotan– even from Fargo.
You got that right!
I almost quoted Goodfellas but I thought you might drive by some time tonight.
Any Father Ted fans out there?
“Down with this sort of thing” “Drink! Feck! Girls!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT9xuXQjxMM
This is one of the best conniptions of all time.
Never saw those! PLAY THE FUCKING NOTE! will be our new phrase, KQ. Thanks!
It is one of our favorite series and favorite scenes. I showed it to my wife again and we still crack up.
KQ, were/are those on PBS there? That is the thing about both PBS and NPR, different stations play different things.
They actually played the whole Father Ted series on BBC America but unfortunately BBC America is playing these BS reality shows and shows that try to mimic American TV these days.
We liked the series so much that we eventually bought it on DVD.
Black Books and IT Crowd are two other great series done by the Irish comedic writer who created Father Ted. IT Crowd was on IFC and Black Books was on BBC America.
You can check out Fr. Ted from the library.
The library has an extensive collection of foreign films and foreign television shows/series.
Hey, if the AJ library has them, so should the Tuscon library!
Remember “The Goodies”?
Hmm… I missed that one.
There’s something about fast-forward and kazoo music that is total catnip to the Brits. 😮
I don’t understand! For a bunch of liberal, commie, pinkos-with “no sense of humor”-Flush Limpbrain says, “you people” have a lot of fun on the weekend nights. When do you find time to take over the country?
We’ll get to it during the next commercial, honey. Honest.
Yeah, Yeah, right after you take out the garbage!
But Mister Limbaugh won’t fit in the Hefty bag, honey!
Speaking of commercials, check out the portion sizes in this one. No super-sized 44 oz. plastic soda cups here.
That is shockingly small! And it’s bracing too!
Well, I suppose if something is small, it had darn well better be bracing.
I seem to be going downhill fast tonight. And the only thing I’m drinking is Pepsi Throwback. Which is actually pretty good, I might add.
LOL!!
In 2008?
I just read that he’s going to survive and that he didn’t have a heart attack. Too bad.
Face it Glenn Beck was just getting too much attention.
That’s another one I wish would drop.
😆 Rush can’t get it through his thick skull that 90% of comedies are made by pinkos.
And it would be pointless to try to explain real humor to a guy whose idea of a joke is to make nasty remarks about the President’s relatives “living in huts in Africa.”
Mr. Limbaugh. All I can say is “yaaawwwwn.”
True know Limbaugh he thinks good comedy are the Sambo cartoons from the 30’s.
Here’s another one of my favorites, and seriously, how handsome is this guy?
Horatio Hornblower and yes, we own the entire series –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNe3qwvGhYw
And then there’s this Brit comedy that I love –
Patsy and Edina!!!
I liked this one, too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bomygz1Ygkk
This was my guilty pleasure, though it totally jumped the shark and I didn’t quite perk up anymore after the immaculate hawtness that is Lucy Griffiths left:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3_ZxOruHIE&feature=SeriesPlayList&p=798D4C88D7F929F9
Yeah, saw the Hornblower series all the way through, as well.
The Young Ones, LOL that was a classic!
Sweetie!
My first “adult” movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2ImKNSVxWk
Remember Sandra Dee??
Of course I remember Sandra Dee.
Wasn’t she the original Gidget in the movies or was it Tammy.
I loved them Tammy movies.
When you said first adult movie, I thought you meant porn!
LMAO
I’ve never gone to an actual theater to see porn, LMAO, here’s where 67 countries or whatever view this post, but I actually asked a boyfriend to take me to a porn movie at a drive-in in upper Michigan all them years ago.
They showed porn at the drive-in in the UP for the hunters.
LMAO
I’m embarrassed writing this, but I wanted to see a porn film to understand what was the deal with that.
And seriously, what is the deal with that?
It had some piano music to it, and not a whole lot of dialog, but the funniest scene in the movie that I remember was some girls in sexy underwear ordered a pizza, and for whatever reason, there was a toilet in the middle of their living room.
And when the girls had to pee, LMAO, my gosh, a man’s face came up from the toilet to lick their naughty bits.
The plot!
There was no plot, and let me tell you, that after that movie, I never understood the allure.
LMAO
I remember when that boyfriend took me to that movie, and I had to pee, I made us leave because there was no way I’d leave the car in the dead of winter for fear someone might recognize me, but heaven only knows what would be lurking inside that toilet!!!
LMAO
Oh gosh.
I had girlfriends that actually went to the theater and saw Deep Throat, and they said it actually had a plot.
Oh man.
and on that embarrassing note and revealing something that I shouldn’t have most likely, I am logging off and going to bed.
LMAO
Javez, you are too funny!!! Why would you be embarrassed? I should have added: Remember when porn was in actual theaters?!
Cher, not really porn, but it was line after line of adult humor. Did you see “Flesh Gordon”?
Hiya, Bito! No, missed that one. Worth renting?
Cher, it may seem dated. It was pretty “Korney” but is was ROFLAO 35+ years ago when we where passing “those Funny Cigarettes” around. What was the movie about how pot made the bobbysoxers go crazy and listen to jazz?
Oh! just remembered “Reefer Madness”!!!
You mean this?
Are you and the mister heading into the bedroom now because you’re embarrassed? Or tired? Or……….?
You put that digital video camera down right now, young lady.
Good night, j’avaz. Oh, my Image of you has forever been tarnished (except you at least have been to the UP) 😆 .
Time for trivia, for all us old-timers –
What was the name of the series starring Shirley Booth?
What was the name of the series starring Anne Francis?
(no fair using google, and first person to answer correctly wins a jar of salsa!)
Hazel !!!
You win a half jar of salsa!!!
Hazel–“Hi Mr. B!”
She was a female cop….Honey West? Jeez!!!! i outta be shot for that.
And what was the other lady cop starring Beverly Garland for an extra 10 points?
You win!!!
I’ve no idea on the Beverly Garland, but I do know the actress.
Oh sheesh, my head will hurt if I try too hard on that one – let me make a wild guess – Paladin?
No, It was Decoy. But Paladin was a fantastic series with Richard Boone.
when I’m blue, these movies always make me smile:
Fred and Ginger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxPgplMujzQ
And Carmen Miranda!!!!