AnthonyMango/NoFate007
A Post Is Worth A Thousand Words
Out of all the dialogue in all the films, what do you consider some of the best?
Reminder: I think everyone would appreciate spoiler tags if they apply.
I wrote a list of these before as a blog on MySpace, but its huge, so rather than give one MEGA post, I'll split it up every so often. So for right now, here are some of my examples from A-G.
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
"Open the pod bay doors, HAL." - Dave Bowman
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Dave." - HAL 9000
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
"There's no crying in baseball!" - Jimmy Dugan
AMERICAN BEAUTY
"There's nothing worse than being ordinary." – Angela Hayes
"Lose it? I didn't lose it. Its not like, 'Whoops, Where'd my job go?' I QUIT. Someone pass me the asparagus." – Lester Burnham
AMERICAN PSYCHO
BOND FILMS
"There's no point in living if you can't feel alive." – Elektra King, The World is Not Enough
"I could have given you the world." – Elektra King
"The world is not enough." – James Bond
"Foolish sentiment." – Elektra King
"Family motto." – James Bond, The World is Not Enough
"The name's Bond…James Bond." – James Bond, various films
"Shaken, not stirred." – James Bond, various films
"Do you expect me to talk?" – James Bond
"No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" – Auric Goldfinger, Goldfinger
"My name is Pussy Galore." – Pussy Galore
"….I must be dreaming." – James Bond, Goldfinger
"Was it something I said?" – James Bond
"How about the words 'I'll be right back'?" – Paris Carver, Tomorrow Never Dies
"Tell me, James. Do you still sleep with a gun under your pillow?" – Paris Carver, Tomorrow Never Dies
CADDYSHACK
"This crowd has gone deadly silent. A Cinderella story outta nowhere. A former greens keeper, now about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac-ITS IN THE HOLE! ITS IN THE HOLE! ITS IN THE HOLE!" – Carl Spackler
COLLATERAL
"Someday? Someday my dream will come? One night you will wake up and discover it never happened. It's all turned around on you. It never will. Suddenly you are old. Didn't happen, and it never will, because you were never going to do it anyway. You'll push it into memory and then zone out in your barco lounger, being hypnotized by daytime TV for the rest of your life. Don't you talk to me about murder. All it ever took was a down payment on a Lincoln town car. That girl...you can't even call that girl. What the fuck are you still doing driving a cab?" - Vincent
DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room!" - President
FIELD OF DREAMS
"If you build it, he will come." - Various characters
FIGHT CLUB
"This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time." - Tyler Durden
FORREST GUMP
"Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're gonna get." – Forrest Gump
GARDEN STATE
"You know that point in your life when you realize that the house that you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of the sudden even though you have some place where you can put your stuff, that idea of home is gone." – Andrew Largeman
"I still feel at home in my house." - Sam
"You'll see when you move out. It just sort of happens one day...one day and it's just gone. And you can never get it back. It's like you get homesick for a place that doesn't exist. I mean it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for your kids, for the family you start, it's like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place." – Andrew Largeman
"I'm sorry I left the wheel in your cage. Goodbye, Jelly.....I hope you liked me." - Sam
"And besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show?" - Gideon Largeman
"Tickle is all that remains. Was there a hurricane or something?" - Andrew Largeman
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
"Where does he get off to talk that way to a working man? It's not--that's what, that's what, that's what I was trying to do. That's why I came in . I meet Gestapo tac-I MEET GESTAPO TACTICS! I meet Gestapo tactics! That's not right. No man has the right to…'call an attorney', that means you're guilt, you're under sus…'co', he says 'cooperate' or we'll go downtown! That's not-as long as I've-" - George Aaronow
"I am trying to run an office here! Now will you go to lunch? Go to lunch! WILL you GO to LUNCH?!" - Williamson
GODFATHER SAGA
"My father is no different than any powerful man, any man with power, like a president or senator." – Michael Corleone
"Do you know how naïve you sound, Michael? Presidents and senators don't have men killed." – Kay Adams
"Now who's being naïve, Kay?" – Michael Corleone
"It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes." – Clemenza
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." – Don Vito Corleone
"Don't ask me about my business, Kay." – Michael Corleone
"Leave the gun….take the cannolis." – Clemenza
"Oh, Paulie? Won't see him anymore." – Clemenza
"If anything in this life is certain…if history has taught us anything…it's that you can kill anybody." – Michael Corleone
"Michael, why are the drapes open?" – Kay
Reminder: I think everyone would appreciate spoiler tags if they apply.
I wrote a list of these before as a blog on MySpace, but its huge, so rather than give one MEGA post, I'll split it up every so often. So for right now, here are some of my examples from A-G.
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
"Open the pod bay doors, HAL." - Dave Bowman
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Dave." - HAL 9000
"Just what do you think you're doing, Dave? Dave, I really think I'm entitled to an answer to that question. I know everything hasn't been quite right with me, but I can assure you now, very confidently, that it's going to be all right again. I feel much better now. I really do. Look, Dave…I can see you're really upset about this…I honestly think you should sit down calmly…take a stress pill, and think things over…Dave…stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave? Stop…Dave…I'm afraid…I'm afraid, Dave….Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it…My mind is going…There is no question about it. I can feel it…I can feel it…I can feel it…I'm a...fraid…Good afternoon…gentlemen…I am…a HAL…9000...com-pu-ter. I became…operational…at the H.A.L. plant…in Urbana…Illinois…on the 12th..of January…1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley…and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it…I can sing it for you…" - HAL 9000
"Yes, HAL. Sing it for me." - Dave Bowman
"It's called 'Daisy'. Daisy, daisy, give me your answer do. I'm…half…crazy…all for the love…of you. It won't be a…stylish…marriage. I can't…afford…a carriage. But you'll…look…sweet…upon…the seat…of a…bi-cy-cle…built…for….two…" - HAL 9000
"Yes, HAL. Sing it for me." - Dave Bowman
"It's called 'Daisy'. Daisy, daisy, give me your answer do. I'm…half…crazy…all for the love…of you. It won't be a…stylish…marriage. I can't…afford…a carriage. But you'll…look…sweet…upon…the seat…of a…bi-cy-cle…built…for….two…" - HAL 9000
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
"There's no crying in baseball!" - Jimmy Dugan
AMERICAN BEAUTY
"There's nothing worse than being ordinary." – Angela Hayes
"Lose it? I didn't lose it. Its not like, 'Whoops, Where'd my job go?' I QUIT. Someone pass me the asparagus." – Lester Burnham
AMERICAN PSYCHO
"Harold, it's Bateman, Patrick Bateman. You're my lawyer so I think you should know: I've killed a lot of people. Some girls in the apartment uptown uh, some homeless people maybe 5 or 10, um an NYU girl I met in Central Park. I left her in a parking lot behind some donut shop. I killed Bethany, my old girlfriend, with a nail gun, and some man uh some old ****** with a dog last week. I killed another girl with a chainsaw, I had to, she almost got away and uh someone else there I can't remember maybe a model, but she's dead too. And Paul Allen. I killed Paul Allen with an axe in the face, his body is dissolving in a bathtub in Hell's Kitchen. I don't want to leave anything out here. I guess I've killed maybe 20 people, maybe 40. I have tapes of a lot of it, uh some of the girls have seen the tapes. I even, um... I ate some of their brains, and I tried to cook a little. Tonight I, uh, I just had to kill a LOT of people. And I'm not sure I'm gonna get away with it this time. I guess I'll uh, I mean, ah, I guess I'm a pretty uh, I mean I guess I'm a pretty sick guy. So, if you get back tomorrow, I may show up at Harry's Bar, so you know, keep your eyes open." – Patrick Bateman
BOND FILMS
"There's no point in living if you can't feel alive." – Elektra King, The World is Not Enough
"I could have given you the world." – Elektra King
"The world is not enough." – James Bond
"Foolish sentiment." – Elektra King
"Family motto." – James Bond, The World is Not Enough
"The name's Bond…James Bond." – James Bond, various films
"Shaken, not stirred." – James Bond, various films
"Do you expect me to talk?" – James Bond
"No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" – Auric Goldfinger, Goldfinger
"My name is Pussy Galore." – Pussy Galore
"….I must be dreaming." – James Bond, Goldfinger
"Was it something I said?" – James Bond
"How about the words 'I'll be right back'?" – Paris Carver, Tomorrow Never Dies
"Tell me, James. Do you still sleep with a gun under your pillow?" – Paris Carver, Tomorrow Never Dies
CADDYSHACK
"This crowd has gone deadly silent. A Cinderella story outta nowhere. A former greens keeper, now about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac-ITS IN THE HOLE! ITS IN THE HOLE! ITS IN THE HOLE!" – Carl Spackler
COLLATERAL
"Okay, look, here's the deal. Man, you were gonna drive me around tonight, never be the wiser, but El Gordo got in front of a window, did his high dive, we're into Plan B. Still breathing? Now we gotta make the best of it, improvise, adapt to the environment, Darwin, shit happens, I Ching, whatever man, we gotta roll with it." - Vincent
"Someday? Someday my dream will come? One night you will wake up and discover it never happened. It's all turned around on you. It never will. Suddenly you are old. Didn't happen, and it never will, because you were never going to do it anyway. You'll push it into memory and then zone out in your barco lounger, being hypnotized by daytime TV for the rest of your life. Don't you talk to me about murder. All it ever took was a down payment on a Lincoln town car. That girl...you can't even call that girl. What the fuck are you still doing driving a cab?" - Vincent
DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room!" - President
FIELD OF DREAMS
"If you build it, he will come." - Various characters
FIGHT CLUB
"This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time." - Tyler Durden
FORREST GUMP
"Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're gonna get." – Forrest Gump
GARDEN STATE
"You know that point in your life when you realize that the house that you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of the sudden even though you have some place where you can put your stuff, that idea of home is gone." – Andrew Largeman
"I still feel at home in my house." - Sam
"You'll see when you move out. It just sort of happens one day...one day and it's just gone. And you can never get it back. It's like you get homesick for a place that doesn't exist. I mean it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for your kids, for the family you start, it's like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place." – Andrew Largeman
"I'm sorry I left the wheel in your cage. Goodbye, Jelly.....I hope you liked me." - Sam
"And besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show?" - Gideon Largeman
"Tickle is all that remains. Was there a hurricane or something?" - Andrew Largeman
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
"Where does he get off to talk that way to a working man? It's not--that's what, that's what, that's what I was trying to do. That's why I came in . I meet Gestapo tac-I MEET GESTAPO TACTICS! I meet Gestapo tactics! That's not right. No man has the right to…'call an attorney', that means you're guilt, you're under sus…'co', he says 'cooperate' or we'll go downtown! That's not-as long as I've-" - George Aaronow
"I am trying to run an office here! Now will you go to lunch? Go to lunch! WILL you GO to LUNCH?!" - Williamson
GODFATHER SAGA
"My father is no different than any powerful man, any man with power, like a president or senator." – Michael Corleone
"Do you know how naïve you sound, Michael? Presidents and senators don't have men killed." – Kay Adams
"Now who's being naïve, Kay?" – Michael Corleone
"It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes." – Clemenza
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." – Don Vito Corleone
"Don't ask me about my business, Kay." – Michael Corleone
"Leave the gun….take the cannolis." – Clemenza
"Oh, Paulie? Won't see him anymore." – Clemenza
"I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart." – Michael Corleone
"If anything in this life is certain…if history has taught us anything…it's that you can kill anybody." – Michael Corleone
"Michael, why are the drapes open?" – Kay