The Notebook: Sure, it’s not funny “ha-ha,” but if you want a movie filled with the quotes of love, open The Notebook. A story that is told both in the past and the present, The Notebook features an elderly couple, a wife, Allie, stricken by Alzheimer’s and a husband, Duke, who reads her their life - and love - story. Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook is filled with some of the most heartfelt, romantic quotes in cinema history.
The Godfather: The mother of all movies, The Godfather also housed the mother of all quotes. Filled with intensity, drama, and some of the best actors of the 20th century, The Godfather made us an offer we couldn’t refuse and, since 1972, people have found themselves quoting this film in a variety of situations, weddings, speeches, movie scripts, and, of course, whenever anyone is found sleeping with the fishes.
The Breakfast Club: Ah, an oldie, but a goodie. A movie that propelled members of the Brat Pack into pop culture, The Breakfast Club – a film that was almost entirely set in a high school library – was known solely for its dialogue. Whether it was quotes from the stereotypical nerd – “Well, what I had said was I'm in the math club, the Latin and the physics club... physics club.” – or the rebel bad boy – “Why does Andrew get to get up? If he gets up, we'll all get up, IT'LL BE ANARCHY!!!” – The Breakfast Club lives on forever thanks to those of us who have it memorized.
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Article comments
1 - J
Huh?
No Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Pulp Fiction, Happy Gilmore, or Waterboy?
2 - #2
No Big Lebowski? Shenanigans.
3 - Mike B.
I vote for Clerks for those of us in the retail world.
Randall:"You think that's offensive, check THIS out, I think you can see her kidneys!"
or Ghostbusters (I or II)
Louis Tully:"No way, they have a judicial mestrangement order, they could be exposing themselves"
Venkman: "And you don't want us... exposing ourselves"
OR
Winston: "Ray,the next time someone asks you if you're a god you say YES!"
4 - Brad Schader
Yet another dangerous list that is sure to make the writer's life hell. "The Most" anything is a deadly list to make. I agree with half of this list which ain't bad for me, but where are the classics? Fast Times? Heathers? Kentucky Fried Movie? Airplane? If there is anything more quotable than Airplane I haven't seen it.
5 - Kate C. Harding
I agree with Brad. Lists will always get you in trouble. I think you've got some good ones here, but I'd like to put up a couple of more.
Tommyboy: Honestly, Chris Farley is right up there with the great one-liners. "Housekeeping!" and "What did you do????" are the ones I hear on what seems like a weekly basis.
Anchorman: Maybe this is just my ridiculous group of friends, but hardly a day goes by that I'm not subjected to hearing "That escalated very quickly," "Milk was a bad choice," "I immediately regret this decision," or "I love...lamp."
Good start, though.
6 - Elvira Black
One word (or is it two?): Scarface! (I'll crush those cockaroches!
7 - JB
Office Space, Animal House, Tombstone,Joe Dirt
8 - Gray Hunter
I will state irrevocably and without hesitation that Monty Python and the Holy Grail is the greatest and most quotable movie ever. It's got "huge ... tracts of land" to choose from when quoting. There's just "lovely filth" to spew out at innocent bystanders.
And I also love Anchorman. It has a few lines that rival Python. My favorite: "Sixty percent of the time ... it works every time."
One other note: I do believe you forgot the most universally quoted movie, Star Wars (Episode IV for us fanatics). Who in the world has not said, "Use the Force"?
A little more cowbell on the list and it'll be very nice.
9 - Dr Dreadful
Monty Python's Life of Brian is also exquisitely quotable. E.g:
Brian's mother, to the vast crowds attempting to worship her son: "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
Prisoner, envious of Brian for getting the 'soft' punishment of crucifixion: "You lucky, lucky bastard!"
Pontius Pilate, oblivious to his desperate need for speech therapy: "Vewy well... welease Wodewick!"
10 - Heather Ames
The list could be very long.
Ghostbusters: "Where do these steps go? They go up."
11 - Catey
Oh Boy!! :0) Ghostbusters "are you a god?" ("no") "then....dieeeee" Princess Bride "inconceivable!", "I died that day", anybody wanna peanut?" :0)
12 - Connor D.
FIGHT CLUB???
"i want you to hit me as hard as you can..."
"i havent been F***ed like that since grade school..."
13 - woodlawn
Dr. Strangelove omitted? Shame! ....
Miss Scott: Buck, honey...I'm not sleepy either.
Turgidson: I know how it is, baby. Tell you what you do. You just start your countdown, and old Bucky'll be back here before you can say...Blast Off!
14 - Morse
Fletch, Stripes, Raising Arizona.
15 - BC
"The Outlaw Josie Wales"
Dyin' ain't much of a livin' boy.
...and...
The hell with them fellas, buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.
16 - Mr. X
I'm a little TO'ed that no one mentionned Napoleon Dynamite. Idiots! Gosh! Now I'll have to go make some sweet moolah with uncle Rico.
Also I agree with Josey Wales. More quotes like:
"Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining" and "Are you gonna draw or stand there and whistle dixie?"
And I love those Marx brothers'Night at the Opera quotes:
" We have an excellent insurace policy: If you lose a leg, we'll help you look for it."
Groucho says:
"That can't be my shirt, my shirt doesn't snore."
And Chico answers: "Shh! Don't wake him up. He's got insomnia, he's trying to sleep it off."
17 - Doe
Sorry but Monty Pyton and the Holy Grail, Cadyshack, Young Frankenstien, and History of the World Part 1.
Holy Grail= "Nee", "What is your favorite color?", "I fart in your general direction", "That Rabbit is dinomite", "The castle Argggghhhhh."
Cadyshack= "You'll get nothing and like it", "Hey did somebody step on a duck."
Young Frankenstien= "Well they were wrong weren't they", "Frau Blücher. Nehhh", "I eint got no body", "Werewolf!? There wolf. Why are you talking like that", "Who's brain is that? Abby Normal"
History of the World Part 1= "He looks just like the piss boy", "Stand-up philosopher. I coalesce the vapors of human existence into a viable and meaningful comprehension. Oh, a *bullshit* artist!"