Okay...so what are the BEST lines in movie history?

[jmowreader]

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1. Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

[DanieRains]

14. My First Choice

Play it again Sam.

#2

[eppur_se_muova]

23. No one said that.

A line closely associated with Casablanca—"Play it again, Sam"—is not spoken in the film.[183][184] When Ilsa first enters the Café Américain, she spots Sam and asks him to "Play it once, Sam, for old times' sake." After he feigns ignorance, she responds, "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By'." Later that night, alone with Sam, Rick says, "You played it for her, you can play it for me," and "If she can stand it, I can! Play it!"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_(film)#Inaccuracies_and_a_misquote

[hlthe2b]

46. That was absolutely going to be my post upon reading the OP. Timeless.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. "Little by little the look of the country changes because of the men we admire."

I have posted this more than once, and no one ever seems to know what movie it came from.

The first time I saw this movie was in 1982, some years after it came out, and when that line was spoken I almost fell out of my chair. It is simply the single most prophetic line ever.

[House of Roberts]

3. Are we supposed to identify the line, or just quote it so people can guess where it's from?

"Well, Dee, the bank was there... and I was there... and there wasn't very much of anybody else there... and it just seemed like the thing to do.'

[Chipper Chat]

4. We're gonna need a bigger boat

[DanieRains]

15. You're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat

Actually.

[dweller]

5. Roy Batty

https://m.

✌🏻

[jcgoldie]

6. Looks like the University of Illinois!

[SoCalDavidS]

7. Looks Like I Picked The Wrong Week To Quit Sniffing Glue nt

[Ocelot II]

8. It goes to eleven.

[kacekwl]

9. What we have here

is failure to communicate.

[DanieRains]

16. Good One

[lark]

42. One of the best lines ever!

IMO, you win, so far.

[Totally Tunsie]

10. "Winter must be very cold for those with no warm memories."

*sigh*

[ZZenith]

11. "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government..."

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12. Look! I'm being oppressed!

[DanieRains]

19. One Hell Of A Scene

Who made you king?

[ZZenith]

21. "I didn't vote for you!"

[ZZenith]

20. "Come and see the violence inherent in the system!

Come and see the violence inherent in the system!”

[tblue37]

13. He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy.

[DanieRains]

17. Alright Here We Go

Run away! Run away!

[DanieRains]

18. I Lied

Arnold.

[Claire Oh Nette]

22. Leave the gun...

...take the cannoli.

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24. Not sure it counts as "a line", but Matt Damon's nsa rant in good will hunting was epic:

Why shouldn't I work for the N.S.A.? That's a tough one, but I'll take a shot. Say I'm working at N.S.A. Somebody puts a code on my desk, something nobody else can break. Maybe I take a shot at it and maybe I break it. And I'm real happy with myself, cause I did my job well.

But maybe that code was the location of some rebel army in North Africa or the Middle East. Once they have that location, they bomb the village where the rebels were hiding and fifteen hundred people I never met, never had no problem with, get killed. Now the politicians are sayin', "Oh, send in the Marines to secure the area" cause they don't give a shit. It won't be their kid over there, gettin' shot. Just like it wasn't them when their number got called, cause they were pullin' a tour in the National Guard. It'll be some kid from Southie takin' shrapnel in the ass.

And he comes back to find that the plant he used to work at got exported to the country he just got back from. And the guy who put the shrapnel in his ass got his old job, cause he'll work for fifteen cents a day and no bathroom breaks. Meanwhile, he realizes the only reason he was over there in the first place was so we could install a government that would sell us oil at a good price. And, of course, the oil companies used the skirmish over there to scare up domestic oil prices. A cute little ancillary benefit for them, but it ain't helping my buddy at two-fifty a gallon.

And they're takin' their sweet time bringin' the oil back, of course, and maybe even took the liberty of hiring an alcoholic skipper who likes to drink martinis and fuckin' play slalom with the icebergs, and it ain't too long 'til he hits one, spills the oil and kills all the sea life in the North Atlantic. So now my buddy's out of work and he can't afford to drive, so he's got to walk to the fuckin' job interviews, which sucks cause the shrapnel in his ass is givin' him chronic hemorrhoids. And meanwhile he's starvin', cause every time he tries to get a bite to eat, the only blue plate special they're servin' is North Atlantic scrod with Quaker State.

So what did I think? I'm holdin' out for somethin' better. I figure fuck it, while I'm at it why not just shoot my buddy, take his job, give it to his sworn enemy, hike up gas prices, bomb a village, club a baby seal, hit the hash pipe and join the National Guard? I could be elected president.

[arlyellowdog]

25. The Last Hurrah, Spencer Tracy

When the Bishop says that the Mayor of Boston, lying on his deathbed, would have lived his life differently and Spencer Tracy replies, “The hell I would.”

[NanceGreggs]

26. Off the top of my head ...

"Forget it, Jake - it's Chinatown."

"I'll make him an offer he can't refuse."

"It was beauty killed the beast."

"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"

"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done. It is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."

"It took me three hours to figure out FU was Felix Unger."

"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."

"Miss Jean Louise, stand up, your father's passin'."

"Get busy living, or get busy dying."

"Mr. deMille, I'm ready for my close-up."

"Fasten your seat belts - it's going to be a bumpy night."

"His god IS God."

[njhoneybadger]

27. "I'm not going to be ignored, Dan!"

[UTUSN]

28. "I *AM* the f***ing Shore Patrol !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" - Nicholson, "The Last Detail"

Context: 2 "lifer" sailors escorting an 18 year old sailor/offender to the brig, cross country. They turn it into a binge cross country. In D.C., they try to get beer at a bar and the bartender demands ID on the kid. NICHOLSON does his NICHOLSON thing, "Hey, just one, we'll be gone, blah blah." When the bartender loses his cool and tells them to get out or he will call the Shore Patrol, NICHOLSON pulls out his pistol from under his peacoat and slams it on the bar, uttering the quote. Then the three of them run out into the street laughing their fool heads off.

[FuzzyRabbit]

29. Badges?

"Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!"

[Shrike47]

30. "It's not the years, it's the mileage."

[sarge43]

34. "The desert is three weeks in every direction." n/t

[FuzzyRabbit]

31. We're on a mission from God.

[Cartoonist]

32. From The Big Sleep

She fell into my lap while I was standing up.

[Paper Roses]

33. "What's a yute?" from My cousin Vinny.

[sarge43]

35. A couple of films have a back pack full of great lines.

A Lion in Winter: He married out of love a woman out of legend. He came down from the North with a mind like Aristotle's and body like mortal sin. Well, what family doesn't have its ups and downs. It has my troops all over it, boy.

The Lord of the Rings: Then you see it, a far green country under a swift sunrise. There's good in the world and it's worth fighting for. I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you. And Rohan will answer. For Frodo.

[A HERETIC I AM]

36. "Oooooh!.......A lady killer!

“Acquitted “

- Raul Julia as Gomez Adams

“The first rule of Italian driving.

What’s behind me is not important “

Also Raul Julia in “The Gumball Rally”

[sarge43]

43. Morticia Addams, "Don't torture yourself, Gomez; that's my job." n/t

[A HERETIC I AM]

47. ....

Love those movies!

[Bantamfancier]

37. Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.

If you build it, HE will come.

[DEbluedude]

38. Dyin' ain't much of a living boy.

[krispos42]

39. "Can you make some kind of rudimentary lathe?"

Galaxy Quest. Cracks me up every time.

[kacekwl]

40. Old man,

if you give those dogs another piece of my food I'm going to kick you till your dead.

[Alpeduez21]

41. Darth Vader: No, Luke, I am your father.

[sarge43]

44. Galaxy Quest

And it exploded.

It's the simple things in life your treasure.

There's a red thingie moving toward the green thingie.

Ducts! Why is it always ducts!

I had five curtain calls.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

45. There's a lot of other great lines from Casaablanca

"I am shocked, shocked to see that gambling is going on here." "Your winnings, sir." "Thank you very much."

"Round up the usual suspects."

"I'm just making out the report now. We haven't decided if he committed suicide or was shot trying to escape."

"Louis, I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship."

"Why did you come to Casablanca?" "My health. I came for the waters." "Waters? What waters? We're in the desert." "I was misinformed."

[Paladin]

48. "You made a mistake, fuckhead."

Spoken by a tough-as-nails L.A. cop (Robert Duvall) to a snotty headwaiter at an exclusive club, in "True Confessions," a thing of noir beauty...

[Scottie Mom]

49. Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

My kinda world! 😎

[VGNonly]

50. "Gentleman,

you can't fight here, this is the war room".

[Totally Tunsie]

51. 50 posts so far, and no one has dared to list

"Love means never having to say you're sorry." (Yuck)

Keep up the good work, DU!

[VGNonly]

52. "Take your stinking paws of me,

you damned dirty ape!"