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(52,113 posts)DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Play it again Sam.
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eppur_se_muova
(36,247 posts)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_(film)#Inaccuracies_and_a_misquote
hlthe2b
(102,106 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,811 posts)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
(5,160 posts)"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
(9,671 posts)DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Actually.
dweller
(23,610 posts)jcgoldie
(11,610 posts)SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)Ocelot II
(115,576 posts)kacekwl
(7,010 posts)is failure to communicate.
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)lark
(23,059 posts)IMO, you win, so far.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)*sigh*
ZZenith
(4,115 posts)unblock
(52,113 posts)DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Who made you king?
ZZenith
(4,115 posts)ZZenith
(4,115 posts)Come and see the violence inherent in the system!
tblue37
(65,215 posts)DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Run away! Run away!
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Arnold.
Claire Oh Nette
(2,636 posts)...take the cannoli.
unblock
(52,113 posts)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
(866 posts)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
(27,813 posts)"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
(3,910 posts)UTUSN
(70,641 posts)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
(1,967 posts)"Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!"
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)sarge43
(28,940 posts)FuzzyRabbit
(1,967 posts)Cartoonist
(7,309 posts)She fell into my lap while I was standing up.
Paper Roses
(7,471 posts)sarge43
(28,940 posts)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
(24,360 posts)Acquitted
- Raul Julia as Gomez Adams
The first rule of Italian driving.
Whats behind me is not important
Also Raul Julia in The Gumball Rally
sarge43
(28,940 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,360 posts)Love those movies!
Bantamfancier
(365 posts)If you build it, HE will come.
DEbluedude
(816 posts)krispos42
(49,445 posts)Galaxy Quest. Cracks me up every time.
kacekwl
(7,010 posts)if you give those dogs another piece of my food I'm going to kick you till your dead.
Alpeduez21
(1,749 posts)sarge43
(28,940 posts)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
(4,473 posts)"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
(28,243 posts)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
(5,812 posts)My kinda world! 😎
VGNonly
(7,480 posts)you can't fight here, this is the war room".
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)"Love means never having to say you're sorry." (Yuck)
Keep up the good work, DU!
VGNonly
(7,480 posts)you damned dirty ape!"