Your favorite movie quotes

[V.C. Brunswick]

"Alcohol is only for those who can afford to lose a few brain cells."

 

[Fading Fast]

From "Mad Men"

Don's new "girlfriend" Diana the waitress after about two "dates" says to Don: "I lied to you"

Don [somewhat quizzically]: "What? Already?"

What is so beautiful about the line and Don's delivery is that he implicitly says that he expected her to lie to him, but is only surprised that it has happened so soon in the relationship and, equally, his body english / facial expression basically says, I don't really care, but sure, tell me what you lied to me about. And it wasn't a condescending "I don't care," it was a world wearily "it is what it is" attitude.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

"I studied Psychology eight years and was a patient for twenty."
...Rose, Two and a Half Men

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

"Ten seconds putting on a condom beats ten years of pretending that you like soccer."
...Charlie, Two and a Half Men

 

[Stearmen]

The Sand Pebbles:

Captain Collins: Holman, I'll have you shot as a mutineer!

Jake Holman: Well shoot something!

 

[Stearmen]

The Sand Pebbles: Captain Collins: Pray for an early spring... or permission to open fire.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

More Charlieisms:

"Three times' the charm, four times is a restraining order."

"You love me for who I am rather than what I can be. And let's face it, we both love that."

 

[Blackthorn]

(pulling out a whiskey flask):

Roberto: It's medicine.

Gypsy: What's it for?

Roberto: It changes your ideas.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

 

[Blackthorn]

From The Killing (1956)

You have not yet learned that in this life you have to be like everyone else - the perfect mediocrity; no better, no worse. Individuality's a monster and it must be strangled in its cradle to make our friends feel confident.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Two and a Half Men
Alan is trying to assure Charlie that Jake living with them full time for the next three months would not pose any difficulties..

Charlie: "That's what Germany said to Poland."
Alan: "Looks like you've been watching the History Channel again."
Charlie: "Yeah, it's Nazi Week.
Alan: "It's ALWAYS Nazi Week."

 

[Stearmen]

American Graffiti: Debbie Dunham: Peel out, I just love it when guys peel out.

 

[Stearmen]

Strategic Air Command.

Lt. Col. Robert 'Dutch' Holland: You got any kids?

Sgt. Bible: Yep, two. One on the ramp, one in the hangar!

 

[Blackthorn]

If there's anything I can't stand, it's a noisy silence.

Shenandoah

 

[Benzadmiral]

"Alcohol is only for those who can afford to lose a few brain cells."

Well, if we can do Charlie Harper quotes, my favorites come from the episode with Cloris Leachman as the wealthy but elderly neighbor who begins dating Alan.

Charlie (referring to the age of Cloris's character): "Her first Christmas WAS the first Christmas. . . . Her prom theme was 'FIRE'! . . . She called her first husband 'Hun,' because he was one! . . . There's a painting of her on a cave wall in France!"

(Later) "The Big Bang . . ." (pause) "I know there's a joke in there somewhere!"

 

[Benzadmiral]

From Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969):

Sundance [after their explosive has blown the safe, and the train car it was in, to smithereens]: Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?


Butch Cassidy: [singing] Don't ever hit your mother with a shovel . . . it leaves a dull impression on her mind. . . .


Sundance [to Etta Place]: What I'm saying is, if you want to go, I won't stop you. But the minute you start to whine or make a nuisance, I don't care where we are, I'm dumping you flat.

Butch: Don't sugarcoat it like that, Kid. Tell her straight.


(William Goldman is one of my favorite writers, screen or print.)

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Charlieisms:

"I have a lifetime honorary membership at the Pussycat Palace. They named a pole after me."

Charlie on Jake:
"You [Alan] showed up at my door with a ten-year-old and we hadn't seen each other in eleven years. Does that make Taterhead our love child???"

(on phone):
"Hi, I'm watching your commercial Cash for Gold. You just showed a woman selling her wedding ring for $500... No, I don't want to sell gold, I want to meet that woman... she's hot and we know that her marriage isn't working out!"

 

[Stearmen]

Well, if we can do Charlie Harper quotes, my favorites come from the episode with Cloris Leachman as the wealthy but elderly neighbor who begins dating Alan.

Charlie (referring to the age of Cloris's character): "Her first Christmas WAS the first Christmas. . . . Her prom theme was 'FIRE'! . . . She called her first husband 'Hun,' because he was one! . . . There's a painting of her on a cave wall in France!"

(Later) "The Big Bang . . ." (pause) "I know there's a joke in there somewhere!"

What was the last line in that episode? Wasn't it something like: "she new things!"

 

[Benzadmiral]

What was the last line in that episode? Wasn't it something like: "she knew things!"

I think so. Alan is explaining why his, ah, intimate time with the lady was really quite spectacular. Dunno if it was the last line, but it's close to it.

 

[skydog757]

For some reason, totally unbidden, I had a flashback of a 1960's TV show, Captain Nice:

Boyfriend: It's the man who flies like an eagle!
Woman: It's the man with muscles of lead!
Artist: It's the masked enemy of all evil!
Boy: Are you kidding? It's some nut in his underwear.
Father: That's no ordinary nut, son. That's Captain Nice!

Amazing the stuff you retain from childhood.

 

[Fading Fast]

For some reason, totally unbidden, I had a flashback of a 1960's TV show, Captain Nice:

Boyfriend: It's the man who flies like an eagle!
Woman: It's the man with muscles of lead!
Artist: It's the masked enemy of all evil!
Boy: Are you kidding? It's some nut in his underwear.
Father: That's no ordinary nut, son. That's Captain Nice!

Amazing the stuff you retain from childhood.

Even when I'm old and my mind is addled, I will still remember the entire voice over from the opening of the "Superman" TV show: "Look, up in the sky..."

And when I no longer know my own name, I will still remember Batman and Robin jumping in the Batmobile: "Atomic batteries to power, turbines to speed" followed by a fantastic sound of power that is a cross between an engine roaring and a blast furnace starting up.