Favorite movie quotes

“You know, the great thing about a conversation like this? You never have to have it again.”

The Prophecy
 
David G. Stannard: When you catch that kidnapper, I want you to lock me in a room with him for 20 minutes and throw away the key. Anybody should have that right with the man who steals his kid!

Ransom 1956

Not to be confused with Ransom 1996

Speaking of Ransom 1996, which I just did.
Tom Mullen: [on live TV] The whole world now knows... my son, Sean Mullen, was kidnapped, for ransom, three days ago. This is a recent photograph of him. Sean, if you're watching, we love you. And this... well, this is what waits for the man that took him. This is your ransom. Two million dollars in unmarked bills, just like you wanted. But this is as close as you'll ever get to it. You'll never see one dollar of this money, because no ransom will ever be paid for my son. Not one dime, not one penny. Instead, I'm offering this money as a reward on your head. Dead or alive, it doesn't matter. So congratulations, you've just become a two million dollar lottery ticket... except the odds are much, much better. Do you know anyone that wouldn't turn you in for two million dollars? I don't think you do. I doubt it. So wherever you go and whatever you do, this money will be tracking you down for all time. And to ensure that it does, to keep interest alive, I'm running a full-page ad in every major newspaper every Sunday... for as long as it takes. But... and this is your last chance... you return my son, alive, uninjured, I'll withdraw the bounty. With any luck you can simply disappear. Understand... you will never see this money. Not one dollar. So you still have a chance to do the right thing. If you don't, well, then, God be with you, because nobody else on this Earth will be.
 
“Alright, listen up. I don’t know who you are or what you want here. If you want ransom, I don’t have it. What I do have are a particular set of skills which I have developed over a lifetime of training that make me a nightmare for people like you. I’ll make you a deal. Let my daughter and her friend go right now and that will be the end of this. I will not pursue you. If you don’t let them go, I will hunt you down. I _will_ find you. And I will kill you.”

“Good luck.” [click]

- Taken.
 
This is from a TV show, not a movie. One of my favorite characters in all of TV. G.W. Bailey as Louie Provenza...

Louie Provenza: I sent Sykes and Sanchez to go notify him.
Sharon Raydor: Julio's back?
[Provenza nods]
Sharon Raydor: And you sent him out?
Louie Provenza: Why not? He's had a whole week off.
Sharon Raydor: He was wounded. We should've done something to celebrate his return. Oh, I-I d... I am just surrounded by people with no sense of occasion.
Louie Provenza: We sent him flowers. Eh, look, Julio is going to get a medal and time with a psychiatrist, both of which he deserves. Uh, if it'll make you feel any better, when he gets back, give him a hug.
 
Not a movie, but I’ve been playing a game called Baldur’s Gate with my bf and a quote from this random badass lady stuck out to me. Might be misremembering it, but it was something like…

“People can withstand a great deal of suffering, so long as it has meaning.”
 
Hastings: I thought you'd given up smoking?
Hercule Poirot: This is a celebration.
[lights his cigarette]
Hastings: Oh, really? What are you celebrating?
Hercule Poirot: I'm celebrating my first cigarette in 51 days.

The worst movie ever based on an Agatha Christie book, The Alphabet Murders 1965. Actually, I like it a great deal, but I like funny as much as mystery. But dear old Agatha hated it, then again, she hated every movie based on her work. She may have enjoyed the 70s version of Murder on the Orient Express, as her only bad comment was that Albert Finney's mustache wasn't the finest all of Europe as she'd written it. That's a rather subjective thing don't you think?
 
Patrick Verona (sings): "You're just too good to be true, can't take my eyes off of you..."

- 10 Things I Hate About You.
 
"What would you do if a girl kissed you?"
"I'd kiss her back."
"What if she was a real tall girl?"
(Curly & Moe) PLANE NUTS (1933)
Featuring Ted Healy and His Stooges
 
Advice to Curly from the people in my ficverse who have had issues with taller partners- get a stool, encourage the girl to bend over, or kiss them on places you can reach. Hand, arm, knee… I’ll step outside the room now. :)
 
"What would you do if a girl kissed you?"
"I'd kiss her back."
"What if she was a real tall girl?"
(Curly & Moe) PLANE NUTS (1933)
Featuring Ted Healy and His Stooges
My personal favorite:

NIAGARA FALLS!!!
Slowly I turned
Step by step
Inch by inch
I walked up to him and I smacked him, I hit him, I punched him, I smacked him, I tore him to pieces and I knocked him down...
 
A scene that is book-ended by two similar exchanges. The first is near the beginning:

"Who is the commanding officer here?" Reply, "Ain't you?"

Then at the end, "Hey soldier, do you know who is in command here?" Reply, "Yeah."
No one took a guess or knew this one. (Warning: has politically incorrect language.) Somebody pointed out that all background noises end by the time Roach aims his grenade launcher. It's as if we are in his mind and he aims by sound alone, discounting any distractions from the battle.

 
Hellraiser 3 was not a great movie, but I loved this exchange:

Priest:
You'll burn in hell for this!

Pinhead:
Burn? Oh, such a limited imagination!
 
That is strength, boy! That is power! What is steel compared to the hand that wields it? Look at the strength in your body, the desire in your heart, I gave you this! Such a waste. Contemplate this on the tree of woe. Crucify him!
 
Advice to Curly from the people in my ficverse who have had issues with taller partners- get a stool, encourage the girl to bend over, or kiss them on places you can reach. Hand, arm, knee… I’ll step outside the room now. :)
Curly Howard (real name, Jerome Horowitz) was another guy with something going for him: he was married four times. In real life, he was somewhat on the low-key side. Hard to believe, but he was talented at basketball, ballroom dancing, and singing. Did he ever do any dancing in his short films?

One of my favorites was when they played inept firefighters (were they ever not inept?). The exteriors were filmed at a real fire station in Los Angeles.

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