Memorable Quotes from Superman (1978)
[pointing to a map of California and the San Andreas Fault] Lex Luthor: Everything west of this line is the richest, most expensive real estate in the world: San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco.
Everything on THIS side of the line is just hundreds and hundreds of miles of worthless desert land, which just so happens to be owned by... [Whaps Otis with his pointer]
Otis: Uhhh... Lex Luthor Incorporated. Lex Luthor: Now, call me foolish, call me irresponsible, it occurs to me that a 500 megaton bomb planted at just the proper point would, uh... Superman: Would destroy most of California. Millions of innocent people would be killed. And the west coast as we know it would-...
Lex Luthor: Fall into the sea. Lex Luthor: [Gives a little wave with his hand] Bye-bye, California. Hello, new west coast. My west coast. [Otis overlays map with new map]
Lex Luthor: Costa Del Lex. Luthorville. Marina del Lex. Otisburg... Otisburg? Otis: Miss Tessmacher, she's got her own place. Lex Luthor: Otisburg? Otis: It's a little bitty place. Lex Luthor: [Angrily] Otisburg? Otis: Okay, I'll just wipe it off, that's all. Just a little town. [Erases Otisburg]
(And a classic bit is a classic bit).