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The Tuesday List - 50 Greatest Movie Quotes of All Time
American Film Institute ^ | May 6, 2014

Posted on 05/06/2014 6:35:43 AM PDT by Scoutmaster

50. Houston, we have a problem. (Apollo 13, 1995)

49. It’s alive! It’s alive! (Frankenstein, , 1931)

48. Well, nobody’s perfect. 47. Shane. Shane. Come back! (Shane, 1953)

46. Oh, Jerry, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We have the stars. (Now, Voyager)
[SM: Schmaltziest ending in a movie; Features a young Ronald Reagan as a drunken Irish stable boy)

45. Stella! Hey, Stella! (A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951)

44. I see dead people. (The Sixth Sense, 1999)

43. We'll always have Paris. (Casablanca, 1942)

42. Plastics. (The Graduate, 1967)

41. We Rob Banks. (Bonnie and Clyde, 1967)

40. My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. (Forrest Gump, 1994)

39. If you build it, he will come. (Field of Dreams, 1989)

38, Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. (The Pride of the Yankees, 1942)

37. I’ll be back. (The Terminator, 1984)

36. Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges! (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1948)

35. You’re gonna need a bigger boat. (Jaws, 1975)
[SM: ad-libbed]

34. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow. (To Have and To Have Not, 1944)

33. I'll have what she's having. (When Harry Met Sally, 1989)

31. Round up the usual suspects. (Casablanca, 1942)

30. I want to be alone. (Grand Hotel, 1932)

29. You can’t handle the truth! (A Few Good Men, 1992)

28. Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.' (Casablanca, 1942)

27. I’m walking here! I’m walking here! (Midnight Cowboy, 1969) [SM: Some controversy, but believed to be ad-libbed]

26. Why don't you come up sometime and see me? (She Done Him Wrong, 1933)

25. Show me the money! (Jerry Maguire, 1996)

24. I am big! It's the pictures that got small. (Sunset Blvd., 1950)

23. There's no place like home (The Wizard of Oz, 1939)

22. Bond. James Bond. (Dr. No, 1962)

21. A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti. (The Silence of the Lambs, 1991)

20. Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. (Casablanca, 1942)

19. I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! (Network, 1976)

18. Made it, Ma! Top of the world! (White Heat, 1949)

17. Rosebud. Citizen Kane, 1941)

16. They call me Mister Tibbs! (In the Heat of the Night, 1967)

15. E.T. phone home. (E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, 1982)

14. The stuff that dreams are made of. (The Maltese Falcon, 1941)

13. Love means never having to say you’re sorry. (Love Story, 1970)
[SM: No, Al Gore, you weren’t the model for ‘Oliver’ in Erich Segal’s book, and Tipper wasn’t Jenny Cavilleri . That was your roomie, Tommy Lee Jones. Only your emotional family baggage was used by Segal.]

12. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. (Apocalypse Now, 1979)

11. What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate. (Cool Hand Luke, 1967)

10. You talking to me? (Taxi Driver, 1976) [SM: ad-libbed]

9. Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night. (All About Eve, 1950)

8. May the Force be with you. (Star Wars, 1977)

7. All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up. (Sunset Blvd., 1950)

6. Go ahead, make my day. (Sudden Impact, 1983)

5. Here’s looking at you, kid. (Casabanca, 1942) [SM: ad-libbed]

4. Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore (The Wizard of Oz, 1939)

3. You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am (On the Waterfront, 1954)

2. I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse. (The Godfather, 1972)

1. Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn. (Gone With The Wind, 1939)


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To: ShadowAce

Scanned it but didn’t see. Thanks! Should rank better in my opinion.


21 posted on 05/06/2014 6:44:36 AM PDT by Gaffer (Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
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To: Datom

#54


22 posted on 05/06/2014 6:44:53 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (Is it solipsistic in here, or is it just me?)
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To: Scoutmaster
50. Houston, we have a problem. (Apollo 13, 1995)

As a fan of Houston sports teams, if I hear an opposing team's troll spout this one more time, I'll puke.

23 posted on 05/06/2014 6:44:53 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)
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To: Resolute Conservative

I laugh every time I hear that!!


24 posted on 05/06/2014 6:45:01 AM PDT by SgtHooper (This is my tag!)
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To: Gaffer

#37


25 posted on 05/06/2014 6:45:15 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: Gaffer

#37


26 posted on 05/06/2014 6:45:29 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Wagglebee please come home we miss you! ~ Þ)
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To: Gaffer

37. I’ll be back.


27 posted on 05/06/2014 6:46:28 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: Scoutmaster

“There’s no crying in baseball!” will someday make the Top 20.


28 posted on 05/06/2014 6:46:34 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Scoutmaster
I need to leave FR for about an hour. I got lazy and didn't list all Top 100 (and felt nobody would want to read 100 quotes). If you don't see your favorite quote, check #51-#100 at the source.
29 posted on 05/06/2014 6:46:55 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (Is it solipsistic in here, or is it just me?)
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To: NonValueAdded

That’s the one I thought was missing too.


30 posted on 05/06/2014 6:47:04 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)
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To: Scoutmaster
How about the original True Grit line from John Wayne?

"Ned, I mean to kill you in one minute or take you back to Ft. Smith to hang at Judge Parker's convenience. Which will it be?"

I've used variations of that theme and Kim Darby's negotiating skills from the film in business successfully for many years.

31 posted on 05/06/2014 6:47:12 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Scoutmaster

“What are you, some kind of a girl who makes sandwiches or sumthin? “


32 posted on 05/06/2014 6:47:33 AM PDT by Sivad (NorCal red turf)
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To: Scoutmaster

Stay on the bomb run boys. I’m gonna get those bomb bay doors open if it hair-lips everyone on Bear Creek. — Col. Kong, Dr. Strangelove.


33 posted on 05/06/2014 6:48:21 AM PDT by KC Burke (Officially since Memorial Day they are the Gimmie-crat Party.ha)
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To: Gaffer

Come on now....where in the heck is “Dude! That was two years ago!”


34 posted on 05/06/2014 6:48:25 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: Scoutmaster

I slaughtered this horse last Tuesday. I’m afraid she’s startin’ to turn.


35 posted on 05/06/2014 6:48:29 AM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: Scoutmaster

“They’re from New Jersey. They’ve seen butts before.”


36 posted on 05/06/2014 6:49:27 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: Scoutmaster

“I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.” Ripley.


37 posted on 05/06/2014 6:49:53 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: dangerdoc
I have a confession to make, I am not left handed.

Have fun storming the castle!

38 posted on 05/06/2014 6:49:55 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Gaffer

Leave the Gun take the Canoli’s ?
Luke... I am your Father ?


39 posted on 05/06/2014 6:51:14 AM PDT by Swingj
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To: Scoutmaster

“Another GLORIOUS day in the Corps! Every meal a BANQUET! Every Paycheck a FORTUNE! Every formation a PARADE! I LOVE THE CORPS!”
- Sgt Apone, “Aliens”

“By God, She Reminds me o’ ME!”
- John Wayne, Rooster Cogburn, “True Grit”

“I won’t be wronged. I won’t be insulted. I won’t be laid a-hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.”
-John Wayne. “The Shootist”


40 posted on 05/06/2014 6:51:32 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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