Phrases That Are Widely Known from Movies, TV, Songs, Etc. (Vanity)

Myself ^ | 10/19/15 | A Navy Vet

[A Navy Vet]

I'll start it off in no certain order:

"Here's looking at you kid." Casablanca
"Make my day". Dirty Harry
"You had me at hello." Jerry Mcquire
"You make me complete." Jerry Mcguire
"We were on a break!" Friends
"Norm!" Cheers
"To the moon, Alice." The Honeymooners

[A Navy Vet]

This could be a fun break from all the bad stuff happening of late. Remember, it's just a one sentence phrase that has become part of the everyday American vocabulary. Include the source or person.

[Rastus]

“You’ll shoot your eye out!” — A Christmas Story

[waiyu]

I love the smell of napalm in the morning. Apocalypse Now

[luvbach1]

“Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in Gone With The Wind.

[dfwgator]

“Yadda, Yadda, Yadda”

“Not that there’s anything wrong with that.”

-From Seinfeld

[SamAdams76]

“I cancelled my flight from going nowhere” - From “It’s All I Can Do” - The Cars

[sparklite2]

“I’ll have what she’s having.” .... Harry Met Sally
“Shaken, not stirred.” ... James Bond
“It’s shrinkage!” ... George Constanza
“I picked a bad day to stop smoking.” ... Airplane
“That’s what she said.” The Office
“And don’t call me Shirley.” Police Squad

[D_Idaho]

“Where were you, Childs?” -John Carpenter’s The Thing

[2ndDivisionVet]

“Like you do.” ~Mike & Molly

“Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape.” ~Planet of the Apes

“Forget it, Jake, it’s Chinatown.” ~Chinatown

[jy8z]

I'm Going To Make Him An Offer He Can't Refuse

[BuckeyeTexan]

Well, bye. -Tombstone

[icwhatudo]

You’re killen me Smalls! -The Sandlot

[doug from upland]

You had me at hello was TOP GUN

[Rock Eye Jack]

Damm you all to hell - Planet of the Apes

[Rock Eye Jack]

Damm you all to hell - Planet of the Apes

[BlueLancer]

I know nothing ... nothing!

Sorry about that, Chief ...

[A Navy Vet]

"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." Gone With the Wind
"Bond, James Bond." Various Bond movies
"ET phone home." ET
"How do you like them apples?" Common phrase but last seen in Good Will Hunting
"I'm ready for my close up." Sunset Boulevard?
"I am Spartacus." Spartacus
"Marsha, Marsha, Marsha." The Brady Bunch
"I coulda been a contender." On The Waterfront
"We need a bigger boat." Jaws
"I'll be your huckleberry." Tombstone.
"If you build it, he will come," Field of Dreams.

Give me your best shot, as Pat Benatar said. Feel free to Google, but remember only one-liners that are common to our cultural memory.

[jy8z]

“Dying Ain’t Much of A Living, Boy” - The Outlaw Josey Wales

[A Navy Vet]

"You’ll shoot your eye out!” — A Christmas Story"

Not a well-known phrase but you're on the right track

[A Navy Vet]

Good one.