I understand the subjective nature of doing a list like this, but I think it's a safe assumption that each line should be ingrained into the popular culture, even for people who are not fans of the movie. If Casablanca was worth 6 quotes, Gone with the Wind gets three quotes, and the Graduate and Jerry McGuire each got two quotes, I find it mind-boggling that each of Godfather I and Godfather II could only get one quote apiece. Especially given some of the other loser quotes included in the top 20 of all time (particularly #s 7,9,13,14,16,17,and 19.) Are you going to tell me that ANY of those quotes was better than "Leave the gun, take the cannolis?" What a joke.
While it's a great line, I never heard it before last night. It hasn't exactly sunken into the national psyche. (That said, neither have a few other things on the list.)
TS
Well, like I said, some may disagree with the choices -- for example, the ones you classify as "losers" are for the most part classics. They are for the most part quotes used a lot and are a part of American culture. And in my opinion, with the possible exception of Love Story (a movie that is way too sappy for my tastes), these are classics, and I love classics. You aren't going to find too many movies today which will be remembered so fondly as some of these films, many of which are 50 or more years old.
You mention the movies which had more than one or two lines that made the list. I think having too many from one movie is not particularly fair to the others. Perhaps we could have had more from the Marx Brothers movies, or maybe even a WC Fields movie line or two. There are some glaring omissions, but overall, it's not that bad a list.
Agree, And in that case am inexcusable ommission is
"MILF! MILF!" American Pie (1999)