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You're known as the movie expert among your friends, who rely on you for recommendations and opinions on the latest releases. You have an encyclopedic knowledge of classic movie scenes and talented actors and actresses and can tell which movie was made by which director based on just a couple of movie lines. And you know what? It's those unforgettable movie dialogues, those perfectly delivered moments of cinematic brilliance, that make all those hours spent watching movies so worthwhile!
You know that feeling when a movie line hits you like a ton of bricks? Yeah, that's what we're talking about. Maybe it made you laugh so hard that you snorted soda out of your nose, or perhaps it had you sobbing into your popcorn like a baby. Whatever the reaction, these memorable film lines have a sneaky way of worming themselves into our hearts and minds, only to be blurted out in random moments and, very often, at the most inopportune times (see your cousin's wedding speech for reference).
In the spirit of celebrating these brilliantly timed quotes from movies, we're taking a walk down memory lane and inviting you to stroll along with us. Side by side, we'll rediscover those laugh-out-loud moments, the tearjerkers that left us reaching for tissues, the legendary catchphrases, and even the occasional facepalm-worthy lines that we just can't help but love. It's impossible to say which movie quotes take the podium; there are so many good ones! But we've compiled a list of the most iconic movie quotes of all time and let the Bored Panda community cast their votes, so you can be confident that these selections are truly remarkable. Enjoy reminiscing about these memorable lines, and share your personal favorites with us! You know, just in case we forgot some authentic gems.
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#1
“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” — The Princess Bride (1987)
Almondein 3 years ago
You keep using that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means.
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Annette Easton 3 years ago
I named one of my cats Inigo. And yes I have a little collar and nametag for him that says "Hello my name is: Inigo"
Zophra 3 years ago
My cat on my lap told me to tell you this is beyond cool. I think she's jealous.
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Madzdad the Bard 3 years ago
My wife gets so mad when we are at a meet up and get the "Hello, my name is" name tags and I put this on it.
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#2
“May the Force be with you.” — Star Wars (1977)
#3
“You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” — Jaws (1975)
Dirk Daring 3 years ago
My favorite thing about that line is Brody says, "YOU'RE going to need a bigger boat", instead of "WE'RE going to need a bigger boat.", because he was ready to NOPE out of there.
Phil Boswell 3 years ago
I saw something recently that suggested that this had been a running joke around the set during the filming, then that scene happened and he just blurted it out ;-)
#4
“I’ll be back.” — The Terminator (1984)
#5
“Houston, we have a problem.” — Apollo 13 (1995)
Stefan 3 years ago
This is the line of the movie. The real one were "Houston, we've had a problem"
Kathryn Clark 3 years ago
I believe it's supposed to be movie lines, so it's correct. Thanks for adding the actual quote, too.
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Yes it's a line from a film but more importantly it's a line from real life when the US a great country full of scientists, Engineers & vision. Now it's a divided country of MAGA & QANON. Sad really.
#6
“Yippie-ki-yay, motherf—er!” — Die Hard (1988)
Heath Brooks 3 years ago
"one day a kid was playing cowboy and said yippee ki yay, so I naturally finished the quote. Now he knows a new word." -unknown
#7
“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” — The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Zophra 3 years ago
I've been feeling this way about our entire country for quite a while. (USA)
King Kashue 3 years ago
I dunno, our country is starting to feel a lot like Kansas.
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“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” — Gone with the Wind (1939)
Catarina 3 years ago
I loooove this One. I use it when my hubby asks: what do you want for dinner?...Frankly ,my dear , i don't give a damn.
🦩Laneypooh🦩 3 years ago (edited)
Im reading the book(haven't watched the movie yet) and it's so good
#9
“Just keep swimming.” — Finding Nemo (2003)
Nubis Knight 3 years ago
We still do " einfach schwimmen, schwimmen, schwimmen!"
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#10
“Inconceivable!” — The Princess Bride (1987)
#11
“Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads.” — Back to the Future (1985)
Turt_Le 3 years ago
I'm guilty of using this one everytime I come across an unsealed dirt road
Poultry Geist 3 years ago
I say it about anything !! “Dishes ? Where we’re going we don’t need dishes” it works with a lot of stuff 😂
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Jason Marin 3 years ago
Now, if my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 mph, you're gonna see some serious sh*t!
Lsai Aeon 3 years ago
I use this one all the time. My son (14) refuses to watch Back to the Future for this reason
#12
“My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” — Forrest Gump (1994)
Zophra 3 years ago
I keep getting nasty vanilla creme ones. I want the ones that are dark chocolate with nuts
Zophra 3 years ago
I will trade you anyday! I don't like the caramel stuck to my teeth.
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Claes Gustavsson 3 years ago
But with a box of chocolates, you know exactly what you're going to get.
#13
“To infinity and beyond!” — Toy Story (1995)
#14
“Bond. James Bond.” — Dr. No (1963)
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
I had Bond's first car, and it wasn't the Aston Martin. It was the Sunbeam Alpine.
#15
“Here’s Johnny!” — The Shining (1980)
Turt_Le 3 years ago
I think most people know the quote, even without ever having seen the movie, testament to Nicholson's delivery
OmbreColor 3 years ago
My sister does this everytime we wash our hands, the door is closed and she just opens it and says "HERE'S JOHNNY!"
#16
“My precious.” — The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
#17
“I see dead people.” — The Sixth Sense (1999)
#18
“Hasta la vista, baby.” — Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
#19
“Good morning, Vietnam!” — Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
#20
“There’s no place like home.” — The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Amanda Mcilvaine 3 years ago
The same thing we do every night pinky, try to take over the world ~pinky and the brain
BAWK BAWK BAKAW 3 years ago
Wait is that where this originally came from? Or was it a saying before???
Abed Habi 3 years ago
It comes from an 1822 song called “Home! Sweet Home!” written by John Howard Payne. My mother used to sing it while she did her housework.
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“That’ll do, pig. That’ll do.” — Babe (1995)
#22
“I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.” — Airplane (1980)
#23
“You can’t handle the truth!” — A Few Good Men (1992)
MissMePhoenix 3 years ago
This reminded me of "YES they deserved to die, and I hope they burn in Hell!" Samuel L Jackson in A Time To Kill.
#24
“The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club.” — Fight Club (1999)
Raiden Prime 3 years ago
"You don't know where I've been, Lou! you do t know where I've been!" Such a quotable movie.
#25
“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” — The Godfather (1972)
Analyn Lahr 3 years ago
I kind of want to see the series about the making of this movie, "The Offer".
#26
“I’m not bad. I’m just drawn that way.” — Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
#27
“It’s alive! It’s alive!” — Frankenstein (1931)
Liesbeth Verhoeven 3 years ago
And what about 'You talking to me?, "Make my day', 'I was born ready', 'If you can't beat 'm, join them', 'Stick it where the sun don't shine', 'Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?', 'Led by a star? Led by a bottle you mean!'
#28
“Wax on, wax off.” — The Karate Kid (1984)
Adam Sandler 3 years ago
Im 12 so almost a teen but I do my chores no problem
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#29
“Mama says, ‘Stupid is as stupid does.’” — Forrest Gump (1994)
Michele Wintzloff 3 years ago
I have this as a fridge magnet. It's a great reminder to make good/better choices
#30
“I am your father.” — Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Zophra 3 years ago
"Why... yes! Yes is it. Because it's necessary for the story arc." - famously not uttered by Darth Vader
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Dylan Clements 3 years ago
I am also partial to Han's response, "I Know" in response to Leia's plaintive, "I love you!" as Han is lowered into the carbon freezing chamber.
#31
“Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.” — Star Wars (1977)
#32
“Elementary, my dear Watson.” — The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
TJ Farrell 3 years ago
This one doesn't have Robert Downey Jr. Right. If so i never knew others existed.
#33
“Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” — Dirty Dancing (1987)
#34
“Say ‘hello’ to my little friend!” — Scarface (1983)
D. Pitbull 3 years ago
This is the line with which I first figured out how to vocalize through alternate airways to produce a different voice (... and now I'm a struggling Voice Actor... go figure?)
#35
“E.T. phone home.” — E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Marek Čtrnáct 3 years ago
"How come our phone bill is so high this month?"
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David Martin 3 years ago
Go back though, the first time it's said, it was "ET home phone"...I didn't believe it when someone told me, and it blew my entire mind when I checked into it
#36
“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.” — It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
#37
“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)
François Carré 3 years ago
You can't tell until you've had them with some census taker's liver.
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The Scout 3 years ago
This was a quite clever hidden medical joke, though: Severe psychiatric problems are frequently treated with monoamino oxidase inhibitors, which require the patient to keep a diet low on tyramine to avoid extreme blood pressure issues. Tyramine is abundant especially in wine, beans and liver. So by recalling a meal made up from these three components, he is secretly telling Agent Starling that he does not take his medication.
Caryn Jones 3 years ago
And you have to make the noise with your tongue after you say it. I do that every time Chianti or Fava beans come up.
manalonedies 3 years ago
Human liver is quite toxic and a red wine might be better. As for the bean...
#38
“If you let my daughter go now, that’ll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.” — Taken (2008)
Smarty Panda 3 years ago
This is the wrong quote. Why would we want to talk about his daughter? It's supposed to be I have a particular set of skills blah blah
Madzdad the Bard 3 years ago
Seth MacFarlane running this speech as Kermit the Frog on the Graham Norton show is hilarious!
Mark Erwin 3 years ago
the delivery of these lines made me afraid for my life even if I had nothing to do with the kidnapping HAHAHAHA
#39
“My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.” — Gladiator (2000)
Turt_Le 3 years ago
Gladiator was so epic when it was released, I watched it several times and I loved it so much... then never again in the last 20 years. A bit like my relationship with the Titanic movie
Zophra 3 years ago
Did you like Master and Commander movie? Just curious. I really liked Crowe in that too.
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#40
“You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya punk?” — Dirty Harry (1971)
Jason Marin 3 years ago
"How many assholes we got on this ship anyhow?" "Yo!" "I knew it. I'm surrounded by assholes."
#43
"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" - The Wizard of Oz (1939)
#44
"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." - Casablanca (1942)
Jette Wang Wahnon 3 years ago
Casablanca is a permanent fixture in this house...my kids could quote the actors from the time they could talk....ok,a slight exaggeration !
#45
"Go ahead, make my day." - Sudden Impact (1983)
#46
"Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary." - Dead Poets Society (1989)
Missi Boness 3 years ago
*Stands on desk next to Ellie* "O Captain, my Captain!"
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"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." - The Usual Suspects (1995)
Bud Jennings 3 years ago
Priests overruled that! They needed to plant fear of going to Hell unless you put money in the collection baskets.....👀l
#48
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning." - Apocalypse Now (1979)
#49
"Here's looking at you, kid." - Casablanca (1942)
Jette Wang Wahnon 3 years ago
Round up the usual suspects...Louis,this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship...play it ! (often misquoted)
#51
"These go to eleven." - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
#52
"I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her." - Notting Hill (1999)
#53
"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli." - The Godfather (1972)
#55
"They call it a Royale with cheese." - Pulp Fiction (1994)
Kaz 3 years ago
In the UK we use the metric system but burgers are still referred to as quarter pounders etc.
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"Well, nobody's perfect." - Some Like It Hot (1959)
François Carré 3 years ago
Should be higher, as the whole movie is one of the best comedies ever.
#58
"There's no crying in baseball!" - A League of Their Own (1992)
#59
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
#60
"Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape." - Planet of the Apes (1968)
#61
"I feel the need - the need for speed!" - Top Gun (1986)
#62
"You’re killin’ me, Smalls." - The Sandlot (1993)
#63
"Why so serious?" - The Dark Knight (2008)
#64
"What we've got here is failure to communicate." - Cool Hand Luke (1967)
#67
"You is kind. You is smart. You is important." - The Help (2011)
#68
"They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!" - Braveheart (1995)
That Horrid Thing 3 years ago
Well, when someone says that today they are either Nazi, or a tin foil hat... 🥱
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"Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?" - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Karynne Williams 3 years ago
Have I remembered this line wrong all these years? I thought it was "Mirror Mirror on the wall" Am I the only one?
John Sanborn 3 years ago
It's a common line for people to misremember. Check out the Mandela Effect.
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Jette Wang Wahnon 3 years ago
If you cannot say anything nice...better to say nothing at all. Stampe´s mother to Stampe
#70
"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." - When Harry Met Sally (1989)
#71
"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow." - To Have and Have Not (1945)
#73
"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know." - Animal Crackers (1930)
#74
"I wish I knew how to quit you." - Brokeback Mountain 2005
#75
"Soylent Green is people!" - Soylent Green (1973)
The Scout 3 years ago
There is a nutritient company actually named "Soylent" (producing their proteins mainly from soy and lentils) that really sells a product named "Soylent Green". While they play around with the concept (slogans like "it's delicious, people", they describe it as "as good as humanly possible"), they obviously felt the need to explicitely print on the packaging that the product (some kind of protein bar) does NOT contain people.
#77
"Chewie, we're home." - Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
#78
"After all, tomorrow is another day!" - Gone with the Wind (1939)
#79
"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?" - The Graduate (1967)
#80
"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Jette Wang Wahnon 3 years ago
Actually,they must have borrowed that line from E M Forster....Where Angels Fear To Tread.
#81
"Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make." - Dracula (1931)
Analyn Lahr 3 years ago
Did Dracula also say that in Van Helsing? Or Dracula Dead and Loving it? I'm sorry to say I've never seen Bela Lugosi's Dracula but the line seems familiar.
#82
"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." - Casablanca (1942)
#83
"I'm walking here! I'm walking here!" - Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Jette Wang Wahnon 3 years ago
This film,in my humble opinion,should be MUCH higher...All the actors were fabulous..Dustin Hoffman was outstanding !!
#84
"I'm just one stomach flu away from my goal weight." - The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
#85
"I don't want to survive. I want to live." - 12 Years A Slave (2013)
#88
"The Dude abides." - The Big Lebowski (1998)
#89
"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." - Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Jette Wang Wahnon 3 years ago
Cecil B DeMille,much against his will...couldn´t have Moses,in The war of Roses.
#92
"Snap out of it!" - Moonstruck (1987)
#94
"Rosebud." - Citizen Kane (1941)
#95
"If you build it, he will come." - Field of Dreams (1989)
Metallicd3ath 3 years ago
It is "they" in most other contexts, but I wouldn't know about this film
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"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take this anymore!" - Network (1976)
#98
"You had me at "Hello."" - Jerry Maguire (1996)
Turt_Le 3 years ago
Memorable line, forgettable movie. Tom Cruise plays Tom Cruise as a narcissistic jerk
Jo Johannsen 3 years ago
Triple redundancy: good for safety measures, bad for movies.
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#100
"Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!" - Auntie Mame (1958)
Jette Wang Wahnon 3 years ago
AH ! The Auntie Mame books...I never saw a film...also by Patrick Dennis, Little Me...was hilarious..
Spellflinger 3 years ago
My all time favourite movie. Rosalind Russell is amazing as Auntie Mame. I use this quote all the time.
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"Striker: Surely you can't be serious." - Airplane! (1980)
#103
"You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda have been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am." - On the Waterfront (1954)
#104
"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)
Daniel Atkins 3 years ago
My favorite parody of this is, "Badgers! Badgers! We don need no stinking badgers. UHF
#105
"Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac...It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole!" - Caddyshack (1980)
#106
"Love means never having to say you're sorry." - Love Story (1970)
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago
And total bs. Of course you hae to apologize for doing wrong! Even if you"re in love. Maybe especially then
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"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good." - Wall Street (1987)
Metallicd3ath 3 years ago
And then you have "greed is the root of all evil" basically everywhere else
#114
"Toga! Toga!" - National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
#115
"Who's on first." - The Naughty Nineties (1945)
#117
"Open the pod bay doors, please, HAL." - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Ellie Vanille 3 years ago
Stop, Dave. I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it.
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
Daaaiisy, Daiisssy, give me your answer doooooo....
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"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" - Network (1976)
#119
"The stuff that dreams are made of." - The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago
The Maltese Falcon is one of the worst stories i ever watched. Unlike Some Like It Hot, this one hasn't aged acceptably
#122
"Stella! Hey, Stella!" - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
#125
"Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time goes By.'" - Casablanca (1942)
Octavia Hansen 3 years ago
Play it again, Sam is the title of a Woody Allen movie. Bogart did NOT say the above phrase. Just like Sherlock Holmes only said Elementary in the movies, not the books.
Stephanie Did It 3 years ago
That line was spoken by Ingrid Bergman as Elsa, not by Bogie. He just said, "Play it, Sam."
#128
"Attica! Attica!" - Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
A great film. I met Al Pacino just after this was released. He was very sweet and shy. He is also by best fiend's cousin, but she has never met him. I tease her about that.
#131
"Listen to me, mister. You're my knight in shining armor. Don't you forget it? You're going to get back on that horse, and I'm going to be right behind you, holding on tight, and away we're gonna, go, go!" - On Golden Pond (1981)
#134
"What a dump." - Beyond the Forest (1949)
#137
"Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've t to come back a star!" - 42nd Street (1933)
#138
"Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper." - All American (1940)
#139
"My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you." - Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
Jimmy Cagney started out as a song and dance man. Later he became known as a gangster.
#140
"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." -The Pride of the Yankees (1943)
#144
"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." - The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
#145
"Plastics." - The Graduate (1967)
What do you think ?
T5n 3 years ago
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!-Monty Python and the Holy Grail
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
now go away or I will taunt you a second time.
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Chill guy havin a chill day 3 years ago
WHY IS THE MOST ICONIC QUOTE EVER NOT HERE? "Yer a wizard Harry."
Sparrow Rose 3 years ago
“This is the day you will always remember, as the day you almost caught, Captain Jack Sparrow!” or “I wash my hands of this weirdness!” - from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
Daniel Atkins 3 years ago
why sin't there more MP holy Grail quotes? "Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?' Go away or I shall taunt you a second time." "I fart in your General direction." "One day son all this will be yours. What the curtains?" "Huge . . . tracts of land." "Tis only a flesh wound."
Paul C. 3 years ago
He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy. Or just about any line from Life of Brian.
T5n 3 years ago
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!-Monty Python and the Holy Grail
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
now go away or I will taunt you a second time.
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WHY IS THE MOST ICONIC QUOTE EVER NOT HERE? "Yer a wizard Harry."
Sparrow Rose 3 years ago
“This is the day you will always remember, as the day you almost caught, Captain Jack Sparrow!” or “I wash my hands of this weirdness!” - from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
Daniel Atkins 3 years ago
why sin't there more MP holy Grail quotes? "Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?' Go away or I shall taunt you a second time." "I fart in your General direction." "One day son all this will be yours. What the curtains?" "Huge . . . tracts of land." "Tis only a flesh wound."
Paul C. 3 years ago
He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy. Or just about any line from Life of Brian.
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