Just like background music is the soundtrack to our day, movie quotes have the ability to stir up memories of days gone by while usually adding a smirk and a giggle to any humdrum day. For this reason, I have decided to compile a list of favorite movie quotes stemming from the golden age of Hollywood to the present times. Please note that not all of these are of the typical sort that you might find on your average list, but those spoken in different context and utilized in today’s society to mean much more than their original use, usually vocalized with the appropriate accent and followed by a chuckle. Lots of research went into this one, so I truly hope you enjoy it, all the while sparking some memories of your own.

#17- “You can’t handle the truth!”

— Col. Nathan Jessep (Jack Nicholson) screams this line after he takes the stand in court in the 1992 flick “A Few Good Men”. Tom Cruise (Lt. Daniel Kaffee) is chosen to be the defendants’ attorney after a long history of settling cases out of court. After he decides to give this case his all, the two defendant marines are tried and convicted of killing a fellow combatian, even after Jessep ordered the “Code Red”. Don’t worry, Jack Nicholson was hauled out of court, too!

#16- “I feel the need — the need for speed!”

— Lt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) and Lt. Nick “Goose” Bradshaw (Anthony Edwards), from “Top Gun”. (1986) And just who didn’t want to join the military after seeing this movie for the hundredth time! Believe it or not, there are still some former children of the eighties that haven’t viewed this classic, but for the rest of us, Goose went on to a somewhat successful career of a doctor on NBC’s ER before dying on that show, too.

#15- “I’ll have what she’s having.”

— Customer from the infamous resturant scene in When Harry Met Sally… (1989) Anyone who lived through this year has got to know what I’m talking about. Meg Ryan? Billy Crystal? Bringing back any memories for ya? [Read more →]