Top 17 Movie Quotes Ever Spoken (From the Ears of a Child of the 80’s)
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?
#14- “A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.”
Do I really need to delve into who said this? Anthony Hopkins and his award winning performance of “Hannibal Lecter” from 1991’s “Silence of the Lambs” made millions of movie goers cringe at the thought of eating fava beans. And of course, left us all wondering if a chianti was in fact the ideal choice of wine when eating a human liver.
#13- “Your brain’s got a shell on it!”
The late, great Chris Farley spoke this line in his classic role of Tommy in “Tommy Boy”. Along with co-host David Spade, Chris was in David’s car driving home from the airport after a 7-year stint at college. A slightly chubby Tommy was eating M&M’s when they rolled out of the bad and into the dashboard of the slightly perturbed driver’s auto. Rest in peace, Chris.
“#12- Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore!”
Spoken like a true trooper by Judy Garland’s character of “Dorothy” in the 1939 classic, “The Wizard of Oz”. Poor Miss Garland got shut out at the Oscar’s that year, as Vivien Leigh cleaned up that night for her portrayal of “Scarlett O’Hara” in “Gone with the Wind”. Anyways, despite the vicious rumors of dead horses and slightly perturbed “little people” on the set, this classic has definitely set a path to be enjoyed by many generations to come.
#11- “Chicks can’t hold the smoke…that’s what it is!”
Everyone’s favorite geek, Anthony Michael Hall’s character of the lovable dork “Brian” in 1984’s “The Breakfast Club” made us all realize that nerds need love, too. And just because your elephant lamp doesn’t work when you pull on the cord, there are still lots of reasons to stay in high school.
#10- “His name is Blane? Oh! That’s a major appliance, that’s not a name!”
Dear, sweet Duckie from 1986’s “Pretty in Pink” wanted nothing more than the love of his bff, Andie- played by who-else but 80’s super-screen princess, Molly Ringwald.
#9- “All I need are some tasty waves and a cool buzz and I’m fine”.
Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli is one of the original surfer-dudes who populrized the tuxedo t-shirt and slip-on checkered Vans sneakers in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”. Heading nowhere in life, this aquatic lover-of-the-surf somehow manages to save Brooke Shields from drowning and blows the reward money by having Van Halen play at his birthday party.
#8- “Houston, YOU have a problem!”
Spoken in truth by Bruce Willis’ character (Harry J. Stamper) as he and his deep-core drilling crew are being left to die on a global killer asteroid on track for earth in 1997’s “Armageddon”. Spoken like a true dad, Harry exclaims that he promised his daughter (Liv Tyler) that he was going to come home after saving the planet…And once again, Bruce Willis saves the world.
#7- “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!”
As he fantasizes about being in a golf tournament, master greenskeeper Carl Spackler, uniquely brought to life by funnyman Bill Murray in the 1980 hit “Caddyshack”. Spackler take his job of getting rid of the nusance gopher so seriously that he blows up the entire course.
#6 “You know, Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to buy a dog, to drive a car - hell, you even need a>a license to catch a fish. But they’ll let any butt-reaming asshole be a father.” Keanu reeves in what many consider to be a stellar performance of “Tod Higgins” in the timeless Ron Howard film, “Parenthood”. This character fits right in with Reeve’s other well-known character- Ted “Theodore” Logan from “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure”. Keanu will always be “Ted” to this movie buff.
#5- “Noah was a drunk. Look what he accomplished.”Metatron (Alan Rickman), the Voice of God ( played by a very silent Alanis Morrisette) in the controversial 1999 movie “Dogma” tries desperately to convince Bethany (Linda Fiorentino) that she needs to undertake a pilgrimage to a church in New Jersey and stop two renegade angels (Loki-Matt Damon and Bartleby -Ben Affleck—who were kicked out of heaven and sentenced to an eternity in Wisconsin) from entering a church and destroying all of existence. Is she alone in this mission? Heck no! She has the help of Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (writer and director of the flick- Kevin Smith), two “prophets” ho are to take her to Jersey and aid in her attempt.
#4-“Are you a Mexi-CAN, or a Mexi-CAN’T?” None other than Johnny Depp brings this line to life as his role of “Sands” in the Robert Rodriguez flick, “Once Upon a Time in Mexico”. The third movie of the “Desperado” trilogy finds Depp with co-star Cheech Marin (Belini) in a restaurant in Mexico waiting to sit down to chat with Antonio Bandaras, who’s character in the movie has nothing to lose, as his wife (Selma Hayak) and daughter were killed by the bad guy (Willem Dafoe). Antonio’s character had the cleverly simple nickname of “El”, or translated into English- “The”.
#3- “Ello, Poppet!” Who can ever forget this innovative line from of the modern-day classic “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” (2003). Everyone’s favorite micro-pirate Pintel is searching through the governor’s mansion for Elizabeth, daughter of said governor. She’s hiding in the closet, completely unknowing that the intruders at hand have located her due to a fold up in the rug (that she created when she opened and closed to door to get in). The closet door opens when this memorable quote is spoken, followed by a terrified Miss Elizabeth’s infamous “Parlay!”
#2- “Look at your reflection in the mirror. You’re a creature of the night Michael, just like out of a comic book! You’re a vampire Michael! My own brother, a goddamn, shit-sucking vampire. You wait ’till mom finds out, buddy!” 1987’s horror-comedy “The Lost Boys” helped to create an unforgetable summer for me, (and stars quite a few popular stars of the day including “the Two-Corey’s”, Jason Patric, Jamie Lee Gertz, Keifer Sutherland, and the most popular mom of the day, Diane Weist.) When Sam Emerson (Corey Haim) sees his brother Michael’s reflection (Jason Patric) in the mirror, he realizes that he is now the sibling to a creature of the night. Good times…Good times.
#1- Dr Ray Stantz: “Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here.”Walter Peck: “They caused an explosion!”Mayor: “Is this true?”Dr. Peter Venkman: “Yes it’s true. (pause)This man has no dick.”Once again, Bill Murray has lent his sarcastic humor in a place it doesn’t belong in the 1984 box office hit “Ghostbusters”. After Walter Peck (William Atherton) makes the ghost capturing boys from New York shut down their “holding chamber of ghosts”, an explosion rocks the city, letting loose poltergeists and ghouls all around the island of Manhattan.
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Here are a few gems from the Blues Brothers
I ran out of gas. I had a flat tire. I didn’t have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn’t come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts! It wasn’t my fault, I swear to god! (about running out on Carrie Fisher)
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Elwood Blues: It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses.
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Elwood Blues: We’re on a mission from God.
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Police officer: Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers has been approved.
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Elwood Blues: It’s got a cop motor: a 440 cubic inch plant. It’s got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It’s a model made before catalytic converters so it’ll run good on regular gas. What do you say, is this the new Bluesmobile, or what?
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Elwood Blues: Illinois Nazis.
Jake Blues: I hate Illinois Nazis.
Thanks for the nice read, keep up the interesting posts…..
Peter: I’m a little fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing here. What do you mean, bad?
Egon: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
Ray: Total protonic reversal!
Peter: That’s bad. Okay. All right, important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.
“Ray, when someone asks you if you’re a god, you! say! YES!”
12 and 15 should be closer to 1
and it’s missing “you’ll shoot your eye out”
wheres is the godfather´s epic quote “keep your friends close but your enemies closer”.
i dont even mention “as ta la vista baby”.
the chicks cant hold yhe smoke is from wierd science not breakfast club
No, Dawn, it’s from Breakfast Club. They are all smoking weed upstairs in the library and Anthony Michael Hall says it when Molly Ringwald coughs.
OK, I can’t remember my kids’ birthdays but THIS memory is vivid? Sigh…
How could you forget: “Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father. Prepare to die.”
“What? No. We can’t stop here. This is bat country. ” - Johnny Depp as Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
“I don’t want to shoot you and you don’t want to be dead” - Danny Glover, “Silverado”
What? No “Say hello to my little friend!”
Interesting sidenote. In When Harry Met Sally the customer who said I’ll have what she’s having is Billy Crystal’s actual mother.
Scarface could give you a list all to itself… “I only got two things, my balls, and my word - and I don’t break em for nobody!” “This country like a great big pussy, jus’ waitin to be fucked” “In America, first you gotta get the money. When you got the money, then you get the power. And when you got the power… theeen you get the women!” and on and on and on….
Actually, it was the director Rob Reiner’s mother.
When harry met sally was one of the most boring movies i’ve ever watched.
LOST BOYS scarred me for life. ;(
From hermione Granger in harry potter and the sorcerers stone: “well I’m going to bed before you get us killed or even worse expelled”
Normally, when I come upon a post as ill-conceived as yours, I let it go. I figure someone such as yourself deserves to view his opinions and let it go at that. I can’t do that in his case. You have chosen some of the worst and most trite movie quotes to ever disgrace our screens. You’ve even opted for bad quotes from movies that have better quotes. You are proof that everyone should not be permitted to have an opinion. Fail.
I’m amazed Roy Batty’s (Rutger Hauer) famous and oft-quoted monologue at the end of Blade Runner didn’t make it onto this list!
“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the the shoulder of Orion. I’ve watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gates. All those - moments - will be lost, in time, like tears in rain. Time… to… die…”
No Italian Job?
“Your only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!”
Or Zulu, more from Silance of the lambs.. the obvious Scarface
I hate those lines!
I mind! The Dude minds- this will not stand! This aggression will not stand, man!
What about: Luke…I am your father.
Leave the gun, take the cannolis.
What about “nobody puts baby in the corner” or “frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn” both classics
” I’ll be back ”
Terminator.
Hey Slappy Jack You were a asshole till then end.Then you said FAIL and you turned into a loser too.
“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
beeep bop tit bop bip — arrtoodeetoo
“I came here to do two things, kick ass and chew bubble gum. . . it looks like I’m all out of bubble gum.”
You forgot Casablanca: “Here’s lookin at you kid” and the classic,”If you don’t get on that plane you’ll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life”
Shrek: “Ogres are like Onions, … we both have layers!”
High School Musical: “we’re all in this together”
On the water front: I coulda been a contender, I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what i am”
Pirates Of the carribean, COTBP: I’m captin Jack Sparrow Mate
Soylent Green: “ITS MADE OUT OF PEOPLE!!!!!”
“this town needs an enama” Batman
“badges, we don’t need no stinking badges” Blazing Saddles
“demented and sad, but social” Breakfast club
“I’ll have a hamburger, no a cheeseburger.” “You’ll have nothing and like it.” — “$50 bucks he picks his nose” “Double or nothing he eats it” — “We have a pool and a pond - the pond would be good for you” — “People don’t say that about you as far as you know” — “He’ll quit the game” — “To beat an animal it is important to think like and animal, and as often as possible to look like one” — Caddyshack!
“you’re so money” Swingers
“thanks what I love about high school girls, I keep getting older but they stay the same age” — “it would be cooler if you did” — Wooderson, Dazed and Confused
“They have a word for people like that, its called a bum” — “Bacon tastes good” — “Go wake up the Gimp” — “I don’t know if its worth $5, but its pretty fucking good” — “Warmer, warmer, disco” — Pulp Fiction
“Upgrades” — “I know Kung Fu” — Maxtrx
“No! Try not. Do or do not. There is no try” Yoda
@TheDude
awesome.
Silly, I know, but my favorite:
(Hans)So who are you then? Just another american who watched too many movies as a child. Another guy who thinks he’s John Wayne, Rambo?
(McClane)I was always kinda partial to Roy Rogers actually, really liked those sequined shirts.
(Hans)Do you really think you have a chance against us, Mr. Cowboy.
(McClane)Yippee kay yay mother f#$%er.
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