"Frankly, my dear..."

[GalvestonDuck]

Anybody wanna take a stab at what they think will be at the top of the list of AFI's top 100 movie quotes (The special airs tonight)?

I'm guessing "Frankly, my dear...I don't give a damn!" will be among the top ten. Also, in no particular order:

"Houston, we have a problem."

"I'm as mad as hell...and I'm not going to take this anymore!"

"Go ahead, make my day."

"Be afraid. Be very afraid."

"It's alive! It's alive!"

"I'll be back."

"May the force be with you."

"I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse."

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning."

"You talkin' to me?"

"Snap out of it!"

"They're he-e-e-e-e-e-ere!"

"You don't understand! I could’ve had class. I could’ve been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."

"Play it, Sam. Play "As Time Goes By." (although everyone always misquotes it as "Play it again, Sam.") as well as "Here's lookin' at you, kid."

"There's no place like home," "Lions and tigers and bears...oh my!" and "I'll get you my pretty...and your little dog, too!"

"Yippee ki-yi-yay, -----------" from "Die Hard" might be in the list of 100, as well as "Nobody puts baby in the corner," "Wax on, wax off," "You're gonna need a bigger boat," "Teacher says, 'Everytime a bell rings, an angel gets his wings,'" "Soylent green is people!" "I am serious...and don't call me Shirley," "Tell 'em to go out there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper," and "There's no crying in baseball!"

"Show me the money" will be higher than "You had me at hello" but obviously neither will be in the top ten.

And, of course, the so-called cheesiest movie line of them all ought to be somewhere in the top 20, IMO -- "Love means never having to say you're sorry."

[Pburgh]

Here's lookin at you kid. Humphrey Bogart

[HurryKane]

I'll throw in:

"Why don't you come up sometime and see me."

"Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!"

The whole Kevin Costner speech from Bull Durham, which can't be printed here...but it has to do with believing in the hanging curve ball, high fiber, and good scotch.

"Aww, thanks, Ouiser, nothin' like a good piece of a**."

"I'm not crazy, M'Lynn, I've just been in a very bad MOOD for 40 years."



(yeah, I'm partial to Steel Magnolias. Sue me. It has the best one-liners out there)

[Miss Mary]

"They're heeeerrrrreeee" - either it's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Or Poltergeist?

Mary

[GalvestonDuck]

"They're heeeerrrrreeee" - either it's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Or Poltergeist?

Mary

Poltergeist. Heather...ummm....O'...crap...Heather O'something. O'Rourke...yeah, that's it. Sad, she passed away.

CETK had that weird music. "Boop boop boopee boooop."

[Skywatch_NC]

"They're heeeerrrrreeee" - either it's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Or Poltergeist?

Mary

Poltergeist. Heather...ummm....O'...crap...Heather O'something. O'Rourke...yeah, that's it. Sad, she passed away.

CETK had that weird music. "Boop boop boopee boooop."

Saw her yesterday on a Happy Days episode. Think she died of some kind of illness complication.

[GalvestonDuck]

"They're heeeerrrrreeee" - either it's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Or Poltergeist?

Mary

Poltergeist. Heather...ummm....O'...crap...Heather O'something. O'Rourke...yeah, that's it. Sad, she passed away.

CETK had that weird music. "Boop boop boopee boooop."

Saw her yesterday on a Happy Days episode. Think she died of some kind of illness complication.

Yup, I remember she played Linda Purl's character's daughter. LP played a girlfriend of Fonzie for an episode or two...or twenty?

[BreinLa]

He smashes his way into the bathroom door, with each stroke of the blade jutting through the wood, as his screaming wife watches his progress with her butcher knife poised to strike. He peers through with an evil grin:





Heeeeeere's Johnny!

Jack Nicholson in "The Shining" 1980

[azskyman]

From Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid....

Who ARE those guys? or

(...and from the vantage point high above the river...)
Butch Cassidy: Then you jump first.
Sundance Kid: No, I said.
Butch Cassidy: What's the matter with you?
Sundance Kid: I can't swim.
Butch Cassidy: Why you crazy, the fall will probably kill you.

From Cool Hand Luke....

What we have here is a failure to communicate!

[Skywatch_NC]

From The Fugitive (Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford version)

I want you guys to check every doghouse, outhouse, warehouse, etc! ...

[abajan]

My favorite is "No soup for you!" (Seinfeld)

[mobilebay]

Go ahead punk, make my day- Clint Eastwood Sorry. now I see that had already been posted.

[GalvestonDuck]

Go ahead punk, make my day- Clint Eastwood Sorry. now I see that had already been posted.

It's okay...you can still count it as one of your faves also.

Pssst, Abajan? Movie quotes.... They should do one for TV quotes also, though, huh?

"Frankly, my dear..." was number 1.

[southerngale]

Is there a list of them somewhere? I saw parts of the show, but missed at least the last 1/2 hour. I'd love to see the top 10 anyway.

[GalvestonDuck]

Is there a list of them somewhere? I saw parts of the show, but missed at least the last 1/2 hour. I'd love to see the top 10 anyway.

http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/quotes.aspx#list

Bolded ones are the ones I guessed.

#
Quote
Movie
Year

1
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
GONE WITH THE WIND
1939

2
I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.
THE GODFATHER
1972

3
You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.
ON THE WATERFRONT
1954

4
Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
THE WIZARD OF OZ
1939

5
Here's looking at you, kid.
CASABLANCA
1942


6
Go ahead, make my day.
SUDDEN IMPACT
1983

7
All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.
SUNSET BLVD.
1950

8
May the Force be with you.
STAR WARS
1977

9
Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night.
ALL ABOUT EVE
1950

10
You talking to me?
TAXI DRIVER
1976

11
What we've got here is failure to communicate.
COOL HAND LUKE
1967

12
I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
APOCALYPSE NOW
1979

13
Love means never having to say you're sorry.
LOVE STORY
1970

14
The stuff that dreams are made of.
THE MALTESE FALCON
1941

15
E.T. phone home.
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
1982

16
They call me Mister Tibbs!
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
1967

17
Rosebud.
CITIZEN KANE
1941

18
Made it, Ma! Top of the world!
WHITE HEAT
1949

19
I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!
NETWORK
1976

20
Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
CASABLANCA
1942

21
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

22
Bond. James Bond.
DR. NO
1962

23
There's no place like home.
THE WIZARD OF OZ
1939

24
I am big! It's the pictures that got small.
SUNSET BLVD.
1950

25
Show me the money!
JERRY MAGUIRE
1996

26
Why don't you come up sometime and see me?
SHE DONE HIM WRONG
1933

27
I'm walking here! I'm walking here!
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
1969

28
Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.'
CASABLANCA
1942

29
You can't handle the truth!
A FEW GOOD MEN
1992

30
I want to be alone.
GRAND HOTEL
1932

31
After all, tomorrow is another day!
GONE WITH THE WIND
1939

32
Round up the usual suspects.
CASABLANCA
1942

33
I'll have what she's having.
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
1989

34
You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT
1944

35
You're gonna need a bigger boat.
JAWS
1975
36
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

37
I'll be back.
THE TERMINATOR
1984

38
Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.
THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
1942

39
If you build it, he will come.
FIELD OF DREAMS
1989

40
Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
FORREST GUMP
1994

41
We rob banks.
BONNIE AND CLYDE
1967

42
Plastics.
THE GRADUATE
1967

43
We'll always have Paris.
CASABLANCA
1942

44
I see dead people.
THE SIXTH SENSE
1999

45
Stella! Hey, Stella!
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
1951

46
Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars.
NOW, VOYAGER
1942

47
Shane. Shane. Come back!
SHANE
1953

48
Well, nobody's perfect.
SOME LIKE IT HOT
1959

49
It's alive! It's alive!
FRANKENSTEIN
1931

50
Houston, we have a problem.
APOLLO 13
1995

51
You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?
DIRTY HARRY
1971

52
You had me at "hello."
JERRY MAGUIRE
1996

53
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
ANIMAL CRACKERS
1930

54
There's no crying in baseball!
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
1992

55
La-dee-da, la-dee-da.
ANNIE HALL
1977

56
A boy's best friend is his mother.
PSYCHO
1960

57
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.
WALL STREET
1987

58
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
THE GODFATHER II
1974

59
As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.
GONE WITH THE WIND
1939

60
Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!
SONS OF THE DESERT
1933

61
Say "hello" to my little friend!
SCARFACE
1983

62
What a dump.
BEYOND THE FOREST
1949

63
Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?
THE GRADUATE
1967

64
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!
DR. STRANGELOVE
1964

65
Elementary, my dear Watson.
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
1929

66
Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape.
PLANET OF THE APES
1968

67
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.
CASABLANCA
1942

68
Here's Johnny!
THE SHINING
1980

69
They're here!
POLTERGEIST
1982

70
Is it safe?
MARATHON MAN
1976

71
Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!
THE JAZZ SINGER
1927

72
No wire hangers, ever!
MOMMIE DEAREST
1981

73
Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?
LITTLE CAESAR
1930

74
Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown.
CHINATOWN
1974

75
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
1951

76
Hasta la vista, baby.
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
1991

77
Soylent Green is people!
SOYLENT GREEN
1973

78
Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
1968

79
Striker: Surely you can't be serious.

Rumack: I am serious…and don't call me Shirley.
AIRPLANE!
1980

80
Yo, Adrian!
ROCKY
1976

81
Hello, gorgeous.
FUNNY GIRL
1968

82
Toga! Toga!
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE
1978

83
Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.
DRACULA
1931

84
Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast.
KING KONG
1933

85
My precious.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: TWO TOWERS
2002

86
Attica! Attica!
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
1975

87
Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!
42ND STREET
1933

88
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, go!
ON GOLDEN POND
1981

89
Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.
KNUTE ROCKNE ALL AMERICAN
1940

90
A martini. Shaken, not stirred.
GOLDFINGER
1964

91
Who's on first.
THE NAUGHTY NINETIES
1945

92
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

93
Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!
AUNTIE MAME
1958

94
I feel the need - the need for speed!
TOP GUN
1986

95
Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.
DEAD POETS SOCIETY
1989

96
Snap out of it!
MOONSTRUCK
1987 Barely!

97
My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
1942

98
Nobody puts Baby in a corner.
DIRTY DANCING
1987 Almost missed it

99
I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!
WIZARD OF OZ, THE
1939 Can't believe this was so far down.

100
I'm king of the world!
TITANIC
1997

"Be afraid...be very afraid" from "The Fly" was not in the list, which surprised me. Neither did "Lions and tigers and bears...oh my!" Bruce Willis' famous line from "Die Hard," "Wax on, wax off," and the bit about angels getting their wings from "It's A Wonderful Life" didn't make the list.

[southerngale]

Thanks duckie!

I'm also surprised how far down some of them are and the ones you listed that didn't make it at all. Oh well...we could always rank them ourselves!

[yoda]

I like this one...

"Do ya feel lucky punk? Well, do ya?"

[Miss Mary]

My daily papered listed all of these 100 quotes. Gone With The Wind had another and I swear they typed it wrong! Duckie, check this out, okay? Article said - As God is my witness I will never be hungry again. I think it went - As God ~AS~ my witness I go will never ~GO~ hungry again.

Thanks!

Mary

PS - edit - guess I do remember this quote incorrectly! Found the entire dialogue from that scene (which by the way was scary to watch for the first time as a young child!): "As God is my witness, as God is my witness they're not going to lick me. I'm going to live through this and when it's all over, I'll never be hungry again. No, nor any of my folk. If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill. As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again."

[GalvestonDuck]

Yeah, I believe it is "is" and "be" although I don't have it on video. IMDB has the quote that way. Wasn't able to find the script online...yet.

I remember my 8th grade history teacher, Mrs. Brant. She LOVED GWTW and that was her favorite quote. I remember her letting us watch GWTW while we were studying the Civil War. And Stonewall Jackson was her favorite general (I can hear her little Southern drawl in my mind now as she would say "my faaay-vor-rit general." She was one of those great teachers who you just can't forget! Loved to teach history and we loved to learn from her. She'd just get up there in front of the class and tell a story for an hour...all about whatever it was we were learning at the time. Very dramatic and interesting...kept us tuned in for the whole class.

They don't make 'em like that often.

(Sorry...minor hijack. Oh wait...it's my thread...I'll hijack it if I want to! )

[Miss Mary]

For years I've said that quote as.....As God as my witness!!

GWTW used to be my favorite movie. Somewhere along the line I wasn't so sure I was proud to call it my fave. Don't get me wrong, it was a major motion picture and superbly made. It's just I look at certain aspects of our country's history differently now - slavery, taming the wild west, what we did to Native Americans, so much of it makes me very sad. Guess I don't really have a #1 movie, like I do for TV shows!

Mary