totally quotable! 2006: new 'Last King of Scotland,' 'Miss Potter' quotesHere they are, the most quotable movie lines of the year 2006. No ranking -- newer quotes are posted at the top. [Warning: May contain spoilers.] “No, we don’t have monkeys in Scotland. If we had monkeys in Scotland, we’d probably deep-fry them.” “I shan’t marry -- I shall draw.” “It is a well-known fact that fairy beasts never eat a child when he is tucked into his own bed.” “I think if you live someplace long enough, you are that place.” “You learn a lot talking to dogs.” “I’m a Jew, I’m small, I’m homosexual, and I live in Sheffield. I’m fucked.” “Can you imagine how depressing it is to teach five centuries of male ineptitude?” “History is women following behind... with a bucket.” “I like to get kissed before I get fucked.” “The Rock and Roll History Museum in an impenetrable fortress!” “AC/DC, Van Halen, the Who: why are you guys so awesome?” “The demon code prevents me from declining a rock-off challenge!” “Do I look like I give a damn?” “Christ, I miss the Cold War.” “There’s a reason why it only costs 99 cents.” “Right now I can’t think of anything more patriotic than violating the PATRIOT Act.” “This isn’t about good people versus bad people. It’s about the machine that’s taken over this country. It’s like something out of science fiction.” “I think chess is a little bit like life -- it scares people. That’s why they invented checkers.” “Dramatic irony -- it’ll fuck ya every time.” “You’re never too old to go to Space Camp, dude.” “Like anything worth writing, it came inexplicably and without method.” “We support your war of terror!” “I think you’re giving too much credit to the American public -- they’re not that smart.” “The truth is a slippery notion in our line of work.” “You’re a magician, not a wizard.” “Imagine what a brussels sprout would sound like if a brussels sprout could talk.” “I’m indestructible, much to everyone’s regret.” “Imagine being told your work is ‘unkind’ by a four-time killer.” --Truman Capote (Toby Jones), on Perry Smith’s critique of his books, Infamous “Twenty years after an Irishman couldn’t get a job, we had the presidency, god rest him.” “My theory on feds is like mushrooms: you feed ’em shit and keep ’em in the dark.” “It’s terrible and wonderful at the same time! It’s like freedom in a cup!” “The brain is the most complex thing in the universe, and it’s right behind the nose.” “Things were going so well with us...” “We don’t want you taking bullets home. We have millions of bullets. Leave the bullets up there. Let the Germans take them home.” “Hollywood will fuck you when no one else will.” “I was made from the hide of Seabiscuit and stitched by Betsy Ross.” “How can something so round be so square?” “We’re married... and it’s overrated.” “You know I told you I was a video game programmer? Well, I lied.” “Enough is enough -- I’ve had it with these motherfuckin’ snakes on this motherfuckin’ plane!” “Everybody, listen: We have to put a barrier between us and the snakes.” “Why exactly are there snakes on this plane?” “I hope you guys have hobo-stab insurance.” “Like the frightened baby chipmunk, you are scared by anything different.” “Daddy, you made that grace your bitch!” “Welcome to hell.” “I can say what I want -- I still got Nazi bullets in my head.” “Everybody just pretend to be normal, okay?” “Life is one fuckin’ beauty contest after another.” “Hey, there’s something down here!” “It’s okay, you can talk to me -- I’m the art teacher.” “I delivered you -- I still have the scars!” “Probability is like gravity. You cannot negotiate with gravity.” “The doc says most of my injuries are emotional.” “I have to tip my hat to any entity that can bring integrity to evil.” “Look, an undead monkey!” “Somehow, I doubt Jack will consider employment the same as being free.” “You have a touch of destiny about you, William Turner.” “I will solve, when I’m in a hotel, a USA Today [crossword], but I don’t feel good about it.” “The most powerful force on Earth is the English language.” “You wrote that the world doesn’t need a savior, but every day I hear people crying for one.” “Gods are selfish beings who fly around in red capes and don’t share their powers with mankind.” “Three things sell newspapers: tragedy, sex, and Superman.” “Pulitzer Prizes are like Academy Awards -- no one remembers what you got one for.” “You are so dumb you could be twins.” “Two penguins are standing on an ice floe. The first penguin says, ‘You look like you're wearing a tuxedo.’ The second penguin says, ‘What makes you think I'm not?’” “I am Al Gore. I used to be the next president of the United States.” “Like a nature walk through the Book of Revelation.” “He’s an invisible man -- Wells, not Ellison.” “It’s unacceptable that chocolate makes you fat, but I’ve eaten my share and guess what?” “You don’t have to invade Paris to drop round for a drink.” “Spelling bees are serious shit.” “Martin, I’m not physically attracted to other people, but if you want me, I’m yours.” “I just don't know what I'm doing here. On Earth. In this life. As far as the world is concerned, people like me might as well not exist.” "This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V." “You must acquire the habit of ignoring those who do not like you.” “Old people fuckin’ love me. You must be doin’ something right if old people love you.” “Well, I gotta go rock.” “The secret of life is butter.” (Technorati tags: best movie lines, funny movie lines, quotable movie lines, best movie dialogue, funny movie dialogue, quotable movie dialogue, Last King of Scotland quotes, Miss Potter quotes, Rocky Balboa quotes, History Boys quotes, Blood Diamond quotes, Tenacious D quotes, Bobby quotes, Fast Food Nation quotes, Casino Royale quotes, Borat quotes, Shut Up and Sing quotes, Stranger Than Fiction quotes, Prestige quotes, Infamous quotes, Departed quotes, Open Season quotes, Science of Sleep quotes, School for Scoundrels quotes, Flyboys quotes, Black Dahlia quotes, Everyone's Hero quotes, Trust the Man quotes, Crank quotes, Snakes on a Plane quotes, Accepted quotes, Talladega Nights quotes, Little Miss Sunshine quotes, Descent quotes, Strangers with Candy quotes, Miami Vice quotes, You Me and Dupree quotes, Scanner Darkly quotes, Pirates of the Caribbean quotes, Wordplay quotes, Superman Returns quotes, Prairie Home Companion quotes, Inconvenient Truth quotes, Mission Impossible III quotes, Joyeux Noel quotes, Akeelah and the Bee quotes, American Dreamz quotes, Lonesome Jim quotes, V for Vendetta quotes, Libertine quotes, Dave Chappelle's Block Party quotes, Winter Passing quotes, Last Holiday quotes) Disqus commentsblog comments powered by Disqus |
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posted by FunWithHeadlines (Sun Jun 18 06, 11:45PM)
I remember the penguin quote as follows:
“Two penguins are standing on an ice floe. The first penguin says, ‘Why aren't you wearing your tuxedo.’ The second penguin says, ‘What makes you think I'm not?’”
Makes the final line more logical. However, the IMDB Memorable Quotes page for the movie agrees more with you. So I guess my memory was off. But I could have sworn that the whole point of the last line was to undermine the assumption of the prior line, and thus the humor.
posted by MaryAnn Johanson (Mon Jun 19 06, 10:50AM)
Actually, I think it's funnier as I and the IMDB recall it: then the humor comes from the juxtaposition of an animal who looks like he's wearing human clothes with one that might actually, and for no reason, be wearing human clothes. Your version removes that surprise with its assumption that it's perfectly normal for a penguin to be wearing a tuxedo.
posted by bonnie (Mon Jun 19 06, 1:59PM)
i was there and i recall the line the way maryann and imdb recall it. and i agree -- it's funnier that way.
posted by FunWithHeadlines (Mon Jun 19 06, 5:57PM)
OK, I defer to you both (and IMDB too). Memory is a funny thing.
I like the absurdist version I remember, however. There is something really funny to me that a penguin would think in terms of human clothing as we do when we see them, but then think his friend is NOT dressed as usual for some bizarre reason, only to have his friend turn that assumption upside down while adding a paranoid element to the discussion.
The movie way is also funny, though, and I see what you mean.
posted by Miguel (Mon Jul 17 06, 6:44AM)
I'd add this one to the list:
"Why did G-Girl just throw a shark at you?"
Hannah (Anna Farris), after a night of sex and white shark attacks.
posted by MaryAnn (Mon Jul 17 06, 9:54AM)
What movie is that from, Miguel?
posted by Miguel (Mon Jul 17 06, 5:33PM)
My Super Ex-Girlfriend.
from reading your reviews, you're going to hate it!
posted by MaryAnn (Mon Jul 17 06, 6:05PM)
I already hate it from the trailers.
posted by Deanne (Fri Aug 18 06, 10:28AM)
“Why exactly are there snakes on this plane?”
Just classic. Why indeed, dear passenger. Between that one and the Sam Jackson line, does the movie even need any other dialogue?