totally quotable! 2009

“I’m craving a burger. Is that strange?”
--Sergeant Matt Thompson (Guy Pearce), as he puts on his bomb suit, The Hurt Locker

“If he wasn’t an insurgent, he sure the hell is now.”
--Sergeant William James (Jeremy Renner), about a local roughed up by the U.S. military, The Hurt Locker

“You can shoot people here -- you don’t have to throw a wrench.”
--Sergeant JT Sanborn (Anthony Mackie), to a British mercenary, The Hurt Locker

“You have the great gift of silence, Watson. It makes you invaluable as a companion.”
--Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.), Sherlock Holmes

“You are terrified of a life without the thrill of the macabre.”
--Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) to Watson, Sherlock Holmes

“They can fix spinal if you’ve got the money -- but not on VA benefits, not in this economy.”
--Jake (Sam Worthington), Avatar

“You the man, Doc.”
--military contractor to Dr. Grace Augustine, Avatar

“It takes time in the morning for me to become George.”
--George (Colin Firth), A Single Man

“I didn’t know Ohio actually existed.”
--Richard (Zac Efron), Me and Orson Welles

“The principal occupation of the Mercury Theater is waiting for Orson.”
--company member, Me and Orson Welles

“People in 1937 will not pay $2 to see tragedy.”
--George (Ben Chaplin), Me and Orson Welles

“It’s crazy, isn’t it? Times like these, and people go right on doing what they’ve always been doing.”
--Sonja (Claire Danes), Me and Orson Welles

“I don’t want to live in a hole -- it makes me feel poor.”
--Mr. Fox (George Clooney), Fantastic Mr. Fox

“What the cuss?”
--Mr. Fox (George Clooney), Fantastic Mr. Fox

“Why the cuss didn’t I listen to my lawyer?”
--Mr. Fox (George Clooney), Fantastic Mr. Fox

“I’m a wild animal.”
--Mr. Fox (George Clooney), Fantastic Mr. Fox

“I enjoyed it, but I shouldn’t have done it.”
--Mr. Fox (George Clooney), Fantastic Mr. Fox

“Am I being flirted with by a psychotic rat?”
--Mrs. Fox (Meryl Streep), Fantastic Mr. Fox

“My suicide mission has been cancelled. It has been replaced by a go-for-broke rescue mission.”
--Mr. Fox (George Clooney), Fantastic Mr. Fox

“If what I think is happening here is happening here, it better not be.”
--Mrs. Fox (Meryl Streep), Fantastic Mr. Fox

“They talk like TV channels I don’t watch.”
--Precious (Gabourey Sidibe), about the teacher and her partner who are so kind to her, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

“Every day I tell myself something gonna happen.”
--Precious (Gabourey Sidibe), Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

“Love ain’t done nothin’ for me.”
--Precious (Gabourey Sidibe), Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

“What is a Jedi warrior?”
--Bob (Ewan McGregor), The Men Who Stare at Goats

“I was on a mission even if I didn’t know what the mission was.”
--Bob (Ewan McGregor), The Men Who Stare at Goats

“Weird little thing, I like the way you destroy stuff.”
--Carol (James Gandolfini), Where the Wild Things Are

“I hope you don’t taste as selfish as you look.”
--monster, Where the Wild Things Are

“I have powers from another land, from an ancient time. Don’t make me show you.”
--Max (Max Records), Where the Wild Things Are

“Sorry we were gonna eat you -- we didn’t know you were king.”
--monster, Where the Wild Things Are

“Happiness isn’t always the best way to be happy.”
--monster, Where the Wild Things Are

“Let the wild rumpus start!”
--Max (Max Records), Where the Wild Things Are

“I avoided other people like they were zombies even before they were zombies.”
--Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Zombieland

“Where’s the fuckin’ Twinkies?”
--Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Zombieland

“He sets the standard for not-to-be-fucked-with.”
--Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) about Tallahasse, Zombieland

“Thank God for rednecks.”
--Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Zombieland

“Six people left in the world, and one of them is Bill fuckin’ Murray.”
--Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Zombieland

“Where are you, you spunky yellow delicious bastard?”
--Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), about the elusive last Twinkie on Earth, Zombieland

“If poetry doesn’t come as easily as leaves to a tree, better it had not come at all.”
--John Keats (Ben Whishaw), Bright Star

“Corn goes in one end and profit comes out the other.”
--Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon), The Informant!

“Everyone in this country is a victim of corporate crime by the time they finish breakfast.”
-- Brian Shepard (Scott Bakula), The Informant!

“PMS isn’t real. It was invented by the boy media to make us seem crazy.”
--Jennifer (Megan Fox), Jennifer’s Body

“I wanted to run away that day, but you can’t run away from your own feet.”
--Flint (Bill Hader), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

“Come on, Steve, we’ve got diem to carpe.”
--Flint (Bill Hader), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

“Do you think Mom is crazy?”
--George (Logan Lerman)
“I don’t know. She’s the only one I’ve had.
--Robbie (Mark Rendall)
My One and Only

“That man is all potatoes and no meat.”
--Anne (Renee Zellweger), on her ex-husband, My One and Only

“I’m standing my ground on the verge.”
--Simon Foster (Tom Hollander), In the Loop

“At the end of the war need you need some soldiers left or else it looks like you lost.”
--Lt. Gen. George Miller (James Gandolfini), In the Loop

“Is there anything more wonderful in the world than a bed to oneself?”
--Cheri (Michelle Pfeiffer), Cheri

“I’m French -- we respect directors in our country.”
--Shosanna (Mélanie Laurent), Inglourious Basterds

“It’s good to be excited. I used to be excited.”
--George (Adam Sandler), Funny People

“The more money you make, the more shit they give you. It makes no sense.”
--George (Adam Sandler), Funny People

“Not everybody loved you.”
--Ira (Seth Rogen), to Ray Romano, Funny People

“Bullshit expands to fill the allotted time.”
--Marty (Peter Gallagher), Adam

“My friend Harlan says Queens is where everybody goes to die because they can’t tell the difference.”
--Adam (Hugh Dancy), Adam

“We’re getting shanghaied to Ohio.”
--Harry (David Wenham), Public Enemies

“Were you killed?”
--Crash (Seann William Scott) and Eddie (Josh Peck)
“Sadly, yes. But I lived!”
--Buck (Simon Pegg)
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

“You are literally too stupid to insult.”
--Stu (Ed Helms) to Alan (Zach Galifianakis), The Hangover

“Don’t let the beard fool you -- he’s a child.”
--Stu (Ed Helms) about Alan (Zach Galifianakis), The Hangover

“Sweet Gregor Mendel!”
--Rick (Will Ferrell), Land of the Lost

“I’ve never been in a floating house before.”
--Russell (Jordan Nagai), Up

“I was hiding under your porch because I love you.”
--Dug (Bob Peterson), Up

“I welcome the dead into my soul.”
--Christine (Alison Lohman), Drag Me to Hell

“I want an unwritten life.”
--Bloom (Adrien Brody), The Brothers Bloom

“A photograph is like a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know.”
--Penelope (Rachel Weisz), The Brothers Bloom

“Trying to make something real by telling yourself stories is a trip.”
--Bloom (Adrien Brody), The Brothers Bloom

“Only movie thugs and Russians deal in suitcases of cash.”
--Stephen (Mark Ruffalo), The Brothers Bloom

“Your country needs you.”
--Stryker (Danny Huston), an American army officer
“I’m Canadian.”
--Logan (Hugh Jackman)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

“News flash: there’s something wrong with the world.”
--Steve (Robert Downey Jr.), The Soloist

“I’m gonna have to do what Beethoven did and just die.”
--Nathaniel (Jamie Foxx), The Soloist

“He’s in the room.”
--Nathaniel (Jamie Foxx)
“Who is?”
--Steve (Robert Downey Jr.)
“Beethoven.”
--Nathaniel (Jamie Foxx)
The Soloist

“If you can get hold of your heart, I’m reasonably sure I can put it back in for you.”
--Doc Miles (Dwight Yoakam), to Chev, Crank: High Voltage

“Why the fuck would I blow up Chik-Fil-A? It’s fucking delicious!”
--Saddamn (Aziz Ansari), Observe and Report

“This place is an X-file wrapped in a coverup and deep-fried in a paranoid conspiracy.”
--General W.R. Monger (Keifer Sutherland), Monsters vs. Aliens

“I’m not a quack. I’m a mad scientist.”
--Dr. Cockroach (Hugh Laurie), Monsters vs. Aliens

“I may not have a brain, gentlemen, but I have an idea.”
--B.O.B. (Seth Rogen), Monsters vs. Aliens

“By Hawkins chair!”
--Dr. Cockroach (Hugh Laurie), Monsters vs. Aliens

“Can I share my fire with you?”
--Howard Tully (Tom Wilkinson), Duplicity

“Hair is power.”
--Duke (Denis O’Hare), Duplicity

“Someone’s gunning for masks...”
--Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley), Watchmen

“What the hell happened to us? What happened to the American dream?”
--Nite Owl II (Patrick Wilson)
“It came true.”
--the Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan)
Watchmen

“Very very very thank you.”
--Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky (Ian McShane), Coraline

“I want some fucking justice!”
--Louis (Clive Owen), The International

“Kill him quietly -- I have guests.”
--bad guy, Taken

“Oh for the love of Thomas Hardy...”
--Elinor (Helen Mirren), Inkheart

“They love anyone who opens them.”
--Elinor (Helen Mirren), about books, Inkheart

“You barbaric piece of pulp fiction.”
--Elinor (Helen Mirren), to a bad guy, Inkheart

“Here, fire has no sense of humor.”
--Dustfinger (Paul Bettany), Inkheart

“What kind of grown-ass man calls himself Puffy?”
--Mom Wallace (Angela Bassett), Notorious

“What the fuck is the world coming to when a drug dealer can’t walk the streets at night?”
--cop, Notorious