Favorite Lines

[dr_mabeuse]

Time for summer fun.

I was thinking of some of my favorite all-time lines from art and lit and just knew you'd want me to share them with you:

From Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas by Hunter Thompson, said to his Samoan lawyer as they're sitting around their Las Vegas suite abusing every drug known to man and shooting grapefruit in the bathtub with a high powered pistol:

"Oh my God! Look at your face! You took too much!"

Just the kind of thing you want to hear as the acid's kicking in.


From Bride of the Monster, a terrible late 50's monster movie directed by the legendary bad-movie auteur Ed Wood Jr., as the survivors look grimly at the destruction of Bela Lugosi's evil laboratory and monstrous rubber octopus, represented by some stock footage of an atomic mushroom cloud:

"He Tampered In God's Domain."


Now taking nominations from the floor.


---dr.M.

 

[cookiejar]

"Shock Corridor"

A cult film about a reporter who wants to win the Pulitzer Prize. He is investigating a murder in an insane asylum and goes undercover. The movie is so campy it is a treat to watch, I even bought it on video. In one scene he goes in a room of slobbering, wild-eyed women and mutters the immortal words, "Nymphos!"

 

[pkmoby]

Time for summer fun.

I was thinking of some of my favorite all-time lines from art and lit and just knew you'd want me to share them with you...
---dr.M.

Maybe we could make a game of it. Spot a line to post another. I'll throw in 'You Bastard! You've only gone and killed me again!'

 

[Rainbow Skin]

The casually contemptuous way Helen Mirren snarls 'Cannibal' as she shoots her husband in The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover.

 

[cookiejar]

The line Robert Redford throws out in "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid." "Use Enough dynamite there Butch?"


"Keyser Soze" from one of my favorite movies, "The Usual Suspects."

 

[FlyontheWall99]

"I was just cleaning it and it went off!" every boy going through puberty's line when caught by a parent .....

 

[dr_mabeuse]

It occurs to me that most of the Great Lines will be from movies or audio where you can hear them actually said. That's okay. To me they should also be applicable to everyday life.

Now, "Oh my God, Look at your face! You took too much!" is appropriate whenever people gather together for a little substance abuse and/or consciousness altering, and is a graceful way of defusing the embarrassment which may result when a reveller exceeds the bounds of good taste, as they often do at such a gathering. Say when someone stands up to use the facilties and staggers into a door frame.

"They/We/He/She (&c) Tampered in God's Domain" is good whenever a novel idea or experiment goes wrong and turns into a mess: trying to make grilled cheese on an outdoor barbecue for example, or drying underwear in the microwave oven and having the elastic catch on fire. It's especially effective in situations where something has caught on fire &/or exploded.

I've never seen the movie, but I can see using "Nymphos!" when walking into a bar or a sophisticated soiree. Seems like it would be a good way to demonstrate one's panache and discernment and be great for breaking the ice. Perhaps it might even be appropos of meeting your fiance's family for the first time?


---dr.M.

 

[Quasimodem]

Memorable Lines:

"I don't have a very clear picture of just what's going on here!"
- Peggy Cass as Agnes Gooch, in "Auntie Mame"
(The 1958 version, with Rosalind Russell)

 

[cookiejar]

Hey one of the best, Rhett Butler's..."Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." Of course Scarlet's, "Fiddle-dee-dee."

Now I can hear myself saying the first, the second one...never.

 

[gauchecritic]

Whenever someone says Movie Line I usually think of Alec Guiness in Star Wars. "These are not the droids you want". I can't think of an RL situation which would warrant it. However.

In 'True Grit' John Wayne has a line which could cover several RL situations such as; a couple finally finding a semblance of seclusion to engage in their own sexual dalliance and divested of clothing she (or he) closing on their partner and uttering "Fill your hands you son-of-a-bitch"

Gauche

 

[oggbashan]

Golden Turkeys

I like the Golden Turkey films:

"Wild Women of Wongo": We do not want to live , and to grow old , and to die , without men ! Tomorrow we leave Wongo - we go south!

"Plan Nine From Outer Space" One thing's sure. Inspector Clay's dead. Murdered. And somebody's responsible!

"Northwest Mounted Police":
Madeline Carroll: Oh, Dusty! You're an angel in leather!
Gary Cooper: Heh, Heh - I'd look funny with leather wings.

"The Food Of The Gods":
Pamela: I think you are the most selfish man in the world!
Ralph: So why do you work for me?
Pamela: Because jobs for Lady Bacteriologists are not easy to find!

Og

 

[Vincent E]

In 'True Grit' John Wayne has a line which could cover several RL situations such as; a couple finally finding a semblance of seclusion to engage in their own sexual dalliance and divested of clothing she (or he) closing on their partner and uttering "Fill your hands you son-of-a-bitch"

Gauche

You've changed that line forever.

From As Good as it Gets:

"How do you write women so well?"

"I think of a man; then I take away reason and accountability."

 

[Quasimodem]

I have always been a sucker for a good Marx quote . . . I mean Groucho :


From Duck Soup:

Groucho as Rufus T. Firefly: I can see you in the kitchen bending over a hot stove, and I can't see the stove.


From Animal Crackers:

Groucho as Capt. Spaulding: One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.:


Groucho as Capt. Spaulding: Have you met Conductor Hennessey?
Inspector Hennessey: Inspector.
Groucho as Capt. Spaulding: *You* inspect her!


From A Night at the Opera:

Groucho as Otis B. Driftwood: I saw Mrs. Claypool first. Of course, her mother really saw her first but there's no point in bringing the Civil War into this.


Groucho as Otis B. Driftwood: It's all right, tha-that's in every contract. Tha-that's what they call a sanity clause.
Chico as Fiorello: Ha ha ha ha ha ha ... you can't fool me. There ain't no sanity clause.


I could go for hours . . . .

 

[Guest]

Noirisms

Paul Henreid: You're a bitter little lady.
Joan Bennett: It's a bitter little world.
(Hollow Triumph)

Jan Sterling to Kirk Douglas: I've met a lot of hard-boiled eggs in my time, but you--you're twenty minutes.
-----
Jan Sterling: I don't pray. Kneeling bags my nylongs.
(Ace in the Hole)

Bogart: Your head says one thing, your life says another. Your head always loses.
(Key Largo)

Ann Sheridan: Do you believe in love at first sight?
George Raft: It saves a lot of time.
(They Drive by Night)

Cornel Wilde: I treated her like a pair of gloves. When I was cold I called her up.
(The Big Combo)
-----

See these films. Perdita

 

[Quiet_Cool]

How about this one...

"The Secret of my Success" starring Michael J. Fox.

"Alright, the sexual revolution's over; everyody out of bed!"

And "Blazing Saddles"...

"Excuse me while I whip this out."

 

[MathGirl]

I could go for hours . . . .

Dear Quaz,
And I was afraid you might. Actually, Groucho had most of the best one liners.

I'd list one or two myself, but Dr M seems to be in one of his rare good moods today. I'd have to ruin it by doing one liners.
MG

"You big tubba guts."
"You scum suckin' pig."
"Irritating little cocksucker, isn't he?"

 

[Quasimodem]

I'd list one or two myself, but Dr M seems to be in one of his rare good moods today. I'd have to ruin it by doing one liners.
MG

Math,

Strange as it may seem, dr_M INITIATED this thread of one-liners. Abstaining may actually upset his equilibrium.




At the height of the Cold War, there were a couple of pips in Billy Wilder’s “One Two, Three.”


An Atlanta Coca-Cola heiress discussing the future with a card carrying Communist:

Otto: I will not have my son grow up to be a capitalist.
Scarlet: When he's 18 he can make his mind up whether he wants to be a capitalist or a rich communist.


MacNamara (James Cagney) talking to Soviet Trade Diplomat:

MacNamara: You've defected?
Peripetchikoff: Is old Russian proverb: "go west young man."


Communitst son-in-law meeting Capitalist father-in-law, screwing up his coached answers:

Hazeltine: How is the situation here in Berlin?
Otto: It shouldn't happen to a dog! Uh, I - I mean, it's a draw! Actually, the situation is hopeless, but not serious.

 

[Guest]

way not noir

from American Pie; don't know actor's name.

Stifler: I'll see you guys tonight, in the "No Fucking Section," right?
- - - - -
Stifler: I say, why don't you guys locate your dicks, remove the shrink wrap, and fucking USE them!

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Dear Quaz,
And I was afraid you might. Actually, Groucho had most of the best one liners.

I'd list one or two myself, but Dr M seems to be in one of his rare good moods today. I'd have to ruin it by doing one liners.
MG

"You big tugga guts."
"You scum suckin' pig."
"Irritating little cocksucker, isn't he?"

Good mood? You'd be in a good mood too if you'd just got a new rope.

Now, as I recall "scum sucking pig" is from a Marlon Brando Western whose title I can't recall. "The Missouri Breaks"?

As for Marx brothers, sure, it's easy too pull out all their great gag lines, but my favorite, for some reason, comes from "the Big Store" when Groucho is unicycling away from the badguys with Chico on his shoulders and Harpo ("Whacky" in the movie) is racing along the tops of the counters in these enormous white roller skates.
Groucho calls out: "Jump, Whacky! Jump!"

When to use this in real life? When things get so absurdly out of control that no one knows what to do but clearlu something must be done, "Jump, Whacky! Jump!" is perfectly sound advice.

---dr.M.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

I like this one, uttered by a computer bracelet, in the Australian TV-serie Tomorrow Girl:

"When in trouble,
when in doubt,
run in circles,
scream and shout!"

 

[MathGirl]

Now, as I recall "scum sucking pig" is from a Marlon Brando Western whose title I can't recall. "The Missouri Breaks"?

Dear Dr M,
"Scum suckin' pig" and "Big tubba guts" are spoken by MB in "One Eyed Jacks." Slim Pickins, Carl Mauldin, Elena Verdugo.
MG
Ps. Congratulations on your new rope. Jump rope was one of my favorites when I was little.
Pps. "One Eyed Jacks" should not be confused with Three Fingered Jack, Jack the Ripper, or Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

"Watch out for that tree!"

From Jungle George.

Something to use when someone's being relaly clumsy?

 

[Victoria Veiss]

From "Sodom and Gomorrah", circa 1960, starring Stewart Granger.

A spy makes a rendezvous in the desert and gives her report. A friendly warning as she rides back to the city: "Watch out for Sodomite patrols!"

 

[Quiet_Cool]

"Watch out for that tree!"

From Jungle George.

Something to use when someone's being relaly clumsy?

Um...George of the Jungle, Svenska...

 

[dr_mabeuse]

From "Sodom and Gomorrah", circa 1960, starring Stewart Granger.

A spy makes a rendezvous in the desert and gives her report. A friendly warning as she rides back to the city: "Watch out for Sodomite patrols!"

Damn it! You made me laugh! Ruined my whole day!

MG, I don't know how I missed the title of that Brando film. I'm Elena Verdugo's biggest fan. I've seen all of her movies except this one. I'll be the first in line when The Elena Verdugo Story comes out sometime in two thousand and never.

---dr.M.