Captain Bligh (Trevor Howard) in Mutiny on the Bounty:
“I hate failure.”
Bligh was supposed to be a mean son-of-a bitch British tyrant. but Trevor Howard was such a great actor he made Bligh almost sympathetic.
Captain Bligh (Trevor Howard) in Mutiny on the Bounty:
“I hate failure.”
Bligh was supposed to be a mean son-of-a bitch British tyrant. but Trevor Howard was such a great actor he made Bligh almost sympathetic.
My go to has always been,
“Could be worse. Could be raining…”
Young Frankenstein
“Umm, Juicy Fruit”
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
I’ll break my own bloody rule …
Not a movie quote. In Catch-22, Captain Orr faked a series of crashes in order to escape to Sweden. This ties in with a Snoopy quote: “Nothing is too big or important that you can’t run away from.”
Sweep the leg!
“It just doesn’t matter. It just doesn’t matter. It just doesn’t matter.”
Meatballs
On double check, it actually was “No problem is so big or so complicated that it can’t be run away from!” … and it’s from Linus.
“I’ll be back.”
Said in my best Terminator voice
This made me put my thinking cap on. There are so many coming back to me that have stuck with me. I will frequently repeat when the time is right …like any good parrot
“I’m not bad. I’m just drawn that way.” - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
“I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.” - Airplane
“You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” - Jaws
“Just keep swimming.” - Finding Nemo
“Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." - The Godfather II
‘‘Stupid is as stupid does.’’ - Forrest Gump
“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” - Gone with the Wind
“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” - Cool Hand Luke
and this one has crossed my lips so many times
“Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.” - All About Eve
All iconic, RKK!
Another that just popped into my head that I use every once in a while:
“You skin that one, Pilgrim, and I’ll get ya another”
Jeremiah Johnson
“Our arrows will blot out the sun!!”
“…Then we’ll fight in the shade”
-300
“We’ve got to figure out how to make these things smaller!”
– 1941, as a Japanese soldier tried to wrestle a portable radio down a submarine
I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll be glad to make an exception.
I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.
Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them… well, I have others.
Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?
I could dance with you till the cows come home…But I would rather dance with the cows till you come home
*various Marx movies!
People ask if I were a musician who would I want to be, and I said “I’ll be Bach”.
“It’s a TRAP!”
~Admiral Ackbar Star Wars Return of the Jedi
“The Almighty tells me he can get me out of this mess, but he’s pretty sure you’re f**ked.”
— Stephen the Irishman, Braveheart
Hi,
“Nobody comes, nobody goes, it’s awful.” (Waiting for Godot)
It’s the only sentence around which the whole theme of the movie & novel moves.