Little Miss Sunshine

(Have you ever considered it from this perspective?)


Richard: Sarcasm is the refuge of losers.

Frank: [Sarcastically] really?

Richard: Sarcasm is losers trying to bring winners down to their level.

Frank: [Sarcastically] Thank you for opening my eyes to what a loser I am!

(007) Casino Royale

(People change. Even Bond does!)

James Bond: Vodka-martini.

Bartender: Shaken or stirred?

James Bond: Does it look like I give a damn?

Home Alone

(Next time someone throws at you the ‘think positive’ cliché …)


Frank McCallister: There's no way on earth we can make this plane. It leaves in 45 minutes.

Peter McCallister: Think positive, Frank!

Frank McCallister: You be positive. I'll be realistic.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

(How thin is the line between denial and the hard truth?)


McMurphy: What do you think you are, for Chrissake, crazy or somethin'? Well you're not! You're not! You're no crazier than the average a#$hole out walkin' around on the streets and that's it.

The Core

(Leadership 102.)


Col. Robert Iverson: You're not really a leader until you've lost.

8 Mile

(When grey is no option. It’s black or white.)


[Freestyling]

B. Rabbit: This guy don't wanna win no battle he's shook 'cause ain't no such thing as HALFWAY CROOKS.


You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, bit$# you better never let it go HOE
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime you betta

Moonwalker

(Moonwalking attracts all sorts of fans.)

Michael: [a traffic cop points to a "No Moonwalking" sign] Me and my friend, Spike, we were just... But, my friend, he was just... Spike, he was just here...

Traffic Cop: [Hands him a ticket pad] I need your autograph right HERE.

Saturday Night Fever

(Another struggle between honesty and ego.)


Stephanie: Nice move. Did you make that up?

Tony Manero: Yeah, well I saw it on TV first, then I made it up.

The Sound of Music

Doe, a deer, a female deer
Ray, a drop of golden sun
Me, a name I call myself
Far, a long, long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow Sew
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do (oh-oh-oh)

Singin' in the Rain

(A lesson form actors to all.)


Cosmo Brown: What's the first thing an actor learns? "The show must go on!' Come rain, come shine, come snow, come sleet, the show MUST go on!

Dallas

(Another management lesson.)


JR Ewing: Anything worth having is worth going for-all the way.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

(A tactic against stubbornness.)


[Judge Doom about to "dip" Roger]

Eddie Valiant: Hey, Judge. Doesn't a dying rabbit deserve a last request?

Roger Rabbit: Yeah, nose plugs would be nice.

Eddie Valiant: I think you want a drink. So, how about it, Judge?

Judge Doom: Well, why not? I don't mind prolonging the execution.

Eddie Valiant: Happy trails.

Roger Rabbit: No thanks, Eddie. I'm trying to cut down.

Eddie Valiant: Drink the drink.

Roger Rabbit: But I don't want the drink.

Judge Doom: He doesn't want the drink.

Eddie Valiant: He does.

Roger Rabbit: I don't.

Eddie Valiant: You do.

Roger Rabbit: I don't.

Eddie Valiant: You do.

Roger Rabbit: I don't.

Eddie Valiant: You do.

Roger Rabbit: I don't.

Eddie Valiant: You don't.

Roger Rabbit: I do.

Eddie Valiant: You don't.

Roger Rabbit: I do.

Eddie Valiant: You don't.

Roger Rabbit: [taking drink] Listen, when I say I do, that means I do.

Son of the Pink Panther

(Like father, like son – cf. The Pink Panther Strikes Again.)


Gendarme Jacques Gambrelli: Excuse me, do you know which way is north?

Camel Driver: Yes.

[rides on]

Curse of the Pink Panther

(Talking about homophones.)


Valencia Police Chief: Is that Slay as in to kill?

Sergeant Clifton Sleigh: No. That's Sleigh as in one horse open.

Trail of the Pink Panther

(There is a snow salesman from Alaska and …)


[In disguise]

Insp. Jacques Clouseau: I am André Botot, mustard salesman from Dijon.

Revenge of the Pink Panther

(When twisted logic meets arrogance.)


Clouseau: Now, this time *I'm* going to stand on *your* shoulders!

Cato: What good will that do?

Clouseau: Because I'm taller than you are, you fool!

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

(Sometimes, one just needs to be more specific.)


Clouseau: Does your dog bite?

Hotel Clerk: No.

Clouseau: [bowing down to pet the dog] Nice doggie.

[Dog barks and bites Clouseau in the hand]

Clouseau: I thought you said your dog did not bite!

Hotel Clerk: That is not my dog.

The Return of the Pink Panther

(Watch out. It might get contagious!)


[To a Taxi driver]

Clouseau: Follow that car!

[Driver gets out of the taxi and follows the car]

The Pink Panther

(What – not who – is the pink panther?!)


Gem dealer 1: As in every stone of this size, there is a flaw.

Sultan: A flaw?

Gem dealer 2: The slightest flaw, your excellency.

Gem dealer 1: If you look deep into the stone, you will perceive the tiniest discoloration. It resembles an animal.

Sultan: An animal?

Gem dealer 1: A little panther.

Sultan: Yes! A pink panther. Come here, Dala. A gift to your father from his grateful people. Some day it will be yours. The most fabulous diamond in all the world. Come closer.

Empire of the Sun

Narrator: In 1941 China and Japan had been in a state of undeclared war for four years. A Japanese army of occupation was in control of much of the countryside and many towns and cities. In Shanghai thousands of Westerners, protected by the diplomatic security of the International Settlement, continued to live as they had lived since the British came here in the 19th century and built in the image of their own country... built banking houses, hotels, offices, churches and homes that might have been uprooted from Liverpool or Surrey. Now their time was running out. Outside Shanghai the Japanese dug in and waited... for Pearl Harbor.

The Blue Lagoon

(Is this love?)


Richard: I have a funny feeling in my stomach.

Emmeline: Me too.

Richard: My heart is beating so fast.

Emmeline: Mine too.

Vertigo

(When life starts making sense.)


Madeleine: Only one is a wanderer; two together are always going somewhere.

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

(Ads, ads, ads. Ads everywhere.)


[McClane and Targo are fighting]

Mathias Targo: I see you all day, little man, policeman...

[Targo kicks McClane, who is on the ground]

Mathias Targo: ...and you don't go away.

John McClane: I'm like that f&%$ing Energizer bunny.

Die Hard 2

(Short life stories.)


Grant: You are the wrong person at the wrong place at the wrong time.

John McClane: Story of my life.

Die Hard

(On rules, and following them.)


[After cornering Tony]

John McClane: Drop it, d$?#head. It's the police.

Tony: You're not going to hurt me.

John McClane: Oh, yeah? Why not?

Tony: Because you're a policeman. There are rules for policemen.

John McClane: Yeah. That's what my captain keeps telling me.

Casablanca

( First lines. )


Narrator: With the coming of the Second World War, many eyes in imprisoned Europe turned hopefully, or desperately, toward the freedom of the Americas. Lisbon became the great embarkation point. But, not everybody could get to Lisbon directly, and so a tortuous, roundabout refugee trail sprang up - Paris to Marseilles... across the Mediterranean to Oran... then by train, or auto, or port across the rim of Africa, to Casablanca in French Morocco. Here, the fortunate ones through money, or influence, or luck, might obtain exit visas and scurry to Lisbon; and from Lisbon, to the New World. But the others wait in Casablanca... and wait... and wait... and wait.

Spartacus

(A time of values, morals and insight.)


Spartacus: And maybe there's no peace in this world, for us or for anyone else, I don't know. But I do know that, as long as we live, we must remain true to ourselves.

The Mask

(Still smokin', and unstoppable)


The Mask: SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSMOKIN!

The Mask: Ooh, somebody stop me!

City Lights

(When a tramp meets a millionaire.)


The Tramp: Be careful how you're driving.

Eccentric Millionaire: Am I driving?

The War of the Roses

( Do you agree? )


Gavin: Oliver, my father used to say that a man can never outdo a woman when it comes to love and revenge.

Forrest Gump

(True wisdom lies in simplicity.)


Forrest Gump: I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floatin' around accidental-like on a breeze. But I, I think maybe it's both.

Gone with the Wind

[First title card]


Title card: There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South... Here in this pretty world Gallantry took its last bow… Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies Fair, of Master and of Slave... Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered. A Civilization gone with the wind...

(007) Die Another Day

(A safe gambler)


Graves: Are you a gambling man Mr. Bond?

James Bond: If the stakes are right.

(007) The World Is Not Enough

(The basics)


Q: I've always tried to teach you two things. First, never let them see you bleed.

James Bond: And the second?

Q: Always have an escape plan.

(007) Tomorrow Never Dies

(Aha! So this is how it works then!)


Elliot Carver: Mr. Jones, are we ready to release our new software?

Jones: Yes, sir. As requested, it's full of bugs, which means people will be forced to upgrade for years.

Elliot Carver: Outstanding.

(007) GoldenEye

(Place your bets ladies and gentlemen.)


Alec Trevelyan: So, what's the choice James? Two targets; time enough for one shot: the girl or the mission?

(007) Licence to Kill

(Putting things in a nice way.)


[Asked why he has a gun]

James Bond: In my business you prepare for the unexpected.

Franz Sanchez: And what business is that?

James Bond: I help people with problems.

Franz Sanchez: Problem solver.

James Bond: More of a problem eliminator.

(007) The Living Daylights

(Even freedom comes in various sizes.)


[After escaping out of a small jail cell]

Kara Milovy: You were wonderful. We're free.

James Bond: Kara, we're inside a Russian airbase in the middle of Afghanistan.

(007) A View to a Kill

(Story of a movie title.)


[Hovering over Silicon Valley in their airship]

May Day: Wow! What a view!

Max Zorin: To a KILL!

(007) Never Say Never Again

(Graceful “humbleness”)


Largo: Do you lose as gracefully as you win?

James Bond: I don't know, I've never lost.

(007) Octopussy

(With friends like Q, you don’t need enemies!)


James Bond: [handing Q his coat] Do you think you can help me?Someone seems to have stuck a knife in my wallet.

Q: Oh, and missed you, did they? What a pity!

(007) For Your Eyes Only

(Know the difference)


Bibi: Farewell Mr. Bond, but not goodbye...

(007) Moonraker

(At 7’2’’, and steel braces to go with, Jaws doesn’t talk much …)


Dr. Holly Goodhead: You know him?

James Bond: Not socially. His name's Jaws, he kills people.


[… his only line in the Bond series …]


Jaws: Well, here's to us.

(007) The Spy Who Loved Me

(After signature clothes, jewelry, and others, here comes signature bullets)


James Bond: Which bullet has my name on it? The first or the last?

Major Anya Amasova: I have never failed on a mission, Commander. Any mission.

James Bond: In that case, Major, one of us is bound to end up gravely disappointed, because neither have I.

(007) The Man with the Golden Gun

(Public enemy No. 007!)


James Bond: Who'd want to put a contract on me?

M: Jealous husbands! Outraged chefs! Humiliated tailors! The list is endless!

(007) Live and Let Die

(Where tax money goes)


M: I'm sure the over-burdened British taxpayer would be fascinated to know how its Special Ordinances section disperses its funds. In future, Commander, let me suggest a perfectly adequate watchmaker just down the street.

[Bond activates the watch magnet, drawing to it M's spoon]

M: Good God!

James Bond: You see, sir. By pulling out this button, it turns the watch into a hyper-intensified magnetic field. Powerful enough to even deflect the path of a bullet - at long range, or so Q claims...

M: I feel very tempted to test that theory right now!

(007) Diamonds Are Forever

(Commander Bond as a gemologist)


Sir Donald Munger: Tell me, Commander, how far does your expertise extend into the field of diamonds?

James Bond: Well, hardest substance found in nature, they cut glass, suggest marriages, I suppose it replaced the dog as the girl's best friend. That's about it.

M: Refreshing to hear that there is one subject you're not an expert on!

(007) On Her Majesty's Secret Service

(May be a little imposing I’d say …)


James Bond: There's something formal about the point of a pistol.

(007) You Only Live Twice

(Enchanter …)


Blofeld: James Bond. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Ernst Stavro Blofeld. They told me you were assassinated in Hong Kong.

James Bond: Yes, this is my second life.

Blofeld: You only live twice, Mr. Bond.

(007) Thunderball

(Clumsiness is a relative thing)


Q: It is to be handled with special care!

James Bond: Everything you give me...

Q: ...is treated with equal contempt. Yes, I know.

(007) Goldfinger

(The usual …)


James Bond: A martini. Shaken, not stirred.

(007) From Russia with Love

(One of the many faces of true friendship)


James Bond: How can a friend be in debt?

(007) Dr. No

(A well known introduction …)


James Bond: Bond. James Bond.

ER

(Why don't they stick to this)


Dr. Luka Kovac: Our job is to save lives not to judge them.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

(Talking about hope…)


Faramir: I do not believe this darkness will endure.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

(Wait a minute, I need to make a call)

E.T.: E.T. phone home.

The Matrix

(Redefining the truth)


Morpheus: What is the Matrix? Control. The Matrix is a computer-generated dream world built to keep us under control in order to change a human being into this. [holds up a Duracell battery]

Neo: No, I don't believe it. It's not possible.

Morpheus: I didn't say it would be easy, Neo. I just said it would be the truth.

First Knight

(Even back then, that was a big challenge)


King Arthur: May God grant us the wisdom to discover right, the will to choose it, and the strength to make it endure.

The A-Team

[opening narration]


Narrator: In 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team.

24

(I’ll use this one next time my boss throws a negation at me)


Chapelle: I didn't ask your opinion.

Chase: Well, I'm giving it to you anyway.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

(Expectations ...)


Peter Pevensie: I think you've made a mistake. We're not heroes!

Nixon

(If you can do the following, tell me how)


Richard M. Nixon: Always remember: others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

Star Wars

(Sounds spiritual.)


Obi-Wan: The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.

Titanic

(Is this what we call a hunch?)


Rose: I know... it doesn't make any sense. That's why I trust it.

The Shawshank Redemption

(Too much of a good thing)


Red: Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing.
Hope can drive a man insane.

Se7en

(Are we becoming vegetables, or what?! Don’t reply with “or what”)


William Somerset: People don't want a hero, they want to eat cheeseburgers, play the lotto and watch television.

The Godfather

(Till you become of the caliber of Don Corleone, you can skip the following quote.)


Tom Hagen: Mr. Corleone never asks a second favor once he's refused the first, understood?

A Few Good Men

(Talking about crystal clear)


... In the court room, Lt. Kaffee(Tom Cruise) setting up Col. Jessep(Jack Nicholson)

Col. Jessep: Ever put your life in another man's hands: asked him to put his life in yours?

Lt. Kaffee: No, sir.

Col. Jessep: We follow orders, son. We follow orders, or people die; it's that simple. Are we clear?

Lt. Kaffee: Yes, sir.

Col. Jessep: [nearly shouting] Are we clear?

Lt. Kaffee: Crystal. Colonel, I've just one more question …

Lord of War

(Probably, trying to sort out developing from developed countries)


Simeon Weisz: Governments are changed more often by bullets than votes.

Armageddon

(Trying to make small talk before being launched in a rocket for the first time! )


Rockhound: You know we're sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder. Makes you feel good, doesn't it?