Some of your favorite lines?

[Mrs Mungo]

I love everyone's sig lines but I know you all have more lines from books, songs, movies and/or just sayings that you like. What are some more of your favorites?

 

A couple of mine and err...these aren't words to live by or anything just a couple of (what I think are) exceptionally well-written lines-

 

from Casablanca

Ugarte: You despise me, don't you?

Rick: If I gave you any thought I probably would.

 

from the John Prine song Spanish Pipedream:

I sat there at the table and I acted real naive for I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve.

[Diana in OR]

"Why is the rum always gone? Oh. That's why." :cheers2:

[King Alfred Academy]

I have way too many to post, but just about anything from Arrested Development. We quote that show more than any other...but the Office is catching up!

[bkpan]

Freeeeeeeddddoooooommmmmmm!!!!!

 

 

Kim in TN (used to be in NV)

[Surfside Academy]

Put zee candle baaack!

-Young Frankenstein

 

I also love the "Inquisition" song from History of the World, Part I

[RhondaM.]

Here are some of mine..half of them I have no idea who said them. Except for the last one I wrote them all down in my poetry journal, oh, about 17 years ago..

 

The blues aint nothing but the facts of life - Willie Dixon

 

I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then - Bob Segar

 

It hurts so much without you it's almost like having you here - (no idea who said this, but I love it.)

 

There's a method to my madness.

 

There is danger for a man who snatches a delusion from a woman. (hmmm)

 

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to loose - Joplin

 

I'd rather believe in the Eternal God than eternal dirt.

[elegantlion]

My dh's favorite is "I don't want to work, I just want to bang on the drums all day, like they were the boss's head." I get a kick out of that because dh is self-employed.

 

Stars Wars and Pirates are chock full of my favorites.

 

"laugh it up fuzzball" & "You scruffy looking nerfherder" are always used in this house.

 

Airplane has been on my mind as well. I have a few of those, "Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up.....(alcohol, cigarettes)" weeks lately.

 

Then there is the trivial quote of the week in my signature. Found myself singing to that on the radio the other day. Ah, the wisdom of the 80's.

[RhondaM.]

My dh's favorite is "I don't want to work, I just want to bang on the drums all day, like they were the boss's head." I get a kick out of that because dh is self-employed.

 

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I love this one too. The bad this is that my very unmotivated 15 year old is a drummer and would love nothing better than just bang on the drums all day. Except to break for video games that is.:tongue_smilie:

[Andie]

[Kat in GA]

My favorite one is from Steel Magnolia's...Clairee says "If you don't have anything nice to say about anybody, come sit by me."

[Jenny in Atl]

Now, we've all lived in fear of the needs of our neighbors

Yet, we voice our opinions through weak politicians

Hey, the shores of our country have closed for this season

And our lady of the harbor stands lonely and weeping...'cause... (Nanci Griffith)

 

That face in the window... it's one I should know

But it's never been haloed by New England snow... (also Nanci Griffith)

 

Well, the good times scratched a laugh

From the lungs of the young men

In a Deadwood saloon, South Dakota afternoon

And the old ones by the door

With their heads on their chests,

They told lies about whiskey on a womans breath (and Nanci Griffith)

 

And the lights of L.A. County

Look like diamonds in the sky

When you're driving through the hours

With an old friend at your side.... (Lyle Lovett)

 

Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me

Sometimes I can't even see the reason why

I guess I keep on gamblin', lots of booze and lots of ramblin'

It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die. (Townes Van Zandt)

 

All my lovers were there with me

All my past and futures

And we all went to heaven in a little rowboat

There was nothing to fear, nothing to doubt (RadioHead - Thom York)

 

This is our last goodbye

I hate to feel the love between us die (Jeff Buckley)

 

I'm all lost in the supermarket

I can no longer shop happily

I came in here for that special offer

A guaranteed personality (The Clash)

[Kanga]

Here are a few of my favorites, haven't verified that they are exactly correct - hopefully they are close enough.

 

"Perhaps after all it is possible to read too many novels."

--Henry Tilney in Northanger Abbey

 

Anne Eliot said in Persuasion: “My idea of good company… is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation.â€

 

"Take chances, make mistakes, get messy." Miss Frizzle in The Magic School Bus

 

"Avoid Boring People" title of James Watson’s book

 

"Life is too important to be taken seriously." Oscar Wilde

 

"A man cannot be too careful in his choice of enemies." Oscar Wilde

 

“Be yourself; everyone else is taken." Oscar Wilde

 

For some reason I like Oscar Wilde today.

[Mosaicmind]

We use this one around our house when we do something "stupid"

 

From Pirates of The Caribbean (not for sure which one) "Me dropped me brain"

[MomofSeven]

"Am I not merciful!!!!" - Gladiator. I say this when I decide to not punish my dc.

 

"You are stuck on stupid" - Love this line. Used a lot when my dc just won't drop it.

 

"Life is like a box of chocolates". Trite but oh so true.

[Elaine]

"Am I not merciful!!!!" - Gladiator. I say this when I decide to not punish my dc.

 

"You are stuck on stupid" - Love this line. Used a lot when my dc just won't drop it.

 

 

 

I say that one from Gladiator, too. I also say, "Are you not entertained?" to my husband. He loves that.:rolleyes:

 

 

I love that stupid one. I'll have to take that out for a spin.:001_smile:

[*anj*]

"Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes. I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again." Billy Joel

 

"Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor." Stephen Sondheim

 

"You may know what you need,

but to get what you want,

better see that you keep what you have." Stephen Sondheim

 

"She can kill with a smile

She can wound with her eyes

And she'll ruin your faith with her casual lies.

And she only reveals what she wants you to see.

She hides like a child, but she's always a woman to me." Billy Joel

 

"Remind me of this

With every decision

Generations will reap what I sow.

I can pass on a curse or a blessing

To those I will never know." Sarah Groves

[Elaine]

OK, here's one from Everclear. My husband recently texted these lyrics to me.

 

I will buy you a garden

Where your flowers can bloom

I will buy you a new car

Perfect shinny and new

I will buy you that big house

Way up in the west hills

I will buy you a new life

I will buy you a new life

Yes I will

 

 

 

And these are from Kate Bush

 

Give me these moments back.

Give them back to me.

Give me that little kiss.

Give me your hand.

 

(I know you have a little life in you yet.

I know you have a lot of strength left.

I know you have a little life in you yet.

I know you have a lot of strength left.)

 

 

I also love that Natasha Bedingfield song, Unwritten. I have written in my my boys notebooks.

[Maria from IN]

I started thinking of all the silly lines we use, and I started wondering if we ever have any original thoughts anymore!

 

Actually, there are a few...

"Who wants to go kennel?" especially when the dog is acting up (not that it's exclusively for the dog, mind you), and my personal favorite,

 

"Dang. You done flung a cravin' on me."My uncle says this when someone is talking with him about a favorite food or recipe they especially enjoy, or just when he sees a commercial with some food that makes him want to eat, eat, eat...

 

Then there's this gem from Lion King 1 1/2: "Shall we run for our lives? Oh, yes, let's."

 

"I am The Great and Powerful Mom. Pay no attention to the Grandma behind the curtain." (which is especially true since Grandma lives a block away)

 

"Do you want the whole list, or just the top ten?"

 

Of course, we can't forget Forrest Gump: "Well, you ain't got no legs, Lieutenant Dan."

 

Then there was this movie that came out in the early 80's called My Favorite Year with Peter O'Toole, where he said, "Stone, in a few moments, I shall require a diversion."

 

But we usually quote most often from Airplane:

"There's a sale at Penney's!!"

"And don't call me Shirley."

"Roger, Roger! We have clearance, Clarence. What's our vector, Victor?"

 

...nope, hardly an original thought in the bunch.:001_smile:

[OnTheBrink]

I am disinclined to acquiesce to your request.

[Soph the vet]

Andie beat me to the Inigo Montoya line. Anything from the Princess Bride is fodder for fun at our house. "Stop that incessant rhyming and I mean it...anybody want a peanut?"

 

There are three kinds of people in the world, those who can count and those who can't.

 

"I want my two dollars" (Better Off Dead)

[hsmamainva]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail quotes rule at our house!!! -- Hey, watching it over and over, repeatedly, was the highlight of our study of the Middle Ages! :D

 

"What makes you think she's a witch?"

"Well, she turned me into a newt!"

"A newt?"

"I got better."

 

"It's only a flesh wound."

 

"What are you gonna do, bleed on me?"

 

"I'm getting better!"

"No, you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment."

"I don't want to go in the cart!"

"Oh, don't be such a baby."

 

"Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?"

 

"Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."

 

"Come and see the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed!"

[Laurie]

From the movie Air Bud:

 

Judge: "Will somebody suppress that clown!"

[Mama Lynx]

We quote lots of Princess Bride, too, and Pirates.

 

Help! Is a big one here, as well. I think I know every line from A Hard Day's Night, and Help!:

 

"It's a different religion from ours, I think."

"Please, say no more."

"If he is to be sacrificed to the dread Kaile, why is he not painted red?"

"Somebody's been in this soup!"

"No thanks, I'm rhythm guitar and mouth organ."

"You're a failure, aren't you, jeweler?"

 

And lately, if you say you have a theory, one of us will ask you if it could be bunnies. (From Buffy the Vampire Slayer.)

 

"I do not need a tray to kill you!"/"I can kill catering with a thought!"/"Cake or death?" (Eddie Izzard)

 

"Where were YOU at two in the morning?" a quote from a friend of my brother's, said after relating the story of how he nearly burned down the restaurant they both worked at, and my brother asked him "Why didn't you use the fire extinguisher?" Not sure if that's going to translate. You might have had to hear the story for it to make sense. It's shorthand for "I really could have used that idea AT THE TIME!"

 

Firefly:

"You sanguine about that, sir?"

 

I'm too tired to think of any from books, or songs. TV is much easier at this hour.

[Mrs Mungo]

I tell my kids "it's only a flesh wound" ALL THE TIME! :lol:

 

And "Cake or death?" Yes! I had forgotten about that! bwahahahahaha!

[Andie]

They should make pills for this./They should make pills for this stuff. (Each of the two "best friend" characters says it.)

 

And one of my all-time favorites: Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here. - Jack Nicholson/Melvin Udall in As Good as it Gets.

[Karenciavo]

"I prefer not to." - Bartleby

"Leave the gun, take the cannoli." - The Godfather

"I wonder that you will still be talking, Signior Benedick: nobody marks you." - Much Ado

"Silence is the perfectest herald of joy." - Much Ado

"...the code is more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules." - PotC

"You can keep doing that forever, the dog is NEVER going to move." - PotC

"Don't dare impugn me honor boy!" - PotC

"So why should I feel sorry

If they just couldn’t understand

The idiomatic logic

That went on in my head" - Joni Mitchell

[*anj*]

I just read this one and I love it!:

 

"May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house." George Carlin

[Soph the vet]

Ok, I forgot all about Steven Wright until this morning.

 

"I lost a buttonhole today"

[Guest Virginia Dawn]

Arsenic and Old Lace is heard often here:

 

Yes dear, we know.

 

Charge the blockhouse!

 

There is a Happydale, far, far away.

 

Others? You mean more than one others?

[Liza Q]

According to my research....Phoebe from the Magic School Bus

 

High-larious....Jayne from Firefly

[Karenciavo]

Forgot one, "

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[Jenny in Atl]

And "Cake or death?" Yes! I had forgotten about that! bwahahahahaha!

 

[ThelmaLou]

Andy Griffth rules at our house:

 

Maybe he just misses the fun you used to have shootin' him in the leg

He pushed me real hard. He assaulted me.

'I' before 'E' except after 'C' and 'E' before 'N' in 'chicken'

Giraffes are selfish.

Nectarine crush

It was your heart talkin' to my heart; now my heart's answerin'

Dirty Me, Dirty Me, I'm Disgusted with Myself

Ebum, shoobum, shoobum, shoobum

It's Thera-petic

Lots of luck to you and yours

Got time to breathe, got time for music

Did Your Mother Ever Used to Hit You? Oh, Yes. She Was Wonderful.

Hey to Goober

You're the Only One I Ever Gave a Hoot For

Welcome, Sweet Springtime, we greet thee in song!

Old Man Kelsey's Woods, Old Many Kelsey's Crick, Old Man Kelsey's Ocean.

Onvicts-kay Ere-hay

Six can't play bridge, Goober

That's One Subject You Just Can't Talk Enough About -- Sin

[Guest Virginia Dawn]

LOL!

 

To tell the truth we get a lot of the three stooges around here.

 

I'm o-may, you're um-day.

I'm um-day in pig language?

You're um-day in any language.

[Doran]

These are the ones that get said in our average household communications -- they just drop into the conversation as they fit, and they make us laugh.

 

 

Python:

 

"What are you going to do, bleed on me?"

 

"I'm being oppressed, I'm being oppressed!"

 

 

Cosby:

 

"Woah boy, that's a weird looking dog you got there!"

 

"Ralph, Rutabaga...what is your name!? And, don't lie to me, becuase you live here and I'll find out who you are."

 

Jaws:

 

"You're gonna need a bigger boat."

 

 

When Harry Met Sally

 

"I'll have what she's having."

 

 

Harry Potter:

 

"Fasten your seatbelts. It's goin' to be a bumpy ride."

 

 

Fish Called Wanda:

 

"Calling you stupid would be an insult to stupid people!"

 

 

Roger Rabbit:

 

"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way."

 

 

Forrest Gump:

 

"I'm a smart man, Jenny. And, I know what love is."

 

"Life is like a box of chocolates."

 

Arthur:

 

"You're a hooker?! I thought I was doing great with you."

 

Pirates:

 

"Hello Beastie"

 

"I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request."

 

 

 

Airplane:

 

"I am serious, and don't call me Shirley."

 

 

Nemo:

 

"Shark Bait! Hoo-ha-ha!"

 

 

Babe:

"That'll be the bus!"

 

 

Cool Hand Luke:

 

"What we've got here is a failure to communicate!"

 

[Parrothead]

I've got a big suspicion 'bout ammunition.

I never forget to duck.

 

--From Jamaica Mistaka by Jimmy Buffett

 

 

 

It is too early in the morning to think of others.

[hsmamainva]

My kids LOVE Finding Nemo!!

 

"I suffer from short term memory loss. It runs in my family. At least...I think it does... Hmm... Where ARE they?"

 

"Why don't we just chop him up now and serve him with chips?"

 

"Not much fun for little Harpo."

 

"I speak whale!"

[Mekanamom]

I tell my kids "it's only a flesh wound" ALL THE TIME! :lol:

 

And "Cake or death?" Yes! I had forgotten about that! bwahahahahaha!

 

LOL, Death please. I mean, no- I meant cake! Cake please.