Quote-o-rama: Movies N-Q


Quote-o-rama:
The Big Movie File: N-Q


"You know, there's like a butt-load of gangs at this school. This one gang 
 kept wanting me to join because I'm pretty good with a bo staff."
					_Napoleon Dynamite_

Don: Hey, Napoleon. What did you do last summer again? 
Napoleon: I told you! I spent it with my uncle in Alaska hunting 
	wolverines! 
Don: Did you shoot any? 
Napoleon: Yes, like 50 of 'em! They kept trying to attack my cousins, what 
	the heck would you do in a situation like that? 
					_Napoleon Dynamite_

"Well, I have all your equipment in my locker. You should probably come 
 get it cause I can't fit my nunchucks in there anymore."
					_Napoleon Dynamite_

"It's impossible you're this dumb."
					-Oak, _Narc_

"I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
					_Network_

"You know those moments when a man makes a decision that'll change his
 entire life and he steps up to become the hero he was meant to be? This
 ain't one of those moments."
					-Luther, _The New Guy_

[teaching Dizzy how to fight]
Clem: First thing you wanna do is gouge the dude's eyes out.
Luther: Hey, it's just kids in high school.
Clem: Oh. So you're gonna want to fight dirty.
					_The New Guy_

Torin: And today we meet our destiny!
Hawkeye: ...She means that in a good way, right?
Akari: Probably better if we don't know.
					_Next Avengers_

"Dude, you can't start a slow clap at any time and expect everyone to join
 in."
                                        _Not Another Teen Movie_

"Sure, why not? I am the token black guy. I'm just supposed to smile and
 stay out of the conversation and say things like: 'Damn,' 'Shit,' and
 'That is whack.'"
					-Malik,  _Not Another Teen Movie_

"No, not Janey Briggs. She's got glasses. And a ponytail. Ugh, she's got 
 paint on her overalls. What is that?"
					-Jake, _Not Another Teen Movie_

"You shall see thangs, wonderful to tell. You shall see a... a cow... on
 the roof of a cotton house, ha. And, oh, so many startlements. I cannot
 tell you how long this road shall be, but fear not the obstacles in your
 path, for fate has vouchsafed your reward."
					_O Brother, Where Art Thou?_

Pete: You stole from my kin!
Everett: Who was fixin' to betray us.
Pete: You didn't know that at the time.
Everett: So I borrowed it until I did know.
Pete: That don't make no sense!
Everett: Pete, it's a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the   
	human heart.
					_O Brother, Where Art Thou?_

Tommy: I had to be up at that there crossroads last midnight, to sell my
        soul to the devil.
Everett: Well, ain't it a small world, spiritually speaking. Pete and
        Delmar just been baptized and saved. I guess I'm the only one that
        remains unaffiliated.
                                        _O Brother, Where Art Thou_

Junior O'Daniel: We could hire our own midget, even shorter than his.
Pappy O'Daniel: Wouldn't we look like a bunch of Johnny-come-latelies, 
	bragging on our own midget, doesn't matter how stumpy.
					_O Brother, Where Art Thou?_

"A lot of respectable people have been hit by trains."
					-Penny, 
					_O Brother, Where Art Thou?_

Delmar: But they was witnesses that seen us redeemed.
Everett: That's not the issue Delmar. Even if that did put you square with
        the Lord, the State of Mississippi's a little more hard-nosed.
					_O Brother, Where Art Thou?_

"I'll tell you what I am - I'm the damn paterfamilias!"
					-Everett,
					_O Brother, Where Art Thou?_

"It does put me in a damn awkward position, vis-a-vis my progeny."
					-Everett, 
					_O Brother, Where Art Thou?_

"It will be nice working with proper villains again!"
                                        -Basher, _Ocean's 11_

"I'm gonna get out of the car and drop you like third period French."
                                        -Turk Malloy, _Ocean's 11_

Rusty: You scared?
Linus: You suicidal?
Rusty: Only in the morning.
					_Ocean's 11_

"Ted Nugent just called. He wants his shirt back."
                                        -Danny Ocean, _Ocean's 11_

Rusty: Why do this?
Danny: Why not do it?
[Rusty shakes his head]
Danny: Cause yesterday I walked out of the joint after losing four years
        of my life and you're cold-decking teen beat cover boys. [pause]
        Cause the house always wins. Play long enough, you never change  
        the stakes. The house takes you. Unless, when that perfect hand  
        comes along, you bet big, then you take the house.
Rusty: Been practicing this speech, haven't you?
Danny: Little bit. Did I rush it? Felt I rushed it.
Rusty: No, it was good, I liked it.
                                        _Ocean's 11_

Danny: And I always confuse Monet and Manet. Now which one married his
        mistress?
Tess: Monet.
Danny: Right, and then Manet had syphilis.
Tess: They also painted occasionally.
                                        _Ocean's 11_

Peter: What if we're still doin' this when we're 50?
Samir: It would be nice to have that kind of job security.
					_Office Space_

Samir: No, not again. I... why does it say paper jam when there is no
	paper jam? I swear to God, one of these days, I just kick this 
	piece of shit out the window.
Michael: You and me both, man. That thing is lucky I'm not armed.
					_Office Space_

Peter: So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I
	started working, every single day of my life has been worse than 
	the day before it. So that means that every single day that you 
	see me, that's on the worst day of my life.
Dr. Swanson: What about today? Is today the worst day of your life?
Peter: Yeah.
Dr. Swanson: Wow, that's messed up.
					_Office Space_

"When I make a mistake, I have eight different people coming by to tell me
 about it. My only real motivation is not to be hassled, that and the fear 
 of losing my job. But you know, Bob, that will only make someone work 
 just hard enough not to get fired."
					-Peter, _Office Space_

Peter: ...and, uh, it doesn't really matter. I uh, I don't like my job,
	and, uh, I don't think I'm gonna go anymore.
Joanna: You're just not gonna go?
Peter: Yeah.
Joanna: Won't you get fired?
Peter: I don't know, but I really don't like it, and, uh, I'm not gonna 
	go.
Joanna: So you're gonna quit?
Peter: Nah-uh. Not really. Uh... I'm just gonna stop going.
Joanna: When did you decide all that?
Peter: About an hour ago.
Joanna: An hour ago... so you're gonna get another job?
Peter: I don't think I'd like another job.
Joanna: Well, what are you going to do about money and bills and...
Peter: You know, I've never really liked paying bills. I don't think I'm
	gonna do that, either.
					_Office Space_

"'PC Load Letter'!? What the fuck does that mean!?"
					_Office Space_

Bob: Looks like you've been missing a lot of work lately.
Peter: Well, I wouldn't exactly say I've been *missing* it, Bob.
					_Office Space_

"It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care."
					-Peter, _Office Space_

Spanish: Damn, I don't wanna end up workin' at Red Lobster. 
frat brother: You already work at Red Lobster. 
Spanish: Yea, well it's part time... dick. 
					_Old School_

"Well why don't you give me your number in case anything happens to my 
 wife."
					-Beanie, _Old School_

"You think I like avoiding my wife and kids to hangout with nineteen year 
 old girls everyday?"
					-Beanie, _Old School_

Dae-su Oh: Who the hell are you?
Woo-jin Lee: Me? I'm a sort of scholar. And my major is you.
					_Oldboy_

"You see, they say that people shrivel up because they have an
 imagination. So, don't imagine anything, you'll become brave as hell."
					-Mr. Park, _Oldboy_

"And now... now, what joy will I have left to live for?"
					-Woo-jin Lee, _Oldboy_

"You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I
 could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."
					_On the Waterfront_

"He doesn't like you: you're mean and rotten and evil. He likes 
 *me*, because I'm good and sweet and innocent... so FUCK OFF!"
                                        _Once Bitten_

"This story is well-traveled. It might have picked up some embellishments
 along the way. Just read between the lines."
					-Belini, 
					_Once Upon a Time in Mexico_

"Are you a Mexi-CAN or a Mexi-CAN'T?"
					-Sands,
					_Once Upon a Time in Mexico_

El Mariachi: You want me to shoot the cook?
Agent Sands: No. I'll shoot the cook. My car's parked out back, anyway.
					_Once Upon a Time in Mexico_

"Wanna know the secret to winning? Creative sportsmanship. In other words,
 one has to rig the game."
					-Sands, 
					_Once Upon a Time in Mexico_

Snaky: ...looks like we're shy one horse.
Harmonica: You brought two too many.
					_Once Upon a Time in the West_

Morton: Not bad. Congratulations. Tell me, was it necessary that you kill
	all of them? I only told you to scare them.
Frank: People scare better when they're dying.
					_Once Upon a Time in the West_

"How can you trust a man who wears both a belt and suspenders? The man
 can't even trust his own pants."
					-Frank, 
					_Once Upon a Time in the West_

"My weapons might look simple to you, Mr. Morton, but they can still shoot
 holes big enough for our little problems."
					-Frank, 
					_Once Upon a Time in the West_   

"No, this is not a love story, but it is a story about love. About those
 who give in into it, and the price they pay. And those who run away from
 it, because they are afraid, or because they do not believe they're
 worthy of it. She ran away. He gave in."
					_Original Sin_

Luis: Julia, I just killed a man!
Julia: I just bought a hat.
					_Original Sin_

Julia: Get this man a doctor!
security guard: What about him?
Julia: [fires gun] He's dead.
					_Original Sin_

"She's lived for 400 years and hardly aged a day; but, because this is
 England, everyone pretends not to notice."
					_Orlando_

Snaps: You took my daughter to a speakeasy!?
Anthony: It's a very respectable speakeasy, sir.
                                        _Oscar_

"If it's Poole you want, it's Poole you'll get. But you've *got* to cross
the finish line on this one! This is your third fiance today and it ain't
even lunch yet!"
                                        -Snaps, _Oscar_

"Of course I knew. I just had no idea!"
                                        -Snaps, _Oscar_

Snaps: Connie! Am-scray! 
Connie: Do I have to, Boss? Every time I leave I fall behind. 
					_Oscar_

"Always be grateful for what you get. Rule number one."
                                        _Payback_

Stegman: They'll kill me.
Porter: What do you think I'm going to do? Worry about me.
                                        _Payback_ 

"Lot 666 then, ladies and gentlemen: a chandelier, in pieces. Some of you
 may recall the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opera, a mystery
 never fully explained."
					_The Phantom of the Opera_

"There is no phantom of the opera."
					-Raoul, _The Phantom of the Opera_

"...and then they made me their chief."
					-Captain Jack Sparrow, 
					_Pirates of the Caribbean_

"I never wanted to use macrame to kill!"
					-Lu-Lu, _Polyester_

The Postman: It takes one postman to make someone else a postman.
Ford: Sorta like vampires, huh?
					_The Postman_

"She says the jungle... it just came alive and took him."
					_Predator_

"This stuff will make you a god damned sexual Tyrannosaurus, just like 
 me!"
					-Blain, _Predator_

Poncho: You're bleeding, man!
Blain: I ain't got time to bleed!
					_Predator_

"If it bleeds, we can kill it."
					-Dutch, _Predator_

"They say you want to talk to me. They say you are offering me favours."
					-King Willie, _Predator 2_

"What's worse, thinking you're being paranoid or knowing you should be?"
					-Aaron, _Primer_

"We are men of action, lies do not become us."
                                        -Westley, _The Princess Bride_

Westley: Oh, there's something I ought to tell you. 
Inigo Montoya: Tell me. 
Westley: I'm not left-handed either.
					_The Princess Bride_

Prince Humperdinck: Tyrone, you know how much I love watching you work.
        But I've got my country's 500th anniversary to plan, my wedding to
        arrange, my wife to murder, and Guilder to frame for it. I'm
        swamped!
Count Rugen: Get some rest. If you haven't got your health, you haven't
        got anything.
                                        _The Princess Bride_

Prince Humperdinck: Surrender!          
Westley: You mean you wish to surrender to me? Very well, I accept.
                                        _The Princess Bride_

Inigo: You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you.
Westley: You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die.
                                        _The Princess Bride_

"Let me 'splain. [pause] No, there is too much. Let me sum up."
                                        -Inigo Montoya,
                                        _The Princess Bride_

"Study your math, kids. Key to the Universe."
                                        -Gabriel, _The Prophecy_

Simon: Do you believe that you are a part of God's plan?
Thomas Daggett: That's a complicated question.
Simon: No it isn't.
                                        _The Prophecy_

"I'm an angel. I kill newborns while their mamas watch. I turn cities into
 salt. And occasionally, when I feel like it, I tear little girls apart.  
 And from now till kingdom come... the only thing you can count on... in  
 your existence... is never understanding why."
                                        -Gabriel, _The Prophecy_

"Sometimes, you just have to _do_ what you're _told._"
                                        -Simon, _The Prophecy_

"I'll burn down Heaven to stop it."     
                                        -Gabriel, _The Prophecy_

[Jules shoots the guy on the couch during Brett's interrogation]
Jules: Oh, I'm sorry. Did I break your concentration?
					_Pulp Fiction_

Jules: What country are you from?
Brett: What?
Jules: I never heard of What. They speak English in What?
					_Pulp Fiction_

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of
 the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name 
 of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of 
 darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost 
 children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and 
 furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. 
 And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."
					-Jules, _Pulp Fiction_

"I'm Winston Wolf. I solve problems."
                                        _Pulp Fiction_

"I'm prepared to scour the the Earth for that motherfucker. If Butch goes
to Indochina, I want a nigger waiting in a bowl of rice ready to pop a cap
in his ass."
					-Marsellus, _Pulp Fiction_

"If I'm curt with you, it's because time is a factor. I think fast, I talk
 fast, and I need you guys to act fast if you want to get out of this. So 
 pretty please, with sugar on top, clean the fuckin' car."
                                        -Winston Wolf, _Pulp Fiction_

Butch: You okay?
Marsellus: Naw man. I'm pretty fuckin' far from okay!
Butch: What now?
Marsellus: What now? Well let me tell you what now. I'm gonna call a
        couple of pipe-hittin' niggers, who'll go to work on homes here  
        with a pair of pliers and a blow torch. Hear me talkin' hillbilly
        boy? I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'm gonna get
        medieval on your ass.
					_Pulp Fiction_

Jules: Nobody's gonna hurt anybody. We're gonna be like three little
        Fonzies here. And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda what's
        Fonzie like?!
Yolanda: Cool?
Jules: What?
Yolanda: He's cool.
					_Pulp Fiction_

Jules: Hand me my wallet.
Pumpkin: Which one is it?
Jules: It's the one with "bad motherfucker" written on it.
					_Pulp Fiction_

"I been sayin' that shit for years. And if you ever heard it, it meant
 your ass. I never really questioned what it meant. I thought it was just 
 a cold-blooded thing to say to a motherfucker before you popped a cap in 
 his ass. But I saw some shit this mornin' made me think twice. Now I'm
 thinkin': it could mean you're the evil man. And I'm the righteous man.  
 And Mr. 9mm here, he's the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the
 valley of darkness. Or it could be you're the righteous man and I'm the  
 shepherd and it's the world that's evil and selfish. I'd like that. But  
 that shit ain't the truth. The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the
 tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be a 
 shepherd."
					-Jules, _Pulp Fiction_

"Feeling screwed up at a screwed up time in a screwed up place does not
 necessarily make you screwed up."
                                        _Pump Up the Volume_

"I'm sick of being ashamed. I don't mind being dejected and rejected, but 
 I'm not going to be ashamed about it. At least pain is real. I mean, you
 look around and you see nothing is real, but at least the pain is real."
                                        _Pump Up the Volume_

"I'm dedicating this unusual song to an unusual person who makes me feel
 kind of... unusual."                   
                                        _Pump Up the Volume_

"We're all worried, we're all in pain. That just comes with having eyes
 and having ears. But just remember one thing - it can't get any worse, it
 can only get better. High school is the bottom, being a teenager sucks,
 but that's the point, surviving it is the whole point. Quitting is not
 going to make you stronger, living will."
					_Pump Up the Volume_

"They think you're moody, make 'em think you're crazy. Make 'em think you
 might snap. They say you got attitude, you show 'em some real attitude."
					_Pump Up the Volume_

"Understand this: nothing on this earth frightens me anymore. Nothing."
                                        -Herod, _The Quick and the Dead_

"If someone would try to walk on water and drowned, would they blame God?"
                                        -the Marquis de Sade, _Quills_

"In order to know virtue, we must acquaint ourselves with vice. Only then
 can we know the true measure of a man."
                                        -the Marquis de Sade, _Quills_ 

"You're not the anti-Christ. You're only a malcontent who knows how to
 spell."
                                        -the Abbe du Coulmier, _Quills_

"Why should I love God? He strung up his only son like a side of veal. I
 shudder to think what he'd do to me."
					-the Marquis de Sade, _Quills_

"I asked myself, 'why would he do this, he knows I'll come after him?'
 Then it occured to me. He knows I'll come after him."
                                        -Dick Goodwin, _Quiz Show_

"I've stood on the shoulders of life and I've never gotten down into the
 dirt to build, to erect a foundation of my own. I've flown too high on
 borrowed wings. Everything came too easy."
                                        -Charles Van Doren, _Quiz Show_


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