hnd

Churchill had some really wonderful ones as did Dorothy Parker, Mae West. And there have been some truly memorable (although often misquoted) sayings from film and TV. Do you have a favourite?

Please forgive my poor grammar above - doubt W Churchill would have:

"Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put."

Autonomy

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S Thompson

"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. " Hunter S Thompson

Gonzo.

The Dean

I like Thomas Sowell, the African-American philosopher and economist...... lots of his are good:

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/au...as_sowell.html

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quot....Thomas_Sowell

The Dean

In films, I remember quotes from great films that I have enjoyed (the quote reminds me of the film, etc)............ I need some time to come up with a list.

And sometimes, it's a conversation or dialogue, not a single quote...... Uma Thurman and John Travolta just before the dance contest in Pulp Fiction, etc.

TGFKASE

Used to be able to recite Robin Williams opening radio dialogue in 'Good Morning Vietnam'... "this is not a test, this is rock and roll...' etc

Millhouse

I heard one this week regarding the local dating scene: 'the odds are good, but the goods are odd'

Of course, Churchill was the master of saying things worth quoting:

'I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.'

Patsy Stoned

I drink champagne when I'm happy and when I'm sad. Sometimes I drink it when I'm alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I'm not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it - unless I'm thirsty. ~ Madame Lilly Bollinger

Remember gentlemen, it's not just France we are fighting for, it's Champagne! ~ Winston Churchill, WWI

Bahtatboy

"Listen to me very carefully. There are three ways of doing things around here: the right way, the wrong way, and the way that I do it. You understand?"

Ace Rothstein, Casino (1995)

Brains1983

Ken: Coming up?
Ray: What's up there?
Ken: The view.
Ray: The view of what? The view of down here? I can see that down here.
Ken: Ray, you are about the worst tourist in the whole world.
Ray: Ken, I grew up in Dublin. I love Dublin. If I grew up on a farm, and was retarded, Bruges might impress me but I didn't, so it doesn't.

In Bruges. Full of brilliant lines.

Dorothy

"Sometimes you have to be a high-riding bitch to survive. Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman has to hold onto."

Dolores Claiborne.

scrubbedexpat141

"Do, or do not. There is no "try"." - Yoda

"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul." - From Billy Madison

"Harry, let's face it. And I'm not being funny. I mean no disrespect, but you're a ****. You're a **** now, and you've always been a ****. And the only thing that's going to change is that you're going to be an even bigger ****. Maybe have some more **** kids" - In Bruges

Natalie: [Harry gets angry and is destroying the phone, his wife approach him, saying:] Harry. Harry! It's a inanimate ****ing object!
Harry: [to wife] You're an inanimate ****in' object! - In Bruges

Theseus

This is my boss!

typical

I wish I could remember the original German, but from Das Boot:

"He came on my shoe"
"Better than in your coffee!"

Meow

Oscar Wilde came out with some of the best in my view, but I particularly like "Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years."

"We'll always have Paris" Casablanca

"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." The Princess Bride

“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter' e.e. cummings

Boomhauer

"Pimpin ain't easy" -- Big Daddy Kane