Best Movie Line (meaning, words, quote)

[believe007]

My favorite line from As Good As It Gets


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[CourageMom]

Melvin Udall: Where do they teach you to talk like this? In some Panama City "Sailor wanna hump-hump" bar, or is it getaway day and your last shot at his whiskey? Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here.

"Never, never, interrupt me, okay? Not if there's a fire, not even if you hear the sound of a thud from my home and one week later there's a smell coming from there that can only be a decaying human body and you have to hold a hanky to your face because the stench is so thick that you think you're going to faint. Even then, don't come knocking. Or, if it's election night, and you're excited and you wanna celebrate because some *********** that you date has been elected the first ***** president of the United States and he's going to have you down to Camp David, and you want someone to share the moment with. Even then, don't knock. Not on this door. Not for ANY reason. Do you get me, sweetheart?"

[CourageMom]

Originally Posted by Cunucu Beach

I always thought that line should have been, "It was better than sex. He LISTENED to me."

I'll second that!

[CourageMom]

Receptionist: Oh come on! Just a couple of questions. How hard is that?
[Scampers up to Melvin]
Receptionist: How do you write women so well?
Melvin Udall: I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability.

[swanstone1]

since a child it was always "Frankly my dear I don't give a damn".

[Cunucu Beach]

I've always like, "Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night."

[CourageMom]

Originally Posted by Cunucu Beach

I've always like, "Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night."

Oh yes, I can just see them with the top down and the music playing.. nice moment!

[CourageMom]

Melvin Udall: I've got a really great compliment for you, and it's true.
Carol Connelly: I'm so afraid you're about to say something awful.
Melvin Udall: Don't be pessimistic, it's not your style. Okay, here I go: Clearly, a mistake. I've got this, what - ailment? My doctor, a shrink that I used to go to all the time, he says that in fifty or sixty percent of the cases, a pill really helps. I *hate* pills, very dangerous thing, pills. Hate. I'm using the word "hate" here, about pills. Hate. My compliment is, that night when you came over and told me that you would never... all right, well, you were there, you know what you said. Well, my compliment to you is, the next morning, I started taking the pills.
Carol Connelly: I don't quite get how that's a compliment for me.
Melvin Udall: You make me want to be a better man.
Carol Connelly: ...That's maybe the best compliment of my life.
Melvin Udall: Well, maybe I overshot a little, because I was aiming at just enough to keep you from walking out.

[ogre]

With all the talk about Jack, I can't help but think of a very famous line: "You can't handle the truth!" (Pretty sure I haven't seen that one yet on this thread. Apologies if it's been posted and I missed it.)

Those who have seen About Schmidt will know this line that I like because it got so I'd start laughing every time I heard Jack say it in voice-over: "Dear Ndugu . . . ."

Really like a line from Casablanca that I don't hear mentioned as often as the really famous lines. Spoken by Claude Rains at the crucial moment near the end. Will he turn in Bogie for shooting the German officer, or will he finally stop being a political animal and do what's right? "Major Strasser has been shot! . . . Round up the usual suspects!" Finally Claude does the right thing.

Speaking of dialogue less quoted from movies with a number of famous lines, how about this wry observation from The Wizard of Oz? "Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking!"

This small bit of dialogue from Apollo 13 gets my attention because it involves a few lines spoken almost in passing but actually subtly captures the can-do attitude that infuses the film: Marilyn Lovell (Kathleen Quinlan), expresses concern about whether her husband will have time to prepare for the mission, then mutters, "I don't know . . . thirteen." Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) [spoken in matter-of-fact tone]: It comes after twelve.

Another good small line from Apollo 13: Lovell: I think we've just had our glitch for this mission. [Um, not quite.]

Another favorite of mine from Apollo 13 is one of the better known lines: "Failure is not an option."

[CourageMom]

Bravo ogre! great post!