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Hmmmm. I'm interested to see what beats this. This kind of seems like a No. 1 to me.

AFI top 100 movie quotes, #22:
"Bond. James Bond.", James Bond (Sean Connery), Dr. No

Wizard of Oz defines movies. It's what we'd give aliens if they asked what a movie is. Everything is either perfect or wonderfully imperfect. It's magical, just a dozen years into the sound era, it's got great songs, visual effects, costumes, sets, makeup, and performances. It's has striking black and white photography and striking color photography.

And it's not only merely quotable but it's really most sincerely quotable.

Kyle wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:43 am Hmmmm. I'm interested to see what beats this. This kind of seems like a No. 1 to me.

If it was #1 I'd have no complaints.

I couldn't have said it better, pete. Very eloquent and right on the money. Thanks for that.

While the Bond quote is definitely list-worthy, I wonder-- just because the limitations of its quotability-- if it deserves a spot this high up.

AFI top 100 movie quotes, #21:
"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.", Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), The Silence of the Lambs

Nah- not good enough.

AFI top 100 movie quotes, #20:
"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.", Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), Casablanca

That's actually a pretty good line.

Tahlvin wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:33 am AFI top 100 movie quotes, #23:
"There's no place like home.", Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland), The Wizard of Oz

Did we have the one about Toto yet?

Nope. But that's coming.

AFI top 100 movie quotes, #19:
"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!", Howard Beale (Peter Finch), Network

Good quote

I use it all the time jokingly in daily life; it pleases.

AFI top 100 movie quotes, #18:
"Made it, Ma! Top of the world!", Arthur "Cody" Jarrett (James Cagney), White Heat

Good quote.

Good one but probably has zero cultural cache, and only have heard movie buffs quote it, if at all. I'd be surprised if this was in the top 50 in a 2022 list.

AFI top 100 movie quotes, #17:
"Rosebud.", Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles), Citizen Kane

No arguments on this one. Everyone knows that Rosebud was his sled. Everyone knows it is a classic last words quote. Everyone knows what movie it's from. It has become emblematic of giving away spoilers that everyone should know already. And all that after more than 80 years.

I miss The Critic.

Right? We're getting Futurama revival #4 but still nothing for Jay. It stinks.

AFI top 100 movie quotes, #16:
"They call me Mister Tibbs!", Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), In the Heat of the Night

I mean referenced in Lion King, proceeded by another movie quote that we haven't got yet.



Excellent quote, in context, I've never quoted it to friends or anything, how could I, how could I match the pathos? Sidney is a top 5 film actor, but he doesn't need a catchphrase, he's the sum of all his lines. Meryl is also a top 5 great, but doesn't need a high-ranking quote to prove it. The others: Denzel, Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, are any here? Either way, they don't need to.

AFI top 100 movie quotes, #15:
"E.T. phone home.", E.T. (Pat Welsh), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

This is losing its cultural relevance- still a great quote, but not timeless like the Wizard of Oz.

AFI top 100 movie quotes, #14:
"The stuff that dreams are made of.", Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart), The Maltese Falcon

Watched this last weekend. Great movie. Great quote. And the quote is equally loved because people now use the quote to define movies. Movies, the stuff that dreams are made of.

That said, my favorite line this time was...


poor Peter Lorre

AFI top 100 movie quotes, #13:
"Love means never having to say you're sorry.", Jennifer Cavalleri (Ali MacGraw) & Oliver Barrett IV (Ryan O'Neal), Love Story

I get this quote, it's just kind of... ew.

AFI top 100 movie quotes, #12:
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning.", Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore (Robert Duvall), Apocalypse Now

Yup.

That scans.

Yep finally we have a few more that make sense as movie quotes to me.

This one inspired me to investigate further and I found the following surprising piece of new-to-me information in an article printed in the Boston globe:

"...Project X-Ray....The US spent about $24 million, in current dollars, on this plan to arm millions of American bats with tiny napalm time bombs and transport them to Japan in giant, ventilated bomb shells that would be cooled to keep them in hibernation. The shells would then be released, pop open, and the bats would revive from contact with the warm air, flying away and sheltering in houses or buildings where they would then detonate 15 to 30 minutes later. They did lots of testing and had several airplanes requisitioned for the project, but unfortunately the only thing they managed to destroy was a brand new US Army Air Force base in New Mexico."

AFI top 100 movie quotes, #11:
"What we've got here is failure to communicate.", Captain (Strother Martin), Cool Hand Luke

Yeah. Great quote.

Now that's a movie quote!

AFI top 100 movie quotes, #10:
"You talkin' to me?", Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro), Taxi Driver

Good quote.

AFI top 100 movie quotes, #9:
"Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night.", Margo Channing (Bette Davis), All About Eve

Great quote, often misquoted, often misattributed. The best thing about it is that she knows her friends are going to dismiss her as an emotional crazypants when in fact only she and her personal assistant see the truth of the situation: her employers are conspiring to put her out to pasture, a brazen hussy aims to steal her man, job, and life, and her bestie is too soft hearted to realize it and will blame her for being mean. So be it! Time to get raging drunk and cause some scenes while raining truths down like an air raid. This movie has a lot of other good quotes but these list makers have no idea. Marilyn Monroe appears in this film, early in her career, and has some zingers. Makes clear her whole dumb blonde thing is an act and she's in on the joke.

Anyway, my favorite one is:
"You want an answer or an argument?"
"An answer."
"No."
"Why not?"
"Now you want an argument."

AFI top 100 movie quotes, #8:
"May the Force be with you.", Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Star Wars


As a Catholic school kid at the time, it was automatic to respond with "And also with you."

Yeah- good quote.

Tahlvin wrote: ↑Mon Feb 14, 2022 7:37 am AFI top 100 movie quotes, #8:
"May the Force be with you.", Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Star Wars


As a Catholic school kid at the time, it was automatic to respond with "And also with you."

Now we say, "And with your spirit."

AFI top 100 movie quotes, #7:
"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.", Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), Sunset Boulevard

The movie is better than its quotes

AFI top 100 movie quotes, #6:
"Go ahead, make my day.", Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood), Sudden Impact

Yeah. For sure.

AFI top 100 movie quotes, #5:
"Here's looking at you, kid.", Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), Casablanca

This is a pretty good top 10.

AFI top 100 movie quotes, #4:
"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.", Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland), The Wizard of Oz