THE THIRTEEN GREATEST QUOTES IN MOVIE HISTORY
I believe it's time for a movie TT! Here are the top 13 quotes in cinema history, as proclaimed by the American Film Institute. Click here -- it's the AFI's actual web page and you can hear these iconic words spoken by the performers who made them famous.
13. OLIVER BARRETT IV (Ryan O'Neal): "Love means never having to say you're sorry." Love Story, 1970.
12. LT. COL. BILL KILGORE (Robert Duvall): "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." Apocalypse Now, 1979.
11. CAPTAIN (Strother Martin): "What we've got here is failure to communicate." Cool Hand Luke, 1967.
10. TRAVIS BICKLE (Robert DeNiro): "You talkin' to me?" Taxi Driver, 1976.
9. MARGO CHANNING (Bette Davis): "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." All About Eve, 1950.
8. HAN SOLO (Harrison Ford): "May the Force be with you." Star Wars, 1977.
7. NORMA DESMOND (Gloria Swanson): "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." Sunset Boulevard, 1950.
6. HARRY CALLAHAN (Clint Eastwood): "Go ahead, make my day." Sudden Impact, 1983.
5. RICK BLAINE (Humphrey Bogart): "Here's looking at you, kid." Casablanca, 1942.
4. DOROTHY GALE (Judy Garland): "Toto, I've (got) a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." Wizard of Oz, 1939.
3. TERRY MALLOY (Marlon Brando): "You don't understand! I could've had class. I could've been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am." On the Waterfront, 1954.
2. VITO CORLEONE (Marlon Brando): "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse." The Godfather, 1973.
1. RHETT BUTLER (Clark Gable): "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." Gone with the Wind, 1939.
The movie quote I use most often didn't even make the Top 100! I trot this old reliable out whenever I can't make up my mind. The Gal's Personal #1 is …
EVELYN MULWRAY (Faye Dunaway): "My sister, my daughter." Chinatown. 1974.
My second personal favorite slid in at #96 on the official AFI list …
LORETTA CASTORINI (Cher): "Snap out of it!" Moonstruck, 1987.
Are there any movie catchphrases that reappear in your conversations?
Leave your TT link in the comments and I'll list you here:
1. Chelle Y lists the great things about being a mom (and Chelle, the girl in Love Story said that line, too)
2. Tinkerbell goes down memory lane, by about 25 years.
3. Malcolm reintroduces us to our breakfast buddies
4. Anthony North takes us to Atlantis
5. Hailey's Mommy shares her husband's cap collection
6. Sue treats us to a little Q&A
7. Hootin Anni has an amusing verbal TT
8. So does Kay!
9. B Boys Mom shares ways to cut down our gas consumption
10. Claudia has a wise TT
11. Susan Helene Gottfried uses her TT to introduce Win a Book
12. Lucy celebrates Spring
13. Angela shares her knowlege of Japanese motorcyle gangs
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All these years, and I thought it was the girl who said that quote in, "The Love Story."
ReplyDeleteGreat list!
http://www.chelleyoung.com/index.php/archive/thursday-thirteen-109-thirteen-things-wonderful-things-about-being-a-mom/
Real classic quotes!!! I've bookmarked the AFI-website.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my 80's TT! Btw, feel free to use the banner if you want.
Me and some of my friends will quote "Cool Hand Luke" on a regular basis. "The Sweet Smell of Success" and "Glengarry Glen Ross" are two other movies that me and some of my family members riff on quite a bit.
ReplyDeleteBeat ya again!
I love the Loretta Castorini quote. One of my favorite movies!
ReplyDeleteSome marvellous ones there. I can picture most of them now. Magical moments.
ReplyDeleteLove #8. I'm a big Star Wars Fan. Happy TT!!
ReplyDeleteI love these! Especially #4 which I use quite frequently myself :)
ReplyDeleteHappy TT and have a great rest of the week!
I think one I use a lot would be "You want the truth? ---You can't HANDLE the truth".
ReplyDelete~A Few Good Men
Jack Nicholson.
I LOVE MOVIES. I can't wait for the next Indiana Jones on May 22nd.
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Great list. I knew all of those. Another favorite of ours, from Raising Arizona, is "H.I., you're young, your got your health, what you want with a job?"
ReplyDeleteI had heard them all but some I didn't know the movie it came from. Good TT! Have a Happy TT!
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite lines from a movie is from Bladerunner, "I don't know how long you'll have. But then no one does." ;)
ReplyDeleteHappy TT!
"Kill him a lot." -- Buffy. That was actually from Paul Reubens' character.
ReplyDeletewhat a GREAT Idea! I loved all of these movies and quotes! We just re-watched All about eve last week!
ReplyDeleteA silly one I say is from Rocky when he says "cut me Mick".. I said that to my obstetrician during the delivery of my son.. but ONLY my husband laughed!
We say #4 VERY often!
LOL. I love #12. :) Although I also like #1 and 2....dilemma. ;)
ReplyDeleteMy Thursday Thirteen is up. 13 things I learned about Japanese motorcycle gangs ;) Ah the joy of ex-pat life~
What a fun list! What we owe Hollywood. Who could talk w ithout it?
ReplyDeleteI've seen about half of those movies. Looks like I need to get myself some of those others.
ReplyDeleteGreat list. Some of them brought back memories:) Happy TT.
ReplyDeleteThe one I use a lot is from 1776 (and John Adams before that)
ReplyDeleteOne useless man is a disgrace. Two become a law firm and three or more become a congress.
These are great and I love that you have a lot of funny ones mixed in.
ReplyDeleteOur favorites are from the bad Arnold Schwarzenegger movies out there. Last week, three of us all told a kid that "It's not a tumor".
Boy, you could really do this 13 many times over with different quotes. No 13 this week for me. Glad to hear that your mother is home. Good luck.
Oh, I loved Love Story. It always made me cry.
ReplyDeleteHappy T13!
I ADORE the Love Story quote!! Another favorite I have is, "You Had Me At Hello".
ReplyDeleteMy favorites are never on these lists!!
ReplyDeleteCourse, most of my favorites are from cheesy 80s movies, so that could explain it!!
My husband constantly quote movies...and his fave of all time is "You can't handle the truth" from A Few Good Men.
ReplyDeleteGreat list!
# 11 is the story of my life lol not really, but I like it
ReplyDeleteWhat?! No "yippee-ki-ay"?
ReplyDeleteI'm disappointed. ;)
Great List!
ReplyDeleteHappy TT!
I love number 5 just because it's from one of my favorite movies.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing you list with us, and thanks for the idea - I even made a TT quotes list of my own. Check it out!
ReplyDeleteAghhh!
ReplyDeleteGreat quotes. I recognized most of them - even those that I hadn't seen the actual movie!
ReplyDeleteHappy TT!
Great list...I LOVE movie quotes!
ReplyDeleteStop by and see mine when you can.
Yeah, when I hear the Love Story quote in my mind, I hear the girl :) BUt all those quotes we really do remember hearing huh? Great TT!
ReplyDeleteHappy belated T13. I'm soo bad fornot following.
ReplyDeleteThanks for what you told me yesterday
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