Favorite quotes from movies you like

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"The fool, the meddling fool, as if his apes brain could contain the secrets of the Krell"

Forbidden Planet

From "Dr. Strangelove"

President: "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the war room!"

"Badges, badges? We don't need no steenkin' badges, gringo."
--Bandito to Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart), Treasure of the Sierra Madre's

"The Flying Wing will be dropping it."
--Somebody to somebody, War of the Worlds
(some of the best pictures of the Flying Wing ever)

The Princess Bride:

Inigo Montoya: "I don't mean to pry, but you don't by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?"
Westley: "Do you always start conversations this way?"

A Few Good Men (1992)

Judge Randolph: *Consider yourself in Contempt!*

Kaffee: *Colonel Jessep, did you order the Code Red?*

Judge Randolph: You *don't* have to answer that question!

Col. Jessep: I'll answer the question!

[to Kaffee]

Col. Jessep: You want answers?

Kaffee: I think I'm entitled.

Col. Jessep: *You want answers?*

Kaffee: *I want the truth!*

Col. Jessep: *You can't handle the truth!*

[pauses]

Col. Jessep: Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.

Kaffee: Did you order the Code Red?

Col. Jessep: I did the job I...

Kaffee: *Did you order the Code Red?*

[b]Col. Jessep: [/b]*You're Goddamn right I did!*

From 'Adaptation'

Point is, what's so wonderful is that every one of these flowers has a specific relationship with the insect that pollinates it. There's a certain orchid look exactly like a certain insect so the insect is drawn to this flower, its double, its soul mate, and wants nothing more than to make love to it. And after the insect flies off, spots another soul-mate flower and makes love to it, thus pollinating it. And neither the flower nor the insect will ever understand the significance of their lovemaking. I mean, how could they know that because of their little dance the world lives? But it does. By simply doing what they're designed to do, something large and magnificent happens. In this sense they show us how to live - how the only barometer you have is your heart. How, when you spot your flower, you can't let anything get in your way.

From 'The Ice Storm'

When you think about it, it's not easy to keep from just wandering out of life. It's like someone's always leaving the door open to the next world, and if you aren't paying attention you could just walk through it, and then you've died. That's why in your dreams it's like you're standing in that doorway... and the dying people and the newborn people pass by you... and brush up against you as they come in and out of the world during the night. You get spun around, and in the morning... it takes a while to find your way back into the world.


From 'Apocalypse Now'

I remember when I was with Special Forces... seems a thousand centuries ago. We went into a camp to inoculate some children. We left the camp after we had inoculated the children for polio, and this old man came running after us and he was crying. He couldn't see. We went back there, and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried, I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out; I didn't know what I wanted to do! And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it... I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought, my God... the genius of that! The genius! The will to do that! Perfect, genuine, complete, crystalline, pure. And then I realized they were stronger than we, because they could stand that these were not monsters, these were men... trained cadres. These men who fought with their hearts, who had families, who had children, who were filled with love... but they had the strength... the strength... to do that.

From Conan the Barbarian. When asked what is best Conan replied:

To close with the enemy and crush him, to smell his hot blood spilling on the ground. To hear the lamentations of his women.

Yes --- that is best.

ruveyn

From one of my all-time favorite movies, The Zero Effect.

All lines spoken by Darryl Zero (played by Bill Pullman).

"When you go looking for something specific your chances of finding it are very bad because of all the things in the world, you're only looking for one of them. When you go looking for anything at all, your chances of finding it are very good, because of all the things in the world, you're sure to find some of them."

"I always say that the essence of my work relies fundamentally on two basic principles, objectivity and observation (or the two "obs" as I call them). My work relies on my ability to remain absolutely and purely objective, detached. I have mastered the fine art of detachment. And while it comes at some cost, this supreme objectivity is what makes me, I dare say, the greatest observer the world has ever known."

"People know they're being followed when they turn around and see someone following them. They can't tell they're being followed if you get there first."

"I can't possibly overstate the importance of good research. Everyone goes through life dropping crumbs. If you can recognize the crumbs you can trace a path all the way back from your death certificate to the dinner and a movie that resulted in you in the first place. But research is an art not a science because anyone who knows what they're doing can find the crumbs, the "wheres", "whats", and "whos"; the art is in the "whys"--the ability to read between the crumbs (not to mix metaphors)."

"Absolutely vital: The ability to blend in, to very discreetly assimilate. It's not usually very difficult. All you have to do is look around, see how all the ordinary people are behaving, and try to behave like one of them."

However, my favorite part of the movie is the intro, where his assistant, Arlo (played by Ben Stiller) is trying to sell Zero's services to a potential client, Stark (played by Ryan O'Neil). Those scenes alternate with Arlo in a bar with a friend, explaining what Darryl Zero is really like. Here's part of those exchanges, with the bar scenes in italics.

Arlo: Let me tell you about the case of the man with the mismatched shoelaces. [Edited.] My employer had never heard of this missing man, knew nothing about him. After just one hour of desk work, just an hour after accepting the case, he picked up the telephone and placed a call. Guess who answered the phone.

Stark: The missing man.

Arlo: The man with the mismatched shoelaces. Without ever leaving the house.

Arlo: I'm telling you, he never even leaves the house, okay? I mean, he's like some kind of recluse. A complete freak. No social life. In fact, no social skills. F**king strange. When he works he’s the smoothest operator you've seen. Brave, slick, cunning, do anything. Soon as he gets off work it's all gone. Afraid to go to the dry cleaners. Literally. Too uncomfortable in his own skin to go out and eat. Tactless. And inept. Rude too. Just an a**hole.

Arlo: You could meet him a dozen times and not realize it's the same person. He can tell you where you were born, how old your mother was at the time, and what you had for breakfast, all within seconds of meeting you. He can get a criminal to confess without his realizing he's being questioned.

Stark: How does he do it?

Arlo: He has a deeply nuanced and functional understanding of human behavior developed from the great psychoanalytical minds of our time. He understands the criminal mind as well as the innocent mind, the stable mind as well as the
psychotic, sociopathic mind, the male, as well as the female.

Arlo: I don't think he's ever kissed a girl. He's thirty-something years old.

End.

It's much funnier seeing the scene, but I couldn't find a video clip of it.

I love Ghost in the Shell Films:

From Ghost in the Shell:Innocence (paraphrased)

(Batou and Togusa prepare to visit Yakusa hangout)
Batou: What'd he want?
Togusa: Apparently you don't have to be caesar to understand caesar... uh.
(notices Batou place Minimi machinegun in trunk)
Togusa: You planning on starting a war?
Batou: You don't need to be a yakuza to visit the Yakusa, but we'll need weapons, right?
Togusa: I want to get something straight.
Batou: What?
Togusa: We're just going to chat with these guys, right?
Batou: You dislike yakuza?
Togusa: Sure. Detest them.
Batou: Same here.
Togusa: But we're just going to chat, right?
Batou: Like I said, you don't need to be a yakuza ...
Togusa: ...To visit the Yakusa. But you also said we need weapons. I have a family you know.
Batou: I can always go alone.
Togusa: No. I'll go with you, I am your partner. But I want your word.
Batou: Okay. We're just going to chat. I'll avoid shooting as best I can. Happy now?
Togusa: Just fine.
Batou: Let's go then, pal.

(Batou and Togusa arrive at Yakusa Hangout...)
Yakusa Thug: What do YOU Want!?
Batou: We're here to chat with Wakabayashi. Go get him.
(Thugs draw their guns. Batou brings out Minimi and mows them down in spectacular shooting sequence.)
Togusa (In shock): What happened to "Avoid shooting?"
Batou (lightheartedly): I meant it, I really did. They pulled out their guns!

Megatron: Is the future of our race not worth a single human life?
Sam Witwicky: Up! GET UP!
Optimus Prime: You'll never stop at one!
Optimus Prime: I'll take you ALL on!



Optimus Prime: You picked the wrong planet! Give me your FACE!
Optimus Prime: I rise... you FALL!
Megatron: NOOO! NOOO!

Isabelle Sorenson: I hated you for not calling. Because you were always gonna be there, and when you weren't, it was as if you didn't love me anymore.
Donald Morton: So go home, I'll call ya.

Mozart and the Whale(2005)


Jack Burton: You know what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like this?
Thunder: Who?
Jack Burton: Jack Burton. *Me*!

Big Trouble In Little China(1986)



Madame Leota: Dark spirits from the grave come forth. Lift us from the black. And show us, show us the way back.
Jim: Dark spirits? Hey, no dark spirits! Don't you make no dark spirits come out!

Haunted Mansion(2003)