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People Share Their All-Time Favorite Movie Quotes

People Share Their All-Time Favorite Movie Quotes
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One of the most memorable things about movies, and tv, is dialogue. You can go to your grave knowing all of the best lines of cinema.

Who hasn't spent hours in parking lots of bars, drunk, replaying the dialogue of the classics of Hollywood?

A film can look look gorgeous, but the words, the words make it all come together. Maybe I'm biased.

Great dialogue and memorable quotes are what keep us coming back. Our chance to relive, reenact and be a part of the story.

Redditor No_Housing_4819 wanted everyone to share some of our most memorable film moments, they asked:

"What's your favorite movie quote?"

"Flames. Flames, on the side of his face... heaving, burning flames." -CLUE

GENIUS! I'll never not be able to act along when I watch. I love you Madeline Kahn.

The Lego Movie

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"I think I got it. But just in case… tell me the whole thing again I wasn’t listening." ~ WTFrickFrackCadillac

"What, do you think a spaceship is just gonna appear out of- are you kidding me?!" ~ CaptainSkips

Unforgiven

"Sir, you are a cowardly son of a *itch! You just shot an unarmed man!"

"He should've armed himself if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend!" ~ Axenroth187

"I like:"

“ It's a hell of a thing, killin' a man. You take all he's got... and all he's ever gonna have.”

“Well, I guess they had it comin’”

“We all have it comin', Kid.” ~ bolerobell

Superbad

"They literally stopped me from eating foods that were shaped like d**ks. No hot dogs, no popsicles... You know how many foods are shaped like d**ks? The best kinds." ~ MOTHER_UN*UCKER

"How old are you, McLovin?"

"Old enough..."

"Old enough for what? "

"To party..." ~ SaAvilez

The Hobbit

"Honestly out of all the hobbit quotes this one from the movie, not the book, gives me the greatest swelling of emotions:"

"Galadriel: Mithrandir, why the halfling?"

"Gandalf: Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? I don't know. Perhaps because I am afraid, and he gives me courage." ~ cowabungaboogaloo

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THE INCREDIBLES

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“He starts monologuing! He starts this prepared speech about how feeble I am to him, how my defeat is inevitable, and the world will soon be his, yada yada yada, he’s yammering! I mean the guy has me on a platter, and he won’t shut up!” ~ Dazzling_Realties

"Evil Willow: And there is no one in the world who has the power to stop me now."

"Giles: I'd like to test that theory."

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV show). Brilliant! If you know... you KNOW!

T2

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"I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle."

"https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ45RU2Xty0". ~ 11B-1P-CIB

Weathering With You

"A hero would sacrifice you for the world but a villain would sacrifice the world for you." ~ I_Love_Small_Breasts

"His selfish desire to be with an ACTUAL GODDESS. I love how complex and big but also intimate and sad the romance in this movie was. He was a villain for sure, but also my heart was breaking for them the whole movie. I wouldn't have been any happier if he was a hero; everyone would have lost." ~ WinsomeWombat

The Naked Gun

"Who are you? And how'd you get in here?"

"I'm the locksmith, and I'm a locksmith." ~ parallel_jay

"This is quintessential Nielsen. Great joke, perfect delivery." ~ ivanparas

Blade Runner

“I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.” ~ uckitillbeanunicor

"Humanizes an antagonist that we had previously thought to be completely inhuman. I don't think Blade Runner would be the same without these lines." ~ absolutelyfree2

Network

Mad As Hell Quote GIF by Top 100 Movie Quotes of All TimeGiphy

“I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!” ~ UpperUnderstanding77

"One of the criticisms of Chayefsky's screenplay was that it was too cynical and unrealistic. In hindsight it almost seems quaint." ~ DaBake

All great choices. Thank God for film and words!

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