I had to talk about this subject because if you’re a movie fan (Hell, even if you’re not!) you tend to throw out a lot of movie quotes in your everyday life. I had been wanting to do this list for awhile but it took some careful study to narrow it down. Now, that I’m ready to throw it out into the world, I’m even more excited. Mainly because, surprisingly, films like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Fight Club and many other completely quotable and beloved films in the Kaiderman household were completely snubbed. It’s kind of shocking how parts of random movies manage to stick with you.
Below, I’ve assembled what seem to be the most frequently used in my life these days. I’m hoping this turns into a bit of a discussion because I would love to hear which ones you, our dear readers, use the most as well so be sure and let us know in the comments section at the bottom of the post. Here we go…
HONORABLE MENTION: ANYTHING FROM NAPOLEON DYNAMITE.
Everyone seems to like Napoleon Dynamite. I think the fact that it is such a quotable movie has a lot to do with that. Mind you, the fact that it’s so quotable lead to every word of dialogue in the film being completely played out within a year of the film’s release. We were all sick of seeing VOTE FOR PEDRO t-shirts and it seemed to me that most of these quotes had gone the way of the Dodo with other classics like Do I make you horny, Baby? and Party on, Wayne. However, after going away, the film has had a resurgence since my kids have discovered it. It’s standard practice now to hear things like Tina, come get your food! when the dogs are being fed each night.
5. SWORDFISH.
QUOTE: What is the number two hacker in the world doing in Los Angeles?
If I wasn’t such a movie fan, this one probably wouldn’t get so much play but I am so, duh! This is what my wife and I call a “Too Much Information” sentence. It’s one of those sentences that is used to convey information about a character. You’ll see these in many movies but rarely see them as blatant as this one. It’s so obviously forced in and crazy because NO ONE talks like this. It’s so bad that I can’t help but quote it whenever I see one in another movie or someone tells me way more information than I care to know.
4. MONSTER’S BALL.
QUOTE: I want you to make me feel good.
Probably one of the worst lines ever uttered in an Academy Award winning performance. Halle Berry spews this gem right before riding Billy Bob Thorton like a buckin’ Bronco. This was that brief stint in her career where her breasts got as much exposure as her career did. It’s such a cheesy line that my wife and I can’t help but throw it out to break the tension while watching some cheeseball RomCom or films like Jane Eyre or Titanic. It’s a great line to throw out as a precursor to sexy time. You can use it in your own personal life too. It’s very useful!
NOTE: If you Google Monster’s Ball, “make me feel good” will show up in the drop down menu.
3. HAPPY GILMORE.
QUOTE: Now your back’s gonna hurt because you just pulled landscaping duty.
Arguably the greatest Adam Sandler movie features a great cameo by a handlebar-mustachioed Ben Stiller as the tyrant head of an old folks home masking a sweat shop operation. This classic line is thrown out by Stiller after Happy’s Grandma mentions that her fingers hurt from being forced to sew to much. This one has many functions in everyday life. I like to use it when my people complain about mundane things. Like when a friend bitches about a hang-nail or the kids won’t clean their room.
2. WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE.
QUOTE: You think you’re hot shit but you’re really just cold diarrhea.
This might be the sickest and most original burn ever created in the history of the world and whatever came before that. It’s also, in my opinion, the best line of dialogue put into a script since the Road House classic: Pain don’t hurt. I have to credit my wife with turning me on to this 1995 Indie Dark Comedy from the demented mind of Todd Solondz. For the rest of my life, I will have the greatest comeback for any verbal altercation I encounter.
1. THE SANDLOT.
QUOTE: You’re killin’ me, Smalls!
This is such a great movie and I love this quote because (1) it’s not profain and (2) it’s just so damn usable. I probably don’t have to justify it that much because many of you probably use it too. Maybe even more than you realize. I honestly think it should be considered top five every time I see a Greatest Movie Quotes list on the intrawebs.
So, what about you guys and girls? What movie quotes do yo use most in your everyday life?
Wayne (6)
Mette (4)
Nic Cage (4)
Sebastian (4)
steve (4)
John (3)
Nick (3)
Chip Lary (2)
Dan (2)
I must have used “we’re going to need a bigger boat” from Jaws, on an almost weekly basis for the best part of 20 years now, especially when loading the car or packing up just about anything. We have recently moved to Australia so it has taken on a new meaning every time we pack the car to go the beach……
Twitter: kaiderman
March 19, 2012 1:40 pm
That is great. I use that one alot too when we have too many to fit in the car or the grocery cart is getting full. It has so many uses.
Great piece. I’ve realized that most of the quotes I use are from TV shows. A lot from Strangers With Candy like, “Somebody’s been drinkin’” done in the Geri Blank voice, of course.
Twitter: kaiderman
March 19, 2012 1:40 pm
Yeah, might have to revisit a TV version of this at some point. Bunch of those out there.
oooh…i’m throwing out my “jessie spano drug monologue” from saved by the bell now…
“no time, there’s never enough time, i don’t have time to study, i’m not gonna get into stanford, i just need one of my pills”
i know you love when i say that one!!
Twitter: agracru
March 19, 2012 5:29 am
I’ve been waiting for an appropriate time to tell someone that, “if you get smart with me again, I’ll ram so much cotton wool down your throat it’ll come poking out your arse like a Playboy Bunny’s tail”, but wouldn’t you know, those moments are pretty rare.
I have used “how do you know what kind of goddamn day it is” from We Were Soldiers more times than I can count on both hands and feet, so that’s pretty good.
Twitter: kaiderman
March 19, 2012 1:41 pm
What is that first one from? That is a great line!
Twitter: agracru
March 19, 2012 2:26 pm
In the Loop, bud. Fantastic British satire from 2009, definitely worth checking out (it’s on Instant, which is a bonus).
Twitter: kaiderman
March 19, 2012 2:58 pm
I’ce actually seen it, just couldn’t place the line.
Twitter: agracru
March 19, 2012 4:25 pm
There are almost too many great lines to choose from in that flick.
The one that gets used most in my house has to be “bring out the gimp”!
Twitter: kaiderman
March 19, 2012 2:58 pm
That is, sadly, accurate!
Office Space primarily, although I did go Don Logan on an unfortunate contractor once (nononononononoNo! No F***ing way No F***ing way)etc. Possibly my finest moment as a technician.
Movies I quote most often… Napoleon Dynamite, Spaceballs, Sandlot, Little Shop of Horrors, Office Space, and sometimes early Harry Potter (Mr. Ollivander is just fun to quote to me). There’s a lot more, I know…
Ok, so this is the second one I realized you omitted from your list Kai:
“Get busy livin’ or get busy dyin”
Shawshank Redemption
A true classic!
Mom
Twitter: kaiderman
March 19, 2012 6:10 pm
Another great line from a damn near perfect movie.
love, LOVE this list!! and not just cause i lived it…but seems almost sad to limit it to a top 5!
p.s. your mom goes to college…
sorry, one more…obey my dog!!
WIth all due respect to the true movie lover in the family, I feel compelled to share a line that I have never forgotten and just love from the movie Double Jeopardy w/ Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones. I feel this is one of the best “movie quotes I use in everyday life”. For anyone not having seen the film, it is while Ashely’s character is in prison for having killed her husband. She learns that he set her up and is counseled by a friend who used to be a lawyer that she can do her time, get out and kill her husband when she finds him, without ever being recharged. Hence the title. She works out obsessively and bulks up all in the hope of finding her sleazoid ex and getting her son back. One day while running in the prison yard in the pouring rain, her friend is watching her as she smokes a cigarette,and shakes her head back and forth and delivers the best line: ” I gotta hand it to you honey. Ain’t nothin’ but pure hate driven you on”. So for all of us who have been compelled to go after something so hard for whatever reason, but especially when we’ve been wronged by someone, this is the line I remember. Next to Morgan Freeman in Shawshank of course! Good list Kai.
Twitter: kaiderman
March 19, 2012 6:08 pm
That’s a great one.
Ok, last comment on Steve’ behalf: what happened to Road House and of course, his perennial favorite Back to School????
Twitter: kaiderman
March 19, 2012 6:10 pm
I referenced the classic “Pain don’t hurt.” from Road House. This is more ones we use the most. Not necessarily favs. Shirley reminded me I forgot one from Zoolander: “Obey my dog!”
We say that everytime we want the other one to take them out: “Obey your dog!”
#4 especially made me crack up. That line was delivered so awkardly. And you nailed it re: #1… I have three friends who constantly use “You’re killing me, Smalls”.
Fun story… when I went to Baja with these three friends, one of them was duped into holding a pair of metal rods by a local Baja resident in a bar. Baja Guy just handed the metal rods to my friend… and then zapped him with electricity through the rods. In the split second before my friend grabbed the rods, my other friend (knowing what was about to happen) said “You’re killing me, Smalls”.
Twitter: kaiderman
March 20, 2012 4:01 pm
See? So many uses. haha… great story.
The only one from your list that I quote is Sandlot. Every time someone says “forever”–EVERY TIME–I end up thinking and/or saying “forrreeeeeevvvveerrr.” And then of course, there’s all the Babe Ruth lines “The Sultan of Swat? The King of Clout?” and your favorite, “You’re killing me, Smalls.”
Office Spaces’ stapler and TPS Report quotes find their way into my life at the office… Sigh.
Twitter: kaiderman
March 20, 2012 4:02 pm
Isn’t it the “Colossus of Clout”?
Twitter: agracru
March 20, 2012 5:19 am
Another that I have, in fact, used in daily life on occasion:
“EEEEEEEEEEEEVERYYYYYYYYONNNNNNNNNNNE!”
You’re killin’ me, Smalls!
Twitter: heather_kenobi
March 21, 2012 7:35 am
Shit just got real is from Bad Boys. I think we all know I abuse that!
Great list Kai, You’re killin me Smalls is one I use often too.
Twitter: manilovefilms
March 22, 2012 4:28 pm
I’m pretty sure I’d be absolutely hopeless in trying to compile a list like this. Most times, I feel like all I do is speak in pop culture references. So I have no idea which ones I use most.
One I do recall that I love/use a lot is from Idiocracy: “I like money” (or, related to that one: “hey, you like money, too? we should hang out!”).
Love the callout to Nap Dynamite. I definitely use a bunch of those. Especially in relation to Chapstick.
haha, chapstick!!
Pretty much every time someone says something is “clever,” I have to repeat it and whip out “Clever Girl” courtesy of Muldoon from Jurassic Park.