Comments on: 50 Memorable (But Obscure) Movie Quotes

By: Rich Horton

Rich Horton — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:47:33 +0000

From Ball of Fire (1941)

Sugarpuss O’Shea: Hello, kids. Look down my throat. Go on. Look down. All right, right down there, look.

Prof. Bertram Potts: I don’t know what to look for. There is possibly a slight rosiness in the laryngeal region.

Sugarpuss: Slight rosiness? It’s as red as the ‘Daily Worker’ and just as sore.

By: Kaspar

Kaspar — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 06:02:09 +0000

Oops! I forgot to mention which Lupin film in my above citation. It was Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro

By: Kaspar

Kaspar — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:45:10 +0000

I’m not sure what counts as obscure here, but:

A League of their Own (too many great lines to list them all)-

Jimmy Dugan: … sneaking out like this, quitting, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life. Baseball is what gets inside you. It’s what lights you up, you can’t deny that.

Dottie Hinson: It just got too hard.

Jimmy Dugan: It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard … is what makes it great.

Lupin the Third (one of the few anime films I really liked, not the least for this perfect line:)

Inspector Zenigata: Blast! Lupin managed to steal something again!

Lady Clarisse: He didn’t steal anything. All he did was fight for me.

Zenigata: No! He stole something quite precious … your heart.

By: Feeney

Feeney — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:56:58 +0000

“The Friends of Eddie Coyle”, a movie where nobody cares about anybody else and everybody’s making deals with the devil. Says the cop to the informant: “Have a nice day.”

By: Stephen M. Barr

Stephen M. Barr — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:42:23 +0000

In “The Flight of the Phoenix”: “You act as though stupidity were a virtue.”

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:30:31 +0000

Superman 2 is full of good quotes, especially from one of the best movie villains of all time:

President of the United States (kneeling down before his new ruler): Oh God…

General Zod (correcting him): Zod.

—

Zod: This ‘Super man’ is nothing of the kind. He actually cares for these… ‘humans.’

Ursa: Like pets?

Zod: I suppose so.

—

Zod: Come to me, son of Jor-el! Kneel before Zod!

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:54:03 +0000

From Paddy Chayefsky’s The Hospital:

George C. Scott: “Somebody’s got to be responsible.”

By: GeronimoRumplestiltskin

GeronimoRumplestiltskin — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:53:45 +0000

The New Guy:

High school’s a lot like prison…the sex you want, you don’t get, and the sex you’re getting……you don’t want.

By: Stephen M. Barr

Stephen M. Barr — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:45:16 +0000

When I was a kid, I saw a really forgettable WWII movie on TV that had one line that I’ve always remembered. (I don’t remember the movie’s title.) The gestapo officer was about to torture an American for information. The American said something to the effect that no matter what they did to him, he wouldn’t talk. The gestapo officer said, “Before I am through with you, you will be telling me things I don’t even want to know.” (Ghastly, I know. But a good line is a good line!)

By: Jim F

Jim F — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:16:00 +0000

I’ve always found Judge Smales underrepresented in Caddyshack quotes.

Judge Smales: I’ve sent boys your age to gas chamber Danny. I didn’t want to, but I felt I …owed it to them.

Anthony Hopkins in The Edge:

Charles Morse: We’re all put to the test… but it never comes in the form or at the point we would prefer, does it?