How often do you use memorable movie/TV quotes in real life?

[NewJeffCT]

I know a few times, I've dropped the Norm Peterson from Cheers like, "like a baby treats its diapers" response to people when they ask me, "How is life treating you?"

But, I bring this up this morning because I realized tonight I have to get a haircut, but also wanted to mow the lawn tonight - it might rain tomorrow and Saturday and my grass is getting a bit long. So, I sent an email to my wife asking if she can pick up our daughter from preschool/daycare tonight.

Her response was, "I will try."

So, I couldn't resist sending the response, "Do or do not, there is no try." Which is from Yoda, of course.

[begin_within]

1. I want you to hold it between your kneeeeeeeeees.

is a line which seems to be used about once a week in this house.

[bertha katzenengel]

2. Constantly.

My family does this constantly.

"You slut."

"Laugh it up, Fuzzball."

"I'm not crazy. I've just been in a very bad mood for forty years."

SO many, and of course I can't remember them now.

Edit: Oh, yeah, one more: "Seriously."

[1gobluedem]

3. My family has two

"Praise God for Vittory" which is shrieked anytime anybody accomplishes the least little thing (it's from a book, actually, and is why The Grapes of Wrath is never treated seriously in our family). And "double nought spy route," courtesy of Jethro Bodine from the Beverly Hillbillies which is the phrase applied to any route off the regular one.

[YankeyMCC]

4. Hardly ever

though I 'd like to...but I have a horrible memory for quotes

[RebelOne]

5. Just once when I was flying to Colorado.

My daughter and I were flying to Steamboat Springs. We flew over Kansas and then we started to see the Rockies. And I turned to her and said, "Toto, I guess we aren't in Kansas anymore."

[TheProphetess]

6. Way too many!

Our brains hold too many worthless pieces of pop culture!! :)

[skygazer]

7. Just last night, my SO and I were having an argument

And he asked me, "Am I wrong?"

So I said, "You're not wrong. You're just an asshole." - Big Lebowski

[triguy46]

8. "WHAT in the Sam hill are you doing???"

How about a book quote? We're a reading family. The quote is from To Kill a Mockingbird, said by Scout as she watched Walter Cunningham pour molasses on his butter beans. We use it any time we see a family member (or others) doing something odd or strange.

[triguy46]

9. "He's a Cunningham"

Also from Mockingbird. Its a comment that serves to explain the behavior of those not very smart, or unstable, not-normal.

[jobycom]

12. I just bought that on audio so my teenage daughter could listen on a long drive.

Still my favorite book ever, even though I realized as she was hearing it that she didn't understand the context. Which brought an even bigger smile to my face.

[triguy46]

14. Those two quotes are "tests" we use when the kids bring home...

their current inamoratae. If the boy/girlfriend get/know the quote, they pass the test.

[jobycom]

10. I use the Yoda quote on my kids a lot. There are a couple more

From "Holes"-- "That's too damn bad!" You have to say it with the proper inflection.

From "The Sun Also Rises" (book and movie)-- "It sure is pretty to think so."

Princess Bride-- You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
or sometimes just "That's inconceivable!"
or, the ubiquitous "You killed my father (fill in whatever transgression is approriate). Prepare to die."

The, from a comedy about Martians whose title I've forgotten: "Prepare to die, earthscum. Prepare to die, earthscum--I'm going to make sure they carve that on your tombstone!" (usually after someone has suggested or done something that backfired.)

[Rambis]

15. "Do or do not there is no try" Yoda (nm)

x

[MAGICBULLET]

11. I always do

especially "Scarface"

"You callin' me a liar Frank?"

"Raging Bull"

"Bring it over here!!!!! it's like a piece of charcoal, bring it over!!!!

or A Fish Called Wanda

"Apologize!"

[Rambis]

13. Spinal Tap daily

I also use Dazed and Confused,The Big Lebowski,Yellow Beard,Young Frankenstein,The Princess Bride and any Bill Murray movie references often. I use these references whether the person I am talkin to gets them or not. I don't mind using inside jokes when I am the only one on the inside.

[Lindsey]

16. Several times throughout the week from Office Space....

to our copy machine: "This things lucky I'm not armed" and other various quotes but only around other employees who've also seen Office Space and also say quotes appropriately.

[triguy46]

19. As in "11" ?

[Parche]

17. YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH

:hi:

[BOSSHOG]

21. Did you order the Code Red - DID YOU ORDER THE CODE RED

Damn right I did.

You people want me on that wall, you need me on that wall.

I don't know a damn thing about the packing habits of Santiago.

Well get to the Airmen shortly Colonel.

Don't call me son
I'm a Lawyer and a Lieutenant in the United States Navy
and you are under arrest you son of a bitch

You don't need a badge on your arm to prove you're a man

[Parche]

29. Hey Boss

(continuing)
Is this funny, sir?

JESSEP
No. It's not. It's tragic.





KAFFEE
Do you have an answer?

JESSEP
Absolutely. My answer is I don't have the
first damn clue. Maybe he was an early
morning riser and he liked to pack in the
nq. And maybe he didn't have any friends.
I'm an educated man, but I'm afraid I
can't speak intelligently about the travel
habits of William Santiago. What I do
know is that he was set to leave the base
at 0600. Now are these really the
questions I was called here to answer?
Phone calls and footlockers? Please tell
me you've got something more, Lieutenant.
Please tell me there's an ace up your
sleeve. These two marines are on trial
for their lives. Please tell me their
lawyer hasn't pinned their hopes to a
phone bill.
(beat)
Do you have any other questions for me,
counselor?

The courtroom is silenced. Jessep's slammed the door.

KAFFEE looks around the room, sees that the world is waiting
for him to do something ...

RANDOLPH
Lt. Kaffee?

KAFFEE says nothing. He glances over to AIRMEN O'MALLEY and
PEREZ.

RANDOLPH
(continuing)
Lieutenant, do you have anything further
for this witness?

KAFFEE doesn't respond. JESSEP gets up to leave.

JESSEP
(standing)
Thanks, Danny. I love Washington.

And JESSEP starts to leave, but he's stopped by--

KAFFEE
Excuse me, I didn't dismiss you.

JESSEP turns around.

JESSEP
I beg your pardon.






KAFFEE
I'm not through with my examination. Sit
down.
JESSEP
(continuing)
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. Weinberg? I have a greater
responsibility than you can 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.










(beat)
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 want
me there
(boasting)
We use words like honor, code,
loyalty...we use these words as the
backbone to a life spent defending
something. You use 'em as a punchline.
(beat)
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 I provide, then questions the
manner in which I provide it. I'd prefer
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're
entitled to.

KAFFEE
(quietly)
Did you order the code red?

JESSEP
(beat)
I did the job you sent me to do.

KAFFEE
Did you order the code red?

JESSEP
(pause)
You're goddamn right I did.

[MissMillie]

18. just about daily, I'd say

I can't be original ALL the time.

[asthmaticeog]

20. A couple of my friends can have entire conversations in "Anchorman" quotations.

As for me, my housemate and I rarely let a day go by without dropping lines from "Mr. Show."

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. Some 57 percent of what I say

is, in one way or another, riffed from Monty Python.



Well, this is true to form — no surprises there. He started five of his 11 novels with the definite article. We’ve had two of them with the "it," there's been one "but," two "ats," one "on" and a "Delorios." But that, of course, was never published.

[CBHagman]

24. True story.

I was chatting with another person in the hallway of a university building when the head of the foreign language department came striding by. I had just mentioned the the Spanish Inquisition, and without missing a beat, the professor paused in mid-step and declaimed, with a look of fiendish delight, "NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!"

[NewJeffCT]

26. LOL - I did something like that once, but

My friend and I were walking somewhere in downtown Hartford, CT and I heard something about the Spanish Inquisition... and I jumped and loudly proclaimed, "and nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition."

Unfortunately, a young woman rounded the corner right when I did that and I think I almost gave her a heart attack!

[Oeditpus Rex]

27. I love stuff like that

Totally impromptu and perfectly timed and placed.

A few years ago, friends from Ohio were visiting me; one was the guy who turned me on to Monty Python in 1975. We did all the touristy stuff, including 17-Mile Drive around the Monterey Peninsula. At the end of it, he missed a turn and we started along the beginning again. Quick like a badger, I said, "I have this terrible feeling of deja vu!"

:D

[KitchenWitch]

28. No, REALLY?

:rofl:

I would have never guessed!

:hi:

[Bassic]

23. I like to use

"Fame was like a drug. But what was even more like a drug were the drugs." - Homer Simpson :D

[Twillig]

25. "What a puny plan."

[NewJeffCT]

30. Is that Mad Max or Road Warrior?

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