Great Brief Film Quotes

Part 1


Introduction: Here's a great collection of brief, concise, succinct, and short retorts, remarks, insults, one-liners and basic quotes (usually four to five words maximum), some from the greatest films of all time. All are memorable, quick to read, and easily quotable.


Great Brief Film Quotes
(chronological, by film title)
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"I never drink wi-i-ine."
Dracula (1931)

"It's alive! It's alive!"
Frankenstein (1931)

"I vant to be alone."
Grand Hotel (1932)

"I'm going to be a lady if it kills me."
AND
"Aw, go lay an egg."
Dinner at Eight (1933)

"Victory is ours!"
AND
"Go, and never darken my towels again!"
Duck Soup (1933)

"It was Beauty killed the Beast."
King Kong (1933)

"Either he's dead or my watch has stopped!"
A Day at the Races (1937)

"Magic Mirror on the Wall, who is the Fairest one of all?"
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

"Whaddya hear? Whaddya say?"
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

"Is that you, Martha? I don't want to be disturbed."
Dark Victory (1939)

"Fiddle-dee-dee."
AND
"I don't know nothin' about birthin' babies."
AND

"As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again!"
AND
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!"
AND
"After all, tomorrow is another day."
Gone With the Wind (1939)

"Sanctuary! Sanctuary!"
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
AND
"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain."
AND
"Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!"
AND
"I do believe in spooks!"
AND
"I'm melting, mellllllting..."
AND
"...and oh, Auntie Em, there's no place like home."
The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"R-o-s-e-b-u-d."
Citizen Kane (1941)

"The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of."
The Maltese Falcon (1941)

"Here's looking at you, kid."
AND
"We'll always have Paris."
AND
"Round up the usual suspects."
AND
"Play it, Sam. Play As Time Goes By."
AND
"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
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"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
Casablanca (1942)

"Where's the rest of me?"
Kings Row (1942)

"Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops."
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

"One's too many an' a hundred's not enough!"
The Lost Weekend (1945)

"Oh Gad!"
Life With Father (1947)

"Ever had a good Swiss watch?"
Red River (1948)

"What a dump!"
Beyond the Forest (1949)

"Made it, Ma. Top of the world!"
White Heat (1949)

"Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night."
AND
"Why do they all look like unhappy rabbits?"
All About Eve (1950)

"I am big. It's the pictures that got small."
AND
"We didn't need dialogue. We had faces!"
AND
"As long as the lady is paying for it, why not take the Vicuna?"
AND
"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."
Sunset Boulevard (1950)

"Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above."
The African Queen (1951)

"Tell Mama, tell Mama all."
A Place in the Sun (1951)

"Stella! Steeeeelllllaaaaa!"
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

"Prove it..."
Shane (1953)

"I coulda been a contender."
On the Waterfront (1954)

"They abide and they endure."
AND
"Chilllllll-dren...? Chilllllll-dren...?''
AND
"It's a hard world for little things.''
The Night of the Hunter (1955)

"You're tearing me apart!"
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

"Let's go home, Debbie."
The Searchers (1956)

"Blood makes poor mortar."
AND
"So let it be written, so let it be done."
The Ten Commandments (1956)

"Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories."
An Affair to Remember (1957)

"Match me, Sid."
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

"Help me! Help meeeeeeeee!"
The Fly (1958)

"Well, nobody's perfect."
Some Like It Hot (1959)

"Mama, face it. I was the slut of all-time."
Butterfield 8 (1960)

"Mother! Blood!"
AND
"A boy's best friend is his mother."
Psycho (1960)

"I am Spartacus."
Spartacus (1960)

"...Bond. James Bond."
Dr. No (1962)

"Hey, Boo."
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
AND
"Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!"
Dr. Strangelove, or:...(1964)

"We rob banks."
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

"What we've got here is...failure to communicate."
Cool Hand Luke (1967)

"Plastics."
AND
"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me."
The Graduate (1967)

"Hello, gorgeous."
Funny Girl (1968)

"They're coming to get you, Barbara."
Night of the Living Dead (1968)

"I'm in pain, and I'm wet...and I'm still hysterical."
AND
"Don't be stupid, be a smarty, come and join the Nazi Party!"
The Producers (1968)

"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

"Who are those guys?"
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

"We blew it."
Easy Rider (1969)

"I'm walkin' here!"
Midnight Cowboy (1969)

"If they move, kill 'em."
The Wild Bunch (1969)

"Today is a good day to die."
Little Big Man (1970)

"Love means never having to say you're sorry."
Love Story (1970)

"Kiss my hot lips."
M*A*S*H (1970)

"I was cured, all right."
A Clockwork Orange (1971)

"...You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"
Dirty Harry (1971)

"Never you mind, honey, never you mind."
The Last Picture Show (1971)

"Before you know it, the Renaissance will be here and we'll all be painting."
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)

"I'll make him an offer he can't refuse."
AND
"It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes."
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"It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business."
The Godfather (1972)

"Mother, what's wrong with me?"
AND
"Keep away. The sow is mine."
The Exorcist (1973)

"Soylent Green is people!"
Soylent Green (1973)

"Excuse me while I whip this out." --- "Ahhh!"
Blazing Saddles (1974)

"Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown."
Chinatown (1974)

"I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart! You broke my heart!"
AND
"We're bigger than US Steel!"
The Godfather, Part II (1974)

"What knockers!"
Young Frankenstein (1974)

"Attica! Attica!"
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

"Wheat... lots of wheat... fields of wheat... a tremendous amount of wheat..."
Love and Death (1975)

"Is it safe?"
Marathon Man (1976)

"I'm mad as hell..."
Network (1976)

"Yo, Adrienne!"
Rocky (1976)

"You talkin' to me?"
Taxi Driver (1976)



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