Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The Holiday Movie Quote Contest IX: Son of the Movie Quote Contest
Happy Hanukkah, Invisible readership! December has been a busy month for your all too itinerant blogger this year, what with job applications and various postdoctoral projects on the horizon. Nevertheless, I'm pleased to present you all with my customary holiday present, just in time for the solstice. Brighten up this otherwise gloomy season with another edition of my cinematically-inspired trivia contest! Below you will find 50 quotes from 50 movies. Identify as many as you can via e-mail or in the comments section below and you will win an Invisible Trophy for your mantle.
Enjoy!
1. “Earn this.”
2. “This is Chad Bradford. He's the most undervalued pitcher in baseball. His only flaw is that he throws funny. This guy should be worth millions. We can get him for $237,000.”
3. “That's very funny. Ho, ho, ho. The crooner is now becoming the comic.”
4. “They'll talk to ya and talk to ya and talk to ya about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em.”
5. “A man... a statesman... is to be killed... assassinated in London. Soon... very soon. Tell them in London... tell them to try Ambrose Chapel...”
6. “You stupid, ignorant, son of a bitch, dumb bastard! Jesus Christ, I met some dumb bastards in time, but you outdo them all! Get over there!”
7. “Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?”
8. “I just saw the most amazing thing in my entire life!”
“First you gotta do the truffle shuffle.”
9. “This simple feeling is beyond V'ger's comprehension.”
10. “Head cocked to the left, partial deafness in ear: first point of attack. Two: throat; paralyze vocal chords, stop scream. Three: got to be a heavy drinker, floating rib to the liver. Four: finally, drag in left leg, fist to patella.”
11. “What have you done? Thousands of years of building and rebuilding, creating and recreating so you can let it crumble to dust. A million years of sensitive men dying for their dreams...FOR WHAT? So you can swim and dance and play.”
12. Here's a tragedy for you. Jessica's Girl has bronchitis and can't possibly last the night. Jessica's Girl is a horse. Poor Jessica's Girl.
13. “You don't like her. My mother don't like her. She's a dog, and I'm a fat, ugly man! Well, all I know is I had a good time last night. I'm gonna have a good time tonight. If we have enough good times together, I'm gonna get down on my knees. I'm gonna beg that girl to marry me.”
14. “They drummed you out of Hollywood, so you come crawling back to Broadway. But Broadway doesn't go for booze and dope. Now get out of my way, I've got a man waiting for me.”
15. “You are the twelfth in a long line of governesses who have come here to look after my children since their mother died. I trust you will be an improvement on the last one. She stayed only two hours.”
16. “You know there's a drunk sitting at the first table who looks exactly like you? And one who looks exactly like me. Dull, isn't it?”
17. “I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”
18. “When someone says 'We've got people everywhere,' you expect it to be hyperbole! Lots of people say that. Florists use that expression. It doesn't mean that they've got somebody working for them inside the bloody room!”
19. “If I have been feeling worried or sad during the day, I have a habit of recalling scenes from childhood to calm me. So it was this evening.”
20. “We will shoot some arrows into the white man. If he truly has medicine, he will not be hurt. If he has no medicine, he will be dead.”
21.”When your wondering what to say or how you look just remember she is already out with you. That means, she said yes, when she could've said no. That means she made a plan when she could've just blown you off. So that means it is no longer you job to make her like you. It's your job not to mess it up.”
22. “'He's three years old, gentle as a kitten, and likes dogs.' I wonder whether Mark means that he eats dogs or is fond of them?”
23. “But one thing's sure. Inspector Clay is dead! Murdered! And somebody's responsible!”
24. “I'm going to sit in the car and whistle Rule Britannia.”
25. “I'd like to make her look a little more attractive. How far can you pull back?”
“How do you feel about Cleveland?”
26. “Basically, there's three grabbers, three taggers, five twig runners, and a player at Whackbat. Center tagger lights a pine cone and chucks it over the basket and the whack-batter tries to hit the cedar stick off the cross rock. Then the twig runners dash back and forth until the pine cone burns out and the umpire calls hotbox.”
27. “We know that you know, Mr. Caul. For your own sake, don't get involved any further. We'll be listening to you.”
28. “Know this, son of Coul. You and I, we fight for the same cause: the protection of this world. From this day forward, you can count me in as your ally, if you return the items you have taken from Jane.”
29. “Man, you come right out of a comic book!”
30. “There's three things in this world that you need: Respect for all kinds of life, a nice bowel movement on a regular basis, and a navy blazer."
31. “Looks like we got us a sow here, instead of a boar. I bet you can squeal. I bet you can squeal like a pig!”
32. “Why can't you scientists leave things alone? What about my bit of washing when there's no washing to do?”
33. “I get it. You're here to show me my past, and I'm supposed to get all dully-eyed and mushy. Well, forget it, pal, you got the wrong guy!”
34. “Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”
35. “Well, our object collision budget's a million dollars. That allows us to track about 3% of the sky, and beggin' your pardon sir, but it's a big-ass sky!”
36. “Can I form a government? Can I levy a tax, declare a war? No! And yet I am the seat of all authority. Why? Because the nation believes that when I speak, I speak for them. But I can't speak.”
37. “I am acting on Mr. Gilbert's instructions. Mr. Gilbert desires the Japanese appearance, and what Mr. Gilbert desires, Mr. Gilbert must have! Fait accompli!”
38. “Elias was full of shit. Elias was a crusader. Now I got no problem with any man does what he's told, but when he don't, the machine breaks down. And when the machine breaks down, we break down. And I'm not gonna allow that, from any of you. Not one.”
39. “Most women use more brains picking a horse in the third at Belmont than they do picking a husband.”
40. “Trench. Sylvia Trench. I admire your luck, Mister...?”
41. “How you served five years under her, I don't know. You deserve a medal, or a holiday or at least a cuddle from somebody.”
42. “We're gonna nurse you back to health. And you're strong, Cady. You're gonna live a long life... in a cage! That's where you belong and that's where you're going. And this time for life!”
43. “I am Ahmad bin Ali. I am the caid of Assari. It was I that called out 'Yellow Rose of Texas.' Perhaps you would care to entertain at my worthless palace?”
44. “Excuse me, what are you guys doing here in the middle of the street?”
“Well, I'm putting these chickens in crates, and stacking them right here. Jim's job is to make sure we always have plenty of watermelons.”
45. “It feels like we just mentioned a really important plot point.”
“I hope so, or we bored the audience half to death for nothing.”
46. “I'm sorry my sister turned you parents into pigs, but there's nothing I can do. Its just the way things are. You'll have to help your parents and Haku by yourself. Use what you remember about them.”
47. “Lawyers should never marry other lawyers. This is called in-breeding; from this comes idiot children...and other lawyers.”
48. “Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb!”
49. “Now listen to me, my tough little friend. I don't know from under what stone you crawled, or where you get these ridiculous ideas about me, but it seems painfully obvious you haven't the slightest fucking idea who you're dealing with. Now, my advice to you is crawl back to your little stone in Detroit before you get squashed.”
50. “Mr. Daniel?”
“I'm FINISHED!”
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Happy Hanukkah, Invisible readership! December has been a busy month for your all too itinerant blogger this year, what with job applications and various postdoctoral projects on the horizon. Nevertheless, I'm pleased to present you all with my customary holiday present, just in time for the solstice. Brighten up this otherwise gloomy season with another edition of my cinematically-inspired trivia contest! Below you will find 50 quotes from 50 movies. Identify as many as you can via e-mail or in the comments section below and you will win an Invisible Trophy for your mantle.
Enjoy!
1. “Earn this.”
2. “This is Chad Bradford. He's the most undervalued pitcher in baseball. His only flaw is that he throws funny. This guy should be worth millions. We can get him for $237,000.”
3. “That's very funny. Ho, ho, ho. The crooner is now becoming the comic.”
4. “They'll talk to ya and talk to ya and talk to ya about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em.”
5. “A man... a statesman... is to be killed... assassinated in London. Soon... very soon. Tell them in London... tell them to try Ambrose Chapel...”
6. “You stupid, ignorant, son of a bitch, dumb bastard! Jesus Christ, I met some dumb bastards in time, but you outdo them all! Get over there!”
7. “Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?”
8. “I just saw the most amazing thing in my entire life!”
“First you gotta do the truffle shuffle.”
9. “This simple feeling is beyond V'ger's comprehension.”
10. “Head cocked to the left, partial deafness in ear: first point of attack. Two: throat; paralyze vocal chords, stop scream. Three: got to be a heavy drinker, floating rib to the liver. Four: finally, drag in left leg, fist to patella.”
11. “What have you done? Thousands of years of building and rebuilding, creating and recreating so you can let it crumble to dust. A million years of sensitive men dying for their dreams...FOR WHAT? So you can swim and dance and play.”
12. Here's a tragedy for you. Jessica's Girl has bronchitis and can't possibly last the night. Jessica's Girl is a horse. Poor Jessica's Girl.
13. “You don't like her. My mother don't like her. She's a dog, and I'm a fat, ugly man! Well, all I know is I had a good time last night. I'm gonna have a good time tonight. If we have enough good times together, I'm gonna get down on my knees. I'm gonna beg that girl to marry me.”
14. “They drummed you out of Hollywood, so you come crawling back to Broadway. But Broadway doesn't go for booze and dope. Now get out of my way, I've got a man waiting for me.”
15. “You are the twelfth in a long line of governesses who have come here to look after my children since their mother died. I trust you will be an improvement on the last one. She stayed only two hours.”
16. “You know there's a drunk sitting at the first table who looks exactly like you? And one who looks exactly like me. Dull, isn't it?”
17. “I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”
18. “When someone says 'We've got people everywhere,' you expect it to be hyperbole! Lots of people say that. Florists use that expression. It doesn't mean that they've got somebody working for them inside the bloody room!”
19. “If I have been feeling worried or sad during the day, I have a habit of recalling scenes from childhood to calm me. So it was this evening.”
20. “We will shoot some arrows into the white man. If he truly has medicine, he will not be hurt. If he has no medicine, he will be dead.”
21.”When your wondering what to say or how you look just remember she is already out with you. That means, she said yes, when she could've said no. That means she made a plan when she could've just blown you off. So that means it is no longer you job to make her like you. It's your job not to mess it up.”
22. “'He's three years old, gentle as a kitten, and likes dogs.' I wonder whether Mark means that he eats dogs or is fond of them?”
23. “But one thing's sure. Inspector Clay is dead! Murdered! And somebody's responsible!”
24. “I'm going to sit in the car and whistle Rule Britannia.”
25. “I'd like to make her look a little more attractive. How far can you pull back?”
“How do you feel about Cleveland?”
26. “Basically, there's three grabbers, three taggers, five twig runners, and a player at Whackbat. Center tagger lights a pine cone and chucks it over the basket and the whack-batter tries to hit the cedar stick off the cross rock. Then the twig runners dash back and forth until the pine cone burns out and the umpire calls hotbox.”
27. “We know that you know, Mr. Caul. For your own sake, don't get involved any further. We'll be listening to you.”
28. “Know this, son of Coul. You and I, we fight for the same cause: the protection of this world. From this day forward, you can count me in as your ally, if you return the items you have taken from Jane.”
29. “Man, you come right out of a comic book!”
30. “There's three things in this world that you need: Respect for all kinds of life, a nice bowel movement on a regular basis, and a navy blazer."
31. “Looks like we got us a sow here, instead of a boar. I bet you can squeal. I bet you can squeal like a pig!”
32. “Why can't you scientists leave things alone? What about my bit of washing when there's no washing to do?”
33. “I get it. You're here to show me my past, and I'm supposed to get all dully-eyed and mushy. Well, forget it, pal, you got the wrong guy!”
34. “Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”
35. “Well, our object collision budget's a million dollars. That allows us to track about 3% of the sky, and beggin' your pardon sir, but it's a big-ass sky!”
36. “Can I form a government? Can I levy a tax, declare a war? No! And yet I am the seat of all authority. Why? Because the nation believes that when I speak, I speak for them. But I can't speak.”
37. “I am acting on Mr. Gilbert's instructions. Mr. Gilbert desires the Japanese appearance, and what Mr. Gilbert desires, Mr. Gilbert must have! Fait accompli!”
38. “Elias was full of shit. Elias was a crusader. Now I got no problem with any man does what he's told, but when he don't, the machine breaks down. And when the machine breaks down, we break down. And I'm not gonna allow that, from any of you. Not one.”
39. “Most women use more brains picking a horse in the third at Belmont than they do picking a husband.”
40. “Trench. Sylvia Trench. I admire your luck, Mister...?”
41. “How you served five years under her, I don't know. You deserve a medal, or a holiday or at least a cuddle from somebody.”
42. “We're gonna nurse you back to health. And you're strong, Cady. You're gonna live a long life... in a cage! That's where you belong and that's where you're going. And this time for life!”
43. “I am Ahmad bin Ali. I am the caid of Assari. It was I that called out 'Yellow Rose of Texas.' Perhaps you would care to entertain at my worthless palace?”
44. “Excuse me, what are you guys doing here in the middle of the street?”
“Well, I'm putting these chickens in crates, and stacking them right here. Jim's job is to make sure we always have plenty of watermelons.”
45. “It feels like we just mentioned a really important plot point.”
“I hope so, or we bored the audience half to death for nothing.”
46. “I'm sorry my sister turned you parents into pigs, but there's nothing I can do. Its just the way things are. You'll have to help your parents and Haku by yourself. Use what you remember about them.”
47. “Lawyers should never marry other lawyers. This is called in-breeding; from this comes idiot children...and other lawyers.”
48. “Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb!”
49. “Now listen to me, my tough little friend. I don't know from under what stone you crawled, or where you get these ridiculous ideas about me, but it seems painfully obvious you haven't the slightest fucking idea who you're dealing with. Now, my advice to you is crawl back to your little stone in Detroit before you get squashed.”
50. “Mr. Daniel?”
“I'm FINISHED!”
