Favorite Movie Quote?

[gaggedLouise]

TV series, but saw this in a trailer and it struck me as one of the ultimate hardboiled tough-guy quotes:

Poldark: "Have you been to a hanging recently?"

(especially if spoken in a contemporary setting and not the late 18th century, of course) :)

[Nikita Wolf Storm]

"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." A Streetcar Named Desire

"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow." To Have and to Have Not

[Lady Shadow]

I always giggle when I see this:

[Kurogane]

"I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!" The Godfather: Part II

[Reyna813]

"Anyone can wear the mask. You can wear the mask. If you didn't know that before, I hope you do now." - Miles Morales, Into the Spiderverse

[vysethethird]

"It's good to be the King!" -Rabbi Tuckman, Robin Hood: Men in tights/ Louis XVI, History of the World Part 1.

[Shekinah]

"Now you're thinking about this all wrong. It's not so much what you look like, it's what's inside that he can't stand." Gobber - How to train your dragon

[Lady Shadow]

"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." - Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind.

[CrystallineKnight]

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should." - Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park

[mizah]

"If you live long enough, you see the same eyes in different people"
-Maz Kanata, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

[Captain Maltese]

- "What's the matter Mister?"
- "Oh, we had and argument and he pulled a knife on me, so I shot him."

[JCarcosa]

"Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of all children...Do you understand?"
-Eric Draven-
The Crow.

[gaggedLouise]

"I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!" The Godfather: Part II

Oh yes, and from the same movie:

"Michael Corleone says Hello!" - stranglehold grip on the neck of old Pentangeli

and

(shouting:)"No, no, Carmine! Not here, not HERE!!"

Both lines are amazingly funny in context

[Mimetisme]

“If there's one thing I know, you can't control evil. You can lock it up, burn it, and bury it, and pray that it dies, but it never will. It just... rests awhile. You can lock your doors, and say your prayers, but the evil is out there... waiting. And maybe, just maybe... it's closer than you think!”

Movie: Halloween: The Curse of Michael Meyers (1995)
Charactor: Tommy Doyle
Actor: Paul Rudd

[abao]

"People die if they are killed."
-Emiya Shirou, Fate/Stay Night

[taurinekitten]

Empire Records!

[Tribemaster49]

"Sometimes when you win, you lose."
Robin Williams-What Dreams May Come
It's a great but sad movie if you want to check out some of William's more serious roles.

[Nameless One]

"We're on a mission from God" Jake & Elwood Blues, Blues Brothers

"When you have to shoot, shoot! Don't talk!" Tuco, The Good the Bad the Ugly

[Nico]

"Kill a man and you're a murderer. Kill thousands and you're a conqueror. Kill everyone and you're a god." - Masculin féminin, France 1966

[Humble Scribe]

"You are a military hero, awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords for gallantry. Yet responsible for the attempted escape of an enemy of the state. Abetted by the mutinous conduct of your men! By rights you should all be court-martialled!"
"Difficult decisions are the privilege of rank, Herr Gruppenfuhrer."

Michael Caine, The Eagle Has Landed.

[Shekinah]

"Your mind is like this water, my friend: when it is agitated it is difficult to see, but if you allow it to calm down the answer will appear clear..."
--Oogway
Kung Fu Panda

[QueenOfWands]

Dracula (BBC/Netflix 2020)

Dracula: A bee can always find nectar.
Sister Agatha: And a trap always needs honey.
Dracula: I don’t think this is a trap.
Sister Agatha: Well, it wouldn’t be a very good one if you did.

[Blanc]

Bambi
1942

[Kairu]

"You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be. You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fingers and say, 'That's the bad guy."

Antonio "Tony" Montana
ScarFace

Censored the swearing but still dies the quote a lot of justice, I hope.

[jouzinka]

"My lady, you, your family, even I, even Queen Elizabeth herself will be remembered solely because we had the honor to live whilst your husband put ink to paper."

Anonymous

Just rewatched it yesterday; this quote always gets me.