h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Excellent list of quotes. Let's see if we can add some more (not necessarily famous but certainly my favoutites):

What are you doing, Dave?
- 2001

Musn't have you going off half-cocked.
- Roger Moore as Bond to (possibly) Jane Seymour

Smile you son of a bitch
- Jaws

If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
- Obi Wan in Star Wars

I shall think about it tomorrow, for tomorrow is another day
- Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind

What's bonking?
It's like table tennis, but with slightly smaller balls.
- Four Weddings And A Funeral

I demand to be have some booze.
- Withnail And I

I've got something to say; it's better to burn out that to fade away.
- Highlander

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. If you don't take it out and use it, it's going to rust.
- Highlander II

Frying tonight.
- Carry On Screaming

and my favourite of all time (but you really need to see the film)

Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
- Mandy Patinkin as Inigo in The Princess Bride

There are plenty more, but I can't remember them all at the moment. I'll send some later if anyone wants them.

Cheers

Wolfie

Hi Wolfie, thanks for your quotes. Somewhere in the dusty vaults of the BBC are the forums (fora?) associated with this article, no doubt awaiting 'moderation' by the... erm, moderators.
There are a host of other quotes which also spawned 'Cliche Film Quotes' and I included a number of them in the 'Directors Cut' which is on the original version here... http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A137945
Jimi X has the official page under update at the moment so some of the above may well find their way into the guide.
When/if the fora are resurrected they may be worh a visit. Also recommended is the 'Cliche Quotes' but I haven't found the page No yet. I'll get back to you when I do.
All the best A.M.

It's the 'I-Spy Guide to Cliched Film Dialog'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A424667
A.M.

You stole my Princess Bride quote! i was going to post that very one....no, really....I was!

How about these:

Inigo to Fazini: "You keep using that word; I do not think it means what you think it means."

Inigo: "Who are you?"
Wesley: "No one of consequence."
Inigo: "I must know."
Wesley: "Get used to disappointment."
Inigo: "O.K."

Inigo: "I have some rope up here, but I did not think you would accept my help, since I am just waiting around to kill you."
Wesley: "That does put a damper on our relationship."

There are SO many more, but I suppose I should get back to work.

And then there's:
"He's not dead. He's just mostly dead. There's a big difference. ... If he's dead, you go through his pockets looking for change."
-- Billy Crystal in Princess Bride

Or:
"If only we had a wheelbarrow and a Holocaust cloak, we might be able to do something."
-- Dread Pirate Roberts (lately revived)

Here are some quotes that frame my life (in no particular order):

"You will soon learn that I am not a man with whom to f**k!"
-- Bill Paxton to Winona Ryder in Aliens 4

And another from Aliens 4
Bill Paxton (?): "You fought these things before. What happened?"
Ripley: "I died."

Then there's an old favourite from Buckaroo Bonzai across the 8th Dimension
Buckaroo Bonzai: "Tell him 'Yes' on one, and 'No' on two."
-- In answer to the question: "The president is asking have quashed the alien threat or should he go ahead and blow up the planet?"

Or from Terminator:
"He'll find her. He'll kill her. That's what he does. That's ALL he does."
-- Michael Biehn to the security camera in his police cell

"Sarah Connor?!"
-- Arnie

Or from Tank Girl:
"It's been swell, but the swellings gone down."
-- Tank Girl herself

Don't get me started on Monty Python:
Black Knight: "It's only a flesh wound."
King Arthur: "I've cut your arm off!"
Black Knight: "I've had worse!"
King Arthur: "Oh, you liar."
-- Holy Grail

"Dennis, there's some lovely filth over here!"
-- Autonomous collective worker

"Listen mate, strange women lying in ponds, distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not some farcical aquatic ceremony. I mean, if I went around calling myself King just because some mositened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away. "
-- Autonomous collective farm worker (Dennis)

Gorky Park -- Great movie often under-rated:
"Three faceless corpses in Gorky Park. Who knows where this could lead?"

Some others:
"We're on a mission from God!"
-- Blues Brothers

"I have come here today to chew bubble gum and kick arse. And I'm all out of bubble gum!"
-- They're Here (I think--can't remember the film title as well as I can remember the scene)

"I hate this place, this zoo, this prison, this reality; whatever you call it. It's the smell; if there is such a thing. I can't stand it. You stink and I feel immersed in it, suffocating. I must get out of it. And in this mind is the key."
-- Agent Smith to Morpheus, The Matrix

I'm disappointed that I can remember so few when tested.
:o)

Ahhhhhhh......Python

"She turned me into a newt!" (everyone stares) "Well I got better!"

"Some call me.......Tim?"

"Run away! Run away!"

"Bring out your dead!"

"What is your name?.....What is your quest?.....What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

"You're mother was a hampster, and your father smelled of elderberries!"

"Welcome to Castle Anthrax"

You had to mention Monty Python didn't you!!

How do you know she is a witch?
She looks like one!
- MP & The Holy Grail

Can we have your liver?
But I'm still using it.
- MP's Meaning of Life

Do you find it wisible when I mention my fwiend Biggus... Dickus?
- Life of Brian

He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy.
- Life of Brian

Of course they've brought forth juniper berries. They're juniper bushes!!
- Life of Brian

To swing or not to swing?.... Swing!!
- George of the Jungle

Cheers

Wolfie

I've just read back over my first posting to this thread and I can't believe that I forgot to include:

You're gonna need a bigger boat!
- Jaws

And some others:

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
- Usual Suspects

Why shouldn't we cross the streams Egon?
It would be bad.
I'm a little fuzzy on this whole good / bad thing.
- Ghostbusters

Ok, so she's a dog!
- Ghostbusters

But is the FBI in the habit of cleaning up after multiple murder?
Yes. Why do you thinks its run by a man called Hoover?
- Clue

(In fact, the whole script from Clue has to be one of my favourite quote sources of all time. I won't bore you with them all now, but if you haven't seen the film, I recommend it.)

It's not easy having a good time. Even smiling makes my face ache.
- Rocky Horror Picture Show

Man, this suits hot I'm tellin' ya.
- Elvis 68 Comeback Special (not strictly a film, but a classic moment)

Give him a sedagive!
- Young Frankenstein

Igor, will you help me with the bags?
Certainly. You take the blond, I'll take the one in the turban!
- Young Frankenstein

I may be stupid, but I'm not BLOODY stupid.
- Juggernaut

Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow. But soon. And for the rest of your life.
- Casablanca

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

And I think that's about it for now. Can't think of any more just at the moment. Enjoy.

Wolfie

"Bye, boys. Have fun storming the castle!"

Mostly dead is partyly alive!

"You fell victim to one odf the classic blunders! The most famous is, "Never get nvolved in a langd war in Asia," but only slightly less well know is this, "Never go in against a Sicillian when death is on the line!"

"Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist."

"Probably some local fisherman out for a pleasure cruise at night through eel-infested waters."

"yes, you're very smart. Shut up."

"Can't I have just a little peril?"

"Could somebody give me a push....?"

"maybe if we built this large wooden badger."

"You know how to ring, don't you. You put your finger in the hole and make tiny little circles"
-- Rachel Ward to Steve Martin in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (a vastly under-rated movie

Ward: "What are you doing?"
Martin: "I was just adjusting you breasts. They fell all out of whack when you fainted."
-- More Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

At this rate, we'll have the whoel script of Princess Bride up here!!

Cheers

Wolfie

"you think it'll work? It would take a miracle. Bye-bye!"

"Humiliations galore! Now that is a noble cause!"

Vizzini, he can fuss.
fuss, fuss ... I think he likes to scream at us.
Probably he means no harm.
He's really very short on charm!
You've a great gift for rhyme.
Yes, yes, some of the time.
Fezzik, are tehre rocks ahead?
If there are, well all be dead!
Stop that, I mean it.
Anybody want a peanut?

"Your confidence in me is overwhelming."

And I was reminded last night--Fyling High! (in some places released as Airplane!, I think)

"Surely, you can't be serious"
"I am serious, and stop calling me Shirley"

"It's from Headquarters"
"Headquarters, what is it?"
"Well, it's a big building where generals hang out, but that's not important right now"

Captain Roger Unger: "You ever been in a cockpit before, boy?"
Small boy passenger: "No"
CRU: Do you know why they call it a cockpit?"
SBP: "No"
CRU: "You ever been in a Turkish Bath?"
SBP: "No"
CRU: "You ever seen a man naked?"
SBP: "No"

"He's in the hospital"
"The hospital, what is it?"
"Well, it's a big building where doctors hang out, but that's not important right now."

"MAYDAY! MAYDAY!"
"Mayday! What is it?"
"Well, it the first day of the Russian New Year, and was a historic harvest festival ..."

"Here, what can you make of this weather report?"
"Well, I could make a brooch, or a hat, or a butterfly..."

"Looks like I picked a bad day to give up smoking."
(Later) "Looks like I picked a bad day to give up amphetamines."
(Later still) "Looks like I picked a bad day to stop sniffing glue."

"What a p****r!"

~Lt., you're almost....out of uniform

~...I need a man with a tattoo on his d***! Do I have the right man?!
Yes, sir, I believe you do.

~Welcome aboard, sir.
What the hell is that suppose to mean?

For anyone who *hasn't* seen The Princess Bride , the quote about the Rodents in Infinite Improbability's post was uttered by Wesley (Carey Elwes )less than a second before being attacked by one.

Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Blinken, Robin's blind servent, falls from a tree--
'I CAN SEE!'-walks into tree
'No, I was wrong...'

'A black sherriff?!'
'It worked in "Blazing Saddles."'

'Fix your boobs! You look like a b******g Picasso.' Achoo (or Little John, not sure which) to Blinken, in disguise to rescue Robin

'We're men, we're men in tights...' The Song

'It is the key to the greatest treasure in all the land!' Robin (Carey Elwes), after learning that a key bequeathed to him fits Maid Marion's chastity belt...

I almost forgot--
'It's sacramental wine. It's only used for blessing things...There's things here...Let's bless them all until we get versnicken!'--Mel Brooks as Rabbi Tuckman, to the Merry Men

"You're about as much use as a truckload of dead rats in a tampon factory." Top Secret

"Why are you wearing those on your head?" (referring to deely-boppers)
"If I wear them anywhere else they chafe." Real Genius

"I'm not saying I'd like to build a summer home here, but some of the trees are actually quite lovely." The Princess Bride

"It can't rain all the time." The Crow

". . . no biblical Hell could ever be worse than a state of perpetual inconsequence." Dangerous Beauty