The 37 Best Movie Quotes of All Time

One of the ultimate pleasures of rewatching movies is quoting them back at them. (But please, don’t do that around people who haven’t seen the movie.) The “hangout” movie—whether it’s Dazed and Confused, The Big Lebowski, or Pulp Fiction—provides an opportunity to soak in your favorite characters and the lines that define them. Those lines also take us back in time to when we first got to know these people who are as real to us as friends, even if we might not want to be their friends. (Who can forget their first encounter with Jules Winnfield’s windy, God-fearing monologues?) But they also provide calling cards for some of the most memorable thrillers, horror movies and—naturally—gangster pictures to hit the big screen.

Any list of the best movie quotes is, of course, subjective. So think of this as a compilation of great movie quotes just about everyone knows as well as many you might not (or have forgotten). Any true Jaws fan knows there are many more treasures than “You’re gonna need a bigger boat,” just as any camp head knows you can’t pass up the delicious delivery of Gina Gershon in Showgirls. And Matthew McConaughey is almost too quotable for his own good, but we pared his work down to one line (no, not that one). From the funny to the profound, from the foul-mouthed to the moving, here are movie quotes for the ages.

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AFP
India's Rahul Gandhi faces new test in revived fortunes
Once dismissed as an "empty suit", perennial Indian premier-in-waiting Rahul Gandhi emerged from his third consecutive election defeat with his reputation enhanced and his party back from the political wilderness.Leaked US embassy cables disparagingly referred to him as an "empty suit", and Modi dismissed him as a dynast more interested in luxury and self-indulgence than fighting to helm the world's biggest democracy.
AFP
Iran picks new president at turbulent time
Iranians vote on Friday to elect a new president from six candidates, including a lone reformist who hopes he can challenge the dominance of conservatives in the Islamic republic.Neda said: "The hijab law will never be lifted since this is the Islamic republic.
NBC News
Growing wildfire in central Oregon chars 1,700 acres, prompts evacuations
A small wildfire in central Oregon quickly spread Tuesday, charring around 1,700 acres by nightfall and triggering evacuations while leaving thousands without power.
CNN
Julian Assange ends stalemate with US, exchanging guilty plea for his freedom
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walked free for the first time in 12 years after a US judge signed off on his unexpected plea deal on Wednesday morning.
Associated Press
Native American ceremony will celebrate birth of white buffalo calf in Yellowstone park
Ceremonies and celebrations are planned Wednesday near the west entrance of Yellowstone National Park to mark the recent birth of a white buffalo calf in the park, a spiritually significant event for many Native American tribes. A white buffalo calf with a dark nose and eyes was born on June 4 in the the park's Lamar Valley, according to witnesses, fulfilling a prophecy for the Lakota people that portends better times but also signals that more must be done to protect the earth and its animals. Looking Horse has performed a naming ceremony for the calf and will announce its name during Wednesday's gathering in West Yellowstone at the headquarters of Buffalo Field Campaign, an organization that works to protect the park's wild bison herds.
Associated Press
Texas inmate facing execution for 2001 fatal shooting as his lawyers argue he's no longer a danger
A Texas man who admitted that he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and fatally shot the 18-year-old girlfriend of his drug dealer was set to be executed on Wednesday. The remains of Bridget Townsend weren't found until October 2002, two years after she vanished, when Ramiro Gonzales, having received two life sentences for kidnapping and raping another woman, led authorities to the spot in Southwest Texas where he left her body. Gonzales, 41, was condemned for fatally shooting Townsend after stealing drugs and money and kidnapping her in January 2001 from a home in Bandera County, located northwest of San Antonio.
NBC News
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a vocal Israel critic and 'squad' member, loses primary
NBC News projects George Latimer defeated Jamaal Bowman after a bitter and expensive Democratic primary in New York’s 16th District.
Reuters
Iran election hopefuls struggle to offer fix for economic woes
Candidates in Friday's Iranian presidential election have vowed to revive the flagging economy, but voters see little prospect of relief from a cost of living squeeze without an end to sanctions and an easing of Iran's international isolation. The daily struggle of ordinary Iranians to make ends meet is a persistent challenge for Iran's ruling clerics, who fear a revival of protests that have erupted periodically by lower and middle-income communities angry at enduring hardship. The reinstatement of U.S. sanctions in 2018 hit Iran's oil exports, slashing government revenues and forcing it to take unpopular steps such as increasing taxes and running big budget deficits, policies that have kept annual inflation close to 40%.
Associated Press
As Iran's presidential vote looms, tensions boil over renewed headscarf crackdown
Seemingly every afternoon in Iran's capital, police vans rush to major Tehran squares and intersections to search for women with loose headscarves and those who dare not to wear them at all. The renewed crackdown comes not quite two years since mass protests over the death Mahsa Amini after she was detained for not wearing a scarf to the authorities' liking. A United Nations panel has found that the 22-year-old died as a result of “physical violence” wrought upon her by the state.
AFP
Julian Assange: WikiLeaks' controversial founder
Julian Assange, who walked free Wednesday following a plea deal with US authorities that ended a years-long legal saga, is for many a fearless campaigner for press freedom.Assange travelled to the Northern Mariana Islands, a US possession in the Pacific, where he pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate national defense information in exchange for his freedom, ending his years-long legal drama.
AFP
Costly odyssey for cancer care in war-torn Sudan
Doctors in eastern Sudan say Mohammed al-Juneid's wife, displaced and diagnosed with cancer, needs treatment elsewhere in the war-torn country.Among them is Juneid's wife, who used to undergo radiation therapy at Wad Madani hospital in central Sudan before "it closed because of the war", her husband said.
Associated Press
US journalist's closed trial for espionage set to begin in Russia, with a conviction all but certain
Fifteen months after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, he returns there for his trial starting Wednesday behind closed doors. The 32-year-old Gershkovich, the American-born son of immigrants from the USSR, is the first Western journalist to be arrested on espionage in post-Soviet Russia. Both his employer and the U.S. government vigorously deny the allegations; the State Department has declared him “wrongfully detained,” thereby committing the government to assertively seek his release.
Associated Press
A Palestinian was shot, beaten and tied to an Israeli army jeep. The army says he posed no threat
When Mujahid Abadi stepped outside to see if Israeli forces had entered his uncle's neighborhood, he was shot in the arm and the foot. Hours later, beaten and bloodied, he found himself strapped to the searing hood of an Israeli military jeep driving down a road. The army initially said Abadi was a suspected militant, but later acknowledged he had not posed a threat to Israeli forces and was caught in crossfire with militants.
Associated Press
Midwest flooding devastation comes into focus as flood warnings are extended in other areas
Kathy Roberts has almost nothing left. The South Dakota resident escaped flooding Sunday night with her cat and the clothes on her back, KTIV-TV reported. “I heard screaming outside and looked outside and I had neighbors that had water rushing into their place and water was slowly rising in my driveway,” Roberts said.
AFP
WikiLeaks founder Assange freed in US plea deal
Julian Assange was on his way home to Australia as a free man Wednesday after a plea deal ended years of legal drama for the WikiLeaks founder, who had long been wanted for revealing US state secrets."You will be able to walk out of this courtroom a free man," the judge told Assange, adding she hoped the deal would restore some "peace" to him after his incarceration.
CNN
International Criminal Court issues war crimes arrest warrants for Russia’s Shoigu and Gerasimov
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov for alleged international crimes, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
CNN
India’s Modi to visit Moscow soon, Russian state media says
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia for the first time since the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, in a trip that highlights the growing ties between the two countries despite New Delhi’s close relationship with Washington.
Associated Press
States fail to track abuses in foster care facilities housing thousands of children, US says
Many states are failing to track how frequently children in foster care facilities are abused, sexually assaulted or improperly restrained, leaving them vulnerable to mistreatment, the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General said in a report Wednesday. The findings come just two weeks after a Senate committee investigation revealed children are subjected to abuse in foster care facilities around the country that are operated by a handful of large, for-profit companies and financed by taxpayers. States that are responsible for the nearly 50,000 children in these facilities are not doing enough to piece together which facilities or companies are problematic, according to the latest federal report.
Associated Press
Baby cousin with cancer inspires girls to sew hospital gowns for sick kids across U.S. and Africa
Fighting brain cancer, little Giada Demma was lying in her pediatric hospital bed, her tiny body virtually swimming in a drab green hospital gown. Inspired by that moment, Giuliana Demma, 13, and her 11-year-old sister Audrina have sewn and donated more than 1,800 brightly colored, playfully patterned gowns to hospitalized children in 36 states.
Associated Press
Most Americans plan to watch Biden-Trump debate, and many see high stakes, AP-NORC poll finds
Most U.S. adults plan to watch some element of Thursday's presidential debate and many think the event will be important for the campaigns of both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Both men remain broadly unpopular as they prepare to face off for the first time since 2020, although Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, maintains a modest enthusiasm advantage with his base compared to Biden, the Democratic incumbent. Both Biden and Trump supporters view the debate as a major test for their candidate — or just a spectacle not to miss.

The 37 Best Movie Quotes of All Time

“That's the way it crumbles... cookie-wise.” (The Apartment)

“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” (The Godfather)

“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.” (Goodfellas)

“I don't know how good you are, darlin', and I don't know what it is you're good at, but if it's at the Cheetah, it's not dancing, I know that much.” (Showgirls)

“Gobble gobble, gobble gobble. We accept her. One of us, one of us.” (Freaks)

“It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.” (The Silence of the Lambs)

“My husband’s coming today, and I need some lube… for my pussy.” (Wet Hot American Summer)

“No wire hangers, ever!” (Mommie Dearest)

“‘Cause she’s got a great ass!” (Heat)

“I think she's the fuck of the century.” (Basic Instinct)

“Say hello to my little friend!” (Scarface)

“I want you to draw me like one of your French girls.” (Titanic)

“I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.” (In a Lonely Place)

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

“You know, even though we've watched Pretty Woman like 36 times, I never get tired of making fun of it.” (Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion)

“And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers.” (Pulp Fiction)

“Every time I try to talk to someone it's ‘sorry this’ and ‘forgive me that’ and ‘I'm not worthy.’” (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)

“Shitter’s full.” (Christmas Vacation)

“This aggression will not stand, man.” (The Big Lebowski)

“Never seen so many backwards-ass country fucks in my life.” (48 Hrs.)

“Spider-Pig, Spider-Pig. Does whatever a Spider-Pig does. Can he swing from a web? No he can't. He's a pig. Look out! He's a Spider-Pig!” (The Simpsons)

"Get to the choppa!" (Predator)

“I never wear shoes because they make me fall down.” (The Birdcage)

"That would be a terrible job to tackle. Just how would you start to cut up a human body?" (Rear Window)

“This isn’t a man.” (Halloween)

“I've got poetry in me.” (McCabe and Mrs. Miller)

“Smile, you son of a…” (Jaws)

“I killed him. I killed him for money—and a woman—and I didn't get the money and I didn't get the woman.” (Double Indemnity)

"I've got my head, I've lost my leopard!" (Bringing Up Baby)

“Nobody puts ketchup on a hot dog!” (Sudden Impact)

“Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker.” (Die Hard)

“It must be nice to always believe you know better, to always think you're the smartest person in the room.” (Broadcast News)

“It’s just that all men are sure it never happened to them and all women at one time or other have done it, so you do the math." (When Harry Met Sally)

“Wilson!” (Castaway)

“King Kong ain’t got shit on me!” (Training Day)

Would ya just watch the hair?” (Saturday Night Fever)

“You just gotta keep livin' man, L-I-V-I-N.” (Dazed and Confused)

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