Quotes

Oooh, ahhh, that’s how it always starts. Then later there’s running and screaming.

— Ian Malcolm

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Greetings, my friend. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future.

— Criswell

Plan 9 from Outer Space

Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room!

— President Merkin Muffley

Dr. Strangelove

These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.

— Obi-Wan

Star Wars

Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!

— Taylor

Planet of the Apes

You maniacs! You blew it up! Oh, damn you! Damn you all to hell!

— Taylor

Planet of the Apes

Klaatu barada nikto.

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Monsters from the Id.

— Doc Ostrow

Forbidden Planet

What… is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

— Bridgekeeper

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

We thought you was a toad!

— Delmar

O Brother Where Art Thou?

Danger Will Robinson! Danger!

— Robbie the Robot

Lost in Space

Yeah, well. The Dude abides.

— The Dude

The Big Lebowski

Ray, if someone asks you if you’re a god, you say YES!

— Winston

Ghostbusters

Do you know of the Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a dish that is best served cold? It is very cold in space.

— Kahn

ST:TWOK

No matter where you go, there you are.

— Buckaroo Banzai

Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension

Okay. You people sit tight, hold the fort and keep the home fires burning. And if we’re not back by dawn… call the president.

— Jack Burton

Big Trouble in Little China

This is the way society functions. Aren’t you a part of society?

— Kramer

Seinfeld

Greetings, programs!

— Flynn

TRON

I find your lack of faith disturbing.

— Darth Vader

Star Wars

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no substitute for a good blaster at your side, kid.

— Han Solo

Star Wars

Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.

— Yoda

The Empire Strikes Back

It’s a moral imperative.

— Chris Knight

Real Genuis

Talk with your mouth full / bite the hand that feeds you / bite off more than you can chew / dare to be stupid

— Weird AL

dare to be stupid

Well, let’s say this Twinkie represents the normal amount of psychokinetic energy in the New York area. Based on this morning’s reading, it would be a Twinkie thirty-five feet long, weighing approximately six hundred pounds.

— Egon

Ghostbusters

This episode was BADLY written!

— Gwen

Galaxy Quest

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.

— Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear

Dune

With great power there must also come - great responsibility.

— Stan Lee

Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962)

If you can’t take a little bloody nose, maybe you oughtta go back home and crawl under your bed. It’s not safe out here. It’s wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross; but it’s not for the timid.

— Q

STNG: “Q Who?”

Five card stud, nothing wild. And the sky’s the limit

— Captain Jean Luc Picard

uttering the last line of the series, STNG: “All Good Things…”

If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want… Well, that’s where you’re right. But - and I am only saying that because I care - there’s a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.

— Chris Knight

Real Genius

We’re all very different people. We’re not Watusi. We’re not Spartans. We’re Americans, with a capital ‘A’, huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We’re the underdog.

— John Winger

Stripes

If I’m not back in five minutes, just wait longer.

— Ace Ventura

Ace ventura, Pet Detective

I’m going to give you a little advice. There’s a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball.

— Ty Webb

Caddyshack

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE

— God (Douglas Adams)

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Some days, you just can’t get rid of a bomb!

— Adam West

Batman & Robin

Bill, strange things are afoot at the Circle K.

— Ted

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple.

— Willy Wonka

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Alright, alright alright.

— Wooderson

Dazed and Confused

Never argue with the data.

— Sheen

Jimmy Neutron

Oooh right, it’s actually quite a funny story once you get past all the tragic elements and the over-riding sense of doom.

— Duckman

Spock. This child is about to wipe out every living thing on Earth. Now, what do you suggest we do….spank it

— Dr. McCoy

Star Trek: The Motion Pictureit Dr. McCoy Star Trek: The Motion Picture

I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.

— HAL

2001: A Space Odyssey

Three rings for the Elven kings under the sky, seven for the Dwarf lords in their halls of stone, nine for the mortal men doomed to die, one for the Dark Lord on his dark throne, in the land of Mordor where the shadows lie. One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring the bring them all, and in the darkness bind them. In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie.

— LOTR

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 from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

— Dennis the Peasant

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

One man's wage rise is another man's price increase.

— Harold Wilson

Other people's troubles are bearable.

— Yiddish Proverb

Honest criticism is the highest praise.

— unknown

Criticism is...always a kind of compliment.

— John Maddox

He who forgets the language of gratitude can never be on speaking terms with happiness.

— unknown

As bread is the staff of life, the simple sustenance of the body, so appreciation is the food of the soul.

— Priscilla Wayne

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