The movies generate timeless quotes, some of them by the baddest of bad boys.
Here’s twenty-one of them.
Bond: In your defense, a moving target is much harder to hit.
Eve: Then you better keep moving.
Skyfall
Tony Stark: The Avengers. It’s what we call ourselves, sort of like a team. ‘Earth’s Mightiest Heroes’ type of thing.
Loki: Yes, I’ve met them.
Tony Stark: Yeah, takes us a while to get any traction, I’ll give you that one. But, let’s do a head count here. Your brother, the demi-God; a super soldier, a living legend who kind of lives up to the legend; a man with breath-taking anger management issues; a couple of master assassins, and you, big fella, you’ve managed to piss off every single one of them.
The Avengers
Oh, and you know the thing about chaos? It’s fair!
The Joker, The Dark Knight
There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me, ‘keep your friends close, but your enemies closer’.
Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part II
You can take away my house, all my tricks and toys. One thing you can’t take away…I am Iron Man.
Tony Stark, Iron Man 3
Marion: You’re not the man I knew ten years ago.
Indiana: It’s not the years, honey, it’s the mileage.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
This Ryan better be worth it. He’d better go home and cure some disease or invent a longer-lasting lightbulb or something. ‘Cause the truth is, I wouldn’t trade ten Ryans for one Vecchio or one Caparzo.
Captain Miller: Saving Private Ryan
Herger: Where did you learn our language?
Ahmed: I listened!
The 13th Warrior
The eyes, Chico. They never lie.
Tony Montana, Scarface
No matter where you go Armand… the world isn’t big enough to hide from me.
Zorro, The Legend of Zorro
M: Where the hell have you been?
James Bond: Enjoying death. 007 reporting for duty.
Skyfall
Indiana: Meet me at Omar’s. Be ready for me. I’m going after that truck.
Sallah: How?
Indiana: I don’t know, I’m making this up as I go!
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Q: 007. I’m your new Quartermaster.
James Bond: You must be joking.
Q: Why, because I’m not wearing a lab coat?
James Bond: Because you still have spots.
Q: My complexion is hardly relevant.
James Bond: Your competence is.
Q: Age is no guarantee of efficiency.
James Bond: And youth is no guarantee of innovation.
Q: I’ll hazard I can do more damage on my laptop sitting in my pajamas before my first cup of Earl Grey than you can do in a year in the field.
James Bond: Oh, so why do you need me?
Q: Every now and then a trigger has to be pulled.
James Bond: Or not pulled. It’s hard to know which in your pajamas.
Skyfall
Logan: Who’s the furball?
McCoy: Hank McCoy, Secretary of Mutant Affairs
Logan: Right, right. The secretary. Nice suit.
Xavier: Henry, this is Logan. He’s, uh…
McCoy: Wolverine. I hear you are quite an animal.
Logan: Look who’s talkin’.
X-Men – Last Stand
Silva: Huh, you’re trying to remember your training now. What’s the regulation to cover this? [Runs his hands down Bond thighs.] Well, first time for everything. Yes?
James Bond: What makes you think this is my first time?
Skyfall
Zorro: What happened to my clothes?
Lupe: I removed them last night so you wouldn’t catch pneumonia.
Zorro: You removed them?
Lupe: After you came back from the cantina you went for a swim.
Zorro: In my clothes?
Lupe: Sí, señor.
Zorro: This hotel doesn’t have a pool…
Lupe: We have a fountain.
The Legend of Zorro
Ahmed : [given a Viking sword] I cannot lift this.
Herger: Grow stronger.
The 13th Warrior
Holly : I have a request.
Gruber: What idiot put you in charge?
Holly : You did. When you murdered my boss. Now everybody’s looking to me. Personally, I’d pass on the job. I don’t enjoy being this close to you.
Die Hard
I swear to God, if I even feel somebody behind me, there is no measure to how fast and how hard I will bring this fight to your doorstep. I’m on my own side now.
Jason Bourne, The Bourne Identity
Ahmed: I am not a warrior.
Herger: Very soon, you will be.
The 13th Warrior
And perhaps the ultimate comeback of all time:
Gruber: Do you really think you have a chance against us, Mr. Cowboy?
McClane: Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker.
Die Hard
Great ones. What about” Go ahead, make my day?” At least I think that’s it.
Have a great Monday,
Robyn
Clint Eastwood. Yeah.
There’s some really great classic ones out there, for sure!
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The Joker looking at Barman escape with the girl:”Where does he get those wonderful toys”
Oh yes — good one, Annlouise.
Lest we forget the classics:
Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
– Casablanca
Casablanca is one of my top ten all time favourite movies, too. I should have thought of this one. Thanks, Carrie.