Angel Tarragon
Dawn Dragon
"Is some higher force at work, here? Are we asking too much of life?"
- Fred Ward as Earl Basset in Tremors (1990)
- Fred Ward as Earl Basset in Tremors (1990)
Movie Quotes Fun!
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Angel Tarragon
Dawn Dragon
"Warning! A**holes are closer than they appear!"
- Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
- Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Mark
CreativeMountainGames.com
Hmmm... Some of these quotes are very much lost on me, taken out of context, as I am not familiar with the source material. I'm having a number of "You had to be there" moments. Let's try this. Let's have quotes that stand on their own, that inform us to some degree about the character or the situation in which the character has found themself, that don't require additional lines of dialog to support them (though they can certainly be a part of a larger conversation).
For instance, the quote with which I began the thread stuck me as one that gives us some insight into the character, both in how he must be and that much more for it tells us that he knows how others view him and he doesn't so much disagree. It's also humorous, though not a laugh-out-loud moment so much as a reflectively smiling witicism.
Of course, I don't expect all to be in exactly the same vein but I am interested in lines that aren't merely tag lines for movies or catch phrases. I'm just looking for the kind of things that if you said them out of context they'd still have a resonance of quality. Does that make sense?
For instance, the quote with which I began the thread stuck me as one that gives us some insight into the character, both in how he must be and that much more for it tells us that he knows how others view him and he doesn't so much disagree. It's also humorous, though not a laugh-out-loud moment so much as a reflectively smiling witicism.
Of course, I don't expect all to be in exactly the same vein but I am interested in lines that aren't merely tag lines for movies or catch phrases. I'm just looking for the kind of things that if you said them out of context they'd still have a resonance of quality. Does that make sense?
Dark Jezter
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All start off with a few memorable quotes from Conan the Barbarian, which is one of my favorite movies.
Hyrkanian Warlord: "Conan, what is best in life?"
Conan: "Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!"
*Conan watches as Thulsa Doom's riders quickly approach the ambush he's set up for them.*
Conan: "Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad, why we fought and why we died. All that matters is that today two stood against many, that's whats important. Valor pleases you, Crom, so grant me one request: grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then to hell with you!"
And here's one from Independence Day, which wasn't a great movie, but was a fun enough Saturday Afternoon popcorn flick, and had one of my favorite movie speeches of all time:
President Whitmore: "Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. 'Mankind', That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: 'We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight!' We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!"
Hyrkanian Warlord: "Conan, what is best in life?"
Conan: "Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!"
*Conan watches as Thulsa Doom's riders quickly approach the ambush he's set up for them.*
Conan: "Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad, why we fought and why we died. All that matters is that today two stood against many, that's whats important. Valor pleases you, Crom, so grant me one request: grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then to hell with you!"
And here's one from Independence Day, which wasn't a great movie, but was a fun enough Saturday Afternoon popcorn flick, and had one of my favorite movie speeches of all time:
President Whitmore: "Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. 'Mankind', That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: 'We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight!' We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!"
Angel Tarragon
Dawn Dragon
"You don' need sleep. Hell, sleep's something shoved down our throats when we're kids by the people that think they run the world, parents, teachers, you know, the type that likes to keep us locked up tight in our place."
- Kurt Russell as Jack Burton in Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
- Kurt Russell as Jack Burton in Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
