Thursday, July 28, 2005

AFI #092 Bill Murray as Carl Spackler from Caddyshack

He's a Cinderella boy. Tears in his eyes, I guess, as he lines up this last shot. He's got about 195 yards left, and he's got a, looks like he's got about an 8-iron. This crowd has gone deadly silent... Cinderella story, out of nowhere, former greenskeeper, now about to become the Masters champion. [swings, pulverizes yet another flower] It looks like a mirac- it's in the hole! It's in the hole!

- Bill Murray as Carl Spackler from Caddyshack (1980)

The bolded line is ranked #92 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.


American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

AFI #093 Rosalind Russell as Mame Dennis from Auntie Mame

Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!

- Rosalind Russell as Mame Dennis from Auntie Mame (1958)

This line is ranked #93 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.


American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations

Tuesday, July 26, 2005

AFI #094 Tom Cruise as Maverick from Top Gun (1986)

Maverick: I feel the need...
Maverick, Goose: ...the need for speed!

- Tom Cruise as Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell from Top Gun (1986)

This line is ranked #94 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.


American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations

Monday, July 25, 2005

AFI #095 Robin Williams as John Keating, Dead Poets Society

John Keating: (whispering in a gruff voice) Carpe.

Cameron looks over his shoulder with an aggravated expression on his face.

John Keating: Hear it? (whispering again) Carpe. Carpe Diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.

The boys stare at the faces in the cabinet in silence.

- Robin Williams as John Keating from Dead Poets Society (1989)

This line is ranked #95 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.


American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations

Sunday, July 24, 2005

AFI #096 Cher as Loretta Castorini, Moonstruck

Snap out of it!

- Cher as Loretta Castorini from Moonstruck (1987)

This line is ranked #96 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.


American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations

Saturday, July 23, 2005

AFI #097 James Cagney as George M. Cohan, Yankee Doodle Dandy

My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.

- James Cagney as George M. Cohan from Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

This line is ranked #97 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.


American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations

AFI #098 Patrick Swayze as Johnny Castle, Dirty Dancing

Nobody puts Baby in a corner.

- Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze), Dirty Dancing (1987)

This line is ranked #98 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.


American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations

Friday, July 22, 2005

AFI #099 Margaret Hamilton as Wicked Witch of the West, The Wizard of Oz

I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!

- Margaret Hamilton as Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz (1939)

This line is ranked #99 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

Thursday, July 21, 2005

AFI #100, Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, Titanic

I'm the king of the world!

- Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, Titanic (1997)

This line is ranked #100 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.


American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations