And the Ones They Forgot

The American Film Institute (AFI) just released their list of the top 100 quotes from U.S. movies.

“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn,” from Gone With the Wind was number one. Although, I much prefer both of Marlon Brando’s quotes (#2 and #3, respectively): “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse,” from The Godfather, and “You don’t understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could’ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am,” from On the Waterfront.

The fun part of lists like these is picking over what wasn’t included.

So here—in no particular order—are some of my Top Movie Quotes That Didn’t Make the AFI List. Feel free to add your own in the Comments section.

• The Jerk (1979)

  Navin R. Johnson: I was born a poor black child.

• The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

  Josey Wales: Dyin’ ain’t much of a living, boy.

• Pulp Fiction (1994)

  Marsellus: What now? Let me tell you what now. I’ma call a coupla hard, pipe-hittin’ niggers, who’ll go to work on the homes here with a pair of pliers and a blow torch. You hear me talkin’, hillbilly boy? I ain’t through with you by a damn sight. I’ma get medieval on your ass.
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  Jules: Say what again. SAY WHAT AGAIN. I dare you, I double dare you, motherfucker. Say what one more goddamn time.
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  Pumpkin: Which one is your wallet?
  Jules: It’s the one that says Bad Motherfucker.

• The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

  Tom Joad: I’ll be all around in the dark - I’ll be everywhere. Wherever you can look - wherever there’s a fight, so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever there’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there. I’ll be there in the way guys yell when they’re mad. I’ll be there in the way kids laugh when they’re hungry and they know supper’s ready, and when people are eatin’ the stuff they raise and livin’ in the houses they built - I’ll be there, too.

• The Princess Bride (1987)

  Vizzini: HE DIDN’T FALL? INCONCEIVABLE.
  Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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  Inigo Montoya: Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father: prepare to die.

• The Matrix (1999)

  Neo: I know kung fu.

• Animal House (1978)

  Bluto: Did we quit when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

• Young Frankenstein (1974)

  Inga: Dr. Fronkensteen! Are you all right!
  Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: MY NAME IS FRANKENSTEIN!

• Office Space (1999)

  Peter Gibbons: You see Bob, it’s not that I’m lazy, it’s that I just don’t care.
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  Bob Porter: Looks like you’ve been missing a lot of work lately.
  Peter Gibbons: Well, I wouldn’t exactly say I’ve been *missing* it, Bob.

• Fight Club (1999)

  Marla Singer: My God. I haven’t been fucked like that since grade school.
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  Narrator: On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.
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  Tyler Durden: The first rule of Fight Club is - you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is - you DO NOT talk about Fight Club.
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  Narrator: I am Jack’s raging bile duct.
  Narrator: I am Jack’s complete lack of surprise.

• Blazing Saddles (1974)

  Bart: Excuse me while I whip this out.

• Breakfast Club (1985)

  Andrew: Answer the question, Claire.

• A Time to Kill (1996)

  Carl Lee Hailey: Yes, they deserved to die and I hope they burn in hell!

• Good Will Hunting (1996)

  Will: How do you like them apples?

• Good Morning Vietnam (1985)

  Adrian Cronauer: You are in more dire need of a blowjob than any white man in history.

• Amistad (1997)

  Joseph Cinque: Give us, us free.
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  John Quincy Adams: Is freedom. And the proof is the length to which a man, woman or child will go to regain it once taken. He will break loose his chains. He will decimate his enemies. He will try and try and try, against all odds, against all prejudices, to get home.

• The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

  Andy Dufresne: Get busy living, or get busy dying.

• Stripes (1981)

  John Winger: Army training, sir
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  Psycho: The name’s Francis Sawyer, but everybody calls me Psycho. Any of you guys call me Francis, and I’ll kill you.
  Sergeant Hulka: Lighten up, Francis

• Friday (1995)

  Smokey: You got to be a stupid motherfucker to get fired on your day off.
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  Smokey: Puff puff, give. Puff puff, give. You’re fuckin’ up the rotation.
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  Mr. Jones: [coming out of the bathroom] Don’t nobody go in the bathroom for about 35, 45 minutes. Somebody open up a window.
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  Smokey: I got mind control over Deebo. When he say shut up - I be quiet. But when he leave, I be talking again
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  Ezal: Smokey, you know I ain’t the smartest man in the world, but, from back here it look like you’re takin a shit.

• Snatch (2000)

  Bullet Tooth Tony: You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.

• Van Wilder (2002)

  Van Wilder: Are you stalking me? Because that would be super.

• Go (1999)

  Ronna: I need a favor.
  Todd: Wow, I didn’t know we’d become such good friends, because if we had, you’d know that I give head before I give favors and I don’t even give my best friends head so your chances of getting a favor are pretty fucking slim

  …[Later in the movie, different scene]…

  Todd: Ronna, I just gave you a favor.
  Ronna: And here I thought you just gave me head.

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