The Best Things Ever Said in the Dark: The Wisest, Wittiest, Most Provocative Quotations from the Movies
Bruce Adamson
Language: English
Pages: 224
ISBN: 1581153511
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Both the famous and the obscure from every genre of cinema are celebrated in more than 1,000 quotations that are sure to intrigue and delight. The quotes offer individual takes on more than 200 topics, including life, love, family, work, and death-not to mention cheap motels and bowling.
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BTESID 01 06/18/04 I N S U LT S 4:00 PM Page 48 He was so dumb he thought that the Gettysburg Address was where Lincoln lived.——A Fish Called Wanda (1988) (He was so fat . . . ) Legend has it his shadow once killed a dog. —A Bronx Tale (1993) I think you’re the opposite of a paranoid. I think you go around with the insane delusion that people like you.—— Deconstructing Harry (1997) Do the world a favor and pull your lip over your head and swallow. —Grumpy Old Men (1993) Woman: I hate you.
The older you get, the more you realize that kindness is synonymous with happiness. LIONEL BARRYMORE KILLING It’s a hell of a thing, killin’ a man. You take away all he has, and all he’s ever gonna have. ——Unforgiven (1992) Life is God’s precious gift. No principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it.—— The Crucible (1996) Kill a few people, they call you a murderer. Kill a few million and you’re a conqueror.——Cliffhanger (1993) I have a little rule about killing people. Well,
misery.——Easy Money (1983) 73 BTESID 02 06/18/04 MONEY 4:01 PM Page 74 There’s only one thing I like better than money—other people’s money. —Other People’s Money (1991) Anybody who tells you money is the root of all evil doesn’t fucking have any. —Boiler Room (2000) Money’s most powerful ability is to allow bad people to continue doing bad things at the expense of those who don’t have it. —— Sneakers (1992) If something’s worth doing, it’s worth doing for money.——Wall Street (1987) It’s
of hand, it winds up wreckin’ all the things you thought you was fightin’ for, and a whole bunch of other good things you sort of forgot you had. —— The War (1994) There ain’t no fair way to fight a war. —— The Alamo (1960) Now, I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor, dumb bastard die for his country.—— Patton (1970) Every man who wages war believes God is on his side. I’ll wager God should often wonder who is on his.——
you expect them to be. —Shirley Valentine (1989–U.S./British) Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else’s dreams?—— Ed Wood (1994) Do you know the best way to make a dream come true? Wake up. —Excess Baggage (1997) 22 BTESID 01 06/18/04 4:00 PM E Page 23 EXERCISE There are basically two types of exercise in Hollywood these days: jogging and helping a recently divorced friend move. ROBERT WAG N E R EMOTIONS Emotions are ephemeral, like flowers and beauty.