Where'd ya hear that?

I was thinking the other day of how many things have become part of our daily lexicon that came from books or movies.  For example, if I said "a rose by any other name" you would know that this is part of a line from William Shakespeare.  As is  "kill all the lawyers".

Everyone knows We're gonna need a bigger boat! (Jaws)

Nobody puts Baby in a corner! (Dirty Dancing)

Mistakenly people use "Play it again, Sam" when Bogey really says "Play it, Sam".  Hell, you could use that whole movie as quotes, there are so many great lines.

How many times have you heard "You're KILLING me, Smalls!"?  (Another fabulous movie right there!)

"Anyone?  Buehler?  Buehler?"

"These aren't the droids you're looking for"

Pretty much the whole movie, Dazed and Confused, for me is a quote.

and who in the whole world hasn't heard "You'll shoot your eye out!"?  OMG, yet another great quotable movie!!

"Fra-geee-lay, must be Italian"

"Bumpus!!!!"

"Fa Ra Ra Ra Rahhhhh"

Seriously, A Christmas Story is one of the all-time great movies.  I could watch it every single week of the year.

Remember these:

"I could have been somebody.  I could have been a contender"

"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers"

"You hear me talkin', hillbilly boy? I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'm gonna get medieval on your ass."


"I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries."


"Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not 'every man for himself.' And the London Underground is not a political movement. Those are all mistakes, Otto. I looked 'em up."


***Actually, our favorite quote from A Fish Called Wanda is when Otto (Kevin Kline) keeps driving his giant American car around London on the wrong side of the road and yelling "ASSHOLES!!!" out the window to all the very correct British people who almost hit him.


Remember this one:


"My daughter is in pain...Give my daughter the shot!"


 "One morning, I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas, I don't know."


***Let me just say here, there never has been anyone like Groucho and there never will be.  I will watch the Marx Bros. anytime and any place.  Love Groucho!!


"But I want to be alone."


And from Gone with the Wind we have tons of great quotes:


"Lawdy! We got to have a doctor! I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies."


"No, I don't think I will kiss you, although you need kissing badly. That's what's wrong with you. You should be kissed - and often, and by someone who knows how."


"...Rhett, if you go, where shall I go? What shall I do?"
- "Frankly, my dear. I don't give a damn."


"As God is my witness, they're not going to lick me! I'm going to live through this, and when it's all over, I'll never be hungry again. No, nor any of my folks! If I have to lie, steal, cheat, or kill! As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again."


"I'll think about it tomorrow. Tara! Home. I'll go home, and I'll think of some way to get him back! After all, tomorrow is another day!"


and think about The Wizard of Oz.  Good Lord, that whole movie is a bunch of great quotes.  How many times have you heard people say, "Toto, I don't think we are in Kansas anymore"?  or even "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain"?

I had to look this one up to get all of it right.

 "I know what you're thinkin'. 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?"


My kids even know this one, but from subsequent parodies, not from the original.


"Is it safe?"


Doesn't that one give you the heebee jeebees?


"But, Daddy, I want an Oompa Loompa NOW!!"


"Soylent Green is people!"


"What we've got here is a failure to communicate"


"Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?"


And for your enjoyment, check these latest photos of Lester Buster.
Now, can you imagine being that relaxed?  That boy loves himself some basking in the sun, that is for sure!!