The American Film Institute's Top 100 Movie Quotes special, hosted by Pierce Brosnan, showcased the most memorable quotes which had a cultural impact and ensured a film’s legacy, with “frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn” taking #1 and Titanic’s “I’m the King of the world!” (which they *actually* described as “a small goodybag the audience took home with them),” at #100. We were saddened that Dirty Dancing's “nobody puts baby in the corner” came in at a low #98 and somewhat surprised by the few one-word quotes: Citizen Kane's "rosebud" at #17 and The Graduate's "plastics" at #42. And was anyone else baffled by how Star Wars only had one quote, but both Jerry Maguire and James Bond had two? What about "my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father - prepare to die?"
Though last night's 3-hour special grew rather tiresome somewhere around Apollo 13, it did boast some interesting movie trivia, such as how “play it again, Sam” is etched into the American psyche even though the actual quote from Casablanca is “play it once, Sam. For old times' sake” and that Pres. Roosevelt found the last lines from Mrs. Miniver (a Gothamist favorite) so powerful, he had them printed on millions of leaflets and dropped over Nazi-occupied Europe.
See below for the whole list:
1 "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." GONE WITH THE WIND
2 I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse. THE GODFATHER
3 "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." ON THE WATERFRONT
4 "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." THE WIZARD OF OZ
5 "Here's looking at you, kid." CASABLANCA
6 "Go ahead, make my day." SUDDEN IMPACT
7 "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." SUNSET BLVD.
8 "May the Force be with you." STAR WARS
9 "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." ALL ABOUT EVE
10 "You talking to me?" TAXI DRIVER
11. "What we've got here is failure to communicate," "Cool Hand Luke," 1967.
12. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning," "Apocalypse Now," 1979.
13. "Love means never having to say you're sorry," "Love Story," 1970.
14. "The stuff that dreams are made of," "The Maltese Falcon," 1941.
15. "E.T. phone home," "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," 1982.
16. "They call me Mister Tibbs!", "In the Heat of the Night," 1967.
17. "Rosebud," "Citizen Kane," 1941.
18. "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!", "White Heat," 1949.
19. "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!", "Network," 1976.
20. "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship," "Casablanca," 1942.
21. "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti," "The Silence of the Lambs," 1991.
22. "Bond. James Bond," "Dr. No," 1962.
23. "There's no place like home," "The Wizard of Oz," 1939.
24. "I am big! It's the pictures that got small," "Sunset Blvd.," 1950.
25. "Show me the money!", "Jerry Maguire," 1996.
26. "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?", "She Done Him Wrong," 1933.
27. "I'm walking here! I'm walking here!", "Midnight Cowboy," 1969.
28. "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By,"' "Casablanca," 1942.
29. "You can't handle the truth!", "A Few Good Men," 1992.
30. "I want to be alone," "Grand Hotel," 1932.
31. "After all, tomorrow is another day!", "Gone With the Wind," 1939.
32. "Round up the usual suspects," "Casablanca," 1942.
33. "I'll have what she's having," "When Harry Met Sally...," 1989.
34. "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow," "To Have and Have Not," 1944.
35. "You're gonna need a bigger boat," "Jaws," 1975.
36. "Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!", "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," 1948.
37. "I'll be back," "The Terminator," 1984.
38. "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth," "The Pride of the Yankees," 1942.
39. "If you build it, he will come," "Field of Dreams," 1989.
40. "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get," "Forrest Gump," 1994.
41. "We rob banks," "Bonnie and Clyde," 1967.
42. "Plastics," "The Graduate," 1967.
43. "We'll always have Paris," "Casablanca," 1942.
44. "I see dead people," "The Sixth Sense," 1999.
45. "Stella! Hey, Stella!", "A Streetcar Named Desire," 1951.
46. "Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars," "Now, Voyager," 1942.
47. "Shane. Shane. Come back!", "Shane," 1953.
48. "Well, nobody's perfect," "Some Like It Hot," 1959.
49. "It's alive! It's alive!", "Frankenstein," 1931.
50. "Houston, we have a problem," "Apollo 13," 1995.
51. "You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?", "Dirty Harry," 1971.
52. "You had me at 'hello,"' "Jerry Maguire," 1996.
53. "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know," "Animal Crackers," 1930.
54. "There's no crying in baseball!", "A League of Their Own," 1992.
55. "La-dee-da, la-dee-da," "Annie Hall," 1977.
56. "A boy's best friend is his mother," "Psycho," 1960.
57. "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good," "Wall Street," 1987.
58. "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer," "The Godfather Part II," 1974.
59. "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again," "Gone With the Wind," 1939.
60. "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!", "Sons of the Desert," 1933.
61. "Say 'hello' to my little friend!", "Scarface," 1983.
62. "What a dump," "Beyond the Forest," 1949.
63. "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?", "The Graduate," 1967.
64. "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!", "Dr. Strangelove," 1964.
65. "Elementary, my dear Watson," "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," 1929.
66. "Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape," "Planet of the Apes," 1968.
67. "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine," "Casablanca," 1942.
68. "Here's Johnny!", "The Shining," 1980.
69. "They're here!", "Poltergeist," 1982.
70. "Is it safe?", "Marathon Man," 1976.
71. "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!", "The Jazz Singer," 1927.
72. "No wire hangers, ever!", "Mommie Dearest," 1981.
73. "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?", "Little Caesar," 1930.
74. "Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown," "Chinatown," 1974.
75. "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers," "A Streetcar Named Desire," 1951.
76. "Hasta la vista, baby," "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," 1991.
77. "Soylent Green is people!", "Soylent Green," 1973.
78. "Open the pod bay doors, HAL," "2001: A Space Odyssey," 1968.
79. Striker: "Surely you can't be serious." Rumack: "I am serious ... and don't call me Shirley," "Airplane!", 1980.
80. "Yo, Adrian!", "Rocky," 1976.
81. "Hello, gorgeous," "Funny Girl," 1968.
82. "Toga! Toga!", "National Lampoon's Animal House," 1978.
83. "Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make," "Dracula," 1931.
84. "Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast," "King Kong," 1933.
85. "My precious," "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," 2002.
86. "Attica! Attica!", "Dog Day Afternoon," 1975.
87. "Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!", "42nd Street," 1933.
88. "Listen to me, mister. You're my knight in shining armor. Don't you forget it. You're going to get back on that horse, and I'm going to be right behind you, holding on tight, and away we're gonna go, go, go!", "On Golden Pond," 1981.
89. "Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper," "Knute Rockne, All American," 1940.
90. "A martini. Shaken, not stirred," "Goldfinger," 1964.
91. "Who's on first," "The Naughty Nineties," 1945.
92. "Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac ... It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole!", "Caddyshack," 1980.
93. "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!", "Auntie Mame," 1958.
94. "I feel the need -- the need for speed!", "Top Gun," 1986.
95. "Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary," "Dead Poets Society," 1989.
96. "Snap out of it!", "Moonstruck," 1987.
97. "My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you," "Yankee Doodle Dandy," 1942.
98. "Nobody puts Baby in a corner," "Dirty Dancing," 1987.
99. "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!", "The Wizard of Oz," 1939.
100. "I'm king of the world!", "Titanic," 1997.
Casablanca has seven quotes in AFI's ballot, making it the most represented film, followed by The Wizard of Oz with six quotes, and Humphrey Bogart was the most represented actor with 10 quotes, and Billy Wilder was top represented writer with 13 quotes. Check out AFI's Top 100 Movie Quotes.





I can't believe "Nobody's perfect," possibly the most perfect last few lines of a movie, was only at #48. And as dumb at the AFI "Top 100" specials are, I kind of enjoyed watched this as I did other chores around the house.
"Royale with Cheese."
"I'm gonna get medieval on your ass."
"It's the one that says Bad Motherfucker on it."
Not a single quote from Pulp Fiction? And they put in a lame quote from A League of Their Own?! Blasphemy!
Do you have a breath mint? Perhaps some Binaca?
My favorite line:
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on long winter evenings."
~ Humphrey Bogart to Lauren Bacall, in "The Big Sleep"
It was fairly enjoyable, though I agree on the Pulp Fiction omission.
And where was "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."?
"I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."? was on there...79.
I love that the Silence of the Lambs fava bean one was on there. I was just commenting to someone the other day after seeing a fava bean recipe somewhere that I still think of that scene without fail whenever i hear or read about fava beans.
ALso, I thought, "Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary." towards the end of the list was an unexpected, yet nice inclusion.
No disrespect but the greatest line (and product placement) in recent memory not mentioned, "Hey honey, do you think KFC is still open?" --Old School
The “Play it again, Sam” line actually comes from the Marx Brothers’ movie A Night in Casablanca
"Ahhhhh! It's a good day to die!" Opening line from Keifer Sutherland in Flatliners. How could you leave that one off? Who makes these lists anyway?
"Play it Again, Sam," was also the title of a Woody Allen play and movie.
What about:
I AM YOUR FATHER'S BROTHER'S NEPHEW'S COUSIN'S FORMER ROOMMATE
Or
"You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world."
Just my 2 cents.
Thats where "play it again, sam" is from? Well thanks AFI for misinforming us!
I have to say #78 really should be: "I'm sorry, Dave. I can't do that." Because who remembers that line? We all remember Hal.
"I'm her sister." (slap) "I'm her mother." (slap) "I'm her sister and her mother."
I'm surprised MY favorite movie quote didn't even make it on the Top 100, but I guess sometimes you just gotta say "What the fcuk."
What about "Braaaaaiiiinnns" ?
"Gosh! Idiot!"
#78 should have been "My mind is going Dave, I can feel it."
#78 should have been "My mind is going Dave, I can feel it." Or else it's "My mind is going Dave. I can feel it."
Bond should have been higher than #22. And what happened to "Do you expect me to talk?" "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die."
Harrumph. :>)
cookie, i think it's "she's my sister. she's my daughter..."
"Dude, where's my car?"
"Thats pretty bold talk for a one eyed fat man... Fill your hand you son of a bitch"
How can you pass the Duke???
and they missed...
"what's the matter Coloniel Sanders, chicken?"
"you are a neo-maxie zoom dweebie," or "does barry manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?"
"f**k me gently with a chainsaw"
"be excellent to each other and party on dude!"
"You won't fuck me and I always have to drive!" -
Drugstore Cowboy
The quotation listed is: "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By."
What it is often mistaken for -- and may come for the Marx Bros. movie is, "Play it again, Sam."
"I'm your huckleberry."
as opposed to the fava bean, why not the infamous buffalo bill line:
"it rubs the lotion on the skin or else it gets the hose again..."
I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS!
help, help, I can't swim! Aaaaaargh!
Or the only decent thing about GFIII:
"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!"
Personally, I like Little Steven...er, Silvio Dante's version better than Pacino's.
"No Luke, I.. am your Father"
"No Luke, I.. am your Father"
Darth Vader to his Son.
What happened to "I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart." - GFII
what about "yipee kye aee mother f**ker"?
i'll second the "Braaaaaiiiinnns" and "send more cops"
"Bring me everyone."
"What do you mean 'everyone'?"
"EVERYONE!!!"
Ironically enough, Pulp Fiction was on last night. And I agree, there were some major omissions:
"I'm a long f***ing way from okay."
"My name is Winston Wolf. I solve problems."
"Have you ever read the Bible, son?"
I thought they got the Casablance "Play it..."
quote wrong too. WHO IS GOING TO MAKE THIS RIGHT?
Check this out:
http://afi.com/Docs/tvevents/pdf/quotes400.pdf
400 nominated quotes... you won't believe the ones they missed! Guess they gotta draw the line somewhere...
"Snakes! Why did it have to be snakes?"
"Excuse me while I whip this out..."
"What hump?"
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue."
"It's showtime!"
... and the one I can't believe didn't make it...
"Follow the money."
"give me a keg of beer...and these."
-teen wolf
A fastfood list, mostly (ditto most suggested omissions).
NO PRESTON STURGES??
"Vegas, baby, Vegas"
"F**k me gently with a chainsaw, Veronica, do I look like Mother Teresa?" (previously mentioned)
"Where all the white women at?"
How about "Revenge is a dish best served cold."
- Khan in Star Trek II
I think the 2001:A Space Odyssey quote should be: "I know I've made some bad decisions lately, Dave."
"...I have come here to chew bubble gum and to kick ass....and I'm all out of bubble gum..."
Where did this quote come from? I'm trying to find out who said "Where All The White Women At?" Was It Ice Cube? And from what movie? Thanks