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Just like in the Treasures of Sierra Madre they don't say, "We don't need no stinking badges."  In fact, it's something along the lines of "Badges? Who needs those?" 

- Watch the movies again.

-C_S

Watch Blazing Saddles.   

Quote from: COUNTER_SNIPER on May 26, 2010, 11:09:43 AM

yet SO MANY people remember these quotes the exact same way; I wonder why.

I often find myself trying to relate a funny quote to a friend or family member, and in so doing I once in a while botch the words up a bit. However, if the friend has not actually seen what I am describing, or does not remember it, but we both like it anyway, we form a fond but incorrect memory of it the way I describe it, and get used to quoting it that certain way. That friend may then proceed to do the same with another friend, and he with another friend, etc., until it spreads enough that the majority of people remember the quote incorrectly. I can imagine this same general process might be catalysed by a movie review from a popular magazine, for example.

So, that's my theory.

Interesting.  I wonder if it's been researched.

"Elementary, my dear Watson" was a quote from the early Sherlock Holmes movies.

i was just paraphrasing!  anyway, another good line is:

    "the iron man suit! is it my birthday?"
                       -Justin Hammer
                      (Iron-Man 2)
                   [no copyright infringement intended]

Wash: Yes, yes. This is a fertile land and we will thrive. We will rule over this land and we will call it......This land.

Mal: We can't die. Do you know why? Because we are so VERY pretty.

Wash: Leaf on the wind! LEAF ON THE WIND!  

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SKEWER

Book: This should do. *pulls out a rifle*
Zoe: Preacher? Doesn't the bible have pretty specific things to say about killing?
Book: Quite specific, it is however, fuzzy on the subject of kneecaps.

Mal: Do you want to run this ship?
Jayne: YES!
Mal: ..... Well you can't

I wish I could post more but Firefly isn't exactly PG

post yours:
Inherit the Wind: "I don't think that you even think about what your thinking."
Monty Python(The Holy Grail): "I'm not dead yet!" "Well you will be soon."
Gone with the Wind: "Frankly my dear I don't give a d***"
Silencing of the Lambs: "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."
Jaws:"You're gonna need a bigger boat."
Animal Crackers:"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
Airplane!:"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
Space Balls: "Evil will always triumph over good because good is dumb.
Fight Club: - Oh I get it. It's very clever.
- Thank you.
- How's that workin' out for you?
- What?
- Being clever.
- Great.
- Keep it up then.
Monty Python (Holy Grail):"are you suggesting coconuts migrate?"


those are in random order

Termenator: Hasta Levista....Baby!

Ahaha, I had no idea what Firefly was until we watched the episode with the quote about sin and hellfire in English class. So entertaining. I need to find more episodes.

~Britta

 


napoleon: tina ya fat lard come get some dinner!!

Jayne:

"Sure would be nice if we had some gernades right now, don't ya think?"

"Ten percent of nuthin' is...let me do the math here...nuthin' into nuthin'...carry the nuthin'..."

Mal:

"And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"

i could go on for days.....

others i can think of fast:

Zombie: Send more Cops!!!
Zombie: Send more Paramedics!!!

This same teacher gives us extra credit for writing 'Shakspearean' insults on our quote quizzes from The Taming of the Shrew.

:c. I got in trouble for using the term "crack-hemp". That term is actually used as an insult in The Taming of the Shrew...

Looks like I get to move.

Not really a movie quote, but:
Bill: Kid, we were just crossing the street!

I'd post the whole show if I could...

Wash: "This landing is gonna get pretty interesting."
Mal: "Define interesting."
Wash: "Oh [no] oh [no] we're all gonna die?"
Mal (over intercom): "This is the captain. We have a...little problem with our engine sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then...explode."

Operative: "That girl will rain destruction down on you and your ship. She is an albatross, Captain."
Mal: "Way I remember it, albatross was a ship's good luck, 'til some idiot killed it." (to Inara) "Yes, I've read a poem, try not to faint."

Wash:  "Hey, I've been in a firefight before! Well, I was in a fire." (beat) "Actually, I was fired from a fry-cook opportunity."

Mal: "Well, my days of taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle."

"The Hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne!"

River: "Jayne is a girl's name."

River: (trying to eat an 'ice-planet') "My food is problematic."

Wash: "Little River just gets more colorful by the moment. What'll she do next?"
Zoe: "Either blow us all up or rub soup in our hair. It's a toss-up."
Wash: "I hope she does the soup thing. It's always a hoot, and we don't all die from it."

Wash: "That sounds like something out of science fiction."
Zoe:  "We live in a space ship, dear."