by Adam McPartlan
You'll notice that many of the quotes in the "notable quotes" section are uncensored. That is because my personal belief is, while you might know what words are meant in spite of asterisks, it takes something away from the flow of the words. Also, in most of these movies, you won't be greeted with asterisks, so I don't particularly think movie lists should greet you that way either, and the big ones, like AFI's Top 100 Quotes, don't. This section of my list, however, requires this special lead in, because many of the movies in this particular group have incredibly vulgar quotes. Nevertheless, they are here, in full, because they are important to the story they are parts of. Of course, there is no context given, and in many situations, context of the quote is important. That's why you will hopefully watch these movies: to get the context of these movies and quotes which you are deprived of. Next week, Part IV and Part V (and hopefully Part VI).
Here is Part I; Here is Part II. And now, for #71-57.
You'll notice that many of the quotes in the "notable quotes" section are uncensored. That is because my personal belief is, while you might know what words are meant in spite of asterisks, it takes something away from the flow of the words. Also, in most of these movies, you won't be greeted with asterisks, so I don't particularly think movie lists should greet you that way either, and the big ones, like AFI's Top 100 Quotes, don't. This section of my list, however, requires this special lead in, because many of the movies in this particular group have incredibly vulgar quotes. Nevertheless, they are here, in full, because they are important to the story they are parts of. Of course, there is no context given, and in many situations, context of the quote is important. That's why you will hopefully watch these movies: to get the context of these movies and quotes which you are deprived of. Next week, Part IV and Part V (and hopefully Part VI).
Here is Part I; Here is Part II. And now, for #71-57.
71: The Pride of the Yankees
If you’re a Yankee fan (coughcough MILLZ coughcough), you must watch this movie that also stars Yankee legends Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, Mark Koenig, and Bill Dickey. Lou Gehrig was asked who he wanted to play him in the film. He and his family insisted on Gary Cooper, who wound up getting an Oscar nomination for his performance (he actually lost to the lead in the next movie). Cooper knew very little about baseball, but knew enough that he was going to be playing a big name in baseball and that there would be a lot of criticism coming his way if he did poorly. He also didn’t bat lefty; while it is film lore that he was shot batting righty and then the film was flipped to make it seem lefty, that has been largely debunked outside of one or two scenes. Most importantly, though, is that this film received 11 Oscar nominations and is more about the human relationships he had than his love affair with baseball. He and Babe Ruth had a famous fight that was put aside on Gehrig’s final day in the league. Ruth felt compelled to be in the film about Gehrig as well, but was so out of shape that his training regimen to get him fit actually left him sick from pneumonia. Most importantly, though, were his relationships with his mother and wife. His mother, played very well by Elsa Janssen, was a strong-willed and seemingly large pain in the ass woman. To the chagrin of Freud’s ghost, his wife, played beautifully by an Oscar-nominated Teresa Wright, was the exact opposite: a quiet, calm, doting woman. The real Eleanor Gehrig said that the 8 years she spent married to Gehrig spoiled her for any other man, and so she never remarried. Now that’s love. She also saw the film ahead of everyone else because she had approval rights. She made exactly zero changes to what she saw. She said, "That's how good I think it was."
Notable quotes:
“Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.”; “All the arguing in the world can’t change the decision of the umpire.”; “Lou Gehrig, I could learn to like you.”; “People have to live their own lives. Nobody can live it for you.”; “That Gehrig’s the chump of all time.”
70: Yankee Doodle Dandy
James Cagney’s performance as the legendary Broadway producer George M. Cohan, who wrote some of America’s most patriotic songs, is one of Hollywood’s best. He won the Oscar for Best Actor, beating out The Pride of the Yankees’ leading man. Pick any song from this movie, and you’ve got yourself a memorable quote, most especially from “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” “Over There,” and “Grand Old Flag.” The movie is almost entirely a flashback, with Cohan recounting his life for President FDR. One of the closing images is Cagney happily tap-dancing down the White House staircase. This is nothing in comparison to the film’s final shot, which implies the fading of man but the immortality of his work. The real Cohan died only months after the film’s release, making this movie a fitting farewell to one of history’s greatest showmen.
Notable quotes:
“And I want you to know that I’m not the only one that’s grateful. My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And, I assure you, I thank you.”; “I call it a hit. What will your review say?” “I like it too, so I guess I’ll pan it.”; “A man may give his life to his country in many different ways, Mr. Cohan, and quite often he isn’t the best judge of how much he has given.”; “What does the ‘M’ stand for? Modesty.” ”Whenever we get too high-hat and too sophisticated for flag-waving, some thug nation decides we're a push-over all ready to be blackjacked. And it isn't long before we're looking up, mighty anxiously, to be sure the flag's still waving over us.”; “What’s the matter, old-timer? Don’t you remember this song?” “Seems to me I do.”; “I understand you’re the first person of your profession to receive this honor. You should be very proud.”; “First time in my life I’m speechless.”
69: Crash
I’m sure many will question why this movie, arguably not even the best of 2005, is on the list at all. Because it is necessary. It is, to this day, a stomach-churning depiction of racism and xenophobia in modern America. It weaves multiple storylines together, all characters that live in Los Angeles, and rather than have racists be outright bad guys and the victims outright good guys, there is a mix. There are racist comments from every side, showing that racism very often comes from a place of ignorance rather than hate. It was one of the best written films of the year, and in my opinion, probably should have won Best Picture. The next film up, though, is the one that’s argued should’ve won, and is certainly more necessary to see because of the more heavyweight acting in it than here (Matt Dillon’s Oscar-nominated performance included here).
Notable quotes:
“I’ll protect you, Daddy.”; “Mom, I can't talk to you right now, okay? I'm having sex with a white woman.”; “In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something.”; “Listen to it man. Nigga this, Nigga that. You think white go around callin' each other ‘honky' all day, man? ‘Hey, honky, how's business?’ ‘Going great, cracker, we're diversifying!’”; “You could fill the Staples Center with what you don't know.”; “But if a white person sees two black men walking towards her and she turns and walks in the other direction, she's a racist, right? Well I got scared and I didn't say anything and ten seconds later I had a gun in my face.”; “Saddam? His name's Saddam? Oh, that's real good, Bruce. Yeah, I'm gonna pin a medal on an Iraqi named Saddam. Give yourself a raise, will you?”
68: Brokeback Mountain
This movie, based on a book, was as far as Hollywood had ever gone in showing gay men romantically involved until Call Me By Your Name. Seriously. It was romantic, sexual, heartbreaking, and that’s just the opinion of a straight guy. I can’t imagine what the opinion of this film must be in the LGBTQ+ community, except that it is probably exceedingly positive. Once again pushing the film industry to be an instrument of change, we were gifted with an Oscar-winning directorial job by Ang Lee, previously nominated for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. We also got to see some intense acting on the parts of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, who received Oscar nominations for Best Actor and best Supporting Actor respectively. Honestly, they both should have won, but especially Gyllenhaal, because Philip Seymour Hoffman, who beat Ledger, played the eccentric, manipulative author Truman Capote in Capote disturbingly well.
Notable quotes:
“I wish I knew how to quit you.”; “This is my house, this is my child, and you are my guest. And you sit down before I knock your ignorant ass into next week!”; “Jack, I swear…”; “Ennis, girls don’t fall in love with fun!”; “There ain’t never enough time…never enough…”; “Tell you what, we coulda had a good life together! Fuckin' real good life! Had us a place of our own. But you didn't want it, Ennis! So what we got now is Brokeback Mountain!”; “You know I ain’t a queer.” “Me neither.”; “Jack fuckin’ Twist.”
67: The Ox-Bow Incident
One Oscar nomination for this film: Best Picture. The story of a posse that gets together to find murderers, against the protests of a few people, including a deputy, and takes the law into heir own hands. It’s a pretty short film, and also pretty hard to find. If you get the chance, watch it. It is a great and powerful film about the consequences of your actions, forgiveness, understanding, and blind rage. For this reason, only one quote will be featured below: the entire length of a letter written by one of the possible murderers. For a movie from 1943, it sure does apply to today.
Notable quotes:
“My dear Wife, Mr. Davies will tell you what's happening here tonight. He's a good man and has done everything he can for me. I suppose there are some other good men here, too, only they don't seem to realize what they're doing. They're the ones I feel sorry for. 'Cause it'll be over for me in a little while, but they'll have to go on remembering for the rest of their lives. A man just naturally can't take the law into his own hands and hang people without hurtin' everybody in the world, 'cause then he's just not breaking one law but all laws. Law is a lot more than words you put in a book, or judges or lawyers or sheriffs you hire to carry it out. It's everything people ever have found out about justice and what's right and wrong. It's the very conscience of humanity. There can't be any such thing as civilization unless people have a conscience, because if people touch God anywhere, where is it except through their conscience? And what is anybody's conscience except a little piece of the conscience of all men that ever lived? I guess that's all I've got to say except kiss the babies for me and God bless you. Your husband, Donald.”
66: The Laramie Project
Just like in the previous list, this television movie is one of the most necessary films to see before you die. And, once again, it is why there are 101 films on this list. The real life reactions to the brutal torture and death of a young man in Wyoming because he was gay is still as poignant and heartbreaking now as it was in the early 2000s. (Actors portray the reactions and some fake names are used, but they are real reactions.) I believe that anyone who has anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments will be cured of those hateful thoughts after watching this film. It’s beautiful, emotional, and visceral. It also features part of the moving speech given by Matthew Shepard’s father, Dennis, at the sentencing hearing for the killers, in which he says the death penalty should be taken off the table. For that reason, I will not quote the speech; rather I will just say, here, go read the speech (and try not to cry).
Notable quotes:
“'Live and let live' is, at best, a load of crap. It basically boils down to: 'If I don't tell you I'm a fag, you won't beat the crap out of me'. What kind of philosophy is that?”; “…it’s the blue lights that bounce off the clouds. And it goes over the whole city. I mean, I mean, it blows you away. And Matt was right there in that spot. And I can just picture - in his eyes - what he was seeing. And the last thing that he saw on this Earth was the sparkling lights of Laramie, Wyoming.”; “Here we go. Two queers and a Catholic priest.”; “I think, right now, our most important teachers must be Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney. They have to be our teachers. How did you learn? What did we do as a society to teach you that?”
65: Philadelphia
1993. Tom Hanks’ first Oscar win. Inarguably his best performance ever. And it’s all because of the outcry against another film. Jonathan Demme, director of The Silence of the Lambs, was accused by many of being homophobic, or at least perpetuating homophobia through the character of Buffalo Bill. On a side note, I happen to disagree because there are literally lines in the movie that say Buffalo Bill is not transgender and that say transgender people are not violent, but are generally kind and passive, but it’s a valid opinion given some of Bill’s actions. Regardless, the outcry happened, and Demme felt bad that he had upset so many people, and so he made this movie about a gay lawyer (Hanks) who is fired from his job because he contracted AIDS. You wanna talk about a groundbreaking film, this is it. Without this, there is no Boys Don’t Cry, no Brokeback Mountain, Milk, Call Me By Your Name, maybe not even The Laramie Project. Talking about homosexuality in the early 90s, having many of those anti-gay sentiments come from a black man (the lawyer Hanks hires to take his case, played by Denzel Washington), and dousing it with AIDS and trying to fight the stereotype associated with the disease is as controversial as you can get. And God bless Demme for making it, because it is a beautiful film that worked in fighting back against anti-LGTBQ+ sentiments. Hanks’ Oscar acceptance speech added onto it, when he thanked two gay men who got him started in acting. The film also comes with two Oscar nominated songs (one from Bob Dylan and another from Bruce Springsteen, “Streets of Philadelphia,” which won the Oscar).
Notable quotes:
“Are you a homosexual?” “What?” “Are you a homosexual? Answer the question. Are you a homo? Are you a faggot? You know, a punk, queen, pillow-biter, fairy, booty snatcher, rump-roaster, ARE YOU GAY?”…”Your honor, everybody in this courtroom is thinking about sexual orientation…who does what to whom and how they do it…Trust me, I know they are looking at me and thinking about it, so let’s just get it out in the open, let’s get it out of the closet. Because this case is not just about AIDS, is it? So let’s talk about what this case is really about: the general public’s hatred, our loathing, our fear of homosexuals, and how that climate of hatred and fear translated into the firing of this particular homosexual, my client, Andrew Miller.” “In this courtroom, Mr. Miller, justice is blind to matters of race, creed, color, religion, and sexual orientation.” “With all due respect, your honor, we don't live in this courtroom, do we?”; “Apparently Mr. Wheeler felt that they were too..."Ethnic" is the word she used. And she told me that he said that he would like it if I wore something a little less garish, a little smaller, and more "American." “What’d you say?” “I said my earrings are American. They’re African-American.”; “Wouldn't you be more comfortable in a research room?” “No. Would it make you more comfortable?”; “Now explain it to me like a four-year-old.”; “…the fact of the matter is when they fired Andrew Beckett because he has AIDS, they broke the law.”
64: Arrival
That’s all for the controversial film quotes today. But this movie, that should’ve won a bevy of Oscars instead of just one, is one of the deepest movies ever made. It questions time, space travel, and, most of all, communication. The star of the film is a linguist, and the point of the movie is learning how to speak to another species. Dig past that surface level, and it’s about how we, as humans, know how to speak with each other, but choose to fight instead. It’s about learning to speak with other cultures and people rather than fight and hate because it’s easier. There’s also an Abbott and Costello reference throughout the film that makes me very happy, but never mind that. It’s that instinct that takes over and almost screws up the world in this film, based on the short story, “The Story of Your Life.” Amy Adams was the best actress of the year in this film (sorry, Emma Stone, but you got lucky Meryl Streep made that Golden Globes speech against Trump, securing her nomination at Adams’ expense). Villeneuve was the best director, etc. etc. It’s dense, hard to follow at times, but will leave your mind in a broken mess of wonder when the film’s finale rolls by you.
Notable quotes:
“Now that’s a proper introduction.”; “If you could see your whole life from start to finish, would you change things?”; "Language is the foundation of civilization. It is the glue that holds a people together. It is the first weapon drawn in a conflict.”; “Despite knowing the journey... and where it leads... I embrace it... and I welcome every moment of it.”; “You know what surprised me the most? It wasn't meeting them. It was meeting you.”; “If all I ever gave you was a hammer…” “Everything’s a nail.”
63: Harry Potter series
Now let’s be real here. No film series has had such an impact on culture like Harry Potter. People can argue all they want, but they are wrong. The impact was immediate, it was hard, and it resulted in JK Rowling getting involved in like 7 spinoff movies about the wizarding world before HP. Radcliffe will always be Harry, Grint is Ron, and Watson is Hermione. But the true gifts…Fiennes as Voldemort; Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy; Oldman as Sirius; Harris and Gambon as Dumbledore; Smith as McGonagall; Thewlis as Lupin; Gleeson as Mad-Eye; and of course Rickman as Snape. These are just some of the wonderful performances history will know because of the books turned films. Argue about loyalty to the books all you want, but you cannot argue that the performances in each of the movies were some superior jobs. And of course…Coltrane as Hagrid. The quotes the series gave us are too numerous for me to list them all. Nevertheless, I will certainly give it a try, and name as many as possible.
Notable quotes:
“Now, if you two don't mind, I’m going to bed, before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed. Or worse, expelled.” “She needs to sort out her priorities.”; “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”; “Mischief managed.”; “I killed Sirius Black, I killed Sirius Black.”; “Severus. Please.” “Avada Kedavra.”; “You shall not harm Harry Potter.”; “Dobby is free!”; “Such a beautiful place…to be with friends.”; “Dobby did not mean to kill anyone. Dobby only meant to maim or seriously injure.”; “It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies…but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.”; “It’s leviOHsa, not levioSA.”; “Troll in the dungeon! Thought you ought to know.”; “Look at me. You have your mother’s eyes.”; “Turn to page 394.”; “Expelliarmus!”; “Petrificus totalus.”; “Alohamora.”; “Stupefy!”; “Expecto Patronum!”; “Reducto!”; “Kill the spare.” “Avada Kedavra!”; “Don’t you turn your back on me, Harry Potter. I want you to look at me when I kill you! I want to see the light leave your eyes!”; “Why’d it have to be spiders? Why couldn’t it be, ‘Follow the butterflies’?”; “I shouldn’t have said that.”; “Yer a wizard, Harry.” “I’m a what?”; “Get away from my godson.”; “Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.”; “Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all make the choice between what is right, and what is easy.”; “Once again, I must ask too much of you, Harry.”; “It does not do to dwell on dreams…”; “Words are, in my not so humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic, capable of both inflicting injury and remedying it. But I would, in this case, amend my original statement to this: Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who deserve it.”; "Always."
62: The Blair Witch Project
Whereas the last entry had the most quotes of any film on this list, this one will have the fewest. Because there really are no memorable lines in this shaky camera, found footage film. It’s all in the writing and the experience of watching it unfold. There are some good lines in there, sure, but they don’t really matter in the scheme of things. It’s all about the scare of the creature you never see but you slowly start to realize is really there. It polarized audiences, leaving critics thrilled and average filmgoers annoyed. I side with the critics; my mother with the filmgoers. But we both agree: the film might have weak spots, but the ending is the creepiest, most haunting scene in any horror movie in recent memory.
61: Titanic
And we’re back to movies that you can quote out the ass. Unpopular opinion: this movie is only 61 on my list. Even more unpopular opinion: Leonardo DiCaprio sucked in this movie, and Titanic won Best Picture in spite of him. The film had amazing supporting performances, especially by Kathy Bates, Billy Zane, Bernard Hill, Victor Garber, and Gloria Stuart, who received an Oscar nod for Best Supporting Actress. Kate Winslet, who was nominated for Best Actress, was the second cornerstone of the film. Her performance as a door-hogging Rose Dawson was beautiful and heartbreaking. The best part of the film, though, was the background to the main story. James Cameron’s direction and love for the real Titanic showed through massively. The visual effects hold up; the tears still come; and if this love story was told anywhere else, it would’ve been a complete waste of time. But it wasn’t. It was told on a ship that, like Jack, went to the bottom of the ocean because people couldn’t grasp the concept of buoyancy. Joking aside, I have a personal affection for this movie because I was fascinated with the real Titanic as a child. It is a technically beautiful film that recreates the RMS Titanic in all its glory, destroys it in a way faithful to the event, and ends with a beautiful scene of Rose and Jack together again. It also tells, below the top deck of the film, a story of how classism, elitism, and hatred of the poor, specifically anti-Irish sentiment in this film, by the top deck-dwelling British led to many of the deaths on the Titanic. And the song…I’ll just leave it there.
Notable quotes:
“Jack. I’ll never let go, Jack.”; “Rose Dawson.”; “Iceberg right ahead!”; “From this moment, no matter what we do, Titanic will founder.” “But this ship can’t sink!” “She’s made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can…and she will.”; “I’m the king of the world!”; “A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets. But now you know there was a man named Jack Dawson and that he saved me...in every way that a person can be saved. I don't even have a picture of him. He exists now...only in my memory.”; “Jack, I want you to draw me like one of your French girls.”; “I don't understand a one of you. What's the matter with ya? It's your men out there! There's plenty of room for more!”
60: Tootsie
A movie about a womanizer learning what it means to treat a woman the right way by dressing up as a woman. Dustin Hoffman takes on the persona to get an acting job, because everyone in town refuses to work with him. His character, however, is such a strong-willed woman that it empowers the leading lady he stars with in a soap opera, as well as many women who watch the show, to stand up for themselves. It’s one of the funniest films of all time, and comes with the original gender reveal.
Notable quotes:
“I’m Edward Kimberly, the recluse brother of my sister Anthea.”; “It was illogical.” “YOU WERE A TOMATO!!! A tomato doesn’t have logic. A tomato can’t move.” “That’s what I said. So if he can’t move, how’s he gonna sit down, George?”; “I'd like to make her look a little more attractive, how far can you pull back?” “How do you feel about Cleveland?”; “You slut.”; “I‘m going to give every nurse on this floor an electric cattle prod and instruct them to just zap them in his badubies!”; “Not threatening enough? Listen, you take your hands off me or I'll knee your balls right through the roof of your mouth! Is that enough of a threat?”; “I don't have the right shoes for it, I don't like the way the horizontal lines make me look too hippy, and it cuts me across the bust.” “I think we’re getting into a weird area here.”; Nobody wants to pay twenty dollars to watch people living next to chemical waste! They can see that in New Jersey!”
59: Raiders of the Lost Ark
This is the ultimate action film. Nazis, snakes, history, Catholicism, archaeology…ok when you say it like that, it sounds really fuckin boring. Nazis, snakes, rolling boulders, a pissed off tribe, face-melting, global chase…now that’s better. Spielberg started the work of Indiana Jones in the 80s and now, 4 films later, Harrison Ford has his name in two iconic film series. Talk about one hell of a career. Very few, if any, action films have seen the success of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Best Picture and Best Director nominations, among many others, although in these two categories it never stood a chance because of a film later in the list that came out the same year. Regardless, it is a necessity to watch this fun film, that, despite what people say, would not have happened without Indiana Jones in the film, because only he had the medallion with the proper measurements for the staff.
Notable quotes:
“Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes?”; “You’re about to become a permanent addition to this archaeological find. Who knows? In a thousand years, even you may be worth something.” “Ha ha ha ha. Son of a bitch.”; “We have top men working on it right now.” “Who?” “Top. Men.”; “Marion, don't look at it. Shut your eyes, Marion.”; “An army which carries the Ark before it is invincible.”
58: Pulp Fiction
No Tarantino film is more quotable than this one. Of course, the quote from Ezekiel is incredibly long but no one ever remembers the whole thing. There’s also a whole bunch of “fucks" given throughout the film, including one violent, hard to watch scene with Ving Rhames and Bruce Willis in a basement. Just one thing: the case was supposed to have drugs. Not gold. Not Tarantino’s heart. Not the cure for global warming. Drugs. Still, it won an Oscar for Original Screenplay, but that ain’t even the best part. Samuel L. Jackson’s reaction to losing Best Supporting Actor is the best part. Go watch it; its only a couple of seconds. And then go watch the movie. It’s hysterical, messed up, and a great bit of fun.
Notable quotes:
“We just witnessed a miracle, and I want you to fucking acknowledge it!” “Ok man, it was a miracle, can we leave now?”; “I'm sorry, did I break your concentration? I didn't mean to do that. Please, continue, you were saying something about best intentions. What's the matter? Oh, you were finished! Well, allow me to retort. What does Marsellus Wallace look like?” “What?” “What country are you from?” “What? What?” “‘What’ ain’t no country I’ve ever heard of. They speak English in What?” “What?” “English, motherfucker, do you speak it?”; “Say ‘what’ again. Say ‘what’ again. I dare you. I double dare you motherfucker, say ‘what’ one more goddamn time!”; “Does he look like a bitch?” “What?” “DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH?”; “Ezekiel 25:17.”; “They call it a Royale with cheese.”; “Naw man. I'm pretty fuckin' far from okay.”; “Usually, me and Vince would be happy with some freeze-dried Taster's Choice right, but he springs this serious GOURMET shit on us!”; “Check out the big brain on Brett. You one smart motherfucker.”; “Oh man, I shot Marvin in the face.” Why the fuck did you do that?!” “Well I didn’t mean to do it, it was an accident!”
57: Boyhood
This movie about a young boy growing up with divorced parents, played exceptionally well by Oscar-nominated Ethan Hawke and Oscar-winning Patricia Arquette, was filmed over the course of 12 years with the same cast. Director Richard Linklater gave the audience not just a look at a boy in a film growing up, but the two young stars of the film, Ellar Coltrane and Lorelei Linkalter, growing up and becoming adults before our very eyes. It’s a beautiful work of art, more for the writing and directing than anything else. And that is plenty. Mainly because of the significance of the end of the film. Because the film is titled Boyhood, when the movie ends, we know he is no longer a boy. For many, that might not seem powerful; for parents, it will give them memories of raising their kids and what it was like when they went to college and the trip that got them there. It’s two hours devoted to the story of boyhood and youth and innocence, sure. But at its heart is a story about parenthood and all the weird stuff that can happen when raising kids. It’s beautiful, but most of all, it’s human. And that’s why this movie was the Best Picture of 2014, not Birdman.
Notable quotes:
“I've spent the first half of my life acquiring all this stuff and now I'll spend the second half getting rid of it!”; “I mean, what makes you think that elves are any more magical than something like a whale? You know what I mean? What if I told you a story about how underneath the ocean, there was this giant sea mammal that used sonar and sang songs and it was so big that its heart was the size of a car and you could crawl through the arteries?”; "You don't want the bumpers, life doesn't give you bumpers.”; “I knew this day was coming. I just... I didn't know you were going to be so fucking happy to be leaving.”; “Top of volume two, first four tracks. You've got ‘Band on the Run’ into ‘My Sweet Lord’ into ‘Jealous Guy’ into ‘Photograph.' Come on! It's like the perfect segue. You've got Paul who takes you to the party, George who talks to you about God, John is just, ‘No, it's about love and pain,' and then Ringo who just says, ‘Hey, can't we enjoy what we have while we have it?’”
If you’re a Yankee fan (coughcough MILLZ coughcough), you must watch this movie that also stars Yankee legends Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, Mark Koenig, and Bill Dickey. Lou Gehrig was asked who he wanted to play him in the film. He and his family insisted on Gary Cooper, who wound up getting an Oscar nomination for his performance (he actually lost to the lead in the next movie). Cooper knew very little about baseball, but knew enough that he was going to be playing a big name in baseball and that there would be a lot of criticism coming his way if he did poorly. He also didn’t bat lefty; while it is film lore that he was shot batting righty and then the film was flipped to make it seem lefty, that has been largely debunked outside of one or two scenes. Most importantly, though, is that this film received 11 Oscar nominations and is more about the human relationships he had than his love affair with baseball. He and Babe Ruth had a famous fight that was put aside on Gehrig’s final day in the league. Ruth felt compelled to be in the film about Gehrig as well, but was so out of shape that his training regimen to get him fit actually left him sick from pneumonia. Most importantly, though, were his relationships with his mother and wife. His mother, played very well by Elsa Janssen, was a strong-willed and seemingly large pain in the ass woman. To the chagrin of Freud’s ghost, his wife, played beautifully by an Oscar-nominated Teresa Wright, was the exact opposite: a quiet, calm, doting woman. The real Eleanor Gehrig said that the 8 years she spent married to Gehrig spoiled her for any other man, and so she never remarried. Now that’s love. She also saw the film ahead of everyone else because she had approval rights. She made exactly zero changes to what she saw. She said, "That's how good I think it was."
Notable quotes:
“Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.”; “All the arguing in the world can’t change the decision of the umpire.”; “Lou Gehrig, I could learn to like you.”; “People have to live their own lives. Nobody can live it for you.”; “That Gehrig’s the chump of all time.”
70: Yankee Doodle Dandy
James Cagney’s performance as the legendary Broadway producer George M. Cohan, who wrote some of America’s most patriotic songs, is one of Hollywood’s best. He won the Oscar for Best Actor, beating out The Pride of the Yankees’ leading man. Pick any song from this movie, and you’ve got yourself a memorable quote, most especially from “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” “Over There,” and “Grand Old Flag.” The movie is almost entirely a flashback, with Cohan recounting his life for President FDR. One of the closing images is Cagney happily tap-dancing down the White House staircase. This is nothing in comparison to the film’s final shot, which implies the fading of man but the immortality of his work. The real Cohan died only months after the film’s release, making this movie a fitting farewell to one of history’s greatest showmen.
Notable quotes:
“And I want you to know that I’m not the only one that’s grateful. My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And, I assure you, I thank you.”; “I call it a hit. What will your review say?” “I like it too, so I guess I’ll pan it.”; “A man may give his life to his country in many different ways, Mr. Cohan, and quite often he isn’t the best judge of how much he has given.”; “What does the ‘M’ stand for? Modesty.” ”Whenever we get too high-hat and too sophisticated for flag-waving, some thug nation decides we're a push-over all ready to be blackjacked. And it isn't long before we're looking up, mighty anxiously, to be sure the flag's still waving over us.”; “What’s the matter, old-timer? Don’t you remember this song?” “Seems to me I do.”; “I understand you’re the first person of your profession to receive this honor. You should be very proud.”; “First time in my life I’m speechless.”
69: Crash
I’m sure many will question why this movie, arguably not even the best of 2005, is on the list at all. Because it is necessary. It is, to this day, a stomach-churning depiction of racism and xenophobia in modern America. It weaves multiple storylines together, all characters that live in Los Angeles, and rather than have racists be outright bad guys and the victims outright good guys, there is a mix. There are racist comments from every side, showing that racism very often comes from a place of ignorance rather than hate. It was one of the best written films of the year, and in my opinion, probably should have won Best Picture. The next film up, though, is the one that’s argued should’ve won, and is certainly more necessary to see because of the more heavyweight acting in it than here (Matt Dillon’s Oscar-nominated performance included here).
Notable quotes:
“I’ll protect you, Daddy.”; “Mom, I can't talk to you right now, okay? I'm having sex with a white woman.”; “In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something.”; “Listen to it man. Nigga this, Nigga that. You think white go around callin' each other ‘honky' all day, man? ‘Hey, honky, how's business?’ ‘Going great, cracker, we're diversifying!’”; “You could fill the Staples Center with what you don't know.”; “But if a white person sees two black men walking towards her and she turns and walks in the other direction, she's a racist, right? Well I got scared and I didn't say anything and ten seconds later I had a gun in my face.”; “Saddam? His name's Saddam? Oh, that's real good, Bruce. Yeah, I'm gonna pin a medal on an Iraqi named Saddam. Give yourself a raise, will you?”
68: Brokeback Mountain
This movie, based on a book, was as far as Hollywood had ever gone in showing gay men romantically involved until Call Me By Your Name. Seriously. It was romantic, sexual, heartbreaking, and that’s just the opinion of a straight guy. I can’t imagine what the opinion of this film must be in the LGBTQ+ community, except that it is probably exceedingly positive. Once again pushing the film industry to be an instrument of change, we were gifted with an Oscar-winning directorial job by Ang Lee, previously nominated for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. We also got to see some intense acting on the parts of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, who received Oscar nominations for Best Actor and best Supporting Actor respectively. Honestly, they both should have won, but especially Gyllenhaal, because Philip Seymour Hoffman, who beat Ledger, played the eccentric, manipulative author Truman Capote in Capote disturbingly well.
Notable quotes:
“I wish I knew how to quit you.”; “This is my house, this is my child, and you are my guest. And you sit down before I knock your ignorant ass into next week!”; “Jack, I swear…”; “Ennis, girls don’t fall in love with fun!”; “There ain’t never enough time…never enough…”; “Tell you what, we coulda had a good life together! Fuckin' real good life! Had us a place of our own. But you didn't want it, Ennis! So what we got now is Brokeback Mountain!”; “You know I ain’t a queer.” “Me neither.”; “Jack fuckin’ Twist.”
67: The Ox-Bow Incident
One Oscar nomination for this film: Best Picture. The story of a posse that gets together to find murderers, against the protests of a few people, including a deputy, and takes the law into heir own hands. It’s a pretty short film, and also pretty hard to find. If you get the chance, watch it. It is a great and powerful film about the consequences of your actions, forgiveness, understanding, and blind rage. For this reason, only one quote will be featured below: the entire length of a letter written by one of the possible murderers. For a movie from 1943, it sure does apply to today.
Notable quotes:
“My dear Wife, Mr. Davies will tell you what's happening here tonight. He's a good man and has done everything he can for me. I suppose there are some other good men here, too, only they don't seem to realize what they're doing. They're the ones I feel sorry for. 'Cause it'll be over for me in a little while, but they'll have to go on remembering for the rest of their lives. A man just naturally can't take the law into his own hands and hang people without hurtin' everybody in the world, 'cause then he's just not breaking one law but all laws. Law is a lot more than words you put in a book, or judges or lawyers or sheriffs you hire to carry it out. It's everything people ever have found out about justice and what's right and wrong. It's the very conscience of humanity. There can't be any such thing as civilization unless people have a conscience, because if people touch God anywhere, where is it except through their conscience? And what is anybody's conscience except a little piece of the conscience of all men that ever lived? I guess that's all I've got to say except kiss the babies for me and God bless you. Your husband, Donald.”
66: The Laramie Project
Just like in the previous list, this television movie is one of the most necessary films to see before you die. And, once again, it is why there are 101 films on this list. The real life reactions to the brutal torture and death of a young man in Wyoming because he was gay is still as poignant and heartbreaking now as it was in the early 2000s. (Actors portray the reactions and some fake names are used, but they are real reactions.) I believe that anyone who has anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments will be cured of those hateful thoughts after watching this film. It’s beautiful, emotional, and visceral. It also features part of the moving speech given by Matthew Shepard’s father, Dennis, at the sentencing hearing for the killers, in which he says the death penalty should be taken off the table. For that reason, I will not quote the speech; rather I will just say, here, go read the speech (and try not to cry).
Notable quotes:
“'Live and let live' is, at best, a load of crap. It basically boils down to: 'If I don't tell you I'm a fag, you won't beat the crap out of me'. What kind of philosophy is that?”; “…it’s the blue lights that bounce off the clouds. And it goes over the whole city. I mean, I mean, it blows you away. And Matt was right there in that spot. And I can just picture - in his eyes - what he was seeing. And the last thing that he saw on this Earth was the sparkling lights of Laramie, Wyoming.”; “Here we go. Two queers and a Catholic priest.”; “I think, right now, our most important teachers must be Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney. They have to be our teachers. How did you learn? What did we do as a society to teach you that?”
65: Philadelphia
1993. Tom Hanks’ first Oscar win. Inarguably his best performance ever. And it’s all because of the outcry against another film. Jonathan Demme, director of The Silence of the Lambs, was accused by many of being homophobic, or at least perpetuating homophobia through the character of Buffalo Bill. On a side note, I happen to disagree because there are literally lines in the movie that say Buffalo Bill is not transgender and that say transgender people are not violent, but are generally kind and passive, but it’s a valid opinion given some of Bill’s actions. Regardless, the outcry happened, and Demme felt bad that he had upset so many people, and so he made this movie about a gay lawyer (Hanks) who is fired from his job because he contracted AIDS. You wanna talk about a groundbreaking film, this is it. Without this, there is no Boys Don’t Cry, no Brokeback Mountain, Milk, Call Me By Your Name, maybe not even The Laramie Project. Talking about homosexuality in the early 90s, having many of those anti-gay sentiments come from a black man (the lawyer Hanks hires to take his case, played by Denzel Washington), and dousing it with AIDS and trying to fight the stereotype associated with the disease is as controversial as you can get. And God bless Demme for making it, because it is a beautiful film that worked in fighting back against anti-LGTBQ+ sentiments. Hanks’ Oscar acceptance speech added onto it, when he thanked two gay men who got him started in acting. The film also comes with two Oscar nominated songs (one from Bob Dylan and another from Bruce Springsteen, “Streets of Philadelphia,” which won the Oscar).
Notable quotes:
“Are you a homosexual?” “What?” “Are you a homosexual? Answer the question. Are you a homo? Are you a faggot? You know, a punk, queen, pillow-biter, fairy, booty snatcher, rump-roaster, ARE YOU GAY?”…”Your honor, everybody in this courtroom is thinking about sexual orientation…who does what to whom and how they do it…Trust me, I know they are looking at me and thinking about it, so let’s just get it out in the open, let’s get it out of the closet. Because this case is not just about AIDS, is it? So let’s talk about what this case is really about: the general public’s hatred, our loathing, our fear of homosexuals, and how that climate of hatred and fear translated into the firing of this particular homosexual, my client, Andrew Miller.” “In this courtroom, Mr. Miller, justice is blind to matters of race, creed, color, religion, and sexual orientation.” “With all due respect, your honor, we don't live in this courtroom, do we?”; “Apparently Mr. Wheeler felt that they were too..."Ethnic" is the word she used. And she told me that he said that he would like it if I wore something a little less garish, a little smaller, and more "American." “What’d you say?” “I said my earrings are American. They’re African-American.”; “Wouldn't you be more comfortable in a research room?” “No. Would it make you more comfortable?”; “Now explain it to me like a four-year-old.”; “…the fact of the matter is when they fired Andrew Beckett because he has AIDS, they broke the law.”
64: Arrival
That’s all for the controversial film quotes today. But this movie, that should’ve won a bevy of Oscars instead of just one, is one of the deepest movies ever made. It questions time, space travel, and, most of all, communication. The star of the film is a linguist, and the point of the movie is learning how to speak to another species. Dig past that surface level, and it’s about how we, as humans, know how to speak with each other, but choose to fight instead. It’s about learning to speak with other cultures and people rather than fight and hate because it’s easier. There’s also an Abbott and Costello reference throughout the film that makes me very happy, but never mind that. It’s that instinct that takes over and almost screws up the world in this film, based on the short story, “The Story of Your Life.” Amy Adams was the best actress of the year in this film (sorry, Emma Stone, but you got lucky Meryl Streep made that Golden Globes speech against Trump, securing her nomination at Adams’ expense). Villeneuve was the best director, etc. etc. It’s dense, hard to follow at times, but will leave your mind in a broken mess of wonder when the film’s finale rolls by you.
Notable quotes:
“Now that’s a proper introduction.”; “If you could see your whole life from start to finish, would you change things?”; "Language is the foundation of civilization. It is the glue that holds a people together. It is the first weapon drawn in a conflict.”; “Despite knowing the journey... and where it leads... I embrace it... and I welcome every moment of it.”; “You know what surprised me the most? It wasn't meeting them. It was meeting you.”; “If all I ever gave you was a hammer…” “Everything’s a nail.”
63: Harry Potter series
Now let’s be real here. No film series has had such an impact on culture like Harry Potter. People can argue all they want, but they are wrong. The impact was immediate, it was hard, and it resulted in JK Rowling getting involved in like 7 spinoff movies about the wizarding world before HP. Radcliffe will always be Harry, Grint is Ron, and Watson is Hermione. But the true gifts…Fiennes as Voldemort; Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy; Oldman as Sirius; Harris and Gambon as Dumbledore; Smith as McGonagall; Thewlis as Lupin; Gleeson as Mad-Eye; and of course Rickman as Snape. These are just some of the wonderful performances history will know because of the books turned films. Argue about loyalty to the books all you want, but you cannot argue that the performances in each of the movies were some superior jobs. And of course…Coltrane as Hagrid. The quotes the series gave us are too numerous for me to list them all. Nevertheless, I will certainly give it a try, and name as many as possible.
Notable quotes:
“Now, if you two don't mind, I’m going to bed, before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed. Or worse, expelled.” “She needs to sort out her priorities.”; “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”; “Mischief managed.”; “I killed Sirius Black, I killed Sirius Black.”; “Severus. Please.” “Avada Kedavra.”; “You shall not harm Harry Potter.”; “Dobby is free!”; “Such a beautiful place…to be with friends.”; “Dobby did not mean to kill anyone. Dobby only meant to maim or seriously injure.”; “It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies…but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.”; “It’s leviOHsa, not levioSA.”; “Troll in the dungeon! Thought you ought to know.”; “Look at me. You have your mother’s eyes.”; “Turn to page 394.”; “Expelliarmus!”; “Petrificus totalus.”; “Alohamora.”; “Stupefy!”; “Expecto Patronum!”; “Reducto!”; “Kill the spare.” “Avada Kedavra!”; “Don’t you turn your back on me, Harry Potter. I want you to look at me when I kill you! I want to see the light leave your eyes!”; “Why’d it have to be spiders? Why couldn’t it be, ‘Follow the butterflies’?”; “I shouldn’t have said that.”; “Yer a wizard, Harry.” “I’m a what?”; “Get away from my godson.”; “Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.”; “Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all make the choice between what is right, and what is easy.”; “Once again, I must ask too much of you, Harry.”; “It does not do to dwell on dreams…”; “Words are, in my not so humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic, capable of both inflicting injury and remedying it. But I would, in this case, amend my original statement to this: Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who deserve it.”; "Always."
62: The Blair Witch Project
Whereas the last entry had the most quotes of any film on this list, this one will have the fewest. Because there really are no memorable lines in this shaky camera, found footage film. It’s all in the writing and the experience of watching it unfold. There are some good lines in there, sure, but they don’t really matter in the scheme of things. It’s all about the scare of the creature you never see but you slowly start to realize is really there. It polarized audiences, leaving critics thrilled and average filmgoers annoyed. I side with the critics; my mother with the filmgoers. But we both agree: the film might have weak spots, but the ending is the creepiest, most haunting scene in any horror movie in recent memory.
61: Titanic
And we’re back to movies that you can quote out the ass. Unpopular opinion: this movie is only 61 on my list. Even more unpopular opinion: Leonardo DiCaprio sucked in this movie, and Titanic won Best Picture in spite of him. The film had amazing supporting performances, especially by Kathy Bates, Billy Zane, Bernard Hill, Victor Garber, and Gloria Stuart, who received an Oscar nod for Best Supporting Actress. Kate Winslet, who was nominated for Best Actress, was the second cornerstone of the film. Her performance as a door-hogging Rose Dawson was beautiful and heartbreaking. The best part of the film, though, was the background to the main story. James Cameron’s direction and love for the real Titanic showed through massively. The visual effects hold up; the tears still come; and if this love story was told anywhere else, it would’ve been a complete waste of time. But it wasn’t. It was told on a ship that, like Jack, went to the bottom of the ocean because people couldn’t grasp the concept of buoyancy. Joking aside, I have a personal affection for this movie because I was fascinated with the real Titanic as a child. It is a technically beautiful film that recreates the RMS Titanic in all its glory, destroys it in a way faithful to the event, and ends with a beautiful scene of Rose and Jack together again. It also tells, below the top deck of the film, a story of how classism, elitism, and hatred of the poor, specifically anti-Irish sentiment in this film, by the top deck-dwelling British led to many of the deaths on the Titanic. And the song…I’ll just leave it there.
Notable quotes:
“Jack. I’ll never let go, Jack.”; “Rose Dawson.”; “Iceberg right ahead!”; “From this moment, no matter what we do, Titanic will founder.” “But this ship can’t sink!” “She’s made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can…and she will.”; “I’m the king of the world!”; “A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets. But now you know there was a man named Jack Dawson and that he saved me...in every way that a person can be saved. I don't even have a picture of him. He exists now...only in my memory.”; “Jack, I want you to draw me like one of your French girls.”; “I don't understand a one of you. What's the matter with ya? It's your men out there! There's plenty of room for more!”
60: Tootsie
A movie about a womanizer learning what it means to treat a woman the right way by dressing up as a woman. Dustin Hoffman takes on the persona to get an acting job, because everyone in town refuses to work with him. His character, however, is such a strong-willed woman that it empowers the leading lady he stars with in a soap opera, as well as many women who watch the show, to stand up for themselves. It’s one of the funniest films of all time, and comes with the original gender reveal.
Notable quotes:
“I’m Edward Kimberly, the recluse brother of my sister Anthea.”; “It was illogical.” “YOU WERE A TOMATO!!! A tomato doesn’t have logic. A tomato can’t move.” “That’s what I said. So if he can’t move, how’s he gonna sit down, George?”; “I'd like to make her look a little more attractive, how far can you pull back?” “How do you feel about Cleveland?”; “You slut.”; “I‘m going to give every nurse on this floor an electric cattle prod and instruct them to just zap them in his badubies!”; “Not threatening enough? Listen, you take your hands off me or I'll knee your balls right through the roof of your mouth! Is that enough of a threat?”; “I don't have the right shoes for it, I don't like the way the horizontal lines make me look too hippy, and it cuts me across the bust.” “I think we’re getting into a weird area here.”; Nobody wants to pay twenty dollars to watch people living next to chemical waste! They can see that in New Jersey!”
59: Raiders of the Lost Ark
This is the ultimate action film. Nazis, snakes, history, Catholicism, archaeology…ok when you say it like that, it sounds really fuckin boring. Nazis, snakes, rolling boulders, a pissed off tribe, face-melting, global chase…now that’s better. Spielberg started the work of Indiana Jones in the 80s and now, 4 films later, Harrison Ford has his name in two iconic film series. Talk about one hell of a career. Very few, if any, action films have seen the success of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Best Picture and Best Director nominations, among many others, although in these two categories it never stood a chance because of a film later in the list that came out the same year. Regardless, it is a necessity to watch this fun film, that, despite what people say, would not have happened without Indiana Jones in the film, because only he had the medallion with the proper measurements for the staff.
Notable quotes:
“Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes?”; “You’re about to become a permanent addition to this archaeological find. Who knows? In a thousand years, even you may be worth something.” “Ha ha ha ha. Son of a bitch.”; “We have top men working on it right now.” “Who?” “Top. Men.”; “Marion, don't look at it. Shut your eyes, Marion.”; “An army which carries the Ark before it is invincible.”
58: Pulp Fiction
No Tarantino film is more quotable than this one. Of course, the quote from Ezekiel is incredibly long but no one ever remembers the whole thing. There’s also a whole bunch of “fucks" given throughout the film, including one violent, hard to watch scene with Ving Rhames and Bruce Willis in a basement. Just one thing: the case was supposed to have drugs. Not gold. Not Tarantino’s heart. Not the cure for global warming. Drugs. Still, it won an Oscar for Original Screenplay, but that ain’t even the best part. Samuel L. Jackson’s reaction to losing Best Supporting Actor is the best part. Go watch it; its only a couple of seconds. And then go watch the movie. It’s hysterical, messed up, and a great bit of fun.
Notable quotes:
“We just witnessed a miracle, and I want you to fucking acknowledge it!” “Ok man, it was a miracle, can we leave now?”; “I'm sorry, did I break your concentration? I didn't mean to do that. Please, continue, you were saying something about best intentions. What's the matter? Oh, you were finished! Well, allow me to retort. What does Marsellus Wallace look like?” “What?” “What country are you from?” “What? What?” “‘What’ ain’t no country I’ve ever heard of. They speak English in What?” “What?” “English, motherfucker, do you speak it?”; “Say ‘what’ again. Say ‘what’ again. I dare you. I double dare you motherfucker, say ‘what’ one more goddamn time!”; “Does he look like a bitch?” “What?” “DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH?”; “Ezekiel 25:17.”; “They call it a Royale with cheese.”; “Naw man. I'm pretty fuckin' far from okay.”; “Usually, me and Vince would be happy with some freeze-dried Taster's Choice right, but he springs this serious GOURMET shit on us!”; “Check out the big brain on Brett. You one smart motherfucker.”; “Oh man, I shot Marvin in the face.” Why the fuck did you do that?!” “Well I didn’t mean to do it, it was an accident!”
57: Boyhood
This movie about a young boy growing up with divorced parents, played exceptionally well by Oscar-nominated Ethan Hawke and Oscar-winning Patricia Arquette, was filmed over the course of 12 years with the same cast. Director Richard Linklater gave the audience not just a look at a boy in a film growing up, but the two young stars of the film, Ellar Coltrane and Lorelei Linkalter, growing up and becoming adults before our very eyes. It’s a beautiful work of art, more for the writing and directing than anything else. And that is plenty. Mainly because of the significance of the end of the film. Because the film is titled Boyhood, when the movie ends, we know he is no longer a boy. For many, that might not seem powerful; for parents, it will give them memories of raising their kids and what it was like when they went to college and the trip that got them there. It’s two hours devoted to the story of boyhood and youth and innocence, sure. But at its heart is a story about parenthood and all the weird stuff that can happen when raising kids. It’s beautiful, but most of all, it’s human. And that’s why this movie was the Best Picture of 2014, not Birdman.
Notable quotes:
“I've spent the first half of my life acquiring all this stuff and now I'll spend the second half getting rid of it!”; “I mean, what makes you think that elves are any more magical than something like a whale? You know what I mean? What if I told you a story about how underneath the ocean, there was this giant sea mammal that used sonar and sang songs and it was so big that its heart was the size of a car and you could crawl through the arteries?”; "You don't want the bumpers, life doesn't give you bumpers.”; “I knew this day was coming. I just... I didn't know you were going to be so fucking happy to be leaving.”; “Top of volume two, first four tracks. You've got ‘Band on the Run’ into ‘My Sweet Lord’ into ‘Jealous Guy’ into ‘Photograph.' Come on! It's like the perfect segue. You've got Paul who takes you to the party, George who talks to you about God, John is just, ‘No, it's about love and pain,' and then Ringo who just says, ‘Hey, can't we enjoy what we have while we have it?’”