Classic One Liners and Quotes

[Hep Caterina]

"If I'd been a ranch, they would've named me the Bar Nothing."
Gilda (1946)

 

[Hep Caterina]

"You see, Hopsie, you don't know very much about girls! The best ones aren't as good as you probably think they are, and the bad ones aren't as bad, not nearly as bad."
The Lady Eve (1941)

 

[Hep Caterina]

"Hey, you remind me of a man."
- "What man?"
- "A man with the power."
- "What power?"
- "The power of who-do."
- "Who-do?"
- "You do."
- "Do what?"
- "You remind me of a man."
- "What man?"
- "A man with the power."
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)

 

[Nobert]

"Hey, you remind me of a man."
- "What man?"
- "A man with the power."
- "What power?"
- "The power of who-do."
- "Who-do?"
- "You do."
- "Do what?"
- "You remind me of a man."
- "What man?"
- "A man with the power."
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)

Hmm, I always thought that was from Labyrinth. Live and learn.

 

[Nobert]

"Shut up," my father explained.

 

[sheeplady]

Hmm, I always thought that was from Labyrinth. Live and learn.

Me too! Must be a homage?

 

[Stanley Doble]

I don't drink. It runs in the family not to.

A Texas Tornado is a perfectly sound commercial drink for conventions and hangovers, but not for an occasion like this.

 

[Stearmen]

I'm not a Workaholics, I can quit any time!

 

[countryclubjoe]

"are you gonna pull those pistols or stand there and whistle dixie"
Josey Wales

CCJ

 

[1961MJS]

Hi

Grandma always used to say that any day when you're you're looking down at the grass is a good day.

Later

 

[Talbot]

"I watched her as she turned and walked out the door. She was wearing a flowered print dress, and as she walked, the roses kept getting mixed up with the daisies. She walked with a nice friendly movement, like the trap door on a gallows."

 

[Talbot]

"I began to think about the .32 caliber pistol. It's a woman's weapon--well, that doesn't prove anything, so's a bread knife if she's in a bad mood."

 

[Talbot]

"Her hair was red, and her eyes were about as cold as rigor mortis. And you knew the first time you met her, you'd been seeing her too often."

 

[vitanola]

How about "Colder than a Mother-in-law's Kiss"?