Coe's List of Great Movie Quotes

Besides "Play it again, Sam,"
there are other famous movie quotes that are
frequently misquoted.

Top 30 Movie Misquotes

These movie quotes make me chuckle.

Talkies did not come out until 1927, so there aren't a lot of movie quotes before 1930. Here are quotes from two movies of that era.
 

 

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Of course, the one that started it all is Al Jolson as "Jack Robin" aka "Jakie Rabinowitz" in the 1927 movie "The Jazz Singer."

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet!"
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(this film is in the public domain)

And the next is the disastrous 1929 film of Shakespeare's "The Taming Of The Shrew" starring married silent-screen superstars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.

Doug & Mary lived in the legendary Pickfair mansion although by this time their marriage was falling apart and they were reportedly living in separate wings of the house. (The story of Pickfair is fascinating in itself.) The strain between them is evident in this movie.
 

 

There's a legend that the screenwriter insisted on his name being credited as: "By William Shakespeare, with additional dialogue by Sam Taylor." If true, just... wow.
 

 

 

Movie Quotes from 1929's "Taming of the Shrew"

• "How bright and goodly shines the sun!" Douglas Fairbanks as "Petruchio"



• "The sun? The moon. It is not sunlight now." Mary Pickford as "Katherine"



• "Hah. I say it is the sun that shines so bright." Douglas Fairbanks as "Petruchio"



• "I know it is the moon that shines so bright." Mary Pickford as "Katherine"



• "Oh, evermore crossed and crossed; nothing but crossed! Shall be sun or star or what I will!" Douglas Fairbanks as "Petruchio"



• "Oh. It is the sun." Mary Pickford as "Katherine"



• "Huh?" Douglas Fairbanks as "Petruchio"



• "Or, if you please, call it a... a candle. I vow it shall be so for you." Mary Pickford as "Katherine"



• "Nay, then you lie. It is the blessed moon." Douglas Fairbanks as "Petruchio"



• "Then, God be blessed, it is the blessed moon. But moon it is not, when you say it is not, for the sun changes even as your mind. What you will have it named, even that it is, and so it shall be so for Katherine." Mary Pickford as "Katherine"

 

I love Mel Brooks movies!
He's is a genius writer and satirist, and his movies are very quotable!

Blazing Saddles (1974)

• "As honorary chairman of the Welcoming Committee, it is my privilege to extend to you a laurel... and hearty handshake." John Hillerman as "Howard Johnson"



• "Excuse me while I whip this out." Cleavon Little as "Bart, Sheriff of Rock Ridge"



• "Candy-gram for Mongo." Cleavon Little as "Bart, Sheriff of Rock Ridge"



• "Aw, Mongo straight." Alex Karras as "Mongo"



• "Mongo only pawn in game of life." Alex Karras as "Mongo"



• "Badges? We don't need no stinking badges!" "Cutthroat Mexican Bandit"

History of the World: Part I (1981)

• "It's good to be the king." Mel Brooks as "Louis XVI"

The Producers (1968)

• "Hold me. Touch me." Estelle Winwood as "Hold Me, Touch Me"



• "Scared... can't talk!" Gene Wilder as "Leo Bloom"



• " 'Springtime For Hitler: A Gay Romp With Adolf And Eva At Berchtesgaden.' Wow." Gene Wilder as "Leo Bloom"



• "He keeps boids. Dirty, disgusting, filthy, lice-ridden boids." Madlyn Cates as "Concierge"



• "You know, not many people knew it, but the Führer was a terrific dancer." Kenneth Mars as "Franz Liebkind"



• "Bialystock & Bloom! Bialystock & Bloom!" Lee Meredith as "Ulla"



• "Well! Talk about bad taste!" "Lady"

Spaceballs (1987)

• "That's all we needed... a Druish princess." Bill Pullman as "Lone Starr"



• "I'm a Mog... half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend." John Candy as "Barfolemew 'Barf ' "



• "It's my industrial strength hair dryer. And I can't live without it!" Daphne Zuniga as "Princess Vespa"



• "I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate." Rick Moranis as "Dark Helmet"



• "Use the Schwartz, Lone Star, use the Schwartz!" Mel Brooks as "Yogurt"



• "Forget the ring. The ring is bupkis." Mel Brooks as "Yogurt"



• "Even in the future nothin' works!" Rick Moranis as "Dark Helmet"



• "And may the Schwartz be with you." Mel Brooks as "Yogurt"

Young Frankenstein (1974)

• "That's 'Fronkensteen'." Gene Wilder as "Dr. Frederick Frankenstein"



• "What hump?" Marty Feldman as "Igor"



• "What knockers!" Gene Wilder as "Dr. Frederick Frankenstein"



• "I am Frau Blucher." (horses whinny) Cloris Leachman as "Frau Blucher"



• "Ovaltine?" Cloris Leachman as "Frau Blucher"



• "Put... the candle... back!" Gene Wilder as "Dr. Frederick Frankenstein"



• "He was my boyfriend!" Cloris Leachman as "Frau Blucher"



• "It... could... work!" Gene Wilder as "Dr. Frederick Frankenstein"



• "Abby someone." Marty Feldman as "Igor"
  "Abby someone. Abby who?" Gene Wilder as "Dr. Frederick Frankenstein"
  "Abby Normal." Marty Feldman as "Igor"