Film and TV

Quotations from Motion Pictures and TV Shows.

1. You can't handle the truth!
   [As Col. Nathan Jessup, in “A Few Good Men”.]

   Jack Nicholson 41.

2. Any world that produced the Taj Mahal, William Shakespeare, and striped toothpaste can't be all that bad.
   [As C.R. MacNamara, in “One, Two, Three”.]

   James Cagney 42.

3. Made it, Ma! Top of the world!
   [As Arthur “Cody” Jarrett, in “White Heat”.]

   James Cagney 43.

4. Live fast. Die young. Leave a good-looking corpse.
   [As Nick Romano, in “Knock on Any Door”.]

   John Derek 44.

5. Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
   [As Dorothy Gale, in “The Wizard of Oz”.]

   Judy Garland 45.

6. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve?
   You just put your lips together and blow.
   [As Marie “Slim” Browning, in “To Have and Have Not”.]

   Lauren Bacall 46.

7. I only like two kinds of men: domestic and imported.
   [As Tira, in “I'm No Angel”.]

   Mae West 47.

8. Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
   [As Lady Lou, in “She Done Him Wrong”.]

   Mae West 48.

9. I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.
   [As Vito Corleone, in “The Godfather”.]

   Marlon Brando 49.

10. You don't understand.
    I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody.
    Instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it.
    [As Terry Malloy in “On the Waterfront”.]

    Marlon Brando 50.

11. Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.
    [As Gordon Gekko, in “Wall Street”.]

    Michael Douglas 51.

12. Well, here's another fine mess you've gotten me into!
    [As Oliver, in “Sons of the Desert”. It's actually “nice mess”, but we think “fine mess” sounds better.]

    Oliver Hardy 52.

13. I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!
    [As Howard Beale, in “Network”.]

    Peter Finch 53.

14. You had me at ‘hello’.
    [As Dorothy Boyd, in “Jerry Maguire”.]

    Renee Zellweger 54.

15. Better to be a king for a night than a schmuck for a lifetime.
    [As Rupert Pupkin, in “The King of Comedy”.]

    Robert De Niro 55.

16. You talkin' to me?
    [As Travis Bickle, in “Taxi Driver”.]

    Robert De Niro 56.

17. I love the smell of napalm in the morning!
    [As Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore, in “Apocalypse Now”.]

    Robert Duvall 57.

18. You're gonna need a bigger boat.
    [As Martin Brody, in “Jaws”.]

    Roy Scheider 58.

19. A martini. Shaken, not stirred.
    [As James Bond, in “Goldfinger”.]

    Sean Connery 59.

20. Bond. James Bond.
    [As James Bond, in “Dr. No” (the first James Bond film). The line also appears in all the other James Bond films.]

    Sean Connery 60.