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Classic movie quotes that accept cleaved into our daily vocabulary

Quoting the best lines from movies can be irresistible to fans. But some lines are so profound, then famous, and then unbelievably perfect that reciting them goes beyond amusement. From catchphrases and one-liners to poignant dramatic statements, the greatest sentences ever spoken on the big screen have woven their way into the daily American lexicon.

The all-time picture show quotes transcend the films they were in, the writers who wrote them, and the actors who spoke them. Today, these gems of dialogue are now instantly recognizable parts of America'southward culture and vernacular. Only do yous know what these lines are when you hear them —and which films gave them their genesis? Stacker curated a list of beloved movie quotes that are and so universally appealing, they've taken on new lives outside of their origins.

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'I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.'

In the 1972 mafia classic "The Godfather," Marlon Brando's championship character assures his Hollywood star godson Johnny Fontane that he will be able to convince a reluctant studio dominate to requite Fontane a part in a movie that he desperately wants. The quote implies extortion—that the studio boss volition relent or he'll pay a hefty price—and he does, in the grade of waking up in bed with a horse's caput. Today, the line is a favorite among corporate CEOs and other power brokers who refuse to be denied during a negotiation.

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'There'due south no place like home.'

In 1939'southward iconic "The Magician of Oz," Dorothy, played by Judy Garland, utters this sentimental favorite when she finally returns from her adventure in Oz. Despite the fact that she'due south experienced the most magical identify imaginable, none of information technology compares to rediscovering the simple pleasures of her room, her family, and her humble Kansas homestead. The line is now a favorite proclamation for any world-weary traveler who longs for the familiar.

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'Go ahead. Make my day.'

This macho quote is now tough-guy average. The line, famously spoken past Clint Eastwood's "Dirty" Harry Callahan graphic symbol in 1983'southward "Sudden Impact," is now office of the American vernacular. Its use lets someone know they'd be doing you lot a favor past giving yous a reason to pummel them.

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'I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.'

Another quote from Dorothy in "The Sorcerer of Oz" stands the test of time. She speaks this phrase to her loyal dog, Toto, when she realizes the tornado has blown her not just far away from her Midwestern farm, only into a magical land of unfamiliar dazzler and danger. It's the perfect quote if yous ever end upwardly in a situation that has taken a plough for the surreal.

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'May the Force exist with you.'

The original "Star Wars" debuted in 1977; the movie, and its many sequels and prequels, deal with the nature of good and evil. The invisible-just-powerful Force governs the entire Universe, and it can exist harnessed by both proficient and bad people—for both practiced and bad reasons. Many characters utter the phrase "may the Force be with yous" throughout the series as they bid cheerio to a friend embarking on a difficult mission or journeying. It'south now become synonymous with saying "skillful luck."

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'You talking to me?'

In the 1976 classic "Taxi Driver," Robert De Niro's lead character, Travis Bickle, entered this phrase into the American lexicon while rehearsing a hypothetical confrontation in front of a mirror. De Niro advertising-libbed the line, which is at present standard fare for anyone who's eager to escalate an argument into a fight.

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'You tin can't handle the truth.'

The famous court scene in 1992'southward "A Few Skillful Men" culminates with an intense cross-examination by Tom Cruise's grapheme, a immature lawyer named Lt. Kaffey who is tasked with bang-up the iron-willed Col. Jessup (Jack Nicholson). When Kaffey demands the truth, Jessup yells out this at present-famous line—which implies that the world needs difficult men like the colonel to conduct difficult but necessary piece of work, from which lesser men benefit, only are besides weak to acknowledge.

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'You had me at howdy.'

In 1996, the globe met "Jerry Maguire," the moving-picture show whose title character was played past Tom Cruise. When Maguire is groveling to honey interest Dorothy Boyd (Renee Zellweger), his long, rambling accept-me-back speech is cutting off by this line. Now it can be used by anyone listening to a plea that doesn't need to be made because the recipient is already convinced.

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'Hasta la vista, babe.'

Few people have ever said goodbye with more potency than Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day"—and fans of the film take been copycatting the line ever since. Later immature John Connor (Edward Furlong) gives the now-benevolent Terminator a cursory tutorial in Spanish, the cyborg hero remembers the lesson when it's time to bid goodbye to the evil T-1000, whom Schwarzenegger's graphic symbol and so dispatches with a shotgun blast.

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'I'm the king of the world.'

The lucky-yet-unlucky drifter Jack, played by Leonardo DiCaprio in 1997'south "Titanic," said this famous line on history'southward nearly famous ship later on the character won a ticket for the gunkhole'southward doomed maiden voyage. The line works for dramatic effect when something goes extraordinarily well—more usually, it'southward a campy way for someone to limited oneself should they end upwards on a deck of a boat's bow.

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'Houston, nosotros have a problem.'

You're likely to hear this line from someone who is at the mercy of a situation that has gone hopelessly amiss. Tom Hanks' character in 1995's "Apollo 13," real-life astronaut Jim Lovell, reports back to Earth with this news when he realizes his space mission has taken a turn for the worse.

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'I'll accept what she's having.'

This line is appropriate any time you're hoping for a little scrap of someone else'southward joy to rub off on yous. This was the case in 1989's "When Harry Met Emerge," when an older woman (played by director Rob Reiner'south mother) said this to a waitress—after witnessing a expertly faked climax from Meg Ryan's character equally she sat at a eating house.

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'Win just ane for the Gipper.'

You might hear this line from someone who is held dorsum from joining friends on a mission or a journey they wish they could take part in. The words were uttered by future President Ronald Reagan in 1940's "Knute Rockne, All American." Reagan'southward character George Gipp makes this plea to the legendary football game coach Knute Rockne every bit Gipp lay dying in his infirmary bed.

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'Snap out of it!'

Cher's graphic symbol issues this plea post-obit 2 hard slaps across the face of Nicolas Muzzle'southward grapheme in 1987's "Moonstruck" after he confesses to being in beloved with her. You might hear this assertion—hopefully without the violence—from anyone who needs the person they're engaging with to come to their senses.

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'Nobody puts baby in the corner.'

Anyone who knows the 1987 archetype "Dirty Dancing," starring the late Patrick Swayze (Johnny) and Jennifer Greyness (Baby), volition instantly recognize this line, which Swayze'southward character lays on the overbearing father, played by Jerry Orbach. Y'all might hear it from anyone who refuses to let someone they love be disrespected.

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'What a dump.'

No one knows for certain the first time someone referred to an unremarkable house a "dump," simply Bette Davis immortalized the term. Her graphic symbol spoke these words in 1949's "Across the Forest," as she looked effectually Joseph Cotten's character'southward place.

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'There'southward no crying in baseball.'

The ornery and inebriated baseball coach Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks), yelled this famous line at an emotional histrion on his all-woman team in 1992'south "A League of Their Own." Now, people apply it any time they need to tell someone to cease whining and toughen up.

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'It'southward alive!'

In 1931's "Frankenstein," a mad scientist played past Colin Clive exclaims this over and over when he finally realizes his dream of reanimating a lifeless body. You might hear this said for dramatic upshot past anyone who has completed a challenging job, from fixing a machine engine to resurrecting a dead stereo.

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'I'll be back.'

When Arnold Schwarzenegger's hunter-killer cyborg raids a police station in 1984's "The Terminator," he makes this promise later assessing the building'south structural integrity and leaving the room. Yous might hear this—likely in Arnold's Austrian accent—from anyone seeking to reassure someone else that a confrontation is not over, simply but on a brief pause.

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'Y'all're gonna need a bigger boat.'

In 1975, "Jaws" made America afraid to go dorsum into the water. Roy Scheider's sea-weary and terrified graphic symbol Principal Brody makes this statement later on seeing Jaws for the get-go time. Now someone might say it when a bad situation is across their power to handle.

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'Prove me the money!'

Another "Jerry Maguire" line, Cuba Gooding Jr.'s cash-obsessed football game role player graphic symbol Rod Tidwell yells this famous phrase at the titular character, who is his agent. It's at present used when someone tells a person they're engaging with to cut to the hunt or go to what'due south important.

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'What we've got here is a failure to communicate.'

In 1967, "Cool Hand Luke" pitted a rebellious chain gang convict (Paul Newman) confronting the merciless Captain, played by Strother Martin. Captain utters this line while attempting to break the spirit of Newman'southward character; in the modern world, you might hear one parrot this line when dealing with someone who is being disagreeable.

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'We don't need no stinkin' badges.'

1948's "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" featured a bandit named Gold Hat—who, during a highway robbery, attempted to impersonate police force enforcement. When the potential victim calls his barefaced and asks to run into a badge, Gilt Hat responds, "Badges? Nosotros ain't got no badges. We don't demand no badges. I don't have to show y'all any stinking badges." Nigh thirty years later, that line was paraphrased as "We don't need no stinkin' badges" when the scene was parodied in "Blazing Saddles"—and that's the way information technology remains in the annals of popular civilisation.

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'Liberty!'

In the 1995 epic "Braveheart," this battle cry is the terminal word spoken by Mel Gibson'south William Wallace—his executioner expected him to beg for mercy. This final act of disobedience is often parodied by people who finally make it through a difficult effort.

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'I drinkable your milkshake.'

Daniel Plainview, a ruthless oil baron played by Daniel Day-Lewis in 2007's "In that location Will Be Claret," makes this statement just before dispatching a dishonest preacher and failed oilman. You lot might hear someone sarcastically utter the phrase, which Plainview used as a metaphor for stealing the charlatan preacher'south oil while bragging virtually getting the improve of someone else.

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'Go your stinking paws off me, you lot damned, dingy ape.'

These were the kickoff words ever spoken to an ape by a human being in 1968'due south "Planet of the Apes," when Charlton Heston'south grapheme George Taylor is captured in a net. Today, y'all might hear it from anyone who feels they're being unjustly persecuted past another person.

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'Every bit if.'

In 1995'south "Clueless," Alicia Silverstone's character Cher Horowitz uttered these 2 words, which perfectly summed up the concept of indignant disbelief.

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'All right, all right, all right.'

Ever since 1993, many people have tried to play it cool while assessing a situation past letting these words roll of their tongues. Few, however, have done it as smoothly every bit Wooderson, the iconic high school hangaround guy played by Matthew McConaughey in "Dazed and Confused."

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'They're here...'

Heather O'Rourke spoke these ii timeless words when her character Ballad Anne appear the inflow of supernatural monsters in the 1982 picture "Poltergeist." Yous might hear someone imitate the line upon the arrival of unwanted guests.

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'What do y'all mean, I'g funny?'

In the 1990 movie "Goodfellas," Joe Pesci'due south character gave viewers a window into just how quickly a perceived insult tin can escalate in the criminal world when he pretends to accept law-breaking to a comment made by Ray Liotta'south grapheme, Henry Loma. You've probably heard someone parrot this line while jokingly pretending to be slighted by a friend.

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'Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.'

The Great and Powerful Oz speaks this famous line when information technology becomes clear that the jig is up for the charlatan wizard in the 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz." Today, it's a metaphor readily used by anyone hoping to draw attending away from an embarrassing fault or blunder.

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'The Dude abides.'

The 1998 cult archetype "The Big Lebowski" is one of the about quotable movies in history. Yous might hear this line—originally spoken by Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski (Jeff Bridges)—dished out by someone who is indicating a willingness to continue with the program.

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'Spike your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy dark.'

Often misquoted equally "...it'southward going to be a bumpy ride," this line was delivered by Margo (Bette Davis) in the 1950 multiple-Oscar winner "All About Eve," i of the well-nigh historic movies in history. Y'all might hear someone echo these famous words when a slow situation is virtually to get exciting.

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'Say hello to my petty friend.'

Few gangster movies are quoted more frequently than Scarface, the 1983 archetype starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana. In the closing gun battle, a cocaine-fueled Montana blurts out this blockbuster line equally he busts out the heavy hardware against a veritable army of marauding gangsters. It's commonly pirated by anyone who's almost to reveal something they consider to exist impressive.

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'Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.'

When Vito Corleone'due south henchmen murder a turncoat in a car in "The Godfather," caporegime Peter Clemenza (Richard Castellano) gives these instructions to a newly inducted hitman. Long-enshrined equally movie quote legend, the line tin be used whatsoever time you lot experience like being nonchalant about something that should exist taken seriously.

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'Eastward.T. phone domicile.'

Y'all might hear someone rattle off this timeless line—drawn-out alien vowels and all—when it'south time to call a cab or otherwise call information technology a nighttime. The loveable alien in the 1982 Steven Spielberg classic "E.T.: The Extraterrestrial" turns this phrase equally he longs for his home on a faraway planet.

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'I see expressionless people.'

Haley Joel Osment utilise this choice of linguistic communication when he revealed his grapheme's supernatural ability to a psychiatrist played by Bruce Willis in the 1999 blockbuster "The Sixth Sense." Ever since and then, people take used the line—ofttimes substituting "dead" for whatever describing word suits the situation—to clandestinely make an ascertainment about a group of people.

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'Here's lookin' at you, kid.'

Arguably the most famous picture show in history, "Casablanca" stars Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart, the latter of which speaks this line no fewer than iv times in the classic picture. Information technology's the perfect go-to toast when the person raising a glass is at a loss for original words.

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'The stuff that dreams are made of.'

In a unlike movie, Humphrey Bogart turned a phrase that'south equally as memorable as the one from "Casablanca." This fourth dimension, the picture show was "The Maltese Falcon" in 1941, and the quote tin can exist used to describe anything too adept for this side of heaven, from a stack of pancakes to a romantic run into.

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'Well, nobody'south perfect.'

The character played by Joe E. Brown states this simple truth in the 1959 movie "Some Like it Hot" starring Marilyn Monroe. You tin use the line anytime you need to absolve yourself of responsibility for a mistake.

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'Run, Forrest, run!'

This line was delivered by the grapheme Jenny (Robin Wright) when Tom Hanks' namesake character in "Forrest Gump" was being chased by bullies. It's become the stuff of legend, and it'due south appropriate to cite anytime you see someone putting ane human foot in front of the other at a pace that's faster than a brisk walk.

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'You've gotta ask yourself i question: Practise I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?'

Often truncated to "are yous feeling lucky, punk?" this quote was commencement delivered past one of the greatest tough-guy 1-liner masters in Hollywood history: Clint Eastwood. In the 1971 classic "Dirty Harry," Eastwood's character Harry Callahan challenges a bad guy to remember how many bullets he spent during a gun boxing before deciding whether or not to pull the trigger one last time. The bad guy relents—just club has never relented from incorporating the line into any confrontation that runs the take chances of getting ugly.

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'It's only a flesh wound.'

The Black Knight utters this comical line later on having his limbs cut off in a sword fight with King Arthur in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." Since the film gained a cult following after its 1975 release, generations have parroted this phrase—often while trying to find levity subsequently suffering an injury.

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'Wilsonnnnnn!'

You can use this line when saying goodbye to someone who has to leave, merely who y'all don't want to encounter go only yet. The quote was originally delivered by Tom Hanks' character in the 2000 movie "Bandage Away," every bit he tried to keep his sanity by talking to a volleyball while enduring isolation on a deserted island.

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'I'm your Huckleberry.'

When a rough-and-tumble outlaw cowboy was looking for a fight in 1993'southward "Tombstone," Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer) let him know that he was game for a duel with this quote. This line can be tossed out to anyone who is daring the room for a challenge—whether it'south to a game of Footling Pursuit, pickup basketball, or anything in between.

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'You'll shoot your heart out.'

The perfect line to use on anyone who is entering into a potentially unsafe misadventure with a condescending attitude, this classic quote was spoken by several adult characters in the holiday classic "A Christmas Story," which was released in 1983. They were warning Ralphie, played by Peter Billingsley, confronting wishing also difficult for a Carmine Ryder BB gun.

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'How you do you like them apples?'

Matt Damon'due south character in "Good Volition Hunting" asks this rhetorical question after winning the affection of Minnie Commuter'south character over the advances of one of her snooty Harvard suitors. Information technology's appropriate to recycle the line any time y'all come up out of a contest on top.

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'You're killin' me, Smalls!'

Ham Porter, played by Patrick Renna, serves up this gem when he'south frustrated with a pal'south inability to chew tobacco in the 1993 coming-of-age movie "The Sandlot." The quote at present appears on T-shirts and bumper stickers and tin can be whipped out whatsoever fourth dimension you're fed up with the behavior of whatsoever friend in whatever situation.

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'Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.'

Clark Gable delivered this line in the 1939 classic "Gone With the Air current" in response to Scarlett's question, "Where shall I get? What shall I exercise?" Yous can and probably should use it whenever you're non concerned with the fate of someone who believes that you should be.

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Want to become a Jedi knight? Simply bandy the front end part of any judgement with the back office, put on a pitchy, gravely voice, and poof! Yous're Yoda. Assistance you, I volition. Belatedly, I will be. Dark, it is getting. Y'all get the indicate.

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