We're on a mission from God.
Posted on 06/22/2005 4:59:10 AM PDT by TrebleRebel
I was going to include that but the post was getting kind of long, and that quote is so much better in the context of the movie, as is just about anything Lone Watie says. If you're not watching it, you really don't get how great his lines are.
From a western titled the Professionals in the early 70's. Lee Marvin tells the villian at the end, "Some men are born bastards but your a self made one."
I love that line! I have heard people use that so many times, and for the life of me I could never remember where I had heard it.
"Come on over here Ron, let me show ya what I'm doing. Taking advantage of some of the time off to, uh, add a whole new wing on here. I'm gonna rip these walls out, and uh, course rewire it."
"You gonna make it all 220?"
"Yeah, 220, 221—whatever it takes."
"Yes, I speak Jive."
2. "I am here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I am all out of bubblegum." --- They Live.
3. "Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There is no escape. I am God's lonely man." --- Taxi Driver
4. "Do you ride side saddle or astride?" --- Wuthering Heights
5. "Say goodnight to da bad guy" --- Scarface
I'm sure I'll think of more.
Sure, the World Wide Web is great,
But you, you make me salivate
"You're young; you got your health. What do you want with a job?"
"Hey, man, there's a beverage here!"
Oh, I agree that those quotes and far more were better than many of the quotes in the list (Sunset Boulevard is way overrated, and WTF are Jerry Maguire and APOLLO 13 doing in there!). But as I mentioned above, A) I didn't want to post all the quotes, because the post was already getting long, and B) some quotes lose something out of context of the film that make them phenomenal in the movie. For instance, that scene where he talks about the stupid hound comin' with `em and spits on the mutts forehead...slays me every time.
I need to watch GB&U again. That is a great movie but I don't have it on video, and I don't see it on TV much. Seemed like Josey Wales was on every two hours on TBS for a while.
"I enjoyed your post, but you need to get out more :)"
This is true.
However, I didn't collect all the quotes myself--IMDB.com did a creditable job of that for me.
"Illinois Nazis. I hate Illinois Nazis." - Joliet Jake Blues, The Blues Brothers
"Dr Strangeglove"? Wazzat - a Mel Brooks sequel?
"Thanks for the Real Genius quotes! They still make me LOL."
Agreed--that movie is a must-see every time it comes on TV, too.
I need to get it on DVD.
We're on a mission from God.
What about:
Jeremiah Johnson (to DelJew, buried up to his neck in sand)- "Are you alone?"
DelJew - "No, I've got a good horse under me!"
Jeremiah Johnson (thumping his chest, speaking to a recently acquired Indian Squaw, who speaks no English, but can parrot "yes")
JJ- "Fine figure of a man, yes?"
Squaw - "Yes"
JJ - "Mighty hunter, yes?"
Squaw - "Yes"
JJ- "Good, that's all you need to know!"
From "The God's Must be Crazy"
"Ai yai yai, yai yai!"
"I don't want to talk about it"
"Take him.... to the Helicopter!"
I just got done taming a wild honeymoon stallion for you guys. ...
1. Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch."
2. "I can't swim!"
3. "What, are you kidding me, the fall will probably kill you!"
4. "I work for Mr. E. H. Harriman of the Union Pacific."
5. "Who are those guys? I couldn't do that, could you do that?"
6. "What happened to the old banks?"
7. Guns or knives, Butch? Guns or knives?"
And many more from one of the funniest movies EVER........ Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.
Yes, great line
****
Also, if I may, see post 338.
****
Why shouldn't I work for the N.S.A.? That's a tough one, but I'll give it a shot. Say I'm working at N.S.A. Somebody puts a code on my desk, something nobody else can break. So I take a shot at it and maybe I break it. And I'm real happy with myself, 'cause I did my job well. But maybe that code was the location of some rebel army in North Africa or the Middle East. Once they have that location, they bomb the village where the rebels were hiding and fifteen hundred people I never had a problem with get killed. Now the politicians are sayin', "Send in the marines to secure the area" 'cause they don't give a shit. It won't be their kid over there, gettin' shot. Just like it wasn't them when their number was called, 'cause they were pullin' a tour in the National Guard. It'll be some guy from Southie takin' shrapnel in the ass. And he comes home to find that the plant he used to work at got exported to the country he just got back from. And the guy who put the shrapnel in his ass got his old job, 'cause he'll work for fifteen cents a day and no bathroom breaks.
Meanwhile my buddy from Southie realizes the only reason he was over there was so we could install a government that would sell us oil at a good price. And of course the oil companies used the skirmish to scare up oil prices so they could turn a quick buck. A cute little ancillary benefit for them but it ain't helping my buddy at two-fifty a gallon. And naturally they're takin' their sweet time bringin' the oil back, and maybe even took the liberty of hiring an alcoholic skipper who likes to drink martinis and play slalom with the icebergs, and it ain't too long 'til he hits one, spills the oil and kills all the sea life in the North Atlantic. So my buddy's out of work and he can't afford to drive, so he's got to walk to the job interviews, which sucks 'cause the shrapnel in his ass is givin' him chronic hemorrhoids. And meanwhile he's starvin' 'cause every time he tries to get a bite to eat the only blue plate special they're servin' is North Atlantic scrod with Quaker State.
So what do I think? I'm holdin' out for somethin' better. Why not just shoot my buddy, take his job and give it to his sworn enemy, hike up gas prices, bomb a village, club a baby seal, hit the hash pipe and join the National Guard? I could be elected president.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.