American Movie Quotes

• Maybe every other American movie shouldn't be based on a comic book. Other countries will think Americans live in an infantile fantasy land where reality is whatever we say it is and every problem can be solved with violence.

  Bill Maher

  Country, Book, Reality

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• When I make an American movie it's going to come out all over the world-it doesn't happen the same way for an Italian film or a French film.

  Monica Bellucci

  Italian, Usa, World

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• A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Movie, Nice, Great Year

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• Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.

  Michael Douglas

  Movie, Great Year, Greed

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• I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

  Mario Puzo

  Movie, Hollywood Films, Film History

  The Godfather ch. 1 (1969)

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• May the Force be with you.

  George Lucas

  Movie, Film History, Psychics

  Star Wars (motion picture) (1977)

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

  Clark Gable

  Movie, Badass, Wind

  "Fictional character: Rhett Butler". "Gone with the Wind", 1939.

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• You can't handle the truth!

  Jack Nicholson

  Movie, Memorable, Great Year

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• Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me... aren't you?

  Dustin Hoffman

  Movie, Hollywood Films, Great Year

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• I feel the need... the need for speed.

  Tom Cruise

  Movie, Gun, Great Year

  FaceBook post by Tom Cruise from Jan 24, 2013

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• For the taxable investor, indexing means never having to say you're sorry.

  William J. Bernstein

  Love, Movie, Romantic

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• Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

  Horace

  Movie, Wise, Latin

  Horace, Jeffrey H. Kaimowitz (2008). “The Odes of Horace”, p.27, JHU Press

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• Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.

  Peter Sellers

  Inspirational, Funny, Movie

  "Fictional character: President Merkin Muffley". "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb", www.imdb.com. 1964.

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• I am big. It's the pictures that got small.

  Billy Wilder

  Movie, Great Year, Hollywood Films

  Billy Wilder (1999). “Sunset Boulevard”, p.22, Univ of California Press

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• Avant-garde means never having to say you're sorry.

  Marc Ribot

  Love, Movie, Romantic

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• Vasectomy means never having to say you're sorry.

  Larry Adler

  Love, Movie, Romantic

  Larry Adler, Philip Judge (1994). “Me and My Big Mouth”, Blake Pub

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• I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

  Marlon Brando

  Movie, Film History, Hollywood Films

  "Fictional character: Don Vito Corleone". "The Godfather", www.imdb.com. March 14, 1972.

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• Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

  Mario Puzo

  Inspirational, Movie, Hollywood Films

  The Godfather: Part II (motion picture) (1974). Coauthored with Francis Ford Coppola.

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• My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

  Winston Groom

  Life, Motivational, Movie

  "Fictional character: Forrest Gump". "Forrest Gump", www.imdb.com. 1994.

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• A boy's best friend is his mother.

  Joseph Stefano

  Movie, Family, Mom

  "Fictional character: Norman Bates". "Psycho", www.imdb.com. 1960.

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• Being an American means never having to say you're sorry.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Love, Movie, Romantic

  Kurt Vonnegut (1997). “Hocus Pocus”, p.70, Penguin

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• You're gonna need a bigger boat.

  Peter Benchley

  Inspirational, Movie, Radio News

  "Fictional character: Chief Martin Brody". "Jaws", www.imdb.com. June 20, 1975.

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• Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!

  Bram Stoker

  Movie, Children, Halloween

  Dracula ch. 2 (1897)

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• I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti

  Thomas Harris

  Movie, Nice, Great Year

  "The Silence of the Lambs". www.imdb.com. 1991.

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• The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.

  Billy Joel

  Country, Rocks, Blue

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