Editorial
Front Page - Friday, September 4, 2009
Are We There Yet?
More movie lines
Jay Edwards
As I was somewhat out of commission this week, here are a few words from those who said it better anyway.
1. “You want to boycott something, you ought to start with the barber that messed up your head.”
2. “Hell of a thing killin’ a man. Take away all he’s got, and all he’s ever gonna have.”
3. “People do a lot of things in private they couldn’t possibly explain in public.”
4. “If they told you wolverines make good house pets, would you believe them?”
5. “I was staring through the cage of those meticulous ink strokes — at an absolute beauty.”
6. “People will come Ray.”
7. “Not a hard man to track, leaves dead men wherever he goes.”
8. “You don’t get to tell me what to do ever again.”
9. “Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges.”
10. “Is it safe?”
11. “Well it’s not a train. It’s a prison word for … escape. But it doesn’t stop around here.”
12. “If Jesus came back and saw what was going on in his name, he’d never stop throwing up.”
13. “No I don’t wanna smoke some pot … Why, you got some?”
14. “You want a prediction? I’ll give you a prediction. It’s gonna be cold, it’s gonna be gray, and it’s gonna last you for the rest of your life.
15. “You’ve come far Pilgrim.”
16. “Do you happen to have a pair of birds that are … just friendly?”
17. “Something has attached itself to him.”
18. “Frau Blucher!”
19. Kid Shelleen: “What’s wrong with my eyes?”
Jackson Two-Bears: “Well they’re red, bloodshot.”
Kid: “You should see them from my side.”
20. “Oh no Mrs. Robinson. I think … I think you’re the most attractive of all my parent’s friends. I mean that.”
21. “What would you do with a brain if you had one?”
22. “Zuzu’s petals.”
23. “Bob listen, I think I’ve got something. I don’t know what it is.”
24. “We killed a man Drew. Shot him in the back - a mountain man. A cracker.”
25. “I’m still here!”
26. “Oh Mrs. Crane, you’re a little monkey woman”
27. “Mother isn’t quite herself today.”
28. “This is the West sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”
29. “Only the meek get pinched. The bold survive.”
30. “Then I saw myself - my reflection in the window - and I thought, I wonder who that bum is?”
31. “I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast.”
32. “Come out, come out, wherever you are.”
33. “You guys wanna go see a dead body?”
34. “Do you really believe in the perfect murder?”
35. “The Bible is a book. It is a good book, but it is not the only book.”
36. “Here’s a good stick to beat the lovely lady.”
37. “There’s more gravy to you than the grave”
38. “Welcome to Indiana basketball”
39. “I’m walkin here!”
40. “Clarence, do you have any idea how much coke you have here?”
41. “Did they ask for this calamity? Can passion be selected?”
42. “When we’re done with you, you’ll be able to stand up and slaughter your enemies like civilized men.”
43. “IS THIS THE GUN YOU USED ON EVERYONE - ON ME? …. Is this the family gun, dad?”
44. “Nobody knows anybody. Not all that well.”
45. “Some people have a sixth sense. He has a sixth, a seventh, and an eighth.”
46. “Royale with cheese.”
47. “Sheriff, is there not one thing in your life that is worth losing everything for?”
48. “Luther said I could learn some things from you – I already know how to drink.”
49. “The white man the soldiers is looking for no longer exists. Now there is only a Sioux named Dances With Wolves.”
50. “I wouldn’t pray just for an old man that’s dead, cause he’s all right. If I was to pray, I’d pray for folks that’s alive, and don’t know which way to turn.”
51. “When you’ve been betrayed by a friend, you hit back.”
52. “On the run from Johnny Law … ain’t no trip to Cleveland.”
53. “This young man has had a very trying rookie season, with the litigation, the notoriety, his subsequent deportation to Canada and that country’s refusal to accept him.”
54. “To be on the wire is life. The rest is waiting.”
55. “Some people just don’t like to celebrate human tragedy while on vacation.”
56. “There are only two things better than a gun: a Swiss watch and a woman from anywhere. Ever had a good…Swiss watch?”
57. “Seven years of college down the drain.”
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