I'll add quotes to this page as I see them. The movies are in alphabetical order. If you have any suggestions, feel free to email them to me. Alphaville (French) Natasha: No one ever says "why," one says "because." Many people, instead of saying goodbye: "I'm very well, thank you very much." Lemmy Caution (the riddle): Something which never varies day or night; the past represents its future; it advances in a straight line; yet it ends by coming full circle. Lemmy Caution: Yes, I'm afraid of death, but for a humble secret agent, that's a fact of life, like whiskey -- and I've drunk that all my life. Blood Simple Private Investigator: "...in Russia, they got it all mapped out so that everyone pulls for everyone else. That's the theory anyway. But what I know about is Texas, and down here... you're on your own." The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (French) Henri: "What am I doing here?... I don't know my lines." (when he suddenly finds himself on stage when he thought he was eating dinner at a friend's house) The Elephant Man John's Mother (v.o.): Never, oh never nothing will die. The stream flows, the wind blows. The cloud fleets, the heart beats. Nothing will die. The Government (This isn't really a movie, but they say lots of funny things) Social Security Administration: "The document showing your current identity must be of recent issuance so that we can determine your continued existence." Kill Bill, Vol. 2 Bill: "There are consequences to breaking the heart of a murdering bastard." Ernie: "Some women call that the silent treatment. We pretend we don't like it." Night and Fog Narrator: (speaking of the holocaust) As I speak to you now, the icy water of the ponds and ruins fills the hollows of the mass graves, a frigid and muddy water as murky as our memory. War nods off to sleep, but keeps one eye always open. Grass flourishes again on the inspection ground around the blocks. An abandoned village, still heavy with peril. The crematoria are no longer used. The Nazi's cunning is but child's play today. Nine million dead haunt this countryside. Who among us keeps watch from this strange watchtower to warn of the arrival of our new executioners? Are their faces really different from our own? Somewhere in our midst lucky Kapos still survive, reinstated officers and anonymous informers. There are those who refused to believe, or believed only for brief moments. With our sincere gaze we survey these ruins, as if the old monster lay crushed forever beneath the rubble. We pretend to take up hope again as the image recedes into the past, as if we were cured once and for all of the scourge of the camps. We pretend it all happened only once, at a given time and place. We turn a blind eye to what surrounds us and a deaf hear to humanity's never-ending cry. Return of the Jedi Emperor Palpatine: "Oh, I'm afraid the deflector shield will be quite operational when your friends arrive." Rhinoceros Eyes Fran: "I don't even get out into the real world anymore." Chep: "Where?" Fran: "Exactly." The Searchers Ethan (John Wayne): "That'll be the day." Throne of Blood Evil Spirit: Strange is the world Why should men Receive life in this world? Men's lives are as meaningless As the lives of insects The terrible folly Of such suffering A man lives but As briefly as a flower Destined all too soon To decay into the stink of flesh Humanity strives All its days To sear its own flesh In the flames of base desire Exposing itself To Fate's Five Calamities Heaping karma upon karma All that awaits Man At the end Of his travails Is the stench of rotting flesh That will yet blossom into flower Its foul odor rendered Into sweet perfume Oh, fascinating The life of Man Oh, fascinating