QUOTES OF THE WEEK
Over the years I've used some quotes in my email sig files. They range from the profound to the silly, from film quotes to personal in-jokes. Sometimes all four at once. So, if I've ever sent you an email and you wondered where the quote came from, now's your chance to find out.....
Date Used |
Quote |
Who and What? |
6 October 1997 |
"Jeannie, who wants to see this dance?" |
Dave Horsfall in The Full Monty (1997) |
13 October 1997 |
"There’s no time to discuss this in committee." |
Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back (1980 / 1997) |
20 October 1997 |
"Uh guys. Olympus would be that way...." |
Hades in Disney’s Hercules (1997) |
28 October 1997 |
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist." |
Verbal in The Usual Suspects (1995) |
12 November 1997 |
"Oh, behave!" |
Austin Powers in Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery (1997) |
21 November 1997 |
"I do wish we could chat longer, but I’m having an old friend for dinner." |
Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
5 January 1998 |
" 'Empire' had the better ending...All 'Jedi' had was a bunch of Muppets." |
Dante Hicks in Clerks (1994) |
28 January 1998 |
"Adventure? Excitement? A Jedi craves not these things." |
Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back (1980/1997) and Silent Bob in Mallrats (1995) |
24 February 1998 |
"It’s half an inch thick!" Yeah, but we’re thicker." |
Bimbo and Larry in The Van (1995) |
18 March 1998 |
"No...you're making...you're making all new ones!" |
Ian Malcolm in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) |
24 April 1998 |
"I’m drowning here, and you’re describing the water!" |
Melvin in As Good As It Gets (1998) |
5 May 1998 |
"It’s the millennium, motives are incidental." |
Randy in Scream (1996) |
31 May 1998 |
"I’ll be back...." |
Ginger Spice confirms the fears of an entire nation. (1998) |
29 June 1998 |
"Smoke all you want. Just don’t exhale." |
Wolfstone Mailing List (29 June 1998) |
11 August 1998 |
"American components, Russian components - they’re all made in Taiwan." |
Lev Andropov in Armageddon (1998) |
14 September 1998 |
"CPR? I can’t even spell it!" |
The Rat in Doctor Dolittle (1998) |
9 October 1998 |
"Why do I get the feeling that someday I’ll be describing this to a psychiatrist?" |
Lisa Simpson in The Simpsons
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11 January 1999 |
"There are no losers, just people who don’t win." |
Bob Monkhouse |
15 March 1999 |
"I’d just like to thank Heather the Weather..." |
Peter MacKenzie – Ninewells Poll Winners Party (11 March 1999) |
10 May 1999 |
"Oi, Heather the Weather's still here..." |
Exasperated correspondents (May 1999) |
30 June 1999 |
"The bad news is that all the accepted laws of physics are crap." |
Yvonne Sparrow in Goodnight Sweetheart (28 June 1999) |
31 August 1999 |
"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent." |
Qui-Gonn Jinn in Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (1999) |
22 September 1999 |
"That movie has warped my fragile little mind." |
Eric Cartman in South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999) |
14 January 2000 |
"Happiness wouldn't be happiness without a violin-playing goat." |
Anna Scott in Notting Hill (1999) |
1 February 2000 |
"Why do you think I took you to all those Police Academy movies? For fun?!? Well, I didn't hear anybody laughing, did you?" |
Homer Simpson in The Simpsons |
6 June 2000 |
"I always said there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe." |
Arthur Dent in The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy |
15 September 2001 |
"If religion isn't dead, then maybe it should be." |
Judy Finnegan, surprising me with possibly the most valid statement of that dreadful week. |
24 June 2004 |
"You've got to hand it to the Wachowski brothers... It took George Lucas 20 years to kill his baby and they did their's in three..." |
Simon Pegg |
24 December 2004 |
"Of all the women I've ever met, you have to be the blondest..." |
Andy Hunter in EastEnders |
19 May 2005 |
"Not if anything to say about it, I have..." |
Yoda in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith |
15 November 2005 |
"What you plan and what takes place ain't ever exactly been similar." |
Jayne Cobb in Serenity |
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