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My favorites from the AFI Top 100 Movie Quotes list

Below are my favorites from the AFI Top 100 Movies Quotes list.

I chose the ones that are a part of my normal day-to-day vocabulary. Well, except for maybe #21, which I used mostly to scare my kids.

How about you? Which are your favorite quotes from the list?

1. "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn," "Gone With the Wind," 1939.

2. "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse," "The Godfather," 1972.

3. "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am," "On the Waterfront," 1954.

4. "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore," "The Wizard of Oz," 1939.

6. "Go ahead, make my day," "Sudden Impact," 1983.

7. "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up," "Sunset Blvd.," 1950.

10. "You talking to me?" "Taxi Driver," 1976.

12. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning," "Apocalypse Now," 1979.

21. "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti," "The Silence of the Lambs," 1991.

32. "Round up the usual suspects," "Casablanca," 1942.

33. "I'll have what she's having," "When Harry Met Sally...," 1989.

35. "You're gonna need a bigger boat," "Jaws," 1975.

36. "Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!", "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," 1948.

37. "I'll be back," "The Terminator," 1984.

54. "There's no crying in baseball!", "A League of Their Own," 1992.

58. "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer," "The Godfather Part II," 1974.

64. "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!", "Dr. Strangelove," 1964.

79. Striker: "Surely you can't be serious." Rumack: "I am serious ... and don't call me Shirley," "Airplane!", 1980.


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