Comments on: What a Famous Thing to Say: 6 Quotable Lines and How to Use ‘Em http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/what-a-famous-thing-to-say-6-quotable-lines-and-how-to-use-em/ The Neat Side of the Web Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:39:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Kat http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/what-a-famous-thing-to-say-6-quotable-lines-and-how-to-use-em/#comment-297130 Kat Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:04:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/what-a-famous-thing-to-say-6-quotable-lines-and-how-to-use-em/#comment-297130 Oh, for heaven's sake, go to the movies! Gone with the Wind: "I'll think about it tomorrow." "I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies." "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again." "Tomorrow is another day." "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." Casablanca: "Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine." "Play it, Sam." "I'm shocked, shocked, to find that gambling is going on in here." "Round up the usual suspects." "This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." And hundreds more! The uses are obvious and innumerable. And less obscure -- less likely to get you confused looks. Of course, if you're GOING for obscure, there's lots there, too. And by the way, the quote that's absolutely guaranteed to freak out a historically conscious boss who has just piled a huge amount of work on you some Friday afternoon: "Arbeit macht frei." It was posted at the entrances of Auschwitz, Dachau, and other institutions of that sort. Most effective if you're Jewish. Warning: May cause sensitivity training if your boss is Jewish and you're not. Oh, for heaven’s sake, go to the movies!

Gone with the Wind:
“I’ll think about it tomorrow.”
“I don’t know nothin’ ’bout birthin’ babies.”
“As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again.”
“Tomorrow is another day.”
“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”

Casablanca:
“Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.”
“Play it, Sam.”
“I’m shocked, shocked, to find that gambling is going on in here.”
“Round up the usual suspects.”
“This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”

And hundreds more!

The uses are obvious and innumerable. And less obscure — less likely to get you confused looks. Of course, if you’re GOING for obscure, there’s lots there, too.

And by the way, the quote that’s absolutely guaranteed to freak out a historically conscious boss who has just piled a huge amount of work on you some Friday afternoon: “Arbeit macht frei.” It was posted at the entrances of Auschwitz, Dachau, and other institutions of that sort. Most effective if you’re Jewish. Warning: May cause sensitivity training if your boss is Jewish and you’re not.

]]> By: dylon http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/what-a-famous-thing-to-say-6-quotable-lines-and-how-to-use-em/#comment-251263 dylon Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:10:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/what-a-famous-thing-to-say-6-quotable-lines-and-how-to-use-em/#comment-251263 draco dormiens nunquan tittilandus draco dormiens nunquan tittilandus

]]> By: rotsky http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/what-a-famous-thing-to-say-6-quotable-lines-and-how-to-use-em/#comment-245222 rotsky Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:25:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/what-a-famous-thing-to-say-6-quotable-lines-and-how-to-use-em/#comment-245222 Don't you mean, "Shakespeare's famous 'the better part of valour is discretion.'?". Falstaff says it in Henry IV, part I. Don’t you mean, “Shakespeare’s famous ‘the better part of valour is discretion.’?”. Falstaff says it in Henry IV, part I.

]]> By: Bad Company UK http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/what-a-famous-thing-to-say-6-quotable-lines-and-how-to-use-em/#comment-231986 Bad Company UK Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:36:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/what-a-famous-thing-to-say-6-quotable-lines-and-how-to-use-em/#comment-231986 Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions. Mayor: What do you mean, "biblical"? Dr Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath-of-God type stuff. Dr. Peter Venkman: Exactly. Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling. Dr. Egon Spengler: Forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanoes... Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave. Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria. Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
Mayor: What do you mean, “biblical”?
Dr Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath-of-God type stuff.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Exactly.
Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling.
Dr. Egon Spengler: Forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanoes…
Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria.

]]> By: Eric http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/what-a-famous-thing-to-say-6-quotable-lines-and-how-to-use-em/#comment-231170 Eric Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:49:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/what-a-famous-thing-to-say-6-quotable-lines-and-how-to-use-em/#comment-231170 Bassmasters? Sure, I know Bassmasters. Bassmasters? Sure, I know Bassmasters.

]]> By: Chris http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/what-a-famous-thing-to-say-6-quotable-lines-and-how-to-use-em/#comment-231139 Chris Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:47:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/what-a-famous-thing-to-say-6-quotable-lines-and-how-to-use-em/#comment-231139 Rule a large country as you’d cook a small fish deep fry it???? Rule a large country as you’d cook a small fish

deep fry it????

]]> By: Fodd http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/what-a-famous-thing-to-say-6-quotable-lines-and-how-to-use-em/#comment-231023 Fodd Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:40:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/what-a-famous-thing-to-say-6-quotable-lines-and-how-to-use-em/#comment-231023 How about "Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!" Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman - Ghostbusters How about “Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!”

Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman - Ghostbusters

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