John Martz

AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movie Quotes

Pretty soon AFI’s going to run out of things to make lists of 100 out of.  They’re also going to be doing well beyond the titular 100 years.

Anyhow, they’ve released their latest super-list: 100 Movie Quotes.  Most of the usual suspects are there, including six from Casablanca.  But of the 400 nominated there are a few that I’m sad to see didn’t make the cut:

“Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.” - Airplane!

“Shut up and deal.” - The Apartment

“Roads?  Where we’re going we don’t need roads.” - Back to the Future

“You’ll shoot your eye out.” - A Christmas Story

“Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker!” - Die Hard

“One of us! One of us!” - Freaks

“You can’t fool me! There ain’t no Sanity Clause!” - A Night At the Opera

“Snakes!  Why did it have to be snakes?” - Raiders of the Lost Ark

“Soylent Green is people!” - Soylent Green

“These go to eleven.” - This is Spinal Tap

Of the ones that made it, what would my choice have been for number one?

“Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!”