Quotes about Last Lines

Vivian: You've forgotten one thing - me.
Philip Marlowe: What's wrong with you?
Vivian: Nothing you can't fix.

- Lauren Bacall (as Vivian Rutledge) in The Big Sleep (1946)

Klaatu: I am leaving soon, and you will forgive me if I speak bluntly. The universe grows smaller every day, and the threat of aggression by any group, anywhere, can no longer be tolerated. There must be security for all, or no one is secure. Now, this does not mean giving up any freedom, except the freedom to act irresponsibly. Your ancestors knew this when they made laws to govern themselves and hired policemen to enforce them. We, of the other planets, have long accepted this principle. We have an organization for the mutual protection of all planets and for the complete elimination of aggression. The test of any such higher authority is, of course, the police force that supports it. For our policemen, we created a race of robots. Their function is to patrol the planets in spaceships like this one and preserve the peace. In matters of aggression, we have given them absolute power over us. This power cannot be revoked. At the first sign of violence, they act automatically against the aggressor. The penalty for provoking their action is too terrible to risk. The result is, we live in peace, without arms or armies, secure in the knowledge that we are free from aggression and war. Free to pursue more... profitable enterprises. Now, we do not pretend to have achieved perfection, but we do have a system, and it works. I came here to give you these facts. It is no concern of ours how you run your own planet, but if you threaten to extend your violence, this Earth of yours will be reduced to a burned-out cinder. Your choice is simple: join us and live in peace, or pursue your present course and face obliteration. We shall be waiting for your answer. The decision rests with you.

- Michael Rennie (as Klaatu) in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Fast Eddie: Fat man, you shoot a great game of pool.
Minnesota Fats: So do you, Fast Eddie.

- Jackie Gleason (as Minnesota Fats) in The Hustler (1961)

Helen: How do you live?
James Allen: I steal.

- Paul Muni (as James Allen) in I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

Eugene: Fanny, I wish you could have seen Georgie's face when he saw Lucy. You know what he said to me when we went into that room? He said, "You must have known my mother wanted you to come here today, so that I could ask you to forgive me." We shook hands. I never noticed before how much like Isabel Georgie looks. You know something, Fanny? I wouldn't tell this to anybody but you. But it seemed to me as if someone else was in that room. And that through me, she brought her boy unto shelter again. And that I'd been true at last, to my true love.

- Joseph Cotten (as Eugene) in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

Inez Quintero: Oh, Diego, when may we expect you and our dear little Lolita in Madrid?
Don Diego Vega: Not for some time I'm afraid. We're going to follow the customs of California.
Inez Quintero: What do you mean?
Don Diego Vega: Well, we're going to marry and raise fat children and watch our vineyards grow.

- Tyrone Power (as Don Diego Vega / Zorro) in The Mark of Zorro (1940)

Esther Smith: I can't believe it. Right here where we live - right here in St. Louis.

- Judy Garland (as Esther Smith) in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

Wyatt Earp: Ma'am, I sure like that name... Clementine.

- Henry Fonda (as Wyatt Earp) in My Darling Clementine (1946)

Oscar Madison: Felix, what about next Friday night? You're not gonna break up the poker game, are you?
Felix Ungar: Me, never! Marriage may come and go, but the game must go on. So long, Frances.
[leaves]
Oscar Madison: So long, Blanche.
[sits down at the poker table]
Oscar Madison: Well, what are we gonna do, are we just gonna sit around or are we gonna play poker?
Roy: [they all chime in] Let's play some poker!
Felix Ungar: Hey boys, boys, boys, let's watch the cigarette butts, shall we? This is my house, not a pigsty.

- Jack Lemmon (as Felix Ungar) in The Odd Couple (1968)

Nora Charles: Nicky... Nicky, put Asta in here with me tonight.
Nick Charles: [chuckles] Oh, yeah?
[throws Asta in the other bunk]

- William Powell (as Nick Charles) in The Thin Man (1934)