quote:This only means that your normal conversation is lacking. I will pray for you.
You shouldn't *want* the quotes to become that mainstream, that takes all of the fun out of quoting them. I couldn't imagine "Chinamen is not the preferred nomenclature" becoming as much a part of the culture as "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night." or "I will never go hungry again!" or "Stella!!"
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"Mainstream" is too big a word. Like I stated, quoting most of the movies mentioned works great for people that appreciate it or for yourself. I quoted TPB in front of the Managing Director of Marketing for Citibank and it was completely lost... on him. But the tech guys loved it.
And I've responded to my own boss' quote of "I don't think we're in Kansas any more, Toto" like I should have: "I don't think we're in the food chain anymore, Dorothy." He didn't particularly like that response because he didn't know its origin, and didn't expect a modern day response to a classical quote.
Most of the movies mentioned here are quotable anywhere, but can only be appreciated by those of us in the same circles. It all depends on your audience and your objective, I guess.
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I almost feel like the "Buttercup's Baby" addendum in The Princess Bride book was almost *meant* to be depressing and bad. It's just not helpful to the rest of the story.
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It is possible to quote The Princess Bride inappropriately, believe it or not. My wife and I were playing volleyball one night at a church social, soon after she had seen TPB. She must have assumed that everyone else had seen it too. When it was time for her to serve, she got a bit competitive and intoned, "My name is Iniago Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!"
Unfortunately, NOT everyone had seen the movie, so they did not recognize the quote. But everyone did know her father actually had died (of liver cancer) three years before. So some people got really wierded out by what she said.
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Repoman is the most quotable movie of all time.
"The life of a repoman is always intense"
""Ra-di-a-tion. Yes, indeed. You hear the most outrageous lies about it. Half-baked goggle-box do-gooders telling everybody it's bad for you. Pernicious nonsense! "
"Everybody could stand a hundred chest X-rays a year."
"It happens sometimes. People just explode. Natural causes. "
" The more you drive, the less intelligent you are. "
"Beautiful evening; you can almost see the stars.."
"You ever feel as if your mind had started to erode? "
"I'd torture someone in a second if it was up to me. "
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