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The American Film Institute's List of the 100 Greatest Movie Quotes Of All Time.
- Gone with the Wind (1939) - Quote: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." - Character: Rhett Butler. - Actor: Clark Gable. Even though Scarlett plans to win back husband Rhett, (in another famous line,) his quip is delivered with such confidence that the audience loses faith Rhett will ever return.
- The Godfather (1972) - Quote: "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." - Character: Vito Corleone. - Actor: Marlon Brando. For first-time viewers, this line's payoff comes in the form of a grotesque surprise: the head of a beloved racehorse in the bed of a movie producer.
- On the Waterfront (1954) - Quote: "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.
- The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Quote: "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." - Character: Dorothy Gale. - Actor: Judy Garland. Dorothy's classic line about finding yourself in a new world resurfaces again and again in pop culture.
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A jury consisting of 1,500 film artists, critics, and historians selected "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn", spoken by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in the 1939 American Civil War epic Gone with the Wind, as the most memorable American movie quotation of all time.
- "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." – Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) to Captain Louis Renault (Claude Rains), Casablanca (1942)
- “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” – Rhett Butler (Clark Gable), Gone With the Wind (1939) We should all be so lucky to have the opportunity to deliver such a scathing parting shot, and this one almost didn’t make it into the movie due to the expletive.
- "I'll have what she's having." – Older woman customer at Katz’s deli (Estelle Reiner), When Harry Met Sally (1989) Director Rob Reiner’s mother delivered this punchline to Sally’s (Meg Ryan) very public fake orgasm, which became the line most associated with the movie.
- "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." – Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland), The Wizard of Oz (1939) It may be hard to imagine in 2022 the sheer wonder and magic in the moment Dorothy opens the door to her black and white house and steps out into Technicolor Oz, but this line has endured through the decades as a way of marking such sea changes in our own lives.
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- “When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”
- “Badges? We ain’t got no badges! We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinking badges!” — Alfonso Bedoya as Gold Hat in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
- “Yo, Adrian!” — Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa in Rocky. Do you know where Rocky took place? These are the most iconic movies set in every state.
- “I don’t want to survive. I want to live.” — Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave.
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes revealed the 100 Greatest Movie Quotes in American films, as chosen by leaders of the entertainment community, in a three-hour television event, that aired on the CBS Television Network in June 2005.
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