Andrew was here this weekend, and it is all his fault that I want to take a big ol' nap this morning. On Saturday night, he called my bluff about going home to bed by 11PM and didn't even arrive at the Brass Monkey (you funky monkey) until 11:30PM. By that point, there was nothing to prevent him from keeping me out on the town until 2:30AM, which he promptly did. And I am all the sorrier for it. I feel like a big ol' pile of horse manure right now (but I probably smell better).
Oh sure, I got to watch Eric serenade his Heineken with his favorite Journey tunes, and scare Jeff's girlfriend Liz by my inappropriateness (don't worry Jeff, we'll tell you all about it when you're older), but I'm feeling a little too old to be springing out of bed at 8AM when I only first entered it at arse-early AM.
But my little Gracie-pie simply can't put off her piddle run, and so it's up on the weekends at an inconveniently early time, whether I party with Andrew or not. (You see folks, Grace is my best attempt yet for an excuse for why I am in bed by 10PM.)
But it wasn't all for naught. My boys did buy me more drinks than I should have consumed, and the lovely Lesley even celebrated my FS Exam glory by treating me to a round of shots. For the life of me, I can't remember what round number that was, but it was near the end of the evening/morning alcoholism so I can't be held accountable for counting.
One of the highlights of the evening was making fun of some guy for macking on a girl by lifting up his shirt and showing her his abs. About thirty seconds after this move, she was on the arm of another guy - quite hysterical. Actually, the more I think about it, the more sad it becomes. The bar scene certainly provides one with more than enough ammo to mock the scenesters, and I can't exactly say that I like the commentary it provides on humankind.
Anyway, the real point of this post is to say that I actually have a life on occassion, and it was pretty damn glorious. Even if we didn't get Andrew to the airport on time for his plane.
Monday, April 10, 2006
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Yael, I don't know how you do it
If nothing else, adopting Grace and Pookie Monster has shown me that there is no way in hell I'm going to want to have children. Some people say it's a maturity thing, others say it's a maternal thing, and all the people I talk to say that I'll eventually grow to want it.
While I'm willing to concede the point that I may in fact one day have children, and maybe even want to, I don't feel like people think that it's a valid choice for a woman to not have children - even in this day and age. No matter how nice the people I talk to are, I still feel like they're patting my childish little head with that knowing smile every time I say "no" to the whole concept of birthing a brood of young heathens.
These days my life is consumed with care for my two little charges and, unlike human children, they will never be able to help out with chores around the house as they grow older. (Unless covering the living room couch with fur or crapping on the floor ever become household chores.) This means that they are in fact helpless and dependent upon me for at least the next decade. I will simply have to learn how to be a nice mommy when I'm exhausted and all I really want to do is kick a baby bunny in the face (note to animal lovers: it's called "exaggeration").
I simply can't imagine how my friends who have had children (Christy, Yael, Tyler and Saleah) manage. Seriously. Not a single one of them is a stay-at-home parent. Christy spent a long time being the only salary-earner in her home, and Yael, Tyler and Saleah have maintained full-time jobs for as long as I've known them.
Right now, I only have to survive Anthony's ten-day vacation taking care of two animals and I'm ready to collapse. Somewhere between working full-time, cleaning up after myself, and studying for the FS Exam, I'm ready to shoot the cute, fuzzy animals.
I can't begin to fathom the stress of having a human child. My experiences these past few days have only led me to conclude that when Anthony starts traveling with the Secretary's Detail this Fall and I'm working and schooling full-time, I am going to need some serious meds to prevent myself from going postal.
All of you who are full-time parents and full-time employees, and manage to do it without breaking out the semi-automatic weaponry, to you I bow down. You are my heroes.
While I'm willing to concede the point that I may in fact one day have children, and maybe even want to, I don't feel like people think that it's a valid choice for a woman to not have children - even in this day and age. No matter how nice the people I talk to are, I still feel like they're patting my childish little head with that knowing smile every time I say "no" to the whole concept of birthing a brood of young heathens.
These days my life is consumed with care for my two little charges and, unlike human children, they will never be able to help out with chores around the house as they grow older. (Unless covering the living room couch with fur or crapping on the floor ever become household chores.) This means that they are in fact helpless and dependent upon me for at least the next decade. I will simply have to learn how to be a nice mommy when I'm exhausted and all I really want to do is kick a baby bunny in the face (note to animal lovers: it's called "exaggeration").
I simply can't imagine how my friends who have had children (Christy, Yael, Tyler and Saleah) manage. Seriously. Not a single one of them is a stay-at-home parent. Christy spent a long time being the only salary-earner in her home, and Yael, Tyler and Saleah have maintained full-time jobs for as long as I've known them.
Right now, I only have to survive Anthony's ten-day vacation taking care of two animals and I'm ready to collapse. Somewhere between working full-time, cleaning up after myself, and studying for the FS Exam, I'm ready to shoot the cute, fuzzy animals.
I can't begin to fathom the stress of having a human child. My experiences these past few days have only led me to conclude that when Anthony starts traveling with the Secretary's Detail this Fall and I'm working and schooling full-time, I am going to need some serious meds to prevent myself from going postal.
All of you who are full-time parents and full-time employees, and manage to do it without breaking out the semi-automatic weaponry, to you I bow down. You are my heroes.
A funny thing happened on the way into work
Have you read about this business between the Capitol Police and Representative Cynthia McKinney? Rep. McKinney is claiming that she is the victim of "inappropriate touching" and discrimination at the hands of a Capitol Police officer. If the police sources that are providing information to the media are correct, then this is the most ridiculous case to hit the newspapers this week.
The police are saying that McKinney wasn't wearing any identification to enter a House office building and did not respond to an officer's three requests to stop. He then put a hand on her and she hit him.
The reason I believe the police is because I have been on that side of the law before, and you are constantly dealing with politicians who think they are above the law (i.e. they don't have to listen to you). On more than one occasion, I have had to make one of these "important" people uncomfortable to be able to do my job. And when you think about it, these federal officers' job is to keep people safe - they put their lives on the line to do so.
I used to live by the motto, "ask, tell, and make," which generally means that you ask nicely the first time, then you tell them, and if neither of those options works, you make them get the hell out of your way. In my opinion, that Capitol police officer was much nicer than he needed to be.
This may sound a little harsh to you, but it enables these officers to continue to offer the highest quality of protection to those who are most in danger of political assassination. If, as a government representative, you cannot acknowledge and respect the work that these people do for you, then you don't deserve the protection that they willingly commit their lives to providing.
Ms. McKinney, I highly suggest you grow up.
(p.s. Yes, I know that in the past I have lodged many a complaint about the time I spent working as a federal agent, but I would never question any of my colleagues' commitment to the protection of the American ideal. On many occasions I felt their criticisms misplaced and their open-mindedness seriously lacking, but when we were on duty and in the public eye, they were professionals and did their best to treat people with the decency they deserved.)
The police are saying that McKinney wasn't wearing any identification to enter a House office building and did not respond to an officer's three requests to stop. He then put a hand on her and she hit him.
The reason I believe the police is because I have been on that side of the law before, and you are constantly dealing with politicians who think they are above the law (i.e. they don't have to listen to you). On more than one occasion, I have had to make one of these "important" people uncomfortable to be able to do my job. And when you think about it, these federal officers' job is to keep people safe - they put their lives on the line to do so.
I used to live by the motto, "ask, tell, and make," which generally means that you ask nicely the first time, then you tell them, and if neither of those options works, you make them get the hell out of your way. In my opinion, that Capitol police officer was much nicer than he needed to be.
This may sound a little harsh to you, but it enables these officers to continue to offer the highest quality of protection to those who are most in danger of political assassination. If, as a government representative, you cannot acknowledge and respect the work that these people do for you, then you don't deserve the protection that they willingly commit their lives to providing.
Ms. McKinney, I highly suggest you grow up.
(p.s. Yes, I know that in the past I have lodged many a complaint about the time I spent working as a federal agent, but I would never question any of my colleagues' commitment to the protection of the American ideal. On many occasions I felt their criticisms misplaced and their open-mindedness seriously lacking, but when we were on duty and in the public eye, they were professionals and did their best to treat people with the decency they deserved.)
Monday, April 03, 2006
God help me, but how I survived
I just lived through my first weekend as a single "parent." Some insidiously annoying animal people would call me a "meowmy" or some other ridiculous moniker, but I will continue to refer to myself in the third person as "mommy."
Not that it makes any difference what I call myself. The end result is still the same: I am pooped. The parenthood thing is a lot more work than just hanging out and being my cool self all the time. Now that Anthony is in Charlotte (for way too long, might I add), I get the full brunt of all the household responsibilities.
Which means that I'm walking the dog at midnight when I get home from hanging out with friends for the first time in what seems like decades on a Saturday night.
It also means that I'm spending afternoons in the park, pretending that I don't have other things to do but unable to resist the "but don't you love me?" look in Grace's beautiful little brown eyes.
I try so hard to fit everything in and be the well-rounded Ryan that you've all come to know and love, but having furry children certainly makes that impossible. It is now official - none of you will ever see me again.
But thanks for the night out, Morgan & John. Thanks for the hike, Jeff & Eric. I will now be returning to hermit-dom.
Not that it makes any difference what I call myself. The end result is still the same: I am pooped. The parenthood thing is a lot more work than just hanging out and being my cool self all the time. Now that Anthony is in Charlotte (for way too long, might I add), I get the full brunt of all the household responsibilities.
Which means that I'm walking the dog at midnight when I get home from hanging out with friends for the first time in what seems like decades on a Saturday night.
It also means that I'm spending afternoons in the park, pretending that I don't have other things to do but unable to resist the "but don't you love me?" look in Grace's beautiful little brown eyes.
I try so hard to fit everything in and be the well-rounded Ryan that you've all come to know and love, but having furry children certainly makes that impossible. It is now official - none of you will ever see me again.
But thanks for the night out, Morgan & John. Thanks for the hike, Jeff & Eric. I will now be returning to hermit-dom.
Sunday, April 02, 2006
For the musically inclined
First off: I hate daylight savings time right now. This is what I get for going out late for the first time in decades - exhaustion.
But it was worth it. Last night I went to the DC Arts Center - the smallest venue on the planet (or so it felt) - and saw a pretty amazing local band, The Nethers.
Go to their site, download "O The Deed," and do your part to keep real talent in business: buy the CD. (By the way, the show last night was a lot less acoustic, and a lot more rock - amazing! So, if you ever get the chance to see them live, it is totally worth it.)
But it was worth it. Last night I went to the DC Arts Center - the smallest venue on the planet (or so it felt) - and saw a pretty amazing local band, The Nethers.
Go to their site, download "O The Deed," and do your part to keep real talent in business: buy the CD. (By the way, the show last night was a lot less acoustic, and a lot more rock - amazing! So, if you ever get the chance to see them live, it is totally worth it.)
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Just for fun
I don't really have the time this morning to write more about my own life, but I do love the movies, so I'm including this little tidbit to tide you over.
AFI's 100 Greatest Movie Quotes of All Time
1
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
GONE WITH THE WIND
1939
2
I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.
THE GODFATHER
1972
3
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.
ON THE WATERFRONT
1954
4
Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
THE WIZARD OF OZ
1939
5
Here's looking at you, kid.
CASABLANCA
1942
6
Go ahead, make my day.
SUDDEN IMPACT
1983
7
All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.
SUNSET BLVD.
1950
8
May the Force be with you.
STAR WARS
1977
9
Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night.
ALL ABOUT EVE
1950
10
You talking to me?
TAXI DRIVER
1976
11
What we've got here is failure to communicate.
COOL HAND LUKE
1967
12
I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
APOCALYPSE NOW
1979
13
Love means never having to say you're sorry.
LOVE STORY
1970
14
The stuff that dreams are made of.
THE MALTESE FALCON
1941
15
E.T. phone home.
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
1982
16
They call me Mister Tibbs!
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
1967
17
Rosebud.
CITIZEN KANE
1941
18
Made it, Ma! Top of the world!
WHITE HEAT
1949
19
I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!
NETWORK
1976
20
Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
CASABLANCA
1942
21
A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
1991
22
Bond. James Bond.
DR. NO
1962
23
There's no place like home.
THE WIZARD OF OZ
1939
24
I am big! It's the pictures that got small.
SUNSET BLVD.
1950
25
Show me the money!
JERRY MAGUIRE
1996
26
Why don't you come up sometime and see me?
SHE DONE HIM WRONG
1933
27
I'm walking here! I'm walking here!
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
1969
28
Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.'
CASABLANCA
1942
29
You can't handle the truth!
A FEW GOOD MEN
1992
30
I want to be alone.
GRAND HOTEL
1932
31
After all, tomorrow is another day!
GONE WITH THE WIND
1939
32
Round up the usual suspects.
CASABLANCA
1942
33
I'll have what she's having.
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
1989
34
You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT
1944
35
You're gonna need a bigger boat.
JAWS
1975
36
Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
1948
37
I'll be back.
THE TERMINATOR
1984
38
Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.
THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
1942
39
If you build it, he will come.
FIELD OF DREAMS
1989
40
Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
FORREST GUMP
1994
41
We rob banks.
BONNIE AND CLYDE
1967
42
Plastics.
THE GRADUATE
1967
43
We'll always have Paris.
CASABLANCA
1942
44
I see dead people.
THE SIXTH SENSE
1999
45
Stella! Hey, Stella!
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
1951
46
Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars.
NOW, VOYAGER
1942
47
Shane. Shane. Come back!
SHANE
1953
48
Well, nobody's perfect.
SOME LIKE IT HOT
1959
49
It's alive! It's alive!
FRANKENSTEIN
1931
50
Houston, we have a problem.
APOLLO 13
1995
51
You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?
DIRTY HARRY
1971
52
You had me at "hello."
JERRY MAGUIRE
1996
53
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
ANIMAL CRACKERS
1930
54
There's no crying in baseball!
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
1992
55
La-dee-da, la-dee-da.
ANNIE HALL
1977
56
A boy's best friend is his mother.
PSYCHO
1960
57
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.
WALL STREET
1987
58
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
THE GODFATHER II
1974
59
As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.
GONE WITH THE WIND
1939
60
Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!
SONS OF THE DESERT
1933
61
Say "hello" to my little friend!
SCARFACE
1983
62
What a dump.
BEYOND THE FOREST
1949
63
Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?
THE GRADUATE
1967
64
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!
DR. STRANGELOVE
1964
65
Elementary, my dear Watson.
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
1939
66
Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape.
PLANET OF THE APES
1968
67
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.
CASABLANCA
1942
68
Here's Johnny!
THE SHINING
1980
69
They're here!
POLTERGEIST
1982
70
Is it safe?
MARATHON MAN
1976
71
Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!
THE JAZZ SINGER
1927
72
No wire hangers, ever!
MOMMIE DEAREST
1981
73
Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?
LITTLE CAESAR
1930
74
Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown.
CHINATOWN
1974
75
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
1951
76
Hasta la vista, baby.
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
1991
77
Soylent Green is people!
SOYLENT GREEN
1973
78
Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
1968
79
Striker: Surely you can't be serious.
Rumack: I am serious…and don't call me Shirley.
AIRPLANE!
1980
80
Yo, Adrian!
ROCKY
1976
81
Hello, gorgeous.
FUNNY GIRL
1968
82
Toga! Toga!
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE
1978
83
Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.
DRACULA
1931
84
Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast.
KING KONG
1933
85
My precious.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: TWO TOWERS
2002
86
Attica! Attica!
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
1975
87
Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!
42ND STREET
1933
88
Listen to me, mister. You're my knight in shining armor. Don't you forget it. You're going to get back on that horse, and I'm going to be right behind you, holding on tight, and away we're gonna go, go, go!
ON GOLDEN POND
1981
89
Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.
KNUTE ROCKNE ALL AMERICAN
1940
90
A martini. Shaken, not stirred.
GOLDFINGER
1964
91
Who's on first.
THE NAUGHTY NINETIES
1945
92
Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac...It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole!
CADDYSHACK
1980
93
Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!
AUNTIE MAME
1958
94
I feel the need - the need for speed!
TOP GUN
1986
95
Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.
DEAD POETS SOCIETY
1989
96
Snap out of it!
MOONSTRUCK
1987
97
My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
1942
98
Nobody puts Baby in a corner.
DIRTY DANCING
1987
99
I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!
WIZARD OF OZ, THE
1939
100
I'm king of the world!
TITANIC
1997
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Each year, AFI's 100 Years . . . series has garnered considerable attention from movie lovers around the world. Previous programs within this series have included AFI 100 Years . . . 100 Movies (1998), . . . 100 Stars (1999), . . . 100 Laughs (2000), . . . 100 Thrills (2001), . . . 100 Passions (2002), . . . 100 Heroes & Villains (2003) and . . . 100 Songs (2004).
About the Jury Process
AFI distributed a ballot with 400 nominated movie quotes to a jury of over 1,500 leaders from the creative community, including film artists (directors, screenwriters, actors, editors, cinematographers), critics and historians.
Jury members were asked to choose up to 100 movie quotes from a comprehensive list, including entries such as "Here's lookin' at you, kid" (CASABLANCA), "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" (GONE WITH THE WIND), "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" (SHE DONE HIM WRONG), "May the Force be with you" (STAR WARS), "Houston, we have a problem" (APOLLO 13), "Snap out of it!" (MOONSTRUCK), "You can't handle the truth!" (A FEW GOOD MEN), "I'll be back" (THE TERMINATOR) and "Show me the money!" (JERRY MAGUIRE).
Due to the extensive number of memorable movie lines in American film, jurors could also write in votes for up to five quotes that may not already appear on the ballot.
Jurors were asked to consider the following criteria in making their selections:
MOVIE QUOTE
A statement, phrase or brief exchange of dialogue spoken in an American film.* (Lyrics from songs are not eligible.)
CULTURAL IMPACT
Movie Quotes that viewers use in their own lives and situations; circulating through popular culture, they become part of the national lexicon.
LEGACY
Movie Quotes that viewers use to evoke the memory of a treasured film, thus ensuring and enlivening its historical legacy.
*AFI defines an American film as an English language motion picture with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States. Additionally, only Movie Quotes from feature-length American films released before January 1, 2004, will be considered. AFI defines a feature-length film as a motion picture of narrative format that is typically over 60 minutes in length.
Interesting Facts about the Ballot
Chronologically, the ballot spans from 1927, with the first full-length sound film, THE JAZZ SINGER: "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!" to 2002 and "My precious" from THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS.
CASABLANCA has seven quotes in AFI's ballot, making it the most represented film.
THE WIZARD OF OZ is the second most represented film with six quotes.
Humphrey Bogart has 10 quotes on the ballot, the most represented male actor. Al Pacino and the Marx Brothers follow with six quotes each and Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, James Stewart, Woody Allen and Jack Nicholson are all represented with five quotes each. Funnymen Peter Sellers and Mike Myers each have four quotes represented.
Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Judy Garland and Vivien Leigh each have four memorable movie quotes on the ballot.
Billy Wilder is the top represented writer with 13 quotes, some co-written with I.A.L. Diamond, Charles Brackett and Raymond Chandler. Frances Ford Coppola has nine quotes represented, with seven coming from THE GODFATHER Trilogy. Mario Puzo, Coppola's collaborator on THE GODFATHER trilogy, has a total of eight quotes. Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch each have seven quotes (all from CASABLANCA), followed by Woody Allen with six and Cameron Crowe, William Goldman and Stanley Kubrick with five quotes each.
1939 is the most represented year with 19 movie quotes. 1942 has 17 quotes and 1980 has 12.
AFI's 100 Greatest Movie Quotes of All Time
1
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
GONE WITH THE WIND
1939
2
I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.
THE GODFATHER
1972
3
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.
ON THE WATERFRONT
1954
4
Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
THE WIZARD OF OZ
1939
5
Here's looking at you, kid.
CASABLANCA
1942
6
Go ahead, make my day.
SUDDEN IMPACT
1983
7
All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.
SUNSET BLVD.
1950
8
May the Force be with you.
STAR WARS
1977
9
Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night.
ALL ABOUT EVE
1950
10
You talking to me?
TAXI DRIVER
1976
11
What we've got here is failure to communicate.
COOL HAND LUKE
1967
12
I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
APOCALYPSE NOW
1979
13
Love means never having to say you're sorry.
LOVE STORY
1970
14
The stuff that dreams are made of.
THE MALTESE FALCON
1941
15
E.T. phone home.
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
1982
16
They call me Mister Tibbs!
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
1967
17
Rosebud.
CITIZEN KANE
1941
18
Made it, Ma! Top of the world!
WHITE HEAT
1949
19
I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!
NETWORK
1976
20
Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
CASABLANCA
1942
21
A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
1991
22
Bond. James Bond.
DR. NO
1962
23
There's no place like home.
THE WIZARD OF OZ
1939
24
I am big! It's the pictures that got small.
SUNSET BLVD.
1950
25
Show me the money!
JERRY MAGUIRE
1996
26
Why don't you come up sometime and see me?
SHE DONE HIM WRONG
1933
27
I'm walking here! I'm walking here!
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
1969
28
Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.'
CASABLANCA
1942
29
You can't handle the truth!
A FEW GOOD MEN
1992
30
I want to be alone.
GRAND HOTEL
1932
31
After all, tomorrow is another day!
GONE WITH THE WIND
1939
32
Round up the usual suspects.
CASABLANCA
1942
33
I'll have what she's having.
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
1989
34
You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT
1944
35
You're gonna need a bigger boat.
JAWS
1975
36
Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
1948
37
I'll be back.
THE TERMINATOR
1984
38
Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.
THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
1942
39
If you build it, he will come.
FIELD OF DREAMS
1989
40
Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
FORREST GUMP
1994
41
We rob banks.
BONNIE AND CLYDE
1967
42
Plastics.
THE GRADUATE
1967
43
We'll always have Paris.
CASABLANCA
1942
44
I see dead people.
THE SIXTH SENSE
1999
45
Stella! Hey, Stella!
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
1951
46
Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars.
NOW, VOYAGER
1942
47
Shane. Shane. Come back!
SHANE
1953
48
Well, nobody's perfect.
SOME LIKE IT HOT
1959
49
It's alive! It's alive!
FRANKENSTEIN
1931
50
Houston, we have a problem.
APOLLO 13
1995
51
You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?
DIRTY HARRY
1971
52
You had me at "hello."
JERRY MAGUIRE
1996
53
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
ANIMAL CRACKERS
1930
54
There's no crying in baseball!
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
1992
55
La-dee-da, la-dee-da.
ANNIE HALL
1977
56
A boy's best friend is his mother.
PSYCHO
1960
57
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.
WALL STREET
1987
58
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
THE GODFATHER II
1974
59
As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.
GONE WITH THE WIND
1939
60
Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!
SONS OF THE DESERT
1933
61
Say "hello" to my little friend!
SCARFACE
1983
62
What a dump.
BEYOND THE FOREST
1949
63
Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?
THE GRADUATE
1967
64
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!
DR. STRANGELOVE
1964
65
Elementary, my dear Watson.
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
1939
66
Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape.
PLANET OF THE APES
1968
67
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.
CASABLANCA
1942
68
Here's Johnny!
THE SHINING
1980
69
They're here!
POLTERGEIST
1982
70
Is it safe?
MARATHON MAN
1976
71
Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!
THE JAZZ SINGER
1927
72
No wire hangers, ever!
MOMMIE DEAREST
1981
73
Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?
LITTLE CAESAR
1930
74
Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown.
CHINATOWN
1974
75
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
1951
76
Hasta la vista, baby.
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
1991
77
Soylent Green is people!
SOYLENT GREEN
1973
78
Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
1968
79
Striker: Surely you can't be serious.
Rumack: I am serious…and don't call me Shirley.
AIRPLANE!
1980
80
Yo, Adrian!
ROCKY
1976
81
Hello, gorgeous.
FUNNY GIRL
1968
82
Toga! Toga!
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE
1978
83
Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.
DRACULA
1931
84
Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast.
KING KONG
1933
85
My precious.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: TWO TOWERS
2002
86
Attica! Attica!
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
1975
87
Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!
42ND STREET
1933
88
Listen to me, mister. You're my knight in shining armor. Don't you forget it. You're going to get back on that horse, and I'm going to be right behind you, holding on tight, and away we're gonna go, go, go!
ON GOLDEN POND
1981
89
Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.
KNUTE ROCKNE ALL AMERICAN
1940
90
A martini. Shaken, not stirred.
GOLDFINGER
1964
91
Who's on first.
THE NAUGHTY NINETIES
1945
92
Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac...It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole!
CADDYSHACK
1980
93
Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!
AUNTIE MAME
1958
94
I feel the need - the need for speed!
TOP GUN
1986
95
Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.
DEAD POETS SOCIETY
1989
96
Snap out of it!
MOONSTRUCK
1987
97
My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
1942
98
Nobody puts Baby in a corner.
DIRTY DANCING
1987
99
I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!
WIZARD OF OZ, THE
1939
100
I'm king of the world!
TITANIC
1997
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Each year, AFI's 100 Years . . . series has garnered considerable attention from movie lovers around the world. Previous programs within this series have included AFI 100 Years . . . 100 Movies (1998), . . . 100 Stars (1999), . . . 100 Laughs (2000), . . . 100 Thrills (2001), . . . 100 Passions (2002), . . . 100 Heroes & Villains (2003) and . . . 100 Songs (2004).
About the Jury Process
AFI distributed a ballot with 400 nominated movie quotes to a jury of over 1,500 leaders from the creative community, including film artists (directors, screenwriters, actors, editors, cinematographers), critics and historians.
Jury members were asked to choose up to 100 movie quotes from a comprehensive list, including entries such as "Here's lookin' at you, kid" (CASABLANCA), "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" (GONE WITH THE WIND), "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" (SHE DONE HIM WRONG), "May the Force be with you" (STAR WARS), "Houston, we have a problem" (APOLLO 13), "Snap out of it!" (MOONSTRUCK), "You can't handle the truth!" (A FEW GOOD MEN), "I'll be back" (THE TERMINATOR) and "Show me the money!" (JERRY MAGUIRE).
Due to the extensive number of memorable movie lines in American film, jurors could also write in votes for up to five quotes that may not already appear on the ballot.
Jurors were asked to consider the following criteria in making their selections:
MOVIE QUOTE
A statement, phrase or brief exchange of dialogue spoken in an American film.* (Lyrics from songs are not eligible.)
CULTURAL IMPACT
Movie Quotes that viewers use in their own lives and situations; circulating through popular culture, they become part of the national lexicon.
LEGACY
Movie Quotes that viewers use to evoke the memory of a treasured film, thus ensuring and enlivening its historical legacy.
*AFI defines an American film as an English language motion picture with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States. Additionally, only Movie Quotes from feature-length American films released before January 1, 2004, will be considered. AFI defines a feature-length film as a motion picture of narrative format that is typically over 60 minutes in length.
Interesting Facts about the Ballot
Chronologically, the ballot spans from 1927, with the first full-length sound film, THE JAZZ SINGER: "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!" to 2002 and "My precious" from THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS.
CASABLANCA has seven quotes in AFI's ballot, making it the most represented film.
THE WIZARD OF OZ is the second most represented film with six quotes.
Humphrey Bogart has 10 quotes on the ballot, the most represented male actor. Al Pacino and the Marx Brothers follow with six quotes each and Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, James Stewart, Woody Allen and Jack Nicholson are all represented with five quotes each. Funnymen Peter Sellers and Mike Myers each have four quotes represented.
Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Judy Garland and Vivien Leigh each have four memorable movie quotes on the ballot.
Billy Wilder is the top represented writer with 13 quotes, some co-written with I.A.L. Diamond, Charles Brackett and Raymond Chandler. Frances Ford Coppola has nine quotes represented, with seven coming from THE GODFATHER Trilogy. Mario Puzo, Coppola's collaborator on THE GODFATHER trilogy, has a total of eight quotes. Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch each have seven quotes (all from CASABLANCA), followed by Woody Allen with six and Cameron Crowe, William Goldman and Stanley Kubrick with five quotes each.
1939 is the most represented year with 19 movie quotes. 1942 has 17 quotes and 1980 has 12.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Last one - sometimes I actually work, people!
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