Dumbest line ever in a movie

mschaeffer33 · June 2nd, 2013, 04:59 AM

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For me, Mickey Rooney in Going My Way (1939):

"I know that if I work hard and try to control my instincts, I can get ahead in life."

**Mal Hombre** · June 2nd, 2013, 08:36 AM

"Flash,Flash,I love You but we only have 14 hours to save the Earth"
Flash Gordon 1980

**Wendigo** · June 2nd, 2013, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mal Hombre

"Flash,Flash,I love You but we only have 14 hours to save the Earth"
Flash Gordon 1980

"Gordon's Alive" in Khartoum (1966)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060588/

When he plainly wasn't

Although from Flash Gordon this reallllllllly dumb interplay
Colonel of Battle Control Room: General Kala, Flash Gordon approaching.
Kala: What do you mean 'Flash Gordon approaching'?

Estreeter · June 2nd, 2013, 01:41 PM

I live my life a quarter mile at a time

not just dumbest, maybe worst

**moreteavicar** · June 2nd, 2013, 02:26 PM

“Do you know what happens to a toad when it’s struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else.”
X-Men (2000)

"They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!"
Braveheart (1995)

mschaeffer33 · June 2nd, 2013, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Estreeter

I live my life a quarter mile at a time

As a pure line, absent Van Diesel, I think it's a pretty cool statement.

**tygrkhat40** · June 2nd, 2013, 04:27 PM

When Rick says to Ilsa, "Someday you'll understand." She followed her husband through occupied Europe and he says "someday" you'll understand the sacrifices made? If she hasn't figured it out by now, she's not worthy of either Rick or Victor.

And I've always thought "hill of beans" is a stupid expression.

mschaeffer33 · June 2nd, 2013, 06:13 PM

A hill of beans in colloquial American is a symbol for something of trifling value, as in expressions like “it ain’t worth a hill of beans”. Its most famous appearance, which brought it to the notice of a wide international public, was at the end of the film Casablanca, in which Humphrey Bogart says to Ingrid Bergman, “Ilsa, I’m no good at being noble, but it doesn’t take much to see that the problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world”.
The mundane bean has for at least eight centuries been regarded as the epitome of worthlessness. Even if you know how many beans make five you are unlikely to consider any one of them to be valuable. Part of the strength of the fairy tale of Jack and the Beanstalk is the contrast between the valueless beans Jack was given in exchange for the cow and the riches revealed by the full-grown beanstalk.
The expanded formula of a hill of beans is American. From the evidence, it seems to have appeared in the modern sense about 1860. It is yet another example of the expansive hyperbole so typical of US English in that period. An example from rather later is in The Indiscretions of Archie by P G Wodehouse: “Here have I been kicking because you weren’t a real burglar, when it doesn’t amount to a hill of beans whether you are or not”.
The original sense of hill of beans was literal. For example, a book on rural affairs by one J J Thomas dated around 1858 used it in describing how to grow lima beans: “A strong wire is stretched from the tops of posts placed at a distance from each other; and to this wire two diverging cords from each hill of beans are attached”. A little drawing alongside makes clear that the writer is referring to the mounding along the row of bean seeds.
It would seem that this is the origin of the phrase, and that it was then applied figuratively to the illogical idea that if one bean was worthless, a whole hill of them would be even more so.

**bawjaws** · June 2nd, 2013, 10:21 PM

"War, war...that's all you think about Dick Plantagenet
Virginia Mayo as Lady Edith Plantagenet to George Sanders as King Richard 1
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)

**mrfixit** · June 3rd, 2013, 01:56 AM

pretty much any line from the movie Dumb and Dumber would fit here

June 2nd, 2013, 04:59 AM	#1
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tygrkhat40 Long Suffering Bills Fan Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: The City of Good Neighbors Posts: 9,669 Thanks: 304,243 Thanked 152,311 Times in 9,629 Posts	When Rick says to Ilsa, "Someday you'll understand." She followed her husband through occupied Europe and he says "someday" you'll understand the sacrifices made? If she hasn't figured it out by now, she's not worthy of either Rick or Victor. And I've always thought "hill of beans" is a stupid expression. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

June 2nd, 2013, 06:13 PM	#8
mschaeffer33 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 578 Thanks: 512 Thanked 3,491 Times in 513 Posts	A hill of beans in colloquial American is a symbol for something of trifling value, as in expressions like “it ain’t worth a hill of beans”. Its most famous appearance, which brought it to the notice of a wide international public, was at the end of the film Casablanca, in which Humphrey Bogart says to Ingrid Bergman, “Ilsa, I’m no good at being noble, but it doesn’t take much to see that the problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world”. The mundane bean has for at least eight centuries been regarded as the epitome of worthlessness. Even if you know how many beans make five you are unlikely to consider any one of them to be valuable. Part of the strength of the fairy tale of Jack and the Beanstalk is the contrast between the valueless beans Jack was given in exchange for the cow and the riches revealed by the full-grown beanstalk. The expanded formula of a hill of beans is American. From the evidence, it seems to have appeared in the modern sense about 1860. It is yet another example of the expansive hyperbole so typical of US English in that period. An example from rather later is in The Indiscretions of Archie by P G Wodehouse: “Here have I been kicking because you weren’t a real burglar, when it doesn’t amount to a hill of beans whether you are or not”. The original sense of hill of beans was literal. For example, a book on rural affairs by one J J Thomas dated around 1858 used it in describing how to grow lima beans: “A strong wire is stretched from the tops of posts placed at a distance from each other; and to this wire two diverging cords from each hill of beans are attached”. A little drawing alongside makes clear that the writer is referring to the mounding along the row of bean seeds. It would seem that this is the origin of the phrase, and that it was then applied figuratively to the illogical idea that if one bean was worthless, a whole hill of them would be even more so. __________________ . 1) Never judge someone until you've walked a mile in their panties. 2) Check out the Indie rockers Pussy Fumes. ...

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bawjaws Vintage Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 971 Thanks: 13,787 Thanked 12,955 Times in 957 Posts	"War, war...that's all you think about Dick Plantagenet Virginia Mayo as Lady Edith Plantagenet to George Sanders as King Richard 1 King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)

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mrfixit Vintage Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Elm Street Posts: 9,401 Thanks: 165,736 Thanked 114,769 Times in 9,415 Posts	pretty much any line from the movie Dumb and Dumber would fit here __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Where's my Illudium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator?

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