The 100 Quotes of Me...100 - 81

Lists. I love making lists. My top 5 Johnny Depp movies. My top 5 Action Flicks. My top 5 Guilty Pleasures. I've made a lot of these in my day and I can't tell you how many boring work days have flown by as a result of these little beauties.

Every now and then, though, I get a little more ambitious and make a "100 Greatest" list. In 2001 I created k8's 100 Favorite Movies. That list is really out of date right now, so you don't get to see that one....yet. In late 2004, however, the AFI (American Film Institute) announced it's plans to name the 100 Greatest Movie Quotes in film history. Well, needless to say, my little brain started working. I would say a good 1/3 of my personal lingo comes from movies. Most of my cleverest quips and sayings aren't mine at all (but I do deliver them well, if I do say so myself!) but from the minds of screenwriters.

In order to narrow down the quotes (my drafts included more than 300), I had to come up with a set of guidelines to most accurately narrow down my selections to 100. After much deliberation, I came up with the following:

1. Does it define me as a person or somehow say something about me?

2. Quote-ability. Has it worked its way into my every-day vernacular?

3. Likeability. Is it just fun and memorable?

With the rules defined, I hand-picked my 100 Quotes of Me. Over the next few weeks, I will be posting them for your review and pleasure. Please feel free to comment on the ones you like and others that may stand out for you!

100. Helena: Oh, spite. (Midsummer Night’s Dream)

99. Arvid: Quiz time. Got your glasses on.
Thomas: What?
Arvid: It means you don't know who your friends are. (Swing Kids)

98. Preston: Up until now one could write this off as coincidence. But then she reached into her bag and pulled out a Strawberry Pop Tart—the very same breakfast pastry that I was consuming at that moment! (Can’t Hardly Wait)

97. Benny: It's like taking me to the top of the mountain and showing me the world, and then marching me back down, and saying, "That's what you can't have Benny, you silly great fat article.” (Circle of Friends)

96. Marie: You're right, you're right. I know you're right. (When Harry Met Sally)

95. Indiana: Ahh, Venice. (Last Crusade)

94. Barrie: Yes, well, we dream on a budget here, don’t we? (Finding Neverland)

93. Albert: That sarcastic contemptuous tone that means you know everything because you're a man, and I know nothing because I'm a woman.
Armand: You're not a woman.
Albert: Oh, you bastard! (The Birdcage)

92. Muriel: I refuse to endanger the lives of my children in a house with less than four bathrooms. (Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House)

91. Dorothy: Remember, honey, on your wedding day it’s ok to say yes. (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)

90. Dr. Lester: I’ve been very lonely in my isolated tower of indecipherable speech. (Being John Malcovich)

89. Rizzo: God save my little broken body. (Muppet’s Christmas Carol)

88. Mrs. White: Get off me! (Clue)

87. Capt. Lewis: Benjamin, you are not fit to wear that uniform.
Benjamin: No shit! (Private Benjamin)

86. Kobayashi: One cannot be betrayed if one has no people. (The Usual Suspects)

85. Mother: Corie, you don’t give a person a chance…at least let me see the whole apartment.
Paul: This is the whole apartment.
Mother: It’s a nice large room. (Barefoot in the Park)

84. Jack: That's right, Mr. Joe Fusco, Jr. He said you two were intimate.
Lucy: Yeah, well he also said he invented aluminum foil, he's delusional. (While You Were Sleeping)

83. Lucas: Who knows where thoughts come from? They just appear. Mmm-hmm. (Empire Records)

82. Randy: I can’t put my arms down! (A Christmas Story)

81. Hansel: Sting would be another person who's a hero. The music he's created over the years, I don't really listen to it, but the fact that he's making it, I respect that. (Zoolander)