Jacques Marin from Charade | PopCultureQuotes.com
We use the guillotine in this country [France]. I have always imagined that the blade, coming down, causes no more than a slight tickling sensation on the back of the neck. It is only a guess, of course... I hope none of you ever finds out for certain.
By: Jacques Marin
Characters: Police Inspector Edouard Grandpierre
From: Charade
Context:
Inspector Grandpierre (played by Jacques Marin) said that line to Peter Joshua (Cary Grant) and Regina Lampert (Audrey Hepburn), while investigating the murder of the mysterious Charles Lampert in Stanley Donen's classic whodunit Charade.
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Woody Allen | PopCultureQuotes.com
Hey, don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone I love.
By: Woody Allen
From: Annie Hall
Genres: Comedy
Richard Dreyfuss from Jaws | PopCultureQuotes.com
You're gonna need a bigger boat.
By: Richard Dreyfuss
From: Jaws
Genres: Cult Cinema | Horror
Context:
Richard Dreyfuss (who played Matt Hooper) says this to Roy Scheider (Chief Martin Brody) and Robert Shaw (Sam Quint), after seeing the size of the shark in Steven Spielberg's classic thriller Jaws (1975)
Mark Twain | PopCultureQuotes.com
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Susan Sarandon from Bull Durham | PopCultureQuotes.com
I believe in the Church of Baseball. I’ve tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. I’ve worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan….I’ve tried ‘em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.
By: Susan Sarandon
From: Bull Durham
Genres: Comedy
Alfred Hitchcock | PopCultureQuotes.com
There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
By: Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock | PopCultureQuotes.com
Television has brought back murder into the home… where it belongs.
By: Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock | PopCultureQuotes.com
Alfred Hitchcock | PopCultureQuotes.com
The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book… it makes a very poor doorstop.
By: Alfred Hitchcock
Stephen Leacock | PopCultureQuotes.com
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
By: Stephen Leacock
Context:
Said by Canadian humorist and writer Stephen Leacock.
Sinclair Lewis | PopCultureQuotes.com
Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.
By: Sinclair Lewis
Mark Twain | PopCultureQuotes.com
Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.
By: Mark Twain
Context:
Mark Twain, written in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court