Poll: Top 25 Fifteen-Word Movie Quotes

Results of 417 votes:

1. 1.
   

   The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

    

   "I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner."
2. 2.
   

   Blade Runner (1982)

    

   "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."
3. 3.
   

   Dirty Harry (1971)

    

   "You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"
4. 4.
   

   The Godfather (1972)

    

   "A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."
5. 5.
   

   Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

    

   "I don't like sand. It's all coarse, and rough, and irritating. And it gets everywhere."
6. 6.
   

   Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

    

   "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
7. 7.
   

   Planet of the Apes (1968)

    

   "You maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!"
8. 8.
   

   2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    

   "Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave? Stop, Dave. I'm afraid."
9. 9.
   

   Tropic Thunder (2008)

    

   "I know who I am. I'm the dude playing a dude disguised as another dude!"
10. 10.
    

    The Lost Boys (1987)

     

    "One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach; all the damn vampires.."
11. 11.
    

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

     

    "It is the quality of one's convictions that determines success, not the number of followers."
12. 12.
    

    Deadpool (2016)

     

    "Life is an endless series of train wrecks with only brief commercial-like breaks of happiness."
13. 13.
    

    Point Break (1991)

     

    "If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price."
14. 14.
    

    Atonement (2007)

     

    "I will return. I will find you. Love you. Marry you. And live without shame."
15. 15.
    

    The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

     

    "The plot thickens, as they say. Why, by the way? Is it a soup metaphor?"
16. 16.
    

    Moulin Rouge! (2001)

     

    "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, Is just to love and be loved in return."
17. 17.
    

    Rush (2013)

     

    "A wise man can learn more from his enemies than a fool from his friends."
18. 18.
    

    It Happened One Night (1934)

     

    "Well, I proved once and for all that the limb is mightier than the thumb."
19. 19.
    

    A Day at the Races (1937)

     

    "It's the old, old story. Boy meets girl - Romeo and Juliet - Minneapolis and St. Paul!"
20. 20.
    

    The Naked City (1948)

     

    "There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them."
21. 21.
    

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

     

    "Dad always used to say the only causes worth fighting for were the lost causes."
22. 22.
    

    Best in Show (2000)

     

    "We could not talk or talk forever and still find things to not talk about."
23. 23.
    

    The Old Maid (1939)

     

    "Tonight, just tonight, she belongs to me! Tonight I want her to call me Mommy."
24. 24.
    

    Flash Gordon (1980)

     

    "Flash, Flash, I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth!."
25. 25.
    

    The Philadelphia Story (1940)

     

    "You're lit from within, Tracy. You've got fires banked down in you, hearth-fires and holocausts."