can feel my hand. I—I think I’m moving it. I think I’m lifting my left arm. I
am
lifting it. I know I am.
Doctor:
Max, we had to make a last-minute decision. We had no choice.
Max (raising his hand—and seeing that it’s black):
Is this some kind of a joke?
Doctor talking to white bigot Ray Milland as he is waking up after the operation that transplanted his head onto Rosie Grier’s (the African-American football player turned actor) body
, The Thing with Two Heads,
1972
On Racy Women:
I don’t beat clocks, just people!
Not-very-good girl talking about racing in
Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!,
1966
On Radical Thoughts, Profound:
Why is the good ass never radical and the radical ass never good?
Hippie student complaining in with-it sixties movie
R.P.M.,
1970
On Radio Messages, Unexpected:
This is God. I’ll be with you for the next few days.
Radio message in
The Next Voice You Hear,
1950
On Real Bitches:
To have no eyes means to be half a man. To have no eyes and no money—that’s a bitch!
Tony Anthony, the blind cowboy in
Blindman,
1971
On Real Bitches, Scientific:
We’re scientists. We
have
to do things we hate!
Scientist Brian Donlevy in
The Curse of the Fly,
1965
On Real Estate Developers, Post-Apocalyptic:
If there’s a river, we’ll dam it. If there’s a tree, we’ll ram it. ’Cause I’m talkin’ progress here. Yes, sir! I’m talkin’ development! We shall suck and savor the sweet flavor of DRY LAND!
Deacon (Dennis Hopper) exhorting his bad guy followers not only to find
Dry Land but to destroy it in
Waterworld,
1995
On Reality Trips, Drag of:
Daria:
Hey, guy, you want a smoke?
Mark:
You know you’re talking to a guy under discipline.
Daria:
What’s that?
Mark:
This group I was in had rules against smoking. They were into a reality trip.
Daria:
Wow! What a drag!
Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin as rebellious youth in
Zabriskie Point,
1970
On Reasoning, Impeccably Logical:
When the wife of a warden of a prison talks him into getting a parole for one of the convicts, then runs off and marries that convict, you get to hate a lot of people, especially convicts.
Unhappy prison warden Andrew Duggan to a girl inmate in
House of Women,
1962
On Reasons to Be Happy, Foreign Languages and:
Mary, you’re never gonna be happy if you’re always gonna be sad! Now, you’ve got nice teeth and you took two years of French. So why not try to see the bright side of things?
A girlfriend to the suicidal Shirley Temple (Mary) in
That Hagen Girl,
1947, also starring Ronald Reagan
On Rebellious Youth, Fun Times with:
Daria:
Don’t you feel at home here? It’s so peaceful.
Mark:
It’s dead.
Daria:
Okay, it’s dead. Let’s play death games.
Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin as rebellious youth in the American desert in
Zabriskie Point,
1970
On Redundancy, Stinkin’:
Oh, this stinkin’ swamp water stinks!
Billie Nardo (Jil Jarmyn), the blonde who’ll do anything for a man in
Swamp Women,
1955
On Religious Epiphanies, Cosmic:
First scientist, decoding message from God from Mars:
You have been given knowledge and have used it for destruction. Seven lifetimes ago you were told to love goodness and hate evil. Why have you denied the truth?
Second scientist:
The Sermon on the Mount—on Mars!
Peter Graves and Andrea King in
Red Planet Mars,
1952
On Repartee, Extremely Clever:
Girl:
Do you believe that kissing is unhealthy?
Boy:
I don’t know. I’ve never been—
Girl:
You’ve never been kissed?
Boy:
No, I’ve never been sick!
A Party Beach teen couple, before the monsters arrive in
The Horror of Party Beach,
1964
On Robinson Crusoe, Operatic:
I feel as alone as Robinson Caruso [sic], even to the footprints of a man beside me.
Elizabeth Taylor to lover on a deserted beach in
The Sandpiper,
1965
On Robots, Hip:
Master, don’t get smashed. We must find a place to crash tonight.
Robot to general (played by Vic Morrow), who is drowning his sorrows instead of
am
lifting it. I know I am.
Doctor:
Max, we had to make a last-minute decision. We had no choice.
Max (raising his hand—and seeing that it’s black):
Is this some kind of a joke?
Doctor talking to white bigot Ray Milland as he is waking up after the operation that transplanted his head onto Rosie Grier’s (the African-American football player turned actor) body
, The Thing with Two Heads,
1972
On Racy Women:
I don’t beat clocks, just people!
Not-very-good girl talking about racing in
Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!,
1966
On Radical Thoughts, Profound:
Why is the good ass never radical and the radical ass never good?
Hippie student complaining in with-it sixties movie
R.P.M.,
1970
On Radio Messages, Unexpected:
This is God. I’ll be with you for the next few days.
Radio message in
The Next Voice You Hear,
1950
On Real Bitches:
To have no eyes means to be half a man. To have no eyes and no money—that’s a bitch!
Tony Anthony, the blind cowboy in
Blindman,
1971
On Real Bitches, Scientific:
We’re scientists. We
have
to do things we hate!
Scientist Brian Donlevy in
The Curse of the Fly,
1965
On Real Estate Developers, Post-Apocalyptic:
If there’s a river, we’ll dam it. If there’s a tree, we’ll ram it. ’Cause I’m talkin’ progress here. Yes, sir! I’m talkin’ development! We shall suck and savor the sweet flavor of DRY LAND!
Deacon (Dennis Hopper) exhorting his bad guy followers not only to find
Dry Land but to destroy it in
Waterworld,
1995
On Reality Trips, Drag of:
Daria:
Hey, guy, you want a smoke?
Mark:
You know you’re talking to a guy under discipline.
Daria:
What’s that?
Mark:
This group I was in had rules against smoking. They were into a reality trip.
Daria:
Wow! What a drag!
Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin as rebellious youth in
Zabriskie Point,
1970
On Reasoning, Impeccably Logical:
When the wife of a warden of a prison talks him into getting a parole for one of the convicts, then runs off and marries that convict, you get to hate a lot of people, especially convicts.
Unhappy prison warden Andrew Duggan to a girl inmate in
House of Women,
1962
On Reasons to Be Happy, Foreign Languages and:
Mary, you’re never gonna be happy if you’re always gonna be sad! Now, you’ve got nice teeth and you took two years of French. So why not try to see the bright side of things?
A girlfriend to the suicidal Shirley Temple (Mary) in
That Hagen Girl,
1947, also starring Ronald Reagan
On Rebellious Youth, Fun Times with:
Daria:
Don’t you feel at home here? It’s so peaceful.
Mark:
It’s dead.
Daria:
Okay, it’s dead. Let’s play death games.
Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin as rebellious youth in the American desert in
Zabriskie Point,
1970
On Redundancy, Stinkin’:
Oh, this stinkin’ swamp water stinks!
Billie Nardo (Jil Jarmyn), the blonde who’ll do anything for a man in
Swamp Women,
1955
On Religious Epiphanies, Cosmic:
First scientist, decoding message from God from Mars:
You have been given knowledge and have used it for destruction. Seven lifetimes ago you were told to love goodness and hate evil. Why have you denied the truth?
Second scientist:
The Sermon on the Mount—on Mars!
Peter Graves and Andrea King in
Red Planet Mars,
1952
On Repartee, Extremely Clever:
Girl:
Do you believe that kissing is unhealthy?
Boy:
I don’t know. I’ve never been—
Girl:
You’ve never been kissed?
Boy:
No, I’ve never been sick!
A Party Beach teen couple, before the monsters arrive in
The Horror of Party Beach,
1964
On Robinson Crusoe, Operatic:
I feel as alone as Robinson Caruso [sic], even to the footprints of a man beside me.
Elizabeth Taylor to lover on a deserted beach in
The Sandpiper,
1965
On Robots, Hip:
Master, don’t get smashed. We must find a place to crash tonight.
Robot to general (played by Vic Morrow), who is drowning his sorrows instead of
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