AFI's List of Top 100 Movie Quotes
This originally aired on June 21st, 2005 on CBS.

100. "I'm king of the world!", "Titanic," 1997.

99. "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!", "The Wizard of Oz," 1939.

98. "Nobody puts Baby in a corner," "Dirty Dancing," 1987.

97. "My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you," "Yankee Doodle Dandy," 1942.

96. "Snap out of it!", "Moonstruck," 1987

95. "Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary," "Dead Poets Society," 1989.

94. "I feel the need - the need for speed!", "Top Gun," 1986.

93. "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!", "Auntie Mame," 1958.

92. "Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac ... It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole!", "Caddyshack," 1980.

91. "Who's on first," "The Naughty Nineties," 1945.

90. "A martini. Shaken, not stirred," "Goldfinger," 1964.

89. "Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper," "Knute Rockne, All American," 1940.

88. "Listen to me, mister. You're my knight in shining armor. Don't you forget it. You're going to get back on that horse, and I'm going to be right behind you, holding on tight, and away we're gonna go, go, go!", "On Golden Pond," 1981.

87. "Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!", "42nd Street," 1933.

86. "Attica! Attica!", "Dog Day Afternoon," 1975.

85. "My precious," "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," 2002.

84. "Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast," "King Kong," 1933.

83. "Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make," "Dracula," 1931.

82. "Toga! Toga!", "National Lampoon's Animal House," 1978.

81. "Hello, gorgeous," "Funny Girl," 1968.

80. "Yo, Adrian!", "Rocky," 1976.

79. Striker: "Surely you can't be serious." Rumack: "I am serious ... and don't call me Shirley," "Airplane!", 1980.

78. "Open the pod bay doors, HAL," "2001: A Space Odyssey," 1968.

77. "Soylent Green is people!", "Soylent Green," 1973.

76. "Hasta la vista, baby," "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," 1991.

75. "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers," "A Streetcar Named Desire," 1951.

74. "Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown," "Chinatown," 1974.

73. "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?", "Little Caesar," 1930.

72. "No wire hangers, ever!", "Mommie Dearest," 1981.

71. "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!", "The Jazz Singer," 1927.

70. "Is it safe?", "Marathon Man," 1976.

69. "They're here!", "Poltergeist," 1982.

68. "Here's Johnny!", "The Shining," 1980.

67. "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine," "Casablanca," 1942.

66. "Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape," "Planet of the Apes," 1968.

65. "Elementary, my dear Watson," "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," 1929.

64. "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!", "Dr. Strangelove," 1964.

63. "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?", "The Graduate," 1967.

62. "What a dump," "Beyond the Forest," 1949.

61. "Say `hello' to my little friend!", "Scarface," 1983.

60. "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!", "Sons of the Desert," 1933.

59. "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again," "Gone With the Wind," 1939.

58. "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer," "The Godfather Part II," 1974.

57. "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good," "Wall Street," 1987.

56. "A boy's best friend is his mother," "Psycho," 1960.

55. "La-dee-da, la-dee-da," "Annie Hall," 1977.

54. "There's no crying in baseball!", "A League of Their Own," 1992.

53. "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know," "Animal Crackers," 1930.

52. "You had me at `hello,"' "Jerry Maguire," 1996.

51. "You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?", "Dirty Harry," 1971.

50. "Houston, we have a problem," "Apollo 13," 1995.

49. "It's alive! It's alive!", "Frankenstein," 1931.

48. "Well, nobody's perfect," "Some Like It Hot," 1959.

47. "Shane. Shane. Come back!", "Shane," 1953.

46. "Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars," "Now, Voyager," 1942.

45. "Stella! Hey, Stella!", "A Streetcar Named Desire," 1951.

44. "I see dead people," "The Sixth Sense," 1999.

43. "We'll always have Paris," "Casablanca," 1942.

42. "Plastics," "The Graduate," 1967.

41. "We rob banks," "Bonnie and Clyde," 1967.

40. "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get," "Forrest Gump," 1994.

39. "If you build it, he will come," "Field of Dreams," 1989.

38. "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth," "The Pride of the Yankees," 1942.

37. "I'll be back," "The Terminator," 1984.

36. "Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!", "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," 1948.

35. "You're gonna need a bigger boat," "Jaws," 1975.

34. "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow," "To Have and Have Not," 1944.

33. "I'll have what she's having," "When Harry Met Sally...," 1989.

32. "Round up the usual suspects," "Casablanca," 1942.

31. "After all, tomorrow is another day!", "Gone With the Wind," 1939.

30. "I want to be alone," "Grand Hotel," 1932.

29. "You can't handle the truth!", "A Few Good Men," 1992.

28. "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By,"' "Casablanca," 1942.

27. "I'm walking here! I'm walking here!", "Midnight Cowboy," 1969.

26. "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?", "She Done Him Wrong," 1933.

25. "Show me the money!", "Jerry Maguire," 1996.

24. "I am big! It's the pictures that got small," "Sunset Blvd.," 1950.

23. "There's no place like home," "The Wizard of Oz," 1939.

22. "Bond. James Bond," "Dr. No," 1962.

21. "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti," "The Silence of the Lambs," 1991.

20. "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship," "Casablanca," 1942.

19. "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!", "Network," 1976.

18. "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!", "White Heat," 1949.

17. "Rosebud," "Citizen Kane," 1941.

16. "They call me Mister Tibbs!", "In the Heat of the Night," 1967.

15. "E.T. phone home," "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," 1982.

14. "The stuff that dreams are made of," "The Maltese Falcon," 1941.

13. "Love means never having to say you're sorry," "Love Story," 1970.

12. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning," "Apocalypse Now," 1979.

11. "What we've got here is failure to communicate," "Cool Hand Luke," 1967.

10. "You talking to me?" "Taxi Driver," 1976.

9. "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night," "All About Eve," 1950.

8. "May the Force be with you," "Star Wars," 1977.

7. "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up," "Sunset Blvd.," 1950.

6. "Go ahead, make my day," "Sudden Impact," 1983.

5. "Here's looking at you, kid," "Casablanca," 1942.

4. "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore," "The Wizard of Oz," 1939.

3. "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am," "On the Waterfront," 1954.

2. "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse," "The Godfather," 1972.

1. "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn," "Gone With the Wind," 1939.

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