Best comedy movie quotes of 1984
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Nigel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and...
Martin: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten?
Nigel: Exactly.
Martin: Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder?
Nigel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
Martin: I don't know.
Nigel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Martin: Put it up to eleven.
Nigel: Elevn. Exactly. One louder.
Martin: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
[Pause.]
Nigel: These go to eleven.
Carey Mahoney: What are you in for?
Larvell Jones: I'll show you. [holds a microphone to his mouth and imitates gun fire causing everyone to drop to the floor.]
Desk Officer: GOD DAMN IT, STOP THAT.
Peter Venkman: Get her?! That was your plan? Get her?!
Nick Rivers: Hillary. That's an unusual name.
Hillary Flammond: It's a German name. It means 'she whose bosoms defy gravity'.
Nick Rivers: I'm pleased to meet you. My name's Nick.
Hillary Flammond: Nick? What does that mean?
Nick Rivers: Oh, nothing. My dad thought of it while he was shaving.
Rick Gassko: Uh oh. It's Mr. Laughs.
Don Canneloni: In the past, the Canneloni family was the most powerful of the families. We controlled drugs, prostitution, extortion, prostitution, gambling.
Slim: Uh, you said 'prostitution' twice.
Don Canneloni: Well, I like it.
J. Frank Parnell: You don't even know what's in your own trunk! And you know what? I think you're afraid to find out.
Joan Wilder: You're the best time I've ever had.
Jack Colton: I've never been anybody's best time.
Long Duk Dong: Ohhh, sexy girlfriend... Bonzai.
Guardsman: Hey, you! Move that cab out of here, right now.
Vinny: Up yours, Gomer. I'm waiting on a fare.
Lil: And shelf paper! Oh, Johnny, I love shelf paper.
Wanda: Slug, are you sure no-one will come in?
Slug: I paid Tony 15 bucks. He said the place is ours till tomorrow morning.
Nick De Angelo: Don't make this a personal thing, Colin.
Colin Gilchrist Fisher: But it is personal. Isn't it?
Alex Jurel: There's nothing worse than a female lawyer with a cause.
Lisa: Except a male teacher without one.
Edwina Cutwater: You know, you don't have to speak out loud. I can hear your thoughts.
Roger: Great, just what I've always wanted.
Overhead announcement at psychiatric hospital: Lithium is no longer available on credit.
Basketball Player: Funny-lookin' motherfucker, but he can shoot, can't he?
Axel Foley: Coffee grounds.
Jenny Summers: So?
Axel Foley: You know what this stuff is used for?
Jenny Summers: Yeah, some people filter hot water through it and drink it.
Axel Foley: Yeah, I'm gonna take this home and filter hot water through it and drink it in the morning.
Victor Frankenstein: People are weird.
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