In exploring the Die Hard franchise’s best quotes, we delve into the enduring power of these lines, which have transcended the films to become part of the lexicon of action movie enthusiasts. We’ll revisit the gripping intensity of Bruce Willis’ portrayal of the wisecracking NYPD detective McClane and the moments when his heroic exploits are accentuated by clever quips that perfectly capture the essence of the character.

The original movie is a stone-cold classic that pits Willis’ McClane against Alan Rickman’s incredible movie villain Hans Gruber, a German criminal who takes control of Nakatomi Plaza. An action-packed thrill ride that changed the action movie genre for the better, Die Hard was a massive hit that took home around $140 million and turned Willis into a star.

As is often the case with this type of movie, a sequel was inevitable. Die Hard 2: Die Harder, came out two years later and is set in an airport and features McClane coming up against a group of mercenaries trying to free a Latin American dictator. Although not as well received as the original, it was still a box-office smash that led to a third film five years later; Die Hard With a Vengeance.

Arguably on par with the original, Die Hard With a Vengence finds McClane teaming up with shopowner Zeus Carver (Samuel L Jackson) as the two try and stop a terrorist known as Simon (Jeremy Irons) who makes the pair dash across New York solving various riddles to prevent hidden bombs from going off. One of the most successful films in the franchise making a whopping $366 million, Die Hard With a Vengence is one of the great 90s action flicks that helped Jackson gain more recognition as an actor.

12 years later Willis decided to return as McClane in Live Free or Die Hard, facing off against Timothy Olyphant’s cyber-terrorist. Willis’ final turn as McClane came in 2013s A Good Day To Die Hard, where McClane travels to Russia to bail his son (Jai Courtney) out of jail, only to find himself mixed up in a terrorist plot. The weakest film in the franchise is not great and was hated by critics, and rightly so. While talks of a sixth film have continued for years, since Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and retired from acting, any future Die Hard films have been put on the back burner.

As well as the incredible action set pieces, well-written characters, and devilish bad guys, it’s the writing that makes the Die Hard franchise so good. As we embark on this journey to celebrate the best quotes from the Die Hard franchise, it becomes evident that these lines have played a significant role in shaping the series’ identity. Whether they make us laugh, cheer, or contemplate, they have become a testament to the enduring appeal of a franchise that has solidified its place in the pantheon of action cinema.

Yippee-Ki-Yay: Unveiling the 60 Best Die Hard Quotes of All Time

1. Die Hard (1988)

1. “Yippee-ki-yay motherfucker!” – John McClane

2. “If this is your idea of Christmas, I gotta be here for New Year’s.” – Argyle

3. “Do you really think you have a chance against us Mr. Cowboy?” – Hans Gruber

4. “Welcome to the party pal.” – John McClane

5. “Now I have a machine gun. Ho, ho, ho.” – Hans Gruber

6. “Come out to the coast, we’ll get together, have a few laughs…” – John McClane

7. “Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except… the four assholes coming in the rear in standard two-by-two cover formation.” – Theo 

8. “Hans, bubby, I’m your white knight.” – Harry Ellis

9. “Yeah. I got invited to a Christmas party by mistake. Who knew?” – John McClane

10. “You asked for miracles, I give you… the FBI.” – Hans Gruber

11. “We’re gonna need some more FBI guys, I guess.” – Dwayne T Robinson

12. “I wanted this to be professional, efficient, adult, cooperative. Not a lot to ask. Alas, your Mr. Takagi did not see it that way… so he won’t be joining us for the rest of his life. We can go any way you want it. You can walk out of here or be carried out. But have no illusions. We are in charge.” – Hans Gruber

13. “I’m Agent Johnson, this is Special Agent Johnson. No relation.” – Special Agent Johnson

14. “Just a fly in the ointment, Hans. The monkey in the wrench. The pain in the ass.” – John McClane

15. “I am an exceptional thief, Mrs. McClane. And since I’m moving up to kidnapping, you should be more polite.” – Hans Gruber 

16. “Does it sound like I’m ordering a pizza!” – John McClane

17. “Nice suit. John Philips, London. I have two myself.” – Hans Gruber

18. “Only John can drive someone that crazy.” – Holly Gennaro McClane

19. “From up here it doesn’t look like you’re in charge of jack shit!” – John McClane

20. “Mr. Takagi, I could talk about industrialization and men’s fashion all day. However, I am far more interested in the 100 million dollars in negotiable bearer bonds hidden in your vault… and the computer controls the vault.” – Hans Gruber

21. “Now I know what a TV dinner feels like.” – John McClane

22. “That’s a nice suit. It’d be a shame to ruin it.” – Hans Gruber

23. “Thanks for the advice.” – John McLane

24. “You Americans are all alike. Well, this time John Wayne does not walk off into the sunset with Grace Kelly.” – Hans Gruber

25. “Sorry, Hans. Wrong guess. Would you like to go for double jeopardy where the scores can really change?” – John McClane 

26. “You are most troublesome for a security guard.” – Hans Gruber

27. “Nine million terrorists in the world and I gotta kill one with feet smaller than my sister.” – John McClane 

28. “But, you have me at a loss. You know my name but who are you? Just another American who saw too many movies as a child? Another orphan of a bankrupt culture who thinks he’s John Wayne? Rambo? Marshal Dillon?” – Hans Gruber

29. “I was always kinda partial to Roy Rogers actually. I really like those sequined shirts.” – John McClane 

2. Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)

30. “Oh man, I can’t fucking believe this. Another basement, another elevator. How can the same shit happen to the same guy twice?” – John McClane

31. “You are in my little pond now, and I am the big fish that runs it.” – Carmine Lorenzo

32. “Just once, I’d like a regular, normal Christmas. Eggnog, a fuckin’ Christmas tree, a little turkey. But, no. I gotta crawl around in this motherfuckin’ tin can.” – John McClane

33. Sergeant Al Powell: “You’re not pissing in somebody’s pool, are you?”

John McLane: “Yeah, and I’m fresh outta chlorine.”

34. “Holly! Here’s your fucking landing light. Whoo!” – John McClane

35. Samantha Coleman: “You give me this story and I’ll have your baby.”

John McClane: “That’s not the kind of ride I’m looking for.”

36. Major Grant: “You’re the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

John McClane: “Story of my life.”

37. “Hey, Carmine, let me ask you something. What sets off the metal detectors first? The lead in your ass or the shit in your brains?” – John McClane

38. Marvin – “You like it, huh? How ’bout you give me twenty bucks for it?”

John McClane – “How ’bout I let you live?”

Marvin – “Man knows how to bargain.”

39. “You’re supposed to stay in your seat until the plane reaches the terminal. No frequent flier mileage for you.” – John McClane

40. “As far as I’m concerned, progress peaked with frozen pizza.” – John McClane

41. John McClane – “That punk pulled a Glock 7 on me. You know what that is? It’s a porcelain gun made in Germany. Doesn’t show up on your airport X-ray machines, here, and it cost more than you make in a month.”

Carmine Lorenzo – “You’d be a surprised what I make in a month.”

John McClane – If it’s more than a dollar ninety-eight I’d be very surprised.”

42. John McClane – “Guess I was wrong about you. You’re not such an asshole after all.”

Major Grant – “Oh, you were right. I’m just your kind of asshole.”

3. Die Hard With a Vengence (1995)

43. “You having a nice day, sir? You feeling all right? Not to get too personal, but a white man standing in the middle of Harlem wearing a sign that says “I hate niggers” has either got some serious personal issues, or not all his dogs are barking. Hey! I’m talking to you! Now you’ve got about ten seconds before those guys see you, and when they do they will kill you, you understand? You are about to have a very bad day.” – Zeus Carver

44. “The only thing better than blowing up 100 billion dollars worth of gold is making people think you did.” – John McClane

45.  Zeus Carver: “You know this guy Simon we’re talking to?”

John McClane: “Yeah. I threw his little brother off the thirty-second floor of Nakatomi Towers out in LA I guess he’s a little pissed off about it.”

Zeus Carver: “Wait a minute. You mean to tell me I’m in this shit ’cause some white cop threw some white asshole’s brother off a roof?”

46. Zeus Carver: “Why you keep calling me Jésus? I look Puerto Rican to you?”

John McClane: “Guy back there called you Jésus.”

Zeus Carver: “He didn’t say Jésus. He said, ‘Hey, Zeus!’ My name is Zeus.

John McClane: “Zeus?”

Zeus Carver: “Yeah, Zeus! As in, father of Apollo? Mt. Olympus? Don’t fuck with me or I’ll shove a lightning bolt up your ass? Zeus! You got a problem with that?”

47. “No guts. No glory.” – Charlie Weiss

48. Simon Gruber: “John… in the back of the truck you’re driving, there’s 13 billion dollars worth in gold bullion. I wonder would a deal be out of the question?”

John McClane: “Yeah, I got a deal for you. Crawl out from that rock you’re hiding under, and I’ll drive this truck up your ass.”

Simon Gruber: “How colorful.”

49. Inspector Walter Cobb: “We’ll be back to pick you up in fifteen minutes.”

John McClane: “Take your time. I expect to be dead in four.”

50. “Hi, fellas. Mickey O’Brien, aqueduct security. Hey, listen, we got a report of a guy coming through here with, uh, eight reindeer. Yeah, they said he was a jolly, old, fat guy with a snowy, white beard. Cute little red and white suit. I’m surprised you didn’t see him.” – John McClane

51. “Said Simple Simon to the pieman going to the fair, “Give me your pies…or I’ll cave your head in.” – Simon Gruber

52. “Attention! Attention! Nils is dead! I repeat, Nils is dead, fuck-head. So is his pal, and those four guys from the East German All-Stars, your boys down at the bank? They’re gonna be a little late.” – John McClane

53. “If killing you was all I wanted, you’d be dead by now.” – Simon Gruber

4. Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

54. “You know what you get for being a hero? Nothin’. You get shot at. You get a little pat on the back. You get divorced. Your wife can’t remember your last name. Your kids don’t want to talk to you. You get to eat a lot of meals by yourself.” – John McClane

55. “The news is completely manipulated. Everything you hear, every single day is designed by corporate media to do one thing only. To keep you living in fear.” – Matthew Farrell

56. “Hundreds of thousands of people get killed by cars every year. That’s just like four more.” – John McClane

57. “You’re a Timex watch in a digital age.” – Thomas Gabriel

58. “I know I’m not as smart as you guys with all this computer shit. But, hey… I’m still alive, ain’t I? I mean, you’ve got to be running out of bad guys by now, right? Huh? Gabriel? Honestly, you can tell me. I mean, how does that work? Got some kind of service or something? Some kind of 800 number? 1-800-HENCHMEN? Oh, you know what? I bet you’re still on hold with, “Can I get another dead Asian hooker bitch over here right away?” – John McClane

59. Matt Farrell: “You just killed a helicopter with a car!”

John McClane: “I was out of bullets.”

60. “Mai? Oh, yeah. Little Asian chick, likes to kick people? I don’t think she’s gonna be talkin’ to anybody for a really long time. Last time I saw her she was at the bottom of a elevator shaft with an SUV rammed up her ass.” – John McClane

5. A Good Day To Die Hard (2012)

61. “The shit we do for our kids. Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker.” – John McClane

62. John McClane: “What’s with the ‘John’ shit? What happened to ‘dad?'”

Jack McClane: “That’s a good question.”

63. “I’m on fucking vacation.” – John McClane

64. John McClane: “You got a plan?”

Jack McClane:  Not really. I kinda thought we would just wing it, you know. Running in, guns blazing! Make it up as we go.”

65. “Me and my boy here, we’re gonna put a whuppin’ on ya!” – John McClane

66. Jack McClane: “Hey, lemme ask you something. Do you go looking for trouble, or does it always find you?”

John McClane: “You know, after all these years, I’m still asking myself the same question.”

In a world where massive movie franchises like Fast & Furious have well and truly jumped the shark, the Mission: Impossible series continues to churn out incredible action movies with death-defying stunts, intricate plots, exhilarating characters, and Tom Cruise risking life and limb to keep Hollywood alive.

While the first four films were helmed by different directors and find Cruise’s near indestructible Hunt tackling separate missions with a crew of returning characters, the last three films have contained plot threads that weave through each film and include callbacks to moments and characters from earlier movies. The reason for this is director Christopher McQuarrie, who along with Cruise and stunt coordinator Wade Eastwood, has helped turn Mission: Impossible into arguably the biggest action franchise of the past two decades.

The recent release of Mission: Impossible–Dead Reckoning Part One has seen the stakes raised to another level, with Cruise going all out for a motorcycle stunt that proves he might not be human after all. With a colorful cast of new and returning characters and a plot focused on AI, something that has been in the news of late, the movie is another incredible chapter in the long-running franchise that is on track to be one of the highest-grossing movies of this year.

With the seventh movie now out and the eighth currently in production, there is no time like the present to dive deep into the adrenaline-pumping franchise and rank the Mission: Impossible movies from worst to best. So buckle up and prepare to relive the most unforgettable moments, revisit iconic characters, and celebrate the franchise that has proven time and again that the impossible is just a stepping stone to greatness.

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7. Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)

Having recently rewatched Mission: Impossible 2 in anticipation of the Dead Reckoning Part One, I have to say it’s not as bad as I remember. That doesn’t mean it’s good. This is a movie full of wild ideas and over-the-top stunts that lacks the charm of director John Woo’s previous American movies, particularly the box office smash Face/Off.

After the success of the first film, Cruise and co wanted to make each successive movie an action blockbuster helmed by a famous director that introduced a host of new characters to the franchise. Hong Kong legend Woo, responsible for the classic action movies The Killer, A Better Tomorrow, and Hard Boiled, was picked to take the director’s chair for Mission: Impossible 2.

What should have been a winning formula, with Woo’s spectacularly choreographed action set pieces and Cruise’s willingness to try anything (free climbing a mountain anyone?) is a messy movie about a genetically modified disease with less than impressive stunts.

While Cruise is decent and Thandie Newton as the love interest is serviceable, the action doesn’t live up to the hype. Dougray Scot’s villain, ex-MIF agent Sean Ambrose, is not as menacing as he would like you to believe, with Mission: Impossible 2 an underwhelming action movie that is easily the worst in the franchise. Good soundtrack though, with Metallica’s “I Disappear” and Limp Bizkit’s “Take a Look Around” the highlights.

6. Mission: Impossible III (2006)

This used to be my favorite Mission: Impossible film for quite a while. The plot concerns something called the Rabbits Foot, which is just a handy MacGuffin for Ethan Hunt to find and deliver to arms dealer Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who is holding Hunt’s fiancee Julia Meade hostage. None of that really matters though, as Mission: Impossible III is a showcase for Hoffman who eats up every scene he is in as the evil Davian.

J. J. Abrams takes the director’s chair for this third installment, which at times feels like a big-budget version of his successful TV series Alias. While the action is great, this is the film in the franchise with the most character development. Shining a light on Hunt’s personal life and involving his partner is a step in a different direction but one that helped flesh out who Hunt really is. For the most part Mission: Impossible III works thanks to the visually arresting action, fast-cut editing, and Hoffman’s dynamic performance. But when compared to the more recent entries in the series, it lacks something.

5. Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol (2011)

The fourth and fifth movies in the series are almost interchangeable and where they sit on your ranking of the movies will be a personal choice. For mine, Ghost Protocol is the lesser of the two. The film finds the MIF framed for bombing the Kremlin, with Hunt’s team on the run and disavowed by the American government as they race across the world to track down those really responsible.

Jeremy Renner makes his franchise debut (it was rumored he was set to take over from Cruise as the lead in the next film, but things didn’t turn out that way) alongside Paula Patton and the returning Simon Pegg’s computer expert Benji Dunn. The cast also includes great cameos from Michael Nyqvist, Léa Seydoux, and Anil Kapoor. along with the uncredited return of Ving Rhames as hacker Luthor Stickell.

The movie is best remembered for the Burj Khalifa stunt, with Cruise actually scaling the world-famous building in a stunt that really raises the action stakes. It’s probably still the most memorable moment of the entire franchise and signaled Crusie’s intent to risk his own life for the good of the movie.

4. Mission: Impossibe — Rouge Nation (2015)

Ghost Protocol might have the most jaw-dropping stunt in the franchise, but Rogue Nation is the movie where Mission: Impossible truly found its groove as a modern action series masterpiece. Always envisaged as separate stories with neatly wrapped endings, Rouge Nation is the first movie with a story that continues in the next flick. Much of this can be attributed to director Christopher McQuarrie, who has become Tom Cruise’s modern-day muse.

The movie revolves around Ethan Hunt as he finds himself up against The Syndicate, an international terrorist group led by Solomon Lane (Sean Harris), an ex-MI6 agent intent on bringing down the world’s governments. When a list of all The Syndicate’s operatives goes missing, Hunt assembles his team to find the ledger and bring down Lane and his cronies.

Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, and Ving Rhames are all fantastic, but it’s the introduction of Rebecca Ferguson’s Ilsa Faust, an MI6 agent working undercover in The Syndicate, that breathes new life into the franchise. Ferguson is mesmerizing and gives the series a strong female lead whose Hunt’s equal while her real motivations are murky at the best of times.

It lacks the big stunt of Ghost Protocol (although Cruise does hang on to the side of a jet as it takes off, which is pretty impressive) but the introduction of The Syndicate and Ferguson gives Rogue Nation the edge over Ghost Protocol in the rankings.

3. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One

This one might get some people’s panties in a knot, but the seventh film in the franchise is everything you want in a Mission: Impossible movie. The action is relentless, the stunts breathtaking, and the newcomers, most notably Hayley Attwell, Esai Morales, and Pom Klementieff, all have scene-stealing movements.

Having honed the Mission: Impossible formula, the movie centers around an AI that has become self-aware and determined to bring mankind to its end. James Cameron might have come up with this idea some three decades ago but it’s never been more relevant.

While not everyone will buy the plot, it’s hard not to enjoy everything that happens on-screen during the movie’s 163-minute runtime. From the well-staged airport pickpocket scene and edge-of-your-seat car chase through the streets of Rome to the final train sequence that includes Cruise riding a motorcycle off a cliff and landing on said moving train, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One delivers action in spades and is another welcome addition to the franchise.

2. Mission: Impossible — Fallout (2018)

The second longest-running movie in the franchise is also the second best. Mission: Impossible — Fallout is an action showcase featuring a destructive bathroom brawl, a wild HALO jump during a lightning strike, a frantic car chase through the streets of Paris, and a helicopter set finale that will leave you breathless and wanting more.

Despite capturing Soloman Lane, The Syndicate has reformed as the Apostles, another terrorist group who plan to set off three nuclear bombs to plunge the world into chaos. Once again Hunt and his team are blamed when they fail to retrieve three stolen plutonium cores and must overcome unassailable odds (and another mole inside the CIA) to prove their innocence and save the world. All in a day’s work for Ethan Hunt.

Universally praised by both critics and moviegoers, Mission Impossible — Fallout has some of the series’ best action scenes and introduced two fantastic new characters; Henry Cavill as August Walker, a CIA assassin sent to babysit Hunt, and Vanessa Kirby as Alanna Mitsopolis, a sultry arms dealer with some of the best dialogue in the film.

This is all killer and no filler and proves how dedicated Cruise is to the franchise, with the actor breaking his ankle while filming one stunt. As he explained on The Graham Norton Show; “I was chasing Henry [Cavill] and was meant to hit the side of the wall and pull myself over but the mistake was my foot hitting the wall,” he explained. “I knew instantly my ankle was broken and I really didn’t want to do it again so just got up and carried on with the take. I said, ‘It’s broken. That’s a wrap. Take me to hospital’ and then everyone got on the phone and made their vacation arrangements.” What a guy.

1. Mission: Impossible (1996)

The original and still the best, Mission: Impossible is a brilliant thriller with an exceptional cast that adapts the successful 60s television series into a captivating action flick directed by the great Brian De Palma. It might not have the crazy stunts like recent releases but Mission: Impossible set the template for the series, especially the use of face masks that appear in all seven movies.

After a botched mission sees his team killed and the NOC list—a record of all the undercover operatives working for the CIA—stolen, Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt is suspected of being a mole by IMF boss Eugene Kittridge (Henry Czerny). Once again on the run (a familiar theme), Hunt recruits several disavowed agents to help him recover the NOC list and prove his innocence.

Sure, Mission: Impossible isn’t as flashy as Fallout or Dead Reckoning, but it does give us the famous CIA break-and-enter scene and the Channel Tunnel train chase, along with an ensemble cast that includes Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Vanessa Redgrave, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Emilio Estevez. It also helps to have De Palam behind the camera, with his tight directing only enhancing the film and turning it from a good thriller into a great thriller with plenty of twists and turns.

What makes these quotes stand out? Firstly, it’s their ability to encapsulate a complex emotion or idea in just a few words. From Arnold Schwarzenegger’s iconic “I’ll be back” to “May the Force be with you,” these concise yet powerful phrases become instantly recognizable and representative of the entire film. They become part of our shared vocabulary and can be quoted and referenced in everyday conversations, long after the movie’s release.

Another factor that makes these quotes remarkable is their ability to capture a universal truth or experience. They resonate with audiences because they tap into something fundamental about the human condition. For example, who can forget the iconic line uttered by Humphrey Bogart in the classic Casablanca, “Here’s looking at you, kid?” It captures the bittersweet nostalgia of lost love and the enduring power of memories.

Moreover, memorable movie quotes often arise from exceptional performances by talented actors. When a line is delivered with perfect timing, emotion, or intensity, it elevates the impact of the words and embeds them in our collective consciousness. Think of Marlon Brando’s iconic line, “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse” from The Godfather. Brando’s delivery and the character’s underlying power make the quote chilling and unforgettable.

Lastly, the context in which a quote is spoken can also contribute to its fame. Some quotes become iconic because they mark pivotal moments in a film, adding weight and significance to the dialogue. Whether it’s Darth Vader’s “I am your father” revelation in Star Wars: A New Hope or the memorable “You can’t handle the truth!” outburst from Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men, these quotes become memorable due to the impact they have on the narrative.

In conclusion, the most famous movie quotes have a magical quality that allows them to transcend their original context and become cultural touchstones. They encapsulate emotions, convey universal truths, and are delivered by talented actors at key moments. These quotes become ingrained in our collective memory and serve as a lasting testament to the power of cinema to inspire, entertain, and move us.

101 Famous Movie Quotes

1. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn!” – Gone With the Wind (1939)
2. “May the Force be with you.” – Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
3. “Don’t forget: I’m also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.” – Notting Hill (1999)
4. “Why so serious?” – The Dark Knight (2008)
5. “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” – The Godfather (1972)
6. “Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.” – Dead Poets Society (1989)
7. “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 Water Front (1954)
8. “I’ll be back.” – The Terminator (1984)
9. “As if!” – Clueless (1995)
10. “Go ahead, make my day.” – Sudden Impact (1983)
11. “Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker.” – Die Hard (1998)
12. “Elementary, my dear Watson.” – The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
13. “Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” – The Wizard of Oz (1939)
14. “Nobody puts Baby in the corner.” – Dirty Dancing (1987)
15. “Yeah, well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.” – The Big Lebowski (1998)
16. “Here’s looking at you, kid.” – Casablanca (1942)
17. “Bye Felicia.” – Friday (1995)
18. “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” – Jaws (1975)
19. “I got a Stage 5 clinger.” – Wedding Crashers (2005)
20. “I’ve had it with these motherfuckin’ snakes on this motherfuckin’ plane!” – Snakes on a Plane (2006)
21. “My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” – Forrest Gump (1994)
22. “It’s the fucking Catalina Wine Mixer!” – Step Brothers (2008)
23. “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)
24. “You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well do ya, punk?” – Dirty Harry (1971)
25. “I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters; not the mortgage, not the store, not my team, and all their bullshit. For those ten seconds or less, I’m free.” – The Fast and the Furious (2001)
26. “You had me at hello.” – Jerry Maguire (1996)
27. “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.” – Wall Street (1987)
28. “A boy’s best friend is his mother.” – Psycho (1960)
29. “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” – Cool Hand Luke (1967)
30. “I see dead people.” – The Sixth Sense (1999)
31. “When life gets you down, you know what you gotta do? Just keep swimming.” – Finding Nemo (2003)
32. “That’ll do, pig. That’ll do.” – Babe (1995)
33. “All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my closeup.” – Sunset Boulevard (1950)
34. “Houston, we have a problem.” – Apollo 13 (1995)
35. “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.” – The Godfather Part II (1974)
36. “So you’re telling me there’s a chance?” – Dumb & Dumber (1994)
37. “King Kong ain’t got shit on me!” – Training Day (2001)
38. “My previous.” – The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (2002)
39. “You talking to me?” – Taxi Driver (1976)
40. “I drink your milkshake.” – There Will Be Blood (2007)
41. “Get in, loser. We’re going shopping.” – Mean Girls (2004)
42. “Say hello to my little friend.” – Scarface (1983)
43. “I love the smell of napalm in the morning.” – Apocalypse Now (1979)
44. “If you build it, he will come.” – Field of Dreams (1989)
45. “All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.” – Blade Runner (1982)
46. “Here’s Johnny!” – The Shining (1980)
47. “Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me. Aren’t you?” – The Graduate (1967)
48. “Hasta la vista, baby.” – Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
49. “E.T. phone home.” – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
50. “Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here. This is the War Room!” – Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
51. ” What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” – Cool Hand Luke (1967)
52. “It wasn’t the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.” – King Kong (1933)
53. “Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!” – Planet of the Apes (1968)
54. “There’s no crying in baseball!” – A League of Their Own (1992)
55. “I wish I knew how to quit you.” – Brokeback Mountain (2005)
56. “The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club.” – Fight Club (1999)
57. “You can’t handle the truth!” – A Few Good Men (1992)
58. “They’re here.” – Poltergeist (1982)
59. “They call me Mister Tibbs!” – In the Heat of the Night (1967)
60. “A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars.” – The Social Network (2010)
61. “Bond. James Bond.” – Dr. No (1963)
62. “It’s alive!” – Frankenstein (1931)
63. “Yo, Adrian!” – Rocky (1976)
64. “I am Iron Man.” – Iron Man (2008)
65. “Get away from her, you bitch!” – Aliens (1986)
66. “Well, nobody’s perfect.” – Some Like It Hot (1959)
67. “I’m walking here! I’m walking here!” – Midnight Cowboy (1969)
68. “Forget it, Jake, it’s Chinatown.” – Chinatown (1974)
69. “I’ll have what she’s having.” – When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
70. “Attica! Attica!” – Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
71. “Snap out of it!” – Moonstruck (1987)
72. “The stuff that dreams are made of.” – The Maltese Falcon (1941)
73. “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” – A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
74. “Rosebud.” – Citizen Kane (1941)
75. “This one time at band camp…” – American Pie (1999)
76. “Hail to the king, baby.” – Army of Darkness (1992)
77. “Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?” – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
78. “I feel the need – the need for speed!” – Top Gun (1986)
79. “Cinderella story, out of nowhere, former greenskeeper, now about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac… it’s in the hole! It’s in the hole!” – Caddyshack (1980)
80. “Life finds a way.” – Jurassic Park (1993)
81. “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.” – Casablanca (1942)
82. “You gotta be fuckin’ kidding.” – The Thing (1982)
83. “With great power, comes great responsibility.” – Spider-Man (2002)
84. “You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” – The Dark Knight (2008)
85. “Alright, alright, alright.” – Dazed and Confused (1993)
86. “To infinity and beyond!” – Toy Story (1995)
87. “You shall not pass!” – Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
88. “Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads.” – Back to the Future (1985)
89. “Look at me. Look at me. I’m the captain now.” – Captain Phillips (2013)
90. “They may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom!” – Braveheart (1995)
91. “Show me the money!” – Jerry Maguire (1996)
92. “Keep the change, ya filthy animal.” – Home Alone (1990)
93. “Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.” – Airplane (1980)
94. “You’re killin’ me, Smalls.” – The Sandlot (1993)
95. “If it bleeds we can kill it.” – Predator (1987)
96. “There’s no place like home.” – The Wizard of Oz (1939)
97. “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1983)
98. “Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” – The Princess Bride (1983)
99. “Some people are worth melting for.” – Frozen (2013)
100. “Game over.” – Saw (2004)
101. “My name is Maximus Decimus Meridias, commander of the armies of the north, general of the Felix legions, loyal servant to the true emperor Marcus Aurelius, father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife, and I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.” – Gladiator (2000)
102. “Get busy livin’ or get busy dyin’… That’s goddamn right.” – The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
103. “Do or do not. There is no try.” – Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
104. “Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.” – The Godfather (1972)
105.  “Vegas, baby. Vegas.” – Swingers (1996)
106. “Ernest Hemingway once wrote, ‘The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.’ I agree with the second part.” – Se7en (1995)
107. “The dude abides.” – The Big Lebowski (1998)
108. “Who you gonna call? – Ghostbusters (1984)
109. “As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.” – Goodfellas (1990)
110. “Here’s looking at you, kid.” – Casablanca (1942)
111. “I am Groot.” – Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
112. “Son of a bitch stole my line.” – Good Will Hunting (1997)
113. “I felt it. It was perfect.” – Black Swan (2010)
114. “I do wish we could chat longer, but… I’m having an old friend for dinner. Bye.” – Silence of the Lambs (1991)
115. “I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.” – Airplane! (1980)
116. “Wax on, wax off.” The Karate Kid (1984)
117. “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” – The Usual Suspects (1995)
118. “Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.” – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
119. “Stella! Hey, Stella!” – A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
120. “Is it safe?” – Marathon Man (1976)
121. “Hi, I’m Chucky. Wanna play?” – Child’s Play (1988)
122. “It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.” – Batman Begins (2005)
123. “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” – Network (1976)
124. “If you let my daughter go now, that’ll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.” – Taken (2008)

But those days are long behind Hardy, whose first acting credit came in the hit HBO war series Band of Brothers in 2001. That same year Hardy had a small part in another war movie, Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down. Since then Hardy has played the notorious prisoner Charles Bronson in Bronson, an MMA fighter in Warrior, UK gangsters Ronald & Reginald Kray in Legend, Chicago mob boss Al Capone in Capone, and Marvel anti-hero Venom in two movies based on the famous character. He’s even appeared in a Star Trek film!

Then there is his work on the small screen which includes scene-stealing roles in TV shows Peaky Blinders and The Take, as well as mesmerizing performance as the lead in Taboo, a show created by Hardy, his father, and Peaky Blinders showrunner Steven Knight.

But enough about his television work; this article focuses on Hardy’s best movie roles. Whether it’s via physical transformations, weird voices, or pure acting prowess, the movies listed below are all the much better for Hardy’s involvement and showcase the actor’s incredible talent in front of the camera. So in no particular order, here are the best Tom Hardy movies worth checking out.

12 Best Tom Hardy Movies of All Time

1. Locke (2013)

Unlike many of Hardy’s recent movies that rely on the actor’s physique, over-the-top voices, or strange ticks, Locke is all about the understated nuances of Hardy’s acting ability. Similar to Ryan Reynold’s Buried, this movie is shot in one location, the car Hardy’s construction manager Ivan Locke is driving on his way back to London.

He is meant to be overseeing the pouring of a concrete foundation in Birmingham but is racing to London for the premature birth of his child, the result of a one-night stand. To complicate matters further, his wife and sons are waiting at home for him and his job depends on him being present.

As he races south to London, Locke’s life unravels through a series of phone calls he has with family, friends, and colleagues. With the camera firmly planted on Hardy the entire film, he manages to draw you in with his incredible acting with a story that will have you on edge until the final minutes.

2. Mad Max: Fury Road

When George Miller announced Tom Hardy was to take over the role of Mad Max Rockatansky in the fourth entry in the much-loved franchise, movie fans jumped with joy. But Hardy’s take on the character first played by Mel Gibson is a twitchy, violent, near-silent construction of a man still suffering from the death of his family and trying to find meaning in a post-apocalyptic wasteland ruled by cartoon villains driving pimped-out vehicles.

Although titled Mad Mad: Fury Road, you could argue the main character is in fact Charlize Theron’s Imperator Furiosa, a one-armed lieutenant of warlord Immortan Joe who finds a conscious and tries to flee Joe’s citadel with his Five Wives.

What follows is an awe-inspiring 120-minute chase across the desert as Max, Furiousa, and the Five Wives are hunted by Joe and his cohorts. Hardy’s performance is the icing on the cake in one of the best action movies of the 00s.

3. The Revenant (2015)

Hardy received his first Oscar nod for his performance as John S. Fitzgerald in director Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s beautifully shot historical drama The Revenant. Starring alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, who would finally win a Best Actor Award for his performance (Hardy himself got a Best Supporting Actor nod), the movie received universal critical acclaim and made a tidy $533 million at the box office.

After a bear attack leaves DiCaprio’s trapper Hugh Glass near death, Fitzgerald is tasked with looking after him and his son as the rest of their party escape for fear of an attack by the Arikara. Taking matters into his own hands, Fitzgerald kills Glass’ son and leaves him for dead. Turns out to be the wrong move, as Glass recovers and sets out on a mission of revenge.

While Hardy is great as a good guy, he seems to relish playing evil characters, with Fitzgerald a devious and duplicitous individual who will do anything to stay alive, including murdering the innocent. Not only are Hardy and DiCaprio both outstanding, but the bleak depiction of the Dakota territories and the adverse conditions only highlight the stunning cinematography of this brilliant film.

4. Legend (2015)

Two Tom Hardy’s for the price of one! Legend is based on John Pearson’s book, The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins, a biography of the infamous London gangsters who ruled the underworld from the late 1950s to 1967.

While the movie itself didn’t fare that well critically, nobody can fault Hardy’s dedication to playing both twins, career criminal Reggie and loose cannon Ronnie. He manages to make both of the characters feel unique and the scene where the two get into a fist fight is as close as you’ll get to seeing Hardy on Hardy action.

This one has a pretty great supporting cast too, with the likes of Emily Browning, Taron Egerton, Paul Bettany, Chazz Palminteri, David Thewlis, Colin Morgan, Paul Anderson, and Christopher Eccleston all featuring in this gangster tale.

5. Bronson (2008)

Bronson is the movie that put Tom Hardy on the map. In the sixth flick from acclaimed director Nicolas Winding Refn, Hardy stars as Charles Bronson, aka Michael Gordon Peterson, a violent criminal considered by the British penal system as the most dangerous man in the country.

This is a tour de force as Hardy dominates the screen as the mustache-twirling, violent psychopath who has spent more years behind bars than walking the streets. The film neither explains the reasons for Bronson’s thinking nor tries to justify his malicious actions, instead painting a graphic picture of a troubled and complicated man with multiple personalities trying to find some sort of peace in an otherwise violent world.

6. The Drop (2014)

Another understated performance from Hardy, The Drop is a crime thriller that also stars Noomi Rapace, John Ortiz, Matthias Schoenaerts, Elizabeth Rodriguez, and James Gandolfini in his final role.

Hardy plays the somber barman Bob Saginowski who finds himself in trouble when the mafia-owned bar he works at with his cousin, Marvin Stipler (Gandolfini), gets robbed. As the Chechen gangsters demand Bob and Marvin find the money, a subplot involving Bob adopting a mistreated dog and falling for a woman named Nadia who’s being stalked by her abusive former boyfriend adds another layer to this tense thriller.

Hardy is also playing against type as the nice guy Bob, showing that he can play a sympathetic hero without needing to flex his muscles.

7. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Doing his best to rival Christian Bale’s Batman voice, Tom Hardy puts on a Darth Vader-esque voice as the bulked-up villain Bane. Wearing a Hannibal-like leather respirator that helps him breeze, Bane is the big baddie who breaks Batman’s back and leaves him to rot in a Middle Eastern prison.

Hardy gained 30 pounds for the role to add more size to his frame and is said to have based the character’s vocal tones on bare-knuckle boxer Bartley Gorman. He’s menacing as Bane, torturing Batman both mentally and physically as he vows to wipe out Gotham City like his master Ra’s al Ghul.

8. Inception (2010)

In his first film for director Christopher Nolan, Hardy takes a small but scene-stealing role as Eames in the mind-bending Inception. A film about people who infiltrate others’ dreams to steal information, this movie is a real mind fuck with a cast of incredible actors that also includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page, Cillian Murphy, Michael Caine, and Marion Cotillard.

While his role is minor, Hardy brightens up the screen every time he appears. Eames is a charming, posh English gent who specializes in identity theft and plays a pivotal role in the film. Hardy is magnetic and his wordplay with Gordon-Levitt’s Arthur is a highlight.

9. Black Hawk Down (2001)

Tom Hardy’s first feature film role came in Ridley Scott’s 2001 war flick Black Hawk Down. Based on true events, the movie follows the US military’s 1993 raid in Mogadishu where a Black Hawk helicopter was shot down in enemy territory and the attempts made to save those who survived the crash.

While there has been much controversy surrounding the factual nature of the movie (Ridley does like to take liberties here and there), there is no denying Black Hawk Down is an edge-of-your-seat war drama with an absolutely stacked cast that includes Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, William Fichtner, Sam Shepherd, Orlando Bloom, Kim Coates, and Josh Hartnett.

Hardy’s role as SPC Lance Twombly is part of a subplot involving his character and Ewen Bremmer’s SPC Shawn Nelson being separated from their squad and left to fend for themselves behind enemy lines. The two must rely on each other as they try and rejoin their comrades without being killed as the enemy closes in on them.

10. Warrior (2011)

Before the UFC became the monster that it is today, Hollywood predicted the rise of combat sports with the underappreciated Warrior. The film stars Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton as estranged brothers who enter a mixed martial arts tournament. Unsurprisingly the two progress to the final where they are matched against each other.

Warrior is a gripping and emotional roller coaster that also stars Nick Nolte as the brother’s alcoholic father trying to make things right and Frank Grillo as Edgerton’s trainer. The fight scenes are well shot with several real-life combat fighters cameoing, including figures like Kurt Angle, Nate Marquardt, Anthony Johnson, Yves Edwards, and Amir Perets.

Directed by Gavin O’Connor, the man responsible for another epic sports movie—Miracle starring Kurt Russell—Warrior is like a modern-day Rocky with great performances, engaging dialogue, and a fantastic soundtrack.

11. Lawless (2012)

With a script adapted by Australian musician Nick Cave from Matt Bondurant’s historical novel, The Wettest County in the World, and directed by fellow Aussie John Hillcoat (The Proposition), Lawless is a Prohibition-era drama with an all-star cast led by another understand Tom Hardy performance.

Hardy is the middle of three brothers (the other two being Jason Clarke and Shia LaBeouf) who run a successful moonshine business in Virginia. Things take a turn when a new US Marshall arrives (Guy Pearce) and demands a cut of their business, something Hardy is not willing to do. Things get violent as the flamboyant Pearce vows to take down the stoic Hardy and his brothers.

This is another wonderful performance from Hardy, who excels at playing silent, brooding characters with a dark undercurrent. Throw in an extended cast that includes Gary Oldman, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, and Noah Taylor and you have yourself an entertaining period drama with plenty of action.

12. Dunkirk (2017)

Another small but stand-out role comes from Hardy in Christopher Nolan’s World War II drama Dunkirk. As the fighter pilot Farrier, we never actually see his face until the very end as he does his best to keep the retreating soldiers safe from German attack.

It’s believed Nolan specifically sort out Hardy for the role as he believed he was the only actor who could bring such a presence to the character without many lines of dialogue. Whatever his reasons it works, with Hardy’s near-suicidal mission giving the movie another layer of tension.

13. Layer Cake (2004)

Hardy doesn’t have much to do in Matthew Vaughn’s directorial debut but this film is worth mentioning due to how fucking good it is. A crime thriller in the mold of Guy Ritchie’s Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, Layer Cake has a darker edge, swapping the comedy of Ritchie’s flicks for a serious tone where crime never pays.

Based on J. J. Connolly’s book of the same name, Daniel Craig stars as XXXX, a professional drug dealer who is ready to leave it all behind when he finds himself caught up looking for the missing daughter of a big-time gangster while being hunted by Serbian war criminals.

Layer Cake is a classic British crime caper that deserves to rank up there alongside The Long Good Friday, Sexy Beast, The Limey, and Get Carter. The cast also includes a who’s who of British character actors, such as Michael Gambon, Colm Meaney, Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, and George Harris, with Craig apparently winning the role of Bond thanks to his performance.

And while he has often provided great advice with his musings, Musk is also known for saying whatever he wants, especially on Twitter, where a single tweet from Musk can cause all sorts of controversy. Does anyone remember his last appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast? Having recently challenged fellow billionaire Mark Zuckerberg to a cage fight and seen the launch of SpaceX’s Starship end in an exploding rocket, Musk continues to be in the news, but not for the right reasons.

In this article, we embark on a journey to explore the compelling world of Elon Musk’s quotes. We will dive deep into the profound thoughts that have inspired and entertained millions. From moments of audacious wit and introspective reflections to wild statements and humorous one-liners, his words paint a vivid picture of a man driven by an unwavering desire to revolutionize industries and, ultimately, the world itself. As well as his ego.

So, join us as we unlock the mind of a visionary, sifting through the tapestry of Elon Musk’s words to discover the secrets of his success, the wisdom within his challenges, and the inspiration that propels him forward. Brace yourself for a remarkable journey that will inspire, motivate, and challenge you to envision a world where anything is possible.

30 Weird and Wonderful Elon Musk Quotes

1. “Never. I don’t ever give up. I’d have to be dead or completely incapacitated. For my part, I will never give up, and I mean never.”
2. “The key test for an acronym is to ask whether it helps or hurts communication.”
3. “I love the thought of a car drifting apparently endlessly through space and perhaps being discovered by an alien race millions of years in the future.”
4. “The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.”
5. “A source of strength, hm. That’s really not how I think about things. For me it’s simply: This is something that is important to get done, and we should just keep doing it or die trying. I don’t need a source of strength. [Quitting] is not in my nature, and I don’t care about optimism or pessimism. F*ck that, we’re gonna get it done.”
6. “Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson.”
7. “With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon. In all those stories where there’s the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, it’s like, yeah, he’s sure he can control the demon. Didn’t work out.”
8. “To make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. That’s what got me into software engineering when I was a kid. I wanted to make money so I could buy a better computer to play better video games. Nothing like saving the world.”
9. “You guys are the magicians of the 21st century. Don’t let anything hold you back. Imagination is the limit. Go out there and create some magic.”
10. “I remember the early meetings with Gates. His understanding of AI was limited. Still is.” – Elon Musk discussing the thoughts of Bill Gates on AI
11. “Take risks now. Do something bold. You won’t regret it.”
12. “If something is important enough, even if the odds are stacked against you, you should still do it.”
13. “There are some important differences between me and Tony Stark, like I have five kids, so I spend more time going to Disneyland than parties.”
14. “The path to the CEO’s office should not be through the CFO’s office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.”
15. “When I was a little kid, I was really scared of the dark. But then I came to understand, okay, dark just means the absence of photons in the visible wavelength—400 to 700 nanometers. Then I thought, well, it’s really silly to be afraid of a lack of photons. Then I wasn’t afraid of the dark anymore after that.”
16. “That’s my lesson for taking a vacation: Vacations will kill you.” – After almost dying from a misdiagnosed type of malaria, which he acquired on his first vacation, a trip to Africa, in years
17. “Ancient Greece had it all & then committed suicide. Nobody digs your grave better than yourself.”
18. “It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”
19. “Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.”
20. “I think it’s very difficult to start companies and quite painful. There’s a friend of mine who’s got a good phrase for doing a startup: ‘It’s like eating glass and staring into the abyss.’ If you’re sort of wired to do it, then you should do it, but not otherwise. If you need inspiring words, don’t do it.”
21. “Optimism, pessimism, fuck that; we’re going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I’m hell-bent on making it work.”
22. “The key to making things affordable is design and technology improvements as well as scale.”
23. “If somebody is doing something that is useful to the rest of society, I think that’s a good thing. It doesn’t have to change the world. If you make something that has high value to people, and frankly even if it’s a little game or, you know, some improvement in photo-sharing — if it has a small amount of good for a large number of people, I think that’s fine. Having something that makes a big difference but affects a small to moderate number of people is great, as is something that makes an even smaller difference but affects a vast number of people. Stuff doesn’t need to change the world to be good.”
24. “If there’s ever a scandal about me, please call it Elongate.”
25. “Every 5000th buyer of our boringly boring hat will get a free hat signed by the delivery guy.”
26. “You could power the entire United States with about 150 to 200 square kilometers of solar panels, the entire United States. Take a corner of Utah… there’s not much going on there, I’ve been there. There’s not even radio stations.”
27. “Nobody wants to buy a $60,000 electric Civic, but people will pay $90,000 for an electric sports car.”
28. “I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.”
29. “Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.”
30. “Starting a business is not for everyone. Starting a business—I’d say, number one is have a high pain threshold.”
31. “I think that’s the single best piece of advice: Constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.”
32. People should pursue what they’re passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.
33. “When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, ‘Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?’ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.”
34. “I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better. I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.”
35. “If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic — being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit images, flying, accessing vast amounts of data like an oracle. These are all things that would have been considered magic a few hundred years ago.”
36. “There’s a silly notion that failure’s not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”
37. “I’m personally a moderate and a registered independent, so I’m not strongly Democratic or strongly Republican.”
38. “If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.”
39. “A good sign as to whether there’s free speech is: Is someone you don’t like allowed to say something you don’t like? If that is the case, then we have free speech. And it’s damn annoying when someone you don’t like says something you don’t like. [But] that is a sign of a healthy, functioning, free speech situation.”
40. “I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems… It’s got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.”
41. “We have a strict ‘no asshole policy’ at SpaceX. And we fire people that are. I mean, we give them a little bit of warning. But if they continue to be an a-hole, then they’re fired.”
42. “I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.”
43. “I would like to die on Mars—just not on impact.”
44. “If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.”
45. “We’re driving up Sand Hill Road, and Peter says: ‘So, what can this do?’ And then, probably number one on the list of famous last words, I said: ‘Watch this.’” – On wrecking his McLaren F1 with Peter Thiel in the passenger seat
46. I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don’t believe in the whole thing of just using other people’s money. I don’t think that’s right. I’m not going to ask other people to invest in something if I’m not prepared to do so myself.
47. “I’m actually making history tonight as the first person with Asperger’s to host SNL. Or at least the first to admit it. So I won’t make a lot of eye contact with the cast tonight. But don’t worry, I’m pretty good at running human and emulation mode.”
48. “Entrepreneurship is like eating glass and walking on hot coals at the same time.”
49. “Next I’m buying Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in.” – After his acquisition of Twitter to prioritize free speech on the platform again
50. “I put the art in fart.”
51. “To our knowledge, life exists on only one planet, Earth. If something bad happens, it’s gone. I think we should establish life on another planet—Mars in particular—but we’re not making very good progress. SpaceX is intended to make that happen.”
52. “Technically, alcohol is a solution.”
53. “I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don’t retire before I go senile, then I’ll do more damage than good at that point.”
54. “We are the first species capable of self-annihilation.”
55. “There’s nothing—I’ve bought everything I want. I don’t like yachts or anything; you know, I’m not a yacht person, and I’ve got pretty much the nicest plane I’d want to have.”
56. “I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.”
57. “Ultimately, the downfall of the Freemasons was giving away their stonecutting services for nothing.”
58. “You need to live in a dome initially but over time you could terraform Mars to look like Earth and eventually walk around outside without anything on. So it’s a fixer-upper of a planet.”
59. “I’d rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right.”
60. “Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do.”
61. “I would only call someone an idiot if people were mistakenly under the impression that the person was smart.”
62. “An asteroid or a supervolcano could certainly destroy us, but we also face risks the dinosaurs never saw: An engineered virus, nuclear war, inadvertent creation of a micro black hole, or some as-yet-unknown technology could spell the end of us.”

Directed by David Dobkin from a screenplay by Steve Faber and Bob Fisher, Wedding Crashers stars Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn as John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey, two 20-somethings who enjoy nothing better than crashing weddings and scoring with the bridesmaids.

Everything is going swimmingly until the duo decides to crash the wedding of US Secretary of the Treasury William Cleary’s (Christopher Walken) oldest daughter. The two set their sights on Cleary’s other two daughters, with Grey hooking up with Gloria (Isla Fisher), who quickly becomes obsessed with him, and Beckwith courting Claire (Rachel McAdams).

Breaking all the rules they set as wedding crashers, the lads go back to the Cleary’s for the weekend as Beckwith begins to fall for Claire. Hilarity ensues as Grey tries to escape the clutches of the sexually possessive Gloria while Beckwith ramps up the charm as he contends with Claire’s deuce bag boyfriend Sack Lodge (a memorable Bradley Cooper playing against type).

Despite mixed reviews, Wedding Crashers was a massive box office smash, earning $288.5 million and putting the R-rated comedy back on the map. The film was a massive boost to the careers of McAdams, Fisher, and Cooper, who were all relatively new in the industry. While some of the jokes wouldn’t fly today, overall, Wedding Crashers is a good laugh, especially when the movie heads to the house of Secretary Cleary in New Hampshire where the touch football game and little hunting trips bring the laughs. The surprise appearance of Will Ferrell as veteran wedding crasher Chazz Reinhold is one of the movie’s great cameos that’s sure to have you laughing uncontrollably.

So read on below and discover the funniest and most memorable Wedding Crashers quotes that will have you ready for wedding season.

40 Hilarious Wedding Crashers Quotes

1. “I hope you flip your bike over and knock your two front teeth out! You selfish son of a bitch! You leave me in the trenches taking grenades, John!” – Jeremy Grey

2. “I’m sorry I called you a hillbilly. I don’t even know what that meant.” – John Beckwith

3. “Wow, getting a nice preview of what marriage is gonna be like with Ike Turner here.” – Jeremy Grey

4. “True love is your soul’s recognition of its counterpoint in another.” – John Beckwith

5. “Death, you are my bitch lover!” – Todd Cleary

6. “I’m a little too traumatized to have a scone.” – Jeremy Grey

7. “You’re like that crazy guest who thinks he’s part of the family already.” – Claire Cleary

8. “I felt like Jodie Foster in ‘The Accused’ last night.” – Jeremy Grey

9. “You know how they say we only use 10% of our brains? I think we only use 10 % of our hearts.” – John Beckwith

10. “I got to get outta here, pronto. I got a stage five clinger. Stage five, virgin, clinger.” – Jeremy Grey

11. “Mom! The meatloaf!” – Chazz Reinhold

12. “Love doesn’t exist, that’s what I’m trying to tell you guys. And I’m not picking on love, ’cause I don’t think friendship exists either.” – John Beckwith

13. “Yeah! Crab cakes and football. That’s what Maryland does!” – Flip

14. “Tattoo on the lower back? Might as well be a bull’s eye.” – Jeremy Grey

15. “I almost nunchucked you; you don’t even realize!” – Chazz Reinhold

16. “What are you doing? It’s a game of touch football, every time I look over, you’re on your ass again.” – John Beckwith

17. “I happen to know everything there is to know about maple syrup! I love maple syrup. I love maple syrup on pancakes. I love it on pizza. And I take maple syrup and put a little bit in my hair when I’ve had a rough week. What do you think holds it up, slick?” – Jeremy Grey

18. “Whatever. Make me a bicycle, clown.” – Young boy at the wedding reception

19. “Oh, that’s terrific! Why don’t you just feed me to the lions? Step on my head when I am drowning.” – Jeremy Grey

20. “Let’s play tummy sticks.” – Todd Cleary

21. “I feel totally ridiculous. Like why do I have to be in camouflage? So the big bad quail doesn’t see me?” – Jeremy Grey

22. “Oh, he says he believes in art, but all I’ve seen him do is dribble his own blood on a canvas and smear it around with a stick!” – William Cleary

23. “Who gives a shit? It’s a great band, it’s a bad band, it’s like pizza, baby.” – Jeremy Grey

24. “You shut your mouth when you’re talking to me!” – Mrs. Kroeger

25. “Yeah, her boyfriend just died. Dude died in a hang-gliding accident! What an idiot.” – Chazz Reinhold

26. “I’m not perfect, but who are we kidding, neither are you. And you want to know what? I dig it.” – Jeremy Grey

27. “Don’t ever leave me.” “Good. ‘Cause I’d find you!” – Gloria Cleary

28. “Last week I made, to scale, a balloon model of Wrigley Field. I don’t have anywhere to put it.” – Jeremy Grey

29. “William doesn’t give a sh*t about my tits.” – Kathleen Cleary

30. “Well snap out of it! What, a hot older woman made you feel her cans? Stop crying like a little girl.” – Jeremy Grey

31. Randolph: “You banging the daughter and the grandma? How much jam you got, man?”

Jeremy Grey: “Jam, I…”

Randolph: “Listen, man, the family dog lives downstairs. I can wake him up for you if you like. His name is Snooky.”

32. “I made you a painting. I call it “Celebration.” It’s sexual and violent. I thought you might like it.” – Todd Cleary

33. Jeremy Grey: “I didn’t get a lot of sleep last night.”

John Beckwith: “Soft mattress?”

Jeremy Grey: “Yeah, it could have been the soft mattress. Or the midnight rape. Or the nude gay art show that took place in my room. One of those probably added to the lack of sleep.”

34. “She’s fit for a straight-jacket. This broad’s fucked three ways towards the weekend. But you know what, father? I dig it! It turns me on.” – Jeremy Grey

35. “True love is your soul’s recognition of its counterpoint in another.” – Claire Cleary

36. “Rule #76: No excuses. Play like a champion!” – Jeremy Grey

37. “Grief is nature’s most powerful aphrodisiac.” – Chazz Reinhold

38. “You motorboatin’ son of a bitch! You old sailor you! Where is she? She still in the house?” – Jeremy Grey

39. “So damn beautiful! With every death there comes rebirth, it’s the circle of life. We’re gonna be all right.” – Chazz Reinhold

40. “This is the real world, lady! You can’t just go shooting people on a whim!” – Jeremy Grey

41. John Beckwith: “How long have you and the Secretary been married?”

Kathleen Cleary: “30 years next April.”

John Beckwith: “That’s beautiful.”

Kathleen Cleary: “Yeah. And we were faithful for two of them.”

42. Secretary Cleary: “Once Sack and Claire tie the knot, two of the great American families, the Clearys and the Lodges, will finally unite.”

John Beckwith: “And then of course you can challenge the Klingons for interstellar domination.”

43. “I’d like to be pimps from Oakland or cowboys from Arizona but it’s not Halloween. Grow up Peter Pan, Count Chocula.” – John Beckwith

44. Jeremy Grey: “Wow. Mr. Environmental is also a hunter. That’s got to be an interesting combination.”

Sack Lodge: “I hunt quail, Jeremy. They’re overpopulated in this region and they’re decimating the grubworm population. You got a fucking problem with that?”

Jeremy Grey: “Not nearly as much as I do with the attire that you have on, or just your general point of view towards everybody. But let’s go kill some birds. I’m psyched.”

Game of Thrones trivia offers enthusiasts a chance to put their knowledge to the test and prove their status as true aficionados of the series. From identifying the noble houses and their sigils to recalling the intricate relationships and alliances that shaped the Seven Kingdoms, trivia questions cover a wide range of topics. They challenge fans to recall significant events, memorable quotes, and even the subtlest details that were woven into the fabric of the show.

Engaging in Game of Thrones trivia can be a social experience, with fans gathering together to compete, discuss their favorite characters, and relive unforgettable moments. It sparks lively debates and encourages fans to dive deeper into the lore, examining the intricate web of connections between characters and exploring the historical events that influenced the storyline.

The popularity of Game of Thrones trivia has led to the creation of numerous quizzes, both online and offline. Websites, social media groups, and dedicated fan communities offer trivia challenges, allowing fans to test their knowledge, compete against fellow enthusiasts, and earn bragging rights as the ultimate Game of Thrones expert.

Beyond the enjoyment of proving one’s knowledge, Game of Thrones trivia can also serve as a nostalgic journey for fans, allowing them to revisit the world and characters they grew to love. It offers an opportunity to relive the excitement and anticipation that accompanied each episode, as well as to reminisce about the shocking deaths, unexpected alliances, and epic battles that defined the series.

Whether it’s a casual gathering with friends or an organized event, Game of Thrones trivia provides a platform for fans to celebrate the intricate storytelling and memorable moments that made the series a cultural phenomenon. So, gather your fellow fans, sharpen your wits, and embark on a journey through the Seven Kingdoms to prove that you truly deserve the iron throne of Game of Thrones trivia.

Winter is Coming: Take on the Ultimate Game of Thrones Trivia Challenge

1. HBO’s Game of Thrones is adapted from what series of novels?

A Song of Ice and Fire

2. What is the name of one of Arya’s aliases?

Arry

3. Who is Daenerys’ first husband?

Khal Drogo

4. On which continent are the Seven Kingdoms located?

Westeros

5. Bran the Builder founded which House?

House Stark

6. What is House Martell’s motto?

“Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken”

7. Name the Baratheon brothers from oldest to youngest.

Robert, Stannis, and Renly

8. What military order defends the realm against threats from the North?

The Night’s Watch

9. Who kills Tywin Lannister?

Tyrion

10. What wedding gift does Daenerys receive from Magister Illyrio Mopatis?

Dragon eggs

11. How does Jaime Lannister cripple Bran Stark?

Pushes him from a window

12. Which character lost their head in season one of Game of Thrones?

Ned Stark

13. What is Jon Snow’s first name?

Aegon

14. Which name is given to the bastards of The Reach?

Flowers

15. What is Daenerys’s native language?

High Valyrian

16. Who dreams of a three-eyed raven?

Bran Stark

17. What is the name of Euron Greyjoy’s ship?

Silence

18. How old was Jamie Lannister when he was knighted?

15

19. What House rules the Kingdom of the Stormlands?

Durrandon

20. Which of Robert Baratheon’s councilors was a childhood friend of Catelyn Stark?

Petyr Baelish

21. What name do the Martell daughters have?

The Sand Snakes

22. After the war came to an end, where does Arya sail?

West of Westeros

23. Which Night’s Watch recruit does Jon Snow protect from the other Watchmen’s abuse?

Samwell Tully

24. What disgraced lord helps Daenerys adapt to life among the Dothraki?

Jorah Mormont

25. Which House is a direct vassal of House Baratheon of King’s Landing?

Stokeworth

26. What was in the wedding pie at King Joffrey’s wedding?

Doves

27. The Water Gardens belong to which constituency of Westeros?

Dorne

28. What House rules The Riverlands?

House Tully

29. Where did Tyrion Lannister join the Second Sons?

Essos

30. Who killed Robert’s first “Hand of the King,” Jon Arryn?

Lisa Arryn

31. According to Game of Thrones legend, which castle is cursed?

Harrenhal

32. What nickname does Oberyn Martell go by?

The Red Viper

33.  Who is the Red Witch?

Lady Melisandre

34. What does Robert Baratheon say to Sansa Stark when they first meet?

“You’re a pretty one.”

35. Casterly Rock is one of four seats for the various Wardens of Westeros. What are the other three?

Warden of the North in Winterfell, Warden of the East in the Eyrie, and Warden of the South in Highgarden

36. Who witnessed the murder of Renly Baratheon?

Catelyn Stark

37. What House rules Storm’s End

House Baratheon

38. Who killed the Night King?

Arya

39. Which member of Robert Baratheon’s small council is a eunuch?

Varys

40. The Second Sons were defeated while defending what city?

Qohor

41. Who volunteers as Tyrion’s champion when he demands a trial by combat at the Eyrie?

Bronn

42. What House rules the Kingdom of the Reach?

Gardener

43. At Hoster Tully’s funeral, who shot the burning arrow that hit its mark?

Brynden Tully

44. How does Khal Drogo kill Viserys?

Makes him wear a crown of molten gold

45. Which religion does the Brotherhood Without Banners preach?

R’hllor, the Lord of Light

46. How many fingertips did Stannis Baratheon chop off of Davos’ hands?

Four

47. Who created the Kingsguard?

Aegon

48. At the end of his training, what must an Unsullied kill to prove he has no mercy or weakness?

A newborn slave child

49. Which Hill tribe does Shaga lead?

The Stone Crows

50. Who smuggles Arya out of King’s Landing disguised as a boy?

Yoren

51. Which wildling has nineteen wives?

Craster

52. Who fathers a shadow creature?

Stannis Baratheon

53. Which character was the Starks’ ward for nine years?

Theon Greyjoy

54. What was the name of the person who chopped off Jaime’s right hand?

Locke

55. Where did Sam get the thimble that he gave to Gilly?

His mother

56. Lord Roose Bolton is the Lord of what?

The Dreadfort

57. Which member of the Thirteen persuades his fellow councilmen to allow Daenerys and her retinue to enter the city of Qarth?

Xaro Xhoan Daxos

58. Rodrick Cassell is a member of which House?

House Stark

59. What are the victims of the Others called?

Wights

60. Which name is given to the inhabitants of The Neck?

Crannogmen

61. Evanfall Hall is part of what location?

The Stormlands

62. Which of his cousins does Jaime Lannister kill?

Alton Lannister

63. What is the motto of House Greyjoy?

“We do not sow”

64. Who pledges to kill any three people Arya chooses?

Jaqen H’ghar

65. What captive Wildling helps Bran escape Winterfell?

Osha

66. Which sword was wielded by Visenya Targaryen?

Dark Sister

67. What knight did Bronn defeat for Tyrion?

Vardis Egen

68. Who escapes Harrenhal with Arya and Gendry?

Hot Pie

69. What is Yezzan zo Qaggaz’s trade?

Slavery

70. Which character is the first to kill a White Walker?

Samwell Tully

71. What is the capital of The Reach?

Highgarden

72. How many books are there in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels?

Seven

73. Who is the “King Beyond the Wall”?

Mance Rayder

74. What band of warrior-eunuchs does Daenerys recruit for her army?

The Unsullied

75. Who became Lord of Bear Island after Ser Jorah Mormont?

Maege Mormont

76. Under what religion was Sam named as a child?

Faith of the Seven

77. Who does Jon Snow murder to save the Seven Kingdoms?

Daenerys Targaryen

78. Sansa Stark and Tyrion Lannister were suspected of poisoning King Joffrey. Who, however, really did the little monster in?

Olenna Tyrell

79. Who was the Lightning Lord?

Lord Beric Dondarrion

80. Ygritte met with Jon Snow while part of a wilding scouting party with who’s band?

Rattleshirt

81. Which houses have symbols in their sigils related to the sea?

House Manderly and House Upcliff

82. Who teaches Davos to read?

Shireen Baratheon

83. Which character named their direwolf after the Rhoynar Warrior Queen?

Arya

84. Who becomes King of Westeros after King Joffrey’s death?

Tommen

85. Which character is resurrected by Thoros and the Lord of Light?

Lord Beric Dondarrion

86. Where did the Faith of the Seven originate?

Essos

87. What is the name of Robb Stark’s wife?

Talisa

88. Who is Sansa Stark forced to marry?

Tyrion Lannister

89. Which free city is the most powerful?

Braavos

90. What is Meera’s relationship to Howland Reed?

She is his daughter

91. Which religion does the Faith Militant preach?

Faith of the Seven

92. Who betrays Robb Stark at the Red Wedding?

Walder Frey

93. What is the name of the Valyrian Steel blade of Aegon the Conqueror?

Blackfyre

94. Which chemical was used during the Battle of the Blackwater to destroy Stannis Baratheon’s fleet?

Wildfire

95. What new name does Ramsay Snow give Theon?

Reek

96. Ser Brynden Tully was also known by what moniker?

The Blackfish

97. What House has the motto ‘Fire and Blood’?

House Targaryen

98. Who knighted Jaime Lannister?

Arthur Dayne

99. What is the last surviving dragon in Game of Thrones?

Drogon

100. Jon orders Rickon’s body to be buried where?

The Crypt of House Stark

101. What is the name of Arya Stark’s sword?

Needle

So who are the most famous celebrities who reside in his prestigious area? That all depends on your view of celebrity, but the likes of Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Demi Moore, and Eddie Murphy all call the postcode 90210 home. Most of these famous faces live in million-dollar homes behind gated communities where they can’t be bothered by the paparazzi or fans.

While the list of celebrities who live in Beverly Hills is long, this article highlights some of the most well-known who have made the area home. So read on and discover if your favorite celebrity makes the list.

1. Jack Nicholson

85-year-old actor Jack Nicholson hasn’t been seen much of late. While he did appear at the Los Angeles Lakers playoff games this season, The Shining actor is rarely out in public, preferring to spend his retirement out of the spotlight at his Beverly Hills home.

While he has lived on Mulholland Drive since 1969, he first bought his current abode in 2005 for $5 million. It was once the home of Nicholson’s good friend Marlon Brando, who spent most of his final years there.

Built on a hilltop in 1954, the compound has three bedrooms, four bathrooms, and an outdoor pool and covers just over 3,000 square feet. It is one of several Beverly Hills homes Nicholson owns.

2. Taylor Swift

One of the most successful singers of the modern era, Taylor Swift doesn’t just own one house. The “Bad Blood,” “Karma,” and “Shake It Off,” songstress owns eight different homes across the United States, including four in New York, two in Nashville, and one in Beverly Hills.

Purchased in 2015 for $25 million, Swift’s 1934 Beverly Hills mansion was first owned by film producer Samuel Goldwyn. The lavish 10,982-square-foot estate has been revamped by Swift, who only stays in the mansion when she is passing through Los Angeles, which isn’t all that often these days.

3. Leonardo DiCaprio

While he owns several homes throughout Los Angeles, it’s Leonardo DiCaprio’s most recent purchase that is getting people talking. As Dirt reports, DiCaprio has turned his $9.9 million Beverly Hills mansion into a rental. For the low sum of $32,500 per week, you can live like royalty in this fully furnished four-bedroom, six-bathroom home.

First built in the 1930s, the property has several impressive features, including a large gourmet kitchen, a separate guesthouse, and a statement staircase. While DiCaprio currently resides in the equally prestigious suburb of Bird Streets, we thought it worth mentioning his Beverly Hills home.

4. Jennifer Aniston

Although she now resides in Bel Air just outside of Santa Monica, Jennifer Aniston has previously owned two Beverly Hills mansions. The first was a French Normandy–style home she and her then-husband Brad Pitt purchased for $13.1 million in 2001. The duo spent three years renovating the Edwin Wallace Neff-designed mansion before selling it for $28 million after their divorce in 2006.

The second home was a hillside retreat designed by Harold W. Levitt the Freinds star moved into in 2006. Aniston forked out $13.5 million for the home, telling Architectural Digest in 2010, “I never doubted the house would be mine one day,” after first laying eyes on it. She eventually sold the home in 2011 for $38 million before moving in with her boyfriend at the time, Justin Theroux.

5. Jeff Bezos

It’s only right one of the richest men in the world also owns one of the most expensive pieces of real estate in Beverly Hills. Jeff Bezos splashed a casual $165 million on the 10-acre property in 2020, which at that time was the most ever spent on a property in Los Angeles.

The sprawling complex was once owned by former Warner Bros. Entertainment president Jack Warner and is often called the Jack Warner Estate. Movie tycoon David Geffen sold the house to Bezos, who is currently in the process of expanding the love nest he shares with his fiance Lauren Sánchez.

The three-story house features eight bedrooms, nine bathrooms, a large dining room, a movie room, tennis courts, and two guesthouses.

6. Adele

30 Beverly Park Terrace is the address of British singer-songwriter Adele’s Beverly Hills home. Formerly owned by Sylvester Stallone, Adele splashed a whopping $56 million on the home. It might sound like a considerable sum, but considering the initial asking price was $110 million, Adele got herself a bargain.

Architect Richard Landry is the man responsible for the Mediterranean-style home that was built in 1994. The 21,000-square-foot home includes eight bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, a formal dining room, a home theatre, an infinity pool, and a putting green, but who knows if any of these features will remain.

Adele is currently in the process of revamping the entire home, although she has kept the iconic Rocky statue near the pool. This property is one of three that Adele owns in Beverly Hills, with her two-story Hamptons-style home in Hidden Valley currently on the market.

7. Jessica Alba

Having recently sold one of her Beverly Hills homes, the star of Dark Angel is very happy with her Oak Pass Estate in the affluent neighborhood. Jessica Alba and her family–husband Cash Warren and their three children–have been residing in the rustic home for many years.

With seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms, and an open plan kitchen, living room, and dining room, the country-style double-story abode has more than enough room for Alba and her brood. As Rethinking the Future reports, Alba’s aim for the interior was “a mix of old French country house meets French city apartment, though it looks more like a natural material-conscious American home.” 

8. Samuel L. Jackson 

Here is someone who needs no introduction. Samuel L. Jackson is Hollywood royalty these days, so it’s no surprise he lives a life of luxury in the trendy suburb of Beverly Hills. Jackson and his wife live on an 11,738-square-foot estate that was purchased back in 2000 from comedian Rosanne Barr.

The home has six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a tennis court, a detached guest abode, and a large outdoor pool. Like many other celebrities, Jackson also owns several properties in New York, although he has recently put them on the market.

9. Jennifer Lawrence

Actor Jennifer Lawrence resides in a luxurious $7 million Hampton-style mansion she acquired back in 2013. The home’s previous owners include the likes of Jessica Simpson and Ellen DeGeneres. The 5,550 square foot home comes with five bedrooms, five and a half bathrooms, a gourmet kitchen, a fitness room, and a lap pool.

The gated property is surrounded by trees, keeping prying eyes out and giving Lawrence plenty of privacy. Several other high-profile celebrities live near Lawrence, including Cameron Diza, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, and Adele.

10. John Legend

Crooner John Legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen are raising their two children in a lavish mansion in Beverly Hills. They recently purchased a $23.9 million estate, having spent the pandemic years living in Rihanna’s old three-story home a few blocks away.

The house comes with seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a home theater, a gym, and an outdoor pool. This is one of several homes the couple owns, with the duo having an extensive real estate portfolio that includes two penthouses in New York.

11. Lizzo

Only built in 2019, Lizzo’s Beverly Hills home cost the singer and flute player a cool $15 million. Previously owned by Harry Styles, the modern mansion is relatively small compared to some of the homes on this list, with just three bedrooms, three full bathrooms, and two powder rooms.

It’s a minimalist’s dream, with large open spaces and lots of ceiling-to-floor windows creating a light and airy feel. The two-story l-shaped home has all the amenities you expect from such a luxurious home, with the 58-foot infinity swimming pool one of the home’s best features.

12. Nicole Kidman

Imagine being so rich that you spend your time living in both the United States and Australia. Well, folks, that’s the life of actor Nicole Kidman and her country-singing husband Keith Urban. The duo and their four children live in both countries throughout the year, riding the wave of the endless summer.

While their Australian properties are impressive, their Beverly Hills home is not to be disparaged. The $4.7 million property boasts five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a jungle gym, a pool slide, and a chic cabana.

Released in 1984, the original is about a T-800 cyborg assassin (Schwarzenegger) sent from the future to the present to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), the future mother of Resistance leader John Conner. Helping her out is Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn), a soldier sent back in time to protect Sarah.

A surprise hit, the dystopian sci-fi racked in a massive $78.3 million off a budget of just $6.4 million and turned both Cameron and Schwarzenegger into major Hollywood players. The success of The Terminator meant a sequel was inevitable, and in 1991 audiences were blown away by the release of Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Affectionately known as T2, the movie flipped the script and cast Schwarzenegger as a good Terminator, this time sent back in time to protect Sarah’s son John. The movie also introduced a new type of Terminator, the T-1000 (Robert Patrick), made from liquid metal with the ability to shapeshift into anyone it kills.

The movie was an even bigger success than the first, making between $519–520.9 million and containing some of the most advanced special effects of that time. What’s even more surprising is they still hold up today, with T2 arguably the best movie in the franchise.

Four more films followed–Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Terminator Salvation (the only one not to feature Schwarzenegger), Terminator Genisys, and Terminator: Dark Fate–as well as a short-lived TV series, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, focusing on Sarah after the events of T2.

The Terminator franchise is known for its big action setpieces and mind-bending plot lines, but it’s also gifted us some of the greatest movie quotes of all time. From Arnie’s iconic “I’ll be back” to “We are humanity’s last hope,” we’ve collected the best one-liners, monologues, and dialogue exchanges from the five movies as proof The Terminator is a part of the modern pop culture zeitgeist.

40 Greatest Terminator Quotes From the Iconic Franchise

The Terminator (1984)

1. “The machines rose from the ashes of the nuclear fire. Their war to exterminate mankind had raged for decades, but the final battle would not be fought in the future. It would be fought here, in our present. Tonight…” – Title Card

2. “I’ll be back.” – The Terminator

3. “Come with me if you want to live.” – Kyle Reese

4. “You’re terminated, fucker!” – Sara Connor

5. “Listen, and understand! That Terminator is out there! It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear, and it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!” – Kyle Reese

6. Cleaning man: “Hey, buddy. You got a dead cat in there, or what?” The Terminator: “Fuck you, asshole!”

7. “Cyborgs don’t feel pain. I do. Don’t do that again.” – Kyle Reese

8. Punk leader: “Nice night for a walk, eh?”

The Terminator: “Nice night for a walk.”

Punk: “Wash day tomorrow? Nothing clean, right?”

The Terminator: “Nothing clean. Right.”

Punk Leader: “Hey, I think this guy’s a couple cans short of a six-pack.”

The Terminator: “Your clothes… give them to me, now.”

Punk Leader: [pulls out a knife] “Fuck you, asshole!”

9. “This is burned in by laser scan. Some of us were kept alive… to work… loading bodies. The disposal units ran night and day. We were that close to going out forever. But there was one man who taught us to fight, to storm the wire of the camps, to smash those metal motherfuckers into junk. He turned it around. He brought us back from the brink. His name is Connor. John Connor. Your son, Sarah… your unborn son.” – Kyle Reese

10. Pawn Shop Clerk: [Sees the Terminator load the shotgun] “You can’t do that.”

The Terminator: “Wrong!” [shoots the clerk]

11. “I’m here to help you. I’m Reese. Sergeant Tech-Com, DN38416. Assigned to protect you. You’ve been targeted for termination.” – Kyle Reese

12. “Machines need love too!” – Ginger Ventura

13. “That son-of-a-bitch took my pants.” – Homeless Man

14. Kyle Reese: “Pain can be controlled–you just disconnect it.”

Sarah Connor: “So you feel nothing?”

15. “The Terminator’s an infiltration unit: part man, part machine. Underneath, it’s a hyper alloy combat chassis, microprocessor-controlled. Fully armored; very tough. But outside, it’s living human tissue: flesh, skin, hair, blood–grown for the cyborgs.” – Kyle Reese

16. “The hardest thing is deciding what I should tell you and what not to. But I guess I’ve got a while yet before you’re old enough to even understand the tapes. They’re more for me at this point just so I can get it straight. Should I tell you about your father? Boy, that’s a tough one. Will it affect your decision to send him here, knowing that he is you father? If you don’t send Kyle, you can never be. God, a person can go crazy thinking about all this… I suppose I will tell you… I owe him that. Maybe it’ll be enough if you know that, in the few hours we had together, we loved a lifetime’s worth.” – Sarah Connor

Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)

17. “Hasta la vista, baby” – The Terminator

18. “The whole thing goes: The future’s not set. There’s no fate but what we make for ourselves.” – John Connor

19. “The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first time with a sense of hope.” – Sarah Connor

20. John Connor: “Jesus! You were going to kill that guy!”

The Terminator: “Of course. I’m a Terminator.”

21. “If a machine, a Terminator, can learn the value of human life, maybe we can, too.” – Sarah Connor

22. “Your foster parents are dead.” – The Terminator

23. John Connor: “We’ve got company! Police!”

Sarah Connor: “How many?”

John Connor: “Uh… all of ’em, I think.”

24. “Watching John with the machine, it was suddenly so clear. The Terminator would never stop. It would never leave him, and it would never hurt him, never shout at him, or get drunk and hit him, or say it was too busy to spend time with him. It would always be there, and it would die to protect him. Of all the would-be fathers who came and went over the years, this thing, this machine, was the only one who measured up. In an insane world, it was the sanest choice.” – Sarah Connor

25. “I know now why you cry, but it’s something I can never do.” – The Terminator

26. “Fucking men like you built the hydrogen bomb. Men like you thought it up. You think you’re so creative. You don’t know what it’s like to really create something; to create a life; to feel it growing inside you. All you know how to create is death and destruction.” – Sarah Connor

27. Dr. Silberman: “You broke my arm!”

Sarah Connor: “There are 215 bones in the human body. That’s one.”

28. “No, no, no. You got to listen to the way people talk. You don’t say ‘affirmative’ or some shit like that. You say, No problemo.’ And if someone comes up to you with an attitude, you say, ‘Eat me.’ And if you want to shine them on, it’s, ‘Hasta la vista, baby.'” – John Connor

29. “I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle.” – The Terminator

30. John Connor: “What happens to her?”

The Terminator: “Typically, the subject being copied is terminated.”

John Connor: “Shit! Why didn’t you tell me? We gotta go right now!”

The Terminator: “Negative. She’s not a mission priority.”

John Connor: “Fuck you! She’s a priority to me!”

31. “I don’t know how much longer I can hold this.” – Miles Dyson

32. The Terminator: “My mission is to protect you.”

John Connor: “Yeah? Who sent you?”

The Terminator: “You did. Thirty-five years from now, you reprogrammed me to be your protector here, in this time.”

John Connor: “This is deep…”

33. “My CPU is a neural-net processor; a learning computer. The more contact I have with humans, the more I learn.” – The Terminator

34. John Connor: “You just can’t go around killing people.”

The Terminator: “Why?”

John Connor: “What do you mean why? ‘Cause you can’t.”

The Terminator: “Why?”

John Connor: “Because you just can’t, okay? Trust me on this.”

35. “August 29, 1997, came and went. Nothing much happened. Michael Jackson turned 40. There was no Judgment Day. People went to work as they always do. Laughed, complained, watched TV, made love. I wanted to run to through the street yelling to grab them all and say, “Every day from this day on is a gift. Use it well”. Instead, I got drunk.” – Sara Connor

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

36. “The future has not been written. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves. I wish I could believe that. My name is John Connor. They tried to murder me before I was born. When I was 13, they tried again. Machines from the future. Terminators. All my life my mother told me the storm was coming – Judgment Day, the beginning of a war between man and machines. Three billion lives were vanished in an instant. And I would lead what was left of the human race to ultimate victory. It hasn’t happened, no bombs fell, computers didn’t take control. We stopped Judgment Day. I should feel safe. But I don’t. So I live off the grid, no phone, no address. No one and nothing can find me. I’ve erased all connections to the past. But as hard as I try, I can’t erase my dreams. My nightmares.” – John Connor

37. “I’m back.” – The Terminator

38. John Conner: “No, you shouldn’t exist. We took out Cyberdyne over ten years ago. We stopped Judgment Day.”

The Terminator: “You only postponed it. Judgment Day is inevitable.”

39. “Drop dead, you asshole!” – Kate Brewster

40. “You are terminated.” – The Terminator

41. “I like this car.” – T-X

42. The Terminator: “John Conner. It is time.”

John Connor: “You here to kill me?”

The Terminator: “No. You must live.”

43. “Based on your pupil dilation, skin temperature, and motor functions, I calculate an 83% probability that you will not pull the trigger.” – The Terminator

44. “Maybe the future has been written. I don’t know; all I know is what the Terminator taught me; never stop fighting. And I never will. The battle has just begun.” – John Connor

Terminator Salvation (2009)

45.  “This is John Connor. If you’re listening to this, you are the resistance. Listen carefully, if we attack tonight, our humanity is lost. Command wants us to fight like machines. They want us to make cold, calculated decisions. But we are not machines! And if we behave like them, then WHAT IS THE *POINT* IN WINNING? Command is going to ask you to attack Skynet. I am asking you not to. If even one bomb drops on Skynet before sunrise, our future will be lost. So please stand down. Give me time to protect the future that all of us are fighting for. This is John Connor.” – John Conner

46. “What is it that makes us human? It’s not something you can program. You can’t put it into a chip. It’s the strength of the human heart. The difference between us and machines.” – Marcus Wright

47. “You and me, we’ve been at war since before either of us even existed. You tried killing my mother, Sarah Connor. You killed my father, Kyle Reese. You will not kill me.” – John Connor

48. Kate Connor: “What should I tell your men when they find out you’re gone?”

John Conner: “I’ll be back.”

49. John Connor: “What are you?

Marcus Wright: “I don’t know.”

50. “Win or lose, this war ends tonight.” – John Connor

51. “You want to know the difference between us and the machines? We bury our dead. But no one is coming to bury you!” – Kyle Reese

52. “There is a storm on the horizon. A time of hardship and pain. This battle has been won, but the war against the machines rages on. Skynet’s global network remains strong, but we will not quit until all of it is destroyed. This is John Connor. There is no fate, but what we make.” – John Connor

Terminator Genisys (2015)

53. “This is the world now. Logged on, plugged in, all the time.” – John Connor

54. “Come with me if you want to live! Now, soldier!” – Sarah Conner

55. Guardian: “Did you mate?”

Sarah Connor: “Oh! Can you just not say the word ‘mate’ to be again, like ever?

56. “And it was over. Skynet was gone. And now one road has become many. Though questions remain, we’ll search for the answers together. But one thing we know for sure. The future is not set.” – Kyle Reese

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

57. Sara Connor: “When this is all over, I am going to kill you.”

The Terminator: “I understand.”

58. “Expect a big ping, brother. My whole body’s a weapon.” – Rev-9

59. “There’s just more to it than picking the right color. It’s the texture, the weight of the material. One wrong choice, it can destroy the look of the entire room. There was this one customer that came to me, he wanted solid-colored drapes in a little girl’s room. I said ‘DON’T DO IT.’ You need butterflies, polka dots, balloons.” – The Terminator

60. Grace: “Why do you care what happens to her?”

Sarah Connor: “Because I was her. And it sucks.”

61. “Once, I saved three billion lives… but I couldn’t save my son. A machine took him from me. And I am terminated.” – Sarah Connor

62. Rev-9: “Why not just let me have her?

Sarah Connor: “Because we’re not machines, you metal motherfucker!”

63. Dani Ramos: “So, you’re Carl?”

The Terminator: “That’s what everyone calls me, yes.”

Sarah Connor: “I’m never going to fucking call you Carl.”

64. “You look terrible.” – The Terminator

65. Sarah Connor: “So you’re here to protect her. What are you? Never seen one like you before. Almost human.”

Grace: “I am human. Just enhanced. You know, increased speed and strength, thorium micro-reactor. Which means I can rip your throat out if you piss me off, so don’t.”

66. “Do you believe in fate, Sarah? Or do you believe we can all change the future every second by every choice that we make? You chose to change the future. You chose to destroy Skynet. You set me free. Now, I’m going to help you protect the girl, because I chose to.” – The Terminator

As supernatural activity rises, the Ghostbusters soon become famous and recruit Ernie Hudson’s Winston Zeddemore to help with the growing demand. When the group is shut down by Walter Peck of the Environmental Protection Agency and put in jail, Gozer the Gozerian, the ancient and evil god of destruction, rises to power, causing chaos across the city.

Finally understanding the severity of the situation, the city releases Ghostbusters from custody and allows then to do their thing, culminating in a showdown with a gigantic Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and Gozer himself.

A stone-cold classic, Ghostbusters was released to critical acclaim in 1984. Not only were movie reviewers enamored with the movie, but so too were cinema fans, with the supernatural comedy making a whopping $282.2 million during its initial theatrical run. The special effects for the time were incredible while Ray Parker Jr.’s theme song, “Ghostbusters,” topped the charts.

Ghostbusters cemented Murray and Aykroyd as comedy stars while also increasing the profile of Ramis and the extended cast, including Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis, William Atherton, and Annie Potts. A pop culture phenomenon, Ghostbusters has spawned a multi-million dollar franchise that includes three sequels/reboots, an animated TV series, comic books, video games, and all sorts of other merchandise opportunities.

Its popularity continues today with many of the movie’s best quotes, one-liners, and monologues used by people daily. To celebrate the movie and its impact, we’ve compiled a list of the most memorable quotes from Ghostbusters.

30 Most Memorable Ghostbusters Quotes

1. “Drop everything, Venkman. We got one.” – Ray Stantz
2. “We came! We saw! We kicked its ass!” – Peter Venkman
3. “I’m always serious.” – Egon Spengler
4. “Ray, when someone asks you if you’re a God, you say yes!” – Winston Zeddemore
5. “Egon, somehow this reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole in your head. Do you remember that?” – Peter Venkman
6. “There is no Dana, only Zuul.” – Dana Barrett
7. “No job is too big, no fee is too big.” – Peter Venkman
8. “You’re very handy, I can tell. I bet you like to read a lot, too. I read a lot myself. Some people think I’m too intellectual but I think it’s a fabulous way to spend your spare time. I also play racquetball. Do you have any hobbies?” – Janine Melnitz
9. “This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.” – Peter Venkman
10. Raymond Stantz: “What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor–real wrath of God type stuff.” Peter Venkman: “Exactly.” Raymond Stantz: “Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!” Egon Spengler: “Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes—.” Winston Zeddemore: “The dead rising from the grave!” Peter Venkman: “Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!” Mayor Lenny Clotch: “Alright, alright! I get the point!”
11. “I’ll call that a big yes.” – Peter Venkman
12. “Okay, who brought the dog?” – Louis Tully
13. “I collect spores, molds, and fungus.” – Egon Spengler
14. “You don’t act like a scientist. You’re more like a game show host.” – Dana Barrett
15. “I’m gonna go for broke. I am madly in love with you.” – Peter Venkman
16. “I couldn’t help it… it just popped in there!” – Ray Stantz
17. “We got one!” – Janine Melnitz
18. “Everybody, this is Ted and Annette Fleming! Ted has a small carpet cleaning business in receivership; Annette’s drawing a salary from a deferred bonus from two years ago. They got 15 thousand left on the house at 8 percent, so they’re OK! So does anybody wanna play Parcheesi?” – Louis Tully
19. “Gozer the Gozerian, good evening. As a duly designated representative of the city, county, and state of New York, I order you to cease any and all supernatural activity and return forthwith to your place of origin or to the nearest convenient parallel dimension.” – Raymond Stanz
20. “Alright! This chick is toast!” – Peter Venkman
21. Egon Spengler: “There’s something very important I forgot to tell you.” Peter Venkman: “What?” Egon Spengler: “Don’t cross the streams.” Peter Venkman: “Why?” Egon Spengler: “It would be bad.” Peter Venkman: “I’m fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, ‘bad?’” Egon Spengler: “Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.” Raymond Stantz: “Total protonic reversal.” Peter Venkman: “Right. That’s bad. Okay. Alright. Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.”
22. “There’s something you don’t see every day.” – Peter Venkman
23. “We both have the same problem: You.” – Dana Barrett
24. “He slimed me. I feel so funky.” – Peter Venkman
25. Dana Barrett: [possessed by Zuul] “Do you want this body?” Peter Venkman: “Is this a trick question?”
26. “Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here.” – Ray Stantz
27. Peter Venkman: “Alice, I’m going to ask you a couple of standard questions, okay? Have you or any of your family been diagnosed schizophrenic? Mentally incompetent?” Librarian Alice: “My uncle thought he was Saint Jerome.” Peter Venkman: “I’d call that a big yes. Uh, are you habitually using drugs? Stimulants? Alcohol?” Librarian Alice: “No.” Peter Venkman: “No, no. Just asking. Are you, Alice, menstruating right now?” Library Administrator: “What has that got to do with it?” Peter Venkman: “Back off, man. I’m a scientist.”
28. “This job is definitely not worth 11.5 a year.” – Winston Zeddemore
29. “Sorry Venkman, I’m terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought.” – Egon Spengler
30. “You’re gonna endanger our client – the nice lady, who paid us in advance before she became a dog.” – Peter Venkman
31. Janine Melnitz: “Do you believe in UFOs, astral projections, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full trance mediums, the Loch Ness monster, and the theory of Atlantis?” Winston Zeddemore: “Ah, if there’s a steady paycheck in it, I’ll believe anything you say.”
32. “Don’t. Shut it. Off. I’m warning you.” – Peter Venkman
33. “That’s a big Twinkie.” – Winston Zeddemore
34. “Listen… you smell something?” – Ray Stantz
35. Dana Barrett: “That’s the bedroom, but nothing ever happened in there.” Peter Venkman: “What a crime.”
36. “Yes it’s true, this man has no dick.” – Peter Venkman
37.  “I love this town!” – Winston Zeddemore
38. “Oh, don’t leave yet! Maybe if we start dancing, other people will join in?” – Louis Tully
39. “We’ve been going about this all wrong. This Mr. Stay Puft’s okay! He’s a sailor, he’s in New York; we get this guy laid, we won’t have any trouble!” – Peter Venkman
40. Raymond Stantz: “You know, it just occurred to me that we really haven’t had a successful test of this equipment.” Egon Spengler: “I blame myself.” Peter Venkman: “So do I.” Raymond Stantz: “Well, no sense in worrying about it now.” Peter Venkman: “Why worry? Each one of us is carrying an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back.” Raymond Stantz: “Yep. Let’s get ready. Switch me on!”
41. “Who you gonna call? – the Ghostbusters