15 Outstanding Quotes From Epic Movies

Sometimes a hilarious or inspiring line is all a scene needs

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Many great movies contain so many memorable lines, delivered by so many fantastic actors, that it’s super-tough to whittle down those utterances to even a handful. Many of these films have inspired globally-recognized franchises.

Enjoy!

The Court Jester

(dir. Melvin Frank & Norman Panama, 1955)

Through a series of misadventures, a knighted jester prepares for a joust’s ceremonial drink. A witch tries to help by making him memorize which drink she has poisoned. Lines spoken by Danny Kaye and Mildred Natwick.

Hubert Hawkins: The pellet with the poison’s in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true?

Griselda: Just remember that.

Raiders of the Lost Ark

(dir. Steven Spielberg, 1981)

With his Egyptian friend, infamous archaeologist Indiana Jones peers down into a newly discovered chamber at a dig site. Lines spoken by Harrison Ford and John Rhys-Davies.

Indiana Jones: Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes?