33 ''Bring the dog, I love animals. I'm a great cook.'' ALEX FORREST (Glenn Close) in ''Fatal Attraction''

34 ''And one day, not long from now, my looks will go. They will discover I can't act, and I will become some sad middle-aged woman who looks a bit like someone who was famous for a while.'' ANNA SCOTT (Julia Roberts) in ''Notting Hill''

35 ''Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not 'every man for himself.' And the London Underground is not a political movement. Those are all mistakes, Otto. I looked them up.'' WANDA (Jamie Lee Curtis) in ''A Fish Called Wanda''

36 '''Empire' had the better ending. I mean, Luke gets his hand cut off, finds out Vader's his father, Han gets frozen and taken away by Boba Fett. It ends on such a down note. I mean, that's what life is, a series of down endings. All 'Jedi' had was a bunch of Muppets.'' DANTE (Brian O'Halloran) in ''Clerks''

37 ''My daughter is in pain... Give my daughter the shot!'' AURORA GREENWAY (Shirley MacLaine) in ''Terms of Endearment''

38 ''Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring; besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. It's more democratic.'' CRASH DAVIS (Kevin Costner) in ''Bull Durham''

39 ''I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads!'' DR. EVIL (Mike Myers) in ''Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery''

40 ''I'm not bad; I'm just drawn that way.'' JESSICA RABBIT (Kathleen Turner) in ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit''

41 ''You want me to strap her to the hood?... She'll be fine. It's not as if it's going to rain or something.'' CLARK GRISWOLD (Chevy Chase) in ''National Lampoon's Vacation''

42 ''When I first saw you, I thought you were handsome. Then, of course, you spoke.'' CAROL CONNELLY (Helen Hunt) in ''As Good as It Gets''

43 ''When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side 1 of 'Led Zeppelin IV.''' MIKE DAMONE (Robert Romanus) in ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High''

44 ''I wanted to meet interesting and stimulating people of an ancient culture, and kill them.'' PRIVATE JOKER (Matthew Modine) in ''Full Metal Jacket''

45 ''Look at that! Look how she moves! That's just like Jell-O on springs.'' JERRY (Jack Lemmon) in ''Some Like It Hot''

46 ''This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.'' MAXWELL SCOTT (Carleton Young) in ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance''

47 ''Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.'' VIRGINIA WOOLF (Nicole Kidman) in ''The Hours''

48 ''Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.'' CRAIG SCHWARTZ (John Cusack) in ''Being John Malkovich''

49 ''Jerry, d'you know the human head weighs eight pounds?'' RAY (Jonathan Lipnicki) in ''Jerry Maguire''

50 ''I can't believe I gave my panties to a geek.'' SAMANTHA (Molly Ringwald) in ''Sixteen Candles''

Originally posted Jul 30, 2004 Published in issue #776 Jul 30, 2004 Order article reprints
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