National Post (National Edition)
THE LINES WE WILL REMEMBER
“Na-Nu, Na-Nu.”
– MORK AND MINDY, 1978-1982
“Goooooooood morning Vietnam!
It’s 0600 hours.”
– GOOD MORNING VIETNAM, 1987
“We Americans, we’re a simple people ... but piss us off, and we’ll bomb your cities.”
– GOOD MORNING VIETNAM, 1987
“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.”
– DEAD POETS SOCIETY, 1989
“Carpe Diem, seize
the day.”
–
DEAD POETS SOCIETY, 1989
“A human life is just a heartbeat in heaven.”
– WHAT DREAMS MAY COME, 1998
“Our job is improving the quality of life, not just delaying death.”
– PATCH ADAMS, 1998
“Death – to blink for an exceptionally long period of time.”
– PATCH ADAMS 1998
“You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I’ll guarantee you’ll win.”
– PATCH ADAMS 1998
“You know what music is? God’s little reminder that there’s something else besides us in this universe; harmonic connection between all living beings, every where, even the stars.”
– AUGUST RUSH, 2007
Real life/standup comedy quotes:
“Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?”
“Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’ ”
“I feel like Adam when he said to Eve, ‘Back up, I don’t know how big this gets.’ ”
“People say satire is dead. It’s not dead; it’s alive and living in the White House.” “What’s right is what’s left if you do everything else wrong.”
“Canada’s like a loft apartment over a really great party.”