The Most Iconic Movie Quote the Year You Were Born

Quote: “Here’s looking at you, kid.”

Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) says his goodbyes to Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) with a line that people loved, but never really understood. In Japanese, the line translates to “Cheers to your eyes,” which makes a little more sense (maybe?). Anyway, apparently it was easy for Bogart to say goodbye—he hated working with Bergman on the film.

Quote: “Don’t you know a sarcasm when you hear it?”

A lot of popular quotes came out of the 1960s Peanuts cartoon series, including "I got a rock." This line particularly relatable—who among us doesn't have that one friend who never picks up on your hilarious sarcasm?

Quote: “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”

The most memorable line from the movie is first said by Jennifer to Oliver. But it became the tear-jerker quote we know today when Oliver says it to his father, who attempts to comfort Oliver after (spoiler) Jennifer dies. Some critics have gone so far as to analyze why you should tell the ones you love that you’re sorry.

Quote: “We're gonna need a bigger boat.”

The catchphrase from the classic thriller actually started as a behind-the-scenes inside joke. While filming scenes at-sea, the crew experienced logistical difficulties—like not enough room on the boat for essential equipment or craft services.

The films’ screenwriter Carl Gottlieb said in an interview, "[David] Zanik [sic] and [Richard] Brown were very stingy producers so everyone kept telling them 'You're gonna need a bigger boat.' It became a catchphrase for any time anything went wrong—if lunch was late or the swells were rocking the camera, someone would say, 'You're gonna need a bigger boat.'"

Quote: “Are you talking to me?”

Robert De Niro created and delivered the infamous line in Taxi Driver in 1976. Director Martin Scorsese recently revealed that De Niro completely made it up on the spot. "A key improvisation in the movie was Bob in the mirror," Scorsese told the crowd at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival.

Quote: “May the force be with you.”

George Lucas’ beloved intergalactic series has spawned not just an iconic line, but an iconic punch line. Star Wars fans noticed the phrase sounded very similar to the date May 4, which is now known as "Star Wars Day."

Quote: “Here’s Johnny.”

Sometimes the scary lines are the most memorable—as was the case when Jack Nicholson stuck his head through the door and creepily said "Here's Johnny," a terrifying riff on the way Johnny Carson was introduced at the start of The Tonight Show. In 2013, a study revealed that this scene from The Shining was the scariest in movie history.

Quote: “E.T. phone home.”

The voice of E.T. was provided by an elderly woman named Pat Welsh who smoked two packs of cigarettes a day. But to really give E.T. the alien-like persona, they combined Welsh's voice with recorded animal noises and 16 other voices, including director Stephen Spielberg's.

Quote: “Say hello to my little friend.”

Al Pacino "literally blew the doors off the place" with this memorable line in the gangster classic, Scarface. His character Tony Montoya guns down the door with his machine gun (a.k.a the not-so-little friend).

Quote: "Who ya gonna call?"

Ghostbusters! Ten bucks says you sang the phrase just now in your head. And now it's stuck there.

Quote: "Eat my shorts."

The infamous line from The Breakfast Club is actually just a nicer way to say, "Eat my shit!" It has since become Bart Simpson's trademark catchphrase in The Simpsons, which began airing four years after this film came out.

Quote: “I feel the need, the need for speed.”

A lot of really great quotes came out of the movie Top Gun when it was released in 1986—but the one this was the one that stuck out most. Don't lie, you probably say it every time you pull onto an empty stretch of highway.

Quote: "Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?"

Ben Stein, famous for delivering the monotone, droning line, wasn't even an actor—he was a lawyer who was in the right place at the right time. “One of the people I met when I was first out here, they said ‘We’re making a movie called “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and we’d like you to read the roll off-camera,'" Stein told Oprah Winfrey.

Quote: “Nobody puts baby in the corner.”

Patrick Swayze reportedly hated this classic line from Dirty Dancing—and so did the film's writer Eleanor Bergstein. ”I don’t think anybody thought it was too great a line,” Bergstein said in an interview with Huffington Post. “Patrick didn’t want to say it, but I just said, ‘Well, just say it once and then the next time, just go up and do the speech and maybe we won’t use it.’ But we decided to use it.”

Quote: “Is that a rabbit in your pocket or are you just happy to see me.”

Roger Rabbit is on the lamb, so he hides in the most obvious way in Eddie's jacket. The writers wanted to throw in a little adult humor, hence Delores's inappropriate joke that turned iconic.

Quote: “I’ll have what she’s having.”

In an attempt to prove that women can—and sometimes do—fake orgasms, Sally (Meg Ryan) fakes one right in front of Harry (Billy Crystal). The genesis of this memorable scene was during rehearsals, when two of the writers were debating the matter. Ryan had the brilliant idea of performing a fake orgasm in a public place, and even thought to have an older woman say the now famous "I'll have" line.

Quote: "Keep the change ya filthy animal."

While he's home alone, Kevin plays an old gangster movie to make it seem like there is an adult with him—but, there's no classic film with that famous line. It was made up specifically for this movie.

Quote: “There’s no crying in baseball.”

When Evelyn comes off the diamond crying, coach Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks) yells the line—which you now say whenever someone gets teary eyed. Hanks' unique voice made it easy for a lot of his lines from this movie and many others to become iconic.

Quote: "Alright alright alright."

Matthew McConaughey's delivery of this line is so iconic it's almost as though it's become a part of the actor himself. In an interview, McConaughey said his character was about three things—his car, getting high, and rock n'roll, which prompted him to say only three of the four original "alrights" while filming.

Quote: “You’re killin’ me smalls.”

The 90s classic introduced the world to the famous line, and it's one that actor Tom Guiry, who played Scotty Smalls, never gets tired of hearing. “I hear that about three or four times a day,” Guiry said in an interview. “I used to haaaaate it, man. But I like it now. You hit 30 and you’re, like, ‘It’s cool, it’s cool.’ It’s sort of nice that people still appreciate it.”

Quote: "Alrighty then."

The hilarious pet detective is reportedly getting a reboot, and it's a likely we'll be hearing much more of the famous line in the remake.

Quote: “To infinity and beyond.”

Buzz Lightyear's trademark catchphrase became one of Disney and Pixar's most beloved lines. The character himself has become an icon for space travel, and a toy figurine has even been to outer space on the Discovery shuttle.