Depending on age, gender, taste and other factors, everyone has different favorite movie lines. Some are part of the American vocabulary, and are heard just about every day in conversations, advertising and many other areas. Because of my advanced age, most of my favorite lines tend to go back many years in movie history. If you're much younger, would all or any of my favorites appear on your list? Here are my top 25:

1. Frankly, my dear. I don't give a damn - Gone With The Wind
2. Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine - Casablanca
3. Rosebud - Citizen Kane
4. Well, nobody's perfect - Some Like It Hot
5. I'll make him an offer he can't refuse - The Godfather
6. Oh, no. It wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast - King Kong
7. I just want to say one word to you - just one word .... plastics - The Graduate
8. Go ahead, make my day - Dirty Harry
9. Greed, for lack of a better word, is good - Wall Street
10. All right, Mr. De Mille. I'm ready for my close up - Sunset Boulevard
11. Mein Fuhrer, I can walk! - Doctor Strangelove
12. I could've had class. I could've been a contender - On The Waterfront
13. Remember, you're fighting for this woman's honor, which is more than she ever did - Coconuts
14. I'll have what she's having - When Harry Met Sally
15. Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night - All About Eve
16. A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti - Silence Of The Lambs
17. Mother of Mercy! Is this the end of Rico? - Little Caesar
18. Use the Force, Luke - Star Wars
19. They call me Mister Tibbs - In The Heat Of The Night
20. Close your eyes and tap your heels together three times, and think to yourself, 'There's no place like home' - The Wizard Of Oz
21. Bond. James Bond - Goldfinger and other Bond movies
22. When you got it, baby, flaunt it! - The Producers
23. Made it, Ma! Top of the world! - White Heat
24. You talkin' to me? - Taxi Driver
25. Shane. Shane. Come back. 'Bye, Shane - Shane

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