This is My 100th Blog Post and I Have a Confession to Make

I have over 1,500 DVDs in my collection

It’s true. I started collecting them around 2004. They are housed in seven media binders, all neatly labeled for easy access. I have them catalogued in an Excel spreadsheet, numbered, and sorted alphabetically.

When we were moving to Arizona, I thought about getting rid of them, but didn’t. I can probably count on one hand how many times we’ve watched one of them since we’ve been here and I haven’t added any to the collection in over three years. So, I can’t say that they really add much joy to my life at this point and I certainly don’t need them any longer.

This leads me to believe that perhaps the time has come to “let them go.” My minimalist self wonders why I’m still attached to them. One of the problems is that I don’t really know what to do with them. The technology is a bit outdated. Do most people even have DVD players anymore? We all stream movies these days so do I really need to hang on to them?

While I continue to sort through this dilemma, I decided to create a list of 100 Great Movie Quotes. I hope some of these can stir an old memory or bring a smile to your face. These are listed in no particular order.

1. “Hasta la vista, baby.” – Terminator 2 Judgment Day
2. “Michael’s gift is that the Good Lord gave him the ability to forget. He’s mad at no one and doesn’t really care what happened. His story might be sad, but he’s not sad.” – The Blind Side
3. “I feel the need — the need for speed!” – Top Gun
4. “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” – Love Story
5. “If you know what women want, you can rule.”  – What Women Want
6. “Hello, gorgeous.” – Funny Girl
7. “I’ll have what she’s having.” – When Harry Met Sally
8. “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” – The Help
9. “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.” – The Godfather, Part II
10. “Bond. James Bond.” – Dr. No
11. “Everything is possible, even the impossible.” – Mary Poppins
12. “The hills are alive with the sound of music, with songs they have sung for a thousand years. The hills fill my heart with the sound of music. My heart wants to sing every song it hears.” – The Sound of Music
13. “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” – The Godfather
14. “We’re getting The Band back together.” – The Blues Brothers
15. “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” – Jaws
16. “What, like it’s hard?” – Legally Blonde
17. “Some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright.” – The Shawshank Redemption
18. “There’s no place like home.” – The Wizard of Oz
19. “Why so serious?” – The Dark Knight
20. “Remember love is what brought you here.” – If Beale Street Could Talk
21. “With great power comes great responsibility.” – Spider-Man
22. “If you build it, he will come.” – Field of Dreams
23. “Don’t let them run over you. . . You got to fight.” – The Color Purple
24. “Let me know when your whole life goes up in smoke. Means it’s time for a promotion.” – The Devil Wears Prada
25. “You talkin’ to me?” – Taxi Driver
26. “Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys.” – Dead Poets Society
27. “I don’t want to survive. I want to live.” – 12 Years a Slave
28. ““I speak. You do not speak. Your job is to just sit there and look innocent.” – Primal Fear
29. “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
30. “Friendship is essential to the soul.” – The Best Man Holiday
31. “How do you like them apples?” – Good Will Hunting
32. “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” – Dirty Dancing
33. “May the Force be with you.” – Star Wars
34. “We can’t change the world with only ideas in our minds. We need conviction in our hearts.” – Just Mercy
35. “My friends. You bow to no one.” – Lord of the Rings
36. “When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” – When Harry Met Sally
37. “Houston, we have a problem.” – Apollo 13
38. “If you want something, go get it. Period.” – The Pursuit of Happyness
39.  “Even a broken clock is right twice a day.”– Fracture
40. “Just keep swimming!” – Finding Nemo
41. “Country clubs and cemeteries are the biggest wasters of prime real estate!” – Caddyshack
42. “My momma always said, ‘Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.’” – Forrest Gump
43. “Today is the last day we will ever be this young.” – Girls Trip
44. “I just wanted to take another look at you.” – A Star is Born
45. “I volunteer as tribute.” – The Hunger Games
46. “We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all.” – The Breakfast Club
47. “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” – The Princess Bride
48. “I don’t scratch my head unless it itches and I don’t dance unless I hear some music. I will not be intimidated.” – Remember the Titans
49. “I’ll see you again. This side or the other.” – The Town
50. “You make me want to be a better man.” – As Good As It Gets
51. “At some point you’ve got to decide for yourself who you gonna be. Can’t let nobody make that decision for you.” – Moonlight
52. “You’re going to be tested every step of the way. Have faith in who you are.” – A Wrinkle in Time
53. “You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the stuff you weren’t paying attention to.” – Good Will Hunting
54. “Put some Windex on it.” – My Big Fat Greek Wedding
55. “What’s in the box?” – Seven
56. “Some people are worth melting for.” – Frozen
57. “I’m the king of the world!” – Titanic
58. “We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: Candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup.?” – Elf
59. “There’s no crying in baseball!” – A League of Their Own
60. “I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year..” – A Christmas Carol
61. “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” – The Godfather
62. “Elementary, my dear Watson.” – The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
63. “I’ll be back.” – The Terminator
64. “Here’s looking at you, kid.” – Casablanca
65. “E.T. phone home.” – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
66. “The stuff that dreams are made of.” – The Maltese Falcon
67. “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” – Cool Hand Luke
68. “Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads.” – Back to the Future
69. “Here’s Johnny!” – The Shining
70. “To infinity and beyond!” – Toy Story
71. “You’re killin’ me, Smalls.” – The Sandlot
72. “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” – The Wizard of Oz
73. “Eat my shorts.” – The Breakfast Club
74.  “Keep the change, ya filthy animal.” – Home Alone
75. “Show me the money!” – Jerry Maguire
76. “I got a Stage 5 clinger.” – Wedding Crashers
77.  “Yeah, but I shoot with this hand.” – Blazing Saddles
78.  “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.“ — Gone With the Wind
79.  “Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.” — The Pride of the Yankees
80. “I love the smell of napalm in the morning.” — Apocalypse Now
81. “Toga! Toga!” — National Lampoon’s Animal House
82.  “Say “hello” to my little friend!” — Scarface
83.  “A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.” — The Silence of the Lambs
84.  “The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club.” — Fight Club
85. “I knew it the first time I touched her. It was like coming home, only to no home I’d ever known. I was just taking her hand to help her out of a car and I knew it. It was like magic.” — Sleepless in Seattle
86.  “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all.” — Bambi
87. “The thing about trains… it doesn’t matter where they’re going. What matters is deciding to get on..” — The Polar Express
88. “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” — Jurassic Park
89. “If you let my daughter go now, that’ll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.” — Taken
90. “I see dead people.” — The Sixth Sense
91. “Aw, man, I shot Marvin in the face.” — Pulp Fiction
92. Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water.” — Jaws 2
93. “It’s a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you’ve forgotten about.” – American Beauty
94. “Go Ahead. Make my Day.” – Sudden Impact
95. “Take these three items – some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone.” – Gran Torino
96. “In the movies, we have leading ladies, and we have the best friend. You, I can tell, are a leading lady. But for some reason, you’re behaving like the best friend.” – The Holiday
97. “I didn’t raise my kids to sit in the back of the bus. You get in there and you fight for your rights, OK?” – Philadelphia
98. “Money never sleeps, pal.” – Wall Street
99.  “Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” – To Kill a Mockingbird
100. “God’s Children are not For Sale.” – The Sound of Freedom

I hope you enjoyed some of those quotes. Perhaps streaming is the way of the future and I will eventually figure all of this out. Until then… stay tuned friends!

Feel free to share your thoughts, feelings, random movie quotes below!