Famous Opening Lines in Films

Quote

Year

Film

"People are always asking me if I know Tyler Durden"

1999

"Rosebud"

1941

"What came first, the music or the misery?"

2000

"Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career..."

1996

"Oh, America. I wish I could tell you that this was still America, but I've come to realize that you can't have a country without people. And there are no people here"

2009

"Hello. My name's _______, _______ ____. You want a chocolate?"

1994

"According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly"

2007

"Please, sir, I want some more"

1968

"My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman"

2000

"Listen, here's the thing: If you can't spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker"

1998

"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport"

2003

"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster"

1990

"That was the summer of 1963, when everybody called me Baby and it didn't occur to me to mind"

1986

"I had the craziest dream last night. I was dancing the White Swan."

2010

"It all began on New Year's Day in my thirty-second year of being single. Once again, I found myself on my own, and going to my mother's annual turkey curry buffet"

2001