I once passed by a book at Barnes and Noble entitled, All I Ever Really Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten However, I don’t really believe this to be true. Instead, all you really need to know can be learned from movies. Here is what I mean:
1. The first rule of Fight Club, is that you don’t talk about Fight Club.
2. The second rule of Fight Club, is that you don’t talk about Fight Club.
3. Keep him out of the light. –Gremlins
4. Don ‘t get him wet. –Gremlins
5. Never, never feed him after midnight. –Gremlins
6. There’s no crying in baseball. –A League of Their Own
7. Don’t get mad, get even. –Animal House
8. I shall serve no fries before their time. –Fast Times at Ridgemont High
9. You never let on how much you like a girl –Fast Times at Ridgemont High
10. You always call the Shots. –Fast Times at Ridgemont High
11. Act like wherever you are, that’s the place to be. –Fast Times at Ridgemont High
12. When ordering food, you find out what she wants, then order for the both of you. It’s a classy move. –Fast Times at Ridgemont High
13. When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV. –Fast Times at Ridgemont High
14. No Shirt. . . No Shoes. . .No Dice. –Fast Times at Ridgemont High
15. You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your fucking khakis. You’re the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world. –Fight Club
16. You shook Sinatra’s hand. You should know better. –Ocean’s Thirteen
17. Never get less than twelve hours sleep. –Teen Wolf
18. Never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city. –Teen Wolf
19. Never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. –Teen Wolf
20. Don’t fuck with the babysitter! –Adventures in Babysitting
21. Never get involved in a land war in Asia. –The Princess Bride
22. Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line. –The Princess Bride
23. Nobody puts Baby in a corner. –Dirty Dancing
24. Follow the Yellow Brick Road. –The Wizard of Oz
25. Get busy living or get busy dying. –The Shawshank Redemption
26. You don’t commit to a relative unless you’re absolutely positive they have a pulse. –Wedding Crashers
27. Do not sit in the corner and sulk. It draws attention in a negative way. –Wedding Crashers
28. It’s never cheating when you’re in a different area code, not to mention a different state. –Road Trip
29. Let’s say that you were sleeping with two girls at the same time, it- it wouldn’t be cheating because they would cancel each other out. –Road Trip
30. If you’re too wasted to remember- it is not cheating. Because if you can’t really remember it, it never really took place. –Road Trip
31. It’s not cheating if you spread peanut butter on your balls and let your dog lick it off. Because it’s your dog! –Road Trip
32. Don’t cross the streams. –Ghostbusters
33. If someone asks if you are a god, you say, “Yes!” –Ghostbusters
34. Do or do not. There is no try. –The Empire Strikes Back
35. Your eyes can deceive you; don’t trust them. –Star Wars
36. It rubs the lotion on it’s skin, or else it gets the hose again. –The Silence of the Lambs
37. Nobody can eat 50 eggs. –Cool Hand Luke & Reality Bites
38. Stay above 50. –Speed
39. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself. –Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
40. When you get in a fight with a drunk you don’t hit him with your pitching hand. –Bull Durham
41. Don’t think; it can only hurt the ball club. –Bull Durham
42. A player on a streak has to respect the streak. –Bull Durham
43. Don’t try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they’re fascist. Throw some ground balls – it’s more democratic. –Bull Durham
44. You can’t handle the truth. –A Few Good Men
45. You don’t score; until you score. American Pie
46. You cannot make friends with the rock stars –Almost Famous
47. Never take it seriously, if ya never take it seriously, ya never get hurt, ya never get hurt, ya always have fun, and if you ever get lonely, just go to the record store and visit your friends. –Almost Famous
48. Definitely, two days (before calling) is like an industry standard. –Swingers
49. If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. –Dodgeball
50. Show me the money! –Jerry McGuire
51. Take the Fall, Act Hurt, Get Indignant! –The Mighty Ducks
52. Women weaken legs. –Rocky
53. You ain’t cool, unless you pee your pants. –Billy Madison
54. I’m not supposed to be within two hundred feet of a school… or a Chuck E. Cheese. –The Hangover
55. Don’t text me, it’s gay. –The Hangover
56. Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit will come back with you. –The Hangover
57. Tigers love pepper… they hate cinnamon. –The Hangover
58. I promise teach karate to you, you promise learn. I say, you do, no questions. –The Karate Kid
59. Never take advice from someone who lives above a garage. –The Perfect Score
60. If anything in this life is certain, if history has taught us anything, it is that you can kill anyone. –The Godfather 2
61. Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. –The Godfather 2
62. No Sicilian can ever refuse a request on his daughter’s wedding day. –The Godfather
63. If you build it, he will come. –Field of Dreams
64. Lunch is for wimps. –Wall Street
65. If you need a friend, get a dog. –Wall Street
66. Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others. –Wall Street
67. Every time you hear a bell ring, it means that some angel’s just got his wings. –It’s a Wonderful Life
68. Bet two for good, one for bad. –Rain Man
69. I’ll let you in on a little secret, Ray. K-Mart sucks. –Rain Man
70. The red zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the white zone. –Airplane
71. Follow the money. –All the President’s Men
72. Never underestimate the power of denial. –American Beauty
73. Don’t mess with the bull, young man. You’ll get the horns! –The Breakfast Club
74. Be afraid. Be very afraid. –The Fly
75. White Men Can’t Jump.
76. It’s good to be the king! –History of the World Part 1
77. There’s always someone younger and hungrier coming down the stairs after you. –Showgirls
78. If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us it’s that life will not be contained. –Jurassic Park
79. When you gotta go, you gotta go –Jurassic Park
80. The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room. –American Gangster
81. Goonies never say die! –Goonies
82. With great power comes great responsibility. –Spiderman
83. Use small children as shields, bears like soft tender meat. –Semi-Pro
84. When life gives you lemons, just say ‘Fuck the lemons,’ and bail. –Forgetting Sara Marshall
85. 99% of everything done in the world, good or bad, is done to pay a mortgage. Perhaps the world would be a better place if everyone rented. –Thank You for Smoking
86. Every man dies. Not every man really lives. –Braveheart
87. There’s only two men I trust. One of ‘em’s me, the other one’s not you. –Con Air
88. If there’s a steady paycheck in it, I’ll believe anything you say. –Ghostbusters
89. When I was a kid, my father told me, “never hit anyone in anger, unless you’re absolutely sure you can get away with it. –Stripes
90. Life’s a garden Dig it. –Joe Dirt
91. You can’t respect someone who kisses your ass. It just doesn’t work. –Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
92. There’s no place like home. –The Wizard of Oz
93. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain! –The Wizard of Oz
94. Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son. –Animal House
95. Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. –Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
96. It’s classified. I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you. –Top Gun
97. Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen. –The Rock
98. Don’t tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead.
99. You don’t leave your wing man. Top Gun
100. Take me to bed or lose me forever. Top Gun
Did I miss any that need to be added onto this list? Let me know, and I will add it!!
I actually read that kindergarten book! Movies and kindergarten are really all we need.
“Nobody can eat fifty eggs” is from Cool Hand Luke.
Thanks Joe. Never realized that Reality Bites “borrowed” that quote.
lol. number 7 was originally made by john f. kennedy. not whoever wrote the movie. fail.
hey euniqe, do i see you post anything? did you take the time and make the effort? no, you didn’t, so until you have and you’re positive that every single bit of is is factual and correct, i suggest you go take a flying f**k at a rolling donut and stop being a trolling retard, because it is actually you that fails, mostly at life
‘Sometimes you gotta to say “What the f**k!” – Risky Business
“You get what you settle for” -Thelma and Louise
“I’m going to give you a little advice. There’s a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball.” -Caddyshack
What a great list! Cool Hand Luke and Shawshank Redemption are two of my absolute favorites! In the Godfather – I think there was a line like “Leave the gun, take the canoli” which I try to live my internet marketing life by! : 0 )
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Great article!
We’ve heard of the 100 great books recommended by the University of Chicago.
We’ ve heard from philosophy departments in terms of the 100 great philosophical theses.
Now we have the wisdom of the ages as shared in the movies.
Actually, the movies are probably the most powerful teaching tool ever devised.
All the senses are employed, and to get a concept from idea to the silver screen requires lots of applied genius.
So, thank you for this article.
I will print it out and paste it where it will do the most good.
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what about – “Absolutely, goddamn right-Never get out of the boat-Unless you’re going all the way.”– Apocalypse Now
Never sneak up on a man who’s been in a chemical fire – Hot Rod