Useful Quotes

I've been thinking about the quotes we use here at Squalor on the River. Not famous movie quotes like "That's Chinatown, Jake" or "As God is my witness, I'll never go hungry again," but the ones I use over and over again as shorthand. Some are from movies, some are from TV shows, some are from songs, one is from a cartoon, another is from an old light bulb joke, another from an old vaudeville routine, but they're all things that not only shorthand whatever experience we're discussing but generally make us laugh, too. My faves:


"Sorry. Sorry. Just thrilled to be alive."


"Don't you judge me!"


"We can't stop here. This is bat country."


"She's ooooooold, isn't she, Bruce?"


"Cats and dogs, living together."


"It was bad. It was bad. Well, not that bad, but Lord it wasn't good."


"Sonofabitch must pay."


"Push the button, Max."


"Well, this looks like the inside of a goat's stomach."


"I'm not dead yet."


"I really like your shooooes." (Said as a threat.)


"Slowly I turn. Inch by inch, step by step . . ."


"Everybody dies." (Said soothingly.)


"It's all right. I'll just sit here alone. In the dark."


What are yours?


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Published on June 19, 2011 20:24
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message 1: by Johnna (last edited Jun 27, 2011 12:42PM) (new)

Johnna "You're killing me Smalls, you're killing me"

"You're turning violet, Violet"

"Welcome to Musictown, may I service you?"

"...and the snozberries taste like snozberries"

"Holy rusted metal, Batman"

"You're gonna need a bigger boat"


message 2: by Rhonda (new)

Rhonda Murphy "I feel like a turd in a punch bowl."

"Hurtful..."

"Why can't we all just get along?"

"No one is allowed to touch anyone... ever again!"

"This car smells weird."

The quote uttered the most often... "Son, please hit the toilet." (For my 6 year old boy.)


message 3: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer "Victor's more of a physical being... I just mean he's not particularly loquacious!"

"Bruuuuuuuuce!"


"Make it work" (I'm trying, Tim Gunn, really)


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