For quote quiz number 2 I’m going Noir, well, loosely noir, which Google Translate tells me is “vaguement noir” in French, but I’m sure there’s a better way to say it. The quotes below are from movies that are either noir classis, neo-noir upstarts, or films that might be secretly-noir. Post your answers in the comments and come back next week for another quote quiz! I think I’ll do these on Wednesdays.
- “I wouldn’t give you the skin off a grape.”
- “Throw one at me if you want, hash head. I’ve got all five senses and I slept last night, that puts me six up on the lot of you.”
- “I sell gasoline, I make a small profit. With that I buy groceries. The grocer makes a profit. We call it earning a living. You may have heard of it somewhere.”
- A: “You know all those people, Teardrop. You could ask.”
B: “Shut up.”
A: “None of them’s gonna be in a great big hurry to tangle with you.”
B: “I said shut up once already, with my mouth.” - “Exterminate all rational thought. That is the conclusion I have come to.”
- “Sooner or later everyone needs a haircut.”
- “Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush.”
- “It’s a hard world for little things.”
- “Do I laugh now, or wait ’til it gets funny?”
