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favorite quotes from the movie

posted 20 years ago by m_hebner
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what was everybody's favorite quotes from the movie?

mine are.

Mrs. Lift: Owen, your grounded!

Mrs. Lift: What a dream I was having, Louie Armstrong was trying to kill me!
Larry: Mrs. Lift?
Mrs. Lift: Get away from me you horse's ass!

Owen: This is cousin Patty, he's gonna be staying with us for a while, isn't that nice?
Mrs. Lift: you don't have a cousin Patty.
Owen: (to Larry) you lied to me! (hits him in the head with a frying pan)

Larry: Owen, you need to understand, I may be a bunch of things but I'm not a killer.
Owen: you don't have to blow her brains out or anything like that.
Larry: (sarcastically) thank you, that takes the pressure right off.

Owen: (knockes the cup of soda out of his mom's hand)
Mrs. Lift: you clumsy poop! why did you do that?

Owen: (gets off the phone with Larry) coming mama.
Mrs. Lift: who were you talking to?
Owen: I just called the weather.
Mrs. Lift: You were talking to a machine?

[–] RaidenPLS 19 years ago

The greatest line...

Mrs. Lift to Larry: "Get away from me you black bastard!"
Larry: What???

"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free."

[–] TOMNEL 19 years ago

I thought that some of the reactions were actually funnier than the lines. Like when owen tells the cops to look in the pantry.

Owen: The book's called Mamma, and Owen and Owen's friend Larry.

[–] Vpirates62 19 years ago

i always got a kick out of....

"just jerk around when you talk to her...
NICE TO MEET YOU!!! (MOVES CHAOTICALLY) MS. LIFT!!!"

[–] aknapp-2 19 years ago

What about when Billy Crystal is in bed and the phone rings - he just picks it up and says, "I'm buying a gun, Owen!" (This was before caller ID, mind you.)

[–] animeprincess4 15 years ago

by - RaidenPLS

The greatest line...

Mrs. Lift to Larry: "Get away from me you black bastard!"
Larry: What???

"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free."

omg yes!!!!! lmfao!!!!! that was HILARIOUS!!!
another one for me is when larry begins to read owen's book in class and he wrote the EXACT same line that Larry had wrote the previous night(the night was humid) when larry then says:

(extreme zoom on Larry's face)
"Class dismissed...I have an enormous headache in my eye."

for some reason, that SLAYS me!!!

"I gotta have more cowbell, baby!"

[–] fhqwhgadssbhrk 19 years ago

My favorite part is when the police are over and Larry's hiding in the closet when Owen is looking for tea and sees Larry

Owen: Hi!! (suddenly realizes police are there) Hi tea.

then when his momma meets larry for the first time

Mrs. Lift: Who the hell is this?
Owen: This is Cousin Paddy, he's coming to stay with us for a while, isn't that nice?
Mrs. Lift; We don't have a Cousin Paddy
Owen: (to larry) You lied to me!! (hits him on the head with a frying pan)

[–] licoriceallsort 18 years ago

I love that part, I still crack up thinking about it. I also love the scene played out a little below this, where Mrs Lift calls Larry a "black bastard".

[–] mrcab 19 years ago

one of my favorite quote of all time:

Owen: [Larry has driven his car off the road and it's going downhill through a load of bushes. Sat next to him in the passenger seat is Owen] This is good. It's like the Flintstones car wash.

[–] Captain_film 19 years ago

It's probably been said before, but Mr. Pinsky defending his dirty novel.

Larry: This isn't literature!
Pinsky: It's my fantasy, like Melville, it's my "great white whale...."
Mrs. Hazeltine: It's whacking material!
Pinsky: Isn't that literature?

One little murder and I'm Jack the Ripper!

[–] gerhard28 19 years ago

Owen trying to persuade Larry to Kill his mother:
Owen : Just meet her, Maybe she'd be somebody you'd like to kill

[–] freakaman24 19 years ago

" I'm chocking to death you moron ! "

[–] labattfreak 18 years ago

After Larry introduces Beth to his class, Mr. Pinsky asks for her name again.

Larry: Don't even think about it!

101 girls I'd like to...?

BEER...It's not just for breakfast anymore!

[–] catycat1114 18 years ago

[Momma sees Larry for the first time]
Momma: Who the hell is this?
Owen: Oh, this is Cousin Paddy. He's coming to stay with us a while. Isn't that nice?
Momma: [suspiciously] We don't *have* a "Cousin Paddy".
Owen: [to Larry] You lied to me!
[Owen knocks Larry out with a frying pan to the head]

Larry: One little murder and I'm Jack the Ripper.

Momma: Holy S**t! What a dream I was having! Louis Armstrong was trying to kill me!

Lucius Hunt: There are different types of love. -The Village

[–] Mat-37 18 years ago

[Momma sees Larry for the first time]
Momma: Who the hell is this?
Owen: Oh, this is Cousin Paddy. He's coming to stay with us a while. Isn't that nice?

That's my favorite line as well.
Who's stupid enough to make up a cousin to his own mother?

- A point in every direction is the same as no point at all.

[–] smck_82uk 18 years ago

I love 'every' line from Mrs Lift, she really does make this film, the best though in my opinion is:

Mrs Lift: Aahhhhhhh who the hell are you?

Larry: Im Owen's friend

Mrs Lift: Owen doesn't have a friend

Larry: Thats because he's shy

Mrs Lift: No he isn't he's fat and he's stupid, I want Owen I want my bath I want my medicine

Larry: I can get these for you

Mrs Lift: Who the hell are you all of a sudden?

Larry: I'll hang that up for you

Mrs Lift: I can hang up my own shaul

Larry: yes I know but I'd like to hang it up for you

Mrs Lift: Get out of my way you black bastard

Larry: What!

Mrs Lift: I can hang up my own shaul god dam it (hits door with her stick) he's trying to kill me I want the salted nuts he brings me the unsalted nuts the unsalted nuts make me choke!

Larry falls down the stairs

Mrs Lift: Pain in the ass!!

Its your turn Heather, no Heather its Heathers turn... Heather!!! ~ Heathers

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[–] joe-armenta 18 years ago

Larry: The night was.....

Momma: Sultry.

[–] mcfly-31 18 years ago

Larry: "Mrs. Lift. MOMMA!"

[–] poopiscrispy 18 years ago

Oweeeen! Get me a Pepsi!

(Don't know why, but always cracked me up.)

[–] tmaj48 18 years ago

"BINGO BASTARDS!"

[–] racernc 18 years ago

"What would I do without my little Owen....Owen, my little baby. Owen, my little baby boy." And that hairy upper lip on Mrs. Lift kissing Owen on the cheek.

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[–] marinermj116 17 years ago

I still love,

Mrs. Lift: Get away from me you black bastard!
Larry: Wha???

Cracks me up!

That ain't no etch-a-sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet. ~Juno~

[–] Fargo_North 17 years ago

Owen: Hi!...Hi tea!
Mrs. Lift: What a dream! Louis Armstrong tried to kill me!
...and your suffering will be legendary even in Hell!!

[–] dillydoggy54 17 years ago

LOL I know the black bastard line was hilarious! I truly think this is one of the funniest movies EVER!!

And at the end - "the night was...." and owen's mom says out of NOWHERE, "sultry" -- absolutely priceless!

I also love the title of owen's book, Murder at My Friend Harry's - and how its just about a man in a hat who kills another man in a hat!!

"I've always depended on the kindness of strangers" -- A Streetcar Named Desire

[–] mamabearppl 17 years ago

It's not really a line, but the look on Billy Crystal's face when he gets his first look at Momma. She's enough to make anyone sit up and take notice.

I get to use one of my favorite Momma lines quite often. My granddaughter lives with me and has an entire managerie. Every so often a hamster, mouse, bird, lizard or whatever dies. On such an occasion I get to say,

(all together now...)

"Bury him in the yard before he stinks up the place."

My gd doesn't mind; she loves Momma too.

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