Famous Quotations Never Said

Nitcentral's Bulletin Brash Reflections: The Kitchen Sink: Questions, Questions, Questions: Famous Quotations Never Said
By mertz on Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 10:26 am:

There are many famous quotations that have never actually been said.

Casablanca: Play it again, Sam.

Not once in the whole movie did anybody ever say this line. But still...it lives on in history.

Anybody think of any others?


By ScottN on Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 4:23 pm:

Star Trek: "Beam me up, Scotty".


By mertz on Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 5:11 pm:

Seriously? They never said that?? : )


By Anonymous22 on Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 7:22 pm:

yes, the closest was Beam me Up, in Star Trek4, the Voyage Home

ps. I got the t-shirt it says Beam me Up Scotty ,
there is no intellegent life here (shows Earth)


By KAM on Monday, October 10, 2005 - 2:16 am:

Sherlock Holmes: Elementary, my dear Watson.


By KAM on Monday, October 10, 2005 - 2:21 am:

Incidentally, years ago I was watching some TV show and they played an audio clip of Humphrey Bogart saying, "I never said, 'Play it again Sam' or 'Tennis anyone?'" This amused me because while he never said them in the films he was alleged to have said them in, he just said them. ;-)

I'm not sure what film "Tennis anyone?" is supposed to be from.

I seem to think there are other quotes never said, but I'm drawing a blank.


By Influx on Monday, October 10, 2005 - 6:42 am:

"Billions and Billions" -- Carl Sagan

In the introduction to one of his books, one of the first things he says is "I never said it." He goes on to explain that he did intentionally stress the "b", in order to distinguish "billions" from "millions", but that even though he may have said it since, it was never a part of the Cosmos series to which it is attributed.

I believe the meme actually stems from Johnny Carson's parody of Carl Sagan. The next day, it seemed like everyone was saying "billions and billions."


By Adam Bomb on Monday, October 10, 2005 - 8:56 am:

Cary Grant - "Judy Judy Judy."
Marie Antoinettte - "Let them eat cake."


By KAMlet on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 1:16 am:

Hamlet: Alas poor Yorick, I knew him well.


By ScottN on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 9:16 am:

Dirty Harry: "Feel Lucky, Punk?"


By John A. Lang on Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 7:54 am:

Bill Gates: Who in their right mind would ever need more than 640k of RAM?


By Kevin on Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 7:56 pm:

You dirty rat. You killed my bother....


By MarkN (Markn) on Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 8:02 pm:

Dubya: I've got an IQ of 250!


By Todd Pence on Saturday, November 26, 2005 - 6:32 pm:

"Me Tarzan, you Jane."


By BobL on Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 11:47 pm:

A couple of years ago, I'd heard that Sen. Kennedy had given some speech which contained a quote from Abraham Lincoln. As it turned out, the info in the speech had been gathered by one of his aides, and in fact the Lincoln quote had not been said by him, but rather the actor playing Lincoln in an episode of the original Star Trek! I wish I knew what the quote was.


By Butch Brookshier on Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 11:51 am:

KAM wrote (a good while back): I'm not sure what film "Tennis anyone?" is supposed to be from.

I don't know what particular movie it's supposed to be from, but it was supposedly his first on-screen line.


By Butch Brookshier on Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 11:52 am:

Referring to Humphrey Bogart, of course.
Sorry about leaving that out.


By Bill Clinton Fan on Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 12:46 pm:

I did not have sex with that woman!

Clinton to Congress?


By ScottN on Monday, December 10, 2007 - 11:31 am:

He did say that, but not to Congress. He said it at a press conference:

I did not have sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky.


By Adam Bomb on Monday, December 10, 2007 - 1:16 pm:

I thought he said "I did not have sex with that woman, Mrs. Clinton."

Dirty Harry: "Feel Lucky, Punk?"
Actually, it was close. Here's the whole quote (from IMDB): "I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"


By ScottN on Monday, December 10, 2007 - 2:19 pm:

Followed by the thug telling him, "I got to know", and Harry pointing the gun, and pulling the trigger.... click.


By ! on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 5:34 pm:

Barroid balco Bond:I thought I was taking flaxseed oil ! NO wonder my head grew!


By Adam Bomb on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 1:23 pm:

Followed by the thug telling him, "I got to know"...
The thug was played by the late Albert Popwell, who was in the first four Dirty Harry movies, in four different roles. He was the aforementioned thug in the first one, a pimp who got blown away in Magnum Force, militant leader Big Ed Mustafa in The Enforcer, and Horace, Harry's friend in Sudden Impact. I looked for him in The Dead Pool, and was disappointed when he didn't appear.


By Chris Booton (Cbooton) on Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 2:55 pm:

Hank Hill: Kahhhhhhn!


By He's_dead_jim or Bring back Barryiod Balco Bond! on Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 7:36 pm:

Hank Aaron : You bet me, Barryioyd! You beat me fair and sqaure. You belong in the Hall of Fame

:-)

I dont know if he'll make it.

:-(


By ScottN on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 11:07 am:

John Facenda, NFL Film's Voice of G-d".

"The frozen tundra of Lambeau Field".

It was actually said by ESPN's Chris Berman, spoofing Facenda.


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