10 of My Personally Memorable Movie Quotes

I love movies. And a long, long, long time ago, I used to rent about a dozen movies for the weekend, invite a house full of people over, cook a lot of food and start playing movies. Those were golden times, filled with golden memories. Today, I'm pulling some of my favorite famous movie qoutes out for you, dusting them off, and hoping you like them. Ticket please....

1. Probably one of the most famous movie quotes ever, came from Love Story (1970), when the character, Oliver Barrett IV (Ryan O'Neal), tells Jennifer Cavalieri (Ali MacGraw), during one of film histories most gut wrenching moments EVER, "Love means, never having to say you're sorry." What a crock. I mean, I know they meant well, and in the context of the movie, it made sense, but do we really need any more encouragement for not taking responsibility, or accountability, for our actions? Yeah, I believed in the moment, and cried in the moment, just like everyone else. Then I came to. It took me a long time to learn, true love means looking at damage done, to others or self, and taking the next indicated step to correcting it, which usually means saying, "I'm sorry." And then the next, and even bigger step, of making actual amends for the initial hurt or damage.

2. And from the God Father (1972), along with other famous movie quotes from the same film, "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse," When Don Corleone (Marlon Brando) speaks to Johnny Fontane (Al Martino), about a business man of interest. 'Nuff said, eh? What sales person has not used that line, when trying to close at least one big deal? It's a motivational thought. But getting back to where it came from... I wonder how many people know that "insurance," is rooted in the old racket of the same name ("insurance" - when you paid to keep bad things from happening - and not get reimbursed when they did), and the Bank Of America, was once the Bank of Italy. The series of God Father books and movies sure romanticized the heck out of the "Good Fellows."