Paul Brenner
paulbrenner.bsky.social
Paul Brenner
@paulbrenner.bsky.social
Writer of movie-related tomes and reader of everything. Adherent of the adage: “To be or not to be. That’s not even a question.”
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Who are you gonna believe — me or your own eyes?”
Chico Marx in Duck Soup
#DuckSoup #LeoMcCarey #MarxBrothers #ChicoMarx #BertKalmar #HarryRuby #ArthurSheekman #NatPerrin
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I may have done better, but, God knows, I have done worse.”
Geraldine Page in Sweet Bird of Youth
#SweetBirdOfYouth #RichardBrooks #TennesseeWilliams #GeraldinePage
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“From right now, this child's got a mother. But you're a womanless man.”
Viola Davis in Fences
#Fences #DenzelWashington #ViolaDavis #AugustWilson
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I can only see what's in front, not what's behind. So I can only know half of the truth, right?”
Jonathan Chang in Yi Yi
#YiYi #EdwardYang
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“And Mrs. Claus has positively identified the kidnappers as Martians.”
Don Blair in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
#SantaClausConquersTheMartians #NicholasWebster
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Gentlemen! You can’t fight in here! This is the War Room!”
Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove
#DrStrangelove #Kubrick #StanleyKubrick #TerrySouthern #PeterGeorge #PeterSellers #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Liberty Valance is the toughest man south of the Picketwire . . . next to me.”
John Wayne in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
#TheManWhoShotLibertyValence #Ford #JohnFord #JohnWayne
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The only reason mother hasn’t killed the whole family is that she can’t move!”
Florence Eldridge in The Greene Murder Case
#TheGreeneMurderCase #FrankTuttle #FlorenceEldridge
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I'm an asshole . . .”
Kurt Russell in Escape From New York
#EscapeFromNewYork #JohnCarpenter #KurtRussell
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Destiny has brought me here. Destiny has brought me this lamb chop.”
Joaquin Phoenix in Napoleon
#Napoleon #RidleyScott #JoaquinPhoenix #DavidScarpa
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Everyone seems to having nearly as much fun as I am.”
Zeppo Marx in Monkey Business
#MonkeyBusiness #NormanZMcLeod #ZeppoMarx #MarxBrothers #SJPerelman #WillBJohnstone
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Maybe once a week I wake up paralyzed, re-living that night. But, before the sun went down, I think that was the best day of my life.”
Buddy Guy in Sinners
#Sinners #RyanCoogler #BuddyGuy #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Don’t believe truth, Archie. Just don’t believe truth.”
John Cassavetes in Husbands
#Husbands #JohnCassavetes #Cassavetes #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“You want that gun, pick it up. I wish you would.”
John Wayne in Rio Bravo
#RioBravo #Hawks #HowardHawks #JohnWayne #LeighBrackett #JulesFurthman
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“God was wrong.”
James Mason in Bigger Than Life
#BiggerThanLife #NicholasRay #JamesMason #RichardMaibaum #CyrilHume
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Just because I want to give this money to people who need it, they think I'm crazy.”
Gary Cooper in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
#MrDeedsGoesToTown #Capra #FrankCapra #RobertRiskin #GaryCooper #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I believe the common denominator of the universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility, and murder.”
Werner Herzog in Grizzly Man
#GrizzlyMan #Herzog #WernerHerzog #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I’m never eating at Benihana again. I don’t care whose birthday party it is.”
Jonah Hill in The Wolf of Wall Street
#TheWolfOfWallStreet #Scorsese #MartinScorsese #JonahHill #TerenceWinter
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If you are going to start all over again, your hands need to be clean.”
Thomas Mitchell in The Outlaw
#TheOutlaw #HowardHughes #ThomasMitchell #JulesFurthman #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Take 'em to Missouri, Matt!”
John Wayne in Red River
#RedRiver #Hawks #HowardHawks #JohnWayne #BordenChase #CharlesSchnee #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Any lie will find believers as long as you tell it with force enough.”
Greta Garbo in Queen Christina
#QueenChristina #RoubenMamoulian #GretaGarbo #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“To beguile the time, look like the time. Bear welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue. Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it.”
Jeanette Nolan in Macbeth
#Macbeth #Welles #OrsonWelles #JeanetteNolan #Shakespeare #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Got to sing every time I get mad, to drive those flying fishes out of my stomach.”
Spencer Tracy in Captains Courageous
#CaptainsCourageous #VictorFleming #SpencerTracy
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“You have meddled with the primal forces of nature and . . . YOU . . . WILL . . . ATONE!”
Ned Beatty in Network
#Network #SidneyLumet #PaddyChayevsky #NedBeatty #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I've got poetry in me. I do. I've got poetry in me!”
Warren Beatty in McCabe and Mrs. Miller
#McCabeAndMrsMiller #RobertAltman #WarrenBeatty #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM