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"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'"Source: Jeremiah 29:10-14 | Speaker: The Prophet Jeremiah
"All you want to do is ride around, Sally."Source: "Mustang Sally" | Speaker: Wilson Pickett
"As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together."Source: Journey to the Center of the Earth | Author: Jules Verne
"Beam me up, Scotty."Source: Star Trek | Speaker: Captain Kirk
"California girls, we're unforgettable."Source: "California Gurls" | Speaker: Katy Perry
"Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver, and I just threw your stinking palm tree overboard. Now, what's all this crud about no movie tonight?"Source: Mister Roberts | Speaker: Frank Pulver
"Come with me if you want to live."Source: The Terminator | Speaker: Kyle Reese
"Don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer…"Source: "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" | Speaker: Vicki Lawrence
"Don't worry. We can walk to the curb from here."Source: Annie Hall | Speaker: Alvy Singer
"He's leavin'… on that midnight train to Georgia."Source: Midnight Train to Georgia | Speaker: Gladys Knight and the Pips
"Heigh-ho! Heigh-ho! It's home from work we go!"Source: Heigh-Ho | Speaker: The Seven Dwarfs
"Hey, where did we go? Days when the rains came..."Source: "Brown-Eyed Girl" | Speaker: Van Morrison
"Hit the road, Jack."Source: "Hit the Road Jack" | Speaker: Ray Charles
"Houston, we have a problem."Source: Apollo 13 | Speaker: Commander Jim Lovell
"I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."Source: Airplane! | Speaker: Dr. Rumack
"I can't go back to yesterday, because I was a different person then."Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Author: Lewis Carroll
"I don't think we're in Kansas anymore."Source: The Wizard of Oz | Speaker: Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland)
"I don't want to move to a city where the only cultural advantage is being able to make a right turn on a red light."Source: Annie Hall | Speaker: Alvy Singer
"I drove all night to get to you."Source: I Drove All Night | Speaker: Cyndi Lauper, Roy Orbison
"I feel the need—the need for speed!"Source: Top Gun | Speaker: Peter "Maverick" Mitchell
"I proved once and for all that the limb is mightier than the thumb."Source: It Happened One Night | Speaker: Ellie Andrews
"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good"Source: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Author: J.K. Rowling
"I'll meet you at the place near the thing where we went that time."Source: Broadcast News | Speaker: Aaron Altman
"I'll remember you, honey. You're the one that got away."Source: Hud | Speaker: Hud Bannon
"I'm the king of the world!"Source: Titanic | Speaker: Jack Dawson
"I'm walkin' here!"Source: Midnight Cowboy | Speaker: Ratso
"If you build it, they will come."Source: Field of Dreams | Speaker: Ray Kinsella
"Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops."Source: Arsenic and Old Lace | Speaker: Mortimer Brewster
"Jerome's in the house! Watch your mouth!"Source: Martin | Speaker: Jerome
"Kid, the next time I say, "Let's go someplace like Bolivia," let's go someplace like Bolivia."Source: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Speaker: Butch Cassidy
"Let's go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over."Source: Shaun of the Dead | Speaker: Shaun
"Long walks at night—that's what good for the soul"Source: And the Moon and the Stars and the World | Author: Charles Bukowski
"Mr. Christian!"Source: Mutiny on the Bounty | Speaker: Captain Bligh
"Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything."Source: A Wrinkle in Time | Author: Madeleine L'Engle
"Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most human."Source: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Speaker: James Kirk
"Oh, the things you can find if you don't stay behind!"Source: On Beyond Zebra! | Author: Dr. Seuss
"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads."Source: Back to the Future | Speaker: Dr. Emmett Brown
"Rollin' on the river"Source: "Proud Mary" | Speaker: John Fogerty
"So, goodbye, yellow brick road."Source: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" | Speaker: Elton John
"Space, the final frontier."Source: Star Trek | Speaker: Narrator
"Sweet dreams are made of this."Source: "Sweet Dreams" | Speaker: The Eurythmics
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."Source: First Moon Landing | Speaker: Neil Armstrong
"The seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake."Source: The Little Mermaid | Speaker: Sebastian
"There is a place where the sidewalk ends."Source: Where the Sidewalk Ends | Author: Shel Silverstein
"To infinity and beyond!"Source: Toy Story | Speaker: Buzz Lightyear
"Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink."Source: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"we are all trapped by a singular fate"Source: Alone with Everybody | Author: Charles Bukowski
"We don't need another hero"Source: "We Don't Need Another Hero" | Speaker: Tina Turner
"We're on a mission from God."Source: The Blues Brothers | Speaker: Elwood Blues
"Yo ho! Yo ho! A pirate's life for me! We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot!"Source: Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) | Speaker: Pirates
"You are from New York; therefore, you are just naturally interesting."Source: Girls | Speaker: Hannah Horvath