Recently the Guinness Book of Records declared that "Bond - James Bond" was the all-time most-famous movie phrase. Second was "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine" from "Casablanca." Third was "It's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men," from a Mae West flicker.

Aside from the impeccable choice of the Bond slogan, would the person on the street think of the other two right away as among the most memorable film words? I'm not so sure. Off the top of my head I can think of crisper, better-known quotes from "Casablanca" and the Mae West films:

--"Play it, Sam. Play it again." -- Casablanca

--"Round up the usual suspects." -- Casablanca

--"This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." -- Casablanca

--"Come up and see me." -- Mae West

There are lots of terrific, pithy quotes that could compete. What with the "100 Greatest Films" and "100 Greatest Books" lists that have surfaced recently to great controversy, maybe we should do our own thinking on these topics. I don't know what else was on the Guinness list, but here are some of my choices for movie quotes that have struck chords in us over the years:

--"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." -- Gone With the Wind

--"E-T phone home!" -- E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial

--"Go ahead, make my day." -- Sudden Impact

--"May the Force be with you." -- Star Wars

--"I'll be back." -- The Terminator

--"Plastics!" -- The Graduate

--"If you build it, they will come." -- Field of Dreams

--"As God is my witness, I'll never go hungry again!" -- Gone With the Wind

--"Follow the Yellow Brick Road!" -- The Wizard of Oz

--"They're heeeere!" -- Poltergeist

--"Looking for me?" -- High Noon; Robocop

--"I coulda been a contender!" -- On the Waterfront

--"Stella!" -- A Streetcar Named Desire

--"I just wanna go the distance." -- Rocky

--"Open the pod-bay door, Hal." -- 2001: A Space Odyssey

--"This is a fine mess you've gotten us in!" -- Another Fine Mess

--"Wherever you go, there you are." -- Buckaroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension

--"Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped." -- Animal Crackers

--"His words took the sword from my hand." -- Ben-Hur

--"'Twas Beauty killed the Beast." -- King Kong

--"Oh, shiiiii--!!!" -- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

--"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." -- Chinatown

--"Rosebud!" -- Citizen Kane

--"There ain't no Sanity Clause!" -- A Night at the Opera

--"I never drink...wine." -- Dracula

--"Would you like a leg or a breast?" -- To Catch a Thief

--"I still had the red-hot poker in my hands." -- Double Indemnity

--"We blew it." -- Easy Rider

--"I wish I were made of stone, like thee." -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame

--"They're playing Tag, and we're it." -- Action in the North Atlantic

--"Emergency! Emergency! Everybody to get from street!" -- The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming

--"Lassie!" -- Lassie Come Home

--"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." -- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

--"I'm walkin' here!!" -- Midnight Cowboy

--"I want a rhume for my muhnkey." -- The Pink Panther

--"My father's work was doo-doo!" -- Young Frankenstein

--"Your mother was a hamster! And your father smelled of elderberries!" -- Monty Python and the Holy Grail

--"Sorry. Wrong number." -- Sorry, Wrong Number

--"Tarzan...Jane." -- Tarzan, the Ape Man

--"We don't need no stinkin' badges!" -- Treasure of the Sierra Madre

--"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" -- The Wizard of Oz

--"Doctor Jones! No more parachutes!" -- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

--"Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you glad to see me?" -- Mae West

--"Life will find a way." Jurassic Park

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Okay, I've primed the pump. Now it's your turn. Send me your favorite movie quotes, especially ones that everyone knows. If I like 'em, I'll post 'em right here on my Web site! (See below; folks are already reporting in.)

--"You make me want to be a better man." -- As Good As It Gets (from SYRCUSEFAN@aol.com )

--"Love means never having to say you're sorry." -- Love Story (from Ken Williamson, NBC engineer )

--"I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." -- The Wizard of Oz (from Maureen Pinsonnault and Joan Williamson )

--"The truth! You want the truth? You can't HANDLE the truth!" -- A Few Good Men (from Ken Williamson )

--"Who ARE those guys?" -- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (from Alan Gray, scriptor )

--"Are YOU talkin' to ME?" -- Taxi Driver (from Ken Williamson and Dave Soyars and Maureen Pinsonnault )

--"Elaine!!!!!" -- The Graduate (from Ken Williamson )

--"I love the smell of napalm in the morning." -- Apocalypse Now (from John MacAdams, art director and Celtic rogue )

--"TODAY ... today ... I CONSIDER MYSELF ...sider-myself ... THE LUCKIEST MAN ...kiest-man ... ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH ...the-earth-the-earth-the-earth..." -- The Pride of the Yankees (from Ken Williamson )

--"I think we need a bigger boat." -- Jaws (from Alan Gray )

--"He has a wife, you know!" -- Monty Python's Life of Brian (from Ken Williamson; this is getting embarrassing )

--"Make him an offer he can't refuse." -- The Godfather (from Ken Williamson, as if you couldn't guess )

--"I'll get you, and your little dog, too!" -- The Wizard of Oz (from Joan Williamson, Ken's wife; this is starting to seem like a conspiracy )

--"The object of war is not to die for your county. The object of war is to make the other dumb bastard die for his." -- Patton (from Rob Schwartz, AIA )

--"Show me the money!" -- Jerry McGuire (from Maureen Pinsonnault )

--"Although she looked as fertile as a Tennessee valley, her insides were a barren wasteland where my seed could find no purchase." Raising Arizona (from Linda Sepulveda )