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:
“Age is a limit we impose upon ourselves. You know, each time you Westerners celebrate your birthday, you build another fence around your minds.”
H. B. Warner in Lost Horizon
#LostHorizon #Capra #FrankCapra #HBWarner #RobertRiskin #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
January 7, 2026 at 11:39 AM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"This rabble you're talking about, they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Is it too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath?"
James Stewart in It’s a Wonderful Life
#ItsAWonderfulLife
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I couldn’t be funny if my life depended on it. And it did.”
Warren Beatty in Mickey One
#MickeyOne #ArthurPenn #WarrenBeatty #AlanSurgal
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
January 5, 2026 at 7:38 AM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“How much is it worth to have a clear conscious?”
Clint Eastwood in Pale Rider
#PaleRider #ClintEastwood #Eastwood #DennisShryack #MichaelButler #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
January 4, 2026 at 12:09 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“We took some pictures of the native girls but they weren’t developed. But we’re going back again in a couple of weeks.”
Groucho Marx in Animal Crackers
#AnimalCrackers #VictorHeerman #GeorgeSKaufman #MorrieRyskind #GrouchoMarx #MarxBrothers
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
January 3, 2026 at 12:33 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Remember this, if you see someone doing something but at the same time watching you . . . then he is a cop.”
Chapman To in Infernal Affairs
#InfernalAffairs #AndrewLau #AlanMak #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
January 2, 2026 at 1:28 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“To 1966! The Year One.”
Sidney Blackmer in Rosemary’s Baby
#RosemarysBaby #Polanski #RomanPolanski #SidneyBlackmer
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
January 1, 2026 at 1:35 PM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I lost my pee wee.”
Stan Laurel in Match of the Wooden Soldiers (aka Babes in Toyland)
#MarchOfTheWoodenSoldiers #LaurelAndHardy #StanLaurel #CharlieRogers #GusMeins
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I’m just a humble country lawyer trying to do the best I can against this brilliant prosecutor from the big city of Lansing.”
James Stewart in Anatomy of a Murder
#AnatomyOfAMurder #Preminger #OttoPreminger #JamesStewart #WendellMayes
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
December 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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