urbanistika.ee - the first myth of the city is that it exists

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Monday, December 04, 2006

QUOTES

I post here some quotes i've found from famous movies or tv shows, that can fit for the subtitle for the website (right under urbanistika.ee, which is the main title) Please comment on which one you prefer and suggest others that you may like!


Example:
U R B A N I S T I K A . E E
City is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get (from Forrest Gump)



• The Truman Show
Christof: We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented.

• Murphy's Law
The first myth of city is that it exists.

• "Angels in America" (2003) (mini)
Roy Cohn: A city! Good! I was worried... it'd be a garden. I hate that shit.

• "Avatar: The Last Airbender" (2005) {The Serpent's Pass (#2.12)}
Katara: Let's talk about this on our way into the city.

• "Batman" (1992) {Christmas with the Joker (#1.38)}
Dick Grayson: How one man holds up an entire city. Sounds familiar?

• "Batman" (1992) {I Am the Night (#1.34)}
Robin: This city would fall apart without you.

• "Biff Baker, U.S.A." (1952) {Grey Market (#1.2)}
Tom Davenport: I'll give you each a Marseilles. This cocktail is a special creation of mine. I call it that because, like the city, it has everything: warmth, intrigue, wickedness, coldness and, as you can see, beauty.

• "Cheers" (1982)
Carla: There's an entire city that agrees with you.

• "Friends" (1994) {The One Where the Monkey Gets Away (#1.19)}
Joey Tribbiani: You're a monkey lost in the city. Where would you go?

• "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969) {How Not to Be Seen (#2.11)}
Second City Gent: Well, I've been in the city for twenty years, and I must admit...I'm lost.

• "Naked City" (1958)
Narrator: [regular sign off] There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.

• "Pokémon" (1998)
Flint: Pewter City is grey, the color of stone. My name is Flint, and you're sitting on my merchandise, young man.

• "Pokémon" (1998)
Flint: Pewter City souveneirs, you want to buy some?

• "Power Rangers Mystic Force" (2006) {Broken Spell: Part 1 (#1.1)}
Vida Rocca: I'll go with you. Not everyone in the city's a coward.

• "Powerpuff Girls, The" (1998)
Princess: I know you think I'm too little to own my own city, but don't worry. I won't let you down. I'll be the best little capitalist piglet Princess you ever had.

• "Seinfeld" (1990)
Jerry: Oh, come on, there's a lot of people walking around the city that look like me.

• "SpongeBob SquarePants" (1999) {The Sponge Who Could Fly (The Lost Episode) (#3.16)}
Old Man Jenkins: I knew no good would come from city folk and their flying machines.

• "Stargate: Atlantis" (2004)
Col. Steven Caldwell: Can we submerge the city again?

• "Stargate: Atlantis" (2004)
Dr. Rodney McKay: [sighs] It's a city, not a yo-yo.

• "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (1987) {Leatherhead Meets the Rat King (#3.36)}
Leatherhead: This city is no place for this gator. I'm going back to my swamp!

• "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (2003)
Nobody: Who am I? I might just be a glimmer of hope for a lost city. I'm the guy the cops would thank if they knew I existed. But they don't. Who am I? I'm Nobody.

• "Transformers" (1984)
Megatron: Is there anyone brave - or stupid enough - to oppose us? This city is under martial law... and I am the marshal!

• "Viva la Bam" (2003)
Bam's Uncle: [In Pisa, Italy] The whole goddamn city is named after pizza

• 'Round Midnight (1986)
Ace: It would be the best city in the world if I could just find some okra.

• 1776 (1972)
Roger Sherman: Might be the city tavern.
(this one I chose because maybe our blog is like a city tavern..)

• Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (2002)
Mars: My dad used to say, "Mars, don't ever live in a big city, nobody knows you." But isn't that the best part of it - no one to judge you, no one to tell you how to live your life?

• Alithini zoi (2004)
Joy: In this city, you always have to turn somewhere

• Annie Hall (1977)
Alvy Singer: 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.

• Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Stationmaster: I never will understand you city folk. Always rushing, rushing, rushing, always in a hurry. That's why you have stomach trouble.

• Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
Ferdinand: Face it, you're just a little pig in the big city.


• Band Wagon, The (1953)
Tony Hunter: The city was asleep. The joints were closed. The rats and hoods and killers were in their holes.

• Dark Avengers, The (2005)
Bryan Yuen Sage: The city never sleeps. Ha, I love that phrase... and it's true. But only because I woke it up...

• Easy Rider (1969)
Stranger on the highway: I'm from the city... Doesn't matter what city; all cities are alike.

• Fando y Lis (1968)
Young Lis: The tree disguised itself as a leaf, the house as a door and the city as a house. The same scene over and over.

• Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Sloane: The city looks so peaceful from up here.

• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
Capt. Gray Edwards: The city may be lost, but we're not.

• Ghostbusters II (1989)
Ray: [of the insulting birhtday party kids] Ungrateful little yuppie larva. After everything we did for this city.

• GoBots: War of the Rock Lords (1986)
Crasher: [to Solitaire upon seeing Cordax for the first time] What a primitive place. Ha ha! You can't tell the inhabitants from their surroundings. You call that a city? Huh?

• Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Power Worker: Hey, you. This is city property. No trespassing. What are you, deaf? Don't try that Halloween shit with me.

• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Kevin McCallister: Excuse me, but this is an emergency. What city is it out there?


• Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
Claudia: It's time we were on our way. I'm hungry, and the city awaits.

• L.A. Vice (1989)
Detective Jon Chance: Don't you miss the city?

• Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)
Gothmog: [sniffs] Fear. Th
e city is rank with it.

7 comments:

Laura said...

I liked the Murphy's law and the quote just after taht one. I also liked the quote from "home alone: lost in new york".
but for me it's also fine if the box of chocolates will stay, it was my idea anyway:)

Anonymous said...

Good work Lilia!

I like the same quotes as Laura:

• Murphy's Law
The first myth of city is that it exists.

• "Angels in America" (2003) (mini)
Roy Cohn: A city! Good! I was worried... it'd be a garden. I hate that shit.

and also this one:

• Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
Claudia: It's time we were on our way. I'm hungry, and the city awaits.

These quotes are all intriguing and provocative, "Forrest Gump" is too sweet maybe.

Madli (I forgot my password :)

Anonymous said...

I like the
"The first myth of city is that it exists"

- panu

kadri said...

I like the Law and Naked City (but I would change it like this:
Narrator: [regular sign off] There are eight million stories in the naked city. This is one of them.)
I dislike Forrest Gump quote a lot, too hollywood.

ines said...

Hi!!!

I like:

-"The first myth of the city is that it exists"
-"FAce it, you are just a little pig in the big city"
-"I'm hungry and the city awaits"
-"Dont you miss the city?"
-"You are a monkey lost in the city. Where would you go?"
-"Can we submerge the city again?"

Sukhdev Kaur said...

Thanks all for posting comments. These are my personal favourites. I guess the murphy's law one is the most successful one, and easy to understand without any context.

• Murphy's Law
The first myth of city is that it exists.
----it has quite many interpretations to it, that is why its good.

• "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969) {How Not to Be Seen (#2.11)}
Second City Gent: Well, I've been in the city for twenty years, and I must admit...I'm lost.
---- this is one of the best i think.. it shows a characteristic of cities..

• "Seinfeld" (1990)
Jerry: Oh, come on, there's a lot of people walking around the city that look like me.
----just because it is seinfeld :)

• "SpongeBob SquarePants" (1999) {The Sponge Who Could Fly (The Lost Episode) (#3.16)}
Old Man Jenkins: I knew no good would come from city folk and their flying machines.

• "Stargate: Atlantis" (2004)
-Col. Steven Caldwell: Can we submerge the city again?
-Dr. Rodney McKay: [sighs] It's a city, not a yo-yo.
----these two go together, and they make a nice little intro, but they are a bit out of context

• Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
Ferdinand: Face it, you're just a little pig in the big city.
---this i like, but i dont like its procedence :)

• Easy Rider (1969)
Stranger on the highway: I'm from the city... Doesn't matter what city; all cities are alike.
---- i like this a lot, because it describes a little bit of cities

• Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
Claudia: It's time we were on our way. I'm hungry, and the city awaits.
----very provocative

• Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)
Gothmog: [sniffs] Fear. The city is rank with it.
---- too "negative"? :)

Anonymous said...

i don't want to interfere with your discussion.. but the Murphy's law is really good :)