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An informal history of the movies told through some of cinema’s best-loved scenes, from the early days of Hollywood to the present day

Pithy put-downs, hard-boiled snarlings, words of love and regret—they’re all here in this collection of 500 memorable movie quotes, embracing both one-liners (“My name is Pussy Galore”) and slices of snappy dialogue from pictures as diverse as King Kong, Vertigo, The Magnificent Seven, Network, This Is Spinal Tap, Fight Club, Superbad, and Inglourious Basterds. Arranged under such timeless themes as “dreams,” “friends,” “libido,” and “memories,” the quotes juxtapose films and stars from every era and every genre. Throughout the text are feature capsules focusing on themes and stories in the movies from Goldwynisms to Mae West, plus a generous scattering of cinema anecdotes, making the book both a joy to browse and an authoritative reference. Lavishly illustrated, this collection will delight and entertain readers in equal measure, reacquainting them with favorite movies and introducing some forgotten classics.

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3 thoughts on "All the Best Lines: An Informal History of the Movies in Quotes, Notes and Anecdotes"

  1. Kwok Sek Keung says:
    December 5, 2014 at 2:46 am

    A must buy book You love to movies and English Language is incomplete without reading this book.

  2. Erin Britton says:
    December 5, 2014 at 2:32 am

    All the Best Lines All the Best Lines is an exquisitely produced compendium of classic film quotes and pithy anecdotes about showbiz. Many of the quotes are familiar, some are more obscure, but all are just as marvellous to read as they are to view on the big screen. Really though, All the Best Lines is far more than a collection of highly quotable one-liners and set-pieces, it’s really a history of film-making told through segments of famous (and occasionally infamous) dialogue as well as essays highlighting…

  3. Sue Kichenside says:
    December 5, 2014 at 2:17 am

    “The stuff that dreams are made of.” (The Maltese Falcon) Two more great quotes among so many: when Robert Mitchum was asked what he looked for in a script, he replied: “Days off”. 

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