While reading another blog post at The CinemATTIC I realised that not only did that list have too few Arnold quotes, but also that Arnold could easily have all the spots in a top 20. But let’s not get carried away and pick just the top ten one liners that have come from this great action hero over the years.
- 10. “Run! Go! Get to the chopper.” from Predator. You really have to see this on video to understand why it’s so great.
- 9. “Let off some steam, Bennet.” from Commando, after tearing a piece of piping from the wall and throwing it through the bad guy, Bennet, and into a steam vent.
- 8. “So you cooked up a bullshit story and droped the rest of us in the MEATGRINDA!” from Predator. Another timeless piece of acting by Arnold.
- 7. “Well I hope you left enough room for my fist because I’m going to ram it into your stomach and break your goddamn spine!” from The Running Man. See above for reason.
- 6. “You’re luggage!” to a dead alligator from Eraser. Funny scene, witty one liner, something that Arnold is extraordinarily good at.
- 5. “I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle.” from Terminator 2. Quite a bit similar to the one from the first Terminator, but there he only demanded a motorcycle.
- 4. “Hey Benny, SCREW YOU!” while he thrusts a mining drill through the cabin in which Benny is sitting. From Total Recall. Doesn’t get any cornier than this really, but still a great laugh.
- 3. “You’re a funny guy Sully, I like you. I’ll kill you last!” another one from Commando. This one liner is then later followed by: “Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last?”, “That’s right, Matrix. You did.”, to which Arnold just cooly replies with “I lied.” and drops Sully over a cliff.
- 2. “I’ll be back.” from Terminator. No Arnie quote list would be complete without having this one.
- 1. “Who is your daddy, and what does he do?” from Kindergarten Cop. I’m willing to bet that you weren’t expecting this one to be the number one. But everytime I hear him say that line, be it while watching the movie, or just an mp3, or even on one of his countless soundboards, it just cracks me up.
So there you go. My top ten favourite one liners from Arnie. I’m sure that I’ve probably missed quite a few, because this guy is a living and walking book of great action hero one liners.
15 replies to “Top 10 Arnold Schwarzenegger One Liners”
Dha -1 said on March 23rd, 2007 at 22:25
Haha this is class. You forgot the other terminator line :). Hehe I am gonna link this.
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yellow said on April 7th, 2007 at 06:08
what about in total recall….when his wife asks him if he’S killed anyone before and he says “yes honey but they were all bad” and when the bad guy asks him if he knows what this is and he says “an espresso machine, no wait…a snow cone maker”
haha…..i wish arnie would come out with a new movie again…..
crazybjörn said on April 7th, 2007 at 09:45
Aye, sadly though he is quite old and out of shape right now. But then again I heard he might be getting a cameo role in some movie, though I doubt that a cameo role will give him a shot a great one liner.
David Corkery said on April 9th, 2007 at 18:07
Hi, your link to the top 10 action heroes is dead, we moved server. Here’s the new one: http://thecinemattic.com/?p=111. Thanks for the support.
crazybjörn said on April 9th, 2007 at 19:14
Thank you for informing me, I have updated the link to the new address :)
8=D said on April 10th, 2007 at 01:39
yellow, the movie you refer to is True Lies. (oYo)
jason keane said on April 14th, 2007 at 13:22
Wow im a cop you idiots….. NUMBER 10 IS FROM PREDATOR NOT COMMANDO… and are you guys serious about that being number one whoever made this list is not truely an arnold fan stupid richard
crazybjörn said on April 14th, 2007 at 14:09
Hmm, just checked and you are correct about number 10, thanks for pointing it out. I have fixed it now :)
As for number one, well I guess you haven’t seen the movie, so you don’t know why it’s funny. And who is richard? Last time I checked there was no one here with that name.
Kevin said on June 27th, 2008 at 21:25
What about “DON’T DISTURB MY FRIEND, HE’S DEAD TIRED”!!! When he broke the guys neck on the airplane in COMMANDO!!! You can’t tell me that wouldn’t even make the top 5.
ray said on July 7th, 2008 at 11:42
What about Stick Around???? Sorry but I’ve seen Kindergarden ccp and dont remember that line…. That shouldnt be number one IMO
Keith said on November 10th, 2008 at 17:00
umm “ITS NOT A TUMAH!” ring any bells? That should have been on the list.
TDog said on November 10th, 2008 at 21:52
pff dead easy Twins with the great Danny Devito How about this one “And too hear the lamentations of dere vimmen” not meant to be a funny line but with his accent it always cracks me up.
P.S The bonus prize for best line in an Arnie movie but not said by him from Kindergarden Cop “On second thoughts take the gun…” in context its feckin classic.
trey20 said on November 11th, 2008 at 02:28
All Arnie fans need to check out this band – Austrian Death Machine – Cd called “Total Brutal”… Death metal songs sung by Arnold, with such standouts as “Get to the choppa” and “It’s not a tuma”
Rob Mud said on February 4th, 2009 at 18:52
Here are my favourites, not just for the content but the delivery. The director of Total Recall (who I can’t pronounce his 2nd name – Vorhaeenan or something) must have told Arnie to put a crazy voice on and in that film I just get cracked up. Predator his best film though, an absolute classic. Me and my mate used to laugh our heads off for years with these quotes, daft but true…..
1) ‘See you at da parrrrdy Richtuuuuurr’ (throws his chopped off arms off the rising elevator, Total Recall, referencing Richter’s punch and comment about the party just before they tried to implant Howser’s brain into Quaid’s body))
2) ‘Coman Cohayigon, you got what you waaant; give dese people eeeaaar’ (Total Recall)
3) ‘You know how I said that I’d kill you last……….. I lied’ (Commando when he’s holding the guy upside down off the cliff)
4) ‘What are you doing… what da fack did I dooo wrang, tell me!!!’ (Total Recall to his work mate after he had the schizoid embolism)
5) ‘Yeeeeyeyeyeyeyeyargggghhh’ (Sharon Stone kicking him in his nuts just after he kills the Doctor with the Pill Total Recall. Arnie’s face is a picture of agony)
6) John Connor: ‘I thought you said you weren’t gonna kill anybody’, Arnie: ‘He’ll live’ (after Arnie shoots security guard in both legs, Terminator 2)
7) Mutant ‘You got a lot of nerve showing your face around here’, Arnie ‘look who’s talking!’ (Arnie with a slick 1 liner to a Mars mutant with a deformed face, Total Recall again)
8) I’m a friend of Sera Könner! I was told that she is here (To the cop in station in Terminator just before —- I’LL BE BACK!!!!)
9) Runner ‘What happened to Buzzsaw?’, Arnie ‘He had 2 tayk a split!’ (Arnie’s description of shoving Buzzsaws chainsaw up his barse!!! The Running Man)
10) Come on die hard fans, lets have some funny and original ones!!!!!