The Most Famous Quotes from Casablanca

[Danjuma13]

Someone forgot this was a war movie. "It's December 1941 in Casablanca. What time is it in New York?"

[kpotassium]

You despise me, don't you.

[hamasger]

Nice job

[420Rokn]

I'm SHOCKED to learn that gambling is going on here!

Here's your winnings sir..

Oh thank you vm!!

Classic XD

[wideawake123]

"...You played it for her, now play it for me...if she can take it, so can I."

[steflondon88]

what about heres looking at you kid

[steflondon88]

Why did I think she said, Play it "again" Sam..

[Mrjulicaro]

@steflondon88 ive been saying play it again sam for all these years

[ikarikid]

Too bad "You played it for her, you can play it for me. If she can stand it, I can!  Play it!" isn't as famous as the misquote.

[NicholasGeschke]

"Here's looking at you, kid."

"I'm no good at bein' noble, but I can tell you the problems of three people don't amount to a pile of beans in this crazy world anymore Ilsa. If that plane leaves and you're not on it, you'll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow but soon and for the rest of your life."

"We'll always have Paris."

Rest in peace, Humphrey Boggart.

[StJimmyequalsFreedom]

yOu forgot, the one he says at the end to the girl when she goes on the plane.

[KngFish]

"I like to think you killed a man, it's the romantic in me."

[tuxguys]

@KngFish

Often overlooked, and it shouldn't be.

Claude Rains steals every scene he's in.

[gshowguy]

What about "We'll always have Paris"? :-?

[mubseysmile]

You have to think for both of us. For all of us.

[eeeewd33]

uhh where is "we'll always have paris"

[sclogse1]

After Bogie has his big night of realization with Ingrid, he steps outside to his little balcony, and the beam of the lighthouse travels across his face.

He sees the light.

Nobody talks about this moment. It happens again in North by Northwest near the end of the film when cary grant realizes that eva marie saint is really a spy and in serious danger...Hitchcock hits him hard with the beams of the car headlights jsut at that moment. Nobody talks about that either.

[BogieFan27]

Humphrey Bogart's son runs a pretty great Facebook page. Bogie fans may want to check out HumphreyBogartEstate on Facebook.

[mscinematic40]

@tuxguys: sounds like an easy thing to do, but with a class of a much lower maturity and narrow minds, it's kind of hard! I love Arsenic & Old Lace, but depending , it may give the wrong impression to them of the OLDIES' significance if they don't get the 'humor and therefore find it "boring." But some take it as a blow-off class, so if they really aren't into movies or anything anyway, I can't make them like anything. But I get what you're saying.

[tuxguys]

@mscinematic40

I just saw your response, sorry it took so long.

IMO Cary Grant in "Arsenic" brings the same manic intensity that John Cleese does in"Fawlty Towers." Maybe your class could watch an episode or two of that before starting in on "Arsenic."

(Actually, "Fawlty" would be great for a theater class as well: Each episode is a one-act comedies, performed live in front of an audience.)

[RoadsideWildflower9]

Maybe not today maybe not tomorrow but soon and for the rest of your life

[mplungjan]

You played it for her, you can play it for me!

[amanrach]

They got a lucky break....Yesterday they were just two German clerks....Today they're the honored dead!

[hany05231]

I love this part

[helpwantedfilms]

you forgot the most important one!!!!

"we'll always have paris"

[lizclegg]

@helpwantedfilms Yes, but "we'll always have paris" is a really naff line so I'm glad it wasn't included.

[AJ627]

The final one's my favorite

[blinket4evuh]

it makes me sad in my high school film class when kids freak out when they see a black and white movie be shown, and don't even give it a chance.

[bigbonedandfey]

@blinket4evuh This fills my soul with utter despair. I don't understand why some people think that black and white equals boring. It's so strange to me. Is color really that exciting?

[docsavage98]

I don't mind a parasite. It's a cut rate one I object to.

[pachuca326]

heres looking at you, kid?????

[TheGinger48]

"You despise me don't you?

If I thought about you I probably would."

"Major, there are certain parts of New York I'd advise you to stay out of."

"Excuse me gentlemen: your business is politics, mine is running a saloon."

"He's like any other man, only more so."

"I don't trade human beings."

[tunapup1]

Nice mix of quotes, but I think you should have included "Maybe not today and maybe not tomorrow but soon and for the trest of your life" and "We'll always have Paris."

[AHPRvideo]

Yes! That's a great one. Great. Fantastic movie.

[pipewatcher]

...the Germans wore greyt, you wore blue...

[TristanandIsolt]

I love this post. Get many of the best quotes from Casablanca in under a minute.

[SamECircle]

I'm going to use this in a history project for school, if that's ok with you. The project will not be filmed. Please reply if there's any problem!

[xRIPNFx]

I always thought the "maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life" was considered a popular quote as well. That and the "Here's looking at you, kid" are my two favorite lines in the movie.

[MrDanoconnor]

Every time I watch this movie I come away with another great Line to Quote...Best Writing and Cast EVER in a Film......but then again..

"I Stick My Neck Out For Noone."

[JackKlompus13]

"Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

I think that is the best line in the movie.

[jotamano]

Rick: I have a gun, pointed at your heart

Louis: That's my least vulnerable spot!

Louis is best character!

[yajgrebnenork]

The Germans wore grey. You wore blue.

[Ellieways]

I love the first quote, it's spectacular.

[S13AR10AFan]

You should've just included the whole movie.

[outskut]

You missed two major ones that I can think of, kindof a compound one, "We'll always have Paris." and the rest of the speech from just before Lisa takes off in the plane...

[geni3x]

@outskut I agree with "We'll always have Paris"

[hermanoguzman]

alot of these famous lines were last minute add in's because the people making the film had a hard time finding an ending to the film.

[TheRaitch]

oh the memories come flooding back , i loved this film as a child , i think i must try and find the whole film and watch it ....thanks for sharing

[lollipopkinz101]

I'm only 14 and I am so in the minority it's sad. It's odd, neither of my parents are classic film buffs, I've developed this alone. I first saw this movie when I was 12 and have loved it ever since. By far so much better than any movie I have ever seen in the theaters.

[chocolatefairydust]

funny i never knew those quotes came from casablanca...

[bateriadepetaluma]

I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that.

[TotexDennys]

0:21 4TW

[milliewilcox]

Berkley is not the worlds most famous music school

[tuxguys]

@milliewilcox Two responses:

1.)  Sure it is, just ask them;

2.) I didn't mention it by name, and you knew immediately the school I meant, yes? I rest my case.

(And for the record, it's spelled "Berklee.")

[behold888]

@tuxguys when I thought of the world's most famous music school, i thought juilliard. then you mentioned boston, and i thought NEC.

[tuxguys]

@behold888Both honest mistakes. The World's Most Famous Music School, located in Boston, is much more famous the further away from Boston you get.I believe you,yourself are in CT...starting at about the Allegheny River, and proceeding westward, or at The Thames, and proceeding eastward, the reputation and celebrity of Berklee begins to increase exponentially. It explains why we have so many astonishing foreign students including those from China, Taiwan, South Korea, and most especially, Japan.

[behold888]

@tuxguys I'm in Ct, but I went to NEC, so I know the scene well. Berklee is most famous in popular music circles. my first thoughts of Juilliard and NEC came from my classical background. I still think that Juilliard is the most famous, considering its reputation. If someone asks, "What's the best music school in the country/world?" Juilliard instantly comes to mind, even if it's not the best. It is a centerpiece of one of the largest cities in the world for entertainment. Makes sense, really.

[tuxguys]

@behold888

Actually, you just proved my point. Your from the area. Get out of the area, and Berklee's reputation jumps. And as to Juilliard being the "centerpiece," etc.:

James Lipton, no less, told an audience of his NY acting students during the Matt Damon/Actors Studio episode something like (paraphrasing), "There is more arts activity per square mile in Boston/Cambridge than anywhere in the world, including New York."

[deltad2]

Captain Renault: Why Are You in Casablanca?

Rick: I Came for the Waters

Captain Renault: Waters? There are no waters in Casablanca.

Rick: I must have been misinformed.

[Apink420]

this was a very famous movie

[blkchk]

@Apink420 Still is.

[lilmizpinkbubblegum]

Wait, what about "we'll always have Paris".

[jryoung42480]

"What nationality are you?"

"I'm a drunkard"

[sandman2425]

You forgot the funniest line in the entire movie: "Let me tell you, when it comes to women, you're a democrate"

[MiramichierA1]

And it IS still the same old story, isn't it?

[raytuenge1]

weres:  you played it for her you can play it for me

[0SatampraZeiros0]

Lol "your winnings sir"

[JessFromMead]

@0SatampraZeiros0 ooooohhh Thank you very much!

[fluffythecat2]

@0SatampraZeiros0

That is truly one of the funniest lines ever!

[ovechkin100]

@0SatampraZeiros0 OH Thank You, Very Much!

[tuxguys]

I teach at the World's Most Famous Music School, in Boston, and every year I find out my students not only are unfamiliar with "As Time Goes By," but that they have no knowledge of this astonishing film; at that time, I announce that there will be an extra-credit question on their final exam regarding "Casablanca." They watch it, under protest: They invariably thank me.

[lennhart]

indeed, tuxguys, Casablanca is very nearly the perfectly constructed screenplay AND the orchestration of characters is both Shakespearean and Jungian. Not a bad combo that!

[tuxguys]

To say nothing of the fact that various aspects of the film, quotes, etc., pervade our very cultural environment. My students are "Shocked! Shocked!" to find out how many lines from the film sound familiar to them when they see it for the first time.

[batrama310]

@tuxguys That's a great way to learn about music. I learned about "As Time Goes By" from a few Looney Tunes as a kid, so it was always in my head, I believe it's used along side the WB logo at the beginning of their films.

[tsukune007]

@tuxguys that's neat. what i think is that most of the kids today can't even name a movie done by hitchock. it's a shame what hollywood has become nothing but remakes of this and that. let's see what old movie can we kill next.

[hbogart57]

@tuxguys Unfortunately, young people these days don't have great knowledge of the classics. They think just because it's a black and white film it's not worth watching. I'm 34 years old and I am so glad I watched this film several years ago. It turned me on to Humphrey Bogart.

[tuxguys]

@hbogart57 You make a great point... some of my kids' friends actually used to tap on the side of our TV, thinking there was something wrong with it because the images were in b&w... my kids, I 'm happy to say, have set them straight.

[csswafford]

@tuxguys im 16 and i love this movie, but then again, i love cinematography, anyone who is a movie guy, loves this movie

[tuxguys]

@csswafford I was about your age the first time I saw this on TV, just after the first wave of the mid-'60's Bogey revival had begun... and I'm glad you're impressed by it. You have a lot of great film-viewing ahead of you.

[jaicmentos]

@csswafford im 17 and just watched it last night on my flight. Ive been meaning to watch it and finally came around to it. beautiful movie, made me teary a few times too.

[blkchk]

@tuxguys Bravo for you. Young people have no idea what true, classic cinema is these days.

[wwwTFwww]

@tuxguys way to go!!!!!

[baghend]

@tuxguys Thanks for what you do- you bring a little poetry and class into their lives, not to mention some inkling that there once was music written and played that had sentiment, beauty, expressions of tenderness, love, regret, loss...all of it. Have they ever heard Tauber, or Richard Crooks, or even Artie Shaw, Goodman, Miller and Dorsey? Not likely. How about movies like Lost Horizon, How Green Was My Valley, or songs by Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Gershwin...? Help them please.

[tuxguys]

@baghend You're very kind to say that...as a college teacher, I have an obligation to my students is to help them to be, or at least want to be, culturally literate: Part of that is because they exist in a culture that has Shakespeare, The Bible, Dickens, Twain, classic films (not incidentally, this one), the American Songbook, etc. as pillars; part of it is to show them that, as musicians, the more they know, the more employable they will be.

[baghend]

@tuxguys well, I know the phone has to be paid at the end of the month, but it has to be more than about a job- all education should be. Otherwise its just vocational training for the mill, not education. Reading, cultivating a healthy skepticism, thinking, hearing contrary opinions, being challenged -being exposed to different and even radical (to some) ideas, beliefs, politics, etc. and encouraging life long learning not just rote or technical skill that are soon obsolete anyway.

[TristanandIsolt]

@tuxguys I love it. Keep it up.

[kvnlmn]

@tuxguys do you teach at berkeley school of music?

[tuxguys]

@kvnlmn I do, indeed, and read the comments above: It's spelled "Berklee."

[mscinematic40]

@tuxguys That's great! If only schools all over the world would do that! Especially theater classes! When we watch movies in class, let's watch GOOD CLASSIC films. Instead of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, or Madagascar 2... we should be continuously introducing the new generation of this type of standard...I'm just a kid, and I complain about this in my mind everyday... haha

[tuxguys]

@mscinematic40

May I humbly suggest: If you think you can do it without jeopardizing your academic standing, don't "complain in your mind;" RESPECTFULLY make such a suggestion to your teacher.

And if it's a "theater" class that shows films, you might suggest movie versions of stage plays, such as both versions of HENRY V (Olivier's and Branagh's), OUR TOWN, or the screamingly funny ARSENIC AND OLD LACE.

[Whofan1000]

@tuxguys Great to hear. I teach Media Literacy (near Boston) and always show "Casablanca" early in the course. Just like your students, mine initially don't expect to like an old, black and white film, but almost all end up liking or often loving it. The character of Rick still has great appeal, as does the humor. I also point out the numerous and subtle ways in which the French anthem, German songs and "As Time Goes By" are used throughout, which music students must especially appreciate!

[someonespadre]

@Whofan1000 Do you explain why the Germans would honor a French document (letters of transit)? This movie is proof the plot doesn't have to make any sense; also think of the Big Sleep.

[DohaRoha]

@someonespadre Isn't that because at some point during the war, the Gernans had invaded France, occupied Paris, and produced "French" documents in German. France was essentially a fifedom of the Nazi fascist kingdom.

[Danjuma13]

@someonespadre There's no such THING as a letter of transit. But actually honoring French documents in Morocco does make sense. "This isn't Germany or occupied France. All you can do is fine him a few thousand francs and give him 30 days. You might as well let him go now." (I wouldn't advise you to be too interested in what happens to M'sieur Lazlo. If you were to be found trying to help him escape . . . ) "What makes you think I'd like to help Lazlo escape?" (1, you bet 10000 francs he'd escape

[movies2films]

we'll always have paris?

[prgwbtd]

Umm....what about the last scene? Half of the movie's famous lines are in Bogart's final speech to Ilsa.

[MasterBlakis]

Yippie!

First Viewer :D