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1980 – 1989
Showing 532 quotes from the 1980s
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back · 1980
No. Try not. Do...or do not. There is no try.
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back · 1980
The Karate Kid · 1984
Sudden Impact · 1983
Lethal Weapon · 1987
Hello. My name is Iñigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
The Princess Bride · 1987
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.
First Inaugural Address of Ronald Reagan · 1981
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial · 1982
A Christmas Story · 1983
Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West · 1985
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off · 1986
When Harry Met Sally... · 1989
Wall Street · 1987
The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony · 1988
The Shining · 1980
Address to Democratic National Convention, 1988 · 1984
There is only one question which really matters: why do bad things happen to good people?
When Bad Things Happen to Good People · 1981
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten · 1988
Do the Right Thing · 1989
Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son.
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back · 1980
When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good you will not.
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi · 1983
1988 Republican convention speech · 1988