Sourced and curated.

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

Matthew 7:12 · 60

★ 8.5

Film · Romantic comedy (film) · Comedy drama (film) · Romantic comedy · Comedy drama

Show me the money!

Rod Tidwell

Jerry Maguire · 1996

★ 7.3

TV program · Crime (TV) · Drama (TV) · Crime · Drama

Say my name.

Walter White

Breaking Bad · 2012

★ 7.3

Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Exodus 20:12 · 1405 BC

★ 7.1

Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

Matthew 5:44 · 60

★ 7.1

Thou shalt not steal.

Exodus 20:15 · 1405 BC

★ 7.1

What is hateful to you do not to your neighbor: that is the whole Torah. The rest is commentary.

Hillel the Elder

★ 7.1

You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!

Matthew 7:5 · 60

★ 7.1

Film · Fantasy (film) · Musical (film) · Fantasy · Musical

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz · 1939

★ 7.0

Remember the Alamo!

Sidney Sherman

1836

★ 6.9

Resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Matthew 5:39 · 60

★ 6.3

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God.

Exodus 20:4-6 · 1405 BC

★ 6.2

Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass · 1855

★ 5.5

Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

Matthew 22:21 · 60

★ 5.5

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.

Exodus 20:17 · 1405 BC

★ 5.4

And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

Genesis 22:2

1405 BC

★ 5.4

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Terminate...with extreme prejudice.

Matthew 22:37-39 · 60

★ 5.4

Film · Psychological drama (film) · War (film) · Psychological drama · War

Civilian

Apocalypse Now · 1979

★ 5.4

And the swine…is unclean to you. Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. They are unclean to you.

Leviticus 11:7-8 · 1405 BC

★ 5.3

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

David

1st Chronicles 16:34 · 430 BC

★ 5.3

Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Exodus 3:5 · 1405 BC

★ 4.7

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Put that coffee down! Coffee's for closers only.

Matthew 25:13 · 60

★ 4.7

Film · Drama (film) · Drama

Blake

Glengarry Glen Ross · 1992

★ 4.6

Be still, and know that I am God.

Psalm 46:10

450 BC

★ 4.5

And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."

Genesis 2:16-17

1405 BC

★ 4.5

Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee. And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing. And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 12:1-3

1405 BC

★ 4.5

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.

Take me to bed, or lose me forever.

Exodus 20:7 · 1405 BC

★ 4.0

Film · Action (film) · Drama (film) · Action · Drama

Carole

Top Gun · 1986

★ 4.0

Poem · Newspaper

Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door! Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

Edgar Allan Poe

New York Evening Mirror · 1845

★ 3.9

Novel · Children's literature

Begin at the beginning...and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · 1865

★ 3.9

Essay · Political literature

Always vote.

Walt Whitman

Democratic Vistas · 1871

★ 3.9

Film · Drama (film) · Drama

Get off my lawn!

Walt Kowalski

Gran Torino · 2008

★ 3.9

Leave all things behind, and come unto me for thy salvation. I will make thee free from this bondage of sins. Fear no more.

Bhagavad Gita

200 BC

★ 3.8

But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."

Matthew 19:14 · 60

★ 3.8

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Matthew 6:34 · 60

★ 3.8

You must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

Love her, love her, love her! If she favours you, love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tears your heart to pieces,—and as it gets older and stronger it will tear deeper,—love her, love her, love her!

Acts 20:35 · 62

★ 3.8

Novel · Coming of age story

Charles Dickens

Great Expectations · 1861

★ 3.8

Novel · Modernist literature

Shut your eyes and see.

James Joyce

Ulysses · 1922

★ 3.8

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Exodus 20:14 · 1405 BC

★ 3.7

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

Ecclesiastes 11:1

931 BC

★ 3.7

In every thing give thanks.

1st Thessalonians 5:18 · 51

★ 3.7

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Matthew 28:19-20 · 60

★ 3.7

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Matthew 7:1 · 60

★ 3.7

Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!

John the Baptist

Matthew 3:2 · 60

★ 3.7

Physician, heal thyself.

Luke 4:23 · 61

★ 3.7

Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!

John 2:16 · 90

★ 3.7

Lazarus, come forth.

John 11:43 · 90

★ 3.7

Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees.

Angel

Revelation 7:3 · 90

★ 3.7

Poem

Yes, injured Woman! rise, assert thy right!

Anna Laetitia Barbauld

1825

★ 3.7

Personal journal

Refuse to be an accomplice.

Simone Weil

1933

★ 3.7

Film · Christmas (film) · Comedy (film) · Christmas · Comedy

Keep the change, ya filthy animal!

Johnny

Home Alone · 1990

★ 3.7

Film · Drama (film) · Drama

Because only one thing counts in this life. Get them to sign on the line which is dotted.

Blake

Glengarry Glen Ross · 1992

★ 3.7

Film · Crime comedy (film) · Crime (film) · Crime comedy · Crime

You look down, they know you're lying and up, they know you don't know the truth. Don't use seven words when four will do. Don't shift your weight, look always at your mark but don't stare, be specific but not memorable, be funny but don't make him laugh. He's got to like you then forget you the moment you've left his side.

Rusty Ryan

Ocean's Eleven · 2001

★ 3.7

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Exodus 20:16 · 1405 BC

★ 3.6

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Exodus 20:3 · 1405 BC

★ 3.6

By love serve one another.

Galatians 5:13 · 50

★ 3.6

No one is to seek his own advantage, but rather that of his neighbor.

1st Corinthians 10:24 · 55

★ 3.6

Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.

1st Peter 2:11

★ 3.6

I herewith commission you to carry out all preparations with regard to... A total solution of the Jewish question in those territories of Europe which are under German influence.

Hermann Goring

1941

★ 3.6

Get thee behind me, Satan.

Matthew 16:23 · 60

★ 3.5

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.

Ephesians 5:25

★ 3.5

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

1st Corinthians 10:31 · 55

★ 3.0

Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you.

Luke 6:27 · 61

★ 2.9

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

Matthew 7:6 · 60

★ 2.9

Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more.

Personal journal · Philosophical literature

John 8:11 · 90

★ 2.3

If not becoming, don’t do it. If not true, don’t say it. Let these be your fixed principles.

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations · 180

★ 2.3

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

Colossians 3:20

★ 2.2

Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.

Joshua 1:9 · 1385 BC

★ 2.1

Say not, When I have leisure I will study; perchance thou wilt never have leisure.

Hillel the Elder

★ 2.1

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

Philippians 4:4 · 62

★ 2.1

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Philippians 4:6 · 62

★ 2.1

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Colossians 3:18-19

★ 2.1

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4

★ 2.1

Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

John 14:1 · 90

★ 2.1

Beloved, let us love one another.

1st John 4:7

★ 2.1