The Princess Bride is the most quoted movie in my family, followed closely by While You Were Sleeping and then Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Of these three classic gems The Princess Bride will win out every time in a viewing war. The movie is celebrating its 25th anniversary today! This fact had me thinking about the multiple life-lessons, especially of the quotable kind that the movie provides. Without further ado…
Life Lessons from The Princess Bride:
- Doggedly pursue your life’s goal – ‘Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.’
- Fight for what you believe in, even if the odds are against you. – ‘Look, are you just fiddling around with me or what?’
- Hold on to Love. – ‘Hear this now: I will always come for you… This is true love – you think this happens every day?’
- Lies are for cowards. – ‘We are men of action, lies do not become us.’
- Have faith in the impossible. – ‘HE DIDN’T FALL? INCONCEIVABLE.’ … ‘You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.’
- Revenge isn’t the answer. – ‘There’s not a lot of money in revenge.’ and ‘ Is very strange. I have been in the revenge business so long, now that it’s over, I don’t know what to do with the rest of my life.’
- Pride comes before the fall. – ‘Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Morons!’
- Life is not always a walk in the park. – ‘Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.’
- Just because no one has, doesn’t mean you can’t. - ‘Nonsense. You’re only
saying that because no one ever has.’
- Rejoice in the small accomplishments. - My brains, his steel, and your strength against sixty men, and you think a little head-jiggle is supposed to make me happy?
- Pain is always a part of love. – ‘You truly love each other and so you might have been truly happy. Not one couple in a century has that chance, no matter what the story books say. And so I think no man in a century will suffer as greatly as you will.’ and ‘His true love is marrying another tonight, so who else has the cause for ultimate suffering?’
- Brevity is the soul of wit. – ‘Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up. Buttercup is marry Humperdink in little less then half an hour so all we have to do is get in, break up the wedding, steal the princess, make our escape, after I kill count Rugen.’
What are your favorite lines?
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First of all… I think we will have to agree to disagree on the viewing war… Seven Brides for Seven Brothers wins out quite a lot as well! Especially if Nick is around! I also think you forgot a few life lessons…
1. Don’t take yourself too seriously! “Fesick are those cliffs ahead? If there are we’ll all be dead! Stop Rhyming I mean it!! Anybody want a peanut?”
2. Don’t fear the things you have no control over and don’t let fear keep you from trying to reach your goals! “Wesley, what about the ROUSs? Rodents of Unusual Size – I don’t think they exist!”
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Happy Anniversary to the Princess Bride! One of my favourite quotes (besides the ROUSs one mentioned by Emily) is….’As yooooooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuu wwwwwwwwwwwwiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssshhhhhhhh’ *tumbling down hill*, ‘ oh my sweet Wesley, what have I done?’ *throws self down hill*
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Love this! I kept picturing a pointy hatted priest saying “Twue Wove” at a wedding last weekend and giggling to myself. Oh well, at least we can amuse ourselves.
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We tried to use that line at my sisters wedding, during the toast and only half the people got it. But those that did were laughing pretty hard. Such greatness.
Mawaige!
I’m at a wedding this weekend, haha.
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I came late to the Princess Bride love-fest, but I fell hard for it. My favourite line? But what else could it ever be?
“As you wish”
And of course “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”
Have homework…must not watch yet…an easier task said than done! Great post
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Hope you managed to stay away from the movie till your homework was done. I am waiting for the weekend.
My all time favorite movie! LOVE IT!
I love this post so much!!!!
How come I have never watched this movie?! It sounds amazing.
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Eva! You have got to get it and watch it ASAP!! It’s a cult classic. Ridiculous but oh, so, great.
There’s so many great lines. A friend of mine has been super moody lately. I told him to stop calling me from “The Pit of Despair”
Here’s some more.
Buttercup: Because you have always been so kind to me, and I won’t be seeing you again since I’m killing myself once we reach the honeymoon suite.
The King: Won’t that be nice. (pats her arm)
Inigo Montoya: I do not mean to pry, but you don’t by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?