Poll: A Whisper Can Become a Roar: Memorable Soft Spoken Lines

Results of 390 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972)

    

   Make him an offer he can't refuse!
2. 2.
   

   Michael Keaton in Batman (1989)

    

   I'm Batman!
3. 3.
   

   Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense (1999)

    

   I see Dead People!
4. 4.
   

   Clint Eastwood in Sudden Impact (1983)

    

   Go ahead, make my day!
5. 5.
   

   Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator (1984)

    

   I'll be back!
6. 6.
   

   Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

    

   A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti!
7. 7.
   

   Orson Welles in Citizen Kane (1941)

    

   Rosebud!
8. 8.
   

   Douglas Rain in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    

   I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it!
9. 9.
   

   Bruce Willis in Die Hard (1988)

    

   Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs...!
10. 10.
    

    Keanu Reeves in The Matrix (1999)

     

    My name is Neo!
11. 11.
    

    Tina Fey in Soul (2020)

     

    Don't worry, they're fine. You can't crush a soul here. That's what life on Earth is for!
12. 12.
    

    "She Done Him Wrong" Mae West 1933 Paramount

     

    Why don’t you come up sometime and see me!
13. 13.
    

    Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch (1955)

     

    When it gets hot like this, you know what I do? I keep my undies in the icebox!
14. 14.
    

    James Mason and Martin Landau in North by Northwest (1959)

     

    James Mason as Phillip VanDamm: Has anyone ever told you that you overplay your various roles rather severely, Mr. Kaplan?
15. 15.
    

    Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon (1973)

     

    Boards don't hit back!
16. 16.
    

    Robert Englund in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

     

    Come to Freddy!
17. 17.
    

    Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre in The Maltese Falcon (1941)

     

    Peter Lorre as Joel Cairo: Might I remind you, Mr. Spade, that you may have the falcon, but we certainly have you!
18. 18.
    

    Anthony Perkins in Psycho (1960)

     

    Oh, we have 12 vacancies. 12 cabins, 12 vacancies.
19. 19.
    

    Sandra Bullock and Sylvester Stallone in Demolition Man (1993)

     

    Look, I don't know if you guys know it, but uh... you're out of toilet paper!
20. 20.
    

    Christopher Walken in A View to a Kill (1985)

     

    Intuitive improvisation is the secret of genius!
21. 21.
    

    John Hurt in Contact (1997)

     

    They still want an American to go, Doctor. Wanna take a ride?
22. 22.
    

    Morgan Freeman in Bruce Almighty (2003)

     

    I'm the one. The Divine Being. Alpha and Omega!