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Frozen tundras. Roiling seas. Sweltering rainforests. Click on any travel quote below to see it in context and find out where it falls on Shmoop's pretentious scale. We'll give you details on who said it, when they said it, and in some cases, why on earth they thought it was okay to say it.

"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'"

Source: Jeremiah 29:10-14 | Speaker: The Prophet Jeremiah

"All the lonely people, where do they all belong?"

Source: Eleanor Rigby | Speaker: The Beatles

"All you want to do is ride around, Sally."

Source: "Mustang Sally" | Speaker: Wilson Pickett

"And I think it's gonna be a long long time..."

Source: "Rocket Man" | Speaker: Elton John

"As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together."

Source: Journey to the Center of the Earth | Author: Jules Verne

"Baby, we were born to run."

Source: Born to Run | Speaker: Bruce Springsteen

"Be men, or be more than men."

Source: Frankenstein | Author: Mary Shelley

"Beam me up, Scotty."

Source: Star Trek | Speaker: Captain Kirk

"California girls, we're unforgettable."

Source: "California Gurls" | Speaker: Katy Perry

"Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver, and I just threw your stinking palm tree overboard. Now, what's all this crud about no movie tonight?"

Source: Mister Roberts | Speaker: Frank Pulver

"Come with me if you want to live."

Source: The Terminator | Speaker: Kyle Reese

"Don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer…"

Source: "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" | Speaker: Vicki Lawrence

"Don't worry. We can walk to the curb from here."

Source: Annie Hall | Speaker: Alvy Singer

"Get back to where you once belonged!"

Source: Get Back | Speaker: The Beatles

"Go west."

Source: Go West | Speaker: The Village People

"He's leavin'… on that midnight train to Georgia."

Source: Midnight Train to Georgia | Speaker: Gladys Knight and the Pips

"Heigh-ho! Heigh-ho! It's home from work we go!"

Source: Heigh-Ho | Speaker: The Seven Dwarfs

"Hey, where did we go? Days when the rains came..."

Source: "Brown-Eyed Girl" | Speaker: Van Morrison

"Hit the road, Jack."

Source: "Hit the Road Jack" | Speaker: Ray Charles

"Houston, we have a problem."

Source: Apollo 13 | Speaker: Commander Jim Lovell

"I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."

Source: Airplane! | Speaker: Dr. Rumack

"I can't go back to yesterday, because I was a different person then."

Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Author: Lewis Carroll

"I don't think we're in Kansas anymore."

Source: The Wizard of Oz | Speaker: Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland)

"I don't want to move to a city where the only cultural advantage is being able to make a right turn on a red light."

Source: Annie Hall | Speaker: Alvy Singer

"I drove all night to get to you."

Source: I Drove All Night | Speaker: Cyndi Lauper, Roy Orbison

"I feel the need—the need for speed!"

Source: Top Gun | Speaker: Peter "Maverick" Mitchell

"I got a bad feeling about this."

Source: Star Wars | Speaker: Han Solo

"I had a farm in Africa."

Source: Out of Africa | Speaker: Karen Blixen

"I proved once and for all that the limb is mightier than the thumb."

Source: It Happened One Night | Speaker: Ellie Andrews

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good"

Source: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Author: J.K. Rowling

"I'll meet you at the place near the thing where we went that time."

Source: Broadcast News | Speaker: Aaron Altman

"I'll remember you, honey. You're the one that got away."

Source: Hud | Speaker: Hud Bannon

"I'm the king of the world!"

Source: Titanic | Speaker: Jack Dawson

"I'm walkin' here!"

Source: Midnight Cowboy | Speaker: Ratso

"If you build it, they will come."

Source: Field of Dreams | Speaker: Ray Kinsella

"Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops."

Source: Arsenic and Old Lace | Speaker: Mortimer Brewster

"It's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash."

Source: Jumpin' Jack Flash | Speaker: The Rolling Stones

"Jerome's in the house! Watch your mouth!"

Source: Martin | Speaker: Jerome

"Kid, the next time I say, "Let's go someplace like Bolivia," let's go someplace like Bolivia."

Source: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Speaker: Butch Cassidy

"Let's go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over."

Source: Shaun of the Dead | Speaker: Shaun

"Long walks at night—that's what good for the soul"

Source: And the Moon and the Stars and the World | Author: Charles Bukowski

"Miles to go before I sleep."

Source: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening | Author: Robert Frost

"Mr. Christian!"

Source: Mutiny on the Bounty | Speaker: Captain Bligh

"My people hath been lost sheep."

Source: Jeremiah 50:6 | Author: Jeremiah

"Not all those who wander are lost."

Source: The Fellowship of the Ring | Author: J.R.R. Tolkien

"Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything."

Source: A Wrinkle in Time | Author: Madeleine L'Engle

"O Captain! my Captain!"

Source: O Captain! My Captain! | Author: Walt Whitman

"Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most human."

Source: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Speaker: James Kirk

"Oh, the things you can find if you don't stay behind!"

Source: On Beyond Zebra! | Author: Dr. Seuss

"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads."

Source: Back to the Future | Speaker: Dr. Emmett Brown

"Rollin' on the river"

Source: "Proud Mary" | Speaker: John Fogerty

"Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning."

Source: Peter Pan | Speaker: Peter Pan

"So, goodbye, yellow brick road."

Source: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" | Speaker: Elton John

"Somewhere over the rainbow."

Source: The Wizard of Oz | Speaker: Dorothy Gale

"Space, the final frontier."

Source: Star Trek | Speaker: Narrator

"Sweet dreams are made of this."

Source: "Sweet Dreams" | Speaker: The Eurythmics

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

Source: First Moon Landing | Speaker: Neil Armstrong

"The seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake."

Source: The Little Mermaid | Speaker: Sebastian

"There is a place where the sidewalk ends."

Source: Where the Sidewalk Ends | Author: Shel Silverstein

"There is no Frigate like a Book"

Source: There is no Frigate like a Book | Author: Emily Dickinson

"They call it a Royale with Cheese."

Source: Pulp Fiction | Speaker: Vincent Vega

"To infinity and beyond!"

Source: Toy Story | Speaker: Buzz Lightyear

"Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink."

Source: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"We all go a little mad sometimes."

Source: Psycho | Speaker: Norman Bates

"we are all trapped by a singular fate"

Source: Alone with Everybody | Author: Charles Bukowski

"We don't need another hero"

Source: "We Don't Need Another Hero" | Speaker: Tina Turner

"We're on a mission from God."

Source: The Blues Brothers | Speaker: Elwood Blues

"Wild horses couldn't drag me away."

Source: Wild Horses | Speaker: The Rolling Stones

"Yo ho! Yo ho! A pirate's life for me! We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot!"

Source: Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) | Speaker: Pirates

"You are from New York; therefore, you are just naturally interesting."

Source: Girls | Speaker: Hannah Horvath