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Wondering what happens after the ride off into the sunset? Click on any future 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.

"And now for something completely different."Source: Monty Python's Flying Circus | Speaker: The Announcer

"As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again."Source: Gone with the Wind | Author: Margaret Mitchell

"But you just gotta understand that that’s the way it is and keep on steppin'."Source: The Watsons Go to Birmingham | Author: Christopher Paul Curtis

"Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom."Source: 1896 Letter to Booker T. Washington | Author: George Washington Carver

"Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world."Source: 2003 Speech | Speaker: Nelson Mandela

"Have a vision. Be demanding."Source: It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership | Author: Colin Powell

"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become."Source: Stanford Commencement Speech (2005) | Speaker: Steve Jobs

"Here comes the sun. And I say, it's all right."Source: "Here Comes the Sun" | Author: George Harrison

"I have work, and then I have a dinner thing. And then I am busy, trying to become who I am."Source: Girls | Speaker: Hannah Horvath

"I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules."Source: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Speaker: Jefferson Smith

"I'm the man who's gonna save your lives and all 6 billion people on the planet below. You got a problem with that?"Source: Doctor Who | Speaker: The Tenth Doctor

"If I'm not back in five minutes… just wait longer."Source: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Speaker: Ace Ventura

"If suddenlySource: If You Forget Me | Author: Pablo Neruda
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you."

"In the future everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes."Source: Art exhibit at the Moderna Museet | Author: Andy Warhol

"It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily."Source: Shanghai Express | Speaker: Shanghai Lily

"It's this century. It still does perplex me so."Source: American Horror Story: Coven | Speaker: Delphine LaLaurie

"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads."Source: Back to the Future | Speaker: Dr. Emmett Brown

"Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime."Source: The Phantom of the Opera (1986 Musical) | Speaker: Christine Daae

"Seize the moment. 'Cause tomorrow you might be dead."Source: Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Speaker: Buffy Summers

"The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades"Source: The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades | Speaker: Timbuk 3

"The hardest thing in this world is to live in it."Source: Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Speaker: Buffy Summers

"The trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry."Source: The Trouble with Poetry | Author: Billy Collins

"There's always hope tomorrow will be taco night."Source: Orange Is the New Black | Speaker: Nicky Nichols

"There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind."Source: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater | Author: Kurt Vonnegut

"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."Source: When Harry Met Sally | Speaker: Harry Burns

"With my brains and your looks, we could go places."Source: The Postman Always Rings Twice | Speaker: Frank Chambers

"You think I'm licked. You all think I'm licked. Well, I'm not licked."Source: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Speaker: Jefferson Smith