Famous Opening Lines

[77T]

So this thread was inspired by AzPaul's thread "Famous Last Words" - but just the reverse.
This is "Famous Opening Lines".

Whether in a movie, a play, or a book.

Both of mine came from the same book:
Chapter 1
All this happened, more or less.
Chapter 2
Listen: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time.


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[Blansky]

"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...."

[Blansky]

"He was the most extraordinary man I ever knew."

[Blansky]

"The hills are alive with the sound of music."

[Tri-Tip]

Once upon a time...

[RichM]

“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster."

Goodfellas

[HL65]

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…




Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

[Beo3]

I Believe In America.....

Spoken by Bonasera to Don Corleone

The Godfather

[AzPaul]

"This is the city, Los Angeles, California . . . I work here . . . I'm a cop."

[Easy E]

…… Sometimes, there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that's the Dude.

[East Bay Rider]

Call me Ishmael.

[ltmgeller]

Originally Posted by Blansky

"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...."

[INC]

"The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost....for none now live who remember it."

[HHIslander]

Saigon….Shit.

[Blansky]

“Look out, Mr Potatohead….”

Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.

Someone stole his bike.

[samson66]

Originally Posted by RichM

“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster."

Goodfellas

Beat me to it

[samson66]

"Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."

[Ferdelious]

"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold."

[THC]

Where’s Michael ?

[Speedbird-1]

Choose life.
Choose a job.
Choose a career.
Choose a family, Choose a f--king big television.
Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers.
Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance.
Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments.
Choose a starter home.
Choose your friends.
Choose leisure wear and matching luggage.
Choose a three-piece suit on hire purchased in a range of f--king fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the f--k you are on a Sunday morning.
Choose sittin' on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing f--king junk food into your mouth.
Choose rottin' away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, f--ked-up brats that you've spawned to replace yourself.
Choose a future.
Choose life...
But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life.
I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons.
Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?"

[Speedbird-1]

...and, by way of contrast to the above.

“What can you say about a 25-year-old girl who died?
That she was beautiful and brilliant?
That she loved Mozart and Bach, the Beatles, .....and me?”

(cue the music)

[Bazil]

who put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong?

[Bazil]

Charles Dickens, Tale of Two Cities, I love this book ….

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ...”

[Bazil]

One More 1984 ….

“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”

[Speedbird-1]

"Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderley again".....

[HL65]

Originally Posted by HL65

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…




Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

Originally Posted by Bazil

Charles Dickens, Tale of Two Cities, I love this book ….

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ...”

Nice choice!

[Speedbird-1]

An opening line that, always tickled me in,
Jerome K. Jerome's, 1889 novel: 'Three Men in a Boat'

"There were four of us,"