77 Paraprosdokian Quotes from Movies (+ Sound Clips)

A selection of paraprosdokian quotes with sound bites from famous or less known movies, as rated by our visitors, accompanied by short MP3 or WAV audio samples.

1 One thing I can promise you, even in this market, is that I never ask my clients to judge me on my winners. I ask them to judge me on my losers because I have so few.

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street

2 But the gourmet in me quivers at the thought of mouse tartar.

John Cleese as Cat R. Waul in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

3 Amateur. Lie down before you hurt yourself.

Nathan Lane as Timon in The Lion King (1994)

4 Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato? Aristotle? Socrates? -Yes. -Morons.

Wallace Shawn as Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987)

5 That was no explosion. That was my papa.

Quote from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

6 A hospital, what is it? -It's a big building with patients. But that's not important right now.

Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack in Airplane (1980)

7 Many people die in fear. I wonder how many die of fear.

Vincent Price as Dr. Warren Chapin in The Tingler (1959)

8 And now I'm eating your boyfriend. See? At least I'm consistent.

Megan Fox as Jennifer Check in Jennifer's Body

9 It's about time that people learn about their failures and my successes.

Maximilian Schell as Dr. Hans Reinhardt in The Black Hole (1979)

10 I am the one they call when things go wrong, and things have indeed gone wrong.

Ving Rhames as Cobra Bubbles in Lilo & Stitch (2002)