533 Simile Quotes from Movies (+ Sound Clips) - page 27

Updated: Jun 12, 2026

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

261 Ha. I don't know. Maybe whiskey's as much a part of our life as war.

Humphrey Bogart as Major Jed Webbe in Battle Circus (1953)

262 Black beard, little hard black eyes and a pair of arms that - I tell you, those arms were as big around as my legs.

Vincent Price as Jean in Three Skeleton Key (Escape)

263 How do you expect anything to go out of it's way to have a go at you? Look at you, sitting there like a bag of nutty slack.

Harry H. Corbett as Sergeant Sidney Bung in Carry On Screaming!

264 In a way, it's like an old king stepping down, and a new one taking his place.

Red Skelton as Father Time in Rudolph's Shiny New Year

265 He's more like a well-mannered shark.

Quote from Ocean's 11 (1960)

266 Funny thing about marriage. It's like being in the army. Everybody knocks it, but you'd be surprised how many guys reenlist.

Jack Lemmon as Harry Hinkle in The Fortune Cookie (1966)

267 Buddy boy, I never could see nothing special about no oysters. It's like eating a clammy handshake.

Frank Sinatra as Rocky Fortune in Rocky Fortune

268 Even in my weak condition, I can appreciate that she's got more curves than the Jersey Turnpike.

Frank Sinatra as Rocky Fortune in Rocky Fortune

269 You told me I was strong as an ox. -Well, even an ox dies.

John Wayne as J.B. Books; James Stewart as Dr. Hostetler in The Shootist

270 Husbands should be like Kleenex: soft, strong, and disposable.

Lesley Ann Warren as Miss Scarlet in Clue (1985)