Iconic movie lines (4)

Some movie lines leap off the screen and straight into everyday speech, and these eight are proof. In Jerry Maguire (1996), Cuba Gooding Jr.'s football star Rod Tidwell makes agent Jerry (Tom Cruise) shout "Show me the money." down the phone, a demand for cash that people now use whenever they want proof of payment or real value — while in the same film Renée Zellweger's Dorothy silences a long apology with "You had me at hello.", today a warm way to say you were won over instantly. Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry dares an armed criminal with "Go ahead, make my day." in Sudden Impact (1983), a cool challenge that survives as a taunt meaning "try it, I'm ready," and Al Pacino's Michael Corleone offers the strategist's warning "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." in The Godfather Part II (1974), still quoted as advice to watch your rivals up close. Tom Hanks's gruff manager Jimmy Dugan barks "There's no crying in baseball." in A League of Their Own (1992), now a jokey line for "toughen up, no complaining," while Humphrey Bogart's Rick says the tender toast "Here's looking at you, kid." to Ingrid Bergman's Ilsa in Casablanca (1942), a romantic goodbye people still borrow. Heath Ledger's Joker turns the eerie question "Why so serious?" into a chilling catchphrase in The Dark Knight (2008), repeated online to tell someone to lighten up, and young Haley Joel Osment's Cole whispers "I see dead people." to Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense (1999), a chilling secret now used playfully whenever you spot something others miss. Learn the film behind each phrase and you will not just understand the English — you will know exactly when and how to use it.