Some more quotes from the Nicolas Cage oeuvre, including three from his finest work of all:
"I'm gonna steal it. I'm gonna steal the Declaration of Independence." -- National Treasure
"[Gazing at the Declaration, suddenly going into 8th-grade civics mode.] Of all the ideas that became the United States, there's a line here that's at the heart of all the others. 'But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and provide new Guards for their future security.' [Pregnant, wistful pause.] People don't talk like that anymore." -- ibid
"I ... I just really thought I was gonna find the treasure." -- ibid
(After you hear grown men say the word "treasure" with a straight face about two dozen times, the word becomes hilarious in itself. There is also the beaut of a line under my picture to the left, spoken by Jon Voight.)
"You'll all be guilty! And you're doing it for nothing! Killing me won't bring back your GOD-DAMN honey!" -- The Wicker Man 2000
"What did you expect? A monster? [Puts on nerdy glasses.]" -- the unmasked creepy S&M killer from 8mm, who turns out to be -- gasp! -- just a normal-lookin' dude!
(Apologies if any of these have been mentioned before.)
