Empire Records

Empire Records (1995)

• Mark: Empire Records, open til midnight this is Mark... midnight!

• Lucas: In the immortal words of The Doors , 'The time to hesitate is through.'

• Lucas: I do not regret the things I have done, but those I did not do.

• Lucas: Mitchell's the man, Joe.
  Joe: And the man calls all the shots.
  Lucas: Damn the man.
  Joe: Let me explain it to you: Mitchell's the man, I'm the idiot, you're the screw-up, and we're all losers! Welcome to Music Town.

• Gina: Attention Rex Manning fans! To your left, you will notice a shoplifter being chased by night manager Lucas. This young man will be caught, deep fried in a vat of hot oil and served to our first hundred customers. Just another tasty treat from the gang at Empire Records.

• Gina: Welcome to Music Town, may I service you?

• A.J: Joe, I need to ask your advice. Now I know you know a lot about love and women and all that sort of thing...
  Joe: Oh yeah, my wife left me for another woman and my girlfriend forced me to leave at gunpoint. Does this qualify me?
  A.J: Oh yeah, definitely.

• Lucas: Joe, is it okay if I leave the couch? 'Cause I'm gonna leave the couch now, okay? My ass is falling asleep, so I gotta go. I'm leaving.

• Warren: Who glued these quarters down?
  A.J: I did.
  Warren: What the hell for man?
  A.J: I don't feel that I need to explain my art to you, Warren.

• Mark: Hey, Lucas. I've decided I'm going to start a band.
  Lucas: The first thing you need is a name. Then you'll know what kind of band you've got.
  Mark: Right, right. I was thinking about, um, Marc. How does that sound?
  Lucas: Is that with a 'c' or with a 'k'?
  Mark: Well my name is with a 'k', so I was thinking my band's name could be with a 'c'. That way its kind of that psychedelic, you know, trip thing.
  Lucas: Always mess with their minds.

• A.J: What's with you? Yesterday you were normal and today you're like the Chinese guy from Karate Kid. What's with you today?
  Lucas: What's with today, today?

• Gina: Well Sinead O'Rebellion. Shock me, shock me, shock me with that deviant behaviour.
  Debra: God, that is so clever. I swear you get smarter the shorter your skirt gets.

• Gina: Oh no, Debra, don't be bitter, surely with your ever growing collection of flesh mutilating silver appendages and your brand new neo-nazi boot camp makeover, the boys will come a-runnin'.

• Lucas: The long arm of the law has embraced our dear friend Warren.
• Lucas: Joe, I can categorically say that you are not a bigger banana-head.
• Lucas: Joe, that's not true. It's in Atlantic City ... I swear.
• Lucas: Joe. I think it's going to be OK.

Joe:What makes you think that? Lucas:Who knows where thoughts come from. They just appear ... uh-huh.