back:

1. Short for backside , the ass or rump . See ass for synonyms.

2. A boyfriend.

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Quotes Containing back:
China Doll Portland (Jean Harlow) to Alan Gaskell (Clark Gable) in China Seas (1935): ''I would have stood and fought back to back with you, but you taught me something I didn''t even know myself. When a woman can love a man right down to her fingertips, she can hate him the same way .''
''I would have stood and fought back to back with you, but you taught me something I didn''t even know myself. When a woman can love a man right down to her fingertips, she can hate him the same way .'' China Doll Portland (Jean Harlow) to Alan Gaskell (Clark Gable) in China Seas (1935)
''I would have stood and fought back to back with you, but you taught me something I didn''t even know myself. When a woman can love a man right down to her fingertips, she can hate him the same way .'' China Doll Portland (Jean Harlow) to Alan Gaskell (Clark Gable) in China Seas (1935)
''I would have stood and fought back to back with you, but you taught me something I didn''t even know myself. When a woman can love a man right down to her fingertips, she can hate him the same way .'' China Doll Portland (Jean Harlow) to Alan Gaskell (Clark Gable) in China Seas (1935)
Huey Walker (Dennis Hopper) about a busty redhead in Flashback (1989): ''She looks like she was shot in the back by a pair of Cruise missiles. ''
Thornton Melon (Rodney Dangerfield) in Back to School (1986): ''The best thing about kids is making them.''
Bob Smiley (Ronny Cox) to MacArthur Stern (Gene Hackman) in Loose Cannons (1990): ''You?d better back off quick , Mister, or I?ll have your nuts in a Cuisinar.''
Bruce Rodgers. The Queens'' Vernacular (1972): ''Let''s play-dump-truck - you back up and I''ll put the load in.''
Bette Midler monologue: ''- Darling, you''ve got no tits and a tight box . - Herbie, get-off my back .''
Thornton Melon (Rodney Dangerfield) in Back to School (1986): ''The best thing about kids is making them.''
Harry Smith (Humphrey Bogart) in Sirocco (1951): ''It''s a great life . You go around in a circle and come back to the beginning.''
Bob Smiley (Ronny Cox) to MacArthur Stern (Gene Hackman) in Loose Cannons (1990): ''You''d better back off quick , Mister, or I''ll have your nuts in a Cuisinar.''
Billy the Kid (Jack Beutel) speaking of Rio MacDonald (Jane Russell) in The Outlaw (1943):'I wouldn't come back two inches to get her.'
Producer-director Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore) about stage star Lily Garland/Mildred Plotka (Carole Lombard) in Twentieth Century (1934): 'I wouldn't take that woman back if she and I were the last people in the world ... and the future of the human race depended on it .'
Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) and Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) in Pretty Woman (1990): - Edward: 'So, what happens after he climbs the tower and rescues her?' - Vivian:'She rescues him right back!'
Diana (Demi Moore) in Indecent Proposal (1993): 'If you ever want something badly, let it go. If it comes back to you, then it's yours forever. If it doesn't, then it was never yours to begin with.'
Manicurist ValDale (Geena Davis) is willing to forgive her fianc Doctor Ted Gallagher (Charles Rocket) for having one last fling if he agrees to lay off nurses in Earth Girls are Easy (1989): 'A relationship is like a porcelain nail , Ted. You can break it and you can glue it back together but it's not going to be as strong as it was unless the person is really committed and not bringing home nurses.'
Luna Schlosser (Diane Keaton) to Miles Monroe (Woody Allen), a man frozen in the year 1973 and brought back to life in the year 2173; now he wants to have a relationship with her in Sleeper (1973): 'But Miles, relationships between men and women don't last. That was proven by science. You see , there's a chemical in our bodies that makes it so. We all get-on each others nerves sooner or later.'
Una (Lauren Tom) about her superstitious China-born mother in The Joy Luck Club (1993):''So my mom sees this miror at the foot of our bed and she says: Aie-ya! A mirror is bad luck. All the romance will hit the mirror, pooom, go back the opposite direction.''
Paul (John Travolta) and Sarah (Madeleine Stowe) in The General''s Daughter (1999): - Paul: ''Bunch of creeps willing to risk it all-for a-piece-of-patch .'' - Sarah: ''A piece of patch?!'' - Paul: ''Sorry, darling . I just got back to The Basin. It dredges up all my alpha male behavior.''
Paul (John Travolta) and Sarah (Madeleine Stowe) in The General''s Daughter (1999): - Paul: ''Bunch of creeps willing to risk it all-for a-piece-of-patch .'' - Sarah: ''A piece of patch?!'' - Paul: ''Sorry, darling . I just got back to The Basin. It dredges up all my alpha male behavior.''
John Scott (John Wayne) about Kansas Charly''s (Edward Chandler) baldness in The Desert Trail (1935): ''That''s the first forehead I ever saw that ran clear to the back of the neck .''
John Scott (John Wayne) about Kansas Charly''s (Edward Chandler) baldness in The Desert Trail (1935): ''That''s the first forehead I ever saw that ran clear to the back of the neck .''
Leo Schneider (Joseph Bologna) in Chapter Two (1979): 'The problem with marriage is that it's relentless. Every morning when you wake up it's still there. If I could just get a leave of absence once in a while. I used to get them all the time in the army. I always came back .'
Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) in Bull Durham (1988): ''I believe in the soul, the cock , the pussy , the small of a woman''s back , the hanging curveball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent over-rated crap . I believe that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe they''re ought to be a Constitutional Amendment outlawing astro turf in the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot , soft core pornography , open your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet-kisses that last three days.''
Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) in Bull Durham (1988): ''I believe in the soul, the cock , the pussy , the small of a woman''s back , the hanging curveball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent over-rated crap . I believe that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe they''re ought to be a Constitutional Amendment outlawing astro turf in the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot , soft core pornography , open your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet-kisses that last three days.''
Grifter Myra Langtry (Annette Bening) to Roy Dillon (John Cusack) in The Grifters (1990): ''I had ten good years with Cole and I want them back . I gotta have a partner . I looked and I looked and believe me, brother , I kissed a lot of fucking frogs and you''re my prince.''
Val (Wendy Barrie) and Simon Templar (George Sanders) in The Saint Strikes Back (1939) - Val: ''I dislike you intensely.'' - Saint: ''Oh, no , you don''t. You''re really very fond-of me.'' - Val: ''Why should I be fond you you?'' - Saint: ''Tell me and you''ll answer the riddle of the world . My dear Val, that''s what has made history, literature, and even chemistry . A man and a woman .''
''Easy now! Easy now! Is this a courting or a donnybrook? Have the good manners not to hit the man until he''s your husband and able to hit you back .'' Michaelen Flynn (Barry Fitzgerald), the matchmaker, to Mary Kate Danaher (Maureen O''Hara) and Sean Thornton (John Wayne) in The Quiet Man (1952)
Hunk, the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger) and Dorothy (Judy Garland) in Wizard of Oz (1939): - Hunk: ''What have you learned, Dorothy?'' - Dorothy:''Well, I think that it wasn''t enough just to want to see Uncle Henry and Aunnie Em and that if I ever go looking for my heart''s desire again, I won''t look any further than my own back-yard , because if it isn''t there, I never really lost it to begin with.''
From Encyclopedia of Graffiti by Robert Reisner & Lorraine Wechsler (1974): - ''Cure virgnity.'' - ''Carry me back to Old Virginity.'' - ''I''m a virgin , but I''m on the verge .'' - ''Help stamp out hymens. ''
Thornton Melon (Rodney Dangerfield) in Back to School (1986): ''It''s a jungle out there. You''ve got to look out for number-one ... but don''t step in number-two .''
Lt. Catherine Gates (Ann Sheridan) to Capt. Henri Rochard (Cary Grant) in I Was a Male War Bride (1949): ''I may as well warn you, bubble-mouth, that I''m going to carry a revolver and a trench knife and if you so much as lay a finger on me this trip , you''re going back to France minus a lot of parts you probably value.''
Cardinal Richelieu (Tim Curry) and Milady de Winter (Rebecca De Mornay) who is twisting a dagger into his groin in The Three Musketeers(1993): - Cardinal Richelieu: ''Milady, a snap of my fingers and you could be back on-the-block where I found you.'' - Milady de Winter: ''And with a flick of my wrist I could change your religion.''
Don Juan (Johnny Depp) describes his love for Dona Ana (Geraldine Paililas) in Don-Juan DeMarco (1994): ''There are those who do not believe that a single soul born in heaven can split into twin spirits and shoot like falling stars to earth where over oceans and continents their magnetic forces will finally unite them back into one. But how else to explain love at first sight?''
Tenny/Tennyson (E.E. Clive) to Phyllis Clavering (Louise Campbell) in Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937): ''Love at first sight is rather like a mule, Miss Clavering. It kicks backward.''
Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) and his new suicidal partner Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) in Lethal Weapon (1987): - Roger:''God hates me. That''s what it is.'' - Martin: ''Hate Him back . Works for me.''
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) to Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamil) in The Empire Strikes Back (1980): ''Luke! Don''t give in to hate. That leads to the dark side.''
Val (Wendy Barrie) and Simon Templar (George Sanders) in The Saint Strikes Back (1939) - Val: ''I dislike you intensely.'' - Saint: ''Oh, no , you don''t. You''re really very fond-of me.'' - Val: ''Why should I be fond you you?'' - Saint: ''Tell me and you''ll answer the riddle of the world . My dear Val, that''s what has made history, literature, and even chemistry . A man and a woman .''
Birdie (Sandra Bullock) in Hope Floats (1998): ''People fall in-love . They fall right back out . It happens all the time.''
Ellis (Dan Aykroyd) and Mac (Gene Hackman) in Loose Cannons (1990): - Ellis Fielding: '' S & M club? Like sadism and masochism?'' - MacArthur Stern: ''Yeah, you know , you scratch my back , I''ll scratch yours, only real hard.''
Garth Algar (Dana Carvey) and Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers) in Wayne's World (1992): - Garth: 'Wayne, what do you do if every time you see this one incredible woman you think you're going to hurl?' - Wayne: 'I say hurl . If you blow-chunks and she comes back , she's yours. If you spew and she bolts, it was never meant to be.'
Harris B . Telemaker (Steve Martin) and SanDeE (Sarah Jessica Parker) coming-out of the Colonic Institute in L.A. Story (1991): - SanDeE: ''So, What do you think?'' - Harris: ''I think it was a total wash out .'' - SanDeE: ''Good! It really clears your head .'' - Harris: ''Head?! Head?! You should go back in there and tell them they''re doing-it wrong. Well, it was a great lunch and enema .''
Henry Davenport (David Swift) and Joy Merryweather (Susannah Doyle) in Drop the Dead Dorkey (1990): - Henry: ''Last week I took this actress back to my flat. She had five orgasms!'' - Joy: ''Oh, she must be a bloody good actress!''
Val (Wendy Barrie) and Simon Templar (George Sanders) in The Saint Strikes Back (1939) - Val Morton: ''I dislike you intensely.'' - The Saint: ''Oh, no , you don''t. You''re really very fond-of me.'' - Val Morton: ''Why should I be fond you you?'' - The Saint: ''Tell me and you''ll answer the riddle of the world . My dear Val, that''s what has made history, literature, and even chemistry . A man and a woman .''
Thornton Melon (Rodney Dangerfield) in Back to School (1986): ''It''s a jungle out there. You''ve got to look out for number-one ... but don''t step in number-two .''
Henry Davenport (David Swift) and Joy Merryweather (Susannah Doyle) in Drop the Dead Dorkey (1990): - Henry: 'Last week I took this actress back to my flat. She had five orgasms!' - Joy: 'Oh, she must be a bloody good actress!'
Henry Davenport (David Swift) and Joy Merryweather (Susannah Doyle) in Drop the Dead Dorkey (1990): - Henry: ''Last week I took this actress back to my flat. She had five orgasms!'' - Joy: ''Oh, she must be a bloody good actress!''
Dick Pepper (Gig Young) explaining to his Augie Pool (Richard Widmark) the the guilt of the philandering husband in The Tunnel of Love (1958): - Dick: ''Every time it''s over I have a terrific sense of guilt.'' - Augie: ''Oh, but you wait until it''s over, hum?'' - Dick: ''Sure. I feel I deserve this guilt. When I don''t have it I''m uncomfortable so I try to recapture the guilt by chasing around.'' - Augia: ''So why do you keep chasing around then if it''s that much trouble?'' - Dick: ''I''ve got to get back to that feeling of guilt. (...) I have to suffer for chasing around.''
William Parish (Anthony Hopkins) to Joe Black (Brad Pitt) in Meet Joe Black (1999): 'Love is passion . Obsession. Someone you can't live without. Someone you fall head over heels for. Find someone you can love like crazy, and will love you the same way back . Listen to your heart . No sense in life without this. To make the journey without falling deeply in-love , you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try, because if you haven't tried , then you haven't lived.'
Taylor (Mark Harmon) and Veronica (Madeleine Stowe) in Worth Winning (1989): - Taylor: ''Veronica, it is not real life , it is a fairy tale. Come on! Did you ever read The Frog Prince? In that one he''s staying a frog until she kisses him and brings him back to life .'' - Veronica : ''Yeah, well I kissed a lot of frogs and I haven''t met a prince yet.'' - Taylor: ''You''re kissing the wrong frogs. It''s hard to find the right person. It''s a search, a process. I don''t think it''s supposed to be easy.'' -Veronica: ''You know , some say you have to kiss a frog twice.''
Sung by Eric Idle in Monty Python. The Meaning of Life (1983): ''Isn''t it awfully nice to have a penis / Isn''t it frightfully good to have-it-on / It''s swell to have a stiffy / It''s divine to own a dick / From the tiniest little tadger to the world''s biggest prick / So, three cheers for your Willy or John-Thomas / Hooray for your one-eyed-trouser-snake / Your piece of pork , your wife''s best-friend , your passing or your cock / You can wrap it up in ribbons, you can stuff it in your sock / But don''t take-it out in public or they''ll stick you in the dock and you won''t come back .''
Sung by Eric Idle in Monty Python. The Meaning of Life (1983): ''Isn''t it awfully nice to have a penis / Isn''t it frightfully good to have-it-on / It''s swell to have a stiffy / It''s divine to own a dick / From the tiniest little tadger to the world''s biggest prick / So, three cheers for your Willy or John-Thomas / Hooray for your one-eyed-trouser-snake / Your piece of pork , your wife''s best-friend , your passing or your cock / You can wrap it up in ribbons, you can stuff it in your sock / But don''t take-it out in public or they''ll stick you in the dock and you won''t come back .''
''You know , there''s nothing I like better than to meet a high-class mama that can snap back at you. Because the colder they are the hotter they get . That''s what I always say. Yes Sir! When a cold mama gets hot , boy! how she sizzles (...) Believe me sister, I could go-for you in a big way .'' Oscar ''One-On-The-Side'' Shapely (Roscoe Karns) to Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert) in It Happened One Night (1934)
Sung by Eric Idle in Monty Python. The Meaning of Life (1983): ''Isn''t it awfully nice to have a penis / Isn''t it frightfully good to have-it-on / It''s swell to have a stiffy / It''s divine to own a dick / From the tiniest little tadger to the world''s biggest prick / So, three cheers for your Willy or John-Thomas / Hooray for your one-eyed-trouser-snake / Your piece of pork , your wife''s best-friend , your passing or your cock / You can wrap it up in ribbons, you can stuff it in your sock / But don''t take-it out in public or they''ll stick you in the dock and you won''t come back .''
Dick Pepper (Gig Young) explaining to his friend Augie Pool (Richard Widmark) the vicious-circle of guilt of the philandering husband in The Tunnel of Love (1958): - Dick: ''Every time it''s over I have a terrific sense of guilt.'' - Augie: ''Oh, but you wait until it''s over, hum?'' - Dick: ''Sure. I feel I deserve this guilt. When I don''t have it I''m uncomfortable so I try to recapture the guilt by chasing around.'' - Augie: ''So why do you keep chasing around then if it''s that much trouble?'' - Dick: ''I''ve got to get back to that feeling of guilt. (...) I have to suffer for chasing around.''
Sung by Eric Idle in Monty Python. The Meaning of Life (1983): ''Isn''t it awfully nice to have a penis / Isn''t it frightfully good to have-it-on / It''s swell to have a stiffy / It''s divine to own a dick / From the tiniest little tadger to the world''s biggest prick / So, three cheers for your Willy or John-Thomas / Hooray for your one-eyed-trouser-snake / Your piece of pork , your wife''s best-friend , your passing or your cock / You can wrap it up in ribbons, you can stuff it in your sock / But don''t take-it out in public or they''ll stick you in the dock and you won''t come back .''
Brodie (Jason Lee) explains to T.S. (Jeremy London) and Gwen (Joey Lauren Adams) why his relationship with Rene failed in Mallrats (1995): - Brodie: ''You know how when someone lays with their back to you and you lay behind ''em really close and you throw one arm over ''em?'' - T.S.: ''It''s called spooning .'' - Brodie: ''Yeah, but you gotta put the other arm somewhere. You can either lay on it or just shove it between your bodies. The only other option is to stretch it above your head . But sometimes my arm pops out of socket when I''m sleeping like that. So I was constantly searching for someplace to keep my arm while still laying close to her.'' - T.S.: ''And?'' - Brodie: ''What do you mean ''and''? That''s like a metaphor for our whole relationship .''

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