face:

The front of the head including the chin, mouth , nose, cheeks , eyes , and forehead.
SYNONYMS: beezer ; biscuit ; clock ; dial-plate ; dish ; esaff ; facha ; fatcha ; fizz ; front piece ; frontage ; frontispiece ; kisser ; map; mask; mug ; mush ; pan ; phiz ; phizz; phyz ; physog ; physiognomy; ponum ; portrait ; puss ; signboard; smiler ; snoot .
RHYMING SLANG: airs-and-graces ; boat-race cherry-ace ; chevy-chase ; chip-and-chase ; deuce-and-ace ; glass-case ; Jem-Mace ; roach-and-dace .
BLAND/EXPRESSIONLESS FACE: blah-face(d); chitty-faced ; dead-pan ; fish-face ; frigid-map ; frozen-face ; moon-face ; pieface ; poker-face .
UGLY FACE: bracket-face ; clock-stopper ; crater-face ; cribbage-face ; dogface ; doggie ; physic-face ; pizza-face .

Quotes:

(1) Rudy Adams (Jean Harlow) to Gypsy (Dorothy Burgess) in Hold Your Man (1933): ' You know , you wouldn't be a bad looking dame ... if it wasn't for your face .'

(2) Tira (Mae West) in I'm No Angel (1933): ' It's my fortune. When I was born with this face, it was the same as striking oil .'

(3) An admirer and Cleo Borden (Mae West) in Goin' to Town (1935):
-- Admirer: 'Where have I seen your face before? '
-- Cleo Borden: ' Same place you see it now .'

(4) S. Quentin Quale (Groucho Marx) and Joe Panello (Chico Marx) in Go West (1940):-- Quentin Quale: ' Where did I see your face before? '-- Joe Panello: ' Right where it is now .'

(5) Isabel Ducotel (Gloria Talbot) and Albert (Aldo Ray) in We're No Angels (1955):-- Isabel: ' You don't look like a criminal .'-- Albert: ' If crime showed in a man's face, there wouldn't be any mirrors .'

(6) Diana Barrie (Maggie Smith) to Sydney Cochran (Michael Caine) in California Suite (1978): ' I've aged , Sidney. I'm getting lines in my face. I look like a brand new steel-belted radial tire .'

(7) Lou Peckingpaugh (Peter Falk) and Marlene Duchard (Louise Fletcher) in a Casablanca-like scene in The Cheap Detective (1978):-- Lou: ' I almost forgot what you look like. Day by day I erased your face from my mind, little by little, till all I had left was your right ear and three front teeth on the bottom .'-- Marlene: ' I still carry your picture in a locket. Naturally I had to cut off your head in case Paul found it .'

(8) Marina Rudd (Elizabeth Taylor) and Lola Brewster (Kim Novak) in The Mirror Crack'd (1980):-- Marina: ' Lola, darling , you know there are only two things I dislike about you .'-- Lola: ' Really? What are they? '-- Marina: ' Your face .'

(9) Toby (Joan Hacket) and Georgia (Marsha Mason) in Only When I Laugh (1981): ' Nothing in life happens without warning. It falls apart, day by day, bit by bit . Like your face in the mirror .'

(10) Vicky Vale (Kim Basinger) and The Joker/Jack Napier (Jack Nicholson) in Batman (1989):-- Vicky Lane: ' What do you want? '-- The Joker: ' My face on the one-dollar bill .'

(11) Truvy Jones (Dolly Parton) to Shelby Eatenton (Julia Roberts) in Steel Magnolias (1989): ' Honey! Time marches on and eventually you realise it's marching across your face .'

(12) Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) to Ramada (Valeria Golino) in Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993): ' I do love you. I tried to forget you but no matter what I do , your face is always on the tip of my tongue .'

(13) Roland T. Flakfizer (John Torturo) and Jacques (Bob Nelson) in Brain Donors (1992):-- Roland: ' The face is familiar .'-- Jacques: ' It's mine! '

(14) Mitzi (Hugo Weaving) to Felicia in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994): ' There are two things I don't like about you... your face. So how about shutting both of 'em .'

(15) Messenger 7013 (Edward Everett Horton) watching scheming Kitty Pendleton (Rita Hayworth) in Down to Earth (1947): ' Females! One head but two faces .'

(16) P.I. Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) speaking of Ann Grayle (Anne Shirley) in Murder, My Sweet (1945): ' Not a beautiful face but a good face. She had a face like a Sunday school picnic .'

(17) Jess Burgess (Leo Gordon) in Gun Fury (1953): ' As far as I'm concerned all women are alike. They just have different faces so you can tell them apart .'

(18) Adam Cook (Oscar Levant) facing the camera in An American in Paris (1951): ' It's not a pretty face, I grant you, but underneath it's flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character .'

(19) Chili Pepper (Woody Harrelson) to bouncer Chango/Stubby (Luis Guzman) in The Cowboy Way (1994): ' Speak English? Sabe English? Why that's too bad because I was gonna tell you your face looks like a hat full of assholes .'

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Quotes Containing face:
P.I. Philip Marlow (Dick Powell) speaking of Ann Grayle (Anne Shirley) in Murder, My Sweet (1945): ''Not a beautiful face but a good face . She had a face like a Sunday school picnic .''
Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant) to his brother Jonathan (Raymond Massey) whose face was redone in the image of Frankenstein by his plastic surgeon friend and sidekick Dr. Einstein (Peter Lorre) in Arsenic and Old Lace (1944): ''Where did you get that face? Hollywood?''
Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant) to his brother Jonathan (Raymond Massey) whose face was redone in the image of Frankenstein by his plastic surgeon friend and sidekick Dr. Einstein (Peter Lorre) in Arsenic and Old Lace (1944): ''Where did you get that face? Hollywood?''
Bugsy (Scott Baio) to the bartender in Bugsy Malone (1976):''You look like you put your face on backward this morning.''
Doc Boone (Thomas Mitchell) to his landlady throwing him out in Stagecoach (1939): ''Is this the face that wrecked a thousand ships and burned the towerless tops of Eliam?''
Rudy Adams (Jean Harlow) to Gypsy (Dorothy Burgess) in Hold Your Man (1933): ''You know , you wouldn''t be a bad looking dame ... if it wasn''t for your face .''
Gloria Wandrous (Elizabeth Taylor) to her mother (Mildred Dunnock) in Butterfield 8 (1960): ''Mama, face it . I was the slut of all times.''
Rigby Reardon (Steve Martin) in Dead Men Don''t Wear Plaid (1982): ''My plan was to kiss her with every lip on my face .''
Doris Worthington (Carole Lombard) to Steven (Bing Crosby) in We''re Not Dressing (1934): ''Say, do I have to slap your face to make you kiss me?''
Rudy Adams (Jean Harlow) to Gypsy (Dorothy Burgess) in Hold Your Man (1933): ''You know , you wouldn''t be a bad looking dame ... if it wasn''t for your face .''
Noah Cross (John Huston) in Chinatown (1974): ''Most people don''t ever have to face the fact that, in the right place , at the right time, they are capable of anything.''
Violet (Lily Tomlin) to Judy (Jane Fonda) and Dora Lee (Dolly Parton) in 9-to-5 (1981): ''Let''s face it , we''re in a pink-colored ghetto.''
Rudy Adams (Jean Harlow) to Gypsy (Dorothy Burgess) in Hold Your Man (1933): ''You know , you wouldn''t be a bad looking dame ... if it wasn''t for your face .''
Doc Boone (Thomas Mitchell) to his landlady throwing him out in Stagecoach (1939): ''Is this the face that wrecked a thousand ships and burned the towerless tops of Eliam?''
Roland T. Flakfizer (John Torturo) and Jacques (Bob Nelson) in Brain Donors (1992): - Roland: ''The face is familiar.'' - Jacques: ''It''s mine!''
Gloria Wandrous (Elizabeth Taylor) to her mother (Mildred Dunnock) in Butterfield 8 (1960): ''Mama, face it . I was the slut of all times.''
Bugsy (Scott Baio) to the bartender in Bugsy Malone (1976):''You look like you put your face on backward this morning.''
Rudy Adams (Jean Harlow) to Gypsy (Dorothy Burgess) in Hold Your Man (1933): ''You know , you wouldn''t be a bad looking dame ... if it wasn''t for your face .''
S. Quentin Quale (Groucho Marx) and Joe Panello (Chico Marx) in Go West (1940): - Quentin Quale: ''Where did I see your face before?'' - Joe Panello: ''Right where it is now.''
Isabel Ducotel (Gloria Talbot) and Albert (Aldo Ray) in We''re No Angels (1955): - Isabel: ''You don''t look like a criminal.'' - Albert: ''If crime showed in a man''s face , there wouldn''t be any mirrors.''
Mitzi (Hugo Weaving) to Felicia in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994): ''There are two things I don''t like about you... your face . So how about shutting both of ''em.''
Adam Cook (Oscar Levant) facing the camera in An American in Paris (1951): ''It''s not a pretty face , I grant you, but underneath it''s flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.''
An admirer and Cleo Borden (Mae West) in Goin'' to Town (1935): - Admirer: ''Where have I seen your face before?'' - Cleo Borden: ''Same place you see it now.''
Lou Peckingpaugh (Peter Falk) and Marlene Duchard (Louise Fletcher) in a Casablanca-like scene in The Cheap Detective (1978): - Lou: ''I almost forgot what you look like. Day by day I erased your face from my mind, little by little, till all I had left was your right ear and three front teeth on the bottom .'' - Marlene: ''I still carry your picture in a locket. Naturally I had to cut off your head in case Paul found it .''
Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) to Ramada (Valeria Golino) in Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993): ''I do love you. I tried to forget you but no matter what I do , your face is always on the tip of my tongue .''
Chingachgook (Robert Barrat) to Hawkeye (Randolph Scott) about how Cora Munro is affecting his son Uncas in The Last of the Mohicans (1936): ''Pale face squaw no good [for] Mohican. Fair hair make heart of Uncas weak like water.'' Uncas has: ''squaw fever.''
Porno star Holly Body (Melanie Griffith) to a producer in Body Double (1984): ''I do not do animal acts, I do not do S & M or any variations of that particular bent , no water-sports either. I will not shave my pussy , no fistfucking and absolutely no coming in my face . I get $2000 a day and I do not work without a contract.''
George Roundy (Warren Beatty) on women in Shampoo (1975): ''I mean, face it , we''re always trying to nail them and they know it . They don''t like it . They like it and they don''t like it .''
Holly Body (Melanie Griffith) to porno-movie producer in Body Double (1984): ''I do not do animal acts. I do not do S & M or any variations on that particular bent . No watersports either. I will not shave my pussy . No fist-fucking and absolutely no coming in my face . I get $2000 a day and I do not work without a contract.''
Holly Body (Melanie Griffith) to porno-movie producer in Body Double (1984): ''I do not do animal acts. I do not do S & M or any variations on that particular bent . No watersports either. I will not shave my pussy . No fist-fucking and absolutely no coming in my face . I get $2000 a day and I do not work without a contract.''
''It''s the kind of face you want to throw a brick at.'' Gulley Jimson (Alec Guinness) about his sidekick Nosey (Mike Morgan) in The Horse''s Mouth (1958).
Joan Davis (as herself), being followed by three German spies, and Mischa Auer (as himself) in Around the World (1943): - Joan:''I''m just trying to get those three guys to fall-for me.'' - Mischa: ''How are you doing?'' - Joan:''Okay, but I can''t understand it . Every time I stop, those clucks stop.'' - Mischa: ''No wonder. You''ve got a face that''d stop any clock .''
Vicky Vale (Kim Basinger) and The Joker/Jack Napier (Jack Nicholson) in Batman (1989): - Vicky Lane: ''What do you want?'' - The Joker: ''My face on the one-dollar bill.''
Truvy Jones (Dolly Parton) to Shelby Eatenton (Julia Roberts) in Steel Magnolias (1989): ''Honey! Time marches on and eventually you realise it''s marching across your face .''
Diana Barrie (Maggie Smith) to Sydney Cochran (Michael Caine) in California Suite (1978): ''I''ve aged , Sidney. I''m getting lines in my face . I look like a brand new steel-belted radial tire.''
The impresario Thomas Barry (Ned Sparks) in 42nd Street (1933): ''I don''t like his face or any part of him. He looks like a Bulgarian boll weevil mourning his first born.''
Rita Cavallini (Greta Garbo) to her friend Cornelius Van Tayl (Lewis Stone) in Romance (1930): 'What is love? It's made of kisses in the dark , of hot breath on the face , of hearts that beat with terribly strong blows. Love is just a beast that you feed all through the night and when the morning comes, love dies. ' And later: 'To me love is only a little warmth in all this cold , just a little light in all this darkness, one little minute to lie still in the beloved's arms, one little minute to forget and that's all.'
Porno star Holly Body (Melanie Griffith) to producer Jake Scully (Craig Wasson) in Body Double (1984): 'I do not do animal acts, I do not do S & M or any variations of that particular bent , no water-sports either. I will not shave my pussy , no fistfucking and absolutely no coming in my face . I get $2000 a day and I do not work without a contract.'
Linda Lue Linden (Sandra Bullock) and Kyle Davidson (Dermott Mulroney) in The Thing Called Love (1993): - Linda: ''Hey, Kyle Davidson!'' - Kyle: ''Hey, Linda Lue, is that your pretty face I''m seeing?'' - Linda: ''Well, it ain''t nobody''s butt .''
Rena (Prunella Gee) in a bath with Keogh (Michael Caine) in The Wilby Conspiracy (1974): - Rena: ''You have a pleasant face Keogh, but your bones are arranged all wrong.'' - Keogh: ''And your bones are arranged all right, all over, and I''m about to jump all over those beautiful bones .''
Amber (Elisa Donovan) refusing tennis lessons, and Dionne (Stacey Nash) in Clueless (1995): - Amber: ''Miss Stoguer, my plastic surgeon doesn''t want me doing any activity where balls fly at my face .'' - Dionne: ''Well, there goes your social life .''
Jane (Susan Sarandon) on penis-sizes in The Witches of Eastwick (1987): ''I prefer small. I do . Aesthetically, I prefer small. Sam was huge and there were times when I just could not face it .''
Jim Young (Ben Affleck) in Boiler Room (2000): ''They say money can''t buy happiness? Look at the smile on my face . Ear to ear .''
Diana Barrie (Maggie Smith) to Sydney Cochran (Michael Caine) in California Suite (1978): ''I''ve aged , Sidney. I''m getting lines in my face . I look like a brand new steel-belted radial tire.''
Porno star Holly Body (Melanie Griffith) to a producer in Body Double (1984): ''I do not do animal acts, I do not do S & M or any variations of that particular bent , no water-sports either. I will not shave my pussy , no fistfucking and absolutely no coming in my face . I get $2000 a day and I do not work without a contract.''
Amber (Elisa Donovan), about tennis lessons, and Dionne (Stacey Nash) in Clueless (1995): - Amber: ''Miss Stoguer, my plastic surgeon doesn''t want me doing any activity where balls fly at my face .'' - Dionne: ''Well, there goes your social life .''
''It''s a problem being beautiful. It''s only the handsome men that ask us out because they''re the only ones who think they have a chance. And handsome men are dolts. Life is unfair to us. At some point we have to face the certain reality. Despite all the good the world seems to offer, true happiness can only be found in one thing ... shopping.'' Ling Woo (Lucy Liu) in Ally McBeal (1997)
Porno star Holly Body (Melanie Griffith) to a producer in Body Double (1984): ''I do not do animal acts, I do not do S & M or any variations of that particular bent , no water-sports either. I will not shave my pussy , no fistfucking and absolutely no coming in my face . I get $2000 a day and I do not work without a contract.''
Jane (Susan Sarandon) on penis-sizes in The Witches of Eastwick (1987): ''I prefer small. I do . Aesthetically, I prefer small. Sam was huge and there were times when I just could not face it .''
Chingachgook (Robert Barrat) speaking of the effect blonde Cora Munro is having on his son Uncas in The Last of the Mohicans (1936): 'Pale face squaw no good [for] Mohican. Fair hair make heart of Uncas weak like water.'
Jane (Susan Sarandon) on penis-sizes in The Witches of Eastwick (1987): ''I prefer small. I do . Aesthetically, I prefer small. Sam was huge and there were times when I just could not face it .''
Toby (Joan Hacket) and Georgia (Marsha Mason) in Only When I Laugh (1981): ''Nothing in life happens without warning. It falls apart, day by day, bit by bit . Like your face in the mirror.''
''By the age of forty, someone clever had written ominously, a man gets the face he deserves. Smiley doubted it . He had known poetic souls condemned to life imprisonment behind harsh faces, and deliquents with the appearance of angels. '' John Le Carr. Smiley''s People (1979)
Chili Pepper (Woody Harrelson) to bouncer Chango/Stubby (Luis Guzman) in The Cowboy Way (1994): ''Speak English? Sabe English? Why that''s too bad because I was gonna tell you your face looks like a hat full of assholes. ''
Tira (Mae West) in I''m No Angel (1933): ''It''s my fortune. When I was born with this face , it was the same as striking oil.''
Marina Rudd (Elizabeth Taylor) and Lola Brewster (Kim Novak) in The Mirror Crack''d (1980): - Marina: ''Lola, darling , you know there are only two things I dislike about you.'' - Lola: ''Really? What are they?'' - Marina: ''Your face .''
Candace Robb. The Kings Bishop: 'That fair face is a mask... His eyes are mirrors, not windows .'
The impresario Thomas Barry (Ned Sparks) in 42nd Street (1933): ''I don''t like his face or any part of him. He looks like a Bulgarian boll weevil mourning his first born.''
''It''s the kind of face you want to throw a brick at.'' Gulley Jimson (Alec Guinness) about his sidekick Nosey (Mike Morgan) in The Horse''s Mouth (1958).
Joan Davis (as herself), being followed by three German spies, and Mischa Auer (as himself) in Around the World (1943): - Joan:''I''m just trying to get those three guys to fall-for me.'' - Mischa: ''How are you doing?'' - Joan:''Okay, but I can''t understand it . Every time I stop, those clucks stop.'' - Mischa: ''No wonder. You''ve got a face that''d stop any clock .''
Chingachgook (Robert Barrat) speaking of the effect blonde Cora Munro is having on his son Uncas in The Last of the Mohicans (1936): 'Pale face squaw no good [for] Mohican. Fair hair make heart of Uncas weak like water.'
Chingachgook (Robert Barrat) speaking of the effect blonde Cora Munro is having on his son Uncas in The Last of the Mohicans (1936): ''Pale face squaw no good [for] Mohican. Fair hair make heart of Uncas weak like water.''

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