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According to a recent article on CNN, people who quote movie lines are akin to telling a joke. Quoting movie lines is a way of creating solidarity with others, a form of bonding. “People are doing it to feel good about themselves, to make others laugh, to make themselves laugh,” said Richard Harris, a psychology professor at Kansas State University.

Harris decided to ask hundreds of young adults about their film-quoting habits after he and his graduate students realized it was a common behavior that no one had looked at closely before. He found that all of the participants in his study had used movie quotes in conversation at one point or another. They overwhelmingly cited comedies, followed distantly by dramas and action adventure flicks. When asked about their emotions while quoting films, most people reported feeling happy, the study found.

For those who can’t get enough of movie quotes, there are countless lists and trivia dedicated to them online. Depending on your budget and taste, you can buy T-shirts, mugs, games and posters featuring your favorites. Web sites like MovieQuotes.com allow users to submit film lines to a growing quote bank and take quizzes.

Some movies, like “The Godfather,” “Casablanca” and “Gone With the Wind,” seem infinitely quotable. Others can produce a single unforgettable line that will define that film forever: “You can’t handle the truth” from “A Few Good Men” and “I see dead people” from “The Sixth Sense.”

Here’s the TOP 20 MOST MEMORABLE MOVIE QUOTES:

1. “Bond…James Bond”
2. “I’ll be back.”
3. ”Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.”
4. “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
5. “We’re not in Kansas anymore.”
6. “Houston, we have a problem.”
7. “Show me the money!”
8. “I’m the king of the world!”
9. “I see dead people.”
10. “Fuhget about it.”
11. “Get busy livin’ or get busy dyin’.”
12. “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
13. “May the force be with you.”
14. “You talkin’ to me?”
15. “ET phone home.”
16. “Say hello to my little friend!”
17. “Here’s Johnny!”
18. “Yo Adrian.”
19. “My precious.”
20. “You can’t handle the truth.”