Love Potion No. 9 Quotes

  • Diane Farrow: There was this experiment where an electrode was planted in the pleasure center of a monkey's brain. When the monkey hit a button, it sent a signal to the electrode, in effect, exciting the monkey sexually.

    Woman at luncheon: You're kidding.

    Diane Farrow: No. Can you guess what happened?

    Woman at luncheon: Was it a male monkey?

    Diane Farrow: Yes.

    Woman at luncheon: He slammed the button till he died.

    Diane Farrow: Oh, so you know this experiment?

    Woman at luncheon: I know men, honey.

  • [first lines]

    Paul Matthews: [voice-over] About once a month my friends and I get together and do something different for fun. Sometimes we go bowling or miniature golf or a movie or something. One night we went down to a gypsy palm reader at 34th and Vine.

  • Paul Matthews: You look familiar.

    Prince Geoffrey: Yeah, I'm the Prince of England.

  • Diane Farrow: Was there a second date that I'm not aware of?

  • Diane Farrow: You know, all my life, I've felt ugly, and now I have the worlds most desireable man telling me that I am beautiful. I have the Prince of England at home pining for me. I mean, Paul, this is like a dream come true. i could be a princess.

  • Enrico Pazzoli: Has anyone ever told you how beautiful you are?

    Diane Farrow: No. No one in their right mind.

  • Prince Geoffrey: You're not speaking. You notice Diane isn't speaking?

  • [last lines]

    Madame Ruth: Ahh, that's nice.

  • Paul Matthews: Except for the fact she had kind of a boyfriend, Diane was exactly my type.

  • Paul Matthews: Well, I'd like to tell you that 5 minutes after I kissed Diane she came running out into my arms and that we fell in love forever, but that's not what happened.

    Paul Matthews: It took six minutes.

  • Paul Matthews: How do you synthesize a methylated alkaloid?

    Cheryl: [short pause] I don't know.

    Paul Matthews: Too bad.

  • Paul Matthews: Hey, what do you think of those pretzels?

Love Potion No. 9

Director: Dale Launer

Language: English Release date: November 13, 1992