Check out these Night at the Museum quotes and see why the Ben Stiller comedy charmed families.

Stop babbling, boy!

Teddy Roosevelt

Cecil: [while Larry is chasing Cecil] These are trained horses, Larry. They won't stop until they hear a specific word.
Larry: Oh, you mean a word like... DAKOTA!

Some are born great, others have greatness thrust upon them.

Teddy Roosevelt

Mr. McPhee: Oh, haha - look at me, the comedy night guard. Do you want to get into a battle of humor? Do you?
Larry: Um, no. No I don't want to get into a battle of humor.
Mr. McPhee: That's right, because it would be a bloodbath. Nothing funny about Little Big Horn, is there?

Jedadiah: I'm gonna shoot you in your dang eye. In your dadgum eye.
[gun clicks empty]
Larry: Yeah. Keep shootin'. Nothing's gonna happen.
Jedadiah: Now you know my shame. Jedadiah's impotent rage. His guns don't fire. Take me away.

Larry: Ah yes, he was our fourth president, right?
Rebecca: Twenty-sixth

[Showing lighter to cavemen] Hey guys? Quest for fire, over.

Larry

Larry: [speaking to Civil War diorama figures] The North wins. Slavery is bad. But the South has the Allman brothers...
[hesitates]
Larry: ... and... NASCAR.

[about Sacajawea]
Larry: Was she deaf? She seems a bit unresponsive.
Rebecca: That's because she's a statue...

[Monkey slaps Larry on the head, Larry retaliates] Lawrence, who's evolved?

Teddy Roosevelt

I'm just living the Dream, Baby!

Jedediah

[after seeing Larry slapping Dexter] Dear Lord Larry! Why are you slapping the monkey?

Teddy Roosevelt
Ben Stiller stars as a museum guard who works at the Natural History Musuem when the collection starts coming to life.

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Night at the Museum Quotes

Jedadiah: I'm gonna shoot you in your dang eye. In your dadgum eye.
[gun clicks empty]
Larry: Yeah. Keep shootin'. Nothing's gonna happen.
Jedadiah: Now you know my shame. Jedadiah's impotent rage. His guns don't fire. Take me away.

You're an old man, I don't want to fight you.
[Gus punches Larry in the face]

Larry