Oooh, everybody's posted such good ones, I had to dig deep to find some of my favorites as well, from assorted daytime and nighttime shows.

Erica Kane: This is Adam, my ex-husband.

Adam Chandler: One of many. I'm third from the end...at least I think so...I haven't seen Erica for a couple of days.

Alexis Carrington (talking about Sammy Jo, who she barely knows at this point): That...little niece of Krystle's...I'd say she was a tramp, wouldn't you?"

Abby Cunningham (to Val about Gary): I'm not saying that we're having an affair. And I'm not saying we're not. I am saying I can have him any time I want him.

(Val promptly squeals out an "Oh!")

Syd Andrews (about Michael): I'd rather drink bleach than touch that man's briefs!

Tyra Collette (to Lyla, who she sees on the side of the road with her broken car): Hey, you cheating, cheerleading bitch! Want a ride!?

I have really enjoyed a lot of lines of dialogue on various soaps over the years, here are some of my favorite.

From Adam Chandler after he had his panic attack:

Angie- "Adam, I think that the episode that you had today, and the one that you had in Tad's car, were panic attacks." .....

Adam- "I'm Adam Chandler. Have we met? I don't have panic attacks. I do not have -- I give other people panic attacks. And right now, I'm having a ticked-off-at-the-moment attack, because I've been all afternoon in this damned hospital, and I've been poked and prodded, and people telling me that I'm behaving like a woman with the vapors."

I also liked it when Adam called Tad a "homo rejectus".

David Vickers on OLTL has had quite a few good lines as well:

His response to Marty when she went to visit him while he was in prison and asked him about Spencer Truman's murder, and told him she believed he was innocent.

David Vickers-"Okay you got me. I'm innocent. I just like hanging around here to play hopscotch with other men. That's not prison slang for something. We actually play hopscotch out in the prison yard."

Victor to Victoria on Y&R after she slapped him. "You feel better now? Because that is the last time you will ever slap your father again. You got that?!"

Here is a couple of more quotes that I liked. I don't remember them word, for word, but I will paraphrase them as best as I can:

Nikki to Victor referring to Zapato:

Nikki- "You care about that dog more than you care about me".

Victor-""The dog has the good sense not to bite the hand that feeds it."

Monica after Luke had stolen one of the Quatermaines expensive cars and taken off.

"Well, he always did have champagne tastes on a beer budget.

Edited December 21, 200816 yr by xtr

ATWT:

Janet to Carly: So stay away bitch! And for good this time!!

Dallas:

Pam to J.R. "You KNOW who, dammit! The pilot that you hired to lead me on that wild goose chase."

JR to Lucy: commenting on her choice of men:

"Lost another one, did you sugar? I gotta hand it to you, you sure know how to pick 'em - A pansy, a crook and an up-and-coming pauper!"

Sue Ellen: "Tell me JR, which slut will you be staying with tonight?"

JR: "What difference does it make? Whoever it is, she has to be more interesting than the slut I'm looking at now."

Cally Ewing: Golly, you're nothing like what J.R said. He said you were a hopeless drunk who cheated on him and neglected his child.

Sue Ellen : [to J.R] And what Junior High School did you get this one from?

Sue Ellen to Mandy Winger: I'm cutting you off you viper. Came back to help me? You came back to help yourself to my husband!!

Tracey: Blackmail is a family tradition. So is supporting each other.

Erica: I am Erica Kane! And you are a filthy beast!

Erica : Saint Maria of Wildwind, tending to the sick in her push-up bra.

^Actually, the entire speech Erica gave when she got that award about 10 years ago and had a mental breakdown was brilliant. I tried to find it online, but couldn't.

Erica : Saint Maria of Wildwind, tending to the sick in her push-up bra.

^Actually, the entire speech Erica gave when she got that award about 10 years ago and had a mental breakdown was brilliant. I tried to find it online, but couldn't.

I vaguely remember it (aside from the push up bra line which was terrific) and I too tried to find it online, no such luck

Vanessa: "Oh God you poor, pathetic thing, really. I am loved. Even worshipped. And you have no idea who I am or what emotions I'm capable of producing in a man."

Opal: "You mean like fear & loathing & revulsion?"

Vanessa: "Oh this big talk from a woman who's absolutely terrified she's ending her age of desirability."

Opal: "Are you talking about me?"

Vanessa: "Come on Opal! We both know what it's like being you. You're a bad joke. Overly made up, too many bangles & bobbles & beads, and all this clanging attracts, well, amazement. You'd kill to walk in my shoes."

Opal: "Oh guess again Vanessa. I wouldn't walk across the room in your sensible pumps."

Vanessa: "Oh well. These are classics as am I. And, you know Opal if you should choose to open your big hog calling mouth & tell anyone I will bring you down & destroy your entire family as well. "

From Nikki Newman,years ago,through tear filled eyes,carefully dabbed,

"I have been lied to, and manipulated, for the last time!"

Loved the line and the delivery! It was like sure Nikki-until next week!

From Nikki Newman,years ago,through tear filled eyes,carefully dabbed,

"I have been lied to, and manipulated, for the last time!"

Loved the line and the delivery! It was like sure Nikki-until next week!

Speaking of Nikki,

Victor! Victor! Victor! Victoorrr! Don't Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Don't Goooooo! *sobs*

AND

Victoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooorr

rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Oh God, what am I supposed to do now?! What am I gonna do noooowwwww?! Ooooooooooooooooooh Victor! *drunkly sobs in the rain*

Edited December 21, 200816 yr by DaytimeFan

how about Katherine Chancellor's "Oh, Dear God in heaven"!

Knots Landing

Abby to Jill- "Let the 2nd Mrs Ewing give the soon to be 3rd Mrs Ewing a friendly warning. The 1st Mrs Ewing doesn't go away. Ever."

"Poor Val"

General Hospital-

Stone "I see you- Oh Robin, I see you"

Felicia- "Not Barbara Jean. Not Barbara Jean's heart?"

Guiding Light

Alexandra, about Roger- "No charges were filed. How many times has that phrase been linked to your name?"

Alexandra- "I'm Ravenous"

I vaguely remember it (aside from the push up bra line which was terrific) and I too tried to find it online, no such luck

Erica: Thank you; thank you; thank you so much. I am so pleased and

proud to accept this award on behalf -- on behalf of

absolutely nobody but myself. It's a great honor to be here

tonight -- among so many friends and colleagues and loved ones

who have contributed so very generously to my undoing.

It gives me great pleasure to stand before you this evening

and accept all your praise and your flattery, knowing that

every bit of it is false. The hypocrisy in this room could

choke a snake. I am very pleased however, to stand here

tonight in the spotlight where I was born to be. It gives me

great satisfaction to stand up here at the podium and look

down on the teeming mediocrity, knowing that each and every

one of you pray that I might trip on my way up here. So

sorry to disappoint you. I'm going home with the prize.

Oh ich, I certainly don't mean this silly, tacky thing. This

isn't worthy of a garage sale. No, I'm talking about the

victory of the truly great over the small and the mean and the

petty. The mean and the petty. They use their collective

nothingness to push the stars over the edge. They band

together in soul-crunching globs, they suck the joy out.

They band together. I have seen it all my life. I have seen

it since I was a little girl. I sang solo in the children's

choir, and they resented me just like you resent me. Tone-

deaf little girls, with eyeglasses like Coke bottles and

ankles the size of logs. And they whispered about me in

dressing rooms, just like you're whispering about me now.

They couldn't hurt me and you can't hurt me. I'm immune to

whispers and smirks. I didn't collapse when they whispered

about me, the clumsy girls with their fat legs. And I didn't

collapse when they took my job away from me, or my company

away from me, or my daughter away from me. And I will not

collapse now. Erica Kane does not fall -- Sit down! Sit

down! I am speaking now, and I want everyone to hear what I

am saying! I want the world to know exactly what it is I am

talking about! I am talking about sabotage! Sabotage is

going on here. You all know who you are, and you all know

what you have done to me. Everyone in this room has had a

turn at me. Everyone. There isn't one person in this room

with the simple goodness to --

Are you enjoying this? Did you enjoy it? Was it worth it?

Was it worth it -- all the spiteful tricks? Oh, who shall I

thank first? Hmm, hmm, hmm. Who of my many devoted -- Oh,

Brooke! What's the matter, can't take it? Well I know it

hurts being third-rate, but aren't you accustomed to it yet?

That's right, go. Go on home; you're

a weakling. That's why you can't keep a man! Men don't like

fragile women; they only think they do. Men like to think

that they are all ready to save the damsel in distress. But

do you know what the truth is? Do you know what men really

want more than anything? They want to be saved by the damsel

themselves. Isn't that true, Maria? Saint Maria of

Wildwind, tending to the sick in her push-up bra. Always

ready to relieve suffering, as long as the suffering isn't

mine.

And that brings me to my so-called husband. Oh, how about a

hand for my loving spouse! I rescued him. I rescued him from

a life of solitude. And to express his appreciation, "Hold

on," he said, "I won't let anything happen to you. Hold my

hand. I'll take care of you." That's the last thing he said

before he let me drop. No, Dmitri isn't very good at rescue-

work. But I tried very hard to spare him the guilt. I smiled

when I was in agony, and I went back to work when I could

hardly walk, and I just thought that the show must go on.

When I had a show, and no complaints, and no blame, and just

forge ahead. And what did I get for that heroic effort?

What did I get for being such a good sport? Yes, this

ridiculous eye-sore, and a kick in the teeth when I was down.

Dmitri, I know you have an announcement to make. Go on,

stand up! I know you're so anxious to share your news. Tell

everyone, Dmitri. Tell everyone! Opal, Palmer, Hayley,

Myrtle -- Dmitri is divorcing me! Dmitri is every woman's

dream. Handsome, rich, devoted, as long as your life goes

along at a clip. But don't hit a snag. No, because you can't

turn to Dmitri for patience or understanding. Dmitri will

put you on a pedestal, but it's your job not to fall off. If

you can't avoid a spill, then please try not to get hurt. And

if you can't manage that -- now this is really important --

never rely on medication. Because Dmitri doesn't believe in

pain relief. He takes a rather Spartan view: Live with it.

It's a little cruel, but nobody's perfect. And then there is

that title, Countess Andrassy. Well, I am no longer his

wife. And I'm no longer the star of The Cutting Edge.

Let's have a big hand for the brilliant Liza Colby! No? Well

now Liza, where is your partner in back-stabbing tonight?

Surely you're not alone this evening. Ladies and Gentlemen, I

give you one half of the back-stabbing team. One half of the

team that conspired to bring my career down, the ones who

sharpened their knives on the host at The Cutting Edge. Tad

and Liza, always with your heads together, always conspiring

the demise of my career and the resurrection of your affair.

Oh now, where's the little wifey? Oh Dixie, Dixie! You fell

down on the job, Dixie. You were supposed to subdue the

wayward Tad. Why would you let him sow his wild oats with

this witch?

Opal: Erica --

E: Shut up! I am speaking.

O: Why don't you just come and sit down with me, honey.

E: No, I will not sit down. I am not going to be silenced again.

I will never be silenced again. I should have screamed my

head off a long time ago. But, no, what did I do? I was a

lady; I was dignified; I held my head up high. Oh I gave them

stiff-upper-lip. Well, no more. No more! They have taken

everything from me. Everything. My company, my job, my

marriage, my little girl. They ripped my baby out of my arms;

she's 3000 miles away. Isn't that right, Jack? Promises.

Broken promises, that's what my life is really all about. I

love you, Erica. I'll never leave you, Erica. You're daddy's

good little girl, Erica. Well daddy didn't give a damn. And

neither does Dmitri. And neither do any of you. None of you

in this room. You're nothing but a bunch of fakes, phonies,

pretending to love me. Every one of you has let me down. All

of you. All of you! Everyone!

Except my mother. She was the only one who was ever there.

She was the only one who could have kept -- Oh, mother. Oh

how I've missed you. I want my mother back. I want my mother

back. Mother, where are you? Why did you leave me alone like

this? I can't do this by myself. <crying frantically>

Myrtle: Sweetheart, sweetheart, it's time to go home, darling. C'mon.

E: Home?!? I don't have a home. A home is where people love

you. Nobody loves me. Nobody ever loved me, except my

mother.

Jack: Erica, please, please come down from there, okay?

E: Leave me alone.

Adam: Erica, you don't want to continue this in front of the camera.

E: Leave me alone. You don't know what I want; you don't care

about me.

A: I do care about you, you know I do.

J: Please just let us help, okay?

Jonathon: Erica? Erica, you know me. I'm your doctor, Doctor

Jonathon Kinder.

E: Doctor.

Dr K: You're not well, Erica.

E: You!

Dr K: That's right, I'm your physician. Let me help.

E: You're the only one who hasn't deserted the ship. You're the

only one I have left in the world.

Dr K: It's going to be all right.

E: I'm so afraid.

Dr K: Nothing is going to happen to you. It's all right, now. It's

all right.

E: What's happening?

Dr K: I'll explain, come.

E: It's something bad.

Dr K: We can fix it.

E: What did I do?

Dr K: There's no need to panic; everything is under control. No

one's going to hurt you; everything is fine.

E: I don't feel well.

Dr K: Erica, I can help you. Come with me, please? C'mon.

<Erica and her entourage exit, leaving Adam to make the following

announcement>

Adam: Ladies and Gentlemen, please. It's obvious that Ms. Kane

is not well tonight, but fortunately her doctor is with her.

I hope you'll all join me in wishing her a speedy recovery

and congratulating her on this well-deserved award.

<Silence, till Hayley starts the applause and everyone

follows suit>

We've raised a great deal of money for the hospital tonight,

and that is the purpose of this event. Erica is a major

supporter of the hospital; this turn-out will make her very

proud. The night is young. Please stay, relax, and enjoy

the rest of your evening. I'm sure that's what Erica wants.

Edited December 21, 200816 yr by Kubla Khan

Great speech. La Lucci was so close to winning the Emmy that year.

^ Oh man, thaqnk you for posting that. Do you have the script or something? My god. What an episode. I wish someone would put that up on youtube! Susan was robbed of the emmy that year I swear to god!

THANK YOU! Kubla Khan that's amazing! That was a helluva great speech, the script writer deserved an Emmy and so did Susan Lucci, THAT was her year. I would love to see that up on YouTube!