The Password Is Always Swordfish/Quotes

"Baravelli (Chico Marx): ...you can't come in unless you give the password. Professor Wagstaff (Groucho Marx): Well, what is the password? Baravelli: Aw, no. You gotta tell me. Hey, I tell what I do. I give you three guesses. It's the name of a fish. [After several unsuccessful guesses] Baravelli: Hey, what's-a matter, you no understand English? You can't come in here unless you say, "Swordfish." Now I'll give you one more guess. Professor Wagstaff: ...swordfish, swordfish... I think I got it. Is it "swordfish"? Baravelli: Hah. That's-a it. You guess it. Professor Wagstaff: Pretty good, eh?"

- Horsefeathers (1932)

"Mr. McKitrick, after careful consideration I have come to the conclusion that your defense system sucks."

- General Beringer, War Games

""The guy who made the software was called Jeff, Jeffty Jeff... Born on the first of Jeff, nineteen-Jeffty Jeff... So I put in 'Jeff', and hey...""

- Eddie Izzard, on the topic of backdoors in Hollywood movies

"The Plague: Someone didn't bother reading my carefully prepared memo on commonly-used passwords. Now, then, as I so meticulously pointed out, the four most-used passwords are: love, sex, secret, and... Margo: [glares at The Plague] The Plague: god. So, would your holiness care to change her password?"

- Hackers

"One, one, one... uh... one!"

- The Soldier

"" 'Morphic Street, 9 o'clock tonight, password: swordfish.' Swordfish. Every password was swordfish. Whenever anyone tried to think of a word that no one would ever guess, they always chose swordfish.""

- Terry Pratchett, Night Watch