# The best lines from Les Luthiers

Lines from the sketches of Les Luthiers, the Argentine comedy and music group with homemade instruments (1967-2023), that fans use for any occasion. Each with its piece.

- 28 votes · 14 items
- Mar 16, 2021 · marcapaginas_baires
- https://even.best/en/l/1043/the-best-lines-from-les-luthiers

## Top 12

1. **Time is money, time is a peanut.** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — From «Encuentro en el restaurante», with the loosest translation from English ever («maní» sounds like «money»).
2. **I knew it, but I wanted a second opinion.** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — From «La comisión», the sketch about politicians rewriting the national anthem.
3. **The more years on your back, the harder it gets and the less you get lucky.** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — From «Los jóvenes de hoy en día» (a pun that doesn't survive translation).
4. **I saw it twice… the second time I didn't understand it.** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — From «Kathy, la reina del saloon».
5. **If the one who says he's your best friend… you should be suspicious.** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — From «Iniciación a las artes marciales».
6. **We have to go on living.** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — From «Pasión bucólica».
7. **Not only is it truthful, it's also true.** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — From «El sendero de Warren Sánchez», the parody of self-help gurus.
8. **It's the Norwegians' fault.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Also from «La comisión»: blaming anyone at all.
9. **Similar is not the same.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — From the «Cantata del adelantado Don Rodrigo Díaz de Carreras».
10. **Would you mind if I asked you to repeat the question?** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — From «La payada de la vaca».
11. **He's reasoning outside the container.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — From «El negro quiere bailar», a literal take on «thinking outside the box».
12. **It suddenly came back to me.** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — From «La hora de la nostalgia».
13. **Let's go, let's go quickly!** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — From «Teresa y el oso».
14. **Of course, pas partout.** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — From «Les nuits de Paris», in a very particular French.

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