Favorite movie quotes
movie quotes
"I tried taking pictures, but they were so mediocre. I guess every girl goes through aphotography phase. You know, horses... taking pictures of your feet." - Lost in Translation
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world... is what you share with someone else when you're uncool." - Almost Famous
"If there's any kind of magic in this world, it must be in the attempt of understanding someone, sharing something. I know, it's almost impossible to succeed, but... who cares, really? The answer must be in the attempt." - Before Sunrise
"You don't get to tell me what to do ever again." - American Beauty
"Once, there was this day... this one day when... everyone realized they needed each other." - Pieces of April
"The little things... there's nothing bigger, is there?" - Vanilla Sky
"How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot! / The world forgetting, by the world forgot / Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! / Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd." - Alexander Pope [quoted in Eternal Sunshine]
"There are some fish that cannot be caught. It's not that they're faster or stronger then the other fish. They're just touched by something extra." - Big Fish
"The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn't hard to master. I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster, some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent. I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster. Even losing you... the joking voice, a gesture I love... I shan't have lied. It's evident the art of losing's not.too hard to master though'it may look like... Write it!... like disaster." - InHer Shoes[from Elizabeth Bishop, One Art]
"And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life... You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday." - American Beauty
"It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself." - American Beauty
"Dear Roberta Sparrow, I have reached the end of your book and... there are so many things that I need to ask you. Sometimes I'm afraid of what you might tell me. Sometimes I'm afraid that you'll tell me that this is not a work of fiction. I can only hope that the answers will come to me in my sleep. I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to." - Donnie Darko
"I always tell the girls, never take it seriously, if ya never take it seriosuly, ya never get hurt, ya never get hurt, ya always have fun, and if you ever get lonely, just got to the record store and visit your friends." - Almost Famous
"Was I ever crazy? Maybe. Or maybe life is... Crazy isn't being broken or swallowing a dark secret. It's you or me amplified." - Girl, Interrupted
"And there I was killing them softly with my song. Or rather being killed. And not so softly either." - About a Boy
"It's not true. Some have great stories, pretty stories that take place at lakes with boats and friends and noodle salad. Just no one in this car. But, a lot of people, that's their story. Good times, noodle salad. What makes it so hard is not that you had it bad, but that you're that pissed that so many others had it good." - As Good as it Gets
[to a group of depressed psychiatric patients]
"What if this is as good as it gets?"- As Good as it Gets
"If you stare at someone long enough, you discover their humanity." - As Good as it Gets
"Can you keep a secret? I'm trying to organize a prison break. We have to first get out of this bar, then the hotel, then the city, and then the country. Are you in or you out?"- Lost in Translation
"Sometimes the people we meet change us forever." - Forces of Nature
"My Dearest Allie. I couldn't sleep last night because I know that it's over between us. I'm not bitter any more, because I know that what we had was real. And if in some distant place in the future we see each other in our new lives, I'll smile at you with joy and remember how we spent the summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love. The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds, and that's what you've given me. That's what I hope to give to you forever. I love you. I'll be seeing you. Noah" - The Notebook
"I am nothing special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who's ever lived: I've loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough." - The Notebook
"Well, what the hell did you know? Did you know how bad things were for me? No, because you wouldn't even open my letters. If you had even answered one, just one! Told me what a jerk I was, anything! But you didn't. You took your friendship away without even discussing it with me. So, thank you very much for forgiving me. But I don't forgive you." - Beaches
"Well "Sinead O'Rebellion." Shock me shock me shock me with that deviant behavior." - Empire Records
"What's with today today?"- Empire Records
"Are you crying? Are you crying? ARE YOU CRYING? There's no crying, there's no crying in baseball." - A League of their Own
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great." - ALeague of their Own
"I want to go out but everything that I own is beige." - Banger Sisters
"A banana hammock. Not everybody has one of those." - Banger Sisters
C: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon.
J: I know.
C:What do we do?
J: Enjoy it.- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
"Joel, I'm not a concept. Too many guys think I'm a concept or I complete them or I'm going to make them alive, but I'm just a fucked up girl who is looking for my own peace of mind. Don't assign me yours." - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
"Anybody can lose one fight, anybody can lose once, you'll come back from this you'll be champion of the world." - Million Dollar Baby
"There is magic in fighting battles beyond endurance." - Million Dollar Baby
"Oh, Jo. Jo, you have so many extraordinary gifts; how can you expect to lead an ordinary life? You're ready to go out and - and find a good use for your talent. Tho' I don't know what I shall do without my Jo. Go, and embrace your liberty. And see what wonderful things come of it." - Little Women
"You don't need scores of suitors. You need only one... if he's the right one." - Little Women
"You must write from the depths of your soul!" - Little Women
"And so I grew from colt to stallion, as wild and as reckless as thunder over the land. Racing with the eagle, soaring with the wind. Flying? There were times I believed I could." -Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
"My heart galloped through the skies that night- back to my herd, where I belonged. I wondered if they missed me as much as I missed them."- Spirit:Stallion of the Cimarron
"Just a dog? Porthos dreams of being a bear, and you want to shatter those dreams by saying he's just a dog? What a horrible candle-snuffing word. That's like saying, "He can't climb that mountain, he's just a man", or "That's not a diamond, it's just a rock." Just."- Finding Neverland
"I'm not crazy, M'Lynn, I've just been in a very bad mood for 40 years!" - Steel Magnolias
"I would rather have thirty minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special." -Steel Magnolias
"Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion." - Steel Magnolias
"Now George has a love at his side and she is sticking with him. You know why? Because he bought her chairs. That's pretty smart to me. You ever buy Lisa's chairs?'" - Phenomenon
"Everything is on its way to somewhere." - Phenomenon
"In the words of AC/DC: We roll tonight... to the guitar bite... and for those about to rock... I salute you." - Schoolof Rock
"God of Rock, thank you for this chance to kick ass. We are your humble servants. Please give us the power to blow people's minds with our high voltage rock. In your name we pray, Amen." - School of Rock
"Dude, I service society by rocking, OK? I'm out there on the front lines liberating people with my music!" - School of Rock
"Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: "With great power comes great responsibility." This is my gift, my curse. Who am I? I'm Spider-man." - Spider-man
"No, that's a bear in a, in a bee costume. This? This is a fish. This is a fish! You know what? Just shut up. I didn't ask for your opinion. I asked for a toy that you don't have!" - Best in Show
"Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself." - Good Will Hunting
"You think I know the first thing about how hard your life has been, how you feel, who you are, because I read Oliver Twist? Does that encapsulate you? Personally... I don't give a shit about all that, because you know what, I can't learn anything from you, I can't read in some fuckin' book. Unless you want to talk about you, who you are. Then I'm fascinated. I'm in. But you don't want to do that do you sport? You're terrified of what you might say. Your move, chief."- Good Will Hunting
"After living in the dark for so long, a glimpse of the light can make you giddy. Strange thoughts come into your head and you better think'em. Has a special fate been calling you and you not listening? Is there a secret message right in front of you and you're not reading it? Is this your last, best chance? Are you gonna take it? Or are you going to the grave with unlived lives in your veins?" - The Good Girl
"Sometimes, when you lose, you win." - What Dreams MayCome
"What's true in our minds is true, whether some people know it or not." - What Dreams May Come
"Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. If you don't start with that, what are you going to end up with? Fall head over heels. I say find someone you can love like crazy and who'll love you the same way back. And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart. I'm not hearing any heart. Run the risk, if you get hurt, you'll come back. Because, the truth is there is no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love - well, you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven't tried, you haven't lived." - Meet Joe Black
"Home. The dictionary defines it as both a place of origin and a goal or destination. And the storm? The storm was all in my mind. Or as the poet Dante put it: In the middle of the journey of my life, I found myself in a dark wood, for I had lost the right path. Eventually I would find the right path, but in the most unlikely place." - Patch Adams
"I'm an astronaut and aswimmer."- Terms of Endearment
"I'm drowning in assholes." - Igby Goes Down
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around." - love actually
"If you refuse to have a nice time with me, I'm going to have fun by myself." - Uptown Girls
"You know that point in your life when you realize that the house that you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of the sudden even though you have some place where you can put your stuff that idea of home is gone...You'll see when you move out it just sort of happens one day one day and it's just gone. And you can never get it back. It's like you get homesick for a place that doesn't exist. I mean it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for you kids, for the family you start, it's like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place." - Garden State
"The book says, "We might be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us."" - Magnolia
"There are stories of coincidence and chance, of intersections and strange things told, and which is which and nobody knows; and we generally say, "Well, if that was in a movie, I wouldn't believe it."" - Magnolia
"I tried taking pictures, but they were so mediocre. I guess every girl goes through aphotography phase. You know, horses... taking pictures of your feet." - Lost in Translation
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world... is what you share with someone else when you're uncool." - Almost Famous
"If there's any kind of magic in this world, it must be in the attempt of understanding someone, sharing something. I know, it's almost impossible to succeed, but... who cares, really? The answer must be in the attempt." - Before Sunrise
"You don't get to tell me what to do ever again." - American Beauty
"Once, there was this day... this one day when... everyone realized they needed each other." - Pieces of April
"The little things... there's nothing bigger, is there?" - Vanilla Sky
"How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot! / The world forgetting, by the world forgot / Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! / Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd." - Alexander Pope [quoted in Eternal Sunshine]
"There are some fish that cannot be caught. It's not that they're faster or stronger then the other fish. They're just touched by something extra." - Big Fish
"The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn't hard to master. I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster, some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent. I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster. Even losing you... the joking voice, a gesture I love... I shan't have lied. It's evident the art of losing's not.too hard to master though'it may look like... Write it!... like disaster." - InHer Shoes[from Elizabeth Bishop, One Art]
"And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life... You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday." - American Beauty
"It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself." - American Beauty
"Dear Roberta Sparrow, I have reached the end of your book and... there are so many things that I need to ask you. Sometimes I'm afraid of what you might tell me. Sometimes I'm afraid that you'll tell me that this is not a work of fiction. I can only hope that the answers will come to me in my sleep. I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to." - Donnie Darko
"I always tell the girls, never take it seriously, if ya never take it seriosuly, ya never get hurt, ya never get hurt, ya always have fun, and if you ever get lonely, just got to the record store and visit your friends." - Almost Famous
"Was I ever crazy? Maybe. Or maybe life is... Crazy isn't being broken or swallowing a dark secret. It's you or me amplified." - Girl, Interrupted
"And there I was killing them softly with my song. Or rather being killed. And not so softly either." - About a Boy
"It's not true. Some have great stories, pretty stories that take place at lakes with boats and friends and noodle salad. Just no one in this car. But, a lot of people, that's their story. Good times, noodle salad. What makes it so hard is not that you had it bad, but that you're that pissed that so many others had it good." - As Good as it Gets
[to a group of depressed psychiatric patients]
"What if this is as good as it gets?"- As Good as it Gets
"If you stare at someone long enough, you discover their humanity." - As Good as it Gets
"Can you keep a secret? I'm trying to organize a prison break. We have to first get out of this bar, then the hotel, then the city, and then the country. Are you in or you out?"- Lost in Translation
"Sometimes the people we meet change us forever." - Forces of Nature
"My Dearest Allie. I couldn't sleep last night because I know that it's over between us. I'm not bitter any more, because I know that what we had was real. And if in some distant place in the future we see each other in our new lives, I'll smile at you with joy and remember how we spent the summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love. The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds, and that's what you've given me. That's what I hope to give to you forever. I love you. I'll be seeing you. Noah" - The Notebook
"I am nothing special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who's ever lived: I've loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough." - The Notebook
"Well, what the hell did you know? Did you know how bad things were for me? No, because you wouldn't even open my letters. If you had even answered one, just one! Told me what a jerk I was, anything! But you didn't. You took your friendship away without even discussing it with me. So, thank you very much for forgiving me. But I don't forgive you." - Beaches
"Well "Sinead O'Rebellion." Shock me shock me shock me with that deviant behavior." - Empire Records
"What's with today today?"- Empire Records
"Are you crying? Are you crying? ARE YOU CRYING? There's no crying, there's no crying in baseball." - A League of their Own
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great." - ALeague of their Own
"I want to go out but everything that I own is beige." - Banger Sisters
"A banana hammock. Not everybody has one of those." - Banger Sisters
C: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon.
J: I know.
C:What do we do?
J: Enjoy it.- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
"Joel, I'm not a concept. Too many guys think I'm a concept or I complete them or I'm going to make them alive, but I'm just a fucked up girl who is looking for my own peace of mind. Don't assign me yours." - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
"Anybody can lose one fight, anybody can lose once, you'll come back from this you'll be champion of the world." - Million Dollar Baby
"There is magic in fighting battles beyond endurance." - Million Dollar Baby
"Oh, Jo. Jo, you have so many extraordinary gifts; how can you expect to lead an ordinary life? You're ready to go out and - and find a good use for your talent. Tho' I don't know what I shall do without my Jo. Go, and embrace your liberty. And see what wonderful things come of it." - Little Women
"You don't need scores of suitors. You need only one... if he's the right one." - Little Women
"You must write from the depths of your soul!" - Little Women
"And so I grew from colt to stallion, as wild and as reckless as thunder over the land. Racing with the eagle, soaring with the wind. Flying? There were times I believed I could." -Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
"My heart galloped through the skies that night- back to my herd, where I belonged. I wondered if they missed me as much as I missed them."- Spirit:Stallion of the Cimarron
"Just a dog? Porthos dreams of being a bear, and you want to shatter those dreams by saying he's just a dog? What a horrible candle-snuffing word. That's like saying, "He can't climb that mountain, he's just a man", or "That's not a diamond, it's just a rock." Just."- Finding Neverland
"I'm not crazy, M'Lynn, I've just been in a very bad mood for 40 years!" - Steel Magnolias
"I would rather have thirty minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special." -Steel Magnolias
"Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion." - Steel Magnolias
"Now George has a love at his side and she is sticking with him. You know why? Because he bought her chairs. That's pretty smart to me. You ever buy Lisa's chairs?'" - Phenomenon
"Everything is on its way to somewhere." - Phenomenon
"In the words of AC/DC: We roll tonight... to the guitar bite... and for those about to rock... I salute you." - Schoolof Rock
"God of Rock, thank you for this chance to kick ass. We are your humble servants. Please give us the power to blow people's minds with our high voltage rock. In your name we pray, Amen." - School of Rock
"Dude, I service society by rocking, OK? I'm out there on the front lines liberating people with my music!" - School of Rock
"Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: "With great power comes great responsibility." This is my gift, my curse. Who am I? I'm Spider-man." - Spider-man
"No, that's a bear in a, in a bee costume. This? This is a fish. This is a fish! You know what? Just shut up. I didn't ask for your opinion. I asked for a toy that you don't have!" - Best in Show
"Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself." - Good Will Hunting
"You think I know the first thing about how hard your life has been, how you feel, who you are, because I read Oliver Twist? Does that encapsulate you? Personally... I don't give a shit about all that, because you know what, I can't learn anything from you, I can't read in some fuckin' book. Unless you want to talk about you, who you are. Then I'm fascinated. I'm in. But you don't want to do that do you sport? You're terrified of what you might say. Your move, chief."- Good Will Hunting
"After living in the dark for so long, a glimpse of the light can make you giddy. Strange thoughts come into your head and you better think'em. Has a special fate been calling you and you not listening? Is there a secret message right in front of you and you're not reading it? Is this your last, best chance? Are you gonna take it? Or are you going to the grave with unlived lives in your veins?" - The Good Girl
"Sometimes, when you lose, you win." - What Dreams MayCome
"What's true in our minds is true, whether some people know it or not." - What Dreams May Come
"Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. If you don't start with that, what are you going to end up with? Fall head over heels. I say find someone you can love like crazy and who'll love you the same way back. And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart. I'm not hearing any heart. Run the risk, if you get hurt, you'll come back. Because, the truth is there is no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love - well, you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven't tried, you haven't lived." - Meet Joe Black
"Home. The dictionary defines it as both a place of origin and a goal or destination. And the storm? The storm was all in my mind. Or as the poet Dante put it: In the middle of the journey of my life, I found myself in a dark wood, for I had lost the right path. Eventually I would find the right path, but in the most unlikely place." - Patch Adams
"I'm an astronaut and aswimmer."- Terms of Endearment
"I'm drowning in assholes." - Igby Goes Down
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around." - love actually
"If you refuse to have a nice time with me, I'm going to have fun by myself." - Uptown Girls
"You know that point in your life when you realize that the house that you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of the sudden even though you have some place where you can put your stuff that idea of home is gone...You'll see when you move out it just sort of happens one day one day and it's just gone. And you can never get it back. It's like you get homesick for a place that doesn't exist. I mean it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for you kids, for the family you start, it's like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place." - Garden State
"The book says, "We might be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us."" - Magnolia
"There are stories of coincidence and chance, of intersections and strange things told, and which is which and nobody knows; and we generally say, "Well, if that was in a movie, I wouldn't believe it."" - Magnolia