Famous movie quotes by subject

To elude a storm, you can either sail into it or around it. But you must never await its coming. (Lord Corlys Velaryon)

Dreams make good stories, but everything important happens when we're awake. (Duncan Idaho)

A good death only comes after a good life. (Shimazu)

Remember what I told you. If you ever feel lost, just look into the eyes of the people that you love. (Peter Quill)

I've flirted with alcohol most of my life. If anything I think it's high time that I consumated the relationship. (Alma Wheatley)

The thing that no one wants to admit is that most people want things to happen to them. We tell each other lies about the fight for free will and independence, but we don't really want that. We want to be told how to live and then die when we're not looking. People want oblivion, and a few of us are born to build it for them. (Lyutsifer Safin)

You are a product of all who came before you, the legacy of your family. (Jiang Nan)

Friendship means little when it's convenient. (Shimazu)

Haven't you heard? God is dead. We have taken his place. (Laurens Bancroft)

If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place. (Thorin Oakenshield)

This is a nice moment, let's not ruin it. (Maverick)

Hope is like the sun. If you only believe it when you see it you'll never make it through the night. (Leia Organa)

Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try. (Yoda)

Surviving is not living. Life is more than what is it's what it could be, what you can make it. (Tom)

No girl wants to marry a doctor who can't tell if a man's dead or not! (Sherlock Holmes)

Money is not beside the point. Money IS the point. (Jimmy McGill)

I'm alive right now because I tried damn hard to stay alive. (Cho Sang-woo)

They say you only really appreciate a garden once you reach a certain age, and I suppose there is a truth in that. It's probably something to do with the great circle of life. There seems to be something miraculous about seeing the relentless optimism of new growth after the bleakness of winter, a kind of joy in the difference every year, the way nature chooses to show off different parts of the garden to its full advantage. (Nathan)

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done. (Dr. Randall Mindy)

You don’t trust people because they are trustworthy. You do it because you have nothing else to rely on. (Kang Sae-byeok)

They won't fear it until they understand it. (J. Robert Oppenheimer)

That's real music. It's dark and brooding. (Lucy)

I can't remember my wife's face. I worry I won't recognize her when I get back home. (Andrew Henry)

You know, most times when people tell us something's for the best, it's for the worst. (Alice Harmon)

We all have our secrets. We just didn't get to yours yet. (James Bond)

The world is changing. Reforming. This is your moment. (Kitty Oppenheimer)

Like they say in Silicon Valley: "It's not a bug, it's a feature!" (Jimmy McGill)

We're still alive 'cause we're smoking. (Michael Williams)

I like your plan, except it sucks. (Peter Quill)

One can't be betrayed if one has no people. (Kobayashi)

The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. (M)

Anger is a potent spice. A pinch wakes you up, too much dulls your senses. (Harry Beltik)

Creativity and psychosis often go hand in hand. Or, for that matter, genius and madness. (Miss Jean Blake)

You've been watching too many movies, you idiot, you've forgotten what life is about! (Screenwriter in Love)

I'm climbing Mount Everest because I can... Because to be able to climb that high and see that kind of beauty that nobody ever sees, it'd be a crime not to. (Doug Hansen)

Conscience has an unmistakable stink to it; sort of like raw onions and morning breath. But a lie stinks even more when it's coming from someone who isn't used to lying. It's more like rotten eggs and horseshit. (Francis Underwood)

Did you think I would let you grow old? (Shere Khan)

What you know is not always what's important. (Alma Wheatley)

What goes up must come down! (David Levinson)

Technology advances. But humans don't. We're smart monkeys, and what we want is always the same. Food, shelter, sex, and in all its forms. (Takeshi Kovacs)

Things don't always go as planned. That's the beauty of science. (Nikola Tesla)

Always live without fear, for your fate is set and you cannot escape it! (Heimir the Fool)

Just cause you fall on your ass doesn't mean you have to stay there. (Hughie Campbell)

Your chance of failure is overwhelming. (Thoth)

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. (VIP 2)

We imagine a future, and our imaginings horrify us. (J. Robert Oppenheimer)

You think because you let them tar and feather you that the world will forgive you? They won't. (Kitty Oppenheimer)

To those who threaten our freedom: America will rise up. And make no mistake; we will find you, and we will destroy you. (VP Trumbull)

There is no God, but there is a Santa Claus! (Leigh Emerson)

I knew I shouldn't go, 'cause when the victors rewrite history. It's just another kind of war waged after the battlefield killing is done, to murder the memory of the defeated. (Takeshi Kovacs)

Good things take time, but great things happen all at once. (Nick Schaffer)

You did two things wrong, one is you asked a question and two is you asked another question. (Frankie Dunn)

You don't need to send a man to do a woman's job. (Gisele)

Enough? It's an interesting word. I'm not familiar with it. (Miriam Bancroft)

Side effects include: drowsiness, apathy, and blurred vision... I'm taking two. (Ian Curtis)

What part of "small and friendly" did he not understand? (Patty Tolan)

In the years to come, will you light a candle and remember me on my birthday? (Heather MacLeod)

Wouldn't you rather build your own identity? Why ride on someone else's coattails? (Chuck McGill)

Sorry, General, I said I understood, not that I agree. (Ernest Lawrence)

A promise is only as good as the character of the man who makes it. (Charles)

The truth is, the world is ruled by corruption and greed. (Duke of Oxford)

Don't be too impatient to put yourself in danger. (Ragnar Lothbrok)

Do you know why people like violence? It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes... hollow. (Alan Turing)

You may have dodged your legal troubles but things will get much worse. There's still the court of public opinion. (Matt Murdock)

You say that emotions are overrated. But that's bullshit. Emotions are all we've got. (Mick Boyle)

Friendly relationships are dangerous. They lend themselves to ambiguities, misunderstandings, and conflicts, and they always end badly. Formal relationships, on the other hand, are as clear as spring water. Their rules are carved in stone. There's no risk of being misunderstood and they last forever. (Lenny Belardo - Pope Pius XIII)

The defense department regrets to inform you that your sons are dead because they were stupid. (Goose)

See, friends are overrated, 'cause eventually someone will come along and shoot 'em in the stack. You're better off alone. (Takeshi Kovacs)

You sit upon the highest seat in the realm, Your Grace. Proud men don't like having to look up. (Lord Lyonel Strong)

I know a guy who knows a guy who killed a guy. (Bowery King)