“The more you know who you are and what you want, the less you let things upset you.”
—Bob Harris (Bill Murray), Lost in Translation (2003)
“I don’t care what you believe in, just believe in it.”
—Shepherd Book (Ron Glass), Serenity (2005)
“Just because you can’t understand something doesn’t mean it’s wrong.”
— Arthur (Rickie Sorensen),
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
“Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power, mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love, true love, never dies. You remember that, boy. You remember that. Doesn’t matter if it’s true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in.”
—Hub (Robert Duvall), Secondhand Lions (2003)
“Life does not stop and start at your convenience.”
—Walter Sobchak (John Goodman), The Big Lebowski (1998)
“Hate is baggage. Life’s too short to be pissed off all the time. It’s just not worth it.”
—Danny Vinyard (Edward Furlong), American History X (1998)
“In the end, it is not important what you think. It is only important what you do.”
—The Monster (Liam Neeson), A Monster Calls (2016)
“You are who you choose to be.”
—Hogarth Hughes (Eli Marienthal), The Iron Giant (1999)
“You’ll feel so homesick that you’ll want to die, and there’s nothing you can do about it apart from endure it. But you will, and it won’t kill you. And one day the sun will come out—you might not even notice straight away, it’ll be that faint. And then you’ll catch yourself thinking about something or someone who has no connection with the past. Someone who’s only yours. And you’ll realize…that this is where your life is.”
—Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), Brooklyn (2015)*
“Ah, think of the suffering you’re gonna miss. I mean, high school? High school–those are your prime suffering years. You don’t get better suffering than that.”
—Edwin Hoover (Alan Arkin), Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
“If you’re good at something, never do it for free.”
—The Joker (Heath Ledger),
The Dark Knight (2008)
“There are opportunities in life for gaining knowledge and experience. Sometimes it is necessary to take a risk.”
—Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan), Blue Velvet (1986)
“I hope that someday you’ll know the indescribable joy of having children, and of paying someone else to raise them.”
—Gomez Addams (Raul Julia), Addams Family Values (1993)
“They don’t make you. You make you.”
—Eggs (Isaac Hempstead Wright), The Boxtrolls (2014)
“Let your heart guide you. It whispers so listen closely.”
—Littlefoot’s Mother (Helen Shaver),
The Land Before Time (1988)
“You left just as you were becoming interesting.”
—Prof. Henry Jones, Sr. (Sean Connery),
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
“You just can’t stay seventeen forever.”
—Steve Bollander (Ron Howard), American Graffiti (1973)*
“Well, all I’m saying is that I want to look back and say that I did it the best I could while I was stuck in this place. Had as much fun as I could while I was stuck in this place. Played as hard as I could while I was stuck in this place.”
—Don Dawson (Sasha Jenson), Dazed and Confused (1993)
“We are who we choose to be. Now…choose!”
—Norman Osbourne/Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe),
Spider-Man (2002)
“Sometimes the world seems against you
The journey may leave a scar
But scars can heal and reveal just
Where you are
The people you love will change you
The things you have learned will guide you
And nothing on earth can silence
The quiet voice still inside you.”
—Gramma Tala (Rachel House), Moana (2016)
“You have to do what you can’t not do.”
—Luisa Rey (Halle Berry),
Cloud Atlas (2012)
“You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet.”
—Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), Fight Club (1999)
“Hey, you want some good parental advice? Don’t listen to me.”
—Dr. Ian Malcom (Jeff Goldblum),
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