Here’s a list of quotes which stick in my mind for whatever reason…
“I don’t want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me” – The Departed..Jack Nicholson makes it sound so good
“You make me want to be a better man” – As Good As It Gets..Jack Nicholson yet again..
“It’s a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself” – American Beauty
“Our marriage is just for show. A commercial for how normal we are when we’re anything but” – American Beauty
“Sometimes there’s so much beauty in the world I feel like I can’t take it, like my heart’s going to cave in” – American Beauty
“And we’ll always be freaks and we’ll never be like other people and you’ll never be a freak because you’re just too… perfect!” – American Beauty
“If you’re there please pick up the phone, I really want to talk to you. The fact that you’re not answering leads me to believe you’re either (a) Not at home, (b) Home, but don’t want to talk to me, or (c) Home, desperately want to talk to me, but trapped under something heavy. If it’s either (a) or (c), please call me back” – When Harry Met Sally
“No man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her” – When Harry met Sally
“Think of a sunflower, they bow to the sun. But if you see some that are bowed too far down, it means they’re dead. You’re here serving, you’re not a servant. Serving is the supreme art. God is the first of servants. God serves men, but he’s not a servant to men” – Life is Beautiful
“Guido: I forgot to tell you.
Dora: Go ahead.
Guido: You can’t imagine how much I feel like making love to you. But I’ll never tell anyone, especially not you. They’d have to torture me to make me say it.
Dora: Say what?
Guido: That I want to make love to you – not just once, but over and over again! But I’ll never tell you that. I’d have to be crazy to tell you. I’d even make love to you now… right here for the rest of my life“
—Life is Beautiful
“Classes will dull your mind, destroy the potential for authentic creativity” – A Beautiful Mind
“I find you very attractive. Your assertiveness tells me that you feel the same way about me. But ritual remains that we must do a series of platonic actions before we can have intercourse. Now, I’m doing that. But all I really want to do is have sex with you as soon as possible.” – A Beautiful Mind
“Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart” – A Beautiful Mind
“I don’t have time for these classes and these books, memorizing the weak assumptions of lesser mortals” – A Beautiful Mind
“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse” – The Godfather
“Being kind to a fellow man is profitable, in every sense. Both personally and bottom line” – The Godfather
“Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people” – The Godfather
“Sophie was back in the game! Pure, raw, explosive pleasure! Better than drugs, better than smack! Better than a dope-coke-crack-fix-shit-shoot-sniff-ganja-marijuana-blotter-acid-ecstasy! Better than sex, head, 69, orgies, masturbation, tantrism, Kama Sutra or Thai doggy-style! Better than banana milkshakes! Better than George Lucas’s trilogy, the muppets and 2001! Better than Emma Peel, Marilyn, Lara Croft and Cindy Crawford’s beauty mark! Better than the B-side to Abbey Road, Jimmy Hendrix and the first man on the moon! Space Mountain, Santa Claus, Bill Gates’ fortune, the Dalai Lama, Lazarus raised from the dead! Schwarzenegger’s testosterone shots, Pam Anderson’s lips! Woodstock, raves… Better than Sade, Rimbaud, Morrison and Castaneda! Better than freedom, better than life!” – Jeux d’Enfants – French (Love me if You Dare – English)
“My father was fond of saying you need three things in life – a good doctor, a forgiving priest, and a clever accountant. The first two, I’ve never had much use for” – Schindler’s List
“I find I’m so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it is the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.” – The Shawshank Redemption
“Astalavista !! Baby” – Terminator 2 Judgement Day
“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist ” – The Usual Suspects
