Movie Quotes...

[Colonel McQueen is about to go kill Chiggy Von Richthofen, the enemies ace flyer]
Priest: Colonel. Colonel! Colonel McQueen! Do you need to make peace with your maker?

McQueen: My maker was some geek in a lab coat with an eyedropper and a petri dish. What do I need to make peace with him for?

Priest: In times of war, we must all make peace with our maker.

McQueen: Well, I don't think our maker wants to hear from me right now. Because he knows I'm going to go out in this plane and I'm going to remove one of his creations from HIS universe, and when I get back, I'm going to drink a bottle of scotch as if it was Chiggy Von Richtofen's blood and celebrate his death.

Priest: Amen.

Lt. Col. Tyrus Cassius"T.C." McQueen (played by James Morrison)
Space, Above and Beyond (1996)

Okay. You people sit tight, hold the fort and keep the home fires burning.

If we're not back by dawn... call the president.

Jack Burton (played by Kurt Russell)
Big-Trouble in Little China (1986)

GRU: Now I know there have been some rumours going around that the bank is no longer funding us. Well, I am here to put those rumours to rest. They are true. In terms of money...we have no money.

So how WILL we get to the moon? The answer is clear...we won't.

[Gru drops, defeated, into an empty chair. The crowd is even more depressed.]

GRU: We are doomed. Now would probably be a good time to look for other employment options. I know; I have fired up my resume, as I suggest that all of you do as well.

[The crowd sags even more. Gru stares back at everyone, feeling horrible. Then he feels a tug on his jacket. Gru looks down and sees Margo, Edith and Agnes. He frowns.]

GRU: What is it? Can’t you see I am in the middle of a pep talk?

[Agnes produces a PIGGY BANK. Gru stares at it. He takes the piggy bank, shakes it, and it rattles. He opens it, and several coins fall out onto his hand. He stares at them. Then looks at the girls. Feeling things he’s probably never felt before.]

[Then, one by one, the minions produce their own treasured possessions...]

Felonious Gru (Steve Carell)
Despicable Me (2010)

Commodore Glen Van Ross: I'll be a son of a bitch if I go to your funeral, Ty.

McQueen: Yes you would sir. But we'll talk about your mother when I get back.

Lt. Col. Tyrus Cassius"T.C." McQueen (played by James Morrison)
Commodore Glen Van Ross (played by Tucker Smallwood)
Space, Above and Beyond (1996)

Narrator: You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension - a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into the Twilight Zone.

Narrator (Rod Sterling)
The Twilight Zone (1959-64)

Callahan: I know what you’re thinking: 'Did he fire six shots, or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I’ve kinda lost track of myself.

But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?'

Well, do ya, punk?

(Dirty) Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood)
Dirty Harry (1971)

DuPont: Don't look so surprised, Preston. Why should Father be more real than any other political puppet? The real Father died years ago. The Council simply elected me to pursue his paternal tradition. And you, Preston, the supposed savior of the Resistance, are now its destroyer, and, along with them, you've given me yourself...

Calmly...

Cooly...

Entirely without incident.

[Polygraph machine scribbling rapidly]
Preston: No. [Beeping]

Polygraph technician: Oh... Shit. [Beeping stops.]

Preston: Not without incident....

DuPont (Angus MacFadyen)
John Preston (Christian Bale)
Equilibrium (2002)

Jones: Shouting I HAD A GUARRANTEED MILITARY SALE WITH ED 209...RENOVATION PROGRAM..SPARE PARTS FOR TWENTY FIVE YEARS...WHO CARES IF IT WORKED OR NOT?

Morton: The Old Man thought it was pretty important, Dick.

Richard 'Dick' Jones (Ronny Cox)
Robert 'Bob' Morton (Miguel Ferrer)
Robocop (1987)

Sherrif: ..In one-hundred and fourteen counties of this state, the condemned is found guily of the crimes of Murder, Armed Robbery of Citizens, State Banks and Post-Offices. The theft of Sacred-Objects; Arson in State Prison; Perjury, Bigomy. Deserting his Wife and Children; Enciting Prostitution; Kidnapping; Extortion; Receiving Stolen Goods, Selling Stolen Goods; Passing Counterfeit Money...

....and contrary to the laws of this state the condemned is guilty of using Marked Cards in a poker game...

..Therefore according to the powers vested in us, we sentence the accused: Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez...

Blondie: [under breath] Known as the Rat...

Sherrif:..any any other aliases he might have to be hanged by the neck until dead.. may god have mercy on his sole. PROCEED!

Sherrif (John Bartha)
Blondie, The Man With No Name (Clint Eastwood)
Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)
aka The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

[slow, but intense] Listen. Understand.

That Terminator is out there.

It can't be reasoned with, it can't be bargained with...

it doesn't feel pity or remorse or fear...

and it absolutely will not stop....

...Ever...

Until you are dead.

Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn)
The Terminator (1984)

Hudson: Hey, Vasquez...you ever been mistaken for a man?

Vasquez: No. Have you?

Private W. Hudson (Bill Paxton)
Private J. Vasquez (Jenette Goldstein)
Aliens (1986)

By Gad, sir, you are a character.

There's never any telling what you'll say or do next, except that it's bound to be something astonishing!

Kasper Gutman (Sydney Greenstreet)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)

 Ready for the action now danger boy.
Ready if I'm ready for you danger boy.
  Ready if I want it now danger boy.
  How dare you, dare you, danger boy.
    I dare you, dare you danger boy.

Aeon Flux (TV Series: 1991-95)

[chewing his CB] Like I told my last wife, I said, "I never drive faster than I can see."

Jack Burton (played by Kurt Russell)
Big-Trouble in Little China (1986)

When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it...

Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)

You just listen to the ol' Pork Chop Express an' take his advice on a dark and stormy night when some wild-eyed eight-foot tall maniac grabs your neck an' taps the back of your favorite head up against a barroom wall.

And he looks you crooked in the eye and; he asks if you've paid your dues.

You look right back at that big sucker and remember what Jack Burton always says at times like that.

"Have you paid your dues, Jack"

"Yeah, I paid my dues... The cheques in the post."

Jack Burton (Kurt Russell)
Big-Trouble in Little China (1986)

Blink once, you're dead. Blink twice, you're buried. Understand?

Aeon Flux (TV Series: 1991-95)

Don't be too sure I'm as crooked as I'm supposed to be...

Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Harry: Remember what the fellow said.

In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance.

In Switzerland, they had brotherly love. They had five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce?

[laughing] The cuckoo clock... So long. Holly.

Harry Lime (Orson Wells)
The Third Man (1949)

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.

I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near Tannhäuser Gate.

All those moments will be lost in time.

like tears in rain.

Time to die.

Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer)
Blade Runner (1982)

There's a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17.

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the
inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.

Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and goodwill,
shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness.
For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children.

And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance 
and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers.

And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.

I been sayin' that shit for years. And if you ever heard it, it meant your ass. I never really questioned what it meant. I thought it was just a cold-blooded thing to say to a motherfucker 'fore you popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some shit this mornin' made me think twice.

Now I'm thinkin', it could mean you're the evil man. And I'm the righteous man. And Mr. .45 here, he's the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness.

Or is could by you're the righteous man and I'm the shepherd and it's the world that's evil and selfish. I'd like that.

But that shit ain't the truth.

The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men.

But I'm tryin'. I'm tryin' real hard to be a shepherd...

Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson)
Pulp Fiction (1993)

The Wolf: If I'm curt with you, it's because time is a factor. I think fast, I talk fast, and I need you guys to act fast if you want to get out of this. So pretty please, with sugar on top, clean the fuckin' car.

Mr Wolf (Harvey Keitel)
Pulp Fiction (1993)

[pointing at the men as he gives them a name]

JOE:Mr. Brown, Mr. White, Mr. Blonde, Mr. Blue, Mr. Orange, and Mr. Pink.

MR. PINK: Why am I Mr. Pink?

JOE: Cause you're a faggot. [Everybody laughs]

MR. PINK: Why can't we pick out our own colors?

JOE: I tried that once, it don't work. You get four guys fighting over who's gonna be Mr. Black. Since nobody knows anybody else, nobody wants to back down. So forget it, I pick. Be thankful you're not Mr. Yellow.

MR. BROWN: Yeah, but Mr. Brown? That's too close to Mr.Shit. ]Everybody laughs again...]

MR. PINK: Yeah, Mr. Pink sounds like Mr. Pussy. Tell you what, let me be Mr. Purple. That sounds good to me, I'm Mr. Purple.

JOE: You're not Mr. Purple, somebody from another job's Mr. Purple. You're Mr. Pink.

MR. WHITE: Who cares what your name is? Who cares if you're Mr. Pink, Mr. Purple, Mr. Pussy, Mr. Piss...

MR. PINK: Oh that's really easy for you to say, you're Mr. White. You gotta cool-sounding name. So tell me, Mr. White, if you think "Mr. Pink" is no big deal, you wanna trade?

JOE: Nobody's trading with anybody! Look, this ain't a goddamn fuckin city counsel meeting! Listen up Mr. Pink. We got two ways here, my way or the highway. And you can go down either of 'em. So what's it gonna be, Mr. Pink?

MR. PINK: Jesus Christ, Joe. Fuckin forget it. This is beneath me. I'm Mr. Pink, let's move on.

Joe Cabot (played by Lawrence Tierney)
Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi)
Mr. Brown (Quentin Tarantino)
Mr. White (Harvey Keitel)
Reservoir Dogs (1990)

”Socially a Journalist fits in somewhere between a Whore and a Bartender.

But spiritually he stands beside Gallieo. He know the world is round...”

Sherman Duffy, Chicago Daily Journal..

”Socially I fit in just fine between the Whore and the Bartender- both are close friends , and I knew the world was round...

I then discovered Flat, and that there are things dark and terrible waiting just over the edge to reach out and snatch life from the unlucky wanderer...”

Carl Kolchak (played by), Las Vegas Daily News
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series: 1974-1975)

MARSELLUS: I've grasped that, Jules. All I'm doin' is contemplating the "ifs."

JULES: I don't wanna hear about no motherfuckin' "ifs." What I wanna hear from your ass is: "you ain't got no problems, Jules. I'm on the motherfucker. Go back in there, chill them niggers out and wait for the cavalry, which should be comin' directly."

MARSELLUS: You ain't got no problems, Jules. I'm on the motherfucker. Go back in there, chill them niggers out and wait for The Wolf, who should be comin' directly.

JULES: You sendin' The Wolf?

MARSELLUS: Feel better?

JULES: Shit Negro, that's all you had to say.

Marsellus Wallace (played by Ving Rhames)
Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson)
Pulp Fiction (1994)

I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression.

Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it.

We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat, and we sit watching our TV's while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be. We know things are bad - worse than bad. They're crazy. It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out anymore. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, 'Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone.'

Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get mad! I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot - I don't want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All I know is that first you've got to get mad. You've got to say, 'I'm a HUMAN BEING, God damn it! My life has VALUE!' So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell, 'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!' I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell - 'I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!'

Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta get mad!... You've got to say, 'I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Then we'll figure out what to do about the depression and the inflation and the oil crisis. But first get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it: "I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!"

Howard Beale (Peter Finch)
Network (1976)

Hudson prowls the aisle, his movements predatory and exaggerated. Ripley watches him working his way toward her.

HUDSON:
I am ready, man. Ready to get it on.
Check-it-out.
I am the ultimate badass...state of the badass art.
You do not want to fuck with me.
Hey, Ripley, don't worry. Me and my squad of ultimate badasses will protect you.
Check-it-out...

[He slaps the SERVO-CANNON controls in the GUN BAY above them.]

HUDSON:
Independently targeting particle-beam phalanx. VWAP!
Fry half a city with this puppy.
We got tactical smart-missles,
phased-plasma pulse-rifles, RPG's.
We got sonic eeelectronic ballbreakers, we got nukes, we got knives...sharp sticks --

[Hicks grabs Hudson by his battle harness and pulls him into a seat. His voice is low, but it carries

HICKS: Save it.

HUDSON: Sure, Hicks.

Private W. Hudson (Bill Paxton)
Cpl. Dwayne Hicks (Michael Biehn)
Aliens (1986)

I’ll be back.

The Terminator(Arnold Schwarzenegger)
The Terminator (1984)

Hasta la vista, baby

The Terminator(Arnold Schwarzenegger)
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)

You’re gonna need a bigger boat.

Brody (Roy Scheider)
Jaws (1975)

Tran: Yes, your farm.

[points a gun at Lazarus]

Tran: Where is your farm, AMERICAN?

Lazarus: My farm? Oh, shit.
Here's my motherfucking farm!
[pulls out guns and starts firing and whooping]
Yeah! Yeah! Chicka-chickaw, baby! Kwan-Lo!

I'M A LEAD FARMER, MOTHERFUCKER!

Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.)
Tran (Brandon Soo Hoo)
Tropic Thunder (2008)

John Keating: We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

John Keating (played by Robin Williams)
Dead Poets Society (1989)

[Keating stands on his desk]

John Keating: Why do I stand up here? Anybody?

Charlie Dalton: To feel taller!

John Keating: No!

[dings a bell with his foot]

John Keating: Thank you for playing, Mr. Dalton. I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.

John Keating (played by Robin Williams)
Charlie Dalton (Gale Hansen)
Dead Poets Society (1989)

It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, the stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.

Piter De Vries (played by Brad Dourif)
Dune (1984)

Nanny McPhee: There is something you should understand about the way I work. When you need me but do not want me, then I must stay. When you want me but no longer need me, then I have to go. It's rather sad, really, but there it is.

[Nanny McPhee turns around to walk out of the room, but stops once she hears Simon]

Simon Brown: We will never want you!

Nanny McPhee: Then I will never go.

Nanny McPhee (played by Emma Thompson)
Simon Brown (Thomas Brodie-Sangster)
Nanny McPhee (2005)

In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit.
These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, If no one else can help and if you can find them. Maybe you can hire, The A-Team.

Narrator
The A-Team (TV Series: 1983-1987)

Hynkel: I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an Emperor -- that's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone, if possible -- Jew, gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another; human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another. In this world there's room for everyone and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone.

The way of life can be free and beautiful.

But we have lost the way.

Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent, and all will be lost.

The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men, cries out for universal brotherhood for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world, millions of despairing men, women, and little children, victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people.

To those who can hear me I say, do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass and dictators die; and the power they took from the people will return to the people and so long as men die, liberty will never perish.

Soldiers Don't give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you, enslave you, who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel; who drill you, diet you, treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men, machine men, with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts. You don't hate; only the unloved hate, the unloved and the unnatural.

Soldiers Don't fight for slavery! Fight for liberty! In the seventeenth chapter of Saint Luke it is written, "the kingdom of God is within man" -- not one man, nor a group of men, but in all men, in you, you the people have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness. You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.

Then, in the name of democracy, let us use that power! Let us all unite!! Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give you the future and old age security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power, but they lie! They do not fulfil their promise; they never will. Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people!! Now, let us fight to fulfil that promise!! Let us fight to free the world, to do away with national barriers, to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness. Soldiers: In the name of democracy, let us all unite!!!

Hannah, can you hear me? Wherever you are, look up, Hannah. The clouds are lifting. The sun is breaking through. We are coming out of the darkness into the light. We are coming into a new world, a kindlier world, where men will rise above their hate, their greed and brutality.

Look up, Hannah. The soul of man has been given wings, and at last he is beginning to fly. He is flying into the rainbow - into the light of hope, into the future, the glorious future that belongs to you, to me, and to all of us.

Look up, Hannah. Look up!

Adenoid Hynkel (dictator of Tomania)/A Jewish barber (played by Charlie Chaplin)
The Great Dictator (1940)

Spock: I have been . . . and always shall be . . . your friend. [He places his hand on the chamber glass, and his voice is a whispered broken husk. Live long and prosper!

Spock (played by Leonard Nimoy)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

The Shadow Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!

The Shadow (played by Alec Baldwin)
The Shadow (1994)

Tormund: You're the one they call the dog.

Hound: F**k off.

Tormund: They told me you were mean. Born mean or you just hate wildlings?

Hound: I don't give two shits about wildlings. It's gingers I hate.

Tormund: Gingers are beautiful. We are kissed by fire. Just like you.[points at the large face burn]

Hound: Don't point your f***ing finger at me.

Tormund: Did you trip into the fire when you were a baby?

Hound: I didn't trip I was pushed.

Tormund: Ever since you've been mean.

Hound: Will you fuck off?

Tormund: I don't think you're truly mean. You have sad eyes.

Hound: You want to suck my d**k, is that it?

Tormund: D**k?

Hound: C**k.

Tormund: Ahh, d**k. I like it.

Hound: Bet you do.

Tormund: Nope. It's p***y for me. I have beauty waiting for me back at Winterfell. If I ever get back there. Yellow hair, blue eyes, tallest women you've ever seen, almost as tall as you.

Hound: Brienne of Tarth.

Tormund: You know her?

Hound: You're with Brienne of f****g Tarth.

Tormund: Well, not with her yet, but I see the way she looks at me.

Hound: How does she look at you? Like she wants to carve you up and eat your liver?

Tormund: You do know her.

Hound: We've met.

Tormund: I want to make babies with her. Think of 'em, great, big monsters. They'll conquer the world!

Hound: How did a mad f***er like you live this long?

Tormund: I'm good at killing people.

Hound (Sandor Clegane) (played by Rory McCann)
Tormund Giantsbane (played by Kristofer Hivju)
Game of Thrones (TV Series: 2011-2019)

Agnes Lowzier: Is Harry there?

Philip Marlowe: Yeah, yeah, he's here.

Agnes Lowzier: Put him on, will you?

Philip Marlowe: He can't talk to you.

Agnes Lowzier: Why?

Philip Marlowe: Because he's dead.

Agnes Lowzier (played by Sonia Darrin)
Phillip Marlow (played by Humphrey Bogart)
The Big Sleep(1946)

Vivian Rutledge: How did you find her?

Philip Marlowe: I didn't find her.

Vivian Rutledge: Well then how did you...

Philip Marlowe: I haven't been here, you haven't seen me, and she hasn't been out of the house all evening.

Vivian Rutledge (played by Lauren Bacall)
Phillip Marlow (played by Humphrey Bogart)
The Big Sleep(1946)

Reporter: Robyn, will the President ever respond to Senator Rumson's question about being a member of the American Civil Liberties Union?

President Shepherd: Yes, he will. Good morning. [Members of the White House Press Corps begin to rise] It's alright. Please keep your seats. Good morning.

For the last couple of months, Senator Rumson has suggested that being President of this country was, to a certain extent, about character. And although I've not been willing to engage in his attacks on me, I have been here three years and three days, and I can tell you without hesitation: Being President of this country is entirely about character.

For the record, yes, I am a card-carrying member of the ACLU, but the more important question is "Why aren't you, Bob?" Now this is an organization whose sole purpose is to defend the Bill of Rights, so it naturally begs the question, why would a senator, his party's most powerful spokesman and a candidate for President, choose to reject upholding the constitution? Now if you can answer that question, folks, then you're smarter than I am, because I didn't understand it until a few hours ago.

America isn't easy. America is advanced citizenship. You've gotta want it bad, 'cause it's gonna put up a fight. It's gonna say, "You want free speech? Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who's standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours." You want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol of your country cannot just be a flag. The symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Now show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms.

Then you can stand up and sing about the land of the free.

I've known Bob Rumson for years. And I've been operating under the assumption that the reason Bob devotes so much time and energy to shouting at the rain was that he simply didn't get it. Well, I was wrong. Bob's problem isn't that he doesn't get it. Bob's problem is that he can't sell it!

We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them. And whatever your particular problem is, I promise you Bob Rumson is not the least bit interested in solving it. He is interested in two things, and two things only: making you afraid of it, and telling you who's to blame for it. That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you win elections. You gather a group of middle age, middle class, middle income voters who remember with longing an easier time, and you talk to them about family, and American values and character, and you wave an old photo of the President's girlfriend and you scream about patriotism. You tell them she's to blame for their lot in life. And you go on television and you call her a whore.

Sydney Ellen Wade has done nothing to you, Bob. She has done nothing but put herself through school, represent the interests of public school teachers, and lobby for the safety of our natural resources. You want a character debate, Bob? You better stick with me, 'cause Sydney Ellen Wade is way out of your league.

I've loved two women in my life. I lost one to cancer. And I lost the other 'cause I was so busy keeping my job, I forgot to do my job. Well, that ends right now.>/P>

Tomorrow morning the White House is sending a bill to Congress for its consideration. It's White House Resolution 455, an energy bill requiring a twenty percent reduction of the emission of fossil fuels over the next ten years. It is by far the most aggressive stride ever taken in the fight to reverse the effects of global warming. The other piece of legislation is the crime bill. As of today, it no longer exists. I'm throwing it out. I'm throwing it out and writing a law that makes sense. You cannot address crime prevention without getting rid of assault weapons and hand guns. I consider them a threat to national security, and I will go door to door if I have to, but I'm gonna convince Americans that I'm right, and I'm gonna get the guns.

We've got serious problems, and we need serious people. And if you want to talk about character, Bob, you'd better come at me with more than a burning flag and a membership card. If you want to talk about character and American values, fine. Just tell me where and when, and I'll show up. This a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.

My name is Andrew Shepherd, and I AM the President.

President Andrew Shepherd (played by Michael Douglas)
The American President (1995)

Jennifer Johnson: Can you say why America is the greatest country in the world?

Sharon: Diversity and opportunity.

Moderator: Lewis?

Lewis: Freedom and freedom... so let's keep it that way.

Moderator: Will?

Will McAvoy: The New York Jets.

Moderator: No, I'm going to hold you to an answer on that. What makes America the greatest country in the world?

Will McAvoy: Well, Lewis and Sharon said it. Diversity and opportunity and freedom and freedom.

Moderator: I'm not letting you go back to the airport without answering the question.

Will McAvoy: Well, our Constitution is a masterpiece. James Madison was a genius. The Declaration of Independence is, for me, the single greatest piece of American writing...

[Professor keeps staring] Will McAvoy: You don't look satisfied.

Moderator: One's a set of laws and the other's a declaration of war. I want a human moment from you... what about the people? Why is America...

Will: It's not the greatest country in the world, professor. That's my answer.

Moderator: You're saying...

Will: Yes.

Moderator: Let's talk about...

Will: Fine. Sharon, the NEA is a loser. Yeah, it accounts for a penny out of our paycheck, but he gets to hit you with it any time he wants. It doesn't cost money, it costs votes; it costs airtime, column inches. You know why people don't like liberals? Because they lose. If liberals are so fucking smart, how come they lose so goddamn always?

Sharon: Hey!

Will: [to Lewis] And with a straight face, you're gonna tell students that America's so star-spangled awesome, that we're the only ones in the world who have freedom? Canada has freedom, Japan has freedom, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Australia, Belgium has freedom. So 207 sovereign states in the world, like 180 of them have freedom.

Moderator: All right...

Will: And yeah, you, sorority girl. Just in case you accidentally wander into a voting booth one day, there's some things you should know, and one of them is, there's absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we're the greatest country in the world. We're 7th in literacy, 27th in math, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, 3rd in median household income, number 4 in labor force, and number 4 in exports. We lead the world in only 3 categories: number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending, where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined. 25 of whom are allies. Now, none of this is the fault of a 20 year old college student. But you, nonetheless, are without a doubt a member of the worst, period, generation, period, ever, period, so when you ask, "What makes us the greatest country in the world?" I dunno know what the fuck you're talking about! Yosemite? [Pause] It sure used to be. We stood up for what was right. We fought for moral reasons, we passed laws, struck down laws for moral reasons, we waged wars on poverty, not poor people. We sacrificed, we cared about our neighbors. We put our money where our mouths were, and we never beat our chest. We built great big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases, and we cultivated the world's greatest artists and the world's greatest economy. We reached for the stars, acted like men. We aspired to intelligence, we didn't belittle it, it didn't make us feel inferior. We didn't identify ourselves by who we voted for in our last election, and we didn't [sighs] we didn't scare so easy. We were able to be all these things, and to do all these things, because we were informed. By great men, men who were revered. First step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one. America is not the greatest country in the world anymore. [to the moderator] Enough?

Jennifer Johnson (played by Riley Voelkel)
Moderator (played by David Cromer)
Sharon (played by Elizabeth Marvel)
Lewis (played by Jason Butler Harner)
Will McAvoy (played by Jeff Daniels)
The Newsroom (TV Series:2012-2014)

Will McAvoy: What does winning look like to you?

Mackenzie MacHale: Reclaiming the fourth estate. Reclaiming journalism as an honorable profession. A nightly newscast that informs a debate worthy of a great nation. Civility, respect and a return to what's important; the death of bitchiness; the death of gossip and voyeurism; speaking truth to stupid. No demographic sweet spot; a place where we can all come together.

Will McAvoy (played by Jeff Daniels)
Mackenzie MacHale (played by Emily Mortimer)
The Newsroom (TV Series:2012-2014)

Colonel Quaritch: Spare us your pity, Alien.

You gush about your connection with nature, your primal wisdom, but what has it brought you?

Where are your marvels of engineering? Your voyages of discovery? Your great insight into the nature of the Universe? Even at our basest, when we dressed as you do, dwelt as you do, hunted as you do, we did more than merely survived. We built wonders. We made great journeys. We forged epics. You bet.

You speak so proudly of the plugs dangling from your skulls, little realizing that they are but strings and you puppets. What little you have accomplished, you attribute to your goddess, who is nothing but the voices of your dead echoing for all eternity. She moors you to the past, serving as a leash that keeps you as little better than apes, sad parodies of civilization that lack that special spark to become something more.

We have come to your world in search of resources. Whether your actions drive us back or we take what we want and move on, the outcome is the same. We will depart from your wretched planet leaving you behind. And in a thousand years, you will not have changed from this contact with another world. You will remain in your trees, hunting your prey, communing with your goddess, until your sun burns out and your world dies.

And above your tomb, the stars will belong to us.

Colonel Miles Quaritch (played by Stephen Lang)
(not actually from the movie, but sets a great tone for the character)
Avatar (2009)

[Train Whistle Sounding]

[Bell Dinging]

[Slow music playing on Harmonica]

Harmonica:[Facing three men] Frank?

Snaky: Frank sent us.

Harmonica: Did you bring a horse for me?

Snaky: Well, looks like we're...

[snickers]

Snaky:Looks like we're shy of one horse.

Harmonica:[shaking head] You brought two too many.

Harmonica (played by Charles Bronson)
Snaky (Jack Elam)
Once Upon a Time in the West (2009)

The Shadow: When you hear one of my agents say "The sun is shining", you will respond, "But the ice is slippery". This will identify you to each other. Do you understand?

Dr. Tam: "The sun is shining..."

The Shadow: "But the ice is slippery."

Dr. Tam: Tell me, uh, one thing. How did you know what was happening to me? How did you know who I am?

The Shadow: [Laughs darkly] The Shadow knows.

The Shadow/Lamont Cranston (played by Alec Baldwin)
Dr. Roy Tam (Sab Shimono)
The Shadow (1994)

Dilios: Immortals... we put their name to the test.

Dilios (played by David Wenham)
300 (2009)

[last lines]

Dilios: And so my king died, and my brothers died, barely a year ago. Long I pondered my king's cryptic talk of victory. Time has proven him wise, for from free Greek to free Greek, the word was spread that bold Leonidas and his three hundred, so far from home, laid down their lives. Not just for Sparta, but for all Greece and the promise this country holds.

[takes his spear from a soldier]

Dilios: Now, here on this ragged patch of earth called Plataea, Xerxes's hordes face obliteration!

Spartan Army: HA-OOH!

Dilios: Just there the barbarians huddle, sheer terror gripping tight their hearts with icy fingers... knowing full well what merciless horrors they suffered at the swords and spears of three hundred. Yet they stare now across the plain at *ten thousand* Spartans commanding thirty thousand free Greeks! HA-OOH!

Spartan Army: HA-OOH! HA-OOH! HA-OOH!

Dilios: The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one, good odds for any Greek. This day we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny and usher in a future brighter than anything we can imagine.

[puts on his helmet]

Dilios: Give thanks, men, to Leonidas and the brave 300! TO VICTORY!

[the Greek army roars and charges]

Dilios (played by David Wenham)
300 (2009)

Susan Ivanova: This is the White Star fleet. Negative on the surrender. We will not stand down.

Captain Thomson, Earthforce: Who is this? Identify yourself!

Ivanova: Who am I? I am Susan Ivanova. Commander. Daughter of Andrei and Sophie Ivanov. I am the right hand of vengeance, and the boot that is going to kick your sorry ass all the way back to Earth, sweetheart! I am Death Incarnate, and the last living thing that you are ever going to see. God sent me.

Susan Ivanova (played by Claudia Christian)
Babylon 5 (TV Series1993 - 1998)

[A survey shuttle limps back to Babylon 5 after its second, near-fatal disaster.]

Dr. Tasaki: Survey one to Babylon Control, we're clear. Returning to base.

Susan Ivanova: Confirmed, Survey one. Upon arrival, you will report for debriefing. [pauses] And just one more thing. On your trip back, I'd like you to take the time to learn the Babylon 5 mantra:
Ivanova…is always right.
I will listen to Ivanova.
I will not ignore Ivanova's recommendations.
Ivanova…is God.
And, if this ever happens again, Ivanova will personally rip your lungs out!
Babylon Control out.
[sighs to herself] Civilians. [looks up] Just kidding about that God part. No offence.

Susan Ivanova (played by Claudia Christian)
Babylon 5 (TV Series: 1993 - 1998)

Hacker: Don't tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers.
The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country;
The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country;
The Times is read by the people who actually do run the country;
The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country;
The Financial Times is read by people who own the country;
The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country,
and The Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is.

Sir Humphrey: Prime Minister, what about the people who read The Sun?

Bernard: Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as long as she's got big tits.

Jim Hacker (played by Paul Eddington)
Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne)
Bernard Wooley (Derek Fowlds)
Yes, Prime Minister (TV Series: 1986 - 1988)

Mark Watney: In the face of overwhelming odds, I'm left with only one option. I'm gonna have to science the shit out of this!

Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon)
The Martian (2015)

Adama: Starbuck, what do you hear?

Starbuck: Nothing but the rain.

Adama: Then grab your gun and bring in the cat.

Starbuck: Aye-aye, sir! coming home!

Commander Willima Adama (played by Edward James Olmos)
Captain Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (Katie Sackoff)
Battlestar Galactica (TV Series: 2004 -02009)

Duke Leto Atreides: Here I am, here I remain.

Duke Leto Atredides (played by Oscar Isaac)
Dune (Part I) (2021)

Herald of the Change: By the grace of Shaddam IV of House Corrino, ascendant to the Golden Lion Throne of Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe, I stand before you as Herald of the Change.
We are witnessed by members of the Imperial Court, representatives of the Spacing Guild and a sister of the Bene Gesserit.
The Emperor has spoken. "House Atreides shall immediately take control of Arrakis and serve as its steward."
Do you accept?

Duke Leto Atreides: We are House Atreides.
There is no call we do not answer.
There is no faith that we betray.
The Emperor asks us to bring peace to Arrakis. House Atreides accepts!

Duke Leto Atredides (played by Oscar Isaac)
Herald of the Change (Benjamin Clémentine>
Dune (Part I) (2021)

Sardaukar Bashar: Why does the Baron need us? Harkonnens outnumber the Atreides.

Piter De Vries: The Atreides legions are the finest in the Imperium, trained by Gurney Halleck and Duncan Idaho...

Sardaukar Bashar: Bah! We are the Sardaukar. The Emperor's blades. Those who stand against us, fall.

Piter De Vries: Just so. Three battalions, as agreed.

Sardaukar Bashar: The Emperor commands it. It is done.

Sardaukar Bashar (played by Neil Bell)
Piter De Vries (David Dastmalchian)
Dune (Part I) (2021)

Duke Leto Atreides: [to Paul] Your grandfather said, "A great man doesn't seek to lead. He's called to it. And he answers." And if your answer is no, you'll still be the only thing I ever needed you to be, my son.
I found my own way to it. Maybe you'll find yours.

Duke Leto Atredides (played by Oscar Isaac)
Dune (Part I) (2021)

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings obliteration.
I will face my fear and I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past... I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.

Lady Jessica Atreides (played by Rebecca Ferguson)
Dune (Part I) (2021)

There's a reason you separate the military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.

Commander William Adama (played by Edward James Olmos)
Battlestar Galactica (TV Series: 2004 - 2009)

Sometimes, you have to roll a hard six.

Commander William Adama (played by Edward James Olmos)
Battlestar Galactica (TV Series: 2004 - 2009)

Wakanda will no longer watch from the shadows.
We can not.
We must not.
We will work to be an example of how we, as brothers and sisters on this earth, should treat each other. Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe.

T'Challa (played by Chadwick Boseman)
Black Panther (2018)

T'Challa: We can still heal you...

Erik Killmonger: Why, so you can lock me up? Nah.
Just bury me in the ocean with my ancestors who jumped from ships, 'cause they knew death was better than bondage.

T'Challa (played by Chadwick Boseman)
Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordon)
Black Panther (2018)

Therapist: Okay, well... we've heard from you, Scott. Now, uh, you tell us a little about yourself.

Dr. Evil: The details of my life are quite inconsequential...

Therapist: Oh, no, please. Please, let's let's hear about your childhood.

The Group: Yeah! C'mon, Doctor! C'mon.

Dr. Evil: Very well. Where do I begin?
My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low-grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery.
My mother was a fifteen-year-old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet.
My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims, like he "invented" the question mark. Sometimes, he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy... the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess, and the insane lament.
My childhood was typical: summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring, we'd make meat helmets.
When I was insolent, I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds; pretty standard, really.
At the age of twelve, I received my first scribe.
At the age of fourteen, a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles... there really is nothing like a shorn scrotum. It's breathtaking; I suggest you try it.

[the rest of the therapy group is baffled and disturbed by Dr. Evil's recollections]

Therapist: You know, we have to stop.

Dr Evil (played by Mike Myres)
Therapist (Carrie Fisher)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

Austin Powers: Actually, my name is Austin Powers. Danger is my middle name.

Austn Powers (played by Mike Myres)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

Bruce Banner: I don't think we should be focusing on Loki. That guy's brain is a bag full of cats. You can smell crazy on him.

Thor: Have a care how you speak! Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard and he is my brother!

Natasha Romanoff: He killed eighty people in two days.

Thor: He's adopted.

Bruce Banner (played by Mark Ruffalo)
Thor (Chris Hemsworth)
Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson)
Avengers Assemble (2012)

Steve Rogers: Doctor Banner, now might be a good time for you to get angry.

Bruce Banner: That's my secret, Captain: I'm always angry.

[Banner hulks out and punches the Leviathan]

Bruce Banner (played by Mark Ruffalo)
Steve Rogers (Chris Evans)
Avengers Assemble (2012)

John Winger: Cut it out! Cut it out! Cut it out! The hell's the matter with you?
Stupid! We're all very different people.

We're not Watusi.
We're not Spartans. We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh?
You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world.
We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts! Here's proof: his nose is cold!
But there's no animal that's more faithful, that's more loyal, more loveable than the mutt. Who saw "Old Yeller?" Who cried when Old Yeller got shot at the end?

[raises his hand]

John Winger: [Sarcastically] Nobody cried when Old Yeller got shot? I'm sure.

[hands are reluctantly raised]

John Winger: I cried my eyes out. So we're all dogfaces, we're all very, very different, but there is one thing that we all have in common: we were all stupid enough to enlist in the Army.
We're mutants. There's something wrong with us, something very, very wrong with us. Something seriously wrong with us - we're soldiers.
But we're American soldiers! We've been kicking ass for 200 years! We're ten and one! Now we don't have to worry about whether or not we practised. We don't have to worry about whether Captain Stillman wants to have us hung.
All we have to do is to be the great American fighting soldier that is inside each one of us. Now do what I do, and say what I say. And make me proud.

John Winger (played by Bill Murray)
Stripes (1981)

Jackson Lamb: I don't normally do these kind of speeches, but this feels like a big moment, and if it all turns to shit, I might not see any of you again.

[beat]

Jackson Lamb: You're fucking useless. The lot of you. Working with you has been the lowest point in a disappointing career.

Jackson Lamb (played by Gary Oldman)
Slow Horses (TV Series 2022 -)

Han Solo: Look, Your Worshipfulness, let’s get one thing straight. I take orders from just one person: me.

Princess Leia: It’s a wonder you’re still alive.

Han Solo (played by Harrison Ford)
Princess Leia Organa (played by Carrie Fisher)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

Yoda: How feel you?

Anakin: Cold, sir.

Yoda: Afraid are you?

Anakin: No, sir.

Yoda: See through you we can.

Mace Windu: Be mindful of your feelings.

Ki-Adi-Mundi: Your thoughts dwell on your mother.

Anakin: I miss her.

Yoda: Afraid to lose her I think, hmm?

Anakin: What has that got to do with anything?

Yoda: Everything! Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you.

Yoda (played by Frank Oz)
Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd)
Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson)
Ki-Adi-Mundi (Silas Carson)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a liberator of them!

The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed -- for lack of a better word -- is good.

Greed is right.

Greed works.

Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

Greed, in all of its forms -- greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind.

And greed -- you mark my words -- will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA.

Thank you very much.

Gordon Gekko (played by Michael Dogulas)
Wall Street (1987)

Commerce is our goal, here Mr Deckard. "More human than human" our motto

Tryell (played by Joe Turkel)
Blade Runner (1982)(

Farley Claymore: Margot: you don't return my calls anymore.

Margo Lane: That's not true, Mr. Claymore. I never did return your calls.

Farley Claymore: Yes. I wonder why that is?

Margo Lane: It's because: I. Don't. Like. You.

Farley Claymore (played by Tim Curry)
Margo Lane (Penelope Ann Miller)
The Shadow (1994)