Movie Quotes for All Occasions. James Scheibli

to the fools who dream

      Crazy as they may seem

      Here’s to the hearts that break

      Here’s to the mess we make.”

      —Mia (Emma Stone), La La Land (2016)

      “Things change. Always do. You’ll get your chance! Important thing is, when it comes, you’ve got to grab with both hands, and hold on tight!”

      —Otis (Vernon Washington), The Last Starfighter (1984)

      “We really shook the pillars of heaven, didn’t we?”

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

      “Don’t act like you’re not impressed.”

      —Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell),

      Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

      “Don’t ever let somebody tell you you can’t do something. Not even me. Alright? You got a dream…you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it. If you want something, go get it. Period.”

      —Chris Gardner (Will Smith), The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

      “I just wanted to say that you’re all winners. And I could not be happier that this school year’s ending.”

      —Mr. Duvall (Tim Meadows), Mean Girls (2004)

      “May the odds be ever in your favor.”

      —Various Characters,

      The Hunger Games (2012)

      “Having dreams is what makes life tolerable.”

      —Pete (Christopher Reed), Rudy (1993)

      “We’re gonna live like we’re telling the best story in the world. Are you ready?”

      —Penelope Stamp (Rachel Weisz), The Brothers Bloom (2008)*

      

*Casting Couch: Actress Rinko Kukuchi says only three words during the entire film. Two years earlier, she played a deaf-mute character in Babel (2006), for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

      “My friends, I address you all tonight as you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, magicians. Come and dream with me.”

      —Georges Méliès (Ben Kingsley), Hugo (2011)

      “Belief, like fear or love, is a force to be understood as we understand the Theory of Relativity and Principles of Uncertainty: phenomena that determine the course of our lives. Yesterday, my life was headed in one direction. Today, it is headed in another. Yesterday I believed that I would never have done what I did today. These forces that often remake time and space, that can shape and alter who we imagine ourselves to be, begin long before we are born and continue after we perish. Our lives and our choices, like quantum trajectories, are understood moment to moment. At each point of intersection, each encounter suggests a new potential direction.”

      —Isaac Sachs (Tom Hanks), Cloud Atlas (2012)

      “Not everyone can become a great artist. But a great artist can come from anywhere.”

      —Anton Ego (Peter O’Toole), Ratatouille (2008)

      “If you never do anything, you never become anyone.”

      —Jenny Mellor (Carey Mulligan), An Education (2009)

      “Witness me!”

      —Nux (Nicholas Hoult), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)*

      

*Accolades & Accomplishments: Mad Max: Fury Road is the first entry of the decades-old sci-fi series to be nominated for Best Picture. Although it did not win top honors, the film captured the most statues at the 2016 Academy Awards with six awards, including Best Film Editing, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing.

      “I learned the greatest gift of all: the saddest thing in life is wasted talent, and the choices that you make will shape your life forever.”

      —Calogero ‘C’ Anello (Francis Capra), A Bronx Tale (1993)

      “The world is what you make of it, friend. If it doesn’t fit, you make alterations.”

      —Stella (Linda Hunt), Silverado (1985)

      “Don’t let the haters stop you from doing your thang.”

      —Kevin Gnapoor (Rajiv Surendra), Mean Girls (2004)

      “To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, to draw closer, to find each other and to feel. That is the purpose of life.”

      —Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller),

      The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

      “We walk away from our dreams afraid that we may fail, or worse yet, afraid we may succeed.”

      —William Forrester (Sean Connery), Finding Forrester (2000)

      “Life’s not a spectator sport.”

      —Laverne (Mary Wickes), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

      “I am on my way

      I can go the distance

      I don’t care how far

      Somehow I’ll be strong

      I know every mile

      Will be worth my while

      I would go most anywhere

      To find where I belong.”

      —Hercules (Robert Bart), Hercules (1997)

      “I made it, Mom. I’m a grown up.”

      —Jack Powell

      (Robin Williams), Jack

      “I wasn’t like every other kid, you know, who dreams about being an astronaut. I was always more interested in what bark was made out of on a tree.”

      —Hansel (Owen Wilson), Zoolander (2001)

      “You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.”

      —Eames (Tom Hardy), Inception (2010)

      “I am a leaf on the wind; watch how I soar.”

      —Hoban “Wash” Washburne (Alan Tudyk), Serenity (2006)

      “Anyone can cook.”

      —Chef Gusteau (Brad Garret), Ratatouille (2008)

      “Your life is an occasion. Rise to it.”

      —Mr. Magorium (Dustin Hoffman), Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (2007)

      “You know, as we come to the end of this phase of our life, we find ourselves trying to remember the good times and trying to forget the bad times, and we find ourselves thinking about the future. We start to worry, thinking, ‘What am I gonna do? Where am I gonna be in ten years?’ But I say to you, ‘Hey, look at me!’ Please, don’t worry so much.”

      —Jack Powell (Robin Williams), Jack (1996)

      “Life should be lived on the edge of life. You have to exercise rebellion: to refuse to tape yourself to rules, to refuse your own success, to refuse to repeat yourself, to see every day, every year, every idea as a true challenge–and then you are going to live your life on a tightrope.”

      —Philippe Petit (as himself), Man on Wire (2008)

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