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Relationships8 quotes
What a loss to spend that much time with someone, only to find out that she's a stranger. — Joel Barish · 2004Are we like those bored couples you feel sorry for in restaurants? Are we the dining dead? — Joel Barish · 2004People have to share things, Joel. That's what intimacy is. — Clementine Kruczynski · 2004It will be different. If we could just give it another go-round. — Joel Barish · 2004I wish I had stayed, too. Now I wish I had stayed. I wish I had done a lot of things. I wish I had... I wish I had stayed. I do. — Joel Barish · 2004Why do I fall in love with every woman I see who shows me the least bit of attention? — Joel Barish · 2004All 8 quotes →Broken relationships4 quotes
What a loss to spend that much time with someone, only to find out that she's a stranger. — Joel Barish · 2004It will be different. If we could just give it another go-round. — Joel Barish · 2004I wish I had stayed, too. Now I wish I had stayed. I wish I had done a lot of things. I wish I had... I wish I had stayed. I do. — Joel Barish · 2004Come back and make up a good-bye at least. Let's pretend we had one. — Clementine Kruczynski · 2004Ignorance is bliss4 quotes
You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill—you stay in wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. — Morpheus · 1999You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it. — Morpheus · 1999I know what you’re thinking, 'cause right now I'm thinking the same thing. Actually, I've been thinking it ever since I got here: Why, oh why, didn't I take the blue pill? — Cypher · 1999Ignorance is bliss. — Cypher · 1999The Dark Side4 quotes
Strike me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the Dark Side will be complete! — The Emperor · 1983Your father...was seduced by the Dark Side of the Force. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man who was your father was destroyed. — Obi-Wan Kenobi · 1983You underestimate the power of the Dark Side. If you will not fight, then you will meet your destiny. — Darth Vader · 1983A Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware of the Dark Side. Anger, fear, aggression. The Dark Side of the force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you it will. — Yoda · 1983Facing one's fears3 quotes
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total Obliteration. I will face my fear. 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. — Frank Herbert · 1965I can only show you the door, you're the one that has to walk through it. — Morpheus · 1999You have to let it all go, Neo—fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind. — Morpheus · 1999Fathers and sons3 quotes
I am your father. — Darth Vader · 1980Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son. — Darth Vader · 1980I can't kill my own father. — Luke Skywalker · 1983Fear3 quotes
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total Obliteration. I will face my fear. 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. — Frank Herbert · 1965There was always a minority afraid of something, and a great majority afraid of the dark, afraid of the future, afraid of the past, afraid of the present, afraid of themselves and shadows of themselves. — Ray Bradbury · 1950Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave. — Roy Batty · 1982Human nature3 quotes
It's in your nature to destroy yourselves. — The Terminator · 1991All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil. — Robert Louis Stevenson · 1886To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human. — Mouse · 1999Temptation of evil3 quotes
Your father...was seduced by the Dark Side of the Force. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man who was your father was destroyed. — Obi-Wan Kenobi · 1983You underestimate the power of the Dark Side. If you will not fight, then you will meet your destiny. — Darth Vader · 1983A Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware of the Dark Side. Anger, fear, aggression. The Dark Side of the force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you it will. — Yoda · 1983Appearance vs. reality2 quotes
The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now in this very room. — Morpheus · 1999It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears. — Narrator (Twilight Zone) · 1964Decisions and choices2 quotes
Sometimes your whole life boils down to one insane move. — Jake Sully · 2009A Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware of the Dark Side. Anger, fear, aggression. The Dark Side of the force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you it will. — Yoda · 1983Disenchanted world2 quotes
Science has stolen most of our miracles. — Danny Witwer · 2002Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? — Douglas Adams · 1979Dreams2 quotes
He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it. — Douglas Adams · 1979You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling. — Eames · 2010Fools2 quotes
Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it? — Obi-Wan Kenobi · 1977A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. — Douglas Adams · 1992Going for it2 quotes
Do you want to take a leap of faith or become an old man filled with regret waiting to die alone? — Saito · 2010What are you preparing? You're always preparing! Just go! — Dark Helmet · 1987Ideas2 quotes
The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices to be found only in the minds of men. — Narrator (Twilight Zone) · 1960An idea is like a virus. Resilient. Highly contagious and the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you. — Cobb · 2010Leap of faith2 quotes
I can only show you the door, you're the one that has to walk through it. — Morpheus · 1999You have to let it all go, Neo—fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind. — Morpheus · 1999Learning from mistakes2 quotes
You live and learn. At any rate, you live. — Douglas Adams · 1992A learning experience is one of those things that says, "You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.” — Douglas Adams · 2001Living life to the fullest2 quotes
The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very very brightly, Roy. — Dr. Eldon Tyrell · 1982I don't want to survive, I want to live! — Captain B. McCrea · 2008Man and animals2 quotes
Is there a soul in there? — Thade · 2001For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons. — Douglas Adams · 1978Man and machine2 quotes
He's more machine now than man. Twisted and evil. — Obi-Wan Kenobi · 1983Machines need love too! — Ginger · 1984Meaning of life2 quotes
The Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything...it's Forty-two. — Douglas Adams · 1978There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. — Douglas Adams · 1980Mistakes2 quotes
You live and learn. At any rate, you live. — Douglas Adams · 1992Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders. — Mary · 2004Power of ideas2 quotes
The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices to be found only in the minds of men. — Narrator (Twilight Zone) · 1960An idea is like a virus. Resilient. Highly contagious and the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you. — Cobb · 2010Regret2 quotes
Do you want to take a leap of faith or become an old man filled with regret waiting to die alone? — Saito · 2010I wish I had stayed, too. Now I wish I had stayed. I wish I had done a lot of things. I wish I had... I wish I had stayed. I do. — Joel Barish · 2004Taking risks2 quotes
I can only show you the door, you're the one that has to walk through it. — Morpheus · 1999Do you want to take a leap of faith or become an old man filled with regret waiting to die alone? — Saito · 2010Technological progress2 quotes
Only a free society... Can produce the technology that makes tyranny possible. — John Keith Laumer · 1967Yeah, yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they didn't stop to think if they should. — Malcolm · 1993The universe2 quotes
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. — Douglas Adams · 1978There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. — Douglas Adams · 1980Time travel2 quotes
Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me you built a time machine...out of a DeLorean? — Marty McFly · 1985My calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious shit. — Dr. Emmett Brown · 1985Adaptability1 quote
There's no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves. — Frank Herbert · 1985