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I love you. You...complete me. — Jerry Maguire · 1996Love means never having to say you're sorry. — Jenny · 1970If everything is imperfect in this world, love is perfect in its imperfection. — Jons · 1957I wish I knew how to quit you. — Jack Twist · 2005I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is. — Forrest Gump · 1994To love another person is to see the face of God. — Jean Valjean · 2012All 35 quotes →War28 quotes
I love the smell of napalm in the morning. — Bill Killgore · 1979Terminate...with extreme prejudice. — Civilian · 1979Americans traditionally love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. — George S. Patton · 1969Wars, conflict - it's all business. One murder makes a villain; millions, a hero. Numbers sanctify, my good fellow! — Henri Verdoux · 1947Yes, the purpose of war is to serve a political end, but the true nature of war is to serve itself. — Hunter · 1995You're talking about mass murder, General, not war! — President Merkin Muffley · 1964All 28 quotes →Relationships23 quotes
You make me want to be a better man. — Melvin Udall · 1997Everybody needs a co-pilot. — Ryan Bingham · 2009That's when you know you've found somebody really special. When you can just shut the fuck up for a minute and comfortably share silence. — Mia Wallace · 1994What 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 · 2004You'll have bad times, but it'll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren't paying attention to. — Sean · 1997All 23 quotes →Death22 quotes
This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. — Fight Club · 1999I am Death. — Death · 1957We got a dead man walking, here! Dead man walking! We got a dead man walking… — Percy Wetmore · 1999Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back. — Maximus Decimus Meridius · 2000Mama, always said, dyin' was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't. — Forrest Gump · 1994We all end up dead, it's just a question of how and why. — William Wallace · 1995All 22 quotes →Men and women20 quotes
I want a woman that will arouse my intellect as well as my loins. — Prince Akeem · 1988No man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive he always wants to have sex with her. — Harry Burns · 1989Millions of years of evolution, right? Right? Men have to stick it in every place they can, but for women, women it is just about security and commitment and whatever the fuck else! — Alice Harford · 1999Even if a husband lives two hundred fucking years, he'll never be able to discover his wife's real nature. I mean, I might be able to comprehend the universe, but, I'll never discover the truth about you. Never. — Paul · 1972Every man's ready for marriage when the right girl comes along. — Stella · 1954We all fall for them. Pricks are spontaneous, they're unpredictable, and they're fun. And then we're surprised when they turn out to be pricks. — Alex Goran · 2009All 20 quotes →Life15 quotes
This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. — Fight Club · 1999Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. — Ferris Bueller · 1986Don't be in a hurry. You'll miss the best parts in life. — Saloon hostess · 1956Remember those posters that said, 'Today is the first day of the rest of your life'? Well, that's true of every day except one, the day you die. — Lester Burnham · 1999You don't want the bumpers. Life doesn't give you bumpers. — Mason Sr. · 2014To live...to live would be an awfully big adventure. — Peter Banning · 1991All 15 quotes →The human condition14 quotes
What if this is as good as it gets? — Melvin Udall · 1997I don’t know if we each have a destiny, or if we’re all just floatin’ around accidental-like on a breeze. But I, I think maybe it’s both. Maybe both get happening at the same time. — Forrest Gump · 1994Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something. — The Man in Black · 1987Janie's a pretty typical teenager. Angry, insecure, confused. I wish I could tell her that's all going to pass, but I don't want to lie to her. — Lester Burnham · 1999We are food for worms, lads...because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold, and die. — John Keating · 1989In this world, a man, himself, is nothing. And there ain't no world but this one. — 1st Sgt. Welsh · 1998All 14 quotes →Taking risks12 quotes
If you build it, he will come. — Shoeless Joe Jackson · 1989Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow,
'Til you find your dream. — Sister Margaretta · 1965Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you'll never go wrong. — The Babe · 1993I 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 · 2010If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love. — Bodhi · 1991All 12 quotes →Women12 quotes
If God was a bitch, there wouldn't be no nuclear bombs, no wars, no shit like that, cause that ain't in a bitch's nature. — Doughboy · 1991I know when a woman is afraid and pretending not to be. — James Bond · 2012A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets. — Old Rose · 1997She knows exactly what she's doin'. — Benny Rodriguez · 1993Jefe, you do not understand women. You cannot force open the petals of a flower. When the flower is ready, it opens itself up to you. — El Guapo · 1986Let me tell you a little something I've learned about women. They want you to come get them. They love it. — Garth Algar · 1992All 12 quotes →Decisions and choices11 quotes
Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'. — Andy Dufresne · 1994Always let your conscience be your guide. — Jiminy Cricket · 1940You may keep one of your children. The other one must go. — SS Doctor · 1982Sometimes your whole life boils down to one insane move. — Jake Sully · 2009You chose poorly. — Grail Knight · 1989At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you gonna be. Can't let nobody make that decision for you. — Juan · 2016All 11 quotes →Marriage11 quotes
Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us together today. Mawage, that blessed awangement, that dweam wifin a dweam. — The Impressive Clergyman · 1987I just woke up one day and I knew. — Summer · 2009Even if a husband lives two hundred fucking years, he'll never be able to discover his wife's real nature. I mean, I might be able to comprehend the universe, but, I'll never discover the truth about you. Never. — Paul · 1972Every man's ready for marriage when the right girl comes along. — Stella · 1954Love...is not a big enough word. It's not a big enough word for how I feel about my wife. — Del Griffith · 1987Did you ever think of marrying just for fun? — Rhett Butler · 1939All 11 quotes →Sex11 quotes
A lot depends on who's in the saddle. — Vivian Rutledge · 1946Take me to bed, or lose me forever. — Carole · 1986I was on top! Who the fuck is on top their first time! — Lady Bird · 2017By the way...I faked every orgasm! — Lt. Frank Drebin · 1988So, the psychiatrist has a patient, draws a circle, what do you think of when you see this? He says, sex. That's not the joke, wait a second. He draws a picture of a tree, what do you think of when you see it? Sex. He draws a picture of a car, house, sex, sex, sex. The doctor says, you know, you're obsessed with sex. The patient says, well you're the one drawing all the dirty pictures! — Bob Wiley · 1991Men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way. — Harry Burns · 1989All 11 quotes →Courage10 quotes
Being brave doesn't mean you go looking for trouble. — Mufasa · 1994They tell me you're a man with true grit. — Mattie Ross · 2010Friend, there's nobody up there shooting back at you. It isn't always being fast or even accurate that counts. It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull a trigger. I won't. — J.B. Books · 1976No, we will not die like dogs, we will fight like lions because we are the three amigos! — Dusty Bottoms · 1986You don't know about real loss 'cause that only occurs when you love something more than you love yourself. I doubt you've ever dared to love anybody that much. — Sean · 1997I thought you were incredibly brave. And I mean that in strictly the most clinical and professional sense possible, with no emotional, intimate, sexual, or any other undertones that you could possibly infer. — Denise · 2008All 10 quotes →Facing one's fears10 quotes
Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you'll never go wrong. — The Babe · 1993Lions, and tigers, and bears! Oh, my! — Dorothy Gale · 1939I can only show you the door, you're the one that has to walk through it. — Morpheus · 1999I love pressure. I eat it for breakfast. — Stanley Goodspeed · 1996Friend, there's nobody up there shooting back at you. It isn't always being fast or even accurate that counts. It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull a trigger. I won't. — J.B. Books · 1976No, we will not die like dogs, we will fight like lions because we are the three amigos! — Dusty Bottoms · 1986All 10 quotes →Guns10 quotes
Okay. You wanna play rough? Okay. Say hello to my little friend! — Tony Montana · 1983You'll shoot your eye out. — Mother Parker · 1983Every gun makes its own tune. — Blondie · 1966You see in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend—those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig. — Blondie · 1966I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say, "You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word." — Al Capone · 1987Guns for show, knives for a pro. — Soap · 1998All 10 quotes →Vietnam War10 quotes
I love the smell of napalm in the morning. — Bill Killgore · 1979In this war, things get confused out there. Power, ideals, the old morality, practical military necessity. But out there with these natives, it must be a temptation to be God. 'Cause there's a conflict in every human heart, between the rational and the irrational, between good and evil, and good does not always triumph. Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature. Every man has got a breaking point. You and I have one. Walt Kurtz has reached his and very obviously, he has gone insane. — General R. Corman · 1979Somebody once wrote: "Hell is the impossibility of reason." That's what this place feels like. Hell. — Chris · 1986I think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy; we fought ourselves. And the enemy...was in us. — Chris · 1986You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous is, ‘Never get involved in a land war in Asia’ but only slightly less well-known is this: ‘Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!’ — Vizzini · 1987These are great days we're living, bros. We are jolly green giants, walking the Earth with guns. These people we wasted here today are the finest human beings we will ever know. After we rotate back to the world, we're gonna miss not having anyone around that's worth shooting. — Crazy Earl · 1987All 10 quotes →World War II10 quotes
You probably heard we ain't in the prisoner-takin' business; we in the killin' Nazi business and cousin, business is a-boomin'. — Lt. Aldo Raine · 2009Americans traditionally love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. — George S. Patton · 1969The United States is the last country in the world that Japan should fight. — General Kuribayashi · 2006Now, an army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team. This individuality stuff is a bunch of crap. — General George S. Patton · 1969There may be dark days ahead, and war can no longer be confined to the battlefield, but we can only do the right as we see the right, and reverently commit our cause to God. If one and all, we keep resolutely faithful to it, then, with God's help, we shall prevail. — King George VI · 2010I don't want to get any messages saying that we are holding our position. We're not holding anything. Let the Hun do that. We are advancing constantly and we are not interested in holding on to anything except the enemy. We're going to hold on to him by the nose and we're gonna kick him in the ass. We're gonna kick the hell out of him all the time and we're gonna go through him like crap through a goose! — General George S. Patton · 1969All 10 quotes →Being in love9 quotes
I love you. You...complete me. — Jerry Maguire · 1996You had me at hello. — Dorothy Boyd · 1996I've loved you since I was eleven, and the shit won't go away. — Monica Wright · 2000All I do is dream of you the whole night through. — Kathy Selden · 1952Jane, since I've met you, I've noticed things that I never knew were there before...birds singing, dew glistening on a newly formed leaf, stoplights. — Lt. Frank Drebin · 1988I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. — Harry Burns · 1989All 9 quotes →Broken relationships9 quotes
What a loss to spend that much time with someone, only to find out that she's a stranger. — Joel Barish · 2004Right now, everything is great, everyone is happy, everyone is in love, and that's wonderful. But you gotta know that sooner or later you're gonna be screaming at each other about who's gonna get this dish. This eight dollar dish will cost you a thousand dollars in phone calls to the legal firm of that's-mine-this-is-yours. — Harry Burns · 1989As far as our marriage goes, we can do it over the phone. — Jack Twist · 2005It 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 · 2004I couldn't sleep last night because I know that it's over between us. I'm not bitter anymore because I know that what we had was real. — Noah · 2004All 9 quotes →Delusion9 quotes
Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up. — Norma Desmond · 1950I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany. — Ron Burgundy · 2004You're a legend in your own mind. — Harry Callahan · 1983Most paranoid delusions are intricate but this is brillant. — Silberman · 1984YOU! ARE! A! TOOOOOOOY! You aren't the real Buzz Lightyear, you're an...you're an action figure! You are a CHILD'S PLAYTHING! — Woody · 1995You know, I think you gotta be a little deluded
to stay motivated. — Jesse · 2013All 9 quotes →Fear9 quotes
I have a real problem with heights. — Peter Banning · 1991We must make an idol of our fear, and that idol we shall call god. — Antonius Block · 1957Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true. So, it's simple, you project strength to avoid conflict. — Bodhi · 1991Fear does not exist in this dojo, does it? — Kreese · 1984You can be a little old for a lot of things. You're never too old to be afraid. — Marley · 1990You know, the worst ain't so bad when it finally happens. Not half as bad as you figure it'll be before it's happened. — Curtin · 1948All 9 quotes →Friendship9 quotes
Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. — Rick Blaine · 1942Remember, no man is a failure who has friends. — Clarence (It's a Wonderful Life) · 1946I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone? — The Writer · 1986Bubba was my best good friend and even I know that ain’t something you can find just around the corner. — Forrest Gump · 1994You can be my wingman anytime. — Ice · 1986No man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive he always wants to have sex with her. — Harry Burns · 1989All 9 quotes →Going for it9 quotes
Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted? One moment. Would you capture it? Or just let it slip? — Jimmy 'B-Rabbit' Smith · 2002Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you'll never go wrong. — The Babe · 1993Do you want to take a leap of faith or become an old man filled with regret waiting to die alone? — Saito · 2010And just remember if you want something in life, reach out and grab it. — Chris McCandless · 2007Now, we go out there and we half-ass it because we're scared, all we're left with is an excuse. We're always gonna wonder. But, we go out there and we give it absolutely everything...that's heroic. Let's be heroes! — Mox · 1999Let me tell you something kid. Everybody gets one chance to do something great. Most people never take the chance, either cause they're too scared, or they don't recognize it when it spits on their shoes. This is your big chance and you shouldn't let it go by. — The Babe · 1993All 9 quotes →Prison9 quotes
I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. — Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding · 1994You know the funny thing is, on the outside I was an honest man. Straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook. — Andy Dufresne · 1994Sometimes people need a little help. Sometimes people need to be forgiven. And sometimes they need to go to jail. — Officer Jim Kurring · 1999I believe in two things: discipline and the Bible. Here you'll receive both. Put your trust in the Lord; your ass belongs to me. Welcome to Shawshank. — Warden Samuel Norton · 1994I'm tellin' you, these walls are funny. First you hate ’em. Then you get used to ’em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That’s institutionalized. — Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding · 1994Well, I guess you can't break out of prison and into society in the same week. — Ringo Kid · 1939All 9 quotes →America8 quotes
I believe in America. — Amerigo Bonasera · 1972In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the woman. That's why you gotta make your own moves. — Tony Montana · 1983America is great indeed. Imagine a country so free, one can throw glass on the streets! — Prince Akeem · 1988You know, this used to be a helluva good country. I can't understand what's gone wrong with it. — George Hanson · 1969I like to be in America,
OK by me in America,
Everything free in America. — Anita · 1961Hey, guys, one more thing, hey, this summer, when you're being inundated with all this American bicentennial Fourth Of July brouhaha, don’t forget what you’re celebrating, and that’s the fact that a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic, white males didn’t want to pay their taxes. — Ms. Stroud · 1993All 8 quotes →Being oneself8 quotes
Boys, you must strive to find your own voice, because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all. — John Keating · 1989At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you gonna be. Can't let nobody make that decision for you. — Juan · 2016Honey, all you have to be by the time you're 23 is yourself. — Troy Dyer · 1994But remember, bee yourself. — Genie · 1992I never wanted to be anybody else. — Wyatt · 1969Look, the point is, stop trying so hard to be something you're not. — Gobber · 2010All 8 quotes →Family8 quotes
Fredo, you’re my older brother, and I love you. But don’t ever take sides with anyone against the family again. Ever. — Michael Corleone · 1972A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man. — Don Vito Corleone · 1972You don't fool with a man's family. This is my son, not yours. — Lorenzo (A Bronx Tale) · 1993I don't want a new family. I don't want any family. Families suck! — Kevin · 1990Your country ain't your blood, you remember that. — Sonny Corleone · 1974How you feel about your family is a complicated thing. Deep down, you'll always love them. But you can forget that you love them, and you can hurt them and they can hurt you, and that's not just because you're young. — Marley · 1990All 8 quotes →Freedom8 quotes
Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel: "Let my people go!" — Moses · 1956It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything. — Tyler Durden · 1999I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. — Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding · 1994Oh, yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em. — George Hanson · 1969But only in their dreams can men be truly free. 'Twas always thus, and always thus will be. — John Keating · 1989All men lose when they die and all men die. But a slave and a free man lose different things. — Spartacus · 1960All 8 quotes →Growing up8 quotes
When you grow up, your heart dies. — Allison Reynolds · 1985Prove yourself brave, truthful, and unselfish, and someday, you will be a real boy. — The Blue Fairy · 1940I'm sixteen years old. I'm not a child anymore. — Ariel · 1989Honey, all you have to be by the time you're 23 is yourself. — Troy Dyer · 1994My God, are we gonna be like our parents? — Andrew Clark · 1985We'd only been gone two days but somehow the town seemed different; smaller. — The Writer · 1986All 8 quotes →Human nature8 quotes
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. — Gordon Gekko · 1987In this war, things get confused out there. Power, ideals, the old morality, practical military necessity. But out there with these natives, it must be a temptation to be God. 'Cause there's a conflict in every human heart, between the rational and the irrational, between good and evil, and good does not always triumph. Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature. Every man has got a breaking point. You and I have one. Walt Kurtz has reached his and very obviously, he has gone insane. — General R. Corman · 1979It's in your nature to destroy yourselves. — The Terminator · 1991Mankind was not evil, just...uninformed. — Professor Charles Xavier · 2000Goodness is chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. — Prison Governor · 1971Most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and the right place, they're capable of anything. — Noah Cross · 1974All 8 quotes →