Category Archives: Movie Quote of the Day
Movie Quote of the Day – Me and You and Everyone We Know, 2005 (dir. Miranda July)
Michael: I’ve long since stopped trying to make people do things they don’t want to do.
Christine: But she’s the love of your life. You’re just gonna let her go?
Michael: No. She’s just. . .going.
Movie Quote of the Day – Mississippi Masala, 1991 (dir. Mira Nair)
Demetrius: Well, Miss Masala, racism or as they say nowadays, tradition, gets passed down like recipes. Now, the trick is, you gotta know what to eat and what to leave on your plate. Otherwise, you’ll be mad forever.
Meena: And you’ll never eat.
Movie Quote of the Day – Obvious Child, 2014 (dir. Gillian Robespierre)
Nellie: God damn it! You guys, we already live in a patriarchal society where a bunch of old white men in robes get to legislate our cunts. You just need to worry about yourself! And why are you looking at me like that, you little bitches?
Joey: Everything you’re saying is valid, but you are scaring my dick off.
Movie Quote of the Day – About Last Night, 2014 (dir. Steve Pink)
Danny: I don’t want to spend tonight, of all night’s, doing what we’re going to be doing all next year. . . fighting.
[Debbie leaves.]
Bernie: That’s my cue.
Joan: No. No. Debbie! No!
Danny: Fuck. Fuck.
Joan: Fuckin’ wonderful, asshole!
Bernie: You fucked that up, I’ll be the first to tell you that.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Good Earth, 1937 (dir. Sidney Franklin)
O-Lan: Look. We can go back. We can go back to the land.
Movie Quote of the Day – Alfie, 2004 (dir. Charles Shyer)
Alfie: It seems to me the problems you worry yourself sick about never seem to materialize. It’s the ones that catch you unexpectedly on a Wednesday afternoon that knock you sideways.
Movie Quote of the Day – Murder with Pictures, 1936 (dir. Charles Barton)
Hester Boone: Aw, you know how it is, junior: a girl’s got her pride.
Kent Murdock: But you could swallow it… if it was mixed with a little gin, couldn’t ya?
Hester Boone: Yes, dear, in a silver fizz.
Movie Quote of the Day – Seven Years in Tibet, 1997 (dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud)
Dalai Lama: We have a saying in Tibet: If a problem can be solved there is no use worrying about it. If it can’t be solved, worrying will do no good.
Movie Quote of the Day – There’s No Business Like Show Business, 1954 (dir. Walter Lang)
Vicky Hoffman: Maybe it’s crazy to try and explain anything to you the way you are now, but, Tim, try to understand, to you, this is just another show. You’re part of this business. You were born to it. You never had to pound on doors to get people to listen to you. Your family did it all. It’s different with me. I’ve been on my own since I was 15. This show is my big chance. It’s make or break.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Bells of St. Mary’s, 1945 (dir. Leo McCarey)
Sister Mary Benedict: If we don’t fail sometimes, our successes won’t mean anything. You must have courage. Don’t give up.
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