"That's it. Like my old granddaddy
used to always say,

"The less a man makes
declarative statements,

"the less apt he is to look
foolish in retrospect."

Quentin Tarantino: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3055197184/tt0113101

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"...he must bring forth values which are an equivalent substitute for his absence in the collective personal sphere. Without this production of values individuation is immoral and, more than that, suicidal..." Jung

"Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something." - Westley, The Princess Bride

"Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty." - Derek Zoolander, Zoolander

Here's some fairly serious quotes from some of my fave movies. I'll probably get around to posting some less serious ones later.

Princess Mononoke:
Hii-sama: You cannot change fate. However, you can rise to meet it, if you so choose.

Spirited Away:
Zeniba: Once you do something, you never forget. Even if you can't remember.

North by Northwest:
Roger Thornhill: In the world of advertising, there's no such thing as a lie. There's only expedient exaggeration.

The Professor: War is hell, Mr. Thornhill. Even when it's a cold war.

2001: A Space Odyssey:
HAL: I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.

12 Angry Men:
Juror #2: It's hard to put into words. I just think he's guilty. I thought it was obvious from the word, 'Go'. Nobody proved otherwise.
Juror #8: Nobody has to prove otherwise. The burden of proof is on the prosecution. The defendant doesn't even have to open his mouth. That's in the Constitution.

Juror #11: I beg pardon...
Juror #10: "I beg pardon?" What are you so polite about?
Juror #11: For the same reason you are not: it's the way I was brought up.

Kind Hearts and Coronets:
Louis Mazzini: While I never admired Edith as much as when I was with Sibella, I never longed for Sibella as much as when I was with Edith. (<-enneatype 4 sx variant in a nutshell.)

The Dark Knight:
Alfred Pennyworth: ...some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

The Joker: You see, madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push!

Harvey Dent: You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

The Shawshank Redemption:
Andy Dufresne: That's the beauty of music. They can't get that from you... Haven't you ever felt that way about music?
Red: I played a mean harmonica as a younger man. Lost interest in it though. Didn't make much sense in here.
Andy Dufresne: Here's where it makes the most sense. You need it so you don't forget.
Red: Forget?
Andy Dufresne: Forget that... there are places in this world that aren't made out of stone. That there's something inside... that they can't get to, that they can't touch. That's yours.
Red: What're you talking about?
Andy Dufresne: Hope.
Red: Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.

Andy Dufresne: [in letter to Red] Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

Andy Dufresne/Red: Get busy living, or get busy dying.

Red: [narrating] Sometimes it makes me sad, though... Andy being gone. I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up DOES rejoice. But still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend.

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What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet. - Gerard Manley Hopkins

"Better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open it and erase all doubt"

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Bladerunner:

Batty: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

Gladiator:

Proximo: Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how but, what we can decide is how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered, as men.

At least these are the ones that were on my mind when I was browsing this thread...

Not a movie quote, but here goes. I heard it somewhere but I don't remember where.

"Wealth is not what one attains from it, but what one becomes through it."

"What is my soul doing in St. Petersberg?"
---- Paul Giamatti