Sorry, I Don't Have to Run

"I don't think that a person should run unless he's being chased."
Casey (Elijah Wood), The Faculty

Seven Seconds

"In seven days, God created the world. And in seven seconds, I shattered mine."
Ben Thomas (Will Smith), Seven Pounds

Nobody Owns the Land

"Aborigines don't own the land. They belong to it. It's like their mother. See those rocks? Been standing there for 600 million years. Still be there when you and I are gone. So arguing over who owns them is like two fleas arguing over who owns the dog they live on."
Michael J. 'Crocodile' Dundee (Paul Hogan), Crocodile Dundee

Don't Care Much About History

"History? In history we'll all be dead!"
George W. Bush (Josh Brolin), W. (Widescreen)

Willing to Learn

"We're not homosexual, but we are willing to learn."
Russell Ziskey (Harold Ramis), Stripes

True Sight

"I realized that our eyes aren't what make us see. We only live in darkness when we don't look -- look at what is genuine about ourselves, genuine about others. You don't need eyes for that."
Virgil Adamson (Val Kilmer), At First Sight

The Pros of Pessimism

"I like being a pessimist. It helps me deal with my inevitable failure."
 Barry McMullen (Edward Burns), The Brothers McMullen

Believe in the Impossible

"Sometimes I believe in as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
Alice Kingsley (Mia Wasikowska), Alice in Wonderland

The Best that a Conscious Entity Can Hope to Do

"I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do."
HAL 9000 (voice of Douglas Rain), 2001 - A Space Odyssey (Two-Disc Special Edition)

The Real Threat

"I'm not afraid of the man who wants ten nuclear weapons, Colonel. I'm terrified of the man who only wants one."
Dr. Julia Kelly (Nicole Kidman), The Peacemaker (Widescreen Edition)

Catch 22

"You can't get an address without an address. You can't get a job without a job."
Security Guard (Wally Dalton), Wendy and Lucy

Like a Father

"Dad... you were like a father to me."
Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis),

Marriage is a Sentence

"Marriage is not a word -- it's a sentence!"
John 'Johnny' Sims (James Murray), THE CROWD (1928) King Vidor (NTSC-IMPORTED FOR ALL REGIONS)

It's an Order

"Don't look at me in that tone of voice!"
Younger Vivi Abbott Walker (Ashley Judd), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Full Screen)

Hard to Get

"I'm hard to get, Steve. All you have to do is ask me."
Slim (Lauren Bacall), To Have and Have Not (Keepcase)

The Memory of History

"History only remembers most what you did last."
Mike Wallace (Christopher Plummer), The Insider

Mr. (Almost) Perfect

“I just met a wonderful new man.  He's fictional but you can't have everything.”
Cecilia (Mia Farrow), The Purple Rose of Cairo

An Organ of Fire

"New lovers are nervous and tender, but smash everything. For the heart is an organ of fire."
Count Laszlo de Almasy (Ralph Fiennes), The English Patient (Miramax Collector's Edition)

Hindsight

"Hindsight. It's like foresight without a future."
George Monroe (Kevin Kline), Life as a House

Pillow Notes

"I can't stand little notes on my pillow. "We're all out of cornflakes. F.U." Took me three hours to figure out F.U. was Felix Ungar!"
Oscar Madison (Walter Matthau), The Odd Couple

An Honest Thief

"You don't think I'd steal something that didn't belong to me, do you?"
Nicole Bonnet (Audrey Hepburn), How to Steal a Million

A Male Gene

"Funny's a male gene, you idiot. Haven't you ever noticed whenever you see a really funny girl, she's a little mannish? Think about it. Lily Tomlin, Ellen DeGeneres, Rosie O'Donnell..."

Doc (Jerry Stiller), The Heartbreak Kid (Widescreen Edition)

A Tragedy of My Own Device

"Like all happy endings, it was a tragedy of my own device."

Finnegan Bell (Ethan Hawke) Great Expectations (1998)

Selling Crazy

"Sell crazy someplace else.We're all stocked up here."
Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson), As Good As It Gets

Show me the Money

"Show me the money!"
Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding, Jr), Jerry Maguire

Time to Make a Move

"There are a lot of men out there. I'm selective. I look around very carefully. And, when I find the one I think can give me the worst possible time, that's when I make my move."
Julie Nichols (Jessica Lange), Tootsie - 25th Anniversary Edition