The Path to Happiness

“The only way to be happy is to love.  Unless you love, your life will flash by.”
Mrs. O'Brien (Jessica Chastain), The Tree of Life

Dark and Lonely Work

"It's dark and lonely work, like oral sex, but someone has to do it."
Andrew Osnard (Pierce Brosnan), The Tailor of Panama

Mate for Life

"I think people should mate for life, like pigeons or Catholics."
Isaac Davis (Woody Allen), Manhattan

God's Mistakes

"You don't think God makes mistakes? Of course He does. We all make mistakes. Of course, when we make mistakes they call it evil. When God makes mistakes, they call it nature. So what do you think? Women -- a mistake or did He do that to us on purpose?"
Daryl Van Horne (Jack Nicholson), The Witches of Eastwick

The Promise of Happiness

"My happiness is not for you to promise."
Julia (Piper Perabo), Perfect Opposites

The Time to Make up your Mind

"The time to make up your mind about people is never."
Traci Lords (Grace Kelly), High Society

Hell with a Crucifix

"So this is hell --.and there's a crucifix in it."
Armand Goldman (Robin Williams), The Birdcage

Secrets in Relationships

"Secrets are an important part of every relationship."
Troy Parker (Michael Landes), My Girlfriend's Boyfriend

Man's Best Friend

"A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his."
John Grogan (Owen Wilson), Marley and Me (Single-Disc Edition)

A Mutual Breakup

"It was mutual. They agreed to part ways -- when he dumped her."
Mrs. Kornfeldt (Catherine O'Hara), Killers

The Power of Scars

"Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real."
Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), Red Dragon (Widescreen Collector's Edition)

Too Much Thought

"We think too much and feel too little."
A Jewish Barber (Charles Chaplin),

Love and Taxis

"When two people love each other, they come together --Wham!--  like two taxis on Broadway."
Stella (Thelma Ritter), Rear Window (Collector's Edition)

Gun Control

"I have strong feelings about gun control. If there’s a gun around, I want to be controlling it."
Tommy Nowak (Clint Eastwood), Pink Cadillac

Kidnapped Justice

"Someone has kidnapped justice and hidden it in the law."
Judge Benjamin Caulfield (Hal Holbrook), The Star Chamber

Doing is Being

"If you never do anything, you never become anyone."
Jenny (Carey Mulligan), An Education

No Forgiveness

"Forgiveness is between them and God. It's my job to arrange the meeting."
Creasy (Denzel Washington), Man on Fire

Leaving the Rat Race

"I think the rat race is gonna have to survive with one less rat."
J.C. Wiatt, Baby Boom

The Difference Between Love and Sex

"Sex alleviates tension and love causes it."
Andrew (Woody Allen), A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

Unfulfilled Resolution

"People get up every day and tell themselves they’re going to change their lives and they never do."
Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck), The Town

More to Life than Beauty

"I'm pretty sure there's a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is."
Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller),  Zoolander (Special Collector's Edition)

Marriage and Motherhood

"When a woman makes the choice to marry, to have children, in one way her life begins but in another way it stops. You build a life of details. You become a mother, a wife and you stop and stay steady  so that your children can move.  And when they leave they take your life of details with them.  And then you're expected to move again only you don't remember what moves you because no one has asked in so long. Not even yourself."
Francesca Johnson (Meryl Streep),  The Bridges of Madison County

How to Get an Oscar Nomination

"White boys always get the Oscar. It's a known fact. Did I ever get a nomination? No! You know why? Cause I hadn't played any of them slave roles, and get my ass whipped. That's how you get the nomination. A black dude who plays a slave that gets his ass whipped gets the nomination, a white guy who plays an idiot gets the Oscar. That's what I need, I need to play a retarded slave, then I'll get the Oscar."
Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy), Bowfinger

Reason to Join a Club

"I got a good mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it."
Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx), Duck Soup [Chico Marx and Zeppo Marx]

Dumb and Dangerous

"With your IQ, you're unarmed and still very dangerous."
Lt. Raymond Tango (Sylvester Stallone), Tango and Cash (Snap Case)

An Important Choice

“Choose between yesterday and tomorrow.”
Dodge Blake (Paul Newman), Message in a Bottle (Keepcase)