Meaningful Quotes

"I have a little secret for you...

We don't read and write poetry because it's cute, we read and write poetry because we are members of the human race, and the human race is filled with passion. Now, medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits, necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love...these are what we stay alive for." (Mr. Keating, Dead Poet's Society)

"In my opinion, a man cannot call himself well contented until he's done all he can to be of service to his employer. Of course, this assumes that one's employer is a superior not only in rank or wealth, but in moral stature." (Stevens, Remains of the Day)

"Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." (Ferris Bueller, Ferris Bueller's Day Off)

"Love Sucks." (Kevin, St. Elmo's Fire)

"I stand on my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way." (Mr. Keating, Dead Poet's Society)

"You see us how you want to see us." (Brain, The Breakfast Club)

"Whenever things are at their best, I start waiting for them to fall apart. I can't figure out if I do it to myself, or if life does it for me." (Linda Powell, Singles)

"No matter what happens tomorrow, or for the rest of my life, I'm happy now." (Phil Connors, Groundhog Day)

"A man can never be friends with a woman he finds attractive, he always wants to have sex with her." (Harry, When Harry met Sally)

"There are only four questions a man must concern himself with: What is sacred? Of what is the soul made? What is worth living for? and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is love. (Don Juan Demarco, Don Juan Demarco)

"I was caught in the path of the tornado, I just didn't expect the storm to last as long as it has." (Andy Dufrane, The Shawshank Redemption)

"If love were a truck, which would be worse...for it to run you over, or for it to pass you by?" (To Gillian on 37th Birthday)

"My college experience was nothing of what I had planned. It had nothing to do with the brochure. That's not to say I didn't enjoy it. We got what we needed from it. It's kind of like a vacation. You plan everything out, but one day you go on a detour or take a wrong turn and you wind up somewhere you never expected to be. Sure it may feel funny while you're doing it, but later you realize it was the best part of the whole trip." (Eddie, Threesome)

"Becuase it's not vino ve re tas, it's en vino ve re tas...to be IN drunk." (Ben Sanderson, Leaving Las Vegas)

"It can't rain all the time." (Eric, The Crow)

"If you haven't become a rebel by 20 you've got no heart. If you haven't gone establishment by 30 you've got no brains." (Buddy Ackerman, Swimming with Sharks)

"Why is it the people that need help the most, won't take it?" (Jessie Burns, A River Runs Through It"

"Your heart is free, have the courage to follow it." (Malcolm Wallace, Braveheart)

"Boy, I got vision and the rest of the world wears bi-focals." (Butch Cassidy, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)

"Did I tell you what makes love so frightening, it's that you don't own it, it owns you." (Jack Grimaldi, Romeo is Bleeding)

"Remember Sparky, no matter what they tell you, you can never have too much sugar." (Michael, Michael)

"I'm lookin' for a dare-to-be-great situation." (Lloyd Dobler, Say Anything)

Back home

1