A few movie quotes which kinda stick with me.
The Last Samurai
KATSUMOTO: The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life. (satisfaction in life doesn't have to mean working towards a career or school it can be found in just seeking out that which exists to be good and beautiful in its nature)
KATSUMOTO: And you do not fear death. But sometimes you wish for it. Is this not so?
ALGREN: Yes.
KATSUMOTO: I, also. It happens to men who have seen what we have seen. And then I come to this place of my ancestors. And I remember...like these blossoms, we are all dying. To know life in every breath. Every cup of tea. Every life we take. The way of the warrior.
ALGREN: Life in every breath.
KATSUMOTO: That is Bushido."
KATSUMOTO: You believe a man can change his destiny?
ALGREN: I think a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed
(nuff said)
Fellowship of the Ring
FRODO: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
GANDALF: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you were also meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought.
Henry V
DAUPHIN: For the Dauphin, I stand here for him. What to him from England?
EXETER: Scorn and defiance, slight regard, contempt and any thing that may not misbecome the mighty sender, doth he prize you at. Thus says my king.
(what a perfect way to insult an adversary)
Sgt. Bilko
Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko: I like a sporting event in which I know the outcome ahead of time. It's more organized.
Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko: All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work.
Love Actually
JAMIE: It's my favorite time of day, driving you.
AURELIA: [in Portuguese] It is the saddest part of my day, leaving you.
(I saw this before Susan moved in and I used to have to drive her home in the mornings)
Oh and one book quote from The Histories.
Although extraordinary valor was displayed by the entire corps of Spartans and Thespians, yet bravest of all was declared the Spartan Dienekes. It is said that on the eve of battle, he was told by a native of Trachis that Persian archers were so numerous that, when they fired their volleys, the mass of arrows blocked out the sun. Dienekes, however, quite undaunted by this prospect, remarked with a laugh, "Good. Then we'll have our battle in the shade."
The Last Samurai
KATSUMOTO: The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life. (satisfaction in life doesn't have to mean working towards a career or school it can be found in just seeking out that which exists to be good and beautiful in its nature)
KATSUMOTO: And you do not fear death. But sometimes you wish for it. Is this not so?
ALGREN: Yes.
KATSUMOTO: I, also. It happens to men who have seen what we have seen. And then I come to this place of my ancestors. And I remember...like these blossoms, we are all dying. To know life in every breath. Every cup of tea. Every life we take. The way of the warrior.
ALGREN: Life in every breath.
KATSUMOTO: That is Bushido."
KATSUMOTO: You believe a man can change his destiny?
ALGREN: I think a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed
(nuff said)
Fellowship of the Ring
FRODO: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
GANDALF: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you were also meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought.
Henry V
DAUPHIN: For the Dauphin, I stand here for him. What to him from England?
EXETER: Scorn and defiance, slight regard, contempt and any thing that may not misbecome the mighty sender, doth he prize you at. Thus says my king.
(what a perfect way to insult an adversary)
Sgt. Bilko
Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko: I like a sporting event in which I know the outcome ahead of time. It's more organized.
Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko: All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work.
Love Actually
JAMIE: It's my favorite time of day, driving you.
AURELIA: [in Portuguese] It is the saddest part of my day, leaving you.
(I saw this before Susan moved in and I used to have to drive her home in the mornings)
Oh and one book quote from The Histories.
Although extraordinary valor was displayed by the entire corps of Spartans and Thespians, yet bravest of all was declared the Spartan Dienekes. It is said that on the eve of battle, he was told by a native of Trachis that Persian archers were so numerous that, when they fired their volleys, the mass of arrows blocked out the sun. Dienekes, however, quite undaunted by this prospect, remarked with a laugh, "Good. Then we'll have our battle in the shade."
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