“They say it right when they flood the house, and they tear it to shreds that, destruction is a form of creation. So the fact that they burn the money is ironic. They just want to see what happens when they tear the world apart. They want to change things.”

Jake Gyllenhaal - Donnie Darko

“- Stromberg: I intend to change the face of history.
- Major Anya Amasova: By destroying the world?”
Curd Jürgens - Stromberg
Barbara Bach - Major Anya Amasova

“- Dr. Ditten: Our children will thank us for the world we are making for them!
- Emmy Ritter: Thank you? Thank you for what? For a world filled with a seed of new hates? For a world in ruins?”
Philip Dorn - Dr. Ditten
Alla Nazimova - Emmy Ritter

“That is the kind of woman that makes whole civilizations topple!”

Kathleen Howard - Miss Bragg

“You'd try to kill the John Doe movement if you can't use it to get what you want? That certainly is a new low. I guess I've seen everything now... you think of deliberately killing an idea that's made millions of people a little bit happier.”

Gary Cooper - John Doe