David Strathairn movie quotes

“- Winston Churchill: Do I have your, uh, permission, uh, to send, uh, an aircraft carrier to pick up the P-40 fighter planes we purchased from you? Mr. President?
- President Roosevelt: Well, you-you've got me there again. New law preventing transshipment of military equipment.
- Winston Churchill: Uh, but we paid for them. We-we paid for them...” (continue)(continue reading)
Gary Leonard Oldman - Winston Churchill
David Strathairn - President Roosevelt

- Jack Lengyel: My youngest crapped his pants yesterday.
- President Dedmon: Well, that happens.
- Jack Lengyel: He's four. Sandy was out so I had to clean him up. When she got home, I told her what happened, she couldn't believe it. I said "I know, the kid's four, he shouldn't be doing that anymore", She said "No, not that, I can't believe... (continue)(continue reading)
Matthew McConaughey - Jack Lengyel
David Strathairn - President Dedmon

“He was one of those civilized individuals who did not insist upon agreement with his political principals as a precondition for conversation or friendship.”
David Strathairn - Edward R. Murrow

“- Simon Birch: What does coffee and donuts have to do with God?
- Rev. Russell: They're merely refreshments so people can socialize and talk about up coming events.”
Ian Michael Smith - Simon Birch
David Strathairn - Rev. Russell

“- President Roosevelt: Good night to you, Winston. It must be late there.
- Winston Churchill: In more ways than you could possibly know.”
David Strathairn - President Roosevelt
Gary Leonard Oldman - Winston Churchill

“- President Dedmon: Jack, I may not know football, but I have dealt with the NCAA. They like their rules, and the biggest one is freshmen are not allowed to play intercollegiate athletics.
- Jack Lengyel: That's why you're gonna get them to make an exception.
- President Dedmon: How am I supposed to...
- Jack Lengyel: Explain it to them. We...” (continue)(continue reading)
David Strathairn - President Dedmon
Matthew McConaughey - Jack Lengyel

- Claudia: Didn't you have a girlfriend, or...
- Russell "Sad Sack" Terziak: Yeah, she went and married my best buddy Ray.
Holly Hunter - Claudia
David Strathairn - Russell Terziak

“- Donna: Where are we?
- Joe: It's a little inlet, on the back side of Coashov Island
- Donna: Is that like up Shit Creek without a paddle?
- Joe: Yeah, pretty much.”
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Donna De Angelo
David Strathairn - Joe Gastineau

“We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.”

David Strathairn - Edward R. Murrow

“I came to pay my respects. There's nothing I respect more than someone planting trees under whose shade they may never sit.”
David Strathairn - Ty Burley

“Dear reader, you will soon see that there are fantastical creatures living among us, hidden through mimicry and magic. This book will give you the tools and techniques needed to lift the veil and see the unseen. Once you have this sight, you will never see things the same way again.”
David Strathairn - Arthur Spiderwick

“Film is our literature.”
David Strathairn

“So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should be used for positive ends.”
David Strathairn

“Television and film are our libraries now. Our history books.”
David Strathairn

“- Dolores Claiborne: I got another surprise for you, Joe.
- Joe St. George: What, did someone invent a pill to cure ugly?”
Kathy Bates - Dolores Claiborne
David Strathairn - Joe St. George

“- Jason Bourne: Where are you now?
- Noah Vosen: I'm sitting in my office.
- Jason Bourne: I doubt that.
- Noah Vosen: Why would you doubt that?
- Jason Bourne: If you were in your office right now we'd be having this conversation face-to-face.”
Matt Damon - Jason Bourne
David Strathairn - Noah Vosen

“- Noah Vosen: She's in league with Jason Bourne, for Christ's sake.
- Pam Landy: You do not have the authority to kill her.
- Noah Vosen: Oh yes I do! And you had better get on board.
- Pam Landy: Noah, she's one of us. You start down this path, where does it end?
- Noah Vosen: It ends when we've won.”

David Strathairn - Noah Vosen
Joan Allen - Pam Landy

“You know as well as I do decisions made in real time are never perfect.”
David Strathairn - Noah Vosen

“Vengeance or death? Hopefully vengeance.”
David Strathairn - Arthur Spiderwick:

“Merry Christmas, if I don't ever see you again. You have a nice life, Claudia.”
David Strathairn - Russell Terziak

“I take care of my people. You bring 'em trouble, and you're a dead man. Sleep tight.”

David Strathairn - Sid Hatfield

“- Donna De Angelo: How come you're not married? Sorry, if you don't want to say...
- Joe Gastineau: Probably the same reason you're not married.
- Donna De Angelo: Because such a high percentage of men are jerks?
- Joe Gastineau: No.
- Donna De Angelo: Because women are scarce and winters are long?
- Joe Gastineau: That's true, but...
- Donna De...” (continue)(continue reading)
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Donna De Angelo
David Strathairn - Joe Gastineau

“- Donna: Fisherman?
- Joe: Yeah, I was.
- Donna: Like it?
- Joe: While it lasted, yes.
- Donna: You didn't go on anymore?
- Joe: Nope.
- Donna: Why not?
- Joe: Unforeseen circumstances.”
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Donna De Angelo
David Strathairn - Joe Gastineau

“I was so captivated by all the magical creatures I found that I lost sight of the one I already had. But I see now, and I may never be able to forgive myself.”
David Strathairn - Arthur Spiderwick

“We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. Our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses and recognize that television in the main is being used to distract, delude, amuse, and insulate us, then television and those who finance it, those who look at it, and those who work at it, may...” (continue)(continue reading)
David Strathairn - Edward R. Murrow