Donald Sutherland movie quotes

“Your belief that you have no talent is the ultimate vanity. If you have no talent then you have no limits, it's all an act of will. Your heart can probably pump more blood than anyone else's on earth, and that takes talent. The bones in your feet are so strong, it'd take a sledgehammer to break 'em. Be thankful for your limits, Pre, they're...” (continue)(continue reading)

Donald Sutherland - Bill Bowerman

“- Larry Kroger: I won't go schizo, will I?
- Dave Jennings: It's a distinct possibility.”

Tom Hulce - Larry Kroger
Donald Sutherland - Dave Jennings

- Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: I just want to talk about something I always remembered.
- Beth Jarrett: Why do you want to remind me?
- Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: Because I've always wondered, in some needling way, what it mattered what I wore. I was crazy that day. We were going to our son's funeral and you were worried about what I wore on my feet. I'm... (continue)(continue reading)
Donald Sutherland - Calvin
Mary Tyler Moore - Beth

“You need everything neat and easy. I don't know. Maybe you can't love anybody. It was so much Buck. When Buck died, it was as if you buried all your love with him, and I don't understand that, I just don't know, I don't... maybe it wasn't even Buck; maybe it was just you. Maybe, finally, it was the best of you that you buried. But, whatever it...” (continue)(continue reading)
Donald Sutherland - Calvin

“Don't admire people too much. They'll disappoint you sometimes.”
Donald Sutherland - Calvin

“I keep telling these guys, it's got nothing to do with me. It depends entirely on the woman, and how willing she is to discover her infinite supply of orgasms.”

Donald Sutherland - Jerry O'Neill

“Remember what happened to Galileo? They threw him in jail because he said the earth was not the center of the universe. That could happen to us.”
Donald Sutherland - Dr. Sid

“Alfredo Berlinghieri, you, and all parasites, will pay the bill for the Fascist revolution. And the bill will not be cheap. The bill will not be cheap. Everybody will pay! Everybody, rich and poor, gentry and peasant, they will pay with money and land and bread and cows and cheese and blood and shit!”
Donald Sutherland - Attila Mellanchini

“Never bite the hand that feeds you. As long you need to be fed.”
Donald Sutherland - Attila Mellanchini

“I'm an engineer! I stopped running when Nixon was president!”
Donald Sutherland - Jerry O'Neill

“The organizing principle of any society, Mr. Garrison, is for war. The authority of the state over its people resides in its war powers.”
Donald Sutherland - X

“I must concede, it was a masterful move on Coin's part. The idea that I was bombing our own helpless children to hold back the rebels... It turned the last of my guards against me. There was no resistance left inside the Capitol or the mansion. Do you know it aired live? There's a particular savvy in that, isn't there? I'm sure she wasn't...” (continue)(continue reading)

Donald Sutherland - President Snow

“This is hell, and I'm going to give you the guided tour.”
Donald Sutherland - Warden Drumgoole

“- Ethel Twitty: Will you help an old lady to her car?
- Lucien Wilbanks: You don't need any help, Ethel. But I'd be honored to escort you to your automobile.”
Brenda Fricker - Ethel Twitty
Donald Sutherland - Lucien Wilbanks

“People are suckers for the truth.”
Donald Sutherland - X

“I'm not wasteful. I take life for specific reasons.”

Donald Sutherland - President Snow

“I'm a pro: I'm never late. I try to control flatulence.”
Donald Sutherland

“- Harry McKenna: You're a goddamn machine. You see things. You view people differently than I do, differently than anybody does. But you have a problem, Arthur. You need companionship.
- Arthur Bishop: I have you Harry.
- Harry McKenna: Oh, then you're in deeper shit than I thought.”
Jason Statham - Arthur Bishop
Donald Sutherland - Harry McKenna

“Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous.”
Donald Sutherland - President Snow

“- Jack Shaw: Don't think of it as cheating on your wife. Think of it as... fuckin' for your flag.
- Amos: When in doubt, close your eyes and think of England.”
Donald Sutherland - Jack Shaw
Ben Kingsley - Amos

“- Jack Bellicec: It's a big conspiracy.
- Matthew Bennell: What's a conspiracy?
- Jack Bellicec: Everything.”
Jeff Goldblum - Jack Bellicec
Donald Sutherland - Matthew Bennell

“- Col. Everett Dasher Breed: What's your name, soldier?
- Vernon Pinkley: Number two, Sir!”
Robert Ryan - Col. Everett Dasher Breed
Donald Sutherland - Vernon Pinkley

“Wishing a Van Gogh was mine, I looked at my English hand-lasted shoes, and thought of Van Gogh's tragic shoes, and remembered me I was a painter losing a painting.”
Donald Sutherland - Flan

“For the time being, let's not have you working out with the team. You'll be facing Viren all over again at the Montreal Olympics. I don't want you racing anyone now. I just want you running. You have to explore the limits of the one competitor above everyone else you've always loved to face... Steve Prefontaine.”

Donald Sutherland - Bill Bowerman

“- President Snow: Oh, make no mistake, she intends to take my place now. But... I've been watching you. And you watching me. I'm afraid we've both been played for fools.
- Katniss Everdeen: I don't believe you.
- President Snow: Oh, my dear Miss Everdeen. I thought we'd agreed never to lie to each other.”

Donald Sutherland - President Snow
Jennifer Lawrence - Katniss Everdeen