Forest Whitaker quotes
- From the movie: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
- From the movie: Panic Room
- From the movie: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
- From the movie: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
“In the words of the ancients, one should make his decision within the space of seven breaths. It is a matter of being determined and having the spirit to break through to the other side.”
- From the movie: Phone Booth
“- Stu: I already told you this is a private conversation. Now, what the fuck do you want?
- Capt. Ramey: I just want you to know, that it's safe outside the booth.
- The Caller: No, it's not.
- Stu: Always get out of the booth. I like in the fucking booth. It's my whole world now, this is my booth and I'm not coming out ever. You hear me? Never.” - From the movie: Street Kings
“- Tom Ludlow: You were my best friend.
- Captain Jack Wander: You were family.” - From the movie: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Among the maxims on Lord Naoshige's wall, there was this one: "Matters of great concern should be treated lightly". Master Ittei commented: "Matters of small concern should be treated seriously".
- From the movie: Street Kings
“I can't afford to lose you. Who would do what you do? You are the tip of the fucking spear. Who's going to hold back the animals?”
- From the movie: The Last King of Scotland
“- Nicholas Garrigan: You want me to tell you what to do?
- Idi Amin: Yes, you are my advisor. You are the only one I can trust in here. You should have told me not to throw the Asians out, in the first place.
- Nicholas Garrigan: I did!
- Idi Amin: But you did not persuade me, Nicholas. You did not persuade me!” - From the movie: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
“The Way of the Samurai is found in death. Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily.”
- From the movie: The Last King of Scotland
Look at you. Is there one thing you have done that is good? Did you think this was all a game? "I will go to Africa and I will play the white man with the natives". Is that what you thought? We are not a game, Nicholas. We are real.
- From the movie: Good Morning, Vietnam
- From the movie: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
“It is good to carry some powdered rouge in one's sleeve. It may happen that when one is sobering up or waking from sleep, a samurai's complexion may be poor. At such a time it is good to take out and apply some powdered rouge.”
- From the movie: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
“Every day when one's body and mind are at peace, one should meditate upon being ripped apart by arrows, rifles, spears, and swords. Being carried away by surging waves. Being thrown into the midst of a great fire. Being struck by lightning, being shaken to death by a great earthquake. Falling from thousand-foot cliffs, dying of disease, or...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Good Morning, Vietnam
We got one letter from a man who thought that Hauk's comedy was "visionary and interesting”. The other eleven hundred calls say that the man can't do comedy to save his dick!… That's a direct quote, sir.
- From the movie: The Fourth Angel
- From the movie: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
- From the movie: Blown Away
“Don't you ever get tired of bein' a hero?”
- From the movie: Species
“- Dr. Stephen Arden: Have you found any other bodies?
- Xavier Fitch: No, we haven't not yet.
- Dan Smithson, Empath: You will. She's a predator. Her eyes are in front. Her eyes are in front so she can judge the distance to her prey.” - From the movie: Species
“She kills if she feels threatened. And she has no remorse about it. None.”
- From the movie: Light It Up
“- Officer Dante Jackson: Come here, son.
- Lester Dewitt: Don't call me son. I'm not your son.” - From the movie: The Fourth Angel
- From the movie: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
“Even if one's head were to be suddenly cut off, he should be able to do one more action with certainty. With martial valor, if one becomes like a revengeful ghost and shows great determination, though his head is cut off, he should not die.”
- From the movie: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
“- Louie: Goddamn it. You shot me in the exact same fucking place as last time!
- Ghost Dog: I'm sorry. I mean you no disrespect. You're my retainer. I don't want to put too many holes in you.” - From the movie: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
“It is said that what is called the Spirit of an Age is something to which one cannot return. That this spirit gradually dissipates is due to the world's coming to an end. In the same way, a single year does not have just spring or summer. A single day, too, is the same. For this reason, although one would like to change today's world back to the...” (continue)(continue reading)
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