Joaquin Phoenix quotes
- From the movie: Buffalo Soldiers
“- Colonel Berman: McCovey was on the pill? How could this be possible?
- Ray Elwood: Well, he might have taken it by mistake, sir.
- Colonel Berman: What?
- Ray Elwood: The birth control pill. He might've thought it was something ele.
- Colonel Berman: Well, fine, but he didn't take heroin, speed and cocaine by mistake, did he?
- Ray Elwood: It...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Gladiator
“- Commodus: Have I missed it? Have I missed the battle?
- Marcus Aurelius: You have missed the war.
- Commodus: Father, congratulations. I shall sacrifice a hundred bulls to honor your triumph.
- Marcus Aurelius: Save the bulls. Honor Maximus. He won the battle.” - From the movie: Ladder 49
“Mike asked me tonight if I loved the job like I did before, and for the first time in my life, I didn't know what to say.”
- From the movie: Buffalo Soldiers
“- Ray Elwood: Let's just say cooking smack is like preparing Thanksgiving dinner where one of the ingredients is a hand grenade.
- Sergeant Saad: This shit explodes?
- Ray Elwood: Kaboom.” - From the movie: Inventing the Abbotts
“Backyard nudity is hypocritical. It's insincere. People should do and say exactly what they feel and think and not try to hide things.”
- From the movie: Signs
“- SFC Cunningham: You've got two minor league home-run records, don't ya?
- Merrill Hess: Five.
- SFC Cunningham: Why weren't you in the pros making stacks of cash and getting your toes licked by beautiful women?
- Lionel Prichard: 'Cause he has another record most people don't know about. He has the minor league strikeout record.” - From the movie: Quills
“- Coulmier: An innocent child is dead.
- The Marquis de Sade: So many authors are denied the gratification of a concrete response to their work. I am blessed.” - From the movie: We Own The Night
“- Joseph Grusinsky: Why don't you go back to your little Puerto Rican girlfriend?
- Bobby Green: I will go back to my fucking Puerto Rican girlfriend!
- Joseph Grusinsky: Yeah?
- Bobby Green: Yeah, you keep thinking about my girlfriend while you're fucking your fat fucking wife!” - From the movie: Buffalo Soldiers
“- Robyn Lee: He's the First Sergeant of your company, he's not somebody you want to piss off. You realise he's gonna cut your balls off.
- Ray Elwood: Yeah, probably.
- Robyn Lee: So, what if I stay? There's a chance you're going to lose your balls, do you think I'm worth it?
- Ray Elwood: Yeah, sure, why not?” - From the movie: Quills
“Your terrible secret revealed, you're a man after all.”
- From the movie: Gladiator
“- Commodus: The people are my children, I am their father. I shall hold them to my bosom and embrace them tightly...
- Gracchus: Have you ever embraced someone dying of plague, sire?
- Commodus: No, but if you interrupt me again, I assure you that you will.” - From the movie: Gladiator
“- Commodus: What could be more glorious than to challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena?
- Maximus: You would fight me?
- Commodus: Why not? Do you think I am afraid?
- Maximus: I think you've been afraid all your life.” - From the movie: Inventing the Abbotts
- From the movie: Parenthood
“What is it with all the women in this family, that makes all the men in this family wanna leave?”
- From the movie: Ladder 49
“- Jack Morrison: It's been seven years since my last confession.
- Lenny Richter: Seven years is a long time.
- Jack Morrison: Yes, father.
- Lenny Richter: All right, where do we start; theft, robbery, fraud, taxes?
- Jack Morrison: Well, you know...
- Lenny Richter: Taxes? Always taxes... How about sex? Impure thoughts?” - From the movie: Quills
“- Madeleine: How can we know who is good - and who is evil?
- Coulmier: All we can do is guard against our own corruption.” - From the movie: Inventing the Abbotts
- From the movie: 8mm
“- Max California: What is this?
- Tom Welles: Money. People use it to buy goods and services.” - From the movie: Buffalo Soldiers
“- Ray Elwood: I'm a natural enemy of guys like your dad, mostly because I don't give a shit about the army.
- Robyn Lee: If you don't give a shit, why'd you join?
- Ray Elwood: I didn't exactly have much of a say in the matter. I got caught stealing a car and the judge gave me a choice, either 6 months in prison or 3 years in the army. So I made...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Quills
“You're not the anti-Christ. You're only a malcontent who knows how to spell.”
- From the movie: Signs
“Morgan, this crop stuff is just about a bunch of nerds who never had a girlfriend their whole lives. They're like thirty now. They make up secret codes and analyze Greek mythology and make secret societies where other guys who never had girlfriends can join in. They do stupid crap like this to feel special. It's a scam. Nerds were doin' it...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Buffalo Soldiers
“- Ray Elwood: Whoa, you're saying he's going to kill me?
- Robyn Lee: I don't know, but he's not a guy to mess with.
- Ray Elwood: Why are you telling me all this?
- Robyn Lee: I guess I don't want him to fuck you up.
- Ray Elwood: You realize that's probably the nicest thing anyone's said to me in my whole life?” - From the movie: Walk the Line
“- John R. Cash: It should have been me on that saw. Jack was so good. He would have done so many good things. What have I done? Just hurt everybody I know. I know I've hurt you. I'm nothin'.
- June Carter: You're not nothin'. You are not nothin'. You're a good man, and God has given you a second chance to make things right, John.” - From the movie: The Village
- From the movie: Quills
“- Coulmier: But why must you indulge in his pornography?
- Madeleine: It's a hard days' wages slaving away for madmen, what I've seen in life - it takes a lot to hold my interest.”
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