Jodie Foster quotes
- From the movie: The Silence of the Lambs
“- Clarice Starling: Most serial killers keep some sort of trophies from their victims.
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: I didn't.
- Clarice Starling: No. No, you ate yours.” - From the movie: Contact
“There are four hundred billion stars out there, just in our galaxy alone. If only one out of a million of those had planets, and just of out of a million of those had life, and just one out of a million of those had intelligent life; there would be literally millions of civilizations out there.”
- From the movie: Maverick
“- Bret Maverick: You tend to breathe hard when you get excited.
- Annabelle Bransford: How did you - oh.” - From the movie: Maverick
“- Marshal Zane Cooper: Oh, I suppose somebody ought to say something nice about the deceased.
- Annabelle Bransford: How do you know he was nice? We don't know anything about him. The only thing he's got in his wallet is a bunch of names of whorehouses.” - From the movie: The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
“Make no mistake, the culprits will be fingered. I will finger the culprits.”
- From the movie: The Silence of the Lambs
“- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: Ah. That is the Duomo seen from the Belvedere. Do you know Florence?
- Clarice Starling: All that detail just from memory, sir?
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: Memory, Agent Starling, is what I have instead of a view.” - From the movie: Contact
“- Michael Kitz: You admit that you very well may have hallucinated this whole thing.
- Ellie Arroway: Yes.
- Michael Kitz: You admit that if you were in our position, you would respond with exactly the same degree of incredulity and skepticism!
- Ellie Arroway: Yes!
- Michael Kitz: Then why don't you simply withdraw your testimony, and concede...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Maverick
- From the movie: Panic Room
- From the movie: Maverick
“- Annabelle Bransford: What kind of animal are you?
- Bret Maverick: Vulture.” - From the movie: The Silence of the Lambs
“You see a lot, Doctor. But are you strong enough to point that high-powered perception at yourself? What about it? Why don't you... why don't you look at yourself and write down what you see? Or maybe you're afraid to.”
- From the movie: Contact
“Those are primes! 2,3,5,7, those are all prime numbers and there's no way that's a natural phenomenon!”
- From the movie: The Silence of the Lambs
“- Clarice Starling: They were screaming.
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: And you ran away?
- Clarice Starling: No. First I tried to free them. I... I opened the gate to their pen, but they wouldn't run. They just stood there, confused. They wouldn't run.
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: But you could and you did, didn't you?” - From the movie: The Accused
“You don't understand how I feel! I'm standing there with my pants down and my crotch hung out for the world to see and three guys are sticking it to me, a bunch of other guys are yelling and clapping and you're standing there telling me that that's the best you can do. Well, if that's the best you could do, then your best sucks! Now, I don't...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Contact
“Mathematics is the only true universal language.”
- From the movie: Maverick
- From the movie: Anna and the King
“- King Mongkut: l have decided to give self anniversary dinner and invite important English nobles and diplomats.
- Anna Leonowens: l don't understand.
- King Mongkut: French lndochina grows stronger and more aggressive. But if l improve our foreign intercourse with your queen's special envoy, French will think three times before trying to...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Anna and the King
- From the movie: Contact
“The universe is a pretty big place. It's bigger than anything anyone has ever dreamed of before. So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space. Right?”
- From the movie: Anna and the King
“- King Mongkut: I never danced with an Englishwoman before, mem.
- Anna Leonowens: Nor I with a king.” - From the movie: Maverick
- From the movie: Contact
- From the movie: Contact
You wanna hear something really nutty? I heard of a couple guys who wanna build something called an "airplane", you know, you get people to go in, and fly around like birds, it's ridiculous, right? And what about breaking the sound barrier, or rockets to the moon, or atomic energy, or a mission to Mars? Science fiction, right?
- From the movie: Contact
“- Palmer Joss: By doing this, you're willing to give your life, you're willing to die for it. Why?
- Ellie Arroway: For as long as I can remember, I've been searching for something, some reason why we're here. What are we doing here? Who are we? If this is a chance to find out even just a little part of that answer... I don't know, I think it's...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Contact
“- Michael Kitz: Your having sent this announcement all over the world may well constitute a breach of national security.
- Ellie Arroway: This isn't a person-to-person call. You can't possibly think that a civilization sending this kind of message would intend it just for Americans.”
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