Laurence Fishburne movie quotes

“Believe me when I say we have a difficult time ahead of us. But if we are to be prepared for it, we must first shed our fear of it. I stand here, before you now, truthfully unafraid. Why? Because I believe something you do not? No, I stand here without fear because I remember. I remember that I am here not because of the path that lies before me...” (continue)(continue reading)

Laurence Fishburne - Morpheus

“- Morpheus: Do you believe in fate, Neo?
- Neo: No.
- Morpheus: Why not?
- Neo: Because I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life.”
Laurence Fishburne - Morpheus
Keanu Reeves - Neo

“Play. Never play the board, always the man. You've gotta play the man playing the board. Play me. I'm your opponent, you have to beat me. Not the board, beat me.”

Laurence Fishburne - Vinnie

“- Miller: From Hell? You don't believe in that kind of stuff, do you?
- D.J.: Whoever sent that message, he sure believed in Hell.”

Laurence Fishburne - Miller
Jason Isaacs - D.J.

“- Ike Turner: Hey, Anna Mae, where you goin'? I need to get some sleep!
- Tina Turner: Go straight to hell, Ike!”
Laurence Fishburne - Ike Turner
Angela Bassett - Tina Turner

“- David Jason: How come I like balling black chicks so much?
- John Hull: I don't know. Maybe you feel like you're fucking a slave.”
Jeff Goldblum - David Jason
Laurence Fishburne - John Hull

“- Cooper: I'm the lifesaver and the heartbreaker.
- Miller: He's a rescue technician.”

Richard T. Jones - Cooper
Laurence Fishburne - Miller

“He didn't teach you how to win, he taught you how not to lose. That's nothing to be proud of. You're playing not to lose, Josh. You've got to risk losing. You've got to risk everything. You've got to go to the edge of defeat. That's where you want to be, boy - on the edge of defeat.”

Laurence Fishburne - Vinnie

“- Jimmy Jump: Yo, congratulations, Frank. Congratulations, man. Them Columbian motherfuckers, they took permanent vacation in hell, if you know what I mean.
- Frank White: Well, I must've been away too long because my feelings are dead. I feel no remorse.”
Laurence Fishburne - Jimmy Jump
Christopher Walken - Frank White

“- Frank White: How come you never came to see me?
- Jimmy Jump: Who wanted to see you in a cage, man?”
Christopher Walken - Frank White
Laurence Fishburne - Jimmy Jump

“- John Hull: How much is this?
- Betty McCutcheon: Do you know anything about ethnic art? Have you ever been in a store like this? See, we don't put price tags on our merchandise. So if you have to ask, then obviously you can't afford it.
- John Hull: In that case I'll take two of them.”
Laurence Fishburne - John Hull
Victoria Dillard - Betty

“- Betty McCutcheon: Business is improving.
- John Hull: From almost nothing to almost something.”
Victoria Dillard - Betty
Laurence Fishburne - John Hull

“- John Hull: You ever kill anybody?
- Carver: Are you kidding? I went to Princeton to avoid all that shit.”
Laurence Fishburne - John Hull
Charles Martin Smith - Carver

“One's primary purpose at university level is to learn how to think.”
Laurence Fishburne - Professor Maurice Phipps