Morgan Freeman movie quotes

“- Boolie Werthan: What I need is for somebody to drive my mother around.
- Hoke Colburn: Well, if you don't mind my asking, sir, how come she's not hiring for herself?”
Dan Aykroyd - Boolie Werthan
Morgan Freeman - Hoke Colburn

“- Jezzie Flannigan: What if you do, betray your gift?
- Alex Cross: Then you betray yourself. That's a sad thing.”
Monica Potter - Jezzie Flannigan
Morgan Freeman - Alex Cross

“- Alex Cross: Wow. Imagine the patience... the dedication...
- Jezzie Flannigan: You sound like an admirer.”

Morgan Freeman - Alex Cross

“Triumph is born out of struggle, faith is the alchemist.”
Morgan Freeman - God

“Insanity is being shit on, beat down, coasting through life in a miserable existence when you have a caged lion locked inside and a key to release it.”
Morgan Freeman - Sloan

“- Edward Cole: These cats eat the beans, digest them and then... defecate. The villagers then collect and process the stools. It is the combination of the beans and the gastric juices of the tree cat that give Kopi Luwac... [starts laughing] its unique flavor... and aroma. You're shitting me!
- Carter Chambers: [laughing] Cats beat me to it!”

Jack Nicholson - Edward
Morgan Freeman - Carter

“- Charlie: People who get the calls are good. Not flashy, good. They get in, they get out, nobody knows a goddamn thing. You understand? Boom, boom, boom. Three in the head, you know they're dead.
- Wesley: You know, that's kind of catchy.
- Charlie: Yeah? Well I'll make you a fucking bumper sticker.”
Morgan Freeman - Charlie
Chris Rock - Wesley

“- Dianne Wainford: What sort of policeman are you?
- Dr. Alex Cross: I'm a forensic psychologist. It's a fancy way of saying I'm a guy who walks into a room like that and determines the hows and whys.”
Deborah Strang - Dianne Wainford
Morgan Freeman - Dr. Alex Cross

“- President Beck: We always thought the deadline for public knowledge was the publication of next year's budget since we've spent more money than we can account for. That won't happen for two weeks. I don't suppose I could prevail upon you to wait two weeks in the name of national security?
- Jenny Lerner: Two weeks? There's no such thing as two...” (continue)(continue reading)
Morgan Freeman - President Beck
Téa Leoni - Jenny Lerner

“- Daisy Werthan: Here. Here. You took the wrong turn at Opelika.
- Hoke Colburn: Well, now, you took it with me, Miss Daisy, and you got the map.”
Jessica Tandy - Daisy Werthan
Morgan Freeman - Hoke Colburn

The body knows what fighters don't: how to protect itself. A neck can only twist so far. Twist it just a hair more and the body says: "Hey, I'll take it from here because you obviously don't know what you're doing. Lie down now, rest, and we'll talk about this when you regain your senses". It's called the knockout mechanism.
Morgan Freeman - Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris

“I just hope he found someplace where he could find a little peace. A place set in the cedars and oak trees. Somewhere between nowhere and goodbye. But that's probably wishful thinking.”
Morgan Freeman - Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris

“You have a divine spark. You have a gift for bringing joy and laughter to the world. I know, I created you.”

Morgan Freeman - God

“- Jezzie Flannigan: Would you kill another partner?
- Alex Cross: You're not my partner.”
Monica Potter - Jezzie Flannigan
Morgan Freeman - Alex Cross

“- Carter: What are you so afraid of?
- Edward: Just because I told you my story, does not invite you to be a part of it!”
Morgan Freeman - Carter
Jack Nicholson - Edward

“Insanity is wasting your life as a nothing when you have the blood of a killer flowing in your veins.”
Morgan Freeman - Sloan

“- Brenda Mazibuko: So, this rugby is a political solution.
- Nelson Mandela: It is a human solution!”
Adjoa Andoh - Brenda Mazibuko
Morgan Freeman - Nelson Mandela

“- Somerset: [to the library guards] Gentlemen, gentlemen... I'll never understand. All these books, a world of knowledge at your fingertips. What do you do? You play poker all night.
- Second Guard at the Library: Hey! We've got culture! We've got culture comin' out our ass!”
Morgan Freeman - Somerset
Bob Collins - Second Guard at the Library

“I have a very large family, 42 million.”
Morgan Freeman - Nelson Mandela

“- President Fowler: Who else has 27,000 nukes for us to worry about?
- Bill Cabot: It's the guy with one I'm worried about.”
James Cromwell - President Fowler
Morgan Freeman - DCI William Cabot

“- Alex Cross: Now what makes you so sure that's what's going to happen?
- Ben Devine: Me getting fired or the girl in a ditch? Sorry. I'm having a pessimistic day.”
Morgan Freeman - Alex Cross
Billy Burke - Ben Devine

“To be brutally honest, I think you have a morbid desire to burn in Hell.”
Morgan Freeman - Alex Cross

“- Sloan: Still trying to figure out how you are?
- Wesley: This is not me. This is just a motherfucking decoy.”
Morgan Freeman - Sloan
James McAvoy - Wesley

“- Vickie: It's time you forgave yourself.
- Alex Cross: Vickie, you know that forgiving yourself is the one thing a person cannot do.”
Anna Maria Horsford - Vickie
Morgan Freeman - Alex Cross

“- Det. Davey Sikes: Sure picks lookers, doesn't he?
- Dr. Alex Cross: Yeah, he does. But you know these women are more than just attractive. They're all extraodinary in some way. Smart, talented.”

Alex McArthur - Det. Davey Sikes
Morgan Freeman - Dr. Alex Cross