Paul Giamatti movie quotes

“Facts are very stubborn things.”
Paul Giamatti - John Adams

“Credit has the ability to build a modern economy, but lack of credit has the ability to destroy it, swiftly and absolutely.”
Paul Giamatti - Ben Bernanke

“I have seen a queen of France with 18 million livres of diamonds on her person, but I declare that all the charms of her face and figure added to all the glitter of her jewels did not impress me as much as that little shrub right there.”
Paul Giamatti - John Adams

“How many times do I have to tell you? Wear you gloves when you handle humans!”
Paul Giamatti - Limbo

“The magic world of the ones that live in the ocean, and the world of men, separated. Through the centuries their world, and all the inhabitants of it stopped trying. The world of man become more violent. War upon war played out, as there were no guides to listen to.”
Paul Giamatti - Cleveland Heep

“Only somebody who really takes the time to understand Pinot's potential can then coax it into its fullest expression. Then, I mean, oh its flavors, they're just the most haunting and brilliant and thrilling and subtle and... ancient on the planet.”

Paul Giamatti - Miles

“- Timothy Pickering: Why on Earth would you disband the army when we are preparing for war?
- John Adams: Why on Earth do we need an army when we are preparing for peace?”
John Keating - Timothy Pickering
Paul Giamatti - John Adams

“Only a human would think riding through an army encampment could work.”
Paul Giamatti - Limbo

“It was good, but I think I liked it better the first time I saw it... in 1942, you dinosaur!”

Paul Giamatti - Marty Wolf

“You are the best big brother anybody could ever ask for.”

Paul Giamatti - Nick 'Santa' Claus

“- Mr. Hertz: Do you know why a gun is better than a wife?
- Man Who Rides Shotgun: Dunno.
- Mr. Hertz: You can put a silencer on a gun.”
Paul Giamatti - Hertz
Tony Munch - Man Who Rides Shotgun

“Is that morphine in there? God, beats the hell out of aspirin.”
Paul Giamatti - John

“Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.”
Paul Giamatti - Harvey Pekar

“- Story: You believe you have no purpose. You help all that live here.
- Cleveland Heep: Anybody can do this job, Story.
- Story: You have a purpose. All beings have a purpose.”
Bryce Dallas Howard - Story
Paul Giamatti - Cleveland Heep

“- Crown Prince Leopold: Has he tricked you? Is that it?
- Inspector Uhl: No, Your Highness.
- Crown Prince Leopold: Then why are you failing me? I thought I could trust you. I thought you were a man I could bring with me when I took the throne. Am I wrong about you?”

Rufus Sewell - Crown Prince Leopold
Paul Giamatti - Inspector Uhl

“The man's immature, you know? He's like a child. I'll tell you this much: there ain't no God while Howard Stern's walking the Earth, I'll tell you that.”
Paul Giamatti - Kenny

“- Veal Chop: Are you psyched to become a man?
- Big Fat Bernie Gayle: I don't know.”
Paul Giamatti - Veal Chop
Michael Lerner - Big Fat Bernie Gayle

“I tried to put my tongue in her mouth and she punched me in the penis.”

Paul Giamatti - Veal Chop

“Boy, when you pick a lost cause, you really commit. Where do they make dreamers like you?”
Paul Giamatti - Tim the Gate Guard

“It's a hard grape to grow, as you know. Right? It's uh, it's thin-skinned, temperamental, ripens early. It's, you know, it's not a survivor like Cabernet, which can just grow anywhere and uh, thrive even when it's neglected. No, Pinot needs constant care and attention.”

Paul Giamatti - Miles

“You know what Nietzsche says: Even the strongest have their moments of fatigue. And I'm fatigued, Danny. I'm just, I'm fucking fatigued.”
Paul Giamatti - Rudy

“- Joe Gould: You're all heart.
- Jimmy Johnston: My heart is for my family. My brains and my balls are for business.”
Paul Giamatti - Joe Gould
Bruce McGill - Jimmy Johnston

“- Miles: I'm not a writer, I'm a middle school English teacher. Well, the world doesn't give a shit what I have to say. I'm unnecessary. Ha! I'm so insignificant I can't even kill myself.
- Jack: Miles, what the hell is that supposed to mean?
- Miles: Come on, man. You know. Hemingway, Sexton, Plath, Woolf. You can't kill yourself before you're...” (continue)(continue reading)
Paul Giamatti - Miles
Thomas Haden Church - Jack

“The young ones make great pets. Just make sure you get rid of them before they mature. Believe me, the last thing you want is a human teenager running around your house.”

Paul Giamatti - Limbo

“- Maya: What's the title?
- Miles: The Day After Yesterday.
- Maya: Oh... You mean today?”
Virginia Madsen - Maya
Paul Giamatti - Miles