“Up in the Air” quotes
(2009)
Jason Reitman
directed this movie
in 2009
Title Up in the Air
Year 2009
Director Jason Reitman
Genre Drama, Romance
Year 2009
Director Jason Reitman
Genre Drama, Romance
All actors – George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Amy Morton, Melanie Lynskey, J.K. Simmons, Sam Elliott, Danny McBride, Zach Galifianakis, Chris Lowell, Steve Eastin, Marvin Young, Lucas MacFadden, Adrienne Lamping, Meagan Flynn, Dustin Miles, Tamara Tungate, Laura Ackermann, Meghan Maguire, Courtney Kling, Matt O'Toole, Alan David, Erin McGrane, Cari Mohr, Jerry Vogel, Adhir Kalyan, Jeff Witzke, Dave Engfer, Paul Goetz, Michele Lee, Jennifer Flaks, Bill Yancey, John Mebruer, Ellen Gutierrez, Adam Rose, Kevin Pila, Kelly Bertha, Cozy Bailey, Lamorris Conner, Deborah L. Norman, Casey Bartels, Billy Phelan, Art Hill, Patricia Allison, David F. Rybicki, Andy Glantzman, K. Darnell Lewis, Jo Michelle Favaro, Stephanie Janiunas, Thomas M. Martilotti, Erin Welsh-Krengel, Marlene Gorkiewicz, Mark Sommers, Wilbur Weidlich, Grace Smith, Scott Lapinski, George Batten, , Sope Aluko, Mike Ancrile, Kojo Asiedu, Patrick Austin, Courtney Benjamin, Michael Bentele, Nicole Blaszczyk, Kourtney Brown, Wayne E. Brown, Ed Callison, Brian Carney, Jeff Carr, Shawn I. Chevalier, Alissa Collins, Kevin Crawford, Sara Crowell, Jeremy Curran, Rodney Davis, Karla Dieseldorff, Vanessa Elgrichi, Dona Ellis, Didier Elysee, Chad A. Fehr, Vohn Ferguson, Doug Fesler, Patrick Fox, Lanette Fugit, Bobby J. Gatus, Nesti Gee, Angela Golden Bryan, Joe Hammerstone, HeMan, Ernesto Hernandez, Carri Jarvis, Tamala Jones, Walter Kirn, Andrew Kruczynski, Ashley Leilani, Laurel Levey, Anna Li, Christian Lopez, Keri Maletto, Meredith Martin, Libby McDermott, Anastasia Maria Mili, Keith Nussbaum, Jørgen Pedersen, Bob Pepper, Greg Reynolds, Kyle Rich, Luke Richmond, Nic Roewert, Mallory Scott, Chris Shaw, Megan Shearin, Malik Simmons, Steffen Smith, Ian Snyder, Erin Spotanski, Gus Stevenson, Scott Stoltz, Paul Strathman, Morris Lee Sullivan, Mia Terez Deuschle, Gowhnou Yang
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“You have a new backpack. Only this time, I want you to fill it with people. Feel the weight of that bag. Make no mistake - your relationships are the heaviest components in your life. All those negotiations and arguments, and secrets and compromises. You don't need to carry all that weight. Do you feel the straps cutting into your shoulders?...” (continue)(continue reading)
“Some animals were meant to carry each other, to live symbiotically for a lifetime - star crossed lovers, monogamous swans. We are not those animals.”
“- Ryan Bingham: Natalie, what is it you think we do here?
- Natalie Keener: We prepare the newly unemployed for the emotional and physical hurdles of job hunting, while minimizing legal blow-back.
- Ryan Bingham: That's what we're selling. It's not what we're doing. We are here to make limbo tolerable, to ferry wounded souls across the river of...” (continue)(continue reading)“How can you not think about that? How does it not cross your mind that you might want a future with someone?”
“- Natalie Keener: I thought I'd be engaged by now. I thought by 23, I'd be married, maybe have a kid, corner office by day, entertaining at night. I was supposed to be driving a Grand Cherokee by now.
- Alex Gora: Well, life can underwhelm you that way. At a certain point, you stop with the deadlines. It can be a little counter-productive.”“All the things you probably hate about travelling (the recycled air, the artificial lighting, the digital juice dispensers, the cheap sushi) are warm reminders that I'm home.”
“Sometimes it feels like, no matter how much success I have, it's not gonna matter until I find the right guy.”
“- Ryan Bingham: You know that moment when you look into somebody's eyes and you can feel them staring into your soul and the whole world goes quiet... just for a second?
- Natalie Keener: Yes!
- Ryan Bingham: Right, well, I don't.”“- Ryan Bingham: Never get behind old people. Their bodies are littered with hidden metal and they never seem to appreciate how little time they have left. Bingo, Asians. They pack light, travel efficiently, and they have a thing for slip on shoes. Gotta love 'em.
- Natalie Keener: That's racist.
- Ryan Bingham: I'm like my mother, I stereotype....” (continue)(continue reading)“Life's better with company. Everyone needs a co-pilot.”
“- Natalie Keener: The isolation, the traveling is that supposed to be charming?
- Ryan Bingham: No, it's simply a life choice.
- Natalie Keener: It's a cocoon of self-banishment.”“The slower we move, the faster we die. We are not swans. We're sharks.”
“We all fall for the pricks. Pricks are spontaneous, they're unpredictable and they're fun. And then we're surprised when they turn out to be pricks.”
“You know, honestly by the time you're 34, all the physical requirements just go out the window. You secretly pray that he'll be taller than you. Not an asshole would be nice. Just someone who enjoys my company, comes from a good family. You don't think about that when you're younger.”
“- Kara Bingham: Don't you talk for a living? Motivational king of stuff?
- Ryan Bingham: I tell people how to avoid commitment.
- Kara Bingham: What kind of fucked up message is that?
- Ryan Bingham: It's a philosophy.
- Kara Bingham: It's stupid.”“How much does your life weigh? Imagine for a second that you're carrying a backpack. I want you to pack it with all the stuff that you have in your life. Now try to walk. It's kind of hard, isn't it? This is what we do to ourselves on a daily basis. We weigh ourselves down until we can't even move.”
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