Ability quotes
779 ability quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- From the movie: Edward Scissorhands
“Oh! Eddie, is there anything you can't do? You take my very breath away, I swear. Look at this! Have you ever cut a woman's hair? Would you cut mine?”
- From the movie: All the Bright Places
“You've got at least a thousand capacities in you.
Even if you don't think so.” “He was an average guy who could carry a tune.”
- From the movie: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
“How high can a bird count anyway?”
- From the movie: Singin' in the Rain
“- Don Lockwood: Tell me the truth, am I a good actor?
- Cosmo Brown: As long as I'm working for Monumental Pictures, you're the greatest of 'em all.” - From the movie: The Postman
“You're no general. You're not even a good painter.”
- From the movie: Steve Jobs
“- Steve Wozniak: You can't write code... you're not an engineer... you're not a designer... you can't put a hammer to a nail. I built the circuit board. The graphical interface was stolen from Xerox Parc. Jef Raskin was the leader of the Mac team before you threw him off his own project! Someone else designed the box! So how come ten times in a...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Man On Fire
“A man can be an artist in anything, food, whatever. It depends on how good he is at it. Creasy's art is death. He's about to paint his masterpiece.”
- From the movie: On Deadly Ground
“My guy in D.C. tells me that we are not dealing with a student here, we're dealing with the Professor. Any time the military has an operation that can't fail, they call this guy in to train the troops, OK? He's the kind of guy that would drink a gallon of gasoline so he could piss in your campfire! You could drop this guy off at the Arctic...” (continue)(continue reading)
- La trovi in Acting Coaching
“Make up your mind dearheart. Do you want to be a great actor or a household word?”
- From the movie: Batman: The Dark Knight
“- The Chechen: What do you propose?
- The Joker: It's simple. We, uh, kill the Batman.
- Salvatore Maroni: If it's so simple, why haven't you done it already?
- The Joker: If you're good at something, never do it for free.” - From the movie: Escape from Alcatraz
- From the movie: Eve's Bayou
“When I was your age, before I ever did the counseling, I could look at people, complete strangers, and see their whole lives so clear. But when I looked at each of my husbands, I never saw a thing. That's how it always is. Blind to my own life.”
- From the movie: The Five Heartbeats
“Can't nobody sang like Eddie King Jr!”
- From the movie: Pan
“I don't believe it! I can fly!”
- From the movie: An Eye for an Eye
“The warrior uses whatever is closest to hand.”
- From the movie: Ruthless People
“- Barbara: With a cute little rear end like that, you'll be the belle of the ball. Your dance card'll be filled every day. You'll be so popular, making all kinds of new, close friends. Big, ugly, hairy friends! Not that you'll ever see what they look like, 'cause you'll be facing the other way.
- Ken Kessler: You're very good at this. You should...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Miracle
“That look like hockey to you? To me it looks like two monkeys trying to hump a football.”
- From the movie: Firefox
“- First Secretary: Calm yourself, Vladimirov...
- General Vladimirov: Calm... calm myself? How can I be calm in your stupidity, stupidity! Losing that aircraft to the Americans... Do you know what this man Gant is? He can land a plane on an ice floe and take off again! You must act, First Secretary!” - From the movie: Unstoppable
“People who can dance and sing are often very good at comedy.”
- La trovi in Actors in real life
“I'm not an amazing cook. But I can follow a recipe!”
- La trovi in Acting Coaching
“I always say if I'm not good at something it's just because I've not had time to focus on it.”
- From the movie: Body Heat
“- Peter: I think I've underestimated you, Ned. I don't know why it took me so long. You've started using your incompetence as a weapon.
- Ned: My defense was evolving.” - From the movie: Rain Man
“- Raymond Babbitt: 246 total.
- Charlie Babbitt: How many?
- Sally Dibbs: 250.
- Charlie Babbitt: Pretty close.
- Sally Dibbs: There's four left in the box.”
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