Ability quotes
779 ability quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- From the movie: Saturday the 14th
“- Marge, the Real Estate Broker: Do you have children?
- Waldemar: As often as we can.” - From the movie: Cross Creek
“My journey to maturity began in New York, in 1928. I was married to Charles Rawlings, the newspaper man and yachting enthusiast. I had been trying to write stories that I thought would be most likely to sell - gothic romances were extremely popular - and I had written dozens. I was desperate to express myself. Even as a child I'd been consumed...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: No Reservations
“It's the recipes that you create yourself that are the best.”
- From the movie: Hercules Returns
“- Labia: Was it as good for you as it was for me?
- Testiculi: I didn't expect the earth to move, but I at least expected you to.
- Labia: You're so romantic...” - From the movie: Paradise
“- Billie Pike: How do you know dead people can't see us?
- Willard Young: Because I can't see them.
- Billie Pike: You can't see germs either.
- Willard Young: You can see them with a microscope.
- Billie Pike: Maybe nobody's ever invented a way to see ghosts yet.” - From the movie: Eddie
“- Al Trautwig: Do you think she can get the team out of the basement?
- Rudolph Giuliani: She can't do any worse.” - From the movie: Cry-Baby
“- Cry-Baby: I can sing pretty good.
- Mrs. Vernon-Williams: Well,'not 'good'. Haven't you ever heard of the English language?” - From the movie: The Woman in the Window
“I don't want to make trouble for anybody. I can, of course, but I don't want to.”
- From the movie: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
“- James T. Kirk: How much refit time before we can take her out again?
- Scotty: Eight weeks, sir. But ye don't have eight weeks, so I'll do it for ye in two.
- James T. Kirk: Mr. Scott. Have you always multiplied your repair estimates by a factor of four?
- Scotty: Certainly, sir. How else can I keep my reputation as a miracle worker?” - From the movie: Woman of the Year
“- Tess Harding: I'm going to be your wife. You don't think that I can do the little ordinary things that any idiot can do, do you?
- Sam Craig: No.
- Tess Harding: Why not?
- Sam Craig: Because you're incapable of doing them, that's why.” - From the movie: Chariots of Fire
“- Sam Mussabini: Eric Liddell? He's no real problem...
- Harold M. Abrahams: You could have fooled me.
- Sam Mussabini: Yeah, he's fast! But he won't go any faster. He's a gut runner, digs deep! But a short sprint is run on nerves. It's tailor-made for neurotics.” - From the movie: Gia
“- T.J.: Have you ever had sex with a man before?
- Gia Carangi: Yeah, once.
- T.J.: And?
- Gia Carangi: And... I could have done that with a German Shepard.” - From the movie: Death Hunt
“We've been hunting a man who knows how to live off the land and use it to reign.”
- From the movie: The Big Easy
“- Anne Osborne: Why don't you believe that the killers were cops?
- Remy McSwain: Because if they were cops, they would've stayed right here. And when we arrived, we would've found plants, guns, knives, all kinds of evidence that they resisted arrest. That's somethin' every cop in the world knows how to do.” - From the movie: White Palace
“- Sherri: Our Max is quite a catch. How did you manage it?
- Nora: I give a good blowjob, I guess.
- Sherri: Hmm... I bet you do!
- Nora: And I bet you don't.” - From the movie: The Long Kiss Goodnight
“I never did one thing right in my life, you know that? Not one. That takes skill.”
- From the movie: The Girl in the Picture
“I think, instead of passport photographs, they should let you do a drawing of yourself.”
- From the movie: Scanners
“- Paul Ruth: I want you to access the Ripe program. I do not have ConSec computer clearance.
- Cameron Vale: Neither do I.
- Paul Ruth: But you do have a nervous system. And so does a computer. And you can scan a computer, as you would another human being.” - From the movie: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
“- Patches O'Houlihan: If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.
- Justin: What?
[Patches O'Houlihan throws a wrench and hits Justin in the face]” - From the movie: French Kiss
“- Kate: Do you think you could urinate with someone standing behind you?
- Mom: I think I could manage it. Are you going to be the someone?” - From the movie: The Worst Witch
“I've been quite hard on you, Mildred. But I wouldn't have troubled if I hadn't always thought you had potential.”
- From the movie: The Year of Living Dangerously
“Boss, take off your sunglasses when you go in. Palace guards say they can tell assassin by his eyes.”
- From the movie: Donnie Darko
“- Donnie Darko: How can you do that?
- Frank: I can do anything I want. And so can you.” - From the movie: Tomorrow Never Dies
- From the movie: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
“- Johnny Storm: I could catch him, but he's too strong for me.
- Ben Grimm: I could whale on him, but he'd see me from a mile away.”
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