Ability quotes

“For a long time I'd been leading an unstable, risky life. I'd hung out with all sorts of people, nothing could shock me anymore. I was not impressed by the unexpected, I'd always been able to handle it.”
Adrien Brody - Jack Grace

“The boy is more capable than I thought. Return to him, bring me the signs, and you will never age.”

Christopher Eccleston - The Rider

“I've never loved anyone. I don't think I can.”
Geneviève Bujold - Nancy

“Who's driving this vessel? Stevie fucking Wonde.”
John Witherspoon - Silas Green

“- Jack: He'd probably get you here, right here, under the chin, and you'd never even hear him. That's how good Riddick is!
- Paris: Tell me, did you run away from your parents, or did they run away from you?”

Rhiana Griffith - Jack
Lewis Fitz-Gerald - Paris P. Ogilvie

“- Hermione Granger: You're a great wizard. You really are.
- Harry Potter: Not as good as you.
- Hermione Granger: Me? Books and cleverness. There are more important things: friendship and bravery.”
Emma Watson - Hermione Granger
Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter

“- Henry Crawford: You dance like an angel, Miss Price.
- Fanny Price: One does not dance like an angel alone, Mr. Crawford.”
Alessandro Nivola - Henry Crawford
Frances O'Connor - Fanny Price

“- John McClane: You now how to use a handgun, Bill?
- Hans Gruber: I spent a weekend at a combat ranch. You know where they shoot red paint, but it sounds stupid to you.
- John McClane: Well, time for the real thing, Bill. All you gotta do is pull the trigger.”
Bruce Willis - John McClane
Alan Rickman - Hans Gruber

“- Alex Gardner: Sounds like you disapprove.
- Doctor Paul Novotny: You're damn right I disapprove! You've got tremendous gifts, and you've chosen to piss them all away.”

Dennis Quaid - Alex Gardner
Max von Sydow - Doctor Paul Novotny

“Sergeant Manning has an excellent innate understanding of battlefield conditions. His ability to react to aggressive situations is unmatched by anybody in the company. His disrespect for authority is unable to hide his ability to lead. I strongly suggest that he be considered for the next platoon leader when and if the situation presents itself.”
Dwight Yoakam - Lieutenant Colonel

“- Sherlock Holmes: I should've mastered the damn thing by now.
- John Watson: How long have you been playing?
- Sherlock Holmes: Three days.”

Nicholas Rowe - Sherlock Holmes
Alan Cox - Dr. Watson

“I can turn all the faucets on in my house. Even the hose.”
Dana Gould - Mr. Moffitt

“Now, wait a minute General! I'm doin' the best I can. You've got to tell these guys that I got to have a little bit more privacy. Shoot, how in the hell do you expect a guy to take a bowel movement with a bunch of buffalo rifles a-pointin' at him? Shoot, I have enough problems just pissin' in a public restroom.”
Slim Pickens - Hollis P. Wood

“- Thomas Smithers: Chrome, shall we make the desert bloom?
- Meneer Chrome: First we must make the desert.”
Pete Postlethwaite - Thomas Smithers
Ewan McGregor - Meneer Chrome

"Big ships fine", Confucius say. "Rowboats long in tooth, make big noise, go nowhere".
Jeff Bridges - Preston Tucker

“What a lemon! One minute it's running like a top, and the next it's broken down on the side of the road. And I can't fix a car like this, because I don't have the tools! And even if I did have the tools I don't know if I could fix a car like this!”

Owen Wilson - Dignan

“- Mildred Hubble: Don't you ever worry that you're just not cut out to be a witch?
- Maud Warlock: Oh, no. My family were all witches. I never doubted for a moment that I'd be one too. Stop worrying, it only makes things worse.”
Fairuza Balk - Mildred Hubble
Danielle Batchelor - Maud Warlock

“I don't know if I can do this. I got a family. If I'm gonna shit in a bag for the rest of my life because I got shot after the war was over, that would be pretty fucking stupid wouldn't it, Major?”
Mark Wahlberg - Troy Barlow

“- Avram: ...In that case, would you like to fight for that last fish?
- Tommy: You think you got a chance?
- Avram: I think I can say with complete confidence... none, whatsoever. But I'm still hungry.
- Tommy: Help yourself.”
Gene Wilder - Avram
Harrison Ford - Tommy

“- Katharine Clifton: I'm impressed you can sew.
- Almásy: Good.
- Katharine Clifton: You sew very badly.
- Almásy: You don't sew at all.
- Katharine Clifton: A woman should never learn to sew, and if she can she shouldn't admit to it.”
Kristin A. Scott Thomas - Katharine Clifton
Ralph Fiennes - Almásy

“- Delilah: You're not good at studying Stan, you're good at football. You should stick to what you're good at.
- Stan: Yeah, I've always been good at football, and basketball, and every other sport I've tried. I think maybe it's time I should try something I'm not so good at, something different.”

Shawn Hatosy - Delilah Profitt
Shawn Hatosy - Stan Rosado

“- John Cutter: Chief, I thought all of you ham hogging, country biscuit eating boys knew how to drive? Was it a bunch of bullshit or what?
- Chief Biggs: I haven't had a challenge like that since I was in high school!
- John Cutter: Chief, I didn't know you went to high school?”
Wesley Snipes - John Cutter
Ernie Lively - Chief Biggs

“- Victoria: Since when has she known how to surf?
- Abby Parker: Since this scene apparently...”
Jade Bronneberg - Victoria
Ashley Olsen - Abby Parker

“I may be a beginner at some things, but I've got a black belt in shopping!”
Shelley Lee Long - Phyllis Nefler

“All I've ever cared about was video games and they made me a millionaire. So maybe I don't know what the Civil War was, or who invented the helicopter even though I own one, but I did beat 'The Legend of Zelda' before I could walk. I'm thinking about getting metal legs. It's a risky operation, but it'll be worth it.”
Joel David Moore - J.P.