Dignity quotes

“I'm not saying I want him dead. But, should that occur... people die every day, why should he be any different? I'm just thinking on my feet, though. I don't have to decide the death part right now, I can just wait and see how I feel once his dignity's a thing of the past.”

Meg Ryan - Maggie

“Maybe life is shitty. It is shitty. I'll tell you something. I'm not trying to pin life anymore. I don't even fucking understand it. I just want to make it through with some dignity, like everybody else.”
Nicolas Cage - Al Columbato

“- Detective Marcus Burnett: Mike, have some dignity!
- Detective Mike Lowrey: What? I ain't doin' nothin'.
- Detective Marcus Burnett: Cover the titties.”

Martin Lawrence - Detective Marcus Burnett
Will Smith - Detective Mike Lowrey

“Who are you? Do you see you the way you want to be seen? Then you must see character in yourself, discipline in yourself, determination in yourself - to survive - with dignity, no matter how tough the world around you is. Is that who you are? If not, is that who you want to be?”

Sir Sidney Poitier - Mark Thackeray

“That's the way we do things in this country, quietly, with dignity. That's what the rest of the world has always admired us for.”

Helen Mirren - The Queen

“- Jetfire: My ancestors have been here for centuries! My father, why, he was a wheel! The first wheel! Do you know what he tranformed into?
- Leo Spitz: What?
- Jetfire: Nothing! But he did so with honour, dignity! Damn it!”
Mark Ryan - Jetfire
Ramon Rodriguez - Leo Spitz

“- Manny: Hey, buddy, want a lift?
- Diego: No, thanks. I'm saving what little dignity I've got left.
- Sid: You're hanging out with us now, pal. Dignity has nothing to do with it.”
Ray Romano - Manny
Denis Colin Leary - Diego
John Leguizamo - Sid

“- Heather: Look where your decency has gotten you. You are the only English-speaking white guy driving a cab in New York. That should tell you something.
- Mickey Fitzpatrick: You know what Heather, I gotta imagine it beats sucking dick for a living though, huh?”
Cameron Diaz - Heather
Edward Burns - Mickey Fitzpatrick

“There is no dignity for a pilot in being grounded, Captain. That is something for sure, that I know. You see, a comrade of mine was once great pilot. Now, he sits forever in wheelchair. Shells from your F-16 have chained him to it. As you have thought, I was there. But, my missile did not kill your friend. It was unfortunate day for all of us....” (continue)(continue reading)
Colm Feore - Yuri Lebanov

“Tiananmen Square boiled down to one man standing in front of a tank, that couldn't move or shoot, because human dignity was stronger than steel or bullets. It changed a nation.”
Wesley Snipes - Joe

- Valentine: What did you say your name was?
- Helena: Helena.
- Valentine: Helena. Helen. Helen-nun-nuh... it's a bit drab, isn't it? You know, you should think about changing that. Go for something with a bit of dignity and style, mixed with a bit of romance. Something like... "Valentine".
- Helena: Why? What's your name?
- Valentine: Valentine.
Jason Barry - Valentine
Stephanie Leonidas - Helena

“Our country is all that we have, and we will fight to keep it.”
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman - Ten Bears

“- Lilly Raines: I'd say that was safeguarding his dignity.
- Frank Horrigan: That was different. He was different.
- Lilly Raines: Maybe you were different.
- Frank Horrigan: I was different. The whole damn country was different. Everything would be different right now too if I'd been half as a paranoid as I am today.”

Rene Russo - Lilly Raines
Clint Eastwood - Frank Horrigan

“When she passes, how much passes with her! A whole way of life, a way of gentleness and honor and dignity. These things are going, Henry, and they may never come back to this world.”

Harry Davenport - Colonel Skeffington

“I got my dignity, my pride.”
Jay Hernandez - Carlito Brigante

“It's so undignified... lying on your back with your legs spread out.”
Carmen Chaplin - Thea

“- Cooper Harris: What the hell is that?
- Jamie: It's a traveler's money belt. Frommer's says as long as you have one of these, no one can rob you of anything.
- Scott Thomas: Except your dignity.”
Jacob Pitts - Cooper Harris
Michelle Trachtenberg - Jenny
Scott Mechlowicz - Scott Thomas

“- Benjamin Oliver: Wayne! Listen, we need to have a talk about Vanderhoff. The fact he's the sponsor and you signed a contract guaranteeing him certain concessions, one of them being a spot on the show.
- Wayne Campbell: [holding a Pizza Hut box] Well that's where I see things just a little differently. Contract or no, I will not bow to any...” (continue)(continue reading)

Rob Lowe - Benjamin Oliver
Mike Myers - Wayne Campbell
Dana Carvey - Garth Algar

“- Jessie Bannister: Oh, Claudia...
- Claudia: Uh, I'm not decent.
- Jessie Bannister: Tell me something I don't know.”
Kirstie Alley - Jessie Bannister
Alison La Placa - Claudia

“I've always been able to do this, break up with someone and never look back. Being alone: there's a certain dignity to it.”
Bridget Fonda - Janet Livermore

“I hate bullys! Because bullys don't just bully you, they take away your diginity!”
Daniel Stern - Phil Berquist

“- Raphael: We've been here for five minutes and we already lost one brother, the magic scepter...
- Donatello: Our dignity.
- Raphael: ...and no April.”
Tim Kelleher - Raphael
Corey Feldman - Donatello

“Pearl, you're history. Have the good grace to die with some fucking dignity.”
Stephen Dorff - Deacon Frost

“- Sam: What is your plan? What do you want to do?
- Maggie: I just want his dignity, that's all. I want him hopeless, loveless, finished off! I just wish him ill, very very ill.”

Matthew Broderick - Sam
Meg Ryan - Maggie

“On any given Sunday your either gonna win or lose. The point is: can you win or lose like a man?”
Al Pacino - Tony D'Amato