Motive quotes

“Gentlemen, most of you did not know me when I had the use of my legs. I was strong, and proud, and arrogant. Now I wonder, every hour of my life, why God put me into this chair. But when I see defeat in the eyes of my countrymen, in your eyes right now, I start to think that maybe He brought me down for times like these when we all need to be...” (continue)(continue reading)
Jon Voight - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

“Did we ever find out why Hannibal Lecter like to eat people? Don't think so! See, it's a lot more scarier when there's no motive.”
Skeet Ulrich - Billy Loomis

“- Susan Morrow: Why are you so driven to write?
- Edward Sheffield: I guess it's a way of keeping things alive. You know, saving things that will eventually die. If I write it down, then... it'll last forever.”
Amy Adams - Susan Morrow
Jake Gyllenhaal - Edward Sheffield

“- Bowen: Now, Draco, without you, what do we do? Where do we turn?
- Draco: To the stars, Bowen. To the stars.”

Dennis Quaid - Bowen
Sir Sean Connery - Draco

“Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating.”
Michael Landon

“- Marko Ramius: There's one thing you haven't yet asked me: why?
- Jack Ryan: Well, I thought you would tell me when you felt ready.
- Marko Ramius: Well, there are those who believe that we should attack the United States first. Settle everything in one moment. Red October was built for that purpose.”
Sir Sean Connery - Marko Ramius
Alec Baldwin - Jack Ryan

“There are four types of people who join the military. For some, it's a family trade. Others are patriots, eager to serve. Next, you have those who just need a job. Then there's the kind who want a legal means of killing other people.”
Tom Cruise - Jack Reacher

“It's funny, you work so hard, you do everything you can to get away from a place, and when you finally get your chance to leave, you find a reason to stay.”
Ethan Hawke - Vincent Freeman

The one thing that bothered me, the one thing that stayed in my mind and I couldn't get rid of it, that haunted me, was "Why?". Why would she lie? What was her motive for lying? If my client is innocent, she's lying. Why? Was it blackmail? No. Was it jealousy? No. Yesterday, I found out why. She doesn't have a motive. You know why? Because she's... (continue)(continue reading)

Al Pacino - Arthur Kirkland

“- Xian Chow: Revenge is a dangerous motive.
- Kurt Sloane: It’s also a powerful one.”
Dennis Chan - Xian Chow
Jean-Claude Van Damme - Kurt Sloane

“What about the guy in the toilet? What did he do? Piss on your Hush Puppies?”

Jeffrey Combs - Milton Dammers

“- Meg Magrath: Why'd you do it, Babe? Why'd you put your head in the oven?
- Babe Magrath: I don't know... I'm having a bad day.”
Jessica Lange - Meg Magrath
Sissy Spacek - Babe Magrath

“How is never as important as why.”
Tenoch Huerta - Namor

“My mother always tells me to smile and put on a happy face. She told me I had a purpose: to bring laughter and joy to the world.”
Joaquin Phoenix - Arthur Fleck

“I do what I do because of my dad.”
Brad Pitt - Roy McBride

“- Frank Hamer: You ever think maybe there was something in Clyde... that made him steal that chicken in the first place?
- Henry Barrow: Maybe he was hungry. Maybe we were all hungry.”
Kevin Costner - Frank Hamer
William Sadler - Henry Barrow

“- Casey Mayo: All right, now tell me just how you murdered Harry Prebble.
- Disturbed Woman with Big Feet: You know how I killed him! Do you want to know why? Because I loved him. With a passion that was bigger than both of us!
- Casey Mayo: The size of the passion's important, lady. But tell me first, what size shoe do you wear?”

Richard Conte - Casey Mayo
Victoria Horne - Disturbed Woman with Big Feet

“Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying.”
Harry Anderson

“You know it's like, I dunno you... you float out... float out at sea then one day you find a port, say, 'I'm gonna stay here a few days'. A few days becomes a few years. Then you forgot where you were going in the first place. Then you realize you don't really give a shit about where you was going, cause you like where you at.”
Dave Chappelle - George 'Noodles' Stone

“I'm climbing Mount Everest... because I can... because to be able to climb that high and see that kind of beauty that nobody ever sees, it'd be a crime not to.”
John Hawkes - Doug Hansen

“You gotta want to do it for the right reasons. Not for the guilt over Mickey, not for the people, not for the title, not for money or me, but for you. Just you. Just you alone.”

Talia Shire - Adrian

“- Turner: Some folks still wonder why you left.
- Jack Reacher: Let's just say I woke up one morning and the uniform didn't fit.”
Cobie Smulders - Turner
Tom Cruise - Jack Reacher

“- Delgardo: Show me no mercy, give me no bail! I'm ready and willing to go to jail!
- Baxter: I'm not going to send you to jail for two reasons: first, I refuse to make a martyr of you, and second, it is still being redecorated.”
Billy Connolly - Delgado
Sir Michael Caine - Baxter

“If at first you don't succeed... try, try again.”
Jude Law - Jerome Eugene Morrow

“I had a purpose, I was needed again and again and again. With each new life I was learning a new lesson.”
Josh Gad - Bailey