Motive quotes

My first day here, he beat me because I threw out the bones from dinner. He came down at midnight and asked for them. And I asked him, I don't know how, I could never ask him now, I said, "Why are you beating me?". He said, "The reason I beat you now is because you ask why I beat you".

Embeth Davidtz - Helen Hirsch

“You know, a lot of doctors have different theories about why I did it: Mother complex. Father complex. Feelings of inferiority. Suppressed rage. But I, and I alone, know the reason that I did it... It was because... he was so Polish!”

Dom DeLuise - Marlon Borunki

“People have different reasons for the way they live their lives. You cannot put everyone's reasons in the same box.”
Kevin Spacey

“- State Trooper: You boys gonna go undefeated?
- Brian Chavez: Yes sir.
- State Trooper: You boys gonna win state?
- Brian Chavez: Yes sir.
- State Trooper: Good.”
Gene Burns - State Trooper
Jay Hernandez - Brian Chavez

“- Danny O'Shea: I don't know but I've been told.
- Little Giants: Butz's butt is green with mold.
- Danny O'Shea: You say thank you I say please.
- Little Giants: Kevin sits down when he pees.”
Rick Moranis - Danny O'Shea

- News Reporter: Why did you do this?
- Philippe Petit: There is no "why." Just because. When I see a beautiful place to put my wire, I cannot resist.
Trevor Botkin - News Reporter
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Philippe Petit

“There's only three reasons why you can't make your court date. One, you're in a hospital. Two, you're in jail. Three, your ass is dead.”
Tommy "Tiny" Lister - Winston

“- Peter Pan: Why?
- Jane: Because! That's why!”
Blayne Weaver - Peter Pan
Harriet Owen - Jane

“- John Hobbes: What are we here for? What do we do?
- Jonesy: Bottom line Hobbes: we catch bad guys, that's our job.”
Denzel Washington - John Hobbes
John Goodman - Jonesy

“You always want to stretch yourself and grow and know that there's something to work towards.”
Erick Avari

- Nathan: What if Pollock had reversed the challenge. What if instead of making art without thinking, he said, "You know what? I can't paint anything, unless I know exactly why I'm doing it." What would have happened?
- Caleb: He never would have made a single mark.
Oscar Isaac - Nathan
Domhnall Gleeson - Caleb

“It's the zombie apocalypse! Come on, we're scouts! We're trained for this!”
Joey Morgan - Augie Foster

- Dan Trunkman: Flügel schlagen.
- Susan Trunkman: What?
- Dan Trunkman: Something I learned on my trip. It means, "You have to fight like hell... but don't forget to catch your breath now and then... and realize that everything's gonna be all right." Or it means "Turn left," probably.
Vince Vaughn - Dan Trunkman
June Diane Raphael - Susan Trunkman

“What I am isn't important. Why is important.”
Ji-tae Yu - Woo-jin Lee

“- Phil: I'm a god.
- Rita: You're God?
- Phil: I'm a god - I'm not the God, I don't think.
- Rita: Because you survived a car wreck?
- Phil: I didn't just survive a wreck; I wasn't just blown up yesterday. I have been stabbed, shot, poisoned, frozen, hung, electrocuted and burned.”
Bill Murray - Phil
Andie MacDowell - Rita

“Look, I love you guys. This trip has been ridiculous and amazing. So please, do not make me give the whole 'it's not about how we go out there and do it, it's about getting to go out there and do it together' speech that I just gave you.”

Channing Tatum - Mike

“There was a time when they killed people for something. Greed, power, love, or at least lust. Now they just kill.”
Michael Paré - Harry

“- Jon Krakauer: It hurts. It's dangerous. I gotta ask the question, you know I do. Why?
- Doug Hansen: I have kids. They see a regular guy can follow impossible dreams, maybe they'll do the same.”
Michael Kelly - Jon Krakauer
John Hawkes - Doug Hansen

“- Allison Hayes: Why'd you join the Navy?
- David Herdeg: You know the old saying: girl in every port.”
Nancy Allen - Allison Hayes
Michael Paré - David Herdeg

“I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum.”
Roddy Piper - Nada

“- Dr. Kate McTiernan: What do you want from me?
- Det. Nick Ruskin: Everything.”
Ashley Judd - Dr. Kate McTiernan
Cary Elwes - Det. Nick Ruskin

“- Lady Eboshi: What exactly are you here for?
- Ashitaka: To see with eyes unclouded by hate.”
Minnie Driver - Lady Eboshi
Billy Crudup - Ashitaka

“- Gang Member: Why are you working for these people? Pakis.
- Johnny: It's work, that's why.”
Daniel Day-Lewis - Johnny

“My inability to impregnate Kristy was blamed on tight shorts, having something to do with my body temperature. Seemed rather flimsy to me. To go through the hell of a fertility check and discover that my preference in undergarments was to blame seemed as silly and pointless as everything else in my life.”
Kevin Bacon - Jake Briggs

“- Dark Heart: You saved me. Why?
- Christy: Good or bad, you're still a person.”
Hadley Kay - Dark Heart
Cree Summer - Christy