Obstacles quotes

“You asked me how I'm doing. You wanna know how I'm doing? I can't get a job.. All my friends? Gone. I'm being followed by the FBI everywhere I go. I lost my house. I can't even buy my son a bike for Christmas.”

Robert De Niro - David Merrill

“I have to be in Washington, D.C. in 11 hours for a hearing, the outcome of which might affect one of the biggest decisions of my life and here I am in the middle of nowhere, Texas, chasing phantom tanker trucks.”
Gillian Anderson - Agent Dana Scully

“People must not just give in to the hardship of life, they must find a way, even in these environments, to develop hope for themselves, hope for this country. Now I think that is what black consciousness is all about.”
Denzel Washington - Steve Biko

“Anger and resentment can stop you in your tracks.”
Evan Rachel Wood - Lavender "Popeye" Wolfmeyer

“I'm fat, black, can't dance, and I have two gay fathers. People have been messing with me my whole life. I learned a long time ago there's no sense getting all riled up every time a bunch of idiots give you a hard time. In the end, the universe tends to unfold as it should. Plus I have a really large penis. That keeps me happy.”
Gary Anthony Williams - Bridget Jones

“- Leon, the Bartender: What a waste of space.
- Gil Renard: What do you mean 'A waste of space'? He hit a bad patch. We all hit bad patches, don't we? What you never hit a bad patch?
- Leon, the Bartender: No, this is my dream job.”

Frank Medrano - Leon, the Bartender
Robert De Niro - Gil Renard

“Opportunity will move out of the way to let a man pass it by.”
Thomas Jay Ryan - Henry Fool

“Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.”
Paul Giamatti - Harvey Pekar

“You push yourself and push yourself trying to achieve the impossible, because you know what that moment comes, everything you've done has prepared you for victory!”
Vince Vaughn - Gary Grobowski

“- Hockney: You kids ready?
- McManus: I would be if I didn't have to stop and answer to you.”
Kevin Pollak - Hockney
Stephen Baldwin - McManus

“I believe the only thing worse than having diarrhea is trying to have it quietly in a public bathroom.”
Jeff Foxworthy - Himself

“What I recall of Sunday school was that the more difficult something became, the more rewarding it was in the end.”
Ewan McGregor - Ed Bloom - Young

“I lived on this block my whole life; most of these people have. When your job is to find people who are missing, it helps to know where they started. I find the people who started in the cracks and then fell through. This city can be hard.”
Casey Affleck - Patrick Kenzie

“Life isn't easy for anybody, whether you're normal or super. But you're still Clark Kent. You were raised a certain way and that's never gonna change. Sure, your abilities were part of you, but they didn't define you.”

John Schneider - Jonathan Kent

“- Kathy Sheppard: I've always wanted to learn how to play chess. It seems like a complicated game.
- Peter Sanderson: Well, not really. You see your goal and go after it. Anything that gets in the way is an obstacle and must be destroyed.”
Diane Lane - Kathy Sheppard
Christopher Lambert - Peter Sanderson

“You got me hard as Chinese arithmetic in here!”

D.L. Hughley - Derrick West

“You got the makings of greatness in you, but you got to take the helm and chart your own course. Stick to it, no matter the squalls! And when the time comes you get the chance to really test the cut of your sails, and show what you're made of... well, I hope I'm there, catching some of the light coming off you that day.”
Brian Murray - John Silver

“If life hands you a lemon, you gotta crush it into lemonade.”
John Candy - Sheriff Bud Boomer

“- Nat Cooper: You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy, when skies are gray. You'll never know dear, how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away.
- Alice's Father: Is this some kind of prank?
- Nat Cooper: No, sir. No, sir this is very serious. My name is Nat Cooper and I'm in love with your daughter.
- Alice's Father...” (continue)(continue reading)

Elijah Wood - Nat Cooper
Art LaFleur - Alice's Father

“Cursed be he who puts an obstacle in the path of a blind man.”
Ewen Bremner - Julien

“- Uncle Sweetheart: I'm only human.
- Jack Fate: I know, it ain't easy being human.”
John Goodman - Uncle Sweetheart
Bob Dylan - Jack Fate

“- Cynthia Morales: Love is not always that easy, Anna.
- Anna Foster: Nothing worth getting ever is.”
Annabella Sciorra - Cynthia Morales
Mandy Moore - Anna Foster

“I'm not gonna lie to you. This is like, it's huge man. Winners find a way, no matter what, right?”

Shia LaBeouf - Cody Maverick

“There's a time in every relationship when you'll both bend over to pick something up and hit your heads together. Best to get it out of the way.”
Milo O'Shea - Dermot O'Brien

I know love's supposed to be this beautiful thing, but I just can't get with it. I go up, love goes down. I go left, love goes right. I say I'm ready, love says "Not yet, Jackson, she dated your father". Maybe there is love out there, but it's running from me. I can't keep chasing it.
Morris Chestnut - Jackson Smith