Obstinacy quotes

“One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.”
Man Ray

“- Miss Barry: I said shut up, McCourt.
- Young Frank: All right, Miss Barry.
- Miss Barry: That's the end of it McCourt, don't try me.
- Young Frank: I won't, Miss Barry.
- Miss Barry: Mother of God! Give me patience!
- Young Frank: Yes, Miss Barry.
- Miss Barry: Take the last word McCourt. Take it. Take it. Take it!
- Young Frank: I will, Miss...” (continue)(continue reading)

Maggie McCarthy - Miss Barry
Joe Breen - Young Frank

“Taking an enemy on the battlefield is like a hawk taking a bird. Even though it enters into the midst of a thousand of them, it gives no attention to any bird than the one it first marked.”
Forest Whitaker - Ghost Dog

“There's only one person who's going to decide what I'm going to do and that's me.”
Orson Welles - Kane

“Hello? Hello? Hello? Avon calling. Oh, my. Hello? Hello? I'm Peg Boggs. I'm your local Avon representative. Hello? I... I'm sorry to barge in like this, but you don't have any reason to be afraid. Ooh! This is some huge house, isn't it? Thank goodness for those aerobics... classes. Hello? Hello?”

Dianne Wiest - Peg

“That obstinate, suspicious, egocentric, maddening and lovable genius of a problem child.”
Mary Pickford On Sir Charlie Chaplin

“- Cliff Brumby: Getting yourself killed won't bring Richie back. Revenge doesn't work.
- Jack Carter: Sure it does.”
Sir Michael Caine - Cliff Brumby
Sylvester Stallone - Jack Carter

I stopped signing autographs after I was asked to sign one, while standing at a urinal in a restaurant. I was already quite cool about the idea after being asked for about the thousandth time, "Can you remove your sunglasses so we can see your blue eyes?" I started saying, "I'm so sorry, but if I take off my glasses, my pants fall down." Which... (continue)(continue reading)
Paul Newman

“All it takes is heat and pressure to turn a rock into a diamond.”
Shirley MacLaine - Mary Kay

“Luke's a man, Jo Lynn. He'll always pursue that which is unobtainable. It's in his nature.”
Helen Mirren - Mrs. Tingle

“- Frank Anselmo: What are you talking about? He's a reed. You push him and... and he bends.
- Paul Zapatti: Not this one. This one's a terrier! I had a dog like him once. I went to have him put down. He jumped out of my arms at the vet's and took off for the park. Sometimes I still think I see him out there, watching me, gnawing on an old bone...”

Danny Aiello - Frank Anselmo
Anthony Franciosa - Paul Zapatti

“On a deaf man's door, you can knock forever.”
Anthony Quinn - Alexis Zorba

“You're the greatest fool I've ever known, Kane. If it was anybody else, I'd say what's going to happen to you would be a lesson to you. Only you're going to need more than one lesson. And you're going to get more than one lesson.”

Ray Collins - James W. Gettys

“You are nothing to me. Thank you for curing me of my ridiculous obsession with love.”
Ewan McGregor - Christian

“- Resident: What're you gonna do, keep asking the same question different ways so you get the answer you want?
- Willy Beachum: I guess. That's what I do.”
Judith Scott - Resident
Ryan Gosling - Willy Beachum

“- Russell: I could help you cross the street.
- Carl Fredricksen: No.
- Russell: I could help you cross your yard.
- Carl Fredricksen: No.
- Russell: I could help you cross your... porch?
- Carl Fredricksen: No.
- Russell: Well, I gotta help you cross something!”

Jordan Nagai - Russell
Ed Asner - Carl Fredricksen

“- Alex Owens: I told you, I don't think it's a good idea to go out with the boss.
- Nick Hurley: Ok. Have it your way. You're fired. I'll pick you up tomorrow at eight.”
Jennifer Beals - Alex Owens
Michael Nouri - Nick Hurley

“- John McClane: I left Holly hanging on hold.
- Zeus Carver: Ah, call her back.
- John McClane: Uhh, she's gonna be pissed.
- Zeus Carver: She'll get over it.
- John McClane: I don't know, Zeus. Like I said, she's a very stubborn woman.
- Zeus Carver: She'd have to be to stay married to you.”
Bruce Willis - John McClane
Samuel L. Jackson - Zeus Carver

“- Danny Riordan, Clermont Resident: Well, you know, Alvin, there's a lot of hills bigger than Clairmont's between here and Zion. Even if you get that mower running again, it might still break down.
- Alvin Straight: Well, you're a kind man talking to a stubborn man.”

James Cada - Danny Riordan
Richard Farnsworth - Alvin

“- Gimli: Where do you think you're going?
- Aragorn: Not this time, Gimli. This time you must stay.
- Legolas: Have you learned nothing of the stubbornness of Dwarves?
- Gimli: You may as well accept it. We're going with you, laddy.”

John Rhys-Davies - Gimli
Viggo Mortensen - Aragorn
Orlando Bloom - Legolas

“Some heads like hard nuts - much better if well cracked.”
Warner Oland - Charlie Chan

“Darling... you know how God invented liquor so the Irish wouldn't rule the world. Well, I think he may have invented being stubborn so we can be the best at something.”
Val Kilmer - Col. John Henry Patterson

“You can dream of a moment for years and still somehow miss it when it comes. You've got to reach through the flames and take it, or lose it forever. I took it. So did my mother. We never looked back.”
Leonardo DiCaprio - Toby

“She is like wild grass. No matter how you pull it, that plant will return and return.”
Ri-na Hong - Choi Geum-young

“Behold, as a wild ass in the desert, go I forth to my work.”
Sir Patrick Stewart - Gurney Halleck