Opportunism quotes

“Slut? Oh, oh, no. If I wanna bag a professor from one of my classes, I will, but nobody, and I mean nobody, calls me a slut, so the next time you feel like casting aspersions on my character, try remembering that this quote unquote slut is driving your judgmental ass all the way to Des Moines. So a little decency would be in order.”
Reese Witherspoon - Ivy Miller

“The branch of a rotten tree must seek a healthier trunk.”
Kari Väänänen - Frank

“- Mr. Slate: Gentlemen, please, I can't endorse this modernization if it means laying off all those workers. Some of them have been here since the beginning of time.
- Cliff Vandercave: What if I could quadruple your income?
- Mr. Slate: I'll miss them. You were saying?”
Dann Florek - Mr. Slate
Kyle MacLachlan - Cliff Vandercave

“You either run for office or you wind up a judge. Why become an umpire when you can play ball?”
Richard Tiffany Gere - Martin Vail

“Before we prepare a case it is absolutely essential that we know the truth, so that we can teach our witnesses to articulate truth to our best advantage.”
Edward Herrmann - Robert Payne

“One can be a mercenary and still a gentleman.”

Kevin Tighe - Colonel Merrick

“We are on a course that will alter the history of this country. Men who do not obey orders for the sake of their own personal gains are a clear and present danger to my plan.”

Chris Lloyd - Maj. Bartholomew "Butch" Cavendish

“- Jack Sparrow: Who are you?
- Tai Huang: Tai Huang. These are my men.
- Jack Sparrow: Where does your allegiance lie?
- Tai Huang: With the highest bidder.
- Jack Sparrow: I have a ship.
- Tai Huang: That makes you the highest bidder.”

Johnny Depp - Jack Sparrow
Reggie Lee - Tai Huang

“Look, money's money. I need it just like everybody else. But money's not gonna turn me into some sycophantic, arse licking wacko.”
Michael J. Fox - Daniel

“- Roy Bishop: You can't hide behind her forever.
- Frank White: I don't need forever!”

Victor Argo - Roy Bishop
Christopher Walken - Frank White

“All day long I work to please this officer, that diplomat, some tourist to store up favors so if there is a time when we need help I have powerful people I can call upon.”
Don Cheadle - Paul Rusesabagina

“We don't have to like each other. We just have to get married.”

Andie MacDowell - Brontë

“You're a fucking vampire! You suck the life out of everything you touch!”
Jason Lee - Donner

“- Merteuil: You're the only one who can help me.
- Valmont: You want me to challenge him to a duel?
- Merteuil: Visconte, for I what I have in mind I need you very much alive.”
Annette Bening - Merteuil
Colin Firth - Valmont

“- Mrs. Laura Cheveley: We were quite well suited, as I recall.
- Lord Arthur Goring: You were poor, I was rich, it must have suited you very well. And then you met the Baron, who was even richer. And that suited you better.”
Julianne Moore - Mrs. Laura Cheveley
Rupert Everett - Lord Arthur Goring

“- Jack Wade: You know that, officially, Uncle Sam is completely neutral in this turkey shoot.
- James Bond: And unofficially?
- Jack Wade: We have no interest in seeing world war III, unless we start it.”
Joe Don Baker - Jack Wade
Pierce Brosnan - James Bond

“- John Malkovich: This portal is mine and must be sealed up forever. For the love of God.
- Craig Schwartz: With all respect, sir, I discovered that portal. Its my livelihood.
- John Malkovich: It's my head, Schwartz, and I'll see you in court!”
John Malkovich - Himself
John Cusack - Craig Schwartz

“- Hugh Palmer: You used to be a good man, Forrest. Now, you're nothing but a whore!
- Forrest Taft: For 350,000 dollars I'd fuck anything once.”
Richard Hamilton - Hugh Palmer
Steven Seagal - Forrest Taft

“- Pu Yi - Adult: Why can you not leave me alone? You saved my life to make me a puppet in your own play. You saved me because I am useful to you.
- The Governor: Is that so terrible? To be useful?”
John Lone - Pu Yi - Adult
Ruocheng Ying - The Governor

“You know what you are? You're the lowest of the low. You use people for your own entertainment, your own little whims and fancies.”

Jeffrey Byron - Paul Bradford

“The toes you step on today may be attached to the ass you'll be kissing tomorrow.”
Ving Rhames - Pike

“Captain Rhodes is perfectly human. He knows what he's doing which concerns me. He won't shoot Billy... because he's got no one else who knows electronics. He won't shoot me... because I'm his ride. He probably won't shoot Frankenstein because the old doc can talk him silly. But the rest of you? The rest of you better start worrying, don't you know.”

Terry Alexander - John

“We find the winners and make sure we are their best friends when they cash the cheque.”

Ian Bannen - Jackie O'Shea

“Your enemies always get strong on what you leave behind.”
Al Pacino - Michael Corleone

“I know women who crawl through shit for a fur coat.”
Barbra Streisand - Claudia Draper