Past quotes
370 past quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- From the movie: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
“If we die here in the past, does that mean that we don't get born in the future?”
- From the movie: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
“San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time and place to be a part of. But no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time in the world. Whatever it meant.”
- From the movie: An Ideal Husband
“In the old days, we had the rack. Nowadays, we have the press.”
“This is not surveillance. This is the actual past.”
- From the movie: Back to the Future Part II
“- Young Dr. Emmett Brown: Nice talking to you. Maybe we'll bump into each other sometime again in the future.
- Older Dr. Emmett Brown: Or in the past.” - From the movie: Somewhere in Time
“- Richard Collier: Arthur, you know, in the Hall of History there's a photograph, a young woman. There's no nameplate.
- Arthur Biehl: Yes, that's Elise McKenna. She was a famous actress in her day. Starred in a play in the hotel theater.
- Richard Collier: I'm sorry. Did you say there was a theater here?
- Arthur Biehl: Yes. Down by the lake.
-...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Overboard
“Back in the day he was known as Mean Dean Proffitt and me I was Bad Billy Pratt.”
- From the movie: Zoolander
- From the movie: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
- From the movie: The Formula
“In Germany, one does not bring police into matters which concern the past.”
- From the movie: The Limey
“Did you ever dream about a place you never really recall being to before? A place that maybe only exists in your imagination? Some place far away, half remembered when you wake up. When you were there, though, you knew the language. You knew your way around. That was the sixties.”
- From the movie: Back to the Future Part II
- From the movie: Reindeer Games
- From the movie: Angels with Dirty Faces
“Good to see you. Fifteen years. Hasn't changed a bit.”
- From the movie: The Little Drummer Girl
“- Charlie: I lied, that only makes us even. I don't see what it has to do with my politics.
- Joseph: Possibly they're as much a lie as your past.” - From the movie: The Matrix Reloaded
“Believe me when I say we have a difficult time ahead of us. But if we are to be prepared for it, we must first shed our fear of it. I stand here, before you now, truthfully unafraid. Why? Because I believe something you do not? No, I stand here without fear because I remember. I remember that I am here not because of the path that lies before me...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Innerspace
- From the movie: Johnny Eager
“When you've been where I've been you can never get enough company.”
- From the movie: Superman III
“- Superman: I hope you don't expect me to save you, 'cause I don't do that anymore.
- Lorelei: Don't worry about me. I'm long past saving.” - From the movie: Sudden Impact
“- Historical Society Woman: It must give you a great amount of satisfaction to make old ugly things right again.
- Jennifer Spencer: Yes, sometimes it does.” - From the movie: The Majestic
“I want my goddamn life back Adele.”
- From the movie: Psycho III
“What Norman did was a very long time ago and he payed the price. Anyway he's okay now.”
- From the movie: ...And Justice for All
“- Carl Travers: I was your first, you know that, Arthur? I was your first client, you broke cherry on me.
- Arthur Kirkland: Now is not the time to go down memory lane, Carl.” - From the movie: Behind Enemy Lines
“Everybody thinks they're gonna get a chance to punch some Nazi in the face in Normandy, but those days are over. They're long gone.”
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