Past quotes

“This is History. Distance yourselves. Our perspective on the past alters.”
Stephen Campbell Moore - Tom Irwing

“- Scrooge: Spirit, show me no more. Why do you delight in torturing me?
- Ghost of Christmas Past: I told you, these are the shadows of the things that have been. That they are what they are, do not blame me.”
Sir Michael Caine - Scrooge
Jessica Fox - Ghost of Christmas Past

“- Pumbaa: Anything we can do?
- Young Simba: Not unless you can change the past.”
Ernie Sabella - Pumbaa
Jonathan Taylor Thomas - Young Simba

- Helen Oakes: My God. It's 1962 all over again. The Cuban Missile Crisis. Do you remember Kennedy on television, telling Khrushchev to turn his boats around?
- Dr. Russell Oakes: "Full retaliatory response". He didn't bat an eye.
- Helen Oakes: We were in New York, in bed... just like this, remember? 118th street.
- Dr. Russell Oakes: Meatball... (continue)(continue reading)
Georgann Johnson - Helen Oakes
Jason Robards - Dr. Russell Oakes

“Ain't no need to watch where I'm goin'; just need to know where I've been.”
Larry the Cable Guy - Mater

“When I was a kid, it seemed like they made something new every day. Some, gadget or idea, like every day was Christmas.”
John Lithgow - Donald

“I've no idea of the future, but I can see the past quite well. And the present, if the weather's clear.”
John Carroll Lynch - Tadhg

“- Steven Taylor: When you wake up tomorrow, all this will seem like a bad dream.
- Emily Bradford Taylor: What if there is no tomorrow?”
Michael Douglas - Steven Taylor
Gwyneth Paltrow - Emily Bradford Taylor

“In the 13th Century, man was happier and more comfortable in his world than he is now. I'm speaking of psychic man and his relationship with his whole universe.”

Claude Rains - Dr. Alexander Tower

“- Mike O' Donnell: Come on, man! Don't you ever wanna go back and do high school again?
- Ned Gold: No. I'm rich and no one has shoved my head in a toilet today!”
Zac Efron - Mike O'Donnell
Thomas Lennon - Ned Gold

“- Brian Gilcrest: You said, 'if you don't show up on this vacation, then that's it.'
- Tracy Woodside: Cause you're a workaholic who creates work to avoid real work.
- Brian Gilcrest: Well, I'm still working on that but to me, you see, a vacation can't be an ultimatum. How can you relax on an ultimatum vacation? The whole concept is stressful....” (continue)(continue reading)
Bradley Cooper - Brian Gilcrest
Rachel McAdams - Tracy Woodside

“- Annie: Annie Goolahey...where in God's name did I grow up, Dogpatch?
- Dean Proffitt: No, not there honey, over in Goober, Idaho but it's a nuclear waste dump.”
Goldie Hawn - Annie
Kurt Russell - Dean Proffitt

“I went to state school. I went to football games and blacked out and got date raped. I had abortions. I worried too much about what my boyfriends thought. I got what I deserved. But that's not you.”
Kristin Chenoweth - Debby Kreeger

“I remember it like it was yesterday. Of course, I don't really remember yesterday all that well.”
Ellen Lee DeGeneres - Dory

“The past can hurt. But from the way I see it, you can either run from it, or... learn from it.”
Robert Guillaume - Rafiki

“Old flames are like old tax returns. Put them in the file cabinet for three years, then you cut them loose.”
Josef Sommer - Peter Lassiter

“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”
Peter Sarsgaard - Stanley Milgram

“- Francis Phelan: How are you doing, Margaret?
- Peg: I'm doing fine. No thanks to you.
- Francis Phelan: Yep.
- Billy Phelan: Let's give the man a break, for chrissake. He just got here.
- Peg: What break did he ever give me? Or you? You don't just pop up here one day and all is forgiven.”
Jack Nicholson - Francis Phelan
Diane Venora - Peg
Michael O'Keefe - Billy

“The only way I know how to fix my past is by taking control of my future.”
Chad McKnight - Jim Beale

“Men knew their worth, knew who they were.”

Tommy Lee Jones - Gene McClary

“- Flemming: Remember that? 1954, I was a junior in college. That's the last photo I have of you.
- Adaline Bowman: Well, you've seen one, you've seen 'em all.”
Ellen Burstyn - Flemming
Blake Lively - Adaline Bowman

“I apologize for my appearance. But I have had a difficult time these past several years.”

Chiwetel Ejiofor - Solomon Northup

“Look back at the endless travesties of your life, and you'll see me, always there waiting in the shadows. When friends and lovers are wiped from your sight, I'm there. When those you cherish die abruptly and for no reason, I'm there for you.”

Bruce Payne - Jacob Kell

“Memory is a wonderful thing if you don't have to deal with the past.”
Julie Delpy - Celine

“- Sir Robert Chiltern: I will give you any sum of money you want.
- Mrs. Laura Cheveley: Even you are not rich enough to buy back your past, Sir Robert. No man is.”
Jeremy Northam - Sir Robert Chiltern
Julianne Moore - Mrs. Laura Cheveley