Present quotes

“I've got a present for you. This isn't from Santa Claus. This is from me to you. This is a magic ring, see? Just like in the fairy tales. If ever you're in trouble, or if you ever want me to do anything for you, you send me this ring, and I'll come.”

James Dunn - James Loop Merritt

“- Gladys Leeman: [wearing her old pageant outfit] And can you believe it, they still fit!
- Loretta: She had a big ass then, she's got a big ass now.”
Kirstie Alley - Gladys Leeman
Allison Janney - Loretta

When I finally got put together, I went back expecting a big welcome. You know what they said? "You're history".
Paul Newman - Doc Hudson

“- Obi-Wan Kenobi: Master Yoda says I should be mindful of the future.
- Qui-Gon Jinn: But not at the expense of the moment.”
Ewan McGregor - Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Liam Neeson - Qui-Gon Jinn

“He remembered the cold, clammy sensation of the railing. Cold, clammy, like the dead. Yes, the railing was the same as he remembered it, perhaps colder, perhaps more startling. His mind fought to dwell in the present, yet it continued to deal with the past. One could almost read his thoughts.”

Criswell - Himself

“- Ben Wade: Don't muddy the past in the present, Dan.
- Dan Evans: No... Wade, I'm seeing the world the way it is.”
Russell Crowe - Ben Wade
Christian Bale - Dan Evans

“In this age, optimism like that is a revolutionary act.”
Renee Zellweger - Dorothy Boyd

“I finally get a bouquet and it's a goodbye present. That's depressing.”
Daveigh Chase - Chihiro

“Don't talk to me about the future. I hate the future, and I hate the past, and I hate the present. Especially you.”

Ray Walston - Poopdeck Pappy

“- Celine: The past is the past. It was meant to be that way.
- Jesse: What, you really believe that? That everything's fated?
- Celine: Well, you know, the world might be less free than we think.
- Jesse: Yeah?
- Celine: Yeah, when given these exact circumstances, that's what will happen every time: two part hydrogen, one part oxygen, you get...” (continue)(continue reading)
Julie Delpy - Celine
Ethan Hawke - Jesse

“Today is a good day to die.”
Kiefer Sutherland - Nelson Wright

“- Sheik: When we were in high school...
- Jill: We're not in high school any more.”
Rosanna Arquette - Jill
Vincent Spano - Sheik

“Man is omnipotent; nothing is impossible for him. What seemed like unthinkable undertakings yesterday are history today.”
Larry Dolgin - PABS Reporter

“Don't go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now and eventually, if he's worthy, that 'now' part will just drop right off, naturally.”
Cameron Diaz - Christina Walters

“We are the things that were and shall be again!”
Richard Domeier - Ed Getley

“Everything decent's been done. All the great themes have been used up. Turned into theme parks.”

Christian Slater - Mark Hunter

“This time, we didn't make any wishes for the future. We said goodbye to our past. Now, none of us has any idea where life's gonna take us, 'cause what we have is now. And right now, we have each other.”
Britney Spears - Lucy

“- Leonardo: Come, let's see these paintings of yours.
- Gustave: Now?
- Leonardo: When you're as old as I am, son, now is all you've got.”
Patrick Godfrey - Leonardo
Lee Ingleby - Gustave

“- Kevin McCallister: So give it a shot, for your granddaughter anyway. I'm sure she misses you and the presents.
- Old Man Marley: I send her a check.
- Kevin McCallister: I wish my grandparents did that. They always send me clothes. Last year I got a sweater with a big bird knitted on it.
- Old Man Marley: That's nice.
- Kevin McCallister: Not...” (continue)(continue reading)
Roberts Blossom - Old Man Marley
Macaulay Culkin - Kevin McCallister

“I try not to live in past, only present tense since I come to America.”

Tony Shalhoub - Misha Vilyenkov

“It's not where you're from, it's where you're at.”
Vanilla Ice - Johnny

- Jennifer Baker: You said "Love Cake"!
- Pistachio Disguisey: Why would I say that? Your hindquarters are hideously scrawny!
- Jennifer Baker: What?
- Pistachio Disguisey: What I was trying to say is that I have a present for Barney. [hands her knee pads] Tell him they are from his dad... da da da dat Italian guy... Me.
Jennifer Esposito - Jennifer Baker
Dana Carvey - Pistachio Disguisey

“In the old days, we had the rack. Nowadays, we have the press.”
Cate Blanchett - Lady Gertrude Chiltern

“Live in the moment because it's all we have. Sometimes the moment is go goddamn irritation that it's hard to do but forge on we do. Tomorrow is another day and then there are a million after that and maybe, just maybe, we do a little bit better as we move through this thing we call life. And the consolation is we know we're not alone. All doing...” (continue)(continue reading)
Stockard Channing - Dr. Beth Noonan

“A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.”
Robert De Niro - Conrad Brean