Prudence quotes

“Confidence. It's not just about hockey. It's easy to be confident when you have control of the puck. It's very, very difficult to keep that confidence when you gotta take whatever strange bounces life throws your way. Don't be careless, but don't be too careful either.”

Jeffrey Nordling - Coach Ted Orion

“Be specific with your words. The deal is in the details.”

Will Smith - The Genie

“- Betty Croft: Take it easy, baby, that stuff'll rot your stomach lining.
- Fran Moore: Yeah, but I get to drink it first.”

Patti LuPone - Betty Croft
Rebecca Pidgeon - Fran Moore

“- George Garrad: Can't be too careful in foreign climes.
- Reginald Anson: It's only Wales.
- George Garrad: It's still foreign!”
George Garrad - George Garrad
Hugh Grant - Reginald Anson

“I've never been Romeo who meets a girl and falls for her immediately. It's been a much slower process for me each time I've gone into a relationship.”
Leonardo DiCaprio

“Don't even look at those guys unless you can kill 'em.”

John Turturro - Sean Armstrong

“I love you, Charlie, but you are a grown man who still hasn't learned to look both ways before he crosses the fucking street!”
Ken Stott - Zvi

“- Ned: I don't want you dancing with college kids. Period.
- Jonah: What are they gonna do? Rape me?”

Liev Schreiber - Ned
Ezra Miller - Jonah

“You should have chosen your friends more carefully.”

Vincent Price - Professor Ratigan

“I think you get in trouble if you make experimental big studio films.”
Richard Linklater

“Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.”
Shirley Temple

“To speak without thinking is to shoot without aiming.”
Sidney Toler - Charlie Chan

“Before you get any half-baked ideas about calling in the cavalry, just remember we're gonna be watching you every step of the way. And we'll be listening to our police scanners. And if we see anything unusual, an unmarked car or truck, or if we see you talking to anyone who even remotely smells like a cop... well, you can just keep your fucking...” (continue)(continue reading)
J. T. Walsh - Red Barr

“- Beau Brandenburg: What would you do?
- Joe Tanto: Me? To get someone back that I really loved? To get that rock out of my stomach? I'd crawl.”
Til Schweiger - Beau Brandenburg
Sylvester Stallone - Joe Tanto

“- Joanna Eberhart: We're trespassing!
- Bobbie Markowitz: Only if we get caught.”
Nicole Kidman - Joanna Eberhart
Bette Midler - Bobbie Markowitz

“Carlito, Carlito. You listen to Nacho. This loyalty that you have for your friends, it's rare in this business. But someday, it's gonna get you killed.”
Luis Guzmán - Nacho Reyes

“If what's goin' on around here is organized, you don't want to go up against it. The government, the right wing, the left wing, mercenaries, the mob... It doesn't make much difference if you get in their way.”
Robert Urich - Ruben Castle

“There is a time for daring and a time for caution, and a wise man knows which is called for.”
Robin Williams - John Keating

“- Poole: You should go out, sir. London offers many amusements for a gentlemen like you, sir.
- Dr. Henry Jekyll: Yes, but gentlemen like me daren't take advantage of them, Poole. Gentlemen like me have to be very careful of what we do or say.”
Edgar Norton - Poole
Fredric March - Dr. Henry Jekyll

“- Wayne Carter: I think you could turn a man's head very easily if he wasn't careful.
- Flower Belle: There's no fun in being too careful.”
Dick Foran - Wayne Carter
Mae West - Flower Belle Lee

“- Richard Mason: Take care now.
- Sue Charlton: Don't worry. I'm a New Yorker!”
Mark Blum - Richard Mason
Linda Kozlowski - Sue Charlton

“These men act quickly. You don't know how clever their chief is. He has a dozen names, and he can look like a hundred people, but one thing he cannot disguise: part of his little finger is missing, so if ever you should meet a man with no top joint there, be very careful, my friend.”

Lucie Mannheim - Miss Smith

“You can't just walk up to a woman you barely know and tell her you like her. You don't know what she's going through.”
Naomi Watts - Cristina Peck

"I'll think about it" means nothing in L.A.

Rene Russo - Karen Flores

“Now folks, if we push on we can be in Apache Wells by sundown. Soldiers there will give us an escort as far as the ferry. Then it's only a hoot and a holler into Lordsburg. We got four men who can handle firearms - five with you, Ringo. Doc can shoot if sober.”
George Bancroft - Marshal Curly Wilcox