Purpose quotes
168 purpose quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- From the movie: Wanted
“Our purpose is to maintain stability in an unstable world - kill one, save a thousand.”
- From the movie: Volunteers
“It's not that I can't help these people. It's just I don't want to.”
- From the movie: Swimming with Sharks
- From the movie: The Ghost of Frankenstein
“- Ygor: You're going to help him Doctor? You are giving him life?
- Ludwig Frankenstein: Yes but not for the purposes that you think Ygor. I'm giving him strength so that an operation may be successful.
- Ygor: An operation?
- Ludwig Frankenstein: Yes. I'm giving him another brain.” - From the movie: Cube
- From the movie: Battle Beyond the Stars
“The Varda teach us that each form has its function.”
- From the movie: Gettysburg
“Whether you fight or not, that's up to you, whether you come along is... well, you're coming. You know who we are and what we are doing here, but if you are going to fight alongside us there are a few things I want you to know. This regiment was formed last summer, in Maine. There were a thousand of us then, there are less than 300 of us now....” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: The Jackal
“They say Basques live by the vendetta. If they hate someone it's to the death. It's the same when they love.”
- From the movie: Citizen Kane
“I entered this campaign with one purpose only, to point out and make public the dishonesty, the downright villainy of Boss Jim W. Gettys' political machine, now in complete control of the government of this state.”
- From the movie: The Minus Man
“I've never done anything violent to anybody. Just the minimum that was necessary. No fear, no pain. They just go to sleep. But after it's done, there's no going back. No second chance. If I've made a mistake, I'll pay for it. You don't always choose what you do. Sometimes what you do chooses you. That's where discipline comes in. I like the...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: The Boondock Saints
“- Connor: How far are we gonna take this, Da?
- Il Duce: The question is not how far. The question is, do you possess the constitution, the depth of faith, to go as far is as needed?” - From the movie: Captain Blood
- From the movie: Men in Black
“- Kay: They're beautiful, aren't they?
- Jay: What?
- Kay: The stars.
- Jay: Kay, you're frightening your partner...
- Kay: I haven't been looking for a partner. I've been looking for a replacement.
- Jay: I can not do this by myself, all right?” - From the movie: Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
- From the movie: To Catch a Thief
“- H. H. Hughson: How many did you kill?
- John Robie: 72. But I know something that'll please you: none of them were insured.” - From the movie: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
“It is woman's mission to destroy as well as it is to give birth.”
- From the movie: Lady in the Water
- From the movie: Truman
“God put you in your mother's womb for this moment.”
- From the movie: Bringing Out the Dead
- From the movie: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
“Men speak conveniently of love when it serves their purpose.”
- From the movie: Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
“All my life I feel I've been chasing the sun, and at last I feel I'm going to catch it.”
- From the movie: Cold Mountain
“See, I think there's a plan. There's a design for each and every one of us. You look at nature. Bird flies somewhere, picks up a seed, shits the seed out, plant grows. Bird's got a job, shit's got a job, seed's got a job. And you've got a job.”
- From the movie: Jackie Brown
- From the movie: Gia
“You know what I think? I think there's a reason for everything. And I think that there's a plan for everyone. And I think that God has a big plan for me. Just not in this life.”
- From the movie: Alpha Dog
“They said there's a reason for everything. Well if God's got a purpose for me, he better get down and show me, cause I don't see it.”
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