Purpose quotes

“Risk is our business. That's what relationships are all about. That's why we're out there.”
Eric McCormack - Mark

“Camelot rots, and I play at being king. I want her great again.”
Joss Ackland - King Arthur

“You know what my nightmare is? That I'll stay in Amal. That I'll never move from here. I'll get kids, a car, a house... all of that. Then my husband will leave for someone younger and I'll be stuck with kids that just scream and nag. It's so fucking meaningless.”
Alexandra Dahlström - Elin Olsson

“Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions.”

Sam Neill - Dr. Alan Grant

“- The Frog - Jean-Baptiste: I fight for hatred of the spanish! I fight for glory; not gold.
- Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red: Man fights for what he lacks the most!”
Cris Campion - The Frog - Jean-Baptiste
Walter Matthau - Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red

“Destination never reached by turning back on same.”

Warner Oland - Charlie Chan

“Of all the trails in this life, there are some that matter most. It is the trail of a true human being.”
Graham Greene - Kicking Bird

“- Harry Callahan: The Doker case is mine. It was at a standstill. I was just trying to break it loose.
- Captain Briggs: Sure, with threats and intimidation!
- Harry Callahan: Any way possible!”
Clint Eastwood - Harry Callahan
Bradford Dillman - Captain Briggs

“These are garments, Mr. Cratchit. Garments were invented by the human race as a protection against the cold. Once purchased, they may be used indefinitely for the purpose for which they are intended.”
George C. Scott - Ebenezer Scrooge

“I aims to please, sir, and I'm pleased to aim.”
Denzel Washington - Malcolm X

“- Alan Raimy: We got a little problem. We killed somebody, he saw it on the movie, and now he knows about us. That's why one of us is going to have to blow him away.
- Bobby Shy: Now, what do I get out of it?
- Alan Raimy: Peace of mind.
- Bobby Shy: I look nervous to you?”

John Glover - Alan Raimy
Clarence Williams III - Bobby Shy

“- Jack Bull Chiles: Are you sayin', sir, that we fight for nothin'?
- Mr. Evans: Far from it, Mr. Chiles. You fight for everything that we ever had, as did my son. It's just that we don't have it anymore.”

Skeet Ulrich - Jack Bull Chiles
Zach Grenier - Mr. Evans

“- Jack Belston: Why'd you come up?
- Beth Warden: Because I wanted to be sad. Now I'm sad.”
Bill Paxton - Jack Belston
Diane Lane - Beth Warden

“We have lethal gases which are used for a definite purpose... to kill.”

George Zucco - Dr. Alfred Morris

“When a man sees his end... he wants to know there was some purpose to his life.”
Richard Harris - Marcus Aurelius

“How many times in battle have we snatched victory from the jaws of defeat? Outnumbered, outflanked, but still we triumph? With you at my side, we can do so again. Lancelot, we are knights. What other purpose do we serve if not for such a cause?”
Clive Owen - Arthur

“- James Bond: Where did you recruit all these lovelies?
- Octopussy: There are many of them all over Southeast Asia, looking for a guru, spiritual discipline, who knows what. l train them. Give them a purpose, a sisterhood and a way of life.
- James Bond: In crime?
- Octopussy: In business. I have diversified into shipping, hotels, carnivals and...” (continue)(continue reading)
Sir Roger Moore - James Bond
Maud Adams - Octopussy

“- Princess: Where have you come from?
- Ahmad: From the other side of time, to find you.
- Princess: How long have you been searching?
- Ahmad: Since time began.”
June Duprez - Princess
John Justin - Ahmad

“- Danny Wallace: The ends justify the means, Pops.
- Sean Wallace: The ends is bullshit. The means is what you live with.”
Mark Wahlberg - Danny Wallace
Brian Cox - Sean Wallace

“- Charlie Chan: Never start anything unless I see end of road.
- Dr. Paul Recknik: How are you coming along to date?
- Charlie Chan: Did not say which end of road I could see.”
Sidney Toler - Charlie Chan
Ian Keith - Dr. Paul Recknik

“- Miss Moneypenny: Have you got an assignment, James?
- James Bond: Yes, Moneypenny. I'm to eliminate all free radicals.
- Miss Moneypenny: Oh. Do be careful.”
Pamela Salem - Miss Moneypenny
Sir Sean Connery - James Bond

“What good's ridin' and fightin' these days? What does it get ya?”
Bette Davis - Michael O'Leary

“- Nick Charles: Hey, would you mind putting that gun away? My wife doesn't care, but I'm a very timid fellow.
- Nora Charles: You idiot!
- Nick Charles: Alright, shoot! I mean, uh, what's on your mind?”

William Powell - Nick Charles
Myrna Loy - Nora Charles

“- Stretch: Your actual purpose is not as you believe to marry Labia, but to reveal your true homosexuality.
- Hercules: Homosexual?”
Des Mangan - Hercules

“No duck is an island. And if fate sent me here to save Earth, then Howard the Duck is ready to fight!”
Chip Zien - Howard T. Duck