Purpose quotes
168 purpose quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- From the movie: The Man in the Moon
- From the movie: Kafka
“A crowd is easier to control than an individual. A crowd has a common purpose. The purpose of the individual is always in question.”
- From the movie: Female
“I suppose you think you're too superior for marriage and love and children - things that women were born for.”
- From the movie: Bombardier
“To put out fire. That is the crusade of the bombardiers, who are already building a great American tradition - a hundred thousand strong!”
- From the movie: Last Action Hero
“- Tough Asian Man: May I help you?
- Jack Slater: Yes, could I speak to the drug dealer of the house, please?
- Tough Asian Man: I beg your pardon?
- Jack Slater: It's a beautiful day and we're out killing drug dealers. Are there any in the house?” - From the movie: 52 Pick-Up
“You're after something... and it ain't my pussy!”
- From the movie: Only the Strong
“- Silverio: This time I play for keeps.
- Louis Stevens: And this time... I don't play.” - From the movie: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
“- Bill: Ted, while I agree that, in time, our band will be most triumphant. The truth is, Wyld Stallyns will never be a super band until we have Eddie Van Halen on guitar.
- Ted: Yes, Bill. But, I do not believe we will get Eddie Van Halen until we have a triumphant video.
- Bill: Ted, it's pointless to have a triumphant video before we even...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Joan of Paris
“- Joan: I think a woman's place is to make a man happy, not to ask questions and be curious.
- Mlle. Rosay: My dear, you shouldn't have any trouble whatsoever in getting an husband.” - From the movie: Jackie Brown
- From the movie: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Do you remember, Clive, we used to say: "Our army is fighting for our homes, our women, and our children"? Now the women are fighting beside the men. The children are trained to shoot. What's left is the "home". But what is the "home" without women and children?
- From the animation: An American Tail
- From the movie: Heaven Can Wait
“- Martha Strabel Van Cleve: Why did you ever come into my life?
- Henry Van Cleve: To make you happy. To hold you in my arms forever.” - From the movie: The Crow
“My daddy used to say every man's got a devil. And you can't rest 'til you find him.”
- From the movie: The Faculty
“- Zeke: My parents are dead too.
- Marybeth: Really?
- Zeke: Well, they are still breathing, but for all intents and purposes they might as well be dead.” - From the movie: Glengarry Glen Ross
“Only one thing counts in this life: Get them to sign on the line which is dotted.”
- From the movie: Men in Black
“In the mid-50s the government started an underfunded agency with the simple and laughable purpose of establishing contact with a race not of this planet. Everyone thought the agency was a joke, except the aliens who made contact March 1961, outside New York. There were nine of us that first night. Seven agents, one astronomer and one dumb kid...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Rebecca
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