Remembrance quotes

“I am the victor. But what does it all mean when there is not one left to remember, the great cavalry charge at Gaugamela, or the mountains of the Hindu Kush when we crossed a 100,000 man army into India? He was a god, Cadmos. Or as close as anything I've ever seen.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Old Ptolemy

- Paul: Do you remember some years ago when I showed you something I'd written, do you remember what you said?
- Marion: No, I don't remember. I was probably just trying to be truthful.
- Paul: Yes, I'm sure. You said, "This is overblown, it's too emotional, it's maudlin. Your dreams may be meaningful to you, but to the objective observer, it's... (continue)(continue reading)
Harris Yulin - Paul
Gena Rowlands - Marion

“- Box Boy: How come I never heard of Max Wellington?
- Bill: Maybe because he was great. You never really remember anyone who was great. It's a sad fact of life, Joe. The truly great not only go unremembered, they seldom get hired. It's the mediocre talent that gets all the work. Nobody expects anything from them, and they're never...” (continue)(continue reading)
Robert Doran - Box Boy
George Burns - Bill

“Excuse me, I was sitting here... when I suddenly forgot who I am! Where I was going! Why I'm sitting here with this... dead fish.”

Alan Bates - John

“If I listened to the wind, I would hear the voices of my past.”
Stephen Dorff - P.K.

“Memories don't belong in drawers.”
George Burns - Bill

“- Noah: All I got is a broken nose and a bunch of recollections. You got recollections, boy?
- Tommy Riley: Yeah. Some.
- Noah: You young yet. They accumulate. Believe me.”
Ossie Davis - Noah
James Marshall - Tommy Riley

“I wonder if future generations will ever even hear about us. It's not likely. After enough time, everything passes. I don't care how big we are or how important are our lives.”
Wallace Shawn - Masked Avenger

“- Brian Dockett: Do you remember me?
- Alexis Winston: Yes.
- Brian Dockett: I missed you.
- Alexis Winston: I missed you.
- Brian Dockett: Want to try again?
- Alexis Winston: I don't miss you anymore, Brian.”
David Huffman - Brian Dockett
Lynn-Holly Johnson - Alexis Winston

“- Stu: Why don't we remember a God damn thing from last night?
- Phil: Obviously because we had a great fucking time.”
Ed Helms - Stu
Bradley Cooper - Phil

“Look, I was a kid once. I remember being grounded a whole week and not being allowed to go to my best friend's bachelor party.”

Mark DeCarlo - Hugh Neutron

“- Bad Blake: You know that song? Hmmm?
- Jean Craddock: I can't remember who did it.
- Bad Blake: That's the way it is with good ones, you're sure you've heard them before.”

Jeff Bridges - Bad Blake
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Jean Craddock

“Age can wither me, Noodles. We're both getting old. All that we have left now are our memories.”
Elizabeth McGovern - Deborah

“A girl will never forget the first boy she ever likes.”
Ginnifer Goodwin - Gigi

“- Mitzuko: Jun, why do you only take pictures of the rooms we stay in and never what we see outside while we travel?
- Jun: Those other things are in my memory. The hotel rooms and the airports are the things I'll forget.”

Yûki Kudô - Mitsuko
Masatoshi Nagase - Jun

“Look at my men. Their courage hangs by a thread. If this is to be our end, then I would have them make such an end, as to be worthy of remembrance.”
Bernard Hill - Theoden

“I had to have it engraved, because I could never remember your name.”

Woody Allen - Nick

We don't like to admit the war was even partly our fault cos so many of our people died. And all the mourning's veiled the truth. It's not "lest we forget", it's "lest we remember".

Stephen Campbell Moore - Tom Irwing

“Only problem is, I can't remember what I've forgotten.”

Matthew Lewis - Neville Longbottom

“- James Fitzmaurice: Don't you remember? Cousins can do things that other people can't. And we were more than children before anyone knew what we were up to.
- Juliana: Even we didn't know.”
Richard R. Grant - James Fitzmaurice
Greta Scacchi - Juliana

“- Jill Taylor: You were good.
- Ben Campbell: Really?
- Jill Taylor: Yeah. Came in quick off the count. You acted the part. You weren't afraid to play big. And you got out when you were supposed to. Mmm... and you made more money than Fisher.”
Kate Bosworth - Jill Taylor
Jim Sturgess - Ben Campbell

“Everything I ever learnt as a small boy came from my father, and I never found anything he ever told me to be wrong or worthless. The simple lessons he taught me are as sharp and clear in my mind as if I had heard them only yesterday.”

Roddy McDowall - Huw

“Do you remember when Mum and Dad went to Europe, and we thought they'd abandoned us because they didn't even write? And then we found out they'd written a long letter and it had just gotten lost in the mail. Do you remember how guilty we felt for thinking bad thoughts about them?”

Emily Browning - Violet

“How do I feel? I feel responsible. Hopeful. When I get word that someone I sheltered is safe, then I'm happy. I can forget them. But when I hear that they've been caught or killed, then I remember everything. I remember their face, their voices, what they said about their parents, their child, their pets, and I mourn for them. I don't want to...” (continue)(continue reading)

Carole Laure - Renee - The French

“And what a day! In the same day I have taken the Siegfried oath, I've danced with a cop, a sailor and an extremely friendly Cherokee Indian.”
Matthew Broderick - Leo Bloom