Self-examination quotes
361 self-examination quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- From the movie: Lucky Number Slevin
“I'm a bad man who doesn't waste time wondering what could've been when I am what could've been and what could not have been. I live on both sides of the fence. My grass is always green.”
- From the movie: HouseSitter
“Half the things we tell ourselves are fiction.”
- From the movie: The Walker
“- Ethan Withal: Don't be naïve.
- Carter Page III: I'm not naïve... I'm superficial.” - From the movie: Experimenter
“Do you ever feel invincible in one moment and then worthless the next?”
- From the animation: Bolt
“- Bolt: You just can't stop lying, can you, cat? It's in the genes. It's just gross.
- Mittens: I know. It's disgusting. I disgust myself.” - From the movie: Failure to Launch
“Believe me, I did not want that because I had a good life before you. Well, not good but it was okay. Well, it was empty, actually, but at least I was blissfully unaware of how miserable I was. Whereas now because of you I am acutely aware of how completely and totally unhappy I am. Thank you for that.”
- From the movie: The Recruit
“- Psychiatrist: Would you consider yourself subjectively firm or objectively flexible?
- James Clayton: Metaphysically wrinkle-free?” - From the movie: Blue Chips
“I've become what I despise. I cheated my profession, cheated myself, I cheated basketball. There's two words I didn't think would ever come out of my mouth, I didn't think I'd ever be able to say... I quit.”
- From the movie: Regression
“I am starting to use my head again.”
- From the movie: Club Paradise
“- Phillipa Lloyd: You seem fit enough.
- Jack Moniker: Oh, inside, I'm a mess.” - From the movie: The Departed
“When you decide to be something, you can be it. That's what they don't tell you in the church.”
- From the movie: London Has Fallen
“- Benjamin Asher: [out jogging] What are you made of?
- Mike Banning: [starts running backwards] Burbon and poor choices sir.” - From the movie: Buying the Cow
- Mike Hanson: How did you figure it out?
- Bar Patron: After a string of girlfriends, a couple ex-wives, and a Great Dane or two. I started thinking, "Hey, maybe it's me". - La trovi in Reputation and Popularity
“It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.”
- From the movie: Head Over Heels
“- Amanda: Why are you talking to your therapist about me?
- Jade: She says I talk too much about myself.” “I see myself as a roving mosquito, choosing it's target.”
- From the movie: New Waterford Girl
“- Cecil Sweeney: I'm the guy living in a trailer, no one will listen to me.
- Moonie Pottie: What's the matter with you?
- Cecil Sweeney: Nothing! This is just me when I'm not in school.” - From the movie: Bruce Almighty
- From the movie: The Woodsman
“- Walter: You know, talking to you is like riding on a fucking merry-go-round.
- Rosen: That's a marvelous image, Walter. Because by going in circles, we find things we missed the first time around.” - La trovi in Career in Cinema
“Maybe if I hadn't been so fastidious, I might have changed history.”
- From the movie: Parker
“- Leslie Rodgers: Do you ever feel bad about what you do?
- Parker: Everyone steals, Leslie. Some people admit it to themselves, some don't. It's what human beings do. That's why we invented locks.” - From the movie: Jersey Girl
- From the movie: The Danish Girl
“- Gerda Wegener: Exactly what happened last night?
- Einar Wegener: There was a moment when I wasn’t me. There was a moment when I was just Lili.
- Gerda Wegener: But Lili doesn’t exist. We were playing a game.
- Einar Wegener: Something changed.” - From the movie: Irrational Man
“In order to really see the world, we must break with our familiar acceptance of it.”
- From the animation: Hoodwinked
You prioritize, you set your goals, you write a mission statement. You ask yourself, "Where do I see me in five years?".
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