Self-knowledge quotes

“I litigate. I don't capitulate.”
Tony Shalhoub - Freddy Riedenschneider

“- Lelaina Pierce: I was really going to be somebody by the time I was 23.
- Troy Dyer: Honey, all you have to be by the time you're 23 is yourself.
- Lelaina Pierce: I don't know who that is anymore.”
Winona Ryder - Lelaina Pierce
Ethan Hawke - Troy Dyer

“It's poor I am. It's unlucky I am. But it's useless I am not.”
Robert Carlyle - Malachy (Dad)

“- Amber: Who is this?
- Andre: I am Andre le Pate. I have big balls! And my ass breathes fire!”
Bridgette Wilson-Sampras - Amber
Christian Clavier - Andre

“There is no perfect justice! Innocent men die, evil men survive, no rules! All you can do is remember who you are. Don't lose yourself! That would be the real crime, whatever mistakes you might have made.”
Charlotte Rampling - Kate

“You know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world. To not know why you're here... That's... That's just an awful feeling.”
Samuel L. Jackson - Elijah Price

“- Simone: Being cheap is one thing. Looking cheap is another. That really takes talent...
- George: Some women are whores. Some whores are black. You take what you're given, don't you?”
Cathy Tyson - Simone
Bob Hoskins - George

“My ass may be dumb, but I ain't no dumbass.”
Samuel L. Jackson - Ordell Robbie

“From that day, Freak never asked me nothing about my father, and I never asked him nothing about his, 'cause that's not who we were.”
Elden Henson - Maxwell Kane

“- Engywook: Next is the Magic Mirror Gate. Atreyu has to face his true self.
- Falkor: So what? That won't be too hard for him.
- Engywook: Oh, that's what everyone thinks! But kind people find out that they are cruel. Brave men discover that they are really cowards! Confronted by their true selves, most men run away screaming!”
Sydney Bromley - Engywook
Alan Oppenheimer - Falkor

“It's like I've just been dreaming this life, and when I finally wake up, I'll be somebody else. Somebody totally different!”
Colin Friels - Walenski

“- Tyler Durden: Why? I don't know why; I don't know. Never been in a fight. You?
- The Narrator: No, but that's a good thing.
- Tyler Durden: No, it is not. How much can you know about yourself, you've never been in a fight? I don't wanna die without any scars. So come on; hit me before I lose my nerve.”
Brad Pitt - Tyler Durden
Edward Norton - The Narrator

“- Marshall: They just pay me to drive the limo, sir. I'm not here to tell you who you are.
- Joe: I didn't ask you to tell me who I am.”
Ossie Davis - Marshall
Tom Hanks - Joe

“You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.”
Brad Pitt - Tyler Durden

“- Maria: My brother is a silly watchdog!
- Bernardo: Ah, my sister is a precious jewel!
- Anita: What am I, cut glass?”
Natalie Wood - Maria
George Chakiris - Bernardo
Rita Moreno - Anita

“I don't know where I'm at. Mr. Gribble says I owe 600 dollars, downstairs they think I've got a tapeworm, and this man thinks I'm a lunatic!”
Frank Albertson - Leo Davis

“I am my own master for the first time in my life. You can't discharge me. I'm sick. I'm going to die, you understand? I'm going to die, and nobady can do anything to me anymore. Nothing can happen to me anymore. Before I can be discharged, I'll be dead!”

Lewis Stone - Doctor Otternschlag

“- Cooper: I'm the lifesaver and the heartbreaker.
- Miller: He's a rescue technician.”

Richard T. Jones - Cooper
Laurence Fishburne - Miller

“- Vincent: I can't go anywhere without seeing my own face. They'll recognize me.
- Jerome: They won't recognize you.
- Vincent: They'll recognize me.
- Jerome: I don't recognize you.”
Ethan Hawke - Vincent Freeman
Jude Law - Jerome Eugene Morrow

“Not a dog. Not a wolf. All he knows is what he's not. If only he could see what he is.”
Bob Hoskins - Boris

“- Eddie: Just because you're Jewish, doesn't mean you're fucking Freud.
- Artie: Just because you're whatever the fuck you are, doesn't mean you're whatever the fuck you think you are.”
Sean Penn - Eddie
Garry Shandling - Artie

“- Dr. Vengard: Whatever comes and whatever goes, there's no denying it worries you a lot. So, please drop all your inhibitions, release your inner-self, and speak freely. What comes and what goes?
- Jill Baker: Hiccups!”

Alan Mowbray - Dr. Vengard
Merle Oberon - Jill Baker

“- Police Psychiatrist: I wanna know why you claim to be Sigmund Freud.
- Freud: Why do you claim I'm not Sigmund Freud?
- Police Psychiatrist: Why do you keep asking me these questions?
- Freud: Tell me about your mother.”
Steven Rotblatt - Police Psychiatrist
Rod Loomis - Freud

“- Vincent: How the hell did you get up here?
- Jerome: Oh, I could always walk... I've been faking it.”
Ethan Hawke - Vincent Freeman
Jude Law - Jerome Eugene Morrow

“Sonny, do you know what I discover when I look out at the stars? How small we are... and brief!”
Philip Baker Hall - Lenny Ish