Self-knowledge quotes

“We define ourselves by the choices we have made.”
Martin Bergmann - Professor Levy

“- Alfie Byrne: I've learned a horrible lesson.
- Adele Rice: About me.
- Alfie Byrne: About myself.”
Albert Finney - Alfred Byrne
Tara Fitzgerald - Adele Rice

“- Hillary: Now at least I know what I am.
- Jane: What are you?
- Hillary: I'm an animal in the zoo but I've escaped. Yes, from like these little cages that they try to put you in to make you some quiet little pussy and to grow up like some stupid normal bitch like you.”
Renée Humphrey - Hillary
Leslie Hope - Jane

“Without even thinking about it, I used to be able to fly. Now I'm trying to look inside myself and find out how I did it.”
Minami Takayama - Kiki

I believe the term "shyster" is reserved for attorneys of the Jewish persuasion. I believe the proper term for me is "eggplant".
Will Smith - Robert Clayton Dean

“People are what they are and love what they love, and I don't see any sense in trying to be something else.”
Jane Wyatt - Aggie Hunter

“Eleven. That's how old I was when I discovered masturbation. Mind you it was another three years before I realized I could do it on my own.”
Ben Silverstone - Steven Carter

“I can afford him and understand him. He's no good but he's what I want. I'm not a nice person Laura, and neither is he. He knows I know he's just what he is. He also knows that I don't care. We belong together because we're both weak and can't seem to help it.”

Judith Anderson - Ann Treadwell

“- Arkady Renko: Stinger.
- William Kirwill: That's a whore's drink.
- Arkady Renko: I am a whore.”
William Hurt - Arkady Renko
Brian Dennehy - William Kirwill

“- Rick Deckard: She doesn't know.
- Dr. Eldon Tyrell: She's beginning to suspect, I think.
- Rick Deckard: Suspect? How can it not know what it is?”

Harrison Ford - Rick Deckard
Joe Turkel - Dr. Eldon Tyrell

When I was in the cubs there was this porn mag being passed around and all the other kids were deciding which girl they liked and stuff... and this other kid, he whispers to me "I don't know what all the fuss is about, I'd rather see another boy's willy anytime!". So I said "So would I!".

Ben Silverstone - Steven Carter

“Clothes make the man. I believe that. You say to me you want to go shopping, you want to buy clothes, but you don't know what kind. You leave that hanging in the air, like I'm going to fill in the blank, that to me is like asking me who you are, and I don't know who you are, I don't want to know. It's taken me my whole life to find out who I am,...” (continue)(continue reading)

Ossie Davis - Marshall

“- Mr. Hand: So it seems you discovered your unpleasant nature.
- John Murdoch: Who are you?
- Mr. Hand: We might ask the same question.”
Richard O'Brien - Mr. Hand
Rufus Sewell - John Murdoch

“I'm out to see the world I haven't seen and get a perspective on the USA. I might get to know myself at the same time. I might even get to know my wife.”
Walter Huston - Sam Dodsworth

“- Simba: Creepy little monkey. Would you stop following me! Who are you?
- Rafiki: The question is, who... are you?
- Simba: I thought I knew, but now I'm not so sure.”
Matthew Broderick - Simba
Robert Guillaume - Rafiki

“- Ghost of Christmas Past: You left Claire for Frisbee the dog? Frank, let me sum this up for you: you don't know who you are, you don't know what you want, and you don't know what the hell is going on!
- Frank Cross: I've made a few mistakes. I gotta live with that. But I do know who I am, I know what I want, and I know what's going on!”
David Johansen - Ghost of Christmas Past
Bill Murray - Frank Cross

“What I'm trying to do is to introduce you to your inner-self. I want you to get acquainted with yourself. Wouldn't you like to meet you? Don't you want to get to know yourself?”

Alan Mowbray - Dr. Vengard

“I am you. And you are me. And we are here. I am the dreamer and you are the dream.”

Christopher Walken - Whitley Strieber