Strategy quotes
226 strategy quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- From the movie: Roger Dodger
“When they're feeling sufficiently incomplete, you convince them your product is the only thing that can fill the void. So instead of taking steps to deal with their lives, instead of working to root out the real reason for their misery, they go out and buy a stupid looking pair of cargo pants.”
- From the movie: Jaws 3-D
“- Philip FitzRoyce: Tell me, how do you contain the sharks in this part of the lagoon?
- Calvin Bouchard: Well, you know, it's that old shark screen, the bubble screen. You know, sharks don't like that. It's what they call marine segregation.” - From the movie: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
“- Cotton McKnight: I'm being told that Average Joe's does not have enough players and will be forfeiting the championship match.
- Pepper Brooks: It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for 'em.” - From the movie: Addicted to Love
“- Sam: What is your evil plan, huh? You're gonna squirt him with squirt guns? Throw rotten strawberries at him?
- Maggie: You looked in my satchel?
- Sam: Yeah, call a cop!
- Maggie: You are a strange, tragic little man.” - From the movie: Superbad
“- Seth: Fogell, this ID says that you're 25 years old. Why wouldn't you just put 21, man?
- Fogell: Seth, Seth, Seth. Listen up, ass-face: every day, hundreds of kids go into the liquor store with fake IDs, and every single one says they're 21. How many 21 year olds do you think there are in this town? It's called fucking strategy, all right?” “Sometimes the best place to hide is right out in public.”
- From the movie: Final Analysis
“- Heather Evans: I can't imagine doing what you do.
- Isaac Barr: Why not?
- Heather Evans: Just talking to people every day about their problems? What do you say?
- Isaac Barr: The shrink does... you repeat the last to words people say, and you rephrase it like a question.” - From the movie: Fire and Ice
- From the movie: Paradise
“- Willard Young: I'm always afraid of things. I don't know why, but I am. And I just thought if I did something that really scared me, maybe I wouldn't be afraid anymore.
- Lily Reed: Did it work?
- Willard Young: Yeah... it did.” - From the movie: Blues Brothers 2000
“- Mighty Mack: The suit's real neat, but do I have to wear the hat?
- Elwood Blues: These are unsophisticated men. They only respond to fear and the draw of lucre. We elicit this by using iconographic symbols, and psychological intimidation. The way we look together presents a uniform image of strength and organization. Don't say anything. Look...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Masters of the Universe
“- He-Man: When we find the Key, Gwildor will set the coordinates for Grayskull. We'll use the element of surprise...
- Duncan: Oh, sure! We'll drop right into the throne room, fight off two or three thousand of Skeletor's crack troops, break into the force field and free the Sorceress.
- He-Man: Right!” - From the movie: Final Destination 3
“Let's just say that death does have a conscious plan, and that it's been set into motion. Newton says that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. That means that if death has taken action, so can we. And that action may thwart death's intent.”
- From the movie: The Devil and Max Devlin
“- Max Devlin: I got until midnight, May 15th. That's our deal. Look, I'm... I'm telling you. I'm trying to get these people so hooked on me, they'll sign anything. That takes time. Now, if I go too fast, I'm liable to blow the whole deal!
- Barney Satin: I like your style, Max. You're a devious fellow.” - From the movie: Good Will Hunting
“Nail them while they're vulnerable, that's my motto.”
- From the movie: In Enemy Hands
“At the outbreak of World War II, Germany increased its U-boat production by 1,000%, mass-producing 17 new U-boats a month. Hitler knew the key to winning the war in Europe was to control the Atlantic. By 1942, German U-boats, working in groups called wolf packs, sunk over 1,000 Allied ships. Their success gave Germany a decisive advantage. They...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: The Mexican
“You've managed to Forrest Gump your way through this.”
- From the movie: 21 Grams
“If someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn your other to him also.”
- From the movie: Blade: Trinity
“I can tell you two things. One, your hairdo is ridiculous. Two, I ate a lot of garlic, and I just farted. Silent but deadly.”
- From the movie: The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
“- Gen. Sepp Dietrich: [playing chess] Checkmate.
- Schmidt: Congratulations, Herr General.
- Gen. Sepp Dietrich: Nothing has changed, my dear Schmidt. All the years you have been with me, I cannot remember the last time you won the game. You must realize by now I am a master of strategy. There is no one in the Fatherland who has furthered the...” (continue)(continue reading) “It's an old sumo trick. They use it whenever they're on a runaway school bus that plunges into deadly, murky, muddy water.”
- From the movie: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
“I see you have the machine that goes ping. This is my favorite. You see we lease it back from the company we sold it to and that way it comes under the monthly current budget and not the capital account.”
- From the movie: Reversal of Fortune
“Claus, let me explain something to you: the less you tell me, the more options I have.”
- From the movie: 50 First Dates
“- Henry Roth: Ula! Get back to cleaning the pool! And if that's one of your special brownies, don't let any of the dolphins eat that!
- Ula: How do you think I get the dolphins to do double-flips and play with the white kids?” - From the movie: Master and Commander
“Never mind the manoeuvres, just go straight at 'em.”
- From the animation: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
“- Hugo: Give her some slack, then reel her in. Then give her some slack...
- Laverne: Knock it off, Hugo. She's a girl, not a mackerel.”
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