Survival quotes

“- Felicca: You are very suspicious, Mr. Bond.
- James Bond: Oh, I find I live much longer that way.”
Olga Bisera - Felicca
Sir Roger Moore - James Bond

“- Cain: You want me?
- RoboCop: Dead or alive.
- Cain: One of us must die.
- RoboCop: Dead, then.”
Tom Noonan - Cain
Peter Weller - Robocop

I had nothing left to offer but pure reflex. Pure reflex and mankind's basic drive for survival, that somehow shouts: “I will not die today”.
Leonardo DiCaprio - Richard

“How dare you waste that good fortune by simply giving up? Shame on you.”

Joan Plowright - Baylene

“- Carole Singer: What d'you got in there?
- Laurie Jameson: Uh, one bottle of a hundred and fifty proof rum, birth control pills, some Midol, my father's American Express card, king sized bottle of Alka-Seltzer 2, one sexy black teddy, a lid o' grass, and a... quarter, just in case I have to call home. I think that oughta get me through the...” (continue)(continue reading)
Lorna Luft - Carole Singer
Lynn-Holly Johnson - Laurie Jameson

“You live your life, believing in things like justice and the law. Then someone grabs you off the street in broad daylight. Walks right past the police and tells you that he'll reach out from beyond the grave and kill your son. You don't think about right or wrong, you only think about survival. You do what you have to do.”
Joanne Whalley - Valerie Alston

“You just have to fight for yourself; no one's going to save you. That's just life, right?”
Ko Shibasaki - Mitsuko Sôma

“- Mayor Bigwood: You boys will get a fair trial as God is my witness.
- Papa Joe: Is that the same God that witnessed you putting black folks into slavery and stealing Indians' land?
- Mayor Bigwood: You ought to be working on saving your black soul.
- Papa Joe: Shit. I'm working on saving my black ass.”
Paul Bartel - Mayor Bigwood
Melvin Van Peebles - Papa Joe

“- Leo Biederman: I talked to Civil defense. They said if you and I got married we'd be family, and I could get you in.
- Sarah Hotchner: What about my parents? They're not your family. I don't want to go without my parents.
- Leo Biederman: I'm the famous Leo Beiderman, and I haven't used my fame for anything, but I got them to let your family...” (continue)(continue reading)
Elijah Wood - Leo Biederman
Leelee Sobieski - Sarah Hotchner

“- Orlov: You should be more concerned about getting out of here alive.
- James Bond: I am more concerned about an atomic bomb exploding on a US Air Force base! You surely can't be inviting a full-scale nuclear war? What happens when the US retaliates?”
Steven Berkoff - Orlov
Sir Roger Moore - James Bond

“The only thing you can guess about a broken down old man is that he is a survivor.”
James Caan - Joe Sarno

“- Dr. David Marrow: What do we all need in life? What are the basics? Food, water, shelter...
- Theo: ...Sex.”
Liam Neeson - Dr. David Marrow
Catherine Zeta-Jones - Theo

“- Bruton: Why is he doing this? Pushing them on with false hope?
- Plio: It's hope that's gotten us this far.”
Peter Siragusa - Bruton
Alfre Woodard - Plio

“- Spencer: How long you been married?
- Hardin: Five years.
- Spencer: Happily?
- Hardin: Yeah. I like her, she's got a good sense of humor. Why do you ask?
- Spencer: Well, I just figured if I get out of here alive and you don't, I might look her up.
- Hardin: Hey, I said she has a good sense of humor. I don't.”
Keith Carradine - Spencer
Powers Boothe - Hardin

“- Jack Traven: I have to warn you, I've heard relationships based on intense experiences never work.
- Annie: Ok. We'll have to base it on sex then.
- Jack Traven: Whatever you say, ma'am.”

Keanu Reeves - Jack Traven
Sandra Bullock - Annie

“Everyone lookin' for salvation by himself. Each like a coal thrown from the fire.”
Jim Caviezel - Pvt. Witt

“- Eriksson: Can you imagine that? You escape Vietnam and you die from an airline fatality.
- Cpl. Thomas E. Clark: Never happen, Cherry. You survive the Nam, you get to live forever, man.”
Michael J. Fox - Eriksson
Don Harvey - Cpl. Thomas E. Clark

The Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!". We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!
Bill Pullman - President Thomas J. Whitmore

“Without fuel they were nothing. They'd built a house of straw. The thundering machines sputtered and stopped. Their leaders talked and talked and talked. But nothing could stem the avalanche. Their world crumbled. The cities exploded. A whirlwind of looting, a firestorm of fear. Men began to feed on men. On the roads it was a white line...” (continue)(continue reading)

Harold Baigent - Voice of Narrator

“- Capt. Roy Pritchett: You can stop looking for your platoon. They didn't make it.
- Pvt. David Manning: What?
- Capt. Roy Pritchett: Looks like you were the only one who made it out. Your lucky day.
- Pvt. David Manning: Lucky day?
- Capt. Roy Pritchett: You're alive.
- Pvt. David Manning: ...Am I?”
Martin Donovan - Capt. Pritchett
Ron Eldard - Manning

“- Samuel: I want a chance to escape. To be free or at least a chance to die trying.
- Leon Feldhendler: Better to escape and live.”
Emil Wolk - Samuel
Alan Arkin - Leon Feldhendler

“I never get killed.”
Sonny Tufts - Kansas

“You think this is a cop story; it's not. It's a story about survival - mine.”
James Garner - Sgt. Aloysius 'Al' Mackey

“The law of the street was take or be taken.”
Christian Slater - Charlie 'Lucky' Luciano

“Do yourself a favor. First thing, get a firearm.”
Bruce Dern - Sheriff Ed Galt