Survival quotes

“- Spock: Fear of death is illogical.
- Bones: Fear of death is what keeps us alive.”
Zachary Quinto - Spock
Karl Urban - Bones

“There was a horrible accident... But I survived. Survived... Not in the traditional sense of the word.”

Rebecca Scott - Penny McGregor

“- Blu: Actually all the survival guides say to sit and wait. And... and help will come.
- Jewel: No one is coming!”
Jesse Eisenberg - Blu
Anne Hathaway - Jewel

“I am the one that runs from both the living and the dead. Hunted by scavengers, haunted by those I could not protect. So I exist in this wasteland, reduced to one instinct: survive.”

Tom Hardy - Max Rockatansky

We have been boarded by four armed pirates. You know the drill. We stay hidden no matter what. I don't want any hostages. We stay locked down until help arrives. No one comes out until you hear the non-duress password from me which is "suppertime".
Tom Hanks - Captain Richard Phillips

“- Henryk: I thought you only recruited boys with rich fathers. Look at my father, look at us.
- Itzak Heller: Yes, I'm looking at you, and that's why I'm here. Your whole family can have a better life. You want to go on struggling for survival, selling books on the street?
- Henryk: Yes, please.”
Ed Stoppard - Henryk
Roy Smiles - Itzak Heller

“We eat our food, take our pills and wait to die. The war is over, pioneer.”
Michael Kenneth Williams - Moussa

“It's survival of the fittest, Max, and we've got the fucking gun.”
Pamela Hart - Marcy Dawson

What are we gonna say, "Dear America, remember that astronaut we killed and had a really nice funeral for? Turns out he's alive and we left him on Mars. Our bad. Sincerely, NASA".
Kristen Wiig - Annie Montrose

“I did in fact survive on a deserted planet by farming in my own shit. Yes, it's actually worse than it sounds. So, let's not talk about that ever again.”
Matt Damon - Mark Watnay

“- Logan: A lot of people have tried to kill me, and I'm still here.
- Yukio: Yeah, but you're different now, aren't you? They can hurt you. They can kill you.”
Hugh Jackman - Logan
Rila Fukushima - Yukio

“- John: I'm not gonna crawl on my belly in front of those miserable union rats.
- Elsie: Is that what this is about? Is this about your pride?
- John: It's about what's best for Coalwood. If this mine doesn't produce, then the town dies. Think the union gives a damn about that? They're nothin' but a bunch of greedy sons of bitches.”
Chris Cooper - John Hickam
Natalie Canerday - Elsie Hickam

“Welcome to the Astronaut Candidate Program. Now pay attention, because this could save your life. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about.”

Matt Damon - Mark Watnay

“- Capt. Roy Pritchett: Congratulations Private, you're a sergeant now.
- Pvt. David Manning: I am absolutely the wrong man!
- Capt. Roy Pritchett: You've managed to stay alive for a week: that's something the rest of your platoon couldn't do. Call me crazy, but from where I'm standing, that qualifies you for the job!”
Martin Donovan - Capt. Pritchett
Ron Eldard - Manning

“The future. The polar ice caps have melted, covering the earth with water. Those who survived have adapted to a new world.”
Hal Douglas - Narrator

“- Man in Jail: The Black Pearl? I've heard stories. She's been preying on ships and settlements for near ten years. Never leaves any survivors.
- Jack Sparrow: No survivors? Then where do the stories come from, I wonder?”
Johnny Depp - Jack Sparrow

“What a tremendously hostile world that a rat must endure. Yet not only does he survive, he thrives. Because our little foe has an instinct for survival and preservation second to none... And that, Monsieur, is what a Jew shares with a rat.”
Christoph Waltz - Col. Hans Landa

“- Ergo: Wait! Wait for me. I've just remembered, I have urgent business in this direction.
- Prince Colwyn: What business?
- Ergo: Staying alive.”
David Battley - Ergo
Ken Marshall - Colwyn

Survival rule number three, kid: you're not here to love anyone. You're here to promote a movie. That's it. Period. Say you're here and you get word that your mother died. You know, like, hit by a bus or something. You go downstairs, you shed a tear, and you say, "It's a shame. She would have loved this movie".
Billy Crystal - Lee Phillips

You know, there was a nurse here, an angel of mercy called Miss Hannah, who actually gives me cigarettes. You know what she said to me the other day? She said, "Mr. Lieberman, if you can escape Buchenwald, and you can escape those bullets, then a few cigarettes will not hurt you".
Laurence Olivier - Ezra Lieberman

“- Jay Cavendish: All I'm sayin' is there's more to life than just surviving.
- Silas Selleck: Yeah. There's dyin'. Survival ain't just how to skin a jackrabbit. It's knowing when to bluster and when to hush. When to take a beating and when to strike.”
Kodi Smit-McPhee - Jay Cavendish
Michael Fassbender - Silas Selleck

“A person just don't know from one day to the next which one's going to be their last.”
Gary Poulter - Wade a.k.a. G-Daawg

“To survive a war, you gotta become war.”
Sylvester Stallone - Rambo

“- Takeda: Takeda is impressed, Mr. Racine. No one has ever escaped the Makato, now you've done it twice.
- Racine: Tell him it's not a skill I wish to continue practicing.”

Yôko Shimada - Mieko Takeda
Christopher Lambert - Paul Racine

"King" James. Like he's king of the street or something. Ain't nobody king of the street! It's all about survival! It's all about gettin' yours! It ain't about takin' no chances. And it damn sure ain't about jeopardizing your whole motherfuckin' crew!
Ice Cube - Savon