Wonder quotes

“You shook Sinatra's hand. You should know better.”

George Clooney - Danny Ocean

“The secret impresses no one. The trick you use it for is everything.”
Christian Bale - Alfred Borden

“You are privy to a great becoming, but you recognize nothing. To me, you are a slug in the sun. You are an ant in the afterbirth. It is your nature to do one thing correctly. Before me, you rightly tremble. But, fear is not what you owe me. You owe me awe.”
Ralph Fiennes - Francis Dolarhyde

“Get your tickets now. Don't be shut out, friend. Step this way. See the most wondrous sights imaginable. pulled from the four corners of the Earth. Acts to delight, to thrill and to mystify. Walk through these gates and into the world of wonder.”

William Dick - Front Gate Barker

“Fear and wonder, a powerful combination.”
Sir Derek Jacobi - Gracchus

“I can't sleep at night because I feel that there is so much to do and fix and change in the world, and I wonder every day if I am making a difference and if I will ever express the greatness within me, or if I will remain forever paralyzed by muddled madness inside my head.”
Jennifer Westfeldt - Jessica Stein

“- Grandpa: Now, on Wednesdays when the mailman brings the TV Guide sometimes the address label is curled up just a little. You'll be tempted to tear it off. Don't. You'll only wind up rippin' the cover and I don't like that. And stay outta here.
- Sam: Wait, you have a TV?
- Grandpa: No. I just like to read the TV Guide. Read the TV Guide, you...” (continue)(continue reading)
Barnard Hughes - Grandpa
Corey Haim - Sam

“I don't know what's worse, church or jail?”
Mary Stuart Masterson - Idgie Threadgoode

“Look at your reflection in the mirror. You're a creature of the night Michael, just like out of a comic book! You're a vampire Michael! My own brother, a goddamn, shit-sucking vampire. You wait 'till mom finds out, buddy.”
Corey Haim - Sam

“- Charlie Gordon: I'm waiting for my sexual prime.
- Liz LaBreche: And just when do you think that's gonna happen?”
Walter Matthau - Charlie Gordon
Dyan Cannon - Liz LaBreche

“They think this is recess? This is supposed to be a fucking Revolution!”
Jay Baruchel - Leon Bronstein

“- Brady Kincaid: [talking about Janet] She's a poet.
- Bill Kincaid: What?
- Brady Kincaid: Seriously. She writes fuckin' poetry. And she's the Ladies Noodling Champion of '05.
- Bill Kincaid: Her?
- Brady Kincaid: 125 pounds of catfish in under 10 hours with nothing but her bare hands. I tried to get her and Colleen in a three-way once, but...” (continue)(continue reading)
Edward Norton - Brady Kincaid
Edward Norton - Bill Kincaid

“- James T. Kirk: Evaluation, Mr. Spock.
- Spock: Fascinating.”
William Shatner - James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy - Spock

“- Agent Pryzwarra: Say we do create this new branch. What happens to the old one to this one?
- Shanti: Well, it might continue parallel to the new branch. Most likely, it ceases to exist.
- Denny: The idea is we cease to exist, alright? Or this version of us, anyway. Umm, we never came here, we didn't meet Doug, we don't remember it ever...” (continue)(continue reading)
Val Kilmer - Agent Pryzwarra
Erika Alexander - Shanti
Adam Goldberg - Denny

“- McCoy: I'll tell you one thing, Spock: You never cease to amaze me.
- Spock: Nor I, myself.”
DeForest Kelley - McCoy
Leonard Nimoy - Spock

“Once a girl's seen Superman in action, Niagara Falls kind of leaves you cold. You know what I mean?”
Margot Kidder - Lois Lane

“Instead of telling our young people to plan ahead, we should tell them to plan to be surprised.”
Steve Carrell - Dan

“I always liked to hear about the oldtimers. Never missed a chance to do so. You can't help but compare yourself against the oldtimers. Can't help but wonder how they would have operated these times.”
Tommy Lee Jones - Ed Tom Bell

“All I've been doing is reading this diary wondering how the hell I'm still alive?”

Leonardo DiCaprio - Jim Carroll

“Oh My... Cock!”

Cameron Diaz - Christina Walters

“I have imagined this moment for a long time. Is it real?”

Laurence Fishburne - Morpheus

“Who knew, my sister has the legs of a thoroughbred? Am I right?”
Ethan Embry - Rusty Griswold

“You never understood why we did this. The audience knows the truth: the world is simple. It's miserable, solid all the way through. But if you could fool them, even for a second, then you can make them wonder, and then you... then you got to see something really special.”
Hugh Jackman - Robert Angier

“I thought it was from God... who else would have that kind of money?”

Alex Etel - Damian

- "Shorty" Hoolihan: I wonder what it's going to be like having things instead of wishing for them.
- Claire Blake: It's not nearly as much fun.
Jack Oakie - "Shorty" Hoolihan
Loretta Young - Claire Blake