Thousands of films, millions of lines, but only a few that will tug at your heart strings. Since 1927, the year film was synced with dialogue, scriptwriters from all around the world have evoked emotion from audiences everywhere. I have made a list of 25 quotes that will hopefully impact you the same way they have impacted me.
- “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” Gone With the Wind (1939)
- “I'm like cat here, a no-name slob. We belong to nobody, and nobody belongs to us. We don't even belong to each other.” Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
- “When you grow up, your heart dies.” The Breakfast Club (1985)
- “You want beauty, look in the mirror.” Pretty in Pink (1986)
- “She gave me a pen. I gave her my heart. She gave me a pen.” Say Anything (1989)
- “I’m not a smart man, but I know what love is.” Forrest Gump (1994)
- “Sean, if the professor calls about that job, just tell him, sorry, I had to go see about a girl.” Good Will Hunting (1997)
- “Look at this—an entire generation of Cinderellas, and there’s no glass slipper.” Almost Famous (2000)
- “Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.” The Princess Diaries (2001)
- “We met at the wrong time. That’s what I keep telling myself anyway. Maybe one day years from now, we’ll meet in a coffee shop in a far away city somewhere and we could give it another shot.” Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- “You don’t always get the dream house, but sometimes you get pretty close, you know?” 13 Going on 30 (2004)
- “It’sOK to be skinny, and it’s OK to be fat, if that’s what you wanna be. Whatever you want, it’s OK.” Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
- “You know that feeling in your heart? When your heart is just pounding, like it's actually outside your ribs. Exposed, vulnerable, but wonderful and awful, and heartsick, and alive, all at the same time?” Dan in Real Life (2007)
- “We sure are cute for two ugly people.” Juno (2007)
- “Happiness isn’t always the best way to be happy.” Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
- “This disease will steal everything you love in her. Her body, her smile, her mind.” Love and Other Drugs (2010)
- “If love is setting a place at the table for someone who is never coming home, I think I’ll pass.” Stuck in Love (2012)
- “We are only here briefly, and in this moment I want to allow myself joy.” Her (2013)
- “Continue to fail. If you want to make art, you have to fail. And so, the hardest job is to fail better.” Adult World (2013)
- “I’m not Bob.” Palo Alto (2013) (you have to watch the movie to understand this quote)
- “He has no idea how rare you are.” Two Night Stand (2014)
- “There should be no boundaries to human endeavor. We are all different. No matter how bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there’s life, there is hope.” The Theory of Everything (2014)
- “You have broken every single fucking rule, and I have loved you like a fool.” Begin Again (2014)
- “The world worships excellence and runs on mediocrity.” Whiplash (2014)
- “Tell me you love me, tell me you want to spend the rest of your life with me. Look me in the eye, and tell me.” “I’m sorry.” 6 Years (2015)
