“Anything can be great. I don’t care, bricklaying can be great, if a guy knows — if he knows what he’s doing and why, and he can make it come off.”
Paul Newman, The Hustler (1961)
“Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.”
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
“Only one thing counts in this life — get them to sign on the line that is dotted.”
Alec Baldwin, Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
“Life is just a game of inches, and so is football. Because in either game, life or football, the margin for error is so small. The inches we need are everywhere around us. I’ll tell you this, in any fight it is the guy who is willing to die who is going to win that inch.”
Al Pacino, Any Given Sunday (1999)
“You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your f****g khakis.”
Brad Pitt, Fight Club (1999)
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
Matthew Broderick, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
“Hate is baggage. Life’s too short to be pissed off all the time; it’s just not worth it.”
Edward Furlong, American History X (1998)
“Life passes most people by while they’re making grand plans for it. Throughout my lifetime, I’ve left pieces of my heart here and there. And now, there’s almost not enough to stay alive. But I force a smile, knowing that my ambition far exceeded my talent.”
Johnny Depp, Blow (2001)
“Every man dies, but not every man really lives.”
Mel Gibson Braveheart (1995)
“Don’t ever let somebody tell you you can’t do something, not even me. Alright? You dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it. If you want something, go get it. Period.”
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
“You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to.”
Robin Williams, Good Will Hunting (1997)
“Get busy livin’, or get busy dyin’.”
Morgan Freeman, The Shawshank Redemption (1994)