Eddie Morra: Well, in order for a career to evolve, I'm gonna have to move on. Carl Van Loon: And you would even think that, would only show me how unprepared you are to be on your own. I mean you do know you're a freak? Your deductive powers are a g...
Eddie Morra: [to Carl Van Loon] No scenario? I see every scenario, I see 50 scenarios, that's what it does Carl - it puts me 50 moves ahead of you.
Eddie Morra: For a guy with a four digit IQ, I must have missed something. And I hadn't missed much. I'd come this close to having an impact on the world. And now the only thing I'd have an impact on was the sidewalk.
Lindy: Since when do you speak Italian? Eddie Morra: Oh, self-improvement month.
Eddie Morra: A tablet a day and I was Limitless...
Eddie Morra: What was this drug? I couldn't stay messy on it, I hadn't had a cigarette in six hours, hadn't eaten, so... abstemious and tidy? What was this? A drug for people who wanted to be more anal retentive?
Eddie Morra: I don't have delusions of grandeur, I have an actual recipe for grandeur.
Eddie Morra: You see that guy? That was me not so long ago. What kind of guy without a drug or alcohol problem looks this way? Only a writer.
[first lines] Eddie Morra: Obviously I miscalculated a few things. Man: [banging door] Eddie! I know you're in there. Eddie Morra: Why is it that the moment your life exceeds your wildest dreams, the knife appears at your back? Well, I'll tell you on...
Carl Van Loon: You don't really live here, do you? Eddie Morra: Well ah... the Spartans weren't really big on amenities. Carl Van Loon: Yeah, and they eventually got their asses kicked.
Eddie Morra: Hotel rooms were no longer an option. What I needed was a bunker.
[while Eddie is distracted by news report] Carl Van Loon: You're not one of those types of people are you Eddie? Where we lose you if there's a TV screen in the room.
Carl Van Loon: Your powers are a gift from God or whoever the hell wrote your life script.
Eddie Morra: I was blind, but now I see.
Eddie Morra: [parting ways with Carl] You should really be glad about this, because you know, me working for you, you'd end up being my bitch.
Eddie Morra: Why is it when your life exceeds your wildest dreams, a knife appears at your back?
Carl Van Loon: Have you been talking to anyone? Eddie Morra: No, I haven't been talking to anybody, Carl. I'm not stupid. Carl Van Loon: I know you're not stupid, Eddie, but don't make the classic smart person's mistake thinking no one's smarter than...
Lindy: Eddie, I know how it's going. I'm your... I was your girlfriend. Eddie Morra: That word doesn't even begin to describe what you are to me. Lindy: Partner? Squeeze? Eddie Morra: Paramour. Inamorata. Lindy: Cleaning lady. Bank. [pays for meal]
