Quotes of: Empire Keyword

Jim: Learned a new word today. Atom bomb. It was like the God taking a photograph.

Empire of the Sun

Dainty: What else you betting with Baise? Basie: My LIFE. [shows a copy of LIFE magazine]

Empire of the Sun

[last lines] Mary Graham: [upon finding her barely recognizable son] Jamie?... Jamie?... Jamie?

Empire of the Sun

Judge candidly what a wretched figure the American empire will exhibit in the eye of other nations, without a power to array and support a military force for its own protection.

Oliver Ellsworth

What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts.

Italo Calvino

I did sing in another film called 'Empire Records' which is a cult film. 'Grease 2' is also a cult film. You either love it or just think the original was better.

Maxwell Caulfield

The story became a cloud, and the cloud a sheet of rain, and rain fell throughout the empire.

Alice Hoffman

At some point you have to toss aside the things and people that don't work and JUST. BUILD. YOUR. EMPIRE.

Travis Simmons

Princess Leia: All troop carriers will assemble at the north entrance. The heavy transport ships will leave as soon as they're loaded. Only two fighter escorts per ship. The energy shield can only be opened for a short time, so you'll have to stay ve...

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

[Luke has seen a vision of Han, Leia and Chewie being tortured in Cloud City] Luke: I saw - I saw a city in the clouds. Yoda: [nods] Friends you have there. Luke: They were in pain... Yoda: It is the future you see. Luke: The future? [pause] Luke: Wi...

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

[first title cards] Title card/crawl: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... Title card/crawl: It is a dark time for the Rebellion. Although the Death Star has been destroyed, Imperial troops have driven the Rebel forces from their hidden base ...

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Tommy Nettle: No one speaks the fucking lingo out here. You can't say 'pass the biscuit' or 'where's me hand grenade?', they just shrug. Cause they hate us too. I mean, that's the point. We fight in France and the French fucking hate us. Make me Home...

Atonement

Simplicity could only have been bought at a great price in accuracy.

Christianizing the Roman Empire:

War, in its fairest form, implies a perpetual violation of humanity and justice.

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

As Samson demonstrated, going bald ruins lives.

EMPIRE: How to Succeed with Nothing but Passion, Great Ideas and a Wealthy Family

She'd come running up the driveway and into the kitchen, bringing the spring morning behind her like a trail of hope.

Empire Girls

Tradition is a fragile thing in a culture built entirely on the memories of the elders.

Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River

Jim knew that he was awake and asleep at the same time, dreaming of the war and yet dreamed of by the war.

Empire of the Sun

I am afraid a monster is grown that will devour all of us. Yet we must fight him.

Foundation and Empire

... reading was hardly as practical a skill as being able to handle a dagger or use Allomancy?

The Final Empire

Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?

The Final Empire