Life's more important than a living. So many people who make a living are making death, not life. Don't ever join them. They're the gravediggers of our civilization - The safe men. The compromisers. The moneymakers. The muddlers-through. Politics is ...
Inspector Cobb: [to Simon] I can appreciate your feelings for McClane. But believe me, the jerk isn't worth it. He's stepped on so many toes in this department, by this time next month he's gonna be a security guard. His own wife wants nothing to do ...
John McClane: You know this guy Simon we're talking to? Zeus: Yeah. John McClane: I threw his little brother off the thirty-second floor of Nakatomi Towers out in L.A. I guess he's a little pissed off about it. Zeus: Wait a minute. You mean to tell m...
[McClane and Zeus are arguing over how to solve the problem] John McClane: I'll put my foot up your ass, you dumb, mother... Zeus: Say it! Say it! John McClane: What? Zeus: You were gonna call me a nigger, weren't you? John McClane: No I wasn't! Zeus...
[last lines] John McClane: Oh, shit. Zeus: What? *What*? John McClane: I left Holly hanging on hold. Zeus: Ah, call her back. John McClane: Uhh, she's gonna be pissed. Zeus: She'll get over it. John McClane: I don't know, Zeus. Like I said, she's a v...
Beatrice McCready: You took Amanda with you? Helene McCready: Well, what am I gonna' do? Leave her in the car, Bea? I don't got no daycare. It's really hard bein' a mother. It's hard raisin a family, you know? All on my own. But God made you barren, ...
Grandfather: Look, I thought I was supposed to be getting a change of scenery. But so far, I've been in a train and a room, and a car and a room, and a room and a room. Well, maybe that's all right for a bunch of powdered gee-gahs like yourselves, bu...
T.V. Director: Now, look. If you think I'm unsuitable, let's have it out in the open. I can't stand these backstage politics. John: Aren't you tending to black-and-white the situation somewhat? T.V. Director: Well, quite honestly, I wasn't expecting ...
Norm: Come on, you lot. Get your pens out. George: Why? Norm: It's homework time for you load of college puddings. I want this lot answered tonight. Ringo: [sulking] Aww... I want to go out. Norm: I'll brook no denial. John: You couldn't get a pen in...
Nurse Ratched: If Mr. McMurphy doesn't want to take his medication orally, I'm sure we can arrange that he can have it some other way. But I don't think that he would like it. [McMurphy turns around to see Harding smiling at him] McMurphy: Heh, YOU'D...
Guy Forsyth: Did you ever have a job that you hated and worked real hard at? A long, hard day of work. Finally you get to go home, get in bed, close your eyes and immediately you wake up and realize... that the whole day at work had been a dream. It'...
Being a baby is hard. You born in a new world, whole wide world like it has no boundaries. You face new life that is extremely different with your previous life. You hear people talking, but never understand. You want to say something, but you don't ...
The Law is hard, but it is the Law.
It's hard for women at my age in Hollywood, but I'm not discouraged.
Hard to say I'm sleeping.
It's hard to talk about yourself.
Becoming an actor? If it's not a calling, don't do it. It's too hard.
It's hard to be ambitious if you're content, isn't it?
Don't try too hard to be young. Be who you are.
Irreverence is easy - what's hard is wit.
Its easy to lie, but hard to confess