“Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim.”
– Dory, Finding Nemo
"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."
– Yoda, Star Wars
“Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learn from it.”
– Rafiki, from The Lion King
“It’s nice to be wanted.”
– Elastigirl, Incredibles 2
"How many times do I have to teach you: just because something works doesn’t mean it can’t be improved.”
—Shuri, Black Panther
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.”
– Gandalf, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
“It’s not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me.”
—Christian Bale as Batman in Batman Begins
“Put two ships in the open sea without wind or ride and they will come together.”
– Arthur, Aquaman
“I keep telling everybody they should move on and grow. Some do. But not us.”
– Steve Rogers, Avengers: Endgame
“The seaweed is always greener in somebody else’s lake.”
—Samuel E. Wright as Sebastian in The Little Mermaid
“There’s no place like home.”
The Wizard of Oz
“Even if there’s a small chance. We owe this, to everyone who’s not in this room, to try.”
– Natasha, Avengers: Endgame
“I didn’t think of you paying the price for a choice you never made.”
– Mr. Incredible, Incredibles 2
“Your identity is your most valuable possession. Protect it.”
– Elastigirl (The Incredibles)
“This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow!”
– Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
“If you were not so stubborn you would make a great queen.”
“I would make a great queen because I am stubborn…if that is what I wanted.”
—from an exchange between T’Challa and Nakia, Black Panther
“Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is fine, as long as it’s contained.”
– President Snow, The Hunger Games
“All those moments will be lost in time… like tears in rain.”
– Rutger Hauer, Blade Runner
“I believe whatever doesn’t kill you, simply makes you…stranger.”
– The Dark Knight, The Joker
“As my plastic surgeon always said, if you gotta go, go with a smile.”
—Jack Nicholson as The Joker in Batman
“You want to get out of the hole? First you’re going to have to put down the shovel.”
– Agent Rick Dicker, Incredibles 2
“Put two ships in the open sea without wind or ride and they will come together.”
– Arthur, Aquaman
“We’re going to be okay. You can rest now.”
– Pepper Potts, Avengers: Endgame
“Dying for the right cause. It’s the most human thing we can do.”
— Freysa, Blade Runner 2049
“Look, talent comes everywhere, but having something to say and a way to say it to have people listen to it, that’s a whole other bag. And unless you get out and you try to do it, you’ll never know. That’s just the truth.”
—Jackson Maine, A Star Is Born