TV and Movie Quotes on Life

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“The most minor event can affect everything, and when that seemingly insufficient thing happens, it sets everything else in motion...the most minor event can change everything...sometimes for the better, even if it doesn't seem like it at first,” J.D., Scrubs

You know, when you stop being frightened, time really is on your side. And you can just go on being you,” J.D., Scrubs

“Life is not a book. It can be over in a second,” Kate, Lake House

“She left behind small traces of her time on Earth, visible only to those who knew where to look,” Pan, Pan's Labyrinth

“Life is pretty much in the grays for the most part and if you insist always on black and white...you are going to be very unhappy,” Anna, The Last Kiss

“The world is moving so fast now that we start freaking long before our parents did because we don't stop to breathe anymore,” Kim, The Last Kiss

“They say that dreams are only real as long as they last. Couldn't you say the same thing about life?” Man with Long Hair, Waking Life

“There's only one instant, and it's right now. And it's eternity,” Pinball Playing Man, Waking Life

“Life is a matter of a miracle that is collected over time by moments flabbergasted to be in eachother's presence,” Speed Levitch, Waking Life

“The worst mistake that you can make is to think you're alive when really you're asleep in life's waiting room,” Guy Forsyth, Waking Life

“But in the end, the most important thing to accept is that no matter how alone you feel, how painful it may be with the help of those around you, you'll get through this too,” J.D., Scrubs

“It's funny, I guess sometimes when you do nothing at all, things just have a way of fixing themselves,” J.D., Scrubs

“Life is scary. Get used to it,” Dr. Kelso, Scrubs

“It's amazing how one moment you know exactly what you want and then in the next moment you don't,” J.D., Scrubs

“I moments of truth we always reveal who we really are. Sometimes we are our own worst enemy and sometimes we rise to the occasion,” J.D. Scrubs

“I'd like to think that your life comes down to the choices you make along the way. Like the choice to stand up to your superior or the choice to focus on what you have in common instead of what you don't. Or the chioce to let someone help you for once. In the end you just have to trust your decisions and hopefully you land on solid ground,” J.D., Scrubs

“I think everyday is made up of tiny little tests. Some are tests of character. Some are tests of fortitude. Others are tests of friendship. And if you're lucky, when it really matters, you'll pass with flying colors,” J.D., Scrubs

“I never realize how much I like being home unless I've been somewhere really different for awhile,” Juno, Juno

“It started with a chair,” Juno, Juno

“The dead only know one thing: it is better to be alive,” Pvt. Joker, Full Metal Jacket

I am so happy that I am alive, in one piece. I'm in a world of shit...yes. But I am alive. And I'm not afraid,” Pvt. Joker, Full Metal Jacket

“Mama always said, dying was a part of life,” Forrest Gump, Forrest Gump

“The possibility of physical and mental collapse is now very real. No sympathy for the devil, keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride,” Raoul Duke, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

“This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time,” Narrator, Fight Club

“If you could be either God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose? We're the middle children of history, we have no special purpose or place and unless we get God's attention, we have no hope of damnation or redemption. Which is worse, hell or nothing? Burn the museums, wipe your ass with the Mona Lisa. This way at least God will know your name,” Narrator, Fight Club

“She doesn't relate to other people. She was always a lonely child,” Amelie, Amelie

“I guess it made more sense to commit to nothing, keep my options open. And that's suicide. By tiny, tiny increments,” Rob, High Fidelity

“Just my own naked self and the stars breathing down, it's beautiful,” Jim, The Basketall Diaries

“If you can't laugh at yourself, life's going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like,” Sam, Garden State

“Fuck beauty contests. Life is one fucking beauty contest after another. School, then college, then work...Fuck that. And fuck the Air Force Academy. If I want to fly, I'll find a way to fly. You do what you love, and fuck the rest,” Dwayne, Little Miss Sunshine

“You can be anywhere where your life begins. You meet the right person and anything is possible,” Nicole, Crazy/Beautiful

“You can be anywhere when your life begins. When the future opens up in front of you. And you may not even realize it at first, but it's already happening,” Nicole, Crazy/Beautiful

“Nobody knows anything. We'll take this leap, and we'll see. We'll jump, and we'll see. That's life, right?” Patricia, Joe Versus the Volcano

“It's like you got yesterday, today, and tomorrow, all in the same room. There's no telling what can happen,” Billy the Kid, I Am Not There

“I guess the past just catches up with you sometimes, whether you want it to or not,” Old Paul Edgecomb, The Green Mile

“Things will happen in your life that you can't stop. But that's no reason to shut out the world,” Crazy Pete, Now and Then

“What we do in life echoes in eternity,” Maximus, Gladiator

“Every man dies, not every man really lives,” William Wallace, Braveheart

“When something like this happens, you are lost. You don't know who you are anymore and what you're capable of. Unless I do something this is always how people will remember me. A feather. And that is how I will always see myself: a coward. All I know is that I can't live with myself like this,” Harry Faversham, The Four Feathers

“I guess it's hard for people who are so used to things the way they are – even if they're bad – to change. 'Cause they kind of give up. And when they do, everybody kind of loses,” Trevor McKenney, Pay it Forward

“Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing mashines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fuking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserablehome, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life...But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?” Rent-Boy, Trainspotting

“We might be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us,” Jimmy Gator, Magnolia