Books And Movies Quotes - Page 2

• My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

  Winston Groom

  Life, Motivational, Movie

  "Fictional character: Forrest Gump". "Forrest Gump", www.imdb.com. 1994.

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• My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!

  William Goldman

  Movie, Revenge, Father

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure”, p.351, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Kings, Lying, Dark

  The Fellowship of the Ring epigraph (1954)

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• One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Darkness, Fellowship, Geek

  The Fellowship of the Ring epigraph (1954)

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• Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!

  Bill Murray

  Dog, Cat, Sacrifice

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• Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.

  John le Carre

  Movie, Book, Reading

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• Bite off more than you can chew, then keep chewing.

  Joe De Sena

  Biting, Geek, Chewing

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• No matter where you go, there you are. (Uriel to Harry Dresden)

  Jim Butcher

  Being Yourself, Travel, Clever

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• FEAR IS THE MIND-KILLER. FEAR IS THE LITTLE-DEATH THAT BRINGS TOTAL OBLITERATION.

  Frank Herbert

  Fear, Fantasy Novels, Scary

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.203, Penguin

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• Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.

  Harrison Ford

  War, Kids, Your Side

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• We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives.

  Woody Allen

  Witty, Humorous, Geek

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• Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.

  William Goldman

  Lines, Geek, Blunders

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.116, A&C Black

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• Because we grew up surrounded by big dramatic story arcs in books and movies, we think our lives are supposed to be filled with huge ups and downs. So people pretend there is drama where there is none.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Movie, Drama, Book

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• I was also a science fiction and fantasy fan, growing up, in games and books and movies. I love Tolkien and I love Dungeons & Dragons, so the opportunity to have a fantasy-based RTS, or real time strategy game, at that time, seemed cool. I started playing it, and the early games were simple, but fun and they had these great heroes.

  Duncan Jones

  Growing Up, Fun, Real

  Source: collider.com

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• We leave it up to books and movies to talk about WWII on our behalf.

  Chris Cleave

  Book, Wwii, Behalf

  ""We Don't Know Our Hearts Until Life Puts Us to the Test"--Chris Cleave on 'Everyone Brave Is Forgiven'". Interview With Erin Kodicek, www.amazonbookreview.com. May 31, 2016.

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• It seems like the Western genre has crept out of its casings during the last few years, and expanded to include books and movies we wouldn't originally have thought of as westerns.

  Elizabeth Crook

  Book, Years, Lasts

  Source: www.elizabethcrookbooks.com

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• The church in the book (and movie) plays a pivotal scene. We looked everywhere .. I mean everywhere! We had to have enough of a front yard area to house a Nativity scenes. And we finally found it .. two miles from our office. And we had been all over Tulsa looking. We were looking in places in Texas, everywhere! And I was in the car with the director and we drove by the church.

  Luka Magnotta

  Book, Mean, Texas

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• Ultimately, there's always been a link between comic books and video games, and comic books and movies, and then basically all three steadily becoming this sort of transmedia.

  Troy Duffy

  Book, Games, Three

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think they're really linked. I think books and movies are going to go a long way together in the future. I think we writers are very important material for directors.

  Tatiana de Rosnay

  Book, Thinking, Long

  Source: collider.com

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• I started thinking about my relationship with my students; I'm this guy who comes in from book - and movie - land and descends on angel wings into their classroom.

  Richard Price

  Relationship, Book, Angel

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• What's interesting is that when you get into the post-war period, many of the narratives in books and movies conclude that if you killed Hitler, you're actually going to make history worse.

  Gavriel David Rosenfeld

  War, Book, Interesting

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I was trained in Army Intelligence, but spent most of my army career in the infantry. But like many people of my generation, I was very much caught up in the Cold War, and books and movies about espionage.

  Nelson DeMille

  War, Book, Army

  Talk City Network Interview, www.bookbrowse.com. 2000.

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• Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly.

  Tom Clancy

  Art, Book, Different

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• I like people who love books and movies and art and want to talk about it all the time, because that's basically what I want to talk about. Intellectuals that are funny.

  Greta Gerwig

  Art, Book, People

  Source: collider.com

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• There are so many books and movies I like I never mention specific ones.

  Hideo Kojima

  Book

  Source: www.ign.com

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