Hilary Swank Quotes

Erin Gruwell All right, guys and gals, listen up!

Jeanne St. Remy de Valois What ever fate awaits me, it cannot comp... compare to the pain I have... when all you hold dear is taken and you have nothing left, risk is of little consequence. And when a ray of hope came into view, I reached for it with all my might. I realise... I realise now that it is too late, that honor does not live in the name. It comes from what you carry in your heart. I realize, now that it is too late, that honor does not live in the name. It comes from what you carry in your heart.

Erin Gruwell You don't feel respected, Eva, is that what you're saying? Well, maybe you're not. But to get respect, you have to give it.

Andre That's bullshit.

Erin Gruwell What?

Andre Why should I give you my respect to you, lady? Because you're a teacher? I don't know you. How do I know you're not a liar standing up there? How do I know you're not a bad person standing up there? I'm not just gonna give you my respect because you're called a teacher.

Eva White people wanting their respect like they deserve it for free.

Erin Gruwell I'm a teacher, it doesn't matter what color I am.

Eva It's all about color. It's about people deciding what you deserve, about people wanting what they don't deserve! About whites thinking they own this world, no matter what. You see, I hate white people.

Erin Gruwell You hate me?

Eva Yeah.

Erin Gruwell You don't even know me.

Eva I know what you can do. I saw white cops shoot my friend in the back for reaching into his pocket, his pocket! I saw white cops break into my house and take my father away for no reason except because they feel like it! Except because they can! And they can, because they're white. So I hate white people on sight!

Erin Gruwell Ben, do you have anything to say?

Ben Can I please get out of here?

Marcus Lady, stop actin like you tryin to understand our situation, and just do your little babysittin up there.

Erin Gruwell That's all you think this is?

Marcus It ain't nothing else. When I look out in the world I don't see nobody that looks like me with their pockets full unless they're rapping a lyric or dribbling a ball, so what else you got in here for me?

Erin Gruwell And what if you can't rap a lyric or dribble a ball?

Andre It ain't this. I know that much.

Marcus Damn right.

Erin Gruwell And you all think you're gonna make it to graduation like this?

Andre I made it to high school, ain't nobody stop me.

Marcus Lady, I'm lucky if I make it to eighteen. We in a war! We graduatin every day we live because we ain't afraid to die protecting our own. At least when you die for your own, you die with respect, you die a warrior!

Julie Pierce I wish I had courage like you.

Sgt. Kesuke Miyagi I wish I had chocolate bar with almonds.

Erin Gruwell So when you're dead, you'll get respect, that what you think? You know what's gonna happen when you die? You're gonna rot in the ground, and people are going to go on living, and they're going to forget all about you. And when you rot, do you think it's gonna matter whether you were an "original gangster"? You're dead. And nobody, nobody is gonna want to remember you, because all you left in the world is this.

Julie Pierce What's going on?

Sgt. Kesuke Miyagi Nothing just monks having good time.

Julie Pierce I thought they were supposed to be spiritual leaders.

Sgt. Kesuke Miyagi Never trust spiritual leader who cannot dance.

Rétaux de Vilette Conspiracy was not all that held us together.

Jeanne St. Remy de Valois Save yourself. I want you to.

Erin Gruwell Maybe we should talk about art. Tito's got real talent, don't you think? You know something? I saw a picture just like this once, in a museum. Only it wasn't a black man, it was a Jewish man. And instead of the big lips he had a really big nose, like a rat's nose. But he wasn't just one particular Jewish man. This was a drawing of all Jews. And these drawings were put in the newspapers by the ]. You think you know all about gangs? You're amateurs. This gang will put you all to shame. And they started out poor and angry, and everybody looked down on them, until ] decided to give them some pride, an identity... and somebody to blame. You take over neighborhoods? That's nothing compared to them. They took over countries. You want to know how? They just wiped out everybody else. Yeah, they wiped out everybody they didn't like, and everybody they blamed for their life being hard. And one of the ways they did it was by doing this: see, they print pictures like this in the newspapers. Jewish people with big, long noses, blacks with big, fat lips. They'd also published scientific evidence that proved that Jews and blacks were the lowest form of human species. Jews and blacks were more like animals. And because they were just like animals, it didn't really matter whether they lived or died. In fact, life would be a whole lot better if they were all dead. That's how ]. And that's what you all think of each other.

Julie Pierce Mr. Miyagi, come on admit it. We kicked some butt.

Sgt. Kesuke Miyagi Julie-san, fighting not good. But if must fight... win.

Tito What's a holocaust?

Erin Gruwell Who here knows what the Holocaust is? Who here has ever been shot at?

Erin Gruwell An "F"? What, are ya trippin'?

Marie-Antoinette If you weaken the monarchy, you undermine the entire nation.

Jeanne St. Remy de Valois You weakened yourselves long before a necklace became the issue.

Julie Pierce The problem is my teeth! I just realized, they don't match my nose.

Sgt. Kesuke Miyagi Teeth fine. Nose fine. Everything fit just fine.

Frankie Dunn You forgot the rule. Now, what is the rule?

Maggie Fitzgerald Keep my left up?

Frankie Is to protect yourself at all times. Now, what is the rule?

Maggie Protect myself at all times.

Frankie Good. Good.

Erin Gruwell Does anyone know Homer's the Odyssey?

Marcus No, that don't fly Ma.

Erin Gruwell First of all I'm not anybody's mother.

Andre No, that's not what it means.

Eva It's a sign of respect... for you.

Erin Gruwell Who has been to jail or a juvenile hall?

Sindy Does a refugee camp count?

Erin Gruwell You decide.

Ellie Burr Don't move! You shot Detective Eckhart and Finch saw you do it. Did you mean to shoot Hap?

Will Dormer I don't know anymore. I couldn't see him in the fog. But when I got there, he was afraid of me. He thought I meant to do it. So maybe I did. I just don't know anymore.

Col. Robert Iverson Being a leader isn't about ability. It's about responsibility.

Maj. Rebecca Childs Got it, sir.

Col. Robert Iverson No you don't, Beck. I mean, you're not just responsible for the good ones. You've got to be responsible for the bad ones. You've got to be ready to make the shitty call.

Maj. Rebecca Childs What makes you think I'm not?

Col. Robert Iverson Because you're so damn good. You haven't hit anything you couldn't beat. I mean, hell, you were the one who figured out how to save the space shuttle. You made me, you made the rest of NASA just look like an ass. It's just you're used to winning... and you're not really a leader until you've lost.

Marcus That Miep Gies lady, the one that help hide her, I like her. I got all these other books about her from the library.

Erin Gruwell Wow, you used your library card?

Marcus Nah...

Maggie Fitzgerald I'm 32, Mr. Dunn, and I'm here celebrating the fact that I spent another year scraping dishes and waitressing which is what I've been doing since 13, and according to you I'll be 37 before I can even throw a decent punch, which I have to admit, after working on this speed bag for a month may be the God's simple truth. Other truth is, my brother's in prison, my sister cheats on welfare by pretending one of her babies is still alive, my daddy's dead, and my momma weighs 312lbs. If I was thinking straight I'd go back home, find a used trailer, buy a deep fryer and some Oreos. Problem is, this the only thing I ever felt good doing. If I'm too old for this then I got nothing. That enough truth to suit you?

Erin Gruwell The evaluation assignment was to grade yourself on the work you're doing. You gave yourself an "F". What's that about?

Andre It's what I feel I deserve, that's all.

Erin Gruwell Oh really? You know what this is? This is a "Fuck You" to me and everyone in this class. I don't want excuses. I know what you're up against. We're all of us up against something. So you better make up your mind, because until you have the balls to look me straight in the eye and tell me this is all you deserve, I am not letting you fail. Even if that means coming to your house every night until you finish the work. I see who you are. Do you understand me? I can see you. And you are not failing.

Sgt. Kesuke Miyagi The sun is warm, the grass is green.

Julie Pierce What?

Sgt. Kesuke Miyagi If today Julie-san get angry, just you repeat those words.

Maggie Fitzgerald I saw your last fight Shawrelle. You spent so much face time on the canvas, you thought the canvas had titties.

Erin Gruwell Your bags are packed and you think the wine will give me a headache?

Juile Pierce That was great, Mr. Miyagi.

Sgt. Kesuke Miyagi Not great. Miyagi always look for way not to fight. Miyagi hate fighting, was most unfortunate.

Julie Pierce Unfortunate? Come on! Aren't you glad you kicked some guy's butt?

Sgt. Kesuke Miyagi Not want to kick anything. Was most unfortunate their butts attached to small brain.