Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet Quotes

Actor

Memorable Quotes from Kate Winslet

62 quotes
Acceptance of Suffering
Sue Bridehead It's right that I suffer.
Questioning the Weight of Punishment
Sue Bridehead Haven't we been punished enough?
Extreme Measures for the Greater Good
Jeanine Matthews Dark times call for extreme measures. You may find it hard to believe, but I am serving the greater good.
Transforming Beauty and Confidence Through Fashion
Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage I can make you the most striking girl in the room.
A Warning About Divine Observation
Madeleine LeClerc Don't come any closer, Abbe, God's watching.
Embracing Discomfort in Seduction
Clementine Kruczynski Drink up, young man. It'll make the whole seduction part less repugnant.
Intellectual Tension Between Friends
Sue Bridehead Do I irritate you?
Sue Bridehead Even though I'm always trying to prove how cleverer than you I am.
Jude Fawley You are!
Sue Bridehead Don't say that!
Jude Fawley Why not?
Sue Bridehead Because it's not the sort of thing you should admit to!
Jude Fawley Even if it's true?
Distinction Between Paper and Life
Madeleine LeClerc Some things belong on paper, others in life. It's a blessed fool who can't tell the difference.
Unscripted Moments in a Professional Setting
Steve Jobs Joanna's gonna call my name in a second.
Steve Jobs That was unrehearsed.
The Nature of Good and Evil
Madeleine LeClerc How can we know who is good - and who is evil?
Abbé du Coulmier All we can do is guard against our own corruption.
The Paradox of Goodness and Badness
Madeleine LeClerc If I wasn't such a bad woman on the page, I couldn't be such a good woman in life.
Eradicating Human Nature for Societal Stability
Jeanine Matthews I think human nature is the enemy. It's human nature to keep secrets, lie, steal, and I want to eradicate that. That's how we'll maintain a stable peaceful society. You would help me with that, wouldn't you?
The Dangers of Unspoken Feelings
Abbé du Coulmier There are certain things.... feelings.... we must not voice.
Abbé du Coulmier They incite us to act on what we should not.... cannot.
The Madness of Writing
Madeleine LeClerc You can't be a proper writer without a touch of madness, can you?
The Nature of True Love
Marianne Dashwood Can he love her? Can the soul really be satisfied with such polite affections? To love is to burn, to be on fire. Like Juliet or Guinevere or Eloise.
Confrontation Over Parenting Styles
Nancy Cowan At least our kid isn't a little wimpy-ass faggot!
Penelope Longstreet Yours is a FUCKING SNITCH!
A Tense Standoff Over Family and Loyalty
Quaritch Jake. Tell your friends to stand down. You want your kids back, you come out alone. You know better than to test my resolve.
[points pistol at Lo'ak]
Tsireya Lo'ak! No!
Jake (whispers) Fuck!
[hesitates, lowers gun]
Quaritch I took you under my wing, Jake. You betrayed me. You killed your own. Good men. Good women. I will not hesitate to execute your kid.
Jake Just wait one. Hold here.
[looks over his surroundings]
Tonowari They are killers of tulkun! They must die! Here. Today.
Jake It's me that they want! That's what all of this has been about, right? The-the hunting of our tulkun. The taking of our kids.
Ronal You brought this upon us! YOU!!!
Jake Well, then, it's me that has to do this.
Confronting Personal Sacrifice and Professional Success
Steve Jobs Tell me what's wrong with you this morning.
Joanna Hoffman What's been wrong with me for 19 years. I have been a witness, and I tell you I've been complicit. I love you, Steve. You know how much. I love that you don't care how much money a person makes; you care what they make. But what you make isn't supposed to be the best part of you. When you're a father... that's what's supposed to be the best part of you, and it's caused me two decades of agony. Steve... that it is for you... the worst. It's a little thing... it's a very small thing. Fix it. Fix it now or you can contact me at my new job working anywhere I want.
[crying]
Childhood Conflicts and Social Dynamics
Michael Longstreet I was wondering — and I know this is isn't important — but do you know what they were arguing about? Ethan won't say a word.
Nancy Cowan Ethan wouldn't let Zachary be a part of his gang.
Penelope Longstreet Ethan has a gang?
[horrified]
Alec Cowan And he called him a snitch.
Penelope Longstreet Did you know Ethan had a gang?
[to Michael]
Michael Longstreet No, but I'm thrilled to hear it!
Calculated Indifference in the Face of Violence
Jeanine Matthews That's okay. You can kill him if you want. We have plenty of guards.
Defying Obstacles for Love and Freedom
Sue Bridehead They locked me up for being out with you, so I jumped out of the window, climbed over a fence, crossed the deepest river in England and here I am!
Reflections on Relationships and Regret
Sue Bridehead I would have liked to have talked with her before she died.
Jude Fawley She would have enjoyed that.
Sue Bridehead What did she say?
Jude Fawley She said we both make bad husbands and wives.
Tilly's Defiant Return to Town
Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage I’m back, you bastard.
Conflict Over Apple’s Legacy and Innovation
Steve Wozniak This whole place was built by the Apple II, you were built by the Apple II!
Steve Jobs As a matter of fact, I was destroyed by the Apple II and its open systems so that hackers and hobbyists could build ham radios! Or something! And then it nearly destroyed Apple when you spent all your money on it and developed a grand total of no new products.
Steve Wozniak The Newton...
Steve Jobs The little box of garbage. You guys came up with the Newton, you, like, want people to know that. This is a product launch, not a luncheon. And the last thing I want to do is connect the iMac to the...
Steve Wozniak ...to the only successful product that this company has ever made. I'm sorry to be blunt, but that happens to be the truth. The Lisa was a failure, the Macintosh was a failure. I don't like talking like this, but I am tired of being Ringo when I know I was John.
Steve Jobs Everybody loves Ringo.
Steve Wozniak And I'm tired of being patronized by you!
Steve Jobs You think John became John by winning a raffle, Woz? You think he tricked somebody or hit George Harrison over the head? He was John because he was John.
Steve Wozniak He was John cause he wrote Ticket to Ride', and I wrote the Apple II.
Andrea Cunningham Everybody! Look, I want to clear the auditorium...
[to the people in the auditorium watching this]
Steve Jobs Nobody moves! You made a beautiful board which, by the way, you were willing to give out for free, so don't tell me how you built Apple. If it weren't for me, you'd be the easiest A at Homestead High School.
[to Woz]
Steve Wozniak These people live and die by your praise, so here's your chance: acknowledge that something good happened that you weren't in the room for!
[gesturing around the auditorium]
[after a long pause]
Steve Wozniak Steve... do it! It's right, it's... it's right.
Steve Jobs Sorry, but no.
Steve Wozniak Then let me put it another way. I don't think there's a man who's done more to advance the democratization that comes with personal computing than I have, but you've never had any respect for me. Now why is that?
Steve Jobs I'd at least consider the possibility that it's because you've never had any for me.
Joanna Hoffman What the hell is going on here?
[suddenly walking into the auditorium]
Steve Wozniak Nothing. Thank you for your time.
[as he walks away]
Nicknames and Unexpected Titles in Conversations
Sarah Pierce You know what they call you?
Brad Adamson What?
Sarah Pierce The prom king.
Brad Adamson Oh God, really?
Sarah Pierce Yeah, they mean it as a compliment. You're a big character in their fantasy lives.
Urgent Call for Help from Mummy
Juliet Hulme Mummy!
Juliet Hulme Mummmmy!
Pauline Parker It's Mummy! She's terribly hurt!
Juliet Hulme Please! Help us!
Rejecting Expectations of Niceness
Clementine Kruczynski I don't need nice. I don't need myself to be it, and I don't need anybody else to be it at me.
The Complexity of Feminism in Literature
Sarah Pierce I think I understand your feelings about this book. I used to have some problems with it myself. When I read it in grad school, Madame Bovary just seemed like a fool. She marries the wrong man, makes one foolish mistake after another. But when I read it this time, I just fell in love with her. She's trapped. She has a choice. She can either accept a life of misery or she can struggle against it. And she chooses to struggle.
Mary Kay Some struggle! Hop into bed with every guy who says hello.
Sarah Pierce Well, she fails in the end, but there's something beautiful and even heroic in her rebellion. My professors would kill me for even thinking this, but... in her own strange way, Emma Bovary is a feminist.
Mary Kay Oh, that's nice. So now cheating on your husband makes you a feminist?
Sarah Pierce No no no. It's not the cheating. It's the hunger. The hunger for an alternative, and the refusal to accept a life of unhappiness.
Mary Kay Maybe I didn't understand the book!
Discussion on Drinking and Condition
Alan Cowan Nancy, it's absurd to drink in your condition.
Nancy Cowan What condition?
The Nature of Personal Identity and Expression
Clementine Kruczynski I apply my personality in a paste.
Claiming Your Place in the Faction System
Jeanine Matthews The factions system is a living being composed of cells; all of you. And the only way it can survive and thrive is for each of you to claim your rightful place. The future belongs to those who know where they belong.
Loss and Grief Amidst Conflict
Ronal My spirit sister and her baby; have been murdered by sky people.
[to the clan]
Seeking Personal Peace Beyond Expectations
Clementine Kruczynski I'm not a concept. Too many guys think I'm a concept or I complete them or I'm going to make them alive, but I'm just a fucked up girl who is looking for my own peace of mind. Don't assign me yours.
A Commitment to Perseverance
Sue Bridehead Promise me you'll never stop trying.
[Sue has just spurned Jude again]
Clementine's Honest Self-Reflection
Clementine Kruczynski I'm a vindictive little bitch, truth be told.
Romanticizing Illness and Imperfection
Juliet Hulme All the best people have bad chests and bone diseases. It's all frightfully romantic.
The Loneliness of Childhood Understanding
Clementine Kruczynski People don’t understand how lonely it is to be a kid.
Critique of Labels and Expectations
Sue Bridehead Please don't call me a clever girl, Mr Phillotson, there are too many of us these days.
Concepts of Manhood and Substance
Nancy Cowan I've got a ] idea of manhood, too. What is it he had? A Colt .45. Something that empties a room. Any man that doesn't have those loner vibes just doesn't come off as having any substance.
[[John Wayne]
Defiance in a Moment of Frustration
Juliet Hulme Stick it up your bottom!
Confronting Fear and Uncertainty in Relationships
Sue Bridehead Why are you looking at me like that?
Jude Fawley Does it scare you?
Sue Bridehead No. I am not afraid of any man.
Sue Bridehead Because no man would touch a woman unless she gives him a reason to. A touch or a look that say come on. If you never look, they'll never come. You are the timid sex.
The Nature of True Love
Marianne Dashwood (quoting ]) "Let me not to the marriage of true mindsAdmit impediments. Love is not loveWhich alters when it alteration finds,Or bends with the remover to remove:O no! it is an ever-fixed markThat looks on tempests and is never shaken
[[William Shakespeare]
Reflections on Loss and Connection
Ronal She was my spirit sister. She was the composer of ]s! Much revered. We sing together. She waited many breeding cycles to have this calf. The clan were so happy for her. What is this, Tonowari? What is this!?
[crying; [song]
Pursuing Happiness Against All Obstacles
Juliet Hulme Only the best people fight against all obstacles in pursuit of happiness.
Facing Uncertainty Before a Comeback Performance
Sarah Pierce You're nervous, aren't you?
Brad Adamson What? What do you mean?
Sarah Pierce The game. Don't worry. You'll be great tonight.
Brad Adamson I don't know. I haven't played in 10 years. It used to be my whole life. Then when I stopped, I just... stopped. I didn't even miss it. Now that I'm playing again, I... feel, I-- I don't know.
Sarah Pierce You feel alive.
Brad Adamson Yeah.
Sarah Pierce That's good. That's how you're supposed to feel.
A Vision of an Ideal Paradise
Juliet Hulme Daddy says the ] is a load of bunkum.
[[The Bible|Bible]
Pauline Parker But we're all going to ].
[[Heaven]
Juliet Hulme I'm not. I'm going to the Fourth World. It's sort of like Heaven, only better, because there aren't any Christians. It's an absolute paradise of music, art and pure enjoyment.
Dreams and Tragedy in Life's Journey
Sue Bridehead You're still Joseph, the dreamer of dreams. And the tragic ]. Sometimes you are a St. Stephen, who sees Heaven open up, even as they're stoning him.
[[Don Quixote]
Understanding and Acceptance in Uncertain Times
Juliet Hulme I think she knows what's going to happen. She doesn't appear to bear us any grudge.
[about the murder of Honora Parker]
The Fluidity of Truth and Perception
Clementine Kruczynski … you stop listening to what is true, and what is true is constantly changing.
A Familiar Encounter at a Bookstore
Clementine Kruczynski You look familiar. Ever shop at Barnes & Noble?
A Humorous Misunderstanding About Dinner
Michael Llewelyn Davies Can we have him for supper?
Sylvia Llewelyn Davies Have him to stay for supper, Michael; we aren't cannibals.
Lessons in Observation and Skill
Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage Watch and learn Gertrude, watch and learn!
Conflict Over Bonding with the Outcast
Ronal You allowed this. You allowed him to bond with the outcast!
[to Tsireya; annoyed]
Tonowari Tsireya. You disappoint me, daughter. And you, son of a great warrior, who has been taught better.
[to Lo'ak]
Lo'ak Payakan saved my life, sir. You don't know him.
Tsireya No, Lo'ak.
Tonowari Sit. Sit. SIT DOWN! Hear my words, boy. In the days of the First Songs, tulkun fought amongst themselves, for territory and for revenge. But they came to believe that killing, no matter how justified, only brings more killing. So all killing was forbidden. This is the Tulkun Way. Payakan is a killer, so, he is outcast.
[to Neteyam, Tsireya and Aonung; blows hard; to Lo'ak]
Lo'ak I'm sorry, sir. But you're wrong.
Neytiri Lo'ak. You speak to Olo'eyktan!
[whispers]
Lo'ak I know. What I...
Jake Sully That's enough!
[angry]
Lo'ak I know what I know.
Jake Sully That's enough. I'll deal with this one.
The Anxiety of Living Life Fully
Clementine Kruczynski I'm always anxious thinking I'm not living my life to the fullest, you know? Taking advantage of every possibility? Just making sure that I'm not wasting one second of the little time I have.
Seeking Sanctuary in a New World
Tonowari Why do you come to us, Jake Sully?
Jake Sully We seek uturu.
Ronal Uturu?
Jake Sully Yeah, sanctuary for my family.
Tonowari We are Reef People. You're Forest People. Your skills will be nothing here.
Jake Sully We will learn your ways. Right?
[to Neytiri]
Desire for Escape and Intoxication
Nancy Cowan Let's get out of here, Alan. These people are monsters.
[reaching for the scotch bottle]
Alan Cowan Stop it, Nancy.
Nancy Cowan No, no, no. I want to drink some more. I- I wanna get drunk off my ass! This- this bitch throws my bag against the ceiling, nobody lifts a finger. I wanna be blind drunk.
Alan Cowan You're drunk enough.
Nancy Cowan How can you let her call our son a criminal? We come over here to work things out with them and they, they insult us, they browbeat us, they lecture us about being good citizens of the world! I am glad our son kicked the shit out of your son and I wipe my ass with your human rights!
Michael Longstreet Wow! Get a couple of drinks in her and BAM!, her true self comes out.
The Thrill of Affairs Over Marriage
Juliet Hulme Affairs are much more exciting than marriages. As Mummy can testify.
[pause]
A Disturbing Manuscript Proposal
Madeleine LeClerc Your publisher says I'm not to leave without another manuscript.
Marquis de Sade I've just the story. It's the unhappy tale... of a virginal laundry lass. The darling of the lower wards where they entomb the criminally insane.
Madeleine LeClerc Is it awfully violent?
Marquis de Sade Most assuredly.
Madeleine LeClerc Is it terribly erotic?
Marquis de Sade Fiendishly so. But it comes with a price. A kiss for each page...
Managing Expectations in Leadership Relationships
Joanna Hoffman I'm begging you to manage expectations.
Steve Jobs Have I ever let you down?
Joanna Hoffman Every single goddamn time.
Steve Jobs Then I'm due.
Conflict Over Loyalty and Voice
Lo'ak This is-- this is wrong! This is wrong!
Ronal You do not speak here!
Lo'ak No! Payakan fought for us, he fought for us!
Jake Sully Lo'ak.
Lo'ak He saved your daughter's life! He saved her life!
Ronal This is not. You do not speak here!
Lo'ak He defend us!
Ronal This is council!
Neytiri Lo'ak.
Tonowari The elders have spoken.
Lo'ak The Tulkun are being hunted! They're dying!
Jake Sully Lo'ak, that's enough.
Lo'ak NO!
Tsireya Lo'ak speaks the truth!
Rotxo No, Tsireya.
Tsireya NO!
Tonowari Daughter!
Lo'ak Payakan is a warrior! He fought for us more than you, or you, more than any of you! HE FOUGHT FOR US!!
Tonowari Sit down!!
Neytiri Lo'ak.
Tonowari Take him from here!
Extreme Measures for Justice and Accountability
Mary Ann He should just be castrated. Just snip, quick and easy.
Sarah Pierce You know what else you should do? Nail his penis above the entrance to the elementary school. That'd really teach him a lesson.
[sarcastically]
Roles and Responsibilities in Relationships
Brad Adamson Go ahead and ask.
Sarah Pierce What?
Brad Adamson You know, what the person who wears the pants in the family does for a living.