The best Quotes by Martin Scorsese

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

I know that I come from mid-20th century America, urban, specifically downtown New York, specifically an Italian-American area, Roman Catholic - that's who I am. And a part of what I know is there's a decency to people who tried to make a living in the kind of world that was around us and also the Skid Row area of the Bowery; it impressed me.

And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things.

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

The cinema began with a passionate, physical relationship between celluloid and the artists and craftsmen and technicians who handled it, manipulated it, and came to know it the way a lover comes to know every inch of the body of the beloved. No matter where the cinema goes, we cannot afford to lose sight of its beginnings.

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I take quaaludes ten to fifteen times a day for my "back pain", adderall tostay focused, Xanax to take the edge off, pot to mellow me out, cocaine to wake me back up again and morphine well... 'cause its awesome.

Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street

Drugs Cocaine

It’s business. Leave your emotions at the door.

Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street

Business

Money doesn't just buy you a better life, better food, better cars, better p*ssy. It also makes you a better person.

Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street

Without action, the best intentions in the world are nothing more than that: intentions.

Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street

Taking action

The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.

Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street

Motivation Excuses

Okay, first rule of Wall Street: Nobody - and I don't care if you're Warren Buffet or Jimmy Buffet - nobody knows if a stock's going up, down or f*cking sideways, least of all stockbrokers. But we have to pretend we know.

Mark Hanna in The Wolf of Wall Street

Wall Street

Max Belfort: "What kind of a hooker takes credit cards?"
Donnie Azoff: "A rich one!"

Donnie Azoff in The Wolf of Wall Street

You wanna know what money sounds like? Go to a trading floor on Wall Street.

Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street

Wall Street

97% of the people who quit too soon are employed by the 3% who didn’t.

Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street

Work until your bank account looks like a phone number.

Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street

I don't care if you did it or not. That makes no difference for me. I'm here to defend you.

Bill Bufalino in The Irishman

It was like the army. You followed orders, you did the right thing. You got rewarded.

Frank Sheeran in The Irishman

Jimmy Hoffa: "Would you like to be a part of this, Frank? Would you like to be a part of this history?"
Frank Sheeran : "Yes, I would. Whatever you need me to do, I'm available."

Frank Sheeran in The Irishman

Nowadays, young people, they don't know who Jimmy Hoffa was. They don't have a clue. I mean, maybe they know that he disappeared or something, but that's about it. But back then, there wasn't nobody in this country who didn't know who Jimmy Hoffa was.

Frank Sheeran in The Irishman

Sooner or later, everybody put here has a date when he’s going to go.

Frank Sheeran in The Irishman

I know things they don’t know I know.

Jimmy Hoffa in The Irishman

Russell Bufalino: "Better watch, there’s a lot of tough guys around here. Did he tell you? You’re not afraid of tough guys, are you?"
Frank Sheeran: "No."
Russell Bufalino: "I didn't think so."

Russell Bufalino in The Irishman

A friend of ours is having a little trouble. A friend at the top.

Russell Bufalino in The Irishman

It’s over. They’re all gone. Frank, it’s time. It’s time you say what happened.

FBI Agent in The Irishman

Only three people in the world have one of these, and only one of them is Irish.

Russell Bufalino in The Irishman

I always wanted to be a cowboy, and Jedi Knights are basically cowboys in space, right?

Liam Neeson

Jedi

I don't do my own stunts, but I do my own fighting. I don't consider fighting to be a stunt.

Liam Neeson

It's an ongoing joy being a dad.

Liam Neeson

Fathers

Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.

Liam Neeson

In real life, wolves will do anything to avoid contact with mankind.

Liam Neeson

I'm a big believer in acts of kindness, no matter how small.

Liam Neeson

Small Things Helping

Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut!

Jimmy Burke in GoodFellas

To me, being a gangster was better than being president of the United States.

Henry Hill in GoodFellas

Paulie might have moved slow but it was only because Paulie didn't have to move for anybody.

Henry Hill in GoodFellas

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

Henry Hill in GoodFellas

Alright, so he got shot in the foot. What is it, a big f*ckin' deal?

Tommy DeVito in GoodFellas

Bing? What are you doing here? I thought I told you to go f*ck your mother?

GoodFellas

I know there are women, like my best friends, who would have gotten out of there the minute their boyfriend gave them a gun to hide. But I didn't. I gotta admit the truth. It turned me on.

Karen Hill in GoodFellas

Jimmy: "Congratulations. Here's your graduation present."
Henry: "What for? I got pinched."
Jimmy: "Everybody gets pinched, but you did it right. You told them nothing and they got nothin'."

Jimmy Burke in GoodFellas

No wonder the city never sleeps, it's too busy trying to get laid.

Carrie Bradshaw in Sex And The City - Season 1 Episode 11

Sex New York City

There are eight million people in this city. And those teeming masses exist for the sole purpose of lifting the few exceptional people onto their shoulders.

Grüner Kobold in Spider-Man

Fame New York City

If I can make it there
I'll make it anywhere
It's up to you
New York, New York

Frank Sinatra - New York, New York

New York City

Manhattan, for millions of our forefathers, the gateway to hope, opportunity and happiness beyond their wildest dreams. Today, that hope is still alive, it's called "The First Date". On Saturday nights, every restaurant in Lower Manhattan resembles its own little Ellis Island.

Carrie Bradshaw in Sex And The City - Season 2 Episode 3

New York City Manhatten

I want to wake up in that city
That doesn't sleep
And find I'm king of the hill
Top of the heap

Frank Sinatra - New York, New York

New York City

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