Gattaca 1997 quotes, page 2

50 quotes · 6 characters
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Anton Freeman Loren Dean · 5 quotes
Coda 2 quotes
Marie Freeman Jayne Brook · 2 quotes

Most scenes together: Vincent Freeman & Anton Freeman (2)

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What's your number? No, no... What's your number, you **** flatfoot?! It gets to you, doesn't it? It gets to you that I can do what you can only dream of. I'm getting off this ball of dirt... What's your number?

Coda

In a few short years, scientists will have completed the Human Genome Project, the mapping of all the genes that make up a human being. We have now evolved to the point where we can direct our own evolution.
Had we acquired this knowledge sooner, the following people may never have been born:
Abraham Lincoln — Marfan Syndrome
Emily Dickinson — Manic Depression
Vincent Van Gogh — Epilepsy
Albert Einstein — Dyslexia
John F. Kennedy — Addison's Disease
Rita Hayworth — Alzheimer's Disease
Ray Charles — Primary Glaucoma
Stephen Hawking — Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Jackie Joyner-Kersee — Asthma
Of course, the other birth that may never have taken place is your own...

You are the authority on what is not possible, aren't you Irene? They've got you looking so hard for any flaw, that after a while that's all you see. For what it's worth, I'm here to tell you that it is possible. It is possible.

I took my mind off the pain by reminding myself that when I eventually did stand up, I'd be exactly two inches closer to the stars.

No, there's truly nothing remarkable about the progress of Jerome Morrow... except that I am not Jerome Morrow.

They used to say that a child conceived in love has a greater chance of happiness. They don't say that anymore.