Abbie Cornish movie quotes

View Quote Who honors those we love with the very life we live? Who sends monsters to kill us and at the same time sings that we'll never die? Who teaches us what's real and how to laugh at lies? Who decides why we live and what we'll die to defend? Who chains us and who holds the key to set us free? It's you. You have all the weapons you need. Now fight!

View Quote Everyone has an Angel. A Guardian who watches over us. We can't know what form they'll take, one day old man, next day little girl, but don't let appearances fool you. They can be as fierce as any dragon. Yet they're not here to fight our battles, but to whisper from our hearts. Reminding that it's us. Its every one of us who holds power over the world we create.

View Quote This is a joke, right? I get the sexy school girl and nurse thing, but what’s this? A lobotomized vegetable? How about something more commercial?

View Quote He was handsome, and a very good criminal.

View Quote It was hot, the wax was melting off the trees.

View Quote [when Dan asks if she had sex with another man] Firstly, you don't know what you're talking about. Secondly, I hate the sound of your voice. Thirdly, why don't you just **** off?

View Quote Assistant Secretary Lawson, I'm not permitted to engage in casual conversation while I'm at a post. We are being watched. We're always being watched. [Max Lawson: Well, if we're always being watched, then what's the point of hiding anything?] You're interfering with my duties. I'd rather not shoot you. [Max Lawson: Well, it would be an honor to be the first person that you kill.]

View Quote Max Lawson: My access has been blocked.
Dana: So a satellite has a bad comm, that happens.
Max Lawson: Not a satellite, all of them.
Cheng: There’s potential for catastrophic weather events on a global scale. A geostorm.
Dana: [after Max solves Jake's coded message] Who came up with that encryption, a 12-year-old?
Max Lawson: No, I was 13.
Sarah Wilson: Seriously? We're kidnapping the president in a self-driving cab?
President Andrew Palma: You are implicating the Secretary of State in this. Do you realize you’re committing–
Max Lawson: Treason? Oh, yeah. I've kidnapped the president, I’ve stolen state secrets. (to Sarah) Yeah, anything I’m forgetting honey?
President Andrew Palma: Honey?
Max Lawson: Guilty.
[A bridge is about to collapse above them.]
Sarah Wilson: Hold on!
[Sarah manages to swerve the car away from the collapsing bridge.]
President Andrew Palma: Marry her.
Secretary Leonard Dekkom: How the hell did you–
President Andrew Palma: How? Because I'm the goddamn President of the United States of America. You're done, Leonard.
[they are immediately surrounded by Florida State Trooper cars and an Orlando Police helicopter.]
Sarah Wilson: He's all yours. [Releases Dekkom to two officers]
Secretary Leonard Dekkom: I've given you an opportunity, Mr. President, you should take it.
President Andrew Palma: An opportunity? Let him go! [The officers release Dekkom] It's GENOCIDE, Leonard!
Secretary Leonard Dekkom: You say "genocide", I say "pre-emptive strike".
President Andrew Palma: You've lost your mind!
Secretary Leonard Dekkom: Tomorrow, the sun will rise, all our enemies will be gone. Wiped away as if by the Hand of God.
President Andrew Palma: Why would you do this?
Secretary Leonard Dekkom: Because no-one else would. I'm turning the clock back to 1945, when America was a shining city on a hill, not just a bank disguised as a country.
President Andrew Palma: By playing God?
Secretary Leonard Dekkom: What the hell is Dutch Boy if not playing God? Ask Max, he knows. Science is all about playing God. Sometimes God doesn't play so nice.
Max Lawson: Yeah, well, you know what my brother would say?
Secretary Leonard Dekkom: What?
[Max punches Dekkom.]