Ian Holm movie quotes
75 quotes from 9 movies
Ratatouille (2007) as Skinner
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[speaking to Linguini] You are either very lucky, or very unlucky. You will make this soup again, and this time, I will be paying attention, very close attention. They think you might be a cook, but you know what I think, Linguini? I think that you are a sneaky, over-reaching little- [sees R?my in kitchen] Rat!!
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The soup. Where is the soup? [pushes Linguini] Out of my way, garbage boy! [He notices that Linguini is holding a ladle] You are cooking?! How dare you cook in my kitchen?!
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And you, Mr. Linguini, are no idiot. Let us toast your non-idiocy.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) as Bilbo Baggins
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I've got to get away from these confounded relatives hanging on the bell all day, never giving me a moment's peace! I want to see mountains again, mountains, Gandalf! And then settle down somewhere quiet where I can finish my book.
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I'm old, Gandalf. I know I don't look it, but I'm beginning to feel it in my heart. I feel thin, sort of stretched, like… butter scraped over too much bread. I feel I need a holiday. A very long holiday. I don't expect I shall return…in fact I mean not to.
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I regret to announce that this is the end. I'm going now. I bid you all a very fond farewell. Goodbye.
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) as Terry Rapson
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[After Simon suggests they use alcohol as fuel to keep them alive] Are you mad? That's a 12-year-old scotch!
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[They're snowed in at Headland] Luckily we've got our own genny, and enough tea and biscuits to sink a ship. Oh, we'll be fine! As long as the loo doesn't back up again.
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The temperature dropped phenomenally fast. On the ground, people froze before they could get out of their cars, even.
Alien (1979) as Ash
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Ripley: [On Ash's tracking devices] What's it key off?
Ash: ... Micro changes in air density.
Ripley: [Later, when trying to track the alien] 'Micro changes in air density', my ass.
Ash: ... Micro changes in air density.
Ripley: [Later, when trying to track the alien] 'Micro changes in air density', my ass.
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Ripley: Ash, that transmission - Mother's deciphered part of it. It doesn't look like an S.O.S.
Ash: What is it, then?
Ripley: Well, I, it looks like a warning. I'm gonna go out after them.
Ash: What's the point? I mean by the, the time it takes to get there, you'll, they'll know if it's a warning or not, yes?
Ash: What is it, then?
Ripley: Well, I, it looks like a warning. I'm gonna go out after them.
Ash: What's the point? I mean by the, the time it takes to get there, you'll, they'll know if it's a warning or not, yes?
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Ash: Ripley, for God's sake, this is the first time that we've encountered a species like this. It has to go back. All sorts of tests have to be made.
Ripley: Ash, are you kidding? This thing bled acid. Who knows what it's gonna do when it's dead?
Ash: I think it's safe to assume it isn't a zombie.
Ripley: Ash, are you kidding? This thing bled acid. Who knows what it's gonna do when it's dead?
Ash: I think it's safe to assume it isn't a zombie.
The Fifth Element (1997) as Father Vito Cornelius
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Father Vito Cornelius: Evil begets evil, Mr. President. Shooting will only make it stronger.
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Father Vito Cornelius: Where's the robot to pat you on the back? Or the engineer? Or the children, maybe? There, you see now, how all your so-called power counts for absolutely nothing now, how your entire empire can come crashing down because of one... little... cherry.
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Father Vito Cornelius: Weddings?
Chariots of Fire (1981) as Sam Mussabini
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Sam Mussabini: Eric Liddell? He's no real problem...
Harold M. Abrahams: You could have fooled me.
[Eric has already beaten Harold once]
Sam Mussabini: Yeah he's fast! But he won't go any faster. He's a gut runner, digs deep! But a short sprint is run on nerves. It's tailor-made for neurotics.
Harold M. Abrahams: You could have fooled me.
[Eric has already beaten Harold once]
Sam Mussabini: Yeah he's fast! But he won't go any faster. He's a gut runner, digs deep! But a short sprint is run on nerves. It's tailor-made for neurotics.
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Sam Mussabini: [to Harold in training] I want you to pretend you're running on hot bricks: if you leave your feet too long on the ground, they'll get burned! Pop, pop, pop! Light, light, light as a feather!
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Sam Mussabini: Do you want to know why you lost today?
[Harold nods]
Sam Mussabini: You're over striding.
[Sets coins in a row]
Sam Mussabini: Now these coins represent the steps in your sprint.
[Pushes coin together]
Sam Mussabini: Can you find me another two coins, Mr. Abraham?
[Harold looks up]
Sam Mussabini: Remember over striding. Death for the sprinter.
[shakes his head]
Sam Mussabini: Knocks you back.
[Slaps Harold across the cheek. Harold winces]
Sam Mussabini: Like that!
[Slaps Harold again]
Sam Mussabini: And that!
[Sam laughs and grabs Harold by the arm]
[Harold nods]
Sam Mussabini: You're over striding.
[Sets coins in a row]
Sam Mussabini: Now these coins represent the steps in your sprint.
[Pushes coin together]
Sam Mussabini: Can you find me another two coins, Mr. Abraham?
[Harold looks up]
Sam Mussabini: Remember over striding. Death for the sprinter.
[shakes his head]
Sam Mussabini: Knocks you back.
[Slaps Harold across the cheek. Harold winces]
Sam Mussabini: Like that!
[Slaps Harold again]
Sam Mussabini: And that!
[Sam laughs and grabs Harold by the arm]
Lord of War (2005) as Simeon Weisz
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Bullets change governments far surer than votes.
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The problem with gun runners going to war, is that there is no shortage of ammunition.
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Yuri: But in the Iran-Iraq War, you sold guns to both sides.
Simeon Weisz: Did you ever consider that I wanted both sides to lose?
Yuri: But in the Iran-Iraq War, you sold guns to both sides.
Simeon Weisz: Did you ever consider that I wanted both sides to lose?
Animal Farm (1999) as Squealer
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Jessie: Napoleon, I want to see my puppies.
Napoleon: No Jessie, you can't see your puppies.
Jessie: But... they're my babies.
Squealer: If you were thinking clearly, then you would be pleased at the special education that we're going to give them. You surely don't want to disadvantage your own puppies. Do you?
Jessie: No.
Squealer: Good.
Jessie: No, I don't.
Squealer: Well, off you go then.
Jessie: They still need their mother.
Squealer: Hhmm. Her sadness will spread to the other animals.
Napoleon: Mmm, not if we distract them.
Squealer: Yes.
Napoleon: No Jessie, you can't see your puppies.
Jessie: But... they're my babies.
Squealer: If you were thinking clearly, then you would be pleased at the special education that we're going to give them. You surely don't want to disadvantage your own puppies. Do you?
Jessie: No.
Squealer: Good.
Jessie: No, I don't.
Squealer: Well, off you go then.
Jessie: They still need their mother.
Squealer: Hhmm. Her sadness will spread to the other animals.
Napoleon: Mmm, not if we distract them.
Squealer: Yes.
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[Boxer gasping]
Jessie: Here, try to drink some water.
Boxer: Yes, yes I will.
Squealer: Mmm, any improvements, hmm? Our leader is going to make arrangements to have his most loyal worker treated in hospital.
Boxer: Thank... you.
Squealer: Now... back to work!
Jessie: But, but I don't think I should leave him.
Jessie: Here, try to drink some water.
Boxer: Yes, yes I will.
Squealer: Mmm, any improvements, hmm? Our leader is going to make arrangements to have his most loyal worker treated in hospital.
Boxer: Thank... you.
Squealer: Now... back to work!
Jessie: But, but I don't think I should leave him.
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Napoleon: Friends... Snowball is a traitor and a criminal!
Boxer: But he was a brave fighter.
Napoleon: Bravery is not enough! Loyalty is more important!
Squealer: You see how clever Napoleon has been, my friends? Of course he's not against the windmill; in fact, it was his own idea. He opposed it to flush out Snowball for the traitor he is. Tactics, friends.
Napoleon: There will be no more meetings, no more endless debates. From now on, a special committee of pigs will decide all aspects on the farm.
Boxer: But he was a brave fighter.
Napoleon: Bravery is not enough! Loyalty is more important!
Squealer: You see how clever Napoleon has been, my friends? Of course he's not against the windmill; in fact, it was his own idea. He opposed it to flush out Snowball for the traitor he is. Tactics, friends.
Napoleon: There will be no more meetings, no more endless debates. From now on, a special committee of pigs will decide all aspects on the farm.
From Hell (2001) as William Gull/Jack the Ripper
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No man amongst you is fit to judge the mighty art that I have wrought. Your rituals are empty oaths you neither understand nor live by. The Great Architect speaks to me. He is the balance, where my deeds are weighed and judged. Not you.
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