Predestination (2014) quotes
15 total quotesJane / John / The Unmarried Mother – Sarah Snook
Temporal Agent / Bartender – Ethan Hawke
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52m17s (Uttered to the bartender while the song I'm My Own Grandpa plays in the background.)
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Jane: Well, you know what they say about good things happening to those who wait.
John: But only the things left behind by those who hustle.
30m58s and 59m33s (An antithesis to the French proverb, "Tout vient à point à qui sait attendre", was proposed in the item named "Two Ways of Getting There", published in The Inter Ocean Chicago, 3 January 1892, p. 12: "No one can deny the soundness of the familiar maxim, ‘All things come to those who wait.’ ... But it would be equally true and quite as accordant with facta to change that proverb into, ‘All things come to those who hustle.’ The waiting which is akin to loitering never succeeds, except by the merest accident. No one deserves to ‘get there’ who is not willing to exert himself." The proverb and its antithesis were synthesized into a single aphorism in Puck Vol. XXXII, 31 September 1892, p. 259: "All things come to those who hustle while they wait." In Forbes Vol. 102, 1968, p. 110, the aphorism was modified and ascribed to Abraham Lincoln: "Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle." It does not occur in "All You Zombies—".)
John: But only the things left behind by those who hustle.
30m58s and 59m33s (An antithesis to the French proverb, "Tout vient à point à qui sait attendre", was proposed in the item named "Two Ways of Getting There", published in The Inter Ocean Chicago, 3 January 1892, p. 12: "No one can deny the soundness of the familiar maxim, ‘All things come to those who wait.’ ... But it would be equally true and quite as accordant with facta to change that proverb into, ‘All things come to those who hustle.’ The waiting which is akin to loitering never succeeds, except by the merest accident. No one deserves to ‘get there’ who is not willing to exert himself." The proverb and its antithesis were synthesized into a single aphorism in Puck Vol. XXXII, 31 September 1892, p. 259: "All things come to those who hustle while they wait." In Forbes Vol. 102, 1968, p. 110, the aphorism was modified and ascribed to Abraham Lincoln: "Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle." It does not occur in "All You Zombies—".)
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John: So how far can you travel, then?
Temporal Agent: Travel beyond 53 years of zero point, either direction, will result in the temporal wake disintegrating.
John: Zero point?
Temporal Agent: The invention of time travel.
John: And when's that?
Temporal Agent: It will be in 1981.
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Temporal Agent: Travel beyond 53 years of zero point, either direction, will result in the temporal wake disintegrating.
John: Zero point?
Temporal Agent: The invention of time travel.
John: And when's that?
Temporal Agent: It will be in 1981.
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Temporal Agent: She'll endure so much pain because of what I do.
Mr. Robertson: That's the way it has to be. That's the way it's always been. You should understand that better than anyone.
Temporal Agent: The snake that eats its own tail, forever and ever?
Mr. Robertson: You are here to create history and influence what is to come.
Temporal Agent: I don't think I can do it.
Mr. Robertson: Understand, you are more than an agent, you are a gift given to the world through a predestination paradox. You are the only one free from history, ancestry...
Temporal Agent: The rooster.
Mr. Robertson: But you must complete your mission. You must lay the seed for the future. We’re counting on you.
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Mr. Robertson: That's the way it has to be. That's the way it's always been. You should understand that better than anyone.
Temporal Agent: The snake that eats its own tail, forever and ever?
Mr. Robertson: You are here to create history and influence what is to come.
Temporal Agent: I don't think I can do it.
Mr. Robertson: Understand, you are more than an agent, you are a gift given to the world through a predestination paradox. You are the only one free from history, ancestry...
Temporal Agent: The rooster.
Mr. Robertson: But you must complete your mission. You must lay the seed for the future. We’re counting on you.
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I'm sorry if you feel deceived. But it's a mistake to think that we can change certain events. Just like you said, some things are inevitable. ... The shock will wear off, but you can take comfort in knowing that these events are happening in the correct order. The path you're on will take you to your destination.
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I've changed so much that I doubt my own mother would recognize me.
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The only thing that I know for sure is that you are the best thing that's ever happened to me. I miss you dreadfully.
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The snake that eats its own tail, forever and ever. I know where I come from. But where do all you zombies come from?
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When I got older, I realized I stood little chance of getting married, for the same reason I hadn't been adopted. I was different. A freak. A goddamn loser. ... People want to adopt a little golden-haired moron. And later on, the boys, they want big tits and pouty lips. You know, a perfect accessory.
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You better not be **** with me.