Oldboy Movie Quotes & Sayings

Alas, for our foolish human nature! Its fond mistakes are persistent. The dictates of reason take a long time to assert their sway. — Rabindranath Tagore

They twisted even decent sin to shapes not to be named:
Men were ashamed of honour; but we were not ashamed. — G.K. Chesterton

Brentford gave the polite smile of a man who talks daily with a living mechanical head about a city in the Arctic Circle governed by hermaphrodite Siamese twins born from a dead woman, and refrained from further comments about the probable and improbable. — Jean-Christophe Valtat

Maybe a damned good night's sleep will bring me back to a gentle sanity.
But at the moment, I look about this room and, like myself, it's all in disarray: things fallen out of place, cluttered, jumbled, lost, knocked over and I can't put it straight, don't
want to.
Perhaps living through these petty days will get us ready for the dangerous ones. — Charles Bukowski

The main reserve of the Haisla Nation hugs the northwest coast of British Columbia, about 500 miles north of Vancouver. The government docks sprawl on the south end of the reserve, nestled in a bay. As children, we swam at the docks and ran to the nearby point to pick blueberries and huckleberries when we were hungry so we wouldn't have to go home. — Eden Robinson

I attempted to fish in Scotland and I managed to hook a dog. It was a horrible moment but the dog turned out to be fine. — Emily Blunt

When India got independence, entrepreneurs were seen as a bad lot, as people who would exploit. — Nandan Nilekani

I was disappointed if I didn't have a chance to win a game, and if I had the chance and didn't do it ... — Jerry West

I lie in the dirt and pretend his words about my love don't hurt, but they slice me like the ice cold winds of winter. It takes all of the power I have left to lie there quietly and not remind him of the promises he has not kept. — Inger Iversen

If thinking wants to think God, then it must endeavor to tell stories. — Eberhard Jungel

Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions. — Mark Twain

I believe I was about to do this." He angled his head and nibbled on her lower lip. A small moan escaped her. Emboldened, he deepened the kiss and found she did not hesitate to explore on her own. Blood rushed to his groin and stiffened his arousal. Never had he met a lady so comfortable with her sensuality. — Angela Quarles

But, gentle friend, for love and courtesy, lie further off." - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, A Midsummer Night's Dream The — Connie Willis

The current of time slowing down in the gravitational field of oblivion. — W.G. Sebald