Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

Ghost Dog: "There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there is nothing left to do, and nothing else to pursue."

Candy (2006)

Dan: "The present was so very, very good. I wasn't trying to wreck Candy's life. I was trying to make mine better. We wanted to share absolutely everything. "

Amour (2012)

Eva: "When I come earlier, I remembered as child listening to you two making love. I felt you loved each other and we'd always be together."

The Beach (2000)

Richard: "When you develop an infatuation for someone you always find a reason to believe that this is exactly the person for you. It doesn't need to be a good reason. Taking photographs of the night sky, for example. Now, in the long run, that's just the kind of dumb, irritating habit that would cause you to split up. But in the haze of infatuation, it's just what you've been searching for all these years."

Gus Van Sant

"Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information."

Videodrome (1983)

Brian O'Blivion: The television screen is the retina of the mind's eye. Therefore, the television screen is part of the physical structure of the brain. Therefore, whatever appears on the television screen emerges as raw experience for those who watch it. Therefore, television is reality, and reality is less than television.

Cloud Atlas (2012)

Isaac Sachs: Yesterday, I believe I would never have done what I did today. I feel like something important has happened to me. Is this possible? I just met her, and yet... I have fallen in love with Luisa Rey.

Biutiful (2010)

Ana: The ring looks funny on your hand. Can I see it. Is it real?
Uxbal: Yes.   ....
Ana: It's beautiful. I never imagined I'd touch a real diamond. Can I try it on?
Uxbal: Yes. It's yours now, my love.
Ana: Really? Mom always wore it on this finger. She said it wasn't real.
Uxbal: Your mother never heard that sound.
Ana: What sound?
Uxbal: The sound of the sea. When I was little there was a radio station that played the sounds of the sea. The gigantic waves. The sounds frightened me.
Ana: Why did it frighten you?
Uxbal: The bottom of the sea made me afraid.

L'Auberge Espagnole (2002)

"The most missed experiences are those that we talk about most."

The Big Lebowski (1998)

"That rug really tied the room together."

Les quatre cents coups (The 400 blows) (1959)

Psychiatrist: Your parents say you're always lying.
Antoine Doinel: Oh, I lie now and then, I suppose. Sometimes I'd tell them the truth and they still wouldn't believe me, so I prefer to lie.

Shallow grave (1994)

David Stephens: Take trust, for instance, or friendship. These are the important things in life, These are the things that matter, that help you on your way. If you can't trust friends, well what then? What then?