I’ll start us off with Cousin Ellis from No Country For Old Men:

“All the time you spend trying to get back what’s been took from you, more is going out the back door.”

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    3 months ago

    Idk if I’d call this my favorite, but the one that immediately popped into my brain is one from the original Men In Black - uncharacteristically introspective quote in an otherwise goofy-ass alien flick:

     

    J: “Why the big secret? People are smart. They can handle it.”

    K: “The person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you’ll know tomorrow.”