KEATING
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. Medicine, law, business, engineering, these are all noble pursuits, and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman: "O me, o life of the questions of these recurring, of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities filled with the foolish. What good amid these, o me, o life? Answer: that you are here. That life exists, and identity. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?
-John Keating (Robin Williams), "Dead Poet's Society" (screenplay by Tom Schulman)
GORDIE
"I never had friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve."
-Gordie in "Stand By Me" (screenplay by Stephen King (story), Raynold Gideon &)
LLOYD
"I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen."
-Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack), "Say Anything" (screenplay Cameron Crowe)
HOMER
"It takes two to lie. One to lie, and one to listen."
-Homer (Dan Castellaneta) in "The Simpsons" (teleplay by x)
WILLIAM
"Well, it was fun."
LESTER BANGS
"They make you feel cool. And hey. I met you. You are not "cool".
WILLIAM
"I know. Even when I thought I was, I knew I wasn't."
LESTER BANGS
"That's because we are uncool! And while women will always be a problem for guys like us, most of the great art in the world is about that very problem. Good-looking people have no spine! Their art never lasts! They get the girls, but we're smarter."
WILLIAM
"I can really see that now."
LESTER BANGS
"Yeah, great art is about conflict and pain and guilt and longing and love disguised as sex, and sex disguised as love... and let's face it, you got a big head start."
WILLIAM
"I'm glad you were home."
LESTER BANGS
"I'm always home! I'm uncool!"
WILLIAM
"Me too!"
LESTER BANGS
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what we share with someone else when we're uncool."
-William (Patrick Fugit) and Lester Bangs (Philip Seymour Hoffman), "Almost Famous" (screenplay by Cameron Crowe)