Courage to change

Narrator: One man can make a difference. Michael Knight, a lone crusader in a dangerous world. The world... of the Knight Rider [Knight Rider 1982]

Vincent Hanna: So you never wanted a normal life?
Neil McCauley: What the fuck is that? Barbeques and ballgames? [Heat 1995]

Vicki Vale: Well, face it. You're not exactly normal, are you?
Batman: This isn't exactly a normal world, is it? [Batman 1989]

Yoda: You must unlearn what you have learned. [Empire Strikes Back 1980]

Lessons from experience

Neil McCauley: A guy once told me, "You wanna make moves on the streets? Do not have any attachments, do not have anything in your life you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you spot the heat around the corner." [Heat 1995]

Marion Ravenwood: You're not the man I knew ten years ago.
Indiana Jones: It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage. [Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981]

Lou Mannheim: Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss. [Wall Street 1987]

Love and feelings

Leeloo: Me fifth element - supreme being. Me protect you. [Fifth Element 1995]

Doug: I just had a terrible thought: what if this is a dream?
Melina: Well then kiss me quick before you wake up. [Total Recall 1990]

Gaff: It's too bad she won't live. But then again, who does? [Blade Runner 1982]

Lt. Col. Frank Slade: When in doubt, fuck. [Scent of a Woman 1992]

Planned preparations

Gekko: I don't throw darts at a board. I bet on sure things. Read Sun Tzu, The Art of War. Every battle is won before it is ever fought. [Wall Street 1987]

Dillon: Simple set-up. One day operation. We pick up their trail at the chopper, run 'em down, grab those hostages and bounce back across the border before anybody knows we were there. [Predator 1987]

Persistent operations

Kevin Lomax: Are we negotiating?
John Milton: Always. [Devil's Advocate 1997]

Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore: I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for twelve hours. When it was all over I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end... [Apocalypse Now 1979]