Gattaca Quotes

  • Vincent: There's no gene for fate.

  • Jerome: If at first you don't succeed... try, try again.

  • Vincent: You want to know how I did it? This is how I did it, Anton: I never saved anything for the swim back.

  • Vincent: I was never more certain of how far away I was from my goal than when I was standing right beside it.

  • Vincent: They used to say that a child conceived in love has a greater chance of happiness. They don't say that anymore.

  • [last lines]

    Vincent: [voiceover] For someone who was never meant for this world, I must confess I'm suddenly having a hard time leaving it. Of course, they say every atom in our bodies was once part of a star. Maybe I'm not leaving... maybe I'm going home.

  • Vincent: Is the only way you can succeed is to see me fail?

  • Vincent: What's this?

    Dr. Lamar: New policy, what's the matter? Flight got you nervous.

    Vincent: Nope, there's a problem Lamar...

    Dr. Lamar: ...I still haven't told you about my son, have I? He's a big fan of yours...

    Vincent: Just remember. I was as good as any, and better than most...

    Dr. Lamar: ...He wants to apply here...

    Vincent: ...I could've gone up and back and nobody would've been the wiser...

    Dr. Lamar: ...unfortunately my son's not all that they promised. But then again, who knows what he could do.

    [test reveals Vincent as invalid]

    Dr. Lamar: For future reference, right-handed men don't hold it with their left. Just one of those things.

    [Lamar hits button revealing Jerome's valid i.d]

    Vincent: [Vincent stares into Lamar's eyes, hesitating]

    Dr. Lamar: You're gonna miss your flight, Vincent.

  • Vincent: It's funny, you work so hard, you do everything you can to get away from a place, and when you finally get your chance to leave, you find a reason to stay.

  • Vincent: How the hell did you get up here?

    Jerome: Oh, I could always walk... I've been faking it.

  • [first title card]

    Title Card: "Consider God's handiwork; who can straighten what He hath made crooked?" - Ecclesiastes 7:13

  • [Vincent is looking at the 12-fingered pianist]

    Irene: You didn't know?

    Vincent: Oh, I knew.

    Irene: It's amazing, isn't it?

    Vincent: Twelve fingers or one, it's how you play

    Irene: That piece can only be played with twelve.

  • Anton Freeman: Vincent! How are you doing this Vincent? How have you done any of this? We have to go back.

    Vincent: It's too late for that. We're closer to the other side.

    Anton Freeman: What other side? You wanna drown us both?

    Vincent: You wanna know how I did it? This is how I did it Anton. I never saved anything for the swim back.

  • [Irene has discovered Vincent's secret]

    Irene: I don't even know who you are.

    Vincent: I'm the same person I was yesterday.

    Irene: I can't hear any more of your lies Jerome...

    Vincent: My name is Vincent, all right? Vincent Anton Freeman, and I'm a "faith birth" or a "de-gene-erate", whatever you want to call it; but I am NOT a murderer!

    Vincent: You're a "God-child"?

    Vincent: [takes Irene's hand and places over his heart] But we do have one thing in common, only I don't have twenty or thirty years left in mine. Mine is already ten thousand beats overdue.

    Irene: It's not possible.

    Vincent: You are the authority on what is not possible, aren't you Irene? They've got you looking for any flaw, that after a while that's all you see. For what it's worth, I'm here to tell you that it is possible. It is possible.

  • Vincent: I don't know how to thank you.

    Jerome: No, no. I got the better end of the deal. I only lent you my body. You lent me your dream.

Extended Reading
  • Jamil 2022-03-24 09:01:18

    Diligence to make up for the clumsy is a good lesson, a bright boy who succeeds in remembering, also known as love when Qiu Qiu was paralyzed. Qiu Jun, you played so many favored and confident roles and finally used your life to love others once, just as the so-called Feng Shui turns. . . In addition to Qiu Jun's great dedication, I was also deeply moved by the medical examiner. A film in 1997, no special effects, no CG, no 3D, but some fucking deep and some thinking. This is a movie with a soul. Take a look.

  • Torey 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    The title is a rearrangement of AGCT bases, and every detail implies a new utopian era that pursues the principle of genetic discrimination. Of course, Andrew Nicole, a director who is good at portraying the world of the future, will still use the leading actor after all. Shouting out the turbulent sentence "I never save energy for migrating", at the end also hides a rather atypical final rescue section. You do not belong to this world, because you have the stars.