Take Shelter Quotes

  • Curtis: [ranting angrily at a roomful of neighbors] Sleep well in your beds. 'Cause if this thing comes true, there ain't gonna be any more.

  • Curtis: [talking about Hanna, their deaf daughter] I still take off my boots not to wake her.

    Samantha: [whispering] I still whisper.

  • Curtis: You think I'm crazy? Well, listen up, there's a storm coming like nothing you've ever seen, and not a one of you is prepared for it.

  • Curtis: Is anyone seeing this?

  • Dewart: You've got a good life, Curtis. I guess that's the best compliment you can give a man; take a look at his life and say, 'That's good'. That guy is doing something right.

  • [first lines]

    Curtis: [to daughter] No, no, no. Don't feed the dog, darling.

  • Samantha: You smell really bad.

    Curtis: [checking] I think I smell good.

  • [last lines]

    Curtis: [urging] Sam.

    Samantha: Okay.

  • Samantha: I'm sorry that you feel bad but you need to drop the attitude.