2008 wasn't much of a leap year. Things crashed in 2008, like stock markets, fuel prices, media sales, Gustav, and the Republican Party, causing people to reconsider what matters in their lives. Movies were no escape, as The Dark Knight symbolically dominated the movie box office. As the world reflects and resets itself for brighter days, our #1 quote from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull offers a reminder that these changes happen as things age. Chosen from 170+ nominated quotes, here are the ten smartest movie quotes of 2008.
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#1
“We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away.”
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Dean Charles Stanforth (Jim Broadbent)
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#2
“Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.”
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt)
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#3
“Money is a good reason but it's never the real reason.”
Revolutionary Road - John Givings (Michael Shannon)
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#4
“One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.”
Kung Fu Panda - Oogway (Randall Duk Kim)
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#5
"With lies, you may go ahead in the world but you can never go back."
Transsiberian - Grinko (Ben Kingsley)
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#6
“Sometimes the truth isn't good enough. Sometimes people have got to have their faith rewarded."
The Dark Knight - Batman (Christian Bale)
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#7
“The unhappiest people of the world are retired - no purpose. What makes life mean something is purpose - a goal, a battle, a struggle.”
Frost/Nixon - Richard Nixon (Frank Langella)
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#8
“It is only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve.”
The Day the Earth Stood Still - Professor Barnhardt (John Cleese)
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#9
“I know you can't live on hope alone but without hope life is not worth living. So you and you and you, you've got to give them hope.”
Milk - Harvey Milk (Sean Penn)
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#10
“You can be mad as a mad dog at the way things went. You can swear and curse the fates. But when it comes to the end, you have to let go.”
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt)
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