20250315 Quotes

From Movies and TV

Kung Fu Panda (2008): The Secret Ingredient

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJcBqwKq0qw

Mr. Ping: The secret ingredient is…nothing! You heard me. Nothing! There is no secret ingredient.

Po: It’s just plain old noodle soup? You don’t add some kind of special sauce or something?

Mr Ping: You don’t have to. To make something special, you just have to believe it’s special

Kung Fu Panda: “If you only do what you can do, you’ll never be more than you are now.”

Avatar The Last Airbender (2005-2008): Uncle Iroh, Destiny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTZNvcP3Q28&pp=ygUsYXZhdGFyIHRoZSBsYXN0IGFpcmJlbmRlciBpcyBpdCB5b3VyIGRlc3Rpbnk%3D

“Is it your own destiny? Or is it a destiny someone else tried to force on you?” It’s time for you to look inward, and start asking yourself the big questions. Who are you? And what do you want?” - Uncle Iroh

Watchmen (2009)

“War is based on fear. Fear of not having enough. If you make your resources infinite, you make war obsolete.”

Meet the Robinsons (2007): Keep Moving Forward

  1. “Around here, however, we don’t look backward for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” – Wilbur Robinson (Walt Disney)
  2. “I’m sorry your life turned out so bad. But don’t blame me you messed it up yourself. You just focused on the bad stuff when all you had to do was let go of the past and keep moving forward.” – Lewis
  3. You failed! And it was awesome! From failing, you learn. From success? Not so much.

Home Alone 2 (1992): Forget to Remember You