A Beautiful Mind Quotes
[John meets Charles' niece]
Nash: She's so small.
Charles: Well, she's young, John. That's how they come.
Nash: She's so small.
Charles: Well, she's young, John. That's how they come.
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Dr. Rosen: Imagine if you suddenly learned that the people, the places, the moments most important to you were not gone, not dead, but worse, had never been. What kind of hell would that be?
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John Nash: Hello, Martin.
Martin Hansen: Jesus Christ.
John Nash: No. I don't have that one. My savior complex takes a different form.
Martin Hansen: Jesus Christ.
John Nash: No. I don't have that one. My savior complex takes a different form.
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John Nash: And then, on the way home, Charles was there again. Sometimes I miss talking to him. Maybe Rosen is right. Maybe I have to think about going back to the hospital.
Alicia Nash: Maybe try again tomorrow.
Alicia Nash: Maybe try again tomorrow.
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MIT Student: Can we open up the window, Professor? It's hot in here.
John Nash: Your comfort comes second to my ability to hear my own voice.
John Nash: Your comfort comes second to my ability to hear my own voice.
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Charles: Mathematics... mathematics is never going to lead you to higher truth and you know why? Because it's boring!
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Bender: What did the doctor say?
Sol: Is he sick?
Alicia: I don't know. I want to see what John's been working on.
Sol: Alicia, you know you can't go in his office.
Bender: You know it's classified, Alicia.
[Alicia keeps going]
Bender: Stop!
[as Bender tries to stop her, she turns around and slaps him]
Sol: Is he sick?
Alicia: I don't know. I want to see what John's been working on.
Sol: Alicia, you know you can't go in his office.
Bender: You know it's classified, Alicia.
[Alicia keeps going]
Bender: Stop!
[as Bender tries to stop her, she turns around and slaps him]
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Nash: I will not buy you gentlemen beer.
Bender: Oh, we're not here for beer, my friend.
Bender: Oh, we're not here for beer, my friend.
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[first lines]
Helinger: Mathematicians won the war. Mathematicians broke the Japanese codes... and built the A-bomb. Mathematicians... like you. The stated goal of the Soviets is global Communism. In medicine or economics, in technology or space, battle lines are being drawn. To triumph, we need results. Publishable, applicable results. Now who among you will be the next Morse? The next Einstein? Who among you will be the vanguard of democracy, freedom, and discovery? Today, we bequeath America's future into your able hands. Welcome to Princeton, gentlemen.
Helinger: Mathematicians won the war. Mathematicians broke the Japanese codes... and built the A-bomb. Mathematicians... like you. The stated goal of the Soviets is global Communism. In medicine or economics, in technology or space, battle lines are being drawn. To triumph, we need results. Publishable, applicable results. Now who among you will be the next Morse? The next Einstein? Who among you will be the vanguard of democracy, freedom, and discovery? Today, we bequeath America's future into your able hands. Welcome to Princeton, gentlemen.
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Nash: I find you attractive. Your aggressive moves toward me... indicate that you feel the same way. But still, ritual requires that we continue with a number of platonic activities... before we have sex. I am proceeding with these activities, but in point of actual fact, all I really want to do is have intercourse with you as soon as possible.
[pause]
Nash: Are you gonna slap me now?
[pause]
Nash: Are you gonna slap me now?
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Charles: That Isaac Newton fellow was right.
Nash: He was on to something.
Charles: Clever boy.
Nash: He was on to something.
Charles: Clever boy.
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Nash: I've made the most important discovery of my life. It's only in the mysterious equation of love that any logical reasons can be found. I'm only here tonight because of you. You are the only reason I am... you are all my reasons.
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Nash: [to Charles] The prodigal roommate revealed. Saw my name on the lecture slate. YOU LYING SON OF A *****!
Dr. Rosen: Who are you talking to? Tell me who you see.
Nash: How do you say Charles Herman in Russian?
Dr. Rosen: Who are you talking to? Tell me who you see.
Nash: How do you say Charles Herman in Russian?
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Nash: Find a truly original idea. It is the only way I will ever distinguish myself. It is the only way I will ever matter.
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Alicia: You want to know what's real? This...
[putting her hand on his heart and his hand on her face]
Alicia: ... this is real.
[putting her hand on his heart and his hand on her face]
Alicia: ... this is real.
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Alicia: [about the stars] I once tried to count them all. I, actually, made it to 4,348.
Nash: You are exceptionally odd.
Alicia: I bet you're very popular with the girls.
Nash: You are exceptionally odd.
Alicia: I bet you're very popular with the girls.
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Nash: If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a single one of us is going to get her. So then we go for her friends, but they will all give us the cold shoulder because no on likes to be second choice. But what if none of us goes for the blonde? We won't get in each other's way and we won't insult the other girls. It's the only way to win. It's the only way we all get laid.
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Charles: It's not my problem and it's not your problem. It's their problem. Your answers are not on that wall. They're out there, where you've *been* working.
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[Hansen is concerned about John still having hallucinations]
Nash: They are my past. Everyone is haunted by their past.
Nash: They are my past. Everyone is haunted by their past.
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Nash: If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a single one of us is going to get her. So then we go for her friends, but they will all give us the cold shoulder because no on likes to be second choice. But what if none of us goes for the blonde? We won't get in each other's way and we won't insult the other girls. It's the only way to win. It's the only way we all get laid.
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Dr. Rosen: You can't reason your way out of this!
Nash: Why not? Why can't I?
Dr. Rosen: Because your mind is where the problem is in the first place!
Nash: Why not? Why can't I?
Dr. Rosen: Because your mind is where the problem is in the first place!
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[from deleted scene]
Nash: Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart.
Nash: Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart.
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Nash: In competitive behavior someone always loses.
Charles: Well, my niece knows that, John, and she's about this high.
Nash: See if I derive an equilibrium where prevalence is a non-singular event where nobody loses, can you imagine the effect that would have on conflict scenarios, arm negotiations...
Charles: When did you last eat?
Nash: ...currency exchange?
Charles: When did you last eat? You know, food.
Nash: You have no respect for cognitive reverie, you know that?
Charles: Yes. But pizza - now, pizza I have enormous respect for. And of course beer.
[leaves]
Nash: [throws stuff down and follows] I have respect for beer. I have respect for beer!
Charles: Well, my niece knows that, John, and she's about this high.
Nash: See if I derive an equilibrium where prevalence is a non-singular event where nobody loses, can you imagine the effect that would have on conflict scenarios, arm negotiations...
Charles: When did you last eat?
Nash: ...currency exchange?
Charles: When did you last eat? You know, food.
Nash: You have no respect for cognitive reverie, you know that?
Charles: Yes. But pizza - now, pizza I have enormous respect for. And of course beer.
[leaves]
Nash: [throws stuff down and follows] I have respect for beer. I have respect for beer!
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