Doctor Strange Quotes
Kaecilius: How long have you been at Kamar-Taj, Mister...
Dr. Stephen Strange: Doctor!
Kaecilius: Mr. Doctor?
Dr. Stephen Strange: It's Strange.
Kaecilius: Maybe. Who am I to judge?
Dr. Stephen Strange: Doctor!
Kaecilius: Mr. Doctor?
Dr. Stephen Strange: It's Strange.
Kaecilius: Maybe. Who am I to judge?
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The Ancient One: Arrogance and fear still keep you from learning the simplest and most significant lesson of all.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Which is?
The Ancient One: It's not about you.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Which is?
The Ancient One: It's not about you.
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The Ancient One: We never lose our demons, Mordo. We only learn to live above them.
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Dr. Stephen Strange: I'm not ready.
The Ancient One: No one ever is. We don't get to choose our time. [takes his hand]
The Ancient One: Death is what gives life meaning. To know your days are numbered. Your time is short. You'd think after all this time, I'd be ready. But look at me. Stretching one moment out into a thousand... just so that I can watch the snow.
The Ancient One: No one ever is. We don't get to choose our time. [takes his hand]
The Ancient One: Death is what gives life meaning. To know your days are numbered. Your time is short. You'd think after all this time, I'd be ready. But look at me. Stretching one moment out into a thousand... just so that I can watch the snow.
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Dr. Stephen Strange: Dormammu, I've come to bargain!
Dormammu: You've come to die. Your world is now my world. Like all worlds. [He disintegrates Strange easily]
Dr. Stephen Strange: Dormammu, I've come to bargain!
Dormammu: You've come to die. Your world is now my... What is this? Illusion?
Dr. Stephen Strange: No, this is real.
Dormammu: Good. [he kills Strange again]
Dr. Stephen Strange: [bored]Dormammu, I've come to bargain.
Dormammu: What is happening?
Dr. Stephen Strange: Since you gave Kaecilius power from your dimension, I brought some power from mine. This is time. Endless, looped time!
Dormammu: You dare? [he kills Strange again]
Dr. Stephen Strange: Dormammu, I've come to bargain!
Dormammu: You cannot do this for ever.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Actually, I can. This is how things are now! You and me. Trapped in this moment. Endlessly.
Dormammu: Then you will spend eternity dying!
Dr. Stephen Strange: Yes, but everyone on Earth will live.
Dormammu: But you will suffer!
Dr. Stephen Strange: Pain's an old friend. [Dormammu kills Strange again. And again. And again... ]
Dormammu: End this! You will never win.
Dr. Stephen Strange: No. But I can lose. Again. And again. And again. Forever. That makes you my prisoner.
Dormammu: No! Stop! Make this stop! Set me free!
Dr. Stephen Strange: No! I've come to bargain!
Dormammu: What do you want?
Dr. Stephen Strange: Take your zealots from the Earth. End your assault on my world. Never come back. Do it and I'll break the loop.
Dormammu: You've come to die. Your world is now my world. Like all worlds. [He disintegrates Strange easily]
Dr. Stephen Strange: Dormammu, I've come to bargain!
Dormammu: You've come to die. Your world is now my... What is this? Illusion?
Dr. Stephen Strange: No, this is real.
Dormammu: Good. [he kills Strange again]
Dr. Stephen Strange: [bored]Dormammu, I've come to bargain.
Dormammu: What is happening?
Dr. Stephen Strange: Since you gave Kaecilius power from your dimension, I brought some power from mine. This is time. Endless, looped time!
Dormammu: You dare? [he kills Strange again]
Dr. Stephen Strange: Dormammu, I've come to bargain!
Dormammu: You cannot do this for ever.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Actually, I can. This is how things are now! You and me. Trapped in this moment. Endlessly.
Dormammu: Then you will spend eternity dying!
Dr. Stephen Strange: Yes, but everyone on Earth will live.
Dormammu: But you will suffer!
Dr. Stephen Strange: Pain's an old friend. [Dormammu kills Strange again. And again. And again... ]
Dormammu: End this! You will never win.
Dr. Stephen Strange: No. But I can lose. Again. And again. And again. Forever. That makes you my prisoner.
Dormammu: No! Stop! Make this stop! Set me free!
Dr. Stephen Strange: No! I've come to bargain!
Dormammu: What do you want?
Dr. Stephen Strange: Take your zealots from the Earth. End your assault on my world. Never come back. Do it and I'll break the loop.
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Dr. Stephen Strange: [after Mordo hands him a card]Well, what's this? My mantra?
Baron Mordo: The Wi-Fi password. We're not savages.
Baron Mordo: The Wi-Fi password. We're not savages.
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Wong: How's your Sanskrit?
Dr. Stephen Strange: I'm fluent in Google Translate.
Dr. Stephen Strange: I'm fluent in Google Translate.
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Thor: So Earth has wizards now, huh?
Dr. Stephen Strange: Tea?
Thor: I don't drink tea.
Dr. Stephen Strange: What do you drink?
Thor: Not tea. [Strange uses his powers to transform the teacup Thor is holding into a stein of beer]
Dr. Stephen Strange: So, I keep a watch list of individuals and beings from other realms that may be a threat to this world. Your adopted brother, Loki, is one of those beings.
Thor: Worthy inclusion.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Yeah. So... why bring him here to New York?
Thor: It's a bit of a long story. Family drama, that kind of thing. But, we're looking for my father.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Oh, okay. So if you found Odin, you'd all return to Asgard promptly?
Thor: Oh, yes. Promptly.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Great. Allow me to help you.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Tea?
Thor: I don't drink tea.
Dr. Stephen Strange: What do you drink?
Thor: Not tea. [Strange uses his powers to transform the teacup Thor is holding into a stein of beer]
Dr. Stephen Strange: So, I keep a watch list of individuals and beings from other realms that may be a threat to this world. Your adopted brother, Loki, is one of those beings.
Thor: Worthy inclusion.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Yeah. So... why bring him here to New York?
Thor: It's a bit of a long story. Family drama, that kind of thing. But, we're looking for my father.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Oh, okay. So if you found Odin, you'd all return to Asgard promptly?
Thor: Oh, yes. Promptly.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Great. Allow me to help you.
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Christine Palmer: [inscription on Strange's watch]Time will tell how much I love you.
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Christine Palmer: Where have you been?
Dr. Stephen Strange: Well, after Western medicine failed me, I headed east, and I ended up in Kathmandu.
Christine Palmer: Kathmandu?
Dr. Stephen Strange: Yeah.
Christine Palmer: What? Like the Bob Seger Song?
Dr. Stephen Strange: 1975, Beautiful Loser, side A. Yeah. And I went to a place called Kamar-Taj and I... talked to someone called The Ancient One. And I...
Christine Palmer: Oh. So you joined a cult.
Dr. Stephen Strange: No, I didn't. No, not exactly. No. I mean... They did teach me to tap into powers that I never even knew existed.
Christine Palmer: Yeah. That sounds like a cult.
Dr. Stephen Strange: It's not a cult.
Christine Palmer: Well, that's what a cultist would say.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Well, after Western medicine failed me, I headed east, and I ended up in Kathmandu.
Christine Palmer: Kathmandu?
Dr. Stephen Strange: Yeah.
Christine Palmer: What? Like the Bob Seger Song?
Dr. Stephen Strange: 1975, Beautiful Loser, side A. Yeah. And I went to a place called Kamar-Taj and I... talked to someone called The Ancient One. And I...
Christine Palmer: Oh. So you joined a cult.
Dr. Stephen Strange: No, I didn't. No, not exactly. No. I mean... They did teach me to tap into powers that I never even knew existed.
Christine Palmer: Yeah. That sounds like a cult.
Dr. Stephen Strange: It's not a cult.
Christine Palmer: Well, that's what a cultist would say.
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[after credits][Pangborn senses someone in his workshop] Jonathan Pangborn: Can I help you?
Baron Mordo: They carried you into Kamar-Taj on a stretcher. Look at you now, Pangborn.
Jonathan Pangborn: Mordo. So what can I do for you, man?
Baron Mordo: I've been away for many months now and I've had a revelation. The true purpose of a sorcerer is to twist things out of their proper shape. Stealing power. Perverting nature. Like you.
Jonathan Pangborn: I've stolen nothing. This is my power. Mine.
Baron Mordo: Power has a purpose. [Pangborn picks up a crowbar and tries to attack Mordo, who strips him of his powers and restores his paralysis]
Jonathan Pangborn: Why are you doing this?
Baron Mordo: Because I see, at long last, what's wrong with the world. Too many sorcerers.
Baron Mordo: They carried you into Kamar-Taj on a stretcher. Look at you now, Pangborn.
Jonathan Pangborn: Mordo. So what can I do for you, man?
Baron Mordo: I've been away for many months now and I've had a revelation. The true purpose of a sorcerer is to twist things out of their proper shape. Stealing power. Perverting nature. Like you.
Jonathan Pangborn: I've stolen nothing. This is my power. Mine.
Baron Mordo: Power has a purpose. [Pangborn picks up a crowbar and tries to attack Mordo, who strips him of his powers and restores his paralysis]
Jonathan Pangborn: Why are you doing this?
Baron Mordo: Because I see, at long last, what's wrong with the world. Too many sorcerers.
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The Ancient One: [on magic]You cannot beat a river into submission; you have to surrender to its current, and use its power as your own.
Dr. Stephen Strange: I control it by surrendering control? That doesn't make any sense.
The Ancient One: Not everything does. Not everything has to. Your intellect has taken you far in life, but it will take you no further. Surrender, Stephen.
Dr. Stephen Strange: I control it by surrendering control? That doesn't make any sense.
The Ancient One: Not everything does. Not everything has to. Your intellect has taken you far in life, but it will take you no further. Surrender, Stephen.
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[Strange is experimenting with time manipulation using the Eye of Agamotto] Baron Mordo: [bursting in]Stop! Tampering with continuum probabilities is forbidden!
Dr. Stephen Strange: I-I-I was just doing exactly what it said in the book!
Wong: And what did the book say about the dangers of performing that ritual?
Dr. Stephen Strange: I don't know, I hadn't gotten to that part yet.
Baron Mordo: Temporal manipulations can create branches in time. Unstable dimensional openings. Spatial paradoxes! Time loops! You wanna get stuck reliving the same moment over and over forever or never having existed at all?
Dr. Stephen Strange: They really should put the warnings before this spell.
Dr. Stephen Strange: I-I-I was just doing exactly what it said in the book!
Wong: And what did the book say about the dangers of performing that ritual?
Dr. Stephen Strange: I don't know, I hadn't gotten to that part yet.
Baron Mordo: Temporal manipulations can create branches in time. Unstable dimensional openings. Spatial paradoxes! Time loops! You wanna get stuck reliving the same moment over and over forever or never having existed at all?
Dr. Stephen Strange: They really should put the warnings before this spell.
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Dr. Stephen Strange: Wong. Just Wong? Like Adele? Or Aristotle. Drake. Bono... Eminem.
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[from trailer] The Ancient One: [to Dr Strange]You're a man looking at the world through a keyhole. You've spent your life trying to widen it. Your work saved the lives of thousands. What if I told you that reality is one of many?
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Wong: While heroes like the Avengers protect the world from physical dangers, we sorcerers safeguard it against more mystical threats.
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The Ancient One: You're a man looking at the world through a keyhole. You've spent your whole life trying to widen that keyhole... to see more, to know more. And now, on hearing that it can be widened, in ways you can't imagine, you reject the possibility.
Dr. Stephen Strange: No, I reject it because I do not believe in fairy tales about chakras or energy or the power of belief. There is *no* such thing as spirit! We are made of matter and nothing more. You're just another tiny, momentary speck within an indifferent universe.
Dr. Stephen Strange: No, I reject it because I do not believe in fairy tales about chakras or energy or the power of belief. There is *no* such thing as spirit! We are made of matter and nothing more. You're just another tiny, momentary speck within an indifferent universe.
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The Ancient One: [as Doctor Strange is being moved through various dimemsions of the Multiverse]You think you know how the world works? You think that this material universe is all there is? What is real? What mysteries lie beyond the reach of your senses? At the root of existence, mind and matter meet. Thoughts shape reality. This universe is only one of an infinite number. Worlds without end. Some benevolent and life giving. Others filled with malice and hunger. Dark places where powers older than time lie ravenous... and waiting. Who are you in this vast multiverse, Mr. Strange?
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Dr. Stephen Strange: What did you just do to me?
The Ancient One: I pushed your astral form out of your physical form.
Dr. Stephen Strange: What's in that tea? Psilocybin? LSD?
The Ancient One: It's just tea... with a little honey.
Dr. Stephen Strange: What just happened?
The Ancient One: For a moment, you entered the astral dimension.
Dr. Stephen Strange: The what?
The Ancient One: A place where the soul exists apart from the body.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Why are you doing this to me?
The Ancient One: To show you just how much you don't know. Open your *eye*. [She touches Strange's forehead and blasts him into an odyssey across dimensions]
The Ancient One: I pushed your astral form out of your physical form.
Dr. Stephen Strange: What's in that tea? Psilocybin? LSD?
The Ancient One: It's just tea... with a little honey.
Dr. Stephen Strange: What just happened?
The Ancient One: For a moment, you entered the astral dimension.
Dr. Stephen Strange: The what?
The Ancient One: A place where the soul exists apart from the body.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Why are you doing this to me?
The Ancient One: To show you just how much you don't know. Open your *eye*. [She touches Strange's forehead and blasts him into an odyssey across dimensions]
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[Strange traps Kacilius in the Mirror Dimension] Dr. Stephen Strange: Who's laughing now, asshole?
Kaecilius: I am. [forms his own dimension]
Kaecilius: I am. [forms his own dimension]
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Dr. Stephen Strange: [sitting on the doorstep of Kamar-Taj, on the verge of tears]Don't shut me out. I haven't got anywhere else to go... [the door suddenly opens, causing him to fall backwards into the building]
Dr. Stephen Strange: Thank you.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Thank you.
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Dr. Stephen Strange: How do I get from here to there?
The Ancient One: How did you get to reattach severed nerves and put a human spine back together bone by bone?
Dr. Stephen Strange: Study and practice. Years of it.
The Ancient One: How did you get to reattach severed nerves and put a human spine back together bone by bone?
Dr. Stephen Strange: Study and practice. Years of it.
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Baron Mordo: [to Strange]I once stood in your place. And I, too, was... disrespectful. So, might I offer you some advice? Forget everything you think you know.
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[the Cloak of Levitation clings to Strange and wipes away his tears] Dr. Stephen Strange: Stop!
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The Ancient One: The language of the mystic arts is as old as civilization. The sorcerers of antiquity called the use of this language spells. But if that word offends your modern sensibilities, you can call it a program. The source code that shapes reality.
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The Ancient One: [after forcing Strange to experiencing the alternate dimensions]Have you ever seen *that* before in a gift shop?
Dr. Stephen Strange: Teach me.
The Ancient One: No.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Teach me.
The Ancient One: No.
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The Ancient One: You became a doctor to save one life above all others. Your own.
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[first lines] The Ancient One: Master Kaecilius. That ritual will bring you only sorrow.
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