Doctor Strange Quotes
The Ancient One: I spent so many years peering through time... looking at this exact moment. But I can't see past it.
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Baron Mordo: The bill comes due. Don't you see? Her transgressions led to the Zealots to Dormammu. Kaecilius... was her fault! And here we are... in the consequence of her deception. A world on fire.
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The Ancient One: I've spent so many year peering through time, looking at this exact moment. But I can't see past it. I've prevented countless terrible futures and after each one there's always another, and they all lead here but never further.
Dr. Stephen Strange: You think this is where you die.
The Ancient One: You wonder what I see in your future?
Dr. Stephen Strange: No. Yes.
The Ancient One: I never saw your future, only its possibilities. You have such a capacity for goodness. You've always excelled, but not because you crave success but because of your fear of failure.
Dr. Stephen Strange: It's what made me a great doctor.
The Ancient One: It's precisely what's kept you from greatness. 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! When you first came to me, you asked me how I was able to heal Jonathan Pangborn. I didn't. He channels dimensional energy directly into his own body.
Dr. Stephen Strange: He uses magic to walk.
The Ancient One: Constantly. He had a choice, to return to his own life or to serve something greater than himself.
Dr. Stephen Strange: So I could have my hands back again. My old life?
The Ancient One: You could and the world would be all the lesser for it. I hated drawing power from the dark dimension but as you well know, sometimes one must break the rules in order to serve the greater good.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Mordo won't see it that way.
The Ancient One: Mordo's soul is rigid and unmovable, forged by the fires of his youth. He needs your flexibility, just as you need his strength. Only together do you stand a chance of stopping Dormammu.
Dr. Stephen Strange:
Dr. Stephen Strange: You think this is where you die.
The Ancient One: You wonder what I see in your future?
Dr. Stephen Strange: No. Yes.
The Ancient One: I never saw your future, only its possibilities. You have such a capacity for goodness. You've always excelled, but not because you crave success but because of your fear of failure.
Dr. Stephen Strange: It's what made me a great doctor.
The Ancient One: It's precisely what's kept you from greatness. 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! When you first came to me, you asked me how I was able to heal Jonathan Pangborn. I didn't. He channels dimensional energy directly into his own body.
Dr. Stephen Strange: He uses magic to walk.
The Ancient One: Constantly. He had a choice, to return to his own life or to serve something greater than himself.
Dr. Stephen Strange: So I could have my hands back again. My old life?
The Ancient One: You could and the world would be all the lesser for it. I hated drawing power from the dark dimension but as you well know, sometimes one must break the rules in order to serve the greater good.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Mordo won't see it that way.
The Ancient One: Mordo's soul is rigid and unmovable, forged by the fires of his youth. He needs your flexibility, just as you need his strength. Only together do you stand a chance of stopping Dormammu.
Dr. Stephen Strange:
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Kaecilius: What have you done?
Dr. Stephen Strange: I made a bargain.
Kaecilius: What is this?
Dr. Stephen Strange: Well, it's everything you've ever wanted. Eternal life as part of the One. You're not gonna like it. [Kaecilius and his Zealots are sucked into the Dark Dimension]
Dr. Stephen Strange: Yeah, you know, you really should have stolen the whole book because the warnings... The warnings come *after* the spells. [Wong laughs]
Dr. Stephen Strange: I made a bargain.
Kaecilius: What is this?
Dr. Stephen Strange: Well, it's everything you've ever wanted. Eternal life as part of the One. You're not gonna like it. [Kaecilius and his Zealots are sucked into the Dark Dimension]
Dr. Stephen Strange: Yeah, you know, you really should have stolen the whole book because the warnings... The warnings come *after* the spells. [Wong laughs]
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The Ancient One: We harness energy... drawn from other dimensions of the Multiverse... to cast spells... to conjure shields... and weapons... to make magic. The Ancient One: Through the mystic arts, we harness energy and shape reality.
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Dr. Stephen Strange: You lack imagination!
Baron Mordo: No, Stephen. You lack a spine.
Baron Mordo: No, Stephen. You lack a spine.
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Dr. Stephen Strange: [to Pangborn]You came back from a place there's no way back from. I... I-I-I'm trying to find my own way back.
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Baron Mordo: [after The Ancient One leaves Stephen Strange on Everest]How's our new recruit?
The Ancient One: We shall see... Any second now.
Baron Mordo: Oh no, not again.
The Ancient One: We shall see... Any second now.
Baron Mordo: Oh no, not again.
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Wong: What do you want, Strange?
Dr. Stephen Strange: Books on Astral Projection.
Wong: You're not ready for that.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Try me, BeyoncÚ. [Wong remains silent]
Dr. Stephen Strange: Come on! You've heard of her, she's a huge star, right? [pause]
Dr. Stephen Strange: Do you ever laugh? Come on, just give me the book.
Wong: No.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Books on Astral Projection.
Wong: You're not ready for that.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Try me, BeyoncÚ. [Wong remains silent]
Dr. Stephen Strange: Come on! You've heard of her, she's a huge star, right? [pause]
Dr. Stephen Strange: Do you ever laugh? Come on, just give me the book.
Wong: No.
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Dr. Stephen Strange: We did it.
Baron Mordo: Yes. Yes, we did it. By also violating the natural law.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Look around you. It's over.
Baron Mordo: You think there will be no consequences, Strange? No price to pay? We broke our rules, just like her. The bill comes due. Always!
Baron Mordo: Yes. Yes, we did it. By also violating the natural law.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Look around you. It's over.
Baron Mordo: You think there will be no consequences, Strange? No price to pay? We broke our rules, just like her. The bill comes due. Always!
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Baron Mordo: This is a relic. Some magic is too powerful to sustain so we imbue objects with it... allowing them to take the strain we cannot. This is the staff... of the Living Tribunal. There are many relics. The Wand of Watoomb. The Vaulting Boots of Valtorr.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Really just roll off the tongue, don't they?
Dr. Stephen Strange: Really just roll off the tongue, don't they?
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[Dr Strange puts away the Eye of Agamotto] Wong: Wise choice. You'll wear the Eye of Agamotto... once you've mastered its powers. Until then... best not to walk down the streets wearing an Infinity Stone.
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Dr. Stephen Strange: I'm talking tonight at a Neurological Society dinner. Come with me.
Christine Palmer: Another speaking engagement? So romantic.
Dr. Stephen Strange: You used to love coming to those things with me. We had fun together.
Christine Palmer: No, you had fun. They weren't about us, they were about you.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Not only about me.
Christine Palmer: Stephen. Everything is about you.
Christine Palmer: Another speaking engagement? So romantic.
Dr. Stephen Strange: You used to love coming to those things with me. We had fun together.
Christine Palmer: No, you had fun. They weren't about us, they were about you.
Dr. Stephen Strange: Not only about me.
Christine Palmer: Stephen. Everything is about you.
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Christine Palmer: Hey. It's OK. It's gonna be OK.
Dr. Stephen Strange: [looking at his injured hands]Wha... What did they do?
Christine Palmer: They... rushed you in a chopper. But it took a little while to find you. The golden hours for nerve damage went by while you were in the car.
Dr. Stephen Strange: What... did they do?
Christine Palmer: Eleven stainless steel pins in the bones. Multiple torn ligaments... severe nerve damage in both hands. You were on the table for eleven hours.
Dr. Stephen Strange: [sobs]Look at these fixators.
Christine Palmer: No one could have done better.
Dr. Stephen Strange: I could have done better.
Dr. Stephen Strange: [looking at his injured hands]Wha... What did they do?
Christine Palmer: They... rushed you in a chopper. But it took a little while to find you. The golden hours for nerve damage went by while you were in the car.
Dr. Stephen Strange: What... did they do?
Christine Palmer: Eleven stainless steel pins in the bones. Multiple torn ligaments... severe nerve damage in both hands. You were on the table for eleven hours.
Dr. Stephen Strange: [sobs]Look at these fixators.
Christine Palmer: No one could have done better.
Dr. Stephen Strange: I could have done better.
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Dr. Stephen Strange: Thank you for the books and for the horrifying story and... for the threat upon my life.
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Dr. Stephen Strange: I'm breaking the laws of nature. I know.
Wong: Well, don't stop now.
Wong: Well, don't stop now.
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Dr. Nicodemus West: Give your body time to heal.
Dr. Stephen Strange: You've ruined me.
Dr. Stephen Strange: You've ruined me.
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[last lines] Wong: Word of the Ancient One's death will spread through the Multiverse. Earth has no Sorcerer Supreme to defend it. We must be ready.
Dr. Stephen Strange: We'll be ready.
Dr. Stephen Strange: We'll be ready.
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Christine Palmer: Stephen, you always spent money as fast as you can make it, but now you're spending money you don't even have. Maybe it's time to consider stopping.
Dr. Stephen Strange: No, now is exactly not the time to stop, because, you see, I'M NOT GETTING ANY BETTER!
Christine Palmer: But this isn't medicine anymore, this is mania. Somethings just can't be fixed.
Dr. Stephen Strange: A life without my work...
Christine Palmer: Is still a life. This isn't the end, there are other things that can give your life meaning.
Dr. Stephen Strange: [bitter]Like what? Like you?
Christine Palmer: ...and this is the part where you apologise.
Dr. Stephen Strange: This is the part where you leave.
Dr. Stephen Strange: No, now is exactly not the time to stop, because, you see, I'M NOT GETTING ANY BETTER!
Christine Palmer: But this isn't medicine anymore, this is mania. Somethings just can't be fixed.
Dr. Stephen Strange: A life without my work...
Christine Palmer: Is still a life. This isn't the end, there are other things that can give your life meaning.
Dr. Stephen Strange: [bitter]Like what? Like you?
Christine Palmer: ...and this is the part where you apologise.
Dr. Stephen Strange: This is the part where you leave.
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Dr. Stephen Strange: Yeah, you know, you really should have stolen the whole book because the warnings... the warnings come after the spells.
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Kaecilius: Daniel, I see they made you master of this Sanctum.
Daniel Drumm: You know what that means?
Kaecilius: That you'll die protecting it.
Daniel Drumm: You know what that means?
Kaecilius: That you'll die protecting it.
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[Strange picks up a brazier to use against Kaecilius] Dr. Stephen Strange: Hah! [Kaecilius is alarmed and wary, then... ]
Kaecilius: You don't know how to use that, do you?
Dr. Stephen Strange: Uh... [swings the brazier at Kaecilius]
Kaecilius: You don't know how to use that, do you?
Dr. Stephen Strange: Uh... [swings the brazier at Kaecilius]
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[from trailer] Dr. Stephen Strange: I don't believe in fairytales about chakras or energy or the power of belief.
The Ancient One: You wonder what I see in your future? Possibility.
The Ancient One: You wonder what I see in your future? Possibility.
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The Ancient One: [about Doctor Strange]You think I was wrong to cast him out?
Baron Mordo: Five hours later, he's still on your doorstep. There's a strength to him.
Baron Mordo: Five hours later, he's still on your doorstep. There's a strength to him.
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Dr. Stephen Strange: Even if there's another way?
Baron Mordo: There is no *other* way.
Baron Mordo: There is no *other* way.
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Dr. Stephen Strange: [to Kaecilius]Look at your face. Dormannu made you a murderer. Just how good can his kingdom be?
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The Ancient One: Death is what gives life meaning. To know your days are numbered. Your time is short.
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Wong: I am now the guardian of these books. So if a volume from this collection should be stolen again, I'd know it, and you'd be dead before you ever left the compound.
Dr. Stephen Strange: What if it's just overdue? You know. Any late fees I should know about? Maiming, perhaps?
Dr. Stephen Strange: What if it's just overdue? You know. Any late fees I should know about? Maiming, perhaps?
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The Ancient One: [about Dr Strange]Stubbornness, arrogance, ambition. I've seen it all before.
Baron Mordo: He reminds you of Kaecilius.
Baron Mordo: He reminds you of Kaecilius.
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