Metropolitan Quotes
Charlie Black: Fourierism was tried in the late nineteenth century... and it failed. Wasn't Brookfarm Fourierist? It failed.
Tom Townsend: That's debatable.
Charlie Black: Whether Brookfarm failed?
Tom Townsend: That it ceased to exist, I'll grant you, but whether or not it failed cannot be definitively said.
Charlie Black: Well, for me, ceasing to exist is - is failure. I mean, that's pretty definitive.
Tom Townsend: Well, everyone ceases to exist. Doesn't mean everyone's a failure.
Tom Townsend: That's debatable.
Charlie Black: Whether Brookfarm failed?
Tom Townsend: That it ceased to exist, I'll grant you, but whether or not it failed cannot be definitively said.
Charlie Black: Well, for me, ceasing to exist is - is failure. I mean, that's pretty definitive.
Tom Townsend: Well, everyone ceases to exist. Doesn't mean everyone's a failure.
Movie: Metropolitan
Charlie Black: Thanks a lot. We shouldn't be long.
Cab Driver: Take as long as you like -- I'm leaving.
Cab Driver: Take as long as you like -- I'm leaving.
Movie: Metropolitan
Fred Neff: Men are dates, date substitutes or potential dates. I find that dehumanizing.
Movie: Metropolitan
Nick Smith: I've always planned to be a failure anyway, that's why I plan to marry an extremely wealthy woman.
Movie: Metropolitan