18 Movie Quotes about Adaptation (Sound Clips) - page 2

Last updated on: September 1, 2025

Memorable quotes about adaptation, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

11 And now, with your boss gone, no more sneak attacks. You must be very relieved. -Well, not entirely. Sometimes, when you do something long enough, you miss it even if it was painful.

Joanna Lumley as Marie Jouvet in Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)

12 Good! Adaptation. Improvisation.

Quote from The Matrix

13 I'm just not made for the heat. This is my first summer in New York, and it's practically killing me.

Marilyn Monroe as The Girl in The Seven Year Itch (1952)

14 I learned the way of the West, so I've become a little of both. A paradox. And it is hard to reconcile the extremes.

Claudia Cardinale as Princess Dala in The Pink Panther (1963)

15 Our maid took a night out three years ago, we haven't seen her since. But everything's all right because I took a course in domestic science. Even bought a cook book.

Teresa Wright as Peggy Stephenson in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

16 I wanna do something, see something. And I've been in jungles and around savages so long I gotta find out I'm back in civilization again.

Fredric March as Al Stephenson in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

17 Another ex-serviceman, huh? Greetings, brother. Have you had any trouble getting readjusted? -Not in particular. It's easy if you just take everything in your stride. -That's what I've heard.

Dana Andrews as Fred Derry in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

18 I guess you and I have been more or less used to a life of pink champagne. Maybe it'll be a little difficult to... -Mmm.

Irene Dunne as Terry McKay in Love Affair (1939)