109 Movie Quotes about Ideas (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Sep 11, 2025

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

1 That's an excellent idea.

George Sanders as Shere Khan in The Jungle Book (1967)

2 We are told to remember the idea and not the man. Because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten.

Natalie Portman as Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta

3 I have witnessed firsthand the power of ideas. I've seen people kill in the name of them and die defending them.

Natalie Portman as Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta

4 A man has an idea. The idea attracts others like-minded. The idea expands. The idea becomes an institution. What was the idea? See, that's what's been bothering me, boys.

Michael Wincott as Top Dollar in The Crow (1994)

5 I used to think they were followers with no ideas or vision.

Chris Pratt as Emmet Brickowski in The Lego Movie (2014)

6 Just words. -But good words. That's where ideas begin. Maybe you should listen to them.

William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

7 I have no idea. You're the criminal mastermind, not me.

David Spade as Emperor Kuzco in The Emperor's New Groove

8 A fella I once knew in El Paso, one day he just took all his clothes off and jumped in a mess of cactus. I asked him the same question, Why? -And? -He said It seemed to be a good idea at the time.

Steve McQueen as Vin Tanner in The Magnificent Seven (1960)

9 Yes. Okay. I got an idea. I got an idea. My belt buckle. My belt buckle. Right here. Okay? Rub your wrists against my belt buckle. That'll do it.

Seth Rogen as Dale Denton in Pineapple Express

10 Aye. And we've no need for mongrels and their radical ideas. Off with you, now. Off with you!

Barbara Luddy as Miss Lady in Lady and the Tramp

109 Movie Quotes about Ideas (+ Sound Clips)

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