Jesse from Before Sunrise: 35 Movie Quotes with Audio

Movie quotes spoken by Jesse from Before Sunrise, ranked by user ratings. Listen online or download free MP3 and WAV clips.

1 Gotta say I like this Viennese variation of a bum.

Ethan Hawke as Jesse in Before Sunrise

2 But what good is saved time if nobody uses it, if it just turns into more busy work?

Ethan Hawke as Jesse in Before Sunrise

3 In headaches and in worry, vaguely life leaks away, and time will have his fancy tomorrow or today.

Ethan Hawke as Jesse in Before Sunrise

4 'The years shall run like rabbits.'

Ethan Hawke as Jesse in Before Sunrise

5 You know what's funny? People always talk about how love is this totally unselfish, giving thing. But if you think about it, there's nothing more selfish.

Ethan Hawke as Jesse in Before Sunrise

6 You never hear somebody say, 'With the time I've saved by using my word processor, I'm gonna go to a Zen monastery and hang out.' You don't hear that.

Ethan Hawke as Jesse in Before Sunrise

7 And you know how they say we're all each other's demons and angels? Well, she was literally a Botticelli angel, just tellin' me that everything was gonna be okay.

Ethan Hawke as Jesse in Before Sunrise

8 You know what? They're not service-orientated. Just an observation about Europe.

Ethan Hawke as Jesse in Before Sunrise

9 Yeah. I don't know. Sometimes I dream about being a good father and a good husband. And sometimes that feels really close. But then other times, it seems silly, like it would, ruin my whole life.

Ethan Hawke as Jesse in Before Sunrise

10 That's great. So, has this trip around Europe been good for you? -Yeah, sure. Yeah, it's been, um... It sucked. You know?

Céline (Julie Delpy), Jesse (Ethan Hawke) in Before Sunrise