440 Paradox Quotes from Movies (+ Sound Clips) - page 35

Updated: Mar 15, 2026

A selection of paradox quotes with sound bites from famous or less known movies, as rated by our visitors, accompanied by short MP3 or WAV audio samples.

341 Everything is gesundheit, kaputt und verboten!

William Holden as J.J. Sefton in Stalag 17 (1953)

342 How'd they get you nervous? -Well, they keep staring at these hooks or else they keep staring away from them. -You mean whatever they do is wrong.

Fredric March as Al Stephenson; Harold Russell as Homer Parrish in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

343 That's disgusting. -And delicious.

Mandy Patinkin as Huxley in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

344 Whoa, this shortcut is very long. Very smoky.

Kevin Clash as Elmo in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

345 Forgive me, Helen. You are two women, both wise and good. I am two men. One fairly good, I try to believe. The other, very bad indeed.

Jacques Sernas as Paris Of Troy in Helen of Troy (1956)

346 It is a way the gods have to give with one hand and take with two.

Rossana Podestà as Helen Of Troy in Helen of Troy (1956)

347 There is no escape, it seems. Not even from happiness. -No, and I am happy. Very happy.

Jacques Sernas as Paris Of Troy; Rossana Podestà as Helen Of Troy in Helen of Troy (1956)

348 Being natural is simply a pose and the most irritating pose I know.

George Sanders as Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

349 I always choose my friends for their good looks and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in his choice of enemies.

George Sanders as Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

350 The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is the caprice lasts a little longer.

George Sanders as Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)