440 Paradox Quotes from Movies (+ Sound Clips) - page 36

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.

351 I adore simple pleasures. They're the last refuge of the complex.

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

352 Punctuality is the thief of time, Harry says.

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

353 No civilized man ever regrets a pleasure and no uncivilized man ever knows what a pleasure is.

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

354 When we're happy, we're always good. When we're good, we're not always happy.

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

355 I sent my soul through the invisible, some letter of that after-life to spell. And by and by my soul returned to me, and answered, I myself am heaven and hell.

Hurd Hatfield as Dorian Gray in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

356 You're a good man. Good men can't tolerate criminals. I'm criminal. Therefore, I can't tolerate you.

Quote from Strife for Mastery (1978)

357 Killers are always killed. The more you kill, the more that you're afraid to die.

Quote from Strife for Mastery (1978)

358 Two objects can occupy the same space at the same time under proper conditions.

Robert Lansing as Dr. Scott Nelson in 4D Man (1959)

359 Oh, Black Belt, she is good, man! She is bad!

Eric Laneuville as Quincy in Black Belt Jones (1974)

360 I widowed her the day I married her.

Sean Connery as Marko Ramius in The Hunt for Red October