163 Movie Quotes about Plans (+ Sound Clips) - page 8

Updated: May 22, 2026

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

71 Once a plan gets too complex, everything can go wrong.

John Goodman as Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski

72 I never planned anything in my life.

Paul Newman as Lucas "Luke" Jackson in Cool Hand Luke

73 You guys, he planned that! He knew what he was doing!

Patrick Renna as Hamilton "Ham" Porter; Hamilton Ham Porter in The Sandlot (1993)

74 I saw his thoughts. I saw what they're planning to do.

Bill Pullman as President Thomas J. Whitmore; Thomas J. Whitmore in Independence Day (1996)

75 The kid's running scared. He ain't got a plan.

Daniel Stern as Marv in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

76 I'll think of something... something clever, something unexpected... something subtle.

Michael Keaton as Johnny Dangerously in Johnny Dangerously

77 He may have a plan, he thinks he's fail-safe. But his sure-fire experiments have blown up before.

Quote from The Green Hornet (1966)

78 It's funny, isn't it? We can pack things like these so carefully, and yet our plans, our lives, even, get smashed no matter what we do.

Claire Trevor as Mary McCloud in Dark Command (1940)

79 Then what are we supposed to do, huh? 'Cause he's cleaning a gun with no bullets. Yeah, that's a plan.

Brandon T. Jackson as Alpa Chino in Tropic Thunder (2008)

80 What the _? That ain't the plan!

Robert Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thunder (2008)