38 Movie Quotes about Recognition (+ Sound Clips) - page 4

Updated: Apr 8, 2026

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

31 Someone you know? -I just thought I recognized somebody I know from the profession. -Yours or his? Come on.

Quote from Ocean's 11 (1960)

32 Your face is familiar. -Possible you've seen it in the newspapers or magazines. Um, Vanity Fair. -That must be it.

Tony Curtis as Joe in Some Like It Hot

33 Yeah. I recognize the face, but I don't know where to put it.

Humphrey Bogart as Alfred "Gloves" Donahue in All Through the Night (1942)

34 Don't I even get credit for a good try?

Quote from Superman (1948)

35 You know, gold ain't like stones in a river bed. It don't cry out to be picked up. You got to know how to recognize it. And finding it ain't all... not by a long shot. You got to know how to tickle it so she'll come out laughing.

Walter Huston as Howard in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

36 That is humor. I recognise that.

Bruno Kirby as Lt. Steven Hauk in Good Morning, Vietnam

37 I come from... Like you. And, like you, I want some respect! A recognition of my basic humanity.

Quote from Batman Returns (1992)

38 A craftsman is always pleased to hear his work is appreciated.

Quote from Pirates of the Caribbean 1: The Curse of the Black Pearl