285 Movie Quotes about Survival (+ Sound Clips) - page 17

Updated: Sep 20, 2025

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

161 How shall I find water in the desert for this multitude?

Charlton Heston as Moses in The Ten Commandments (1956)

162 He may be a monk, but he's a human being too. And I only know that he'll die if we don't feed him with some meat and rich solid foods. And let me tell you, when you're hungry, the Buddha doesn't feed you.

Quote from Ninja vs. Shaolin Guards (1984)

163 We'll live in peace, where no one can find us. We'll catch a pig and we'll roast it. And if we catch a cat, then of course, we'll skin the cat.

Quote from Ninja vs. Shaolin Guards (1984)

164 Uh-oh! What is that? -Oh, no! It's a wiper! Triple blade! Jump on! It's your only chance, bee!

Chris Rock as Mooseblood in Bee Movie

165 Trouble? You're a mosquito. You're in trouble. Nobody likes us. They're just all smacking. People see a mosquito, smack, smack.

Chris Rock as Mooseblood in Bee Movie

166 His main artery has been shattered. -What can we do? -We need a 1000-year ginseng and lucid ganoderma in order to save him. -Well, where are we going to find that? -I have lucid ganoderma, but Lan Xin Zu has the ginseng. -Damn!

Quote from Return of the Bastard Swordsman

167 Haven't you heard of a Chinese proverb? Good fortune after a near-death disaster.

Quote from Return of the Bastard Swordsman

168 Okay. How much did they give you? I'll top it. -You can't top this. They said they'd let me breathe.

Quote from Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

169 That makes 3 attempts on my life in 2 days. -I am lucky. I've only had one.

Herbert Lom as Charles Dreyfus in Curse of the Pink Panther

170 There are plenty worse places to be than the Old West. I could have ended up in the Dark Ages. They probably would have burned me at the stake as a heretic or something.

Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett Brown in Back to the Future Part III