285 Movie Quotes about Survival (+ Sound Clips) - page 19

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.

181 I mean, Jesus, Clyde, you got three pistols, and you only got one arm, for Christ's sake. -I just don't wanna get killed for lack of shooting back.

Quote from Unforgiven

182 Nowhere to run to. No place to hide.

Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan in Clear and Present Danger

183 Oh, yes, Commissioner. Fortunately, there was sufficient air still left in my hump to keep me afloat until the rescue.

Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau in The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

184 I'd rather be insane and alive than sane and dead.

Quote from The Big Combo (1955)

185 Merlin, am I a fish? Am I a fish? -Yes, yes, yes, you are a fish. If you don't stop flipping and flopping around and get in the water you won't last long.

Quote from The Sword in the Stone (1963)

186 How he has survived throughout the ages is one of nature's big mysteries.

Merlin in The Sword in the Stone (1963)

187 Now, listen to me, all of you. You are all condemned men. We keep you alive to serve this ship. So row well, and live.

Jack Hawkins as Quintus Arrius in Ben-Hur (1959)

188 We keep you alive to serve this ship. Row well and live.

Charlton Heston as Judah Ben Hur in Ben-Hur (1959)

189 A man gave me water to drink. I went on living. I should have done better if I had poured it into the sand. -No. -I am thirsty still.