Noah Quotes in Noah (2014)

Tubal-cain: I have men at my back, and you stand alone and defy me?

Noah: I'm not alone.

Ila: This is the end of everything.

Noah: The beginning. The beginning of everything.

Noah: A great flood is coming. The waters of the heavens will meet the waters of earth. We build a vessel to survive the storm. We build an ark.

Noah: You know why I've come?

Methuselah: Yes. Before he walked on, my father Enoch told me that one day, if man continued his ways, The Creator would annihilate this world.

Noah: So what I saw is true? All life blotted out because what man has done? Can it not be averted?

Methuselah: Noah, you must trust that He speaks in a way that you can understand. So you tell me. Can this destruction be averted?

Noah: No.

Methuselah: Oh.

Noah: He sent me here. Why send me if there's nothing I can do to stop it?

Methuselah: Well, perhaps He simply sends you here to share a cup of tea with an old man.

Noah: Fire consumes all. Water cleanses. It separates the foul from the pure. The wicked from the innocent. And that which sinks from that which rises. He destroys all, but only to start again.

[Noah wakes up from a vision]

Naameh: Did He speak to you?

Noah: I think so.

Naameh: Will He help us?

Noah: He's going to destroy the Earth.

Noah: Ham. What are you doing?

Young Ham: It's pretty.

Noah: You see those other flowers? How they're attached to the ground? That's where they should be. They have a purpose. The sprout. And they bloom. The wind takes their seeds and more flowers grow. We only collect what we can use, and what we need. Do you understand?

Noah: We broke the world - we did this. Man did this. Everything that was beautiful, everything that was good, we shattered. Now, it begins again.

[last lines]

Noah: The Creator made Adam in His image, and placed the world in his care. That birthright was passed down to us. To my father, then to me, and to my sons, Shem, Japheth, and Ham. That birthright is now passed to you, our grandchildren.

[touching each baby]

Noah: This will be your work, and your responsibility. So I say to you, be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth.

Ila: Will he come back?

Noah: Some things cannot be unbroken.

Ila: I have to know. Why did you spare them?

Noah: I looked down at those two little girls and all I had in my heart was love.

Ila: Then why are you alone, Noah? Why are you separated to your family?

Noah: Because I failed him, and I failed all of you.

Ila: Did you? He chose you for a reason, Noah? He showed you the wickedness of Man and knew you would not look away. And you saw goodness too. The choice was put in your hands because he put it there. He asked you to decide if we were worth saving. And you chose mercy. You chose love. He has given us a second chance. Be a father, be a grandfather. Help us to do better this time. Help us start again.

Naameh: Snakes are coming, too?

Noah: Yeah. All that creeps, all that crawls, all that slithers.

Young Shem: I am Shem.

Noah: My oldest.

Methuselah: Come closer. Let me see you. You're a lucky boy. I think you must have your mother's looks, not your father's.

[winks]

Noah: Some things cannot be unbroken.

Noah: The time for mercy has passed. Now our punishment begins.

Noah: Soon everything we knew of creation will be gone. All that is left of Creation will lie within these walls. Outside, just the waters of chaos again.

Poacher Leader: What do you want?

Noah: Justice.

Tubal-cain: When I heard talk of miracles, I dismissed them. But then I saw the birds with my own eyes, flying here, and I had to come.

Noah: There isn't anything for you here.

Tubal-cain: No? This all belongs to me. This land. This forest. That stronghold of yours. Did you really think you could protect yourself from me in that?

Noah: It's not protection from you.

Tubal-cain: Then what is it?

Noah: An ark to hold the innocent when The Creator sends his deluge to wipe out the wicked from this world.

Tubal-cain: The Creator does not care what happens in this world. Nobody has heard from Him since He marked Cain. We are alone. Orphaned children, cursed to struggle by the sweat of our brow to survive. Damned if I don't do everything it takes to do just that. Damned if I don't take what I want.

Noah: We have been entrusted with a task much greater than our own desires.

Noah: We are to see Methuselah. My grandfather.

Samyaza: A child of the old one? You should have killed them.

Og: But, Samyaza...

Samyaza: This is a man, Og. Do you forget how they betrayed The Creator?

Noah: It is He who sends us?

Samyaza: It lies. Leave them here to rot.

Noah: Bridgeport? You're moving in the wrong direction.

Tommy Riley: What do you know about this guy?

Noah: If he hurts you with his left, go down.

Noah: When you're weak, you act strong. And when you're strong pretend to be weak.

Noah: All I got is a broken nose and a bunch of recollections. You got recollections, boy?

Tommy Riley: Yeah. Some.

Noah: You young yet. They accumulate. Believe me.

Noah: Comeback, rematch. He punished that man. Retired him for life. No. He ain't got no weaknesses.

Noah: You're angry. That's what's gonna get you beat out there! Anger is your enemy!

Kali: We're only looking for Sarah. Where is she, Noah?

Noah: I ain't gonna tell you that.

Kali: [turns on tattoo needle] But I think you are. Last chance, love.

Noah: Go fuck yourself, you dried up bitch!

Noah: What are you, anyway?

Gonzo: Oh, uh, good question. Now technically speaking, uhh, let's say, put me down as a... 'Whatever'?

Adam: You gotta help me. Lisa is all primed but her helpful friend, fat Rita, will take her home unless she gets some action, too.

Noah: OK, first of all, I'm way too wasted to be operating heavy machinery. And second of all, I got this little spinner all G-ed out. She's liquid.

Adam: Leave her on the back burner. Take one for the team.

Chris: Man, our T.G. party was a total bust. Every time I got close to hittin' it with one of those new mamas, her evil girlfriend's got to show up and screw everything up.

Adam: What we need is a higher female-to-male ratio, like in cool nightclubs, you know, where they let in five times as many women as men.

Noah: How are we gonna get five times as many women to show up?

Adam: We have a party but we call it a fundraiser.

Chris: So we gotta think of a charity.

Adam: It's gotta be the right charity. It's got to attract hotties.

Chris: Yeah.

Noah: What's that country with all the babies?

Adam: China.

Chris: Romania.

Noah: No.

Chris: But wait, I don't know about babies. No, I mean, that's going to give 'em the wrong message.

Noah: How about AIDS?

Adam: Oh, THERE'S a mood-setter.

Chris: Whoa! Whoa! Wha-what's goin' on?

Inspector: Inspections for drugs and alcohol.

Noah: What?

Adam: Since when?

Student: O'Brien from the eighth floor's in a coma.

Chris: So?

Student: So the board instigated some new policies.

Adam: [overlapping the next two lines] That-that-that-that-that-that-that...

Noah: This is whack!

Chris: Can they even DO this?

Adam: I'm callin' my father's lawyer. Our parents pay a lot of money for us to enjoy our college experience.

Noah: There you are again with those books! What is that?

Paul Tannek: Studying?

Noah: Oh, my God. Are you guys taking Psych?

Chris, Adam: Yeah.

Noah: Do you ever look in the book?

Chris: No.

Noah: Look at this retard!

[all laugh]

Paul Tannek: Hey, has anybody seen my toothbrush?

Chris: [from the other room] You can't find it? Shit, you better find that thing, man. Those things can cost up to $2.50.

Noah: [also from the other room] Yeah, and yours has such a nice handle, man.

Piper: You know, I didn't want to give up my baby. I was forced to. What would you do if Julia was taken away from you? Wouldn't you think about it every day for the rest of your life?

Noah: Yeah, of course.

Piper: Then why is it any different for me? I mean, why is my love for my child just a whim while yours is real? Of course, you have your child so you can afford to be judgmental. All I have is the ghost of two Julias. I loved them both, and I lost them both.

Noah: Ok, so here's the deal; Julia and I took a vote and there's a definite opening in the family. Job is yours if you want it.

Piper: Really?

Noah: Yeah. Only one ground rule; nothing but honesty from now on.

Piper: I swear.

[Noah smiles. They start walking]

Piper: Noah?

Noah: Yeah?

Piper: That shirt's a really nasty color.

Noah: Okay, not *that* honest!

Piper: Hey, I'm just trying to get started somewhere!

Noah: That doesn't look like math to me.

Julia: Done.

Noah: Spelling?

Julia: Done.

Noah: Well, I have to check it.

Piper: Done.

Noah: Poor Julia has to walk home with Bradley. And then she's forced to stay with him for 45 whole minutes, until I get there.

Piper: You are a terrible father.

Noah: I gotta give her something to tell the therapist in 10 years.

Julia: Bradley picks his nose in class, and makes these fart noises in his arm pits.

Noah: Testosterone poisoning, actually. He can't help it.

Julia: [erasing] That sucky thing's not right.

Piper: That "sucky" thing?

Julia: That's what my dad calls it.

Noah: [looking in] What your dad calls what?

Julia: This.

Noah: What, the sucky thing?

Piper: Otherwise known as a turkey baster.

Noah: Well, yeah, if you want to use it's nickname. But everybody knows the real name is of course

Julia, Noah: [in unison] ... the sucky thing.

Piper: [about her drawing of Julia] You want it?

Noah: No, not really.

[Starts to walk away. Piper looks offended, but he comes back]

Noah: I'm kidding! I'm kidding, I'd love it, if you don't mind parting with it, of course.

Noah: [Kisses a sleeping Julia and draws a heart on her hand] That's how she knows that I'm home, and that she's been kissed.

Julia: Anna, please! Dad won't take me on any spinny rides!

Noah: That's cuz Daddy doesn't *do* spinning rides. Because spinning rides remind Daddy of how I used to feel after Frat parties, just dizzy and sick.

Hera: When I say something which deserves consideration and you respond without thinking, how do you feel?

Noah: I feel fine.

Hera: I thought you might feel stupid.

FBI Agent Jake Malloy: You're real good at kicking them when they're down, aren't you?

Noah: I do all right when they're standing up, too.

FBI Agent Jake Malloy: You never stood up to anybody.

Noah: Yeah? Well at least I'm there for my women.

Noah: I am nothing special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who's ever lived: I've loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough.

Noah: Summer romances begin for all kinds of reasons, but when all is said and done, they have one thing in common. They're shooting stars, a spectacular moment of light in the heavens, fleeting glimpse of eternity, and in a flash they're gone.

Noah: He got the notion into his head that if he restored the old house where they had come that night, Allie would find a way to come back to him. Some called it a labor of love. Others called it something else. But in fact, Noah had gone a little mad.

Nurse Esther: The doctor needs to see you.

Allie: Me? Now?

Nurse Esther: No, him.

Allie: But he hasn't finished reading his story.

Noah: I'll read some more when I'm through with the doctor. This shouldn't take too long.

Allie: All right.

Noah: Don't you go away. I'll be right back.

Nurse Esther: While you waiting, maybe you'd like to play the piano for a few minutes. You do like that.

Allie: I do?

Nurse Esther: Mm-hmm.

Allie: I don't know any tunes.

Nurse Esther: You can read music.

Allie: No kidding?

Nurse Esther: Mm-hmm.

Noah: Keep your eye on the bowl, Two Two.

Noah: I can't imagine being stuck down a well all alone like that. How long could you survive?

Rachel Keller: Seven days.

Rachel Keller: He watched the tape.

Noah: Who? who watched it?

Rachel Keller: Our son.

Library Clerk: 1978. Man, we're really going back in time, here.

Noah: Yeah, lady at reception said it should still be here.

Library Clerk: Should be. You say you're the patient's father, right?

Noah: Yep, Richard Morgan, that's me.

Library Clerk: What is your secret?

Noah: Diet and exercise, man.

Library Clerk: No shit...

Noah: Yeah, that's all it takes.

Library Clerk: You know, I'm not an idiot. You try and walk out of here with my file, and I'll be on you like white on rice, you understand?

Noah: [after watching the tape] Very student film.

Noah: [after watching the tape] I'm sure it's a lot scarier at night.

Noah: [Referring to the tape] Look I'm sorry but I'm not gonna get all hung up on some high schooled rumor.

[Rachel gives him a weird look]

Noah: What are you thinking?

Rachel Keller: I'm thinking this is the part where I tell you that you're a slug who never finishes anything and then you say I'm an obsessive bitch. Then I storm out all pissed off, kicking myself for ever thinking that you could just GROW UP!

Rachel Keller: Hey Noah, can you pretend for a second that I don't read "Video Geek Magazine"?

Noah: Okay, when you record a tape, the makeup on the track is like a signature for whatever did the recording like a VCR, camcorder, or whatever, so the control track can tell us where it came from. But to not have one, I mean that's like being born without finger prints.

Rachel Keller: Then how did this get recorded?

Noah: I don't know.

Rachel Keller: Would you say that I'm gullible?

Noah: No.

Rachel Keller: Easily rattled?

Noah: Definitely not. I mean, you're a little highly-strung maybe.

[gesturing to her clothes]

Noah: Not much of a dresser.

Rachel Keller: Four people are dead.

Noah: Not from watching a videotape.

Cashier: You're gonna die.

Noah: Huh?

Cashier: My cousin was two packs a day. Used the patch - never looked back.

Noah: We should help them atleast try to warn them

Ricky: I love you. Not as a friend or as a girlfriend, more than that. And every guy I meet pales in comparison, they're just bodies. I love you. And the words burn to my mouth because I know you don't love me.

Noah: Ricky...

Ricky: Not that way, I know. It's my burden and I'm sorry if it sometimes makes me act like a jerk. But I know one thing.

Noah: What?

Ricky: I will always have your back. Always. And I know something else. You love Wade.

Noah: So we release them, and then?

Brandon: They fly away?

Wade: This time of year, wouldn't they just freeze to death?

Ricky: The perfect metaphor for the joys of marriage.

Noah: I'm sorry.

Wade: I'm sorry too. You know nothing happened, just a drunken kiss.

Noah: Same with Baby Gat... minus the kiss.

Noah: When I first saw you, it wasn't love at first sight. You were intriguing, fascinating, remarkable. But you were straight, or so I thought. Or so you thought.

[all chuckle]

Noah: But my love for you grew quietly, just past the corner of my eye. Watered by time, in tears, in kisses. I knew I loved you when just the sight of you pierced me with a fear and longing beyond lust. When I wanted to give you the world, and receive nothing in return, but your smile. And this I will do for you, and this I'll do for us. Be kind, be honest, be fearless, be true. I will be your port in the storm and your shield in the battle. And when the time comes for us to go to the long home of our ancestors, I will dance with you there.