Fight Club Quotes
Richard Chesler: [Reading a piece of paper] The first rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club?
Narrator: [Voice-over] I'm half asleep again; I must've left the original in the copy machine.
Richard Chesler: The second rule of Fight Club - is this yours?
Narrator: Huh?
Richard Chesler: Pretend you're me, make a managerial decision: you find this, what would you do?
Narrator: [pauses] Well, I gotta tell you: I'd be very, very careful who you talk to about that, because the person who wrote that... is dangerous. [Gets up from the chair]
Narrator: [Talking slowly] And this button-down, Oxford-cloth psycho might just snap, and then stalk from office to office with an Armalite AR-10 carbine gas-powered semi-automatic weapon, pumping round after round into colleagues and co-workers. This might be someone you've known for years. Someone very, very close to you.
Narrator: [Voice-over] Tyler's words coming out of my mouth. [Snatches the piece of paper from boss' hands]
Narrator: [Voice-over] And I used to be such a nice guy.
Narrator: Or maybe you shouldn't bring me every little piece of trash you happen to pick up. [Phone rings]
Narrator: [Into phone] Compliance and Liability...?
Marla Singer: My tit's gonna rot off.
Narrator: [to boss] Would you excuse me? I need to take this.
Narrator: [Voice-over] I'm half asleep again; I must've left the original in the copy machine.
Richard Chesler: The second rule of Fight Club - is this yours?
Narrator: Huh?
Richard Chesler: Pretend you're me, make a managerial decision: you find this, what would you do?
Narrator: [pauses] Well, I gotta tell you: I'd be very, very careful who you talk to about that, because the person who wrote that... is dangerous. [Gets up from the chair]
Narrator: [Talking slowly] And this button-down, Oxford-cloth psycho might just snap, and then stalk from office to office with an Armalite AR-10 carbine gas-powered semi-automatic weapon, pumping round after round into colleagues and co-workers. This might be someone you've known for years. Someone very, very close to you.
Narrator: [Voice-over] Tyler's words coming out of my mouth. [Snatches the piece of paper from boss' hands]
Narrator: [Voice-over] And I used to be such a nice guy.
Narrator: Or maybe you shouldn't bring me every little piece of trash you happen to pick up. [Phone rings]
Narrator: [Into phone] Compliance and Liability...?
Marla Singer: My tit's gonna rot off.
Narrator: [to boss] Would you excuse me? I need to take this.
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Narrator: A guy who came to Fight Club for the first time, his ass was a wad of cookie dough. After a few weeks, he was carved out of wood.
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Narrator: What do you want me to do? You want me to hit you?
Tyler Durden: Come on, do me this one favor.
Narrator: Why?
Tyler Durden: Why? I don't know why, I don't know. Never been in a fight, you?
Narrator: No, but that's a good thing.
Tyler Durden: No, man it's not. How much can you know yourself if you've never been in a fight? I don't wanna die with out any scars.
Tyler Durden: Come on, do me this one favor.
Narrator: Why?
Tyler Durden: Why? I don't know why, I don't know. Never been in a fight, you?
Narrator: No, but that's a good thing.
Tyler Durden: No, man it's not. How much can you know yourself if you've never been in a fight? I don't wanna die with out any scars.
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[the narrator pulls a loose tooth out of his mouth]
Narrator: ****.
Tyler Durden: Hey, even the Mona Lisa's falling apart.
Narrator: ****.
Tyler Durden: Hey, even the Mona Lisa's falling apart.
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[the rules of Fight Club, as seen in the trailer]
Vicky: Only two people per fight!
Karan: No weapons!
Somil: The left hand rule...
Dhiku: Once and for all, right?
Anna: Fight Club has only ONE rule: there are no rules!
Vicky: Only two people per fight!
Karan: No weapons!
Somil: The left hand rule...
Dhiku: Once and for all, right?
Anna: Fight Club has only ONE rule: there are no rules!
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Narrator : You wake up at Seatac, SFO, LAX. You wake up at O'Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth, BWI. Pacific, mountain, central. Lose an hour, gain an hour. This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. You wake up at Air Harbor International. If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?
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Lou : [ Lou hits Tyler in the face ] Do you hear me now?
Tyler Durden : No, I didn't quite catch that, Lou. [ Lou hits Tyler again ]
Tyler Durden : Still not getting it. [ Lou hits Tyler a few more times ]
Tyler Durden : Ok, I got it. Shit, I lost it. [ Lou continues to beat up Tyler ]
Tyler Durden : No, I didn't quite catch that, Lou. [ Lou hits Tyler again ]
Tyler Durden : Still not getting it. [ Lou hits Tyler a few more times ]
Tyler Durden : Ok, I got it. Shit, I lost it. [ Lou continues to beat up Tyler ]
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Tyler Durden : Fuck off with your sofa units and strine green stripe patterns, I say never be complete, I say stop being perfect, I say let... lets evolve, let the chips fall where they may.
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Tyler Durden : Fight Club was the beginning, now it's moved out of the basement, it's called Project Mayhem.
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Narrator : [ Tyler steers the car into the opposite lane and accelerates ] What are you doing?
Tyler Durden : Guys, what would you wish you'd done before you died?
Ricky : Paint a self-portrait.
The Mechanic : Build a house.
Tyler Durden : [ to Narrator ] And you?
Narrator : I don't know. Turn the wheel now, come on!
Tyler Durden : You have to know the answer to this question! If you died right now, how would you feel about your life?
Narrator : I don't know, I wouldn't feel anything good about my life, is that what you want to hear me say? Fine. Come on!
Tyler Durden : Not good enough.
Tyler Durden : Guys, what would you wish you'd done before you died?
Ricky : Paint a self-portrait.
The Mechanic : Build a house.
Tyler Durden : [ to Narrator ] And you?
Narrator : I don't know. Turn the wheel now, come on!
Tyler Durden : You have to know the answer to this question! If you died right now, how would you feel about your life?
Narrator : I don't know, I wouldn't feel anything good about my life, is that what you want to hear me say? Fine. Come on!
Tyler Durden : Not good enough.
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Tyler Durden : Now, a question of etiquette - as I pass, do I give you the ass or the crotch?
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Tyler Durden : Tomorrow will be the most beautiful day of Raymond K. Hessel's life. His breakfast will taste better than any meal you and I have ever tasted.
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Tyler Durden : Hey, you created me. I didn't create some loser alter-ego to make myself feel better. Take some responsibility!
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[ first lines ] [ Tyler points a gun into the Narrator's mouth ]
Narrator : [ voiceover ] People are always asking me if I know Tyler Durden.
Tyler Durden : Three minutes. This is it - ground zero. Would you like to say a few words to mark the occasion?
Narrator : ...i... ann... iinn... ff... nnyin...
Narrator : [ voiceover ] With a gun barrel between your teeth, you speak only in vowels. [ Tyler removes the gun from the Narrator's mouth ]
Narrator : I can't think of anything.
Narrator : [ voiceover ] For a second I totally forgot about Tyler's whole controlled demolition thing and I wonder how clean that gun is.
Narrator : [ voiceover ] People are always asking me if I know Tyler Durden.
Tyler Durden : Three minutes. This is it - ground zero. Would you like to say a few words to mark the occasion?
Narrator : ...i... ann... iinn... ff... nnyin...
Narrator : [ voiceover ] With a gun barrel between your teeth, you speak only in vowels. [ Tyler removes the gun from the Narrator's mouth ]
Narrator : I can't think of anything.
Narrator : [ voiceover ] For a second I totally forgot about Tyler's whole controlled demolition thing and I wonder how clean that gun is.
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Tyler Durden : Would you like to say a few words to mark the occasion?
Narrator : mumbles...
Tyler Durden : I'm sorry...
Narrator : I still can't think of anything.
Tyler Durden : Ah... flashback humor.
Narrator : mumbles...
Tyler Durden : I'm sorry...
Narrator : I still can't think of anything.
Tyler Durden : Ah... flashback humor.
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Narrator : This is crazy...
Tyler Durden : People do it everyday, they talk to themselves... they see themselves as they'd like to be, they don't have the courage you have, to just run with it.
Tyler Durden : People do it everyday, they talk to themselves... they see themselves as they'd like to be, they don't have the courage you have, to just run with it.
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Tyler Durden : Fuck damnation, man! Fuck redemption! We are God's unwanted children? So be it!
Narrator : OK. Give me some water!
Tyler Durden : Listen, you can run water over your hand and make it worse or... [ shouts ]
Tyler Durden : look at me... or you can use vinegar and neutralize the burn.
Narrator : Please let me have it... *Please*!
Tyler Durden : First you have to give up, first you have to *know*... not fear... *know*... that someday you're gonna die.
Narrator : OK. Give me some water!
Tyler Durden : Listen, you can run water over your hand and make it worse or... [ shouts ]
Tyler Durden : look at me... or you can use vinegar and neutralize the burn.
Narrator : Please let me have it... *Please*!
Tyler Durden : First you have to give up, first you have to *know*... not fear... *know*... that someday you're gonna die.
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Tyler Durden : All right, if the applicant is young, tell him he's too young. Old, too old. Fat, too fat. If the applicant then waits for three days without food, shelter, or encouragement he may then enter and begin his training.
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Tyler Durden : [ pointing at an emergency instruction manual on a plane ] You know why they put oxygen masks on planes?
Narrator : So you can breathe.
Tyler Durden : Oxygen gets you high. In a catastrophic emergency, you're taking giant panicked breaths. Suddenly you become euphoric, docile. You accept your fate. It's all right here. Emergency water landing - 600 miles an hour. Blank faces, calm as Hindu cows.
Narrator : That's, um... That's an interesting theory.
Narrator : So you can breathe.
Tyler Durden : Oxygen gets you high. In a catastrophic emergency, you're taking giant panicked breaths. Suddenly you become euphoric, docile. You accept your fate. It's all right here. Emergency water landing - 600 miles an hour. Blank faces, calm as Hindu cows.
Narrator : That's, um... That's an interesting theory.
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Marla Singer : I've got a stomachful of Xanax. I took what was left of a bottle. It might have been too much.
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Marla Singer : Your whacked out bald freaks hit me with a fucking broom! They almost broke my arm! They were burning their fingertips with lye, the stink was unbelievable!
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Tyler Durden : It's getting exciting now, two and one-half. Think of everything we've accomplished, man. Out these windows, we will view the collapse of financial history. One step closer to economic equilibrium.
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Narrator : Tyler, what the fuck is going on here?
Tyler Durden : I ask you for one thing, one simple thing.
Narrator : Why do people think that I'm you? Answer me!
Tyler Durden : Sit.
Narrator : Now answer me, why do people think that I'm you.
Tyler Durden : I think you know.
Narrator : No, I don't.
Tyler Durden : Yes, you do. Why would anyone possibly confuse you with me?
Narrator : Uh... I... I don't know. [ Random flashbacks ]
Tyler Durden : You got it.
Narrator : No.
Tyler Durden : Say it.
Narrator : Because...
Tyler Durden : Say it.
Narrator : Because we're the same person.
Tyler Durden : That's right.
Tyler Durden : I ask you for one thing, one simple thing.
Narrator : Why do people think that I'm you? Answer me!
Tyler Durden : Sit.
Narrator : Now answer me, why do people think that I'm you.
Tyler Durden : I think you know.
Narrator : No, I don't.
Tyler Durden : Yes, you do. Why would anyone possibly confuse you with me?
Narrator : Uh... I... I don't know. [ Random flashbacks ]
Tyler Durden : You got it.
Narrator : No.
Tyler Durden : Say it.
Narrator : Because...
Tyler Durden : Say it.
Narrator : Because we're the same person.
Tyler Durden : That's right.
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[ after vigorous sex with Tyler Durden ]
Marla Singer : My God. I haven't been fucked like that since grade school.
Marla Singer : My God. I haven't been fucked like that since grade school.
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