Gattaca quotes

View Quote I bet I could be an astronaut, if I wanted.

View Quote I got the better end of the deal. I only lent you my body - you lent me your dream.

View Quote I know he'll do something. You'll do something.

View Quote I took my mind off the pain by reminding myself that when I eventually did stand up, I'd be exactly two inches closer to the stars.

View Quote I was never more certain of how far away I was from my goal than when I was standing right beside it.

View Quote I'm proud of you, Vincent.

View Quote I'm traveling, too.

View Quote If at first you don't succeed... try, try again.

View Quote In a few short years, scientists will have completed the Human Genome Project, the mapping of all the genes that make up a human being. We have now evolved to the point where we can direct our own evolution. Had we acquired this knowledge sooner, the following people may never have been born: Abraham Lincoln — Marfan Syndrome
Emily Dickinson — Manic Depression
Vincent Van Gogh — Epilepsy
Albert Einstein — Dyslexia
John F. Kennedy — Addison's Disease
Rita Hayworth — Alzheimer's Disease
Ray Charles — Primary Glaucoma
Stephen Hawking — Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Jackie Joyner-Kersee — Asthma Of course, the other birth that may never have taken place is your own...

View Quote Is it the only way you can succeed is to see me fail?

View Quote It's funny: you work so hard, you do everything you can to get away from a place, and when you finally get your chance to leave, you find a reason to stay.

View Quote It's not too late to back out. This is the last day you're gonna be you and I'm gonna be me.

View Quote Just remember that I was as good as any, and better than most. I could have gone up and back, and nobody woulda been the wiser.

View Quote Mine's already ten thousand beats overdue.

View Quote My real resum? was in my cells.