Gattaca Quotes

I belonged to a new underclass, no longer determined by social status or the color of your skin. No, we now have discrimination down to a science. – Vincent Freeman

There’s no gene for fate. – Vincent Freeman

I’ve got an important call coming in. It’s called my life and it’s passing me by. – Vincent Freeman

I didn’t leave anything to chance. Nothing. Every twitch, every blink was recorded. I lived in a world that was as high-tech as they come. – Vincent Freeman

I’m in a hurry. I don’t have all day. You wanna know how I did it? This is how I did it: I never saved anything for the swim back. – Vincent Freeman

You want to know how I did it? This is how I did it, Anton: I never saved anything for the swim back. – Vincent Freeman

I got the better end of the deal. I only lent you my body – you lent me your dream. – Jerome Morrow

There is no future for someone like me. I’ve tried, haven’t I? I’ve tried to be someone I’m not for someone like you. – Jerome Morrow

You see, Izaak, there is no gene for the human spirit. – Jerome Morrow

I’m left with the impossible ratio of ten thousand to one, and I have to beat it. – Vincent Freeman

For someone who was never meant for this world, I must confess I’m suddenly having a hard time leaving it. – Vincent Freeman

I’ve never seen anything like it before: you’ve made Vincent obsolete in less than a week. – Jerome Morrow

You want to know how I did it? This is how I did it, Anton: I never saved anything for the swim back. – Vincent Freeman

My real resume was in my cells. Why should anyone invest all that money to train me when there are a thousand other applicants with a far cleaner profile? – Vincent Freeman

What was it that drew you to this particular sequence? – Vincent Freeman

Genetics aren’t finished yet. They’re only just begun. – Eugene Morrow

Vincent is a fraud, Irene. DNA doesn’t play dice. There’s no maybe in genetic identification. You are what you are. – Dr. Lamar

You are Johannes Krause, right? – Vincent Freeman

There’s no guarantee when it comes to the future. It’s just a matter of faith. – Irene Cassini

I walked past the swimming pool, past the restaurant, down to the beach and into the water. I walked in and I kept on walking until I could no longer stand. – Vincent Freeman

Now that you’re here, the only way to move is forward. – Dr. Lamar

It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not incompetence. That is life. – Dr. Lamar

Being you is not an impediment to achieving any career that you want. You have the potential inside you, it’s merely a matter of unlocking it. – Dr. Lamar

You’re a vital part of a new breed of humans, unlimited by genetic constraints on strength and intelligence. – Dr. Lamar

In Vincent’s case, we’ve already tried to weed out the bad genes. We gave him the best possible start. But there’s nothing we can do for him any more. – Dr. Lamar

Growing up, I never let school interfere with my education. – Jerome Morrow

The surgeon’s knife perfected an imperfect body. – Vincent Freeman

We’ve got one more shot at this. There’s no second chances in this. – Vincent Freeman

You know, there’s nothing worse than having an invalid for a dad. As soon as we can, we’re going to get new ones. – Anton Freeman

There is no greater dream than to see a world where one day every human being will be judged solely on their abilities and their effort. – Dr. Lamar

I am….. what I am. In the end, nothing more than that. What if I’m not meant to do anything? What if I never again volley a point like Agassi? – Jerome Morrow

It’s not the same as winning the silver medal in the Olympics. We’ll still have to face discrimination. Only this time it’ll be legal. No, wait, hold on a second, let’s see. Let’s see if I got this straight. The only way that you can beat this system is to be one of the few people that gets to play the game, right? But the problem is, is that there’s no game to play. They’ve already won. – Jerome Morrow

You’ve got a good start. But you have to finish what you started. – Dr. Lamar

I never quite saw the sun, never really felt the rain – you want to know what convinced me? It was falling and her arms around me. – Vincent Freeman

What I need is a partner. I want to find my partner. – Jerome Morrow

The more I see of him, the more I realize that he’s not quite right. – Eugene Morrow

If we’re gonna do it, we’ve got to do it now. – Vincent Freeman

It’s not impossible. It’s just a matter of breaking the limits that have been placed on us. – Dr. Lamar

Don’t ever save anything for the swim back. Without them, it’s never too late. – Vincent Freeman

I wasn’t suicidal. I wasn’t thinking of jumping… I just wanted to fly. (List Continues…)