Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (2023) Best Quotes

Starring: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathryn Newton, Jonathan Majors, Randall Park

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MCU superhero action comedy sequel directed by Peyton Reed. Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (2023) follows Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne (Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly), along with Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne (Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiffer), explore the Quantum Realm, where they interact with strange creatures and embark on an adventure that goes beyond the limits of what they thought was possible.

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'It's never too late to stop being a d**k.' - Cassie Lang (Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania) Share on X

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Scott Lang: My life doesn’t really make sense. I used to ask myself a lot of questions about that. “Scott, you’re a divorced ex-con. How are you an Avenger? Why are you time traveling with Captain America? That doesn’t make sense.” A lot has changed about my life. But everywhere I go, people ask me the same thing. “Scott, what about now? What’s next? Where does the ride take you?” If I knew that, it wouldn’t be a ride.

Cafe Owner: [to Scott, after he’s given Scott free coffee] Thank you, Spider-Man!

Scott Lang: So, let’s make time for the stuff that really matters. Like friends. Friends you didn’t even know you had. Remember the people who got you here. You couldn’t have done it without them. Hey, I’m just a guy who got fired from Baskin-Robbins. Sometimes you just get lucky.

Scott Lang: [reading from his book] I still can’t believe it. None of this should have happened. But it did. It’s a pretty good world. I’m glad we saved it. “Do I miss the action? Sometimes. Will I be there when the Avengers need me? Absolutely. I’d never turn my back on them. But right now, the only job I want is being a dad. I love you, Cassie. Thanks for being my hero. And I’m sorry I missed some birthdays. And for the rest of you kids out there, word of advice. Look out for the little guy. Make mistakes. Take chances. Because if there’s one thing life’s taught me, there’s always room to grow.

Scott Lang: I’m not telling you what to do. I’m just saying…
Hope Van Dyne: Telling her what to do.
Cassie Lang: Telling me exactly what to do.
Scott Lang: No, you do what you want. I’m suggesting another way to do it.

Scott Lang: It’s really dangerous tech.
Cassie Lang: I know it’s dangerous.
Scott Lang: What if the cops took it from you? What if you lost it?
Cassie Lang: I didn’t lose the suit.
Scott Lang: You have a suit? Wait. You have a suit?

Cassie Lang: I know how to take care of myself. Okay? Trust me. I’m pretty good at it by now.
Scott Lang: Ouch.
Cassie Lang: I didn’t mean it like that. I’m sorry.
Scott Lang: I know. That’s okay. It’s alright. I get it.

Scott Lang: I just think you should get to have a normal life.
Cassie Lang: Dad, a guy dressed like a bee tried to kill me in my room when I was six. I’ve never had a normal life.

'Look out for the little guy. Make mistakes. Take chances. Because if there's one thing life's taught me, there's always room to grow.' - Scott Lang (Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania) Share on X

Scott Lang: [as Hope turns on the stereo] And in that moment, all I could think was, “How did Hulk turn me into a baby? Will I be a baby forever. Am I the Hulk’s baby?” But I was ready for anything.
Cassie Lang: Dad, are you listening to your own book?
Scott Lang: No. That’s just the radio.

Scott Lang: [from his book] A little after that a raccoon from space showed up. I don’t think he knew my name. I was just happy to meet a raccoon who could talk.

Janet Van Dyne: Your Nobel Prize is in the mail.
Dr. Hank Pym: [as he enlarges a pizza] It better be. I just saved eight bucks.
Scott Lang: God, I admire you.

Dr. Hank Pym: So, Cassie, did you make any new friends in the slammer this time?
Cassie Lang: Grandpa.
Scott Lang: “This time”? Was there a last time?
Cassie Lang: I mean, last time barely counts.

Scott Lang: But I don’t want you wasting your life.
Cassie Lang: At least I’m still trying to do something with mine.
Scott Lang: I literally saved the world.
Dr. Hank Pym: Oh, did you? Well, yeah, you never mentioned that before. Hey, everybody, Scott saved the world.
Hope Van Dyne: How was that for you, Scott?
Janet Van Dyne: You should write a book about it.
Scott Lang: Ha-ha. Hilarious. Yeah, you’re welcome for all not being dust.
Cassie Lang: And what do you do now? Sign books?

'Just because it's not happening to you, doesn't mean it's not happening.' - Cassie Lang (Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania) Share on X

Cassie Lang: Aren’t you the guy who flew all the way to Germany just to fight Captain America at the airport?
Scott Lang: Fight with Captain America at the airport. Wouldn’t fight Captain America. Not insane.

Scott Lang: Woh. The Quantum Realm?
Cassie Lang: I know we all have a history there, and I didn’t want to freak anyone out, but we’ve been talking about it.
Dr. Hank Pym: She had some questions, okay? I can’t help if people are inspired by me.

Dr. Hank Pym: [to Scott] Your daughter built a subatomic Hubble telescope in a basement.

Janet Van Dyne: Wait a minute. You’re sending a signal down to the Quantum Realm?
Cassie Lang: Yeah.
Janet Van Dyne: Shut it down now.
Hope Van Dyne: Why would we shut it down?
Scott Lang: What’s wrong?
Janet Van Dyne: You have to turn it off!

'Time. It's not what you think it is. It's a cage. And it does everything it can to break you. It's not until you free yourself from it that you see just how small it always was.' - Kang The Conqueror Share on X

Scott Lang: [after they all get sucked into the Quantum Realm] We’re okay. It’s going to be okay.
Cassie Lang: You’re saying “okay” too much.
Scott Lang: Okay. Alright. Okay. Well, it’s because we are. We’re okay. We are fine.

Scott Lang: It’s beautiful. Alright? We’re outside. It’s like we’re camping. We love camping.
Cassie Lang: We’ve never been camping.
Scott Lang: But we’ve always talked about it.

Cassie Lang: There’s Quantum people in the Quantum Realm?

Janet Van Dyne: There are worlds here, worlds within worlds. It’s a place outside time and space. It’s a secret universe beneath ours.

Dr. Hank Pym: Quite a ride.
Janet Van Dyne: Says the man who invented flying on the back of an ant.
Dr. Hank Pym: I like ants.
Janet Van Dyne: And I love that you love them.

'That's what conquerors do. They burn the broken world. And they make a new one.' - Kang The Conqueror (Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania) Share on X

Veb: Hello. Hi! Did you drink the ooze?
Scott Lang: Why can I understand you?
Veb: Oh. Great. That’s the ooze. Hey, everybody it worked! Ooze worked.

Veb: Hi. I am Veb. You just drank me.
Scott Lang: I did what?

Veb: [to Scott] How many holes do you have? I’m sorry. Is that a personal question? I don’t have any holes.

Scott Lang: You can read minds?
Quaz: Yeah. And I really wish I couldn’t. Everyone is disgusting.

'History is not written. It is forged.' - Kang The Conqueror (Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania) Share on X

Quaz: Please, stop.
Scott Lang: Thinking?
Quaz: Thinking that.
Scott Lang: I’m trying.
Quaz: Well, not very hard. And I think you look weird too.
Scott Lang: I don’t think you look weird. I think you look really cool. I wish my head glowed.

Xolum: [referring to Scott and Cassie] We should torture them.
Quaz: Why are you always trying to torture people? We have other options.

Veb: [to Scott] Do things come out of your holes, like milk, juice…
Quaz: Veb, stop asking about his holes. Some of us have holes.

'It's been a pretty wild ride. One day you're fired from Baskin-Robbins, the next you're beating a time-traveling space king.' - Scott Lang (Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania) Share on X

Jentorra: You come from above. Like him. So, he is hunting you. He will burn the world to find you.
Cassie Lang: Who?
Jentorra: The Conqueror.

Dr. Hank Pym: There are beings down here. Intelligent beings. I always theorized it was possible, but to be here. A subatomic universe. This changes everything we know about life, evolution, our place in the galaxy. Holy ****! That guy looks like broccoli.

Hope Van Dyne: [referring to Krylar] How exactly do you know this guy?
Janet Van Dyne: Old freedom fighter friend of mine.
Dr. Hank Pym: Sorry, you were a freedom fighter?
Janet Van Dyne: Or terrorist. Depends on who you ask.

'Time is everything. It shapes our lives. But, perhaps, we can shape it.' - Victor Timely (Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania) Share on X

Janet Van Dyne: Been a long time, Krylar.
Lord Krylar: Officially, Lord Krylar now. I fought like hell against that. It sounds so elitist.

Lord Krylar: She talked about you every day.
Hope Van Dyne: That’s strange, she never said anything about you.
Lord Krylar: Well, I don’t think I would have told my kid either. Wild stuff.
Dr. Hank Pym: How wild?
Lord Krylar: Very wild, Henry. Yeah.

Scott Lang: Is that building alive?
Veb: Yours are dead?

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Scott Lang: We don’t know anything about this place. I mean, I don’t even know how time works down here. Have we been gone for ten seconds? Or have we been gone for ten years?

Lord Krylar: [referring to the drink] If you haven’t had this, don’t try it unless you want to change your life.

Lord Krylar: Your mommy is full of secrets.
Hope Van Dyne: You’re lying.
Lord Krylar: I lie. A lot. Not about this.

Janet Van Dyne: Cover me?
Dr. Hank Pym: Always.

Hope Van Dyne: [referring to Kryler] Really, him?
Janet Van Dyne: He used to be charming.
Dr. Hank Pym: That guy?
Janet Van Dyne: I was down here for thirty years, Henry. I had needs.

Dr. Hank Pym: Look, I get it. I’ve got needs too.
Hope Van Dyne: Oh, my God!
Dr. Hank Pym: I had dinner with someone a few times. Her name was Linda. It didn’t work out.
Janet Van Dyne: What went wrong?
Dr. Hank Pym: She wasn’t you, baby.

Scott Lang: Look, momentum. Right? Jump, tap! Right? One move. Jump, tap.
Cassie Lang: I know how to do it, Dad.
Scott Lang: Oh, do you?
Cassie Lang: Yes!
Scott Lang: Really? Because it didn’t look like it from my end.
Cassie Lang: I messed it up on the timing.
Scott Lang: Jump!

Scott Lang: You see what I did?
Cassie Lang: No. You’re like this small!
Scott Lang: I jumped and tapped!

M.O.D.O.K.: Welcome back to the Quantum Realm, Scott. I’ve been waiting a long time for this.
Scott Lang: What?

Scott Lang: Darren?
M.O.D.O.K.: Surprised to see me?
Scott Lang: Yeah.
Cassie Lang: It’s the bee guy?

M.O.D.O.K.: [to Scott] Darren is dead! There is only MODOK! And there’s no place you can run, Scott. Not from me. And not from him. He’s the future. He’s the past. And now all he needs is you.

Hope Van Dyne: You’re still hiding things from us.
Janet Van Dyne: I am trying to protect you.
Dr. Hank Pym: From what?
Hope Van Dyne: Who are you so afraid of?

M.O.D.O.K.: And here we are again. Face to face.
Scott Lang: That’s a face. It’s a big face.
Cassie Lang: Why are you just a floating head?

Scott Lang: Oh, MODOK? Oh, I get it. It’s an acronym. It’s an acronym. Mechanized organism designed only for killing. Actually, that’s MODOFK.

M.O.D.O.K.: I bet you thought you’d seen the last of me.
Scott Lang: I’m just now noticing the baby legs.
M.O.D.O.K.: They’re not baby legs.
Scott Lang: A little bit like a Björn.

Dr. Hank Pym: The Multiverse? As in alternate dimensions? Parallel realities?
Janet Van Dyne: I didn’t believe it at first. But it’s real.

Janet Van Dyne: [flashback] I lied to Hope. I told her I was coming home. I can see her by the door. Waiting for me. That’s the last thing I did, was lie to her. I just thought I’d have more time.
Kang The Conqueror: I can give that to you. Time. It’s not what you think it is. It’s a cage. And it does everything it can to break you. It’s not until you free yourself from it that you see just how small it always was.

Janet Van Dyne: [referring to Kang] I saw his mind. I felt what he had done. Entire worlds, entire timelines. Gone, like they never even existed.

Kang The Conqueror: [flashback] I told you time isn’t what you think. I can make it so you never left her. Hope is going to open the door, and you’ll be there.
Janet Van Dyne: And how many worlds will die if you get out?
Kang The Conqueror: Not yours. She’ll never know. Don’t you want to see your daughter again?

Janet Van Dyne: [referring to Kang] I blew up his core. Cut him off from time. And trapped us both down here forever. But I gave him back enough. Now that he had his suit back, he became what he always was. A conqueror.

Janet Van Dyne: [referring to Kang] He took his prison and made it his empire. I spent years fighting him, running from him, hiding from him. And then you saved me. You brought me home. But I didn’t deserve it. I unleashed a monster on this place and ran away.

Janet Van Dyne: I’m sorry I never told you. I just wanted to forget. I just wanted to be your mom again.
Hope Van Dyne: I’m so sorry you had to go through all of that alone. But you are not alone now. We’ll stop him together.

Kang The Conqueror: You’re an interesting man, Scott Lang.
Scott Lang: I don’t know who you are, but you’ve made a big mistake. Okay? I’m an Avenger. I’ve called the other Avengers.
Kang The Conqueror: You’re an Avenger? Have I killed you before?
Scott Lang: What?
Kang The Conqueror: They all blur together after a while.

Kang The Conqueror: You’re not the one with the hammer?
Scott Lang: No, that’s Thor. We get confused a lot. Similar body types.

Scott Lang: Who are you?
Kang The Conqueror: Just a man who’s lost a lot of time. Like you. But we can help each other with that.

Kang The Conqueror: You want to get out of here. And I need to get out of here. Because I know how it ends.
Cassie Lang: How what ends?
Kang The Conqueror: All of it.

Kang The Conqueror: I don’t live in a straight line. And with time, it’s hard not to skip to the end.

Cassie Lang: What’s coming?
Kang The Conqueror: Me. A lot of me.

Kang The Conqueror: [to Scott] Let me make this easy for you. You will bring me what I need, or I will kill your daughter in front of you, then make you relive that moment over and over again in time, endlessly, until you beg me to kill you.

Kang The Conqueror: You’re out of your league, Ant-Man. Just be glad I need you.

Cassie Lang: I messed up.
Scott Lang: Cassie, my whole life happened because I messed up. The only thing I didn’t mess up is you.

Scott Lang: Okay, so what do I do? What’s the plan?
M.O.D.O.K.: Don’t die?
Scott Lang: Thanks. Big help, MODOK.

Scott Lang: Why am I looking at another me?
M.O.D.O.K.: You’re looking at the possibility of another you.

M.O.D.O.K.: It’s a Probability Storm. Every choice you could make, existing all at once.

Kang The Conqueror: I always wondered. When you touched my mind, what did you see?
Janet Van Dyne: A monster who thinks he’s a god.
Kang The Conqueror: When you can see time the way I do, you don’t get to close your eyes.

Kang The Conqueror: I am the only one that can see it’s broken.
Janet Van Dyne: And who broke it?
Kang The Conqueror: I did. Every version of me. My variants. Throughout the Multiverse. Playing with time, like children. But I saw how it ends. I saw their chaos spreading across realities. Universes colliding. Endless incursions. I saw the Multiverse. And it was dying. All because of them. So, I took control.

Janet Van Dyne: You started a war. And now you want to wipe away any universe that’s a threat to you. That’s what monsters do.
Kang The Conqueror: That’s what conquerors do. They burn the broken world. And they make a new one.

Kang The Conqueror: I have lost. You have no idea what I have lost. And I will burn them out of time for what they’ve done to me.
Janet Van Dyne: You’ll be wiping out entire timelines. Murdering trillions of people.
Kang The Conqueror: I wish that mattered, Janet.

Dr. Hank Pym: Yeah, they’re my ants. And ants don’t give up.
Scott Lang: I don’t care who this guy is. I don’t care what he can do. I’m getting Cassie.

Dr. Hank Pym: Well, as a great writer once said, “There’s always room to grow.”
Scott Lang: You read my book?
Dr. Hank Pym: Every goddamn word.

Cassie Lang: I know it might feel like it’s too late, like all we do is just lose. But the family I’ve lost taught me to keep fighting. And if they were here, they would too. We need to look out for the little guy. My dad taught me that. Because when people needed help, he didn’t look the other way. And neither do we.

Scott Lang: You lied to me! Our word is our bond. Without that, we’re nothing!

Jentorra: What is the bridge code?
Quantumnaut: I’ll die first.
Quaz: One-eight-one-four-seven.
Quantumnaut: Damn!

Cassie Lang: Darren, just stop trying to be whatever this is.
M.O.D.O.K.: I don’t know what to be. Tell me what to be.
Cassie Lang: I don’t know. Just don’t be a d**k.
M.O.D.O.K.: It’s too late. Look at me. I’m such a d**k.
Cassie Lang: It’s never too late to stop being a d**k.

Janet Van Dyne: It’s over.
Kang The Conqueror: You still can’t see it. It’s never over.

Kang The Conqueror: [to Scott] Do you know how many rebellions I have put down? How many worlds I’ve conquered? How many Avengers I’ve killed? And you think you can beat me? I am Kang! You, you talk to ants.

M.O.D.O.K.: My name is Darren, and I am not a d**k!

Hope Van Dyne: Darren?
M.O.D.O.K.: Hi, Hope. You changed your hair.

M.O.D.O.K.: And at least I died an Avenger.
Scott Lang: Yeah.
Hope Van Dyne: You did.
Scott Lang: Yeah. No, it’s… You’re in.

Kang The Conqueror: [as they start fighting] You should’ve looked the other way.
Scott Lang: Yeah, well, never been great at that. And you’re not getting out.
Kang The Conqueror: I want you to remember. You could’ve gone home. You could’ve seen your daughter again. But you thought you could win.
Scott Lang: I don’t have to win. We both just have to lose.

Scott Lang: Don’t let go. Don’t ever let go.
Hope Van Dyne: I got you.
Scott Lang: You came back.

Scott Lang: My life doesn’t make sense. I used to ask myself a lot of questions about that. “Scott you just saved the Quantum Realm with your family and drank a guy without holes. Why does this kind of stuff keep happening to you? That doesn’t make any sense.” But you know what? Who said life has to make sense?

Cafe Owner: You are the bug! I was wrong. Yeah. You are the other bug. You’re the bug man. You get big and get small like a big bug.
Scott Lang: You’re right. That’s me. Just a coffee, please.
Cafe Owner: Twelve dollar.
Scott Lang: Oh. Twelve!

Scott Lang: I used to wonder if this chapter in my life was over, but as Cassie reminded me, “There’s always someone you can help.”

Scott Lang: It’s been a pretty wild ride. One day you’re fired from Baskin-Robbins, the next you’re beating a time-traveling space king. We did beat him, right? I mean, yeah. That’s what happened. He was getting out, and he didn’t get out. I think. But he also said something bad was coming, and that everyone would die if he didn’t get out. Wait. So, did I just kill everyone? Is everyone going to die because of me? Oh, my God. What did I do? What did I do?

Scott Lang: You know what? It’s probably fine. Like I said, life doesn’t make any sense. So maybe stop asking so many questions, Scott. Stop overthinking it.

Scott Lang: You’re fine. Everything’s probably fine. Kang’s gone. You did it. Don’t have to worry about that guy anymore.

Scarlet Centurion: [mid-credits lines] So, the exiled one is dead.
Rama-Tut: You sure he’s dead?
Scarlet Centurion: If it wasn’t true, I wouldn’t call you.
Rama-Tut: Must really eat you up, that you’re not the one who killed him.
Immortus: None of us killed him. They did.

Immortus: They’re beginning to touch the Multiverse. And if we let them, they will take everything we’ve built. So let’s stop wasting time. We’re late.
Scarlet Centurion: How many did you call?
Immortus: All of us.

Victor Timely: [post-credits lines, in early 19th century] Time is everything. It shapes our lives. But, perhaps, we can shape it.
Loki: It’s him.
Mobius M. Mobius: What? You made him sound like this terrifying figure.
Loki: He is.

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