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Armageddon Time (2022) Best Movie Quotes

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Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb, Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Chastain 

OUR RATING: ★★★☆☆

Story:

Coming-of-age period drama written and directed by James Gray. Armageddon Time (2022) is about the strength of family, the complexity of friendship, and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.

 

Our Favorite Quotes:

'In your life, you're going to have your ups and your downs. You'll have big highs, and you're going to have big lows. Yabba dabba doo. So what?' - Aaron Rabinowitz (Armageddon Time) Click To Tweet

 

Best Quotes


 

Mr. Turkeltaub: You’re back for a repeat performance, I see. No wonder it’s your second time through sixth grade with me, because you got nothing up here.
Johnny Davis: Look who taught me.


 

Paul Graff: I would’ve said something if you really got in trouble.
Johnny Davis: Don’t matter, Graff. Turkey acts like he can see behind him, like he’s got special powers and s**t, but he don’t ever do nothing.


 

Johnny Davis: Actually, I stay with my grandma. And she don’t remember nothing. Sometimes she don’t even remember me.
Paul Graff: That’s so weird.


 

Paul Graff: I think I want to be a famous artist when I grow up.
Aaron Rabinowitz: Oh. You want to be famous, you can do what you like.


 

Ted Graff: What’s the rocket?
Paul Graff: It’s for school.
Ted Graff: You mean fake school? You actually have to work at my school and get real punishment.
Paul Graff: Ask me if I care, Ted.


 

Esther Graff: I’ve decided, with your support, that I’m going to run for the district school board.
Mickey Rabinowitz: Oh, that’s wonderful. Wonderful.
Esther Graff: Thank you. Okay. Okay.
Paul Graff: You going to win?
Esther Graff: With your support, yeah. Yeah, I might.
Paul Graff: It sounds like you’re not going to.
Esther Graff: I said I needed your support, not rude comments.


 

Paul Graff: I can’t see why we just don’t have dumplings every night. This is disgusting.
Esther Graff: It’s not disgusting. And we can’t have dumplings every night, because then we’d never have a single dollar for anything else.


 

Esther Graff: [referring to Paul] He has no idea the meaning of a dollar. He has no idea how hard we work. He just, he does not get it at all.


 

Aaron Rabinowitz: I have a knee ache, and you got a headache. Hey, let’s have a dance.
Esther Graff: We’re quite a pair.


 

Aaron Rabinowitz: [to Esther] Hey, you’re going to be okay. These kids could drive you nuts though.


 

Paul Graff: Can you stay with me?
Aaron Rabinowitz: Oh, you know, someday you may not want me here.
Paul Graff: That will never happen.


 

Paul Graff: [referring to Aaron’s mother] Why did she come here?
Aaron Rabinowitz: Because they wanted to kill her. That’s why.


 

Aaron Rabinowitz: Help me up, will you? God, don’t ever get old.

 

'Right now I'm just trying to fit in and make friends, even though I don't really feel like I belong.' - Paul Graff (Armageddon Time) Click To Tweet

 

Aaron Rabinowitz: [as Paul remembers Aaron’s words] Sometimes they’d go out looking for Jews. They’d say, “We’re looking for the Jews.” They stabbed both of them to death right there in front of my mama. For no reason. She had nightmares about it as long as she lived.


 

Museum Guide: [as Paul is fantasizing] Paul, you are a genius. You have a pure understanding of the work far above anyone else here. And you’ll be a millionaire soon. Look around. You’re already famous.


 

Paul Graff: [referring to the abstract drawing] I mean, when you think about it, it’s just a bunch of lines and shapes and dots, and you think, “Well, this guy is like a dumb idiot.” Which I can understand, but it’s actually super hard, because look how he crossed through the triangle. Look, there’s like a moon, and then like a frowny face with one eyeball.
Johnny Davis: Oh, yeah, because the eyeballs. So, this is frowny face, and then when you flip it…
Paul, Johnny: Happy face.


 

Paul Graff: Is everything okay?
Johnny Davis: It’s not because of you, Graff. I’m just tired of taking s**t from everybody.


 

Esther Graff: [to Paul] It’s Grandpa’s birthday. But he got you a present. Because he’s always thinking of you.

 

'I've learned over the years, those b****rds who say all that crap and garbage to your face, well, they'll say the same stuff behind your back. And they'll shove a knife straight in your gut. And they'll smile as they do it.' Click To Tweet

 

Esther Graff: You know, she was a JAP, but she grew up.
Uncle Louis: She was supposed to be Japanese? See, I didn’t get that.
Esther Graff: No, Lobby. She was a Jewish American princess.
Uncle Louis: I never heard of that in all my life.


 

Paul Graff: I think I want to be an artist when I grow up.
Ted Graff: That’ll make you a ton of money.
Paul Graff: Is that true, Ma?
Esther Graff: Well, it’s a very hard industry. And we don’t have a lot of contacts.


 

Irving Graff: [to Paul] You know what I’m going to do? I’m going to give you a wonderful book by Edward de Bono called The Art of Success. That’s the only art you need to concern yourself with. You study something you can fall back on. Like computer graphics. Now, that’s a growth industry. That’s a job.


 

Mr. Turkeltaub: Books, Mr. Davis, something you don’t know anything about.
Johnny Davis: F*** you, Turkey.

 

'Life is unfair. Sometimes, some people get a raw deal. And I hate that. It's the worst thing in the world. But you have to survive. So, all you can do now is you make the most of your break, and do not look back.' - Irving Graff Click To Tweet

 

Johnny Davis: [to Paul] The drawing’s excellent, man.
Mr. Turkeltaub: Mr. Davis, I didn’t ask you.
Johnny Davis: That’s because you’re a goddamn turkey, and I’ll f*** you up!


 

Johnny Davis: [to Paul, referring to smoking cannabis] Let’s boldly go where no man’s gone before.


 

Esther Graff: [referring to Johnny] You’re not to associate with him again.
Paul Graff: What do you mean? Why?
Esther Graff: I think you know what I mean.


 

Esther Graff: Your father’s going to have to deal with you.
Paul Graff: Why? What’s he going to do?
Esther Graff: Guess, genius. I’m done sticking up for you.


 

Irving Graff: [after he’s beat Paul for getting caught smoking cannabis] Get cleaned up for dinner. And wash your teeth after with the Waterpik. Your breath is like trench mouth.
Paul Graff: I hate you. I hate this family.

 

'I learned a long time ago, you got to be thankful when you're given a leg up.' - Irving Graff (Armageddon Time) Click To Tweet

 

Irving Graff: [referring to Paul] Someday he’ll learn he’s not the smartest kid on planet Earth.


 

Johnny Davis: [referring to the clubhouse] Your dad built this whole thing for you? Wow.
Paul Graff: When he wasn’t in an a**hole mood.


 

Johnny Davis: [referring to school] They sent me up to the third floor with like all the r****ds. So, I decided I’m cutting out for good. Do my own thing.

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Ted Graff: Of course, he couldn’t eat what everybody else eats.
Esther Graff: Leave him alone. He’s in a mood.
Paul Graff: You put me in a mood. Trying to make me change schools.


 

Aaron Rabinowitz: They hated us then, they didn’t want us. And they still hate us. And screw them. I don’t care.


 

Aaron Rabinowitz: [to Paul] In your life, you’re going to have your ups and your downs. You’ll have big highs, and you’re going to have big lows. Yabba dabba doo. So what?
Irving Graff: Are you kidding me? He’ll have dinner with kings if he plays his cards right.


 

Ted Graff: [referring going to his school] Just fit in and act cool. Don’t talk a lot. If you’re weak for even a second, they’ll jump all over you. You got it?
Paul Graff: I got it.
Ted Graff: Schmuck. Alright, let’s go.


 

Paul Graff: [referring to his school uniform] I look like a total idiot.
Esther Graff: No, you don’t.
Paul Graff: I can’t even have a normal knapsack.
Irving Graff: A normal knapsack? Why would you want a normal knapsack when you can have this? This is an attaché case. This is class A1. This says, “I am ready to work. I come as a student.”


 

Paul Graff: You just want me to be like you.
Irving Graff: No. No, big boy. I want you to be a whole lot better than me. That’s what I want.


 

Ted Graff: [to Paul in his school uniform] You do look like an idiot.


 

Maryanne Trump: [to the students] You can be anything you want to be in this, the greatest country in the world. You people in this institution are going to wind up on top. And you’ll know, at the end of the day, it won’t be because of a handout. Right? It’ll be because you earned your way there.


 

Ms. Moustakas: Is there anything you’re worried about?
Paul Graff: No. No, not really. It’s just this tie feels like it’s choking me.


 

Paul Graff: Right now I’m just trying to fit in and make friends, even though I don’t really feel like I belong.


 

Esther Graff: All my hopes are with you and your brother now. You’re my angels. And you’re everything to me. You’re my whole life.
Paul Graff: But we’re all still here.


 

Paul Graff: [referring to the kids at his school] Well, they’ll say bad words about the Black kids.
Aaron Rabinowitz: Oh, yeah? Yeah. Okay. And what do you do when that happens? Come on. Tell me.
Paul Graff: Well, obviously nothing, of course.
Aaron Rabinowitz: “Nothing, of course.” Yeah. Do you think that’s funny? Do you think that’s smart? Well, I’ll tell you what I think. I think that’s a crock of old horses**t.


 

Aaron Rabinowitz: [to Paul] I’m going to tell you now, you’ve got to do something. You got to say something. Okay? Do you know why? Because you’re on the ball. Right? Come on, man. You were raised better than that. Jesus Christ. I’m going to tell you something. I’ve learned over the years, those b****rds who say all that crap and garbage to your face, well, they’ll say the same stuff behind your back. And they’ll shove a knife straight in your gut. And they’ll smile as they do it. F*** them. Yeah, I said another bad word.


 

Aaron Rabinowitz: [to Paul] You remember one thing. Next time those schmucks say anything bad about those Black kids, or those Hispanics, you be a mensch to those kids. Okay? They never had your advantage.


 

Irving Graff: Your grandfather, he was very kind to me. He respected me. He’s the only one. The rest of your mother’s family, they heard my father was a plumber, and bang, they just turned their nose up. Not him. He was a terrific guy. He held us all together. I guess it’s all on me now.


 

Johnny Davis: But looks like you’re all set up with your styling suit. Looking good.
Paul Graff: It’s for my grandpa’s funeral.
Johnny Davis: Oh, damn. That’s heavy.


 

Johnny Davis: Grandma. We can’t stay together. They’re going to take you away. I’m going to make you proud.


 

Irving Graff: [referring to Paul] He doesn’t have the same potential that Ted does. He doesn’t have it. They assessed him as slow.
Esther Graff: F*** them.
Irving Graff: There’s something wrong with him.
Esther Graff: F*** them. Are you serious?


 

Irving Graff: [referring to Paul] He talks about being an artist. An artist. His head is in the clouds. He’s not living in reality. And this has to stop. It has to stop, Esther.


 

Esther Graff: [referring to Paul] With my father gone, there isn’t anyone that can reach him. Not you. Not anyone.


 

Paul Graff: [after Johnny gets caught wit the stolen computer] We both did it. From where I go to school. I made him come with me. It was my idea.


 

Officer Patrick Scott: We’re all friends here.
Johnny Davis: You ain’t my friend. If you’re my friend, how come you guys ain’t offering me no help? It’s because you don’t care, and you’re never going to care. There ain’t no one else going to stick up for me except me.


 

Irving Graff: I’m not going to hit you, Paul. But we got very, very lucky. I fixed that cop’s hot water heater a few years ago, and I didn’t charge him. And that’s the only reason why you’re not up s**t’s creek right now, sitting in a juvenile detention center somewhere.


 

Paul Graff: [referring to Johnny] What’s going to happen to my friend?
Irving Graff: My guess is you never see him again.


 

Irving Graff: [to Paul] It’s unfair that your friend is going to take the blame. Alright? It’s unfair, and I know it hurts you. But life is unfair. Sometimes, some people get a raw deal. And I hate that. It’s the worst thing in the world. But you have to survive. So, all you can do now is you make the most of your break, and do not look back.


 

Irving Graff: [to Paul] I don’t know, maybe I’ve not done a good job. I’m not your grandfather. I don’t know how to… But I learned a long time ago, you got to be thankful when you’re given a leg up.


 

John Chancellor: [as they’re watching the news on TV] Ronald Reagan will win a very substantial victory tonight. Very substantial.
Mickey Rabinowitz: What have we come to?
Irving Graff: Morons. Morons from sea to shining sea.


 

Aaron Rabinowitz: [as Paul has a fantasy of speaking with Aaron] It’s hard to fight, isn’t it?
Paul Graff: I tried.
Aaron Rabinowitz: How do you think you did? I’m sorry about your friend, kid. I guess you let him down. But you keep trying. Don’t ever give in to those b****rds. Never give in, jelly bean.


 

Fred Trump: Personally, when I look out and I see all these beautiful kids, you’re ready to face the world. But it’s not all fun and games. Because you have an obligation to be the leaders in business, in finance, politics, to be CEOs, and senators, and presidents. You are the elite. I couldn’t have more hope than I do at this very moment in our future.
[we then see Paul walking out of the school]

 


 

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