77 Memorable ‘Titanic’ Quotes from the Classic Movie (1997)

Top 10 Most Famous ‘Titanic’ Quotes (BEST)

“I mean, I got everything I need right here with me. I got air in my lungs, a few blank sheets of paper. I mean, I love waking up in the morning not knowing what’s gonna happen or, who I’m gonna meet, where I’m gonna wind up. Just the other night I was sleeping under a bridge and now here I am on the grandest ship in the world having champagne with you fine people.”
Jack Dawson

Promise me you’ll survive. That you won’t give up, no matter what happens. No matter how hopeless. - Jack Dawson — Promise me you’ll survive. That you won’t give up, no matter what happens. No matter how hopeless. – Jack Dawson

I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You don't know what hand you're gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you… to make each day count. - Jack Dawson — I figure life’s a **gift** and I don’t intend on wasting it. You don’t know what hand you’re gonna get dealt next. You **learn** to take **life** as it comes at you… to make each day count. – Jack Dawson

A woman’s heart is a deep ocean of secrets. - Rose Dewitt Bukater — A woman’s heart is a deep ocean of secrets. – Rose Dewitt Bukater

Jack, I’m flying! - Rose — Jack, I’m flying! – Rose

I'm the king of the world. - Jack Dawson — I’m the king of the world. – Jack Dawson

I’ll never let go, Jack. I’ll never let go. - Rose — I’ll never let go, Jack. I’ll never let go. – Rose

Jack, I want you to draw me like one of your French girls. - Rose — Jack, I want you to draw me like one of your French girls. – Rose

I don't know about you, but I intend to write a strongly worded letter to the White Star Line about all of this. - Jack Dawson — I don’t know about you, but I intend to **write** a strongly worded letter to the White Star Line about all of this. – Jack Dawson

Remember, they love money so pretend like you own a gold mine and you're in the club. - Molly Brown — Remember, they love **money** so pretend like you own a **gold** mine and you’re in the club. – Molly Brown

13 Memorable Quotes by Jack Dawson in ‘Titanic’

“They’ve got you trapped, Rose. And you’re gonna die if you don’t break free. Maybe not right away because you’re strong but sooner or later that fire that I love about you, Rose… that fire’s gonna burn out.”
Jack Dawson

Winning that ticket, Rose, was the best thing that ever happened to me… it brought me to you. And I’m thankful for that, Rose. I’m thankful. - Jack Dawson — **Winning** that ticket, Rose, was the best thing that ever happened to me… it brought me to you. And I’m **thankful** for that, Rose. I’m thankful. – Jack Dawson

Come, Josephine, in my flying machine, going up, she goes up, up she goes. - Jack Dawson — Come, Josephine, in my flying machine, going up, she goes up, up she goes. – Jack Dawson

“Listen, Rose. You’re gonna get out of here, you’re gonna go on and you’re gonna make lots of babies, and you’re gonna watch them grow. You’re gonna die an old… an old lady warm in her bed, not here, not this night. Not like this, do you understand me?”
Jack Dawson

That’s what everybody says, but with all due respect Miss, I’m not the one hanging off the back of a ship here. - Jack Dawson — That’s what everybody says, but with all due **respect** Miss, I’m not the one hanging off the back of a ship here. – Jack Dawson

No, no, that’s not what I was thinking. What I was thinking was, what could’ve happened to this girl to make her think she had no way out - Jack Dawson — No, no, that’s not what I was thinking. What I was thinking was, what could’ve happened to this girl to make her think she had no way out? – Jack Dawson

“Rose, you’re no picnic, all right? You’re a spoiled little brat, even, but under that, you’re the most amazingly, astounding, wonderful girl, woman that I’ve ever known.”
Jack Dawson

You jump, I jump remember I can't turn away without knowing you'll be all right. - Jack Dawson — You jump, I jump remember? I can’t turn away without knowing you’ll be all right. – Jack Dawson

Don't you do that, don't say your good-byes. Not yet, do you understand me - Jack Dawson — Don’t you do that, don’t say your good-byes. Not yet, do you understand me? – Jack Dawson

Rose! You're so stupid. Why did you do that, huh You're so stupid, Rose. Why did you do that Why - Jack Dawson — Rose! You’re so stupid. Why did you do that, huh? You’re so stupid, Rose. Why did you do that? Why? – Jack Dawson

When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose. - Jack Dawson — When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose. – Jack Dawson

Somebody's life's about to change. - Jack Dawson — Somebody’s life’s about to **change**. – Jack Dawson

20 Iconic Quotes by Rose Dewitt Bukater from the Classic Movie, ‘Titanic’

“I saw my whole life as if I’d already lived it. An endless parade of parties and cotillions, yachts, and polo matches. Always the same narrow people, the same mindless chatter. I felt like I was standing at a great precipice, with no one to pull me back.”
Rose Dewitt Bukater

I’d rather be his whre than your wife. - Rose Dewitt Bukater — I’d rather be his wh*re than your wife. – Rose Dewitt Bukater

“It’s been 84 years, and I can still smell the fresh paint. The china had never been used. The sheets had never been slept in. Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams, and it was. It really was.”
Rose Dewitt Bukater

Can you exchange one life for another A caterpillar turns into a butterfly. If a mindless insect can do it, why couldn’t I - Rose Dewitt Bukater — Can you exchange one life for another? A caterpillar turns into a butterfly. If a mindless insect can do it, why couldn’t I? – Rose Dewitt Bukater

The last thing I need is another picture of me looking like a porcelain doll. - Rose Dewitt Bukater — The last thing I need is another picture of me looking like a porcelain doll. – Rose Dewitt Bukater

You have a gift, Jack. You see people. - Rose Dewitt Bukater — You have a gift, Jack. You see people. – Rose Dewitt Bukater

“It was the ship of dreams to everyone else. To me, it was a slave ship, taking me back to America in chains. Outwardly, I was everything a well brought up girl should be. Inside, I was screaming.”
Rose Dewitt Bukater

It's not up to you to save me, Jack. - Rose Dewitt Bukater — It’s not up to you to save me, Jack. – Rose Dewitt Bukater

I know, it doesn't make sense - that's why I trust it. - Rose Dewitt Bukater — I know, it doesn’t make sense – that’s why I trust it. – Rose Dewitt Bukater

Fifteen-hundred people went into the sea, when Titanic sank from under us. There were 20 boats floating nearby and only one came back. One. Six were saved from the water, myself included. Six… out of 1500. Afterward, the 700 people in the boats had nothing to do but wait… wait to die… wait to live… wait for an absolution… that would never come.”
Rose Dewitt Bukater

I feel I'm standing in the middle of a crowded room, screaming at the top of my lungs, and no one even looks up. - Rose Dewitt Bukater — I feel I’m standing in the middle of a crowded room, screaming at the top of my lungs, and no one even looks up. – Rose Dewitt Bukater

Oh mother, shut up! Don’t you understand The water is freezing and there aren’t enough boats. Not enough by half. Half the people on this ship are going to die. - Rose Dewitt Bukater — Oh **mother**, shut up! Don’t you understand? The water is freezing and there aren’t enough boats. Not enough by half. Half the people on this ship are going to die. – Rose Dewitt Bukater

“Now you know that there was a man named Jack Dawson, and that he saved me in every way that a person can be saved. I don’t have a picture of him. He exists only in my memory.”
Rose Dewitt Bukater

You know, my dream has always been to run away and become an artist, Living in a Garrett poor but free! - Rose Dewitt Bukater — You know, my **dream** has always been to run away and become an artist, Living in a Garrett poor but free! – Rose Dewitt Bukater

I love you, Jack… I'm so cold… I can't feel my body. - Rose Dewitt Bukater — I love you, Jack… I’m so cold… I can’t feel my body. – Rose Dewitt Bukater

Jack… Mister Dawson, it's been a pleasure. I've sought you out to thank you, and now I have thanked you. - Rose Dewitt Bukater — Jack… Mister Dawson, it’s been a pleasure. I’ve sought you out to thank you, and now I have thanked you. – Rose Dewitt Bukater

I'm through being polite, goddammit! Now, take me down! - Rose Dewitt Bukater — I’m through being **polite**, goddammit! Now, take me down! – Rose Dewitt Bukater

When the ship docks, I'm getting off with you. - Rose Dewitt Bukater — When the ship docks, I’m getting off with you. – Rose Dewitt Bukater

Staring up at the sky, look. It's so beautiful. So vast and endless. They're so small. My crowd, they think they're giants. They are not even dust in God's eyes. - Rose Dewitt Bukater — Staring up at the sky, look. It’s so **beautiful**. So vast and endless. They’re so small. My crowd, they think they’re giants. They are not even dust in God’s eyes. – Rose Dewitt Bukater

2 Quotes by Thomas Andrews

As she goes down by the head, the water will spill over the tops of the bulkheads at E deck from one to the next. Back and back. There's no stopping it. - Thomas Andrews — As she goes down by the head, the water will spill over the tops of the bulkheads at E deck from one to the next. Back and back. There’s no stopping it. – Thomas Andrews

She’s made of iron, sir! I assure you, she can. And she will. It is a mathematical certainty. - Thomas Andrews — She’s made of iron, sir! I assure you, she can. And she will. It is a mathematical certainty. – Thomas Andrews

2 Quotes by Caledon ‘Cal’ Hockley

God himself could not sink this ship. - Caledon Cal Hockley — God himself could not sink this ship. – Caledon “Cal” Hockley

I always win, Jack. - Caledon Cal Hockley — I always win, Jack. – Caledon “Cal” Hockley

2 Quotes by Tommy Ryan

Will you give us the chance to live, you limey bastard! - Tommy Ryan — Will you give us the **chance** to live, you limey bastard! – Tommy Ryan

Music to drown by. Now I know I'm in first class. - Tommy Ryan — **Music** to drown by. Now I know I’m in first class. – Tommy Ryan

2 Quotes by Brock Lovett

Three Years, I thought of nothing except Titanic; but I never got it. I never let it in. - Brock Lovett — Three Years, I thought of nothing except Titanic; but I never got it. I never let it in. – Brock Lovett

Seeing her coming out of the darkness like a ghost ship, it still gets me every time. - Brock Lovett — Seeing her coming out of the darkness like a ghost ship, it still gets me every **time**. – Brock Lovett

2 Quotes by Ruth Dewitt Bukater

The purpose of the university is to find a suitable husband. - Ruth Dewitt Bukater — The **purpose** of the university is to find a suitable husband. – Ruth Dewitt Bukater

Of course it's unfair. We're women. Our choices are never easy. - Ruth Dewitt Bukater — Of course it’s unfair. We’re women. Our choices are never easy. – Ruth Dewitt Bukater

2 ‘Titanic’ Quotes About Paris

That’s one of the good things about Paris lots of girls willing to take their clothes off. - Jack Dawson — That’s one of the good things about Paris: lots of girls willing to take their clothes off. – Jack Dawson

For me, Paris was more about living on the streets and trying to put it on paper. - Jack Dawson — For me, Paris was more about living on the streets and trying to put it on paper. – Jack Dawson

2 ‘Titanic’ Quotes About Luck

All life is a game of luck. - Col. Archibald Gracie — All life is a game of luck. – Col. Archibald Gracie

A real man makes his own luck. - Caledon Cal Hockley — A real man makes his own **luck**. – Caledon “Cal” Hockley

4 ‘Titanic’ Quotes by Other Characters of the Movie

You Going To Cut Her Meat For Her, Too, There Cal - Molly Brown — You Going To Cut Her Meat For Her, Too, There Cal? – Molly Brown

But this ship can’t sink! - Bruce Ismay — But this ship can’t sink! – Bruce Ismay

Your money can't save you anymore than it can save me. - First Officer Murdoch — Your money can’t save you anymore than it can save me. – First Officer Murdoch

Gentlemen. It has been a privilege playing with you tonight. - Wallace Hartley — **Gentlemen**. It has been a privilege playing with you tonight. – Wallace Hartley

3 ‘Titanic’ Quotes that Inspire Saving Lives

“Failure saves lives. In the airline industry, every time a plane crashes the probability of the next crash is lowered by that. The Titanic saved lives because we’re building bigger and bigger ships. So these people died, but we have effectively improved the safety of the system, and nothing failed in vain.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of Africa, constitutes an act of redemption for the black people of the world. - Nelson Mandela — The titanic **effort** that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of Africa, constitutes an act of redemption for the black people of the world. – **Nelson Mandela**

“It was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It was men who gave up their seats on the lifeboats of the Titanic. Men are made to take risks and live passionately on behalf of others.”
John Eldredge

2 ‘Titanic’ Quotes by the People Who Experienced The Tragedy

“The partly filled lifeboat standing by about 100 yards away never came back. Why on Earth they never came back is a mystery. How could any human being fail to heed those cries.”
Jack B. Thayer, Titanic Survivor

Icebergs loomed up and fell astern and we never slackened. It was an anxious time with the Titanic’s fateful experience very close in our minds. - Captain Arthur H. Rostron — Icebergs loomed up and fell astern and we never slackened. It was an anxious time with the Titanic’s fateful **experience** very close in our minds. – Captain Arthur H. Rostron

12 ‘Titanic’ Quotes that Will Make You Think

“The Kate Winslet thing has been a shocker. I was like, that is the most ridiculous claim. Amazing, obviously. She’s been my idol since I re-enacted ‘Titanic’ and fell in love with Leo. And it’s a privilege to be called the next anything. But I suppose to be the next you is all you can do.”
Florence Pugh

The truth is that love smashes into your life like an ice floe, and even if your heart is built like the Titanic you go down. - Jeanette Winterson — The **truth** is that love smashes into your **life** like an ice floe, and even if your heart is built like the Titanic you go down. – Jeanette Winterson

Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart. - Erma Bombeck — Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart. – Erma Bombeck

I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew that my IQ had been damaged. - Stephen King — I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew that my IQ had been damaged. – **Stephen King**

The Titanic hit the iceberg not because they could not see it coming but because they could not change direction. - Dean Devlin — The Titanic hit the iceberg not because they could not see it coming but because they could not change direction. – Dean Devlin

“I worked at a movie theater in Tempe, Arizona, when I went to community college there. And I got fired because a sorority had rented out a theater to watch ‘Titanic,’ and they were being really rude to me while they were waiting for the movie. So as I tore their tickets, I told them the end of the movie.”
Bill Hader

Human civilization as we know it is like the Titanic headed for the iceberg, whether the iceberg be nuclear, environmental or terrorism-related. - Marianne Williamson — Human civilization as we know it is like the Titanic headed for the iceberg, whether the iceberg be nuclear, environmental or terrorism-related. – **Marianne Williamson**

I was a rust repairer. I was a rust repairer and full-time survivor. I survived all the major earthquakes, and the Titanic, and several air crash. - Keith Moon — I was a rust repairer. I was a rust repairer and full-time survivor. I survived all the major earthquakes, and the Titanic, and several air crash. – Keith Moon

“When I was young, my parents were these titanic, infallible figures. But Mum’s illness and Dad’s battles with diabetes and heart attacks had a ripple effect on me – reminding me of my own mortality and that these illnesses are genetic.”
Sam Worthington