Doctor Strange (2016) quotes

Director
Scott Derrickson.

Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch.
Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Rachel McAdams.

While on a journey of physical and spiritual healing, a brilliant neurosurgeon is drawn into the world of the mystic arts.

How long have you been at Kamar-Taj, Mister…
– Kaecilius
Doctor!
– Dr. Stephen Strange
Mr. Doctor?
– Kaecilius
It’s Strange.
– Dr. Stephen Strange
Maybe. Who am I to judge?
– Kaecilius

Arrogance and fear still keep you from learning the simplest and most significant lesson of all.
– The Ancient One
Which is?
– Dr. Stephen Strange
It’s not about you.
– The Ancient One

Time will tell how much I love you.
– Christine Palmer

We never lose our demons, Mordo. We only learn to live above them.
– The Ancient One

Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain!
– Dr. Stephen Strange

Where have you been?
– Christine Palmer
Well, after Western medicine failed me, I headed east, and I ended up in Kathmandu.
– Dr. Stephen Strange
Kathmandu?
– Christine Palmer
Yeah.
– Dr. Stephen Strange
What? Like the Bob Seger Song?
– Christine Palmer
1975, Beautiful Loser, side A. Yeah. And I went to a place called Kamar-Taj and I… talked to someone called “The Ancient One.” And I…
– Dr. Stephen Strange
Oh. So you joined a cult.
– Christine Palmer
No, I didn’t. No, not exactly. No. I mean… They did teach me to tap into powers that I never even knew existed.
– Dr. Stephen Strange
Yeah. That sounds like a cult.
– Christine Palmer
It’s not a cult.
– Dr. Stephen Strange
Well, that’s what a cultist would say.
– Christine Palmer

I’m not ready.
– Dr. Stephen Strange
No one ever is. We don’t get to choose our time.
– The Ancient One
Death is what gives life meaning. To know your days are numbered. Your time is short. You’d think after all this time, I’d be ready. But look at me. Stretching one moment out into a thousand… just so that I can watch the snow.
– The Ancient One

How’s your Sanskrit?
– Wong
I’m fluent in Google Translate.
– Dr. Stephen Strange

Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain!
– Dr. Stephen Strange
You’ve come to die. Your world is now my world. Like all worlds.
– Dormammu
Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain!
– Dr. Stephen Strange
You’ve come to die. Your world is now my… What is this? Illusion?
– Dormammu
No, this is real.
– Dr. Stephen Strange
Good.
– Dormammu
Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain.
– Dr. Stephen Strange
What is happening?
– Dormammu
Since you gave Kaecilius power from your dimension, I brought some power from mine. This is time. Endless, looped time!
– Dr. Stephen Strange
You dare?
– Dormammu
Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain!
– Dr. Stephen Strange
You cannot do this for ever.
– Dormammu
Actually, I can. This is how things are now! You and me. Trapped in this moment. Endlessly.
– Dr. Stephen Strange
Then you will spend eternity dying!
– Dormammu
Yes, but everyone on Earth will live.
– Dr. Stephen Strange
But you will suffer!
– Dormammu
Pain’s an old friend.
– Dr. Stephen Strange
End this! You will never win.
– Dormammu
No. But I can lose. Again. And again. And again. Forever. That makes you my prisoner.
– Dr. Stephen Strange
No! Stop! Make this stop! Set me free!
– Dormammu
No! I’ve come to bargain!
– Dr. Stephen Strange
What do you want?
– Dormammu
Take your zealots from the Earth. End your assault on my world. Never come back. Do it and I’ll break the loop.
– Dr. Stephen Strange

While heroes like the Avengers protect the world from physical dangers, we sorcerers safeguard it against more mystical threats.
– Wong

So Earth has wizards now, huh?
– Thor
Tea?
– Dr. Stephen Strange
I don’t drink tea.
– Thor
What do you drink?
– Dr. Stephen Strange
Not tea.
– Thor
So, I keep a watch list of individuals and beings from other realms that may be a threat to this world. Your adopted brother, Loki, is one of those beings.
– Dr. Stephen Strange
Worthy inclusion.
– Thor
Yeah. So… why bring him here to New York?
– Dr. Stephen Strange
It’s a bit of a long story. Family drama, that kind of thing. But, we’re looking for my father.
– Thor
Oh, okay. So if you found Odin, you’d all return to Asgard promptly?
– Dr. Stephen Strange
Oh, yes. Promptly.
– Thor
Great. Allow me to help you.
– Dr. Stephen Strange

You cannot beat a river into submission; you have to surrender to its current, and use its power as your own.
– The Ancient One
I control it by surrendering control? That doesn’t make any sense.
– Dr. Stephen Strange
Not everything does. Not everything has to. Your intellect has taken you far in life, but it will take you no further. Surrender, Stephen.
– The Ancient One

Well, what’s this? My mantra?
– Dr. Stephen Strange
The Wi-Fi password. We’re not savages.
– Baron Mordo

Wong. Just Wong? Like Adele? Or Aristotle. Drake. Bono… Eminem.
– Dr. Stephen Strange