Reel Life Wisdom – Ten Years of Reel Life Wisdom

Reel Life Wisdom and the iPhone are both 10 years old.  One had a slightly bigger world impact than the other. 

Ten year ago, 700 movie quotes were released on the Reel Life website.  Today, more than 5,500 quotes are featured, with approximately 500 new quotes added each year. 

Reel Life has identified the smartest movie quote of the year for the past 10 years.  Here are each of our 10 annual movie quote winners, presented for your reading pleasure.

2006 – “Every show is your last show.  That’s my philosophy.”
           (A Prairie Home Companion)

2007 –  “Instead of telling our young people to plan ahead, we should tell them to plan to be
            surprised.”
(Dan in Real Life)

2008 – “We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking
           them away.”
(Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)

2009 – “I am the master of my fate.  I am the captain of my soul.”
           (Invictus)

2010 – “Many a false step is made by standing still.”
           (Fortune Cookie)

2011 – “To those who fight for it, life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.”
           (Sucker Punch)

2012 – “When folks get too wrapped up in themselves, they make very small packages.”
           (Joyful Noise)

2013 – “What is true and right is true and right for all.”
           (12 Years a Slave)

2014 – “Luck is the residue of design.”
           (Predestination)

2015 – “Artists lead and hacks ask for a show of hands.”
          (Steve Jobs)

The ’10 Smartest Movie Quotes for 2016′ will be released in January 2017.

We at RLW thank you for visiting our site.  Our goal over the next 10 years is to achieve 10,000 inspirational, thought-provoking, and funny movie quotes cataloged on the site.  

In celebration of 10 years, and to misquote Ed Norton in the movie ’25th Hour’, we say:

“Champagne for our reel friends, and real pain for our sham friends.”

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