Limitless Quotes
With the help of a mysterious pill that enables the user to access 100 percent of his brain abilities, a struggling writer becomes a financial wizard, but it also puts him in a new world with lots of dangers.
Eddie Morra: Well, in order for a career to evolve, I'm gonna have to move on.
Carl Van Loon: And you would even think that, would only show me how unprepared you are to be on your own. I mean you do know you're a freak? Your deductive powers are a gift from God or chance or a straight shot of sperm or whatever or whoever wrote your life-script. A gift, not earned. You do not know what I know because you have not earned those powers. You're careless with those powers, you flaunt them and you throw them around like a brat with his trust-fund. You haven't had to climb up all the greasy little rungs. You haven't been bored blind at the fundraisers. You haven't done the time and that first marriage to the girl with the right father. You think you can leap over all in a single bound. You haven't had to bribe or charm or threat your way to a seat at that table. You don't know how to assess your competition because you haven't competed. Don't make me your competition
Carl Van Loon: And you would even think that, would only show me how unprepared you are to be on your own. I mean you do know you're a freak? Your deductive powers are a gift from God or chance or a straight shot of sperm or whatever or whoever wrote your life-script. A gift, not earned. You do not know what I know because you have not earned those powers. You're careless with those powers, you flaunt them and you throw them around like a brat with his trust-fund. You haven't had to climb up all the greasy little rungs. You haven't been bored blind at the fundraisers. You haven't done the time and that first marriage to the girl with the right father. You think you can leap over all in a single bound. You haven't had to bribe or charm or threat your way to a seat at that table. You don't know how to assess your competition because you haven't competed. Don't make me your competition
Eddie Morra: [at a party] ... Well sure, you'd get a short-term spike, but wouldn't that rapid expansion devalue the stock completely in two years?
Kevin Doyle: No, 'cause there are safeguards!
Eddie Morra: Against aggressive overexpansion? There aren't because there are no safeguards in human nature. We're wired to overreach. Look at history, all the countries that have ever ruled the world - Portugal, with its big, massive navy... All they've got now are salt cods and cheap condoms.
[crowd laughs]
Eddie Morra: And Brits? Now they're just sitting in their dank little island, fussing over their suits. No one's stopping and thinking, 'Hey, we're doing pretty well. We got France, we got Poland, we got a big Swiss bank account... You know what? Let's not invade Russia in the winter, let's go home, let's pop a beer and let's live off the interest.'
Kevin Doyle: No, 'cause there are safeguards!
Eddie Morra: Against aggressive overexpansion? There aren't because there are no safeguards in human nature. We're wired to overreach. Look at history, all the countries that have ever ruled the world - Portugal, with its big, massive navy... All they've got now are salt cods and cheap condoms.
[crowd laughs]
Eddie Morra: And Brits? Now they're just sitting in their dank little island, fussing over their suits. No one's stopping and thinking, 'Hey, we're doing pretty well. We got France, we got Poland, we got a big Swiss bank account... You know what? Let's not invade Russia in the winter, let's go home, let's pop a beer and let's live off the interest.'
[Gennady is shoving Eddie Mora around in his apartment hallway when the NZT pill falls out of his pocket]
Gennady: What is that?
Eddie Morra: [panicking] Nothing. Just aspirin.
[desperately tries to get it]
Gennady: [steps down hard on Eddie's arm preventing him from getting it. He then picks it up for himself and examines it] Don't look like no aspirin I've ever seen.
[takes pill out of little bag and holds it up to light]
Gennady: It's something good, ain't it?
[pops pill in mouth and swallows it]
Gennady: [Scene sort of wobbly shifts a bit as Gennady massages his throat and then lightly slaps cheeks]
[cut to bank where Eddie is getting Gennady his money. He exits the bank and gives it to him]
Gennady: [glowing] I feel good man. What's in this stuff?
Eddie Morra: [lying] Just vitamins and stuff.
Gennady: [knowing Eddie's lying] You're so full of shit.
Gennady: What is that?
Eddie Morra: [panicking] Nothing. Just aspirin.
[desperately tries to get it]
Gennady: [steps down hard on Eddie's arm preventing him from getting it. He then picks it up for himself and examines it] Don't look like no aspirin I've ever seen.
[takes pill out of little bag and holds it up to light]
Gennady: It's something good, ain't it?
[pops pill in mouth and swallows it]
Gennady: [Scene sort of wobbly shifts a bit as Gennady massages his throat and then lightly slaps cheeks]
[cut to bank where Eddie is getting Gennady his money. He exits the bank and gives it to him]
Gennady: [glowing] I feel good man. What's in this stuff?
Eddie Morra: [lying] Just vitamins and stuff.
Gennady: [knowing Eddie's lying] You're so full of shit.
Eddie Morra: Just finish your story.
Melissa: Well, I didn't take any more. And I didn't die. But after awhile I realized that I couldn't concentrate on anything for longer than 10 minutes, that I, uh, I missed deadlines, got lazy, slow, so slow, that was two years ago. I haven't been the same since.
Melissa: Well, I didn't take any more. And I didn't die. But after awhile I realized that I couldn't concentrate on anything for longer than 10 minutes, that I, uh, I missed deadlines, got lazy, slow, so slow, that was two years ago. I haven't been the same since.
