“- Seth Brundle: It can't cope with the flesh. It only seems to work on inanimate objects; nothing that's living.
- Veronica Quaife: Why?
- Seth Brundle: Computers are dumb. They only know what you tell them... I must not know enough about the flesh myself. I'm gonna have to learn.”

Jeff Goldblum - Seth Brundle
Geena Davis - Veronica Quaife

When you meet danger, you never think of anything except how you will circumvent it. The word "failure" does not even exist for you, while I... I think always: "Suppose I fail", and then I'm frightened.

Walter Szurovy - Paul de Bursac

“Who came up with this ridiculous concept anyway? Resolve your entire life in one bold stroke? What if I fail? And I will. I'll fail. I'm telling you. I always fail. Then my whole life will be a complete failure.”
Charles Grodin - Harrison Winslow

“A real loser is someone who's so afraid of not winning he doesn't even try.”
Alan Arkin - Grandpa Edwin Hoover

“Failure is never quite so frightening as regret.”

Sam Neill - Cliff Buxton