Waking Life Quotes

Copyright Disclaimer: I do not own any of the material used in this video. The video is a tribute I made to the film.

[@MUDBOY-]

You haven't met yourself yet. But the advantage, to meeting others in the mean time is; that one of them may present you to yourself.

[@SandeepGuptaDoc]

Love that.

[@questionbazaar3376]

Excellent. Very deep and beautiful

[@undertakr]

To follow that line with the dialogue-less scene of the old woman presenting the narrator with a picture of himself… flawless

[@lov4570]

One of the deepest and most underrated movies EVER made.. An orgasm for the philosophical mind.

[@FranciscoSenna]

Totally agree! My life goal is to convince as many people as I can to watch this.

[@RehanAsif]

doing the same these days

[@GuyInAHotdogSuit69]

It's nonsensical garbage and you're an idiot if you think otherwise.

[@pinkusfloydus9373]

Spot on mate.. You are doing your mind a favor by watching this.. or rewatching it.

[@claybomb1064]

Bullpup92 lol. Oh yeah bull pup. You got it all figured out.

[@Carfalog]

What I just realized watching this video (having seen the film in its entirety) is that the way you remember certain scenes from the film directly mirrors the way you remember bits and pieces of your dreams. You latch on to the moments that resonate with you the most and subconsciously filter out at least 2/3rds of the rest of it. *Hits Blunt

[@ThePittas]

“As one realizes that one is a dream figure in another person’s dream; that is self-awareness”

[@cheekybananaboy3361]

@Did you just Assume My Gender does it though? how do you know? it seems like our conscious only comes into being when we are born, so if it doesn't exist before we exist in psychical form then how does it exist afterwards?

[@Adrianthegreat1]

@@cheekybananaboy3361 it does exist when before physical form. The first breath is when conciousness comes down to physical.

[@Jbytzz]

This movie is honestly perfection

[@JD37]

You’re absolutely right.

[@anelisa4]

I've watched this movie so many times that I've lost count. I always walk away feeling light, clear and understood.

[@colbygrey7912]

"And on really romantic evenings of self I go salsa dancing with my confusion."

[@MrGrdnrmn]

I wish people spoke like this all the time

[@ellenprincen1731]

Let's talk like this all the time

[@sawilliams]

You can.

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

That sounds fucking horrible

[@JoeZUGOOLA]

Can I get a large milkshake please?

[@SawBlood45]

it'll get old.

[@taochi100]

"The worst mistake you can make, is to think you are alive. When your asleep in life's waiting room".

[@ChrisZoomER]

“To say yes to one instance is to say yes to all instances.” I learned that the hard way and it’ll haunt me for the rest of my life. I’m just glad I’m learning these social wisdoms that you frequently reference.

[@computronium8]

The scene about that girl out of the subway is my favorite. It changed the way that I see my everyday life

[@ultraviolet.catastrophe]

@@jeanpierrereynoso-fournel5064 "I don't want a straw"

[@parryhotter2319]

credit or debit?

[@blinkth3dog]

the day i saw this 15 years ago my life changed forever. one of the best movies ever made.

[@victorhugomuzi]

how did you change?

[@seabastiaan]

Commenting so that I get to see the answer to this question

[@goose3154]

Seabastiaan x2

[@einekartoffel2490]

Seabastiaan same

[@Asmodeus555]

I'll give you an answer on this year old thread because I feel much the same way. Shit man I started fucking around with lucid dreaming after I saw this, keeping dream diaries and what not. Did the same thing with psychedelics for a while, trying to hold onto a feeling of epiphany. I acquired a DVD of this film from an obscure store and lent it and ripped and distributed it heaps of people, I still find my DVD rip on peoples hard drives that I've never met before. Later I started to study philosophy, reading classics at first then actually majoring in philosophy at university. Finally came to and realized that I had no chance of using that in any capacity and didn't want to climb the ivory tower of academia (really the only philosophical career pathway) and returned to the sciences. I guess in short it informed my taste in film for the future, inspired a serious interest and passion for philosophy and a pursuit of knowledge, I mean I spent two years studying philosophy and that would not have happened had I not seen this film during formative years. I'd even go so far to say that it had a role in informing my metaphysical beliefs as I deliberately reconstructed them during the philosophy phase. And it is still the easy answer to the favorite film question, I have no idea what comes second but I know what comes first, no brainer. When I saw it as a teenager at a film festival it was love at first sight, I'd never seen anything like it film, the changing art styles and unusual narrative structure, unnamed main character who goes missing for a portion of the film, the meta little nods and philosophical ideas I hadn't really been exposed to before outside of overly intellectual childish sleepover talk (you know strange conversation you have as a kid, like the nature of colour and whether your colours are the same as mine? Or maybe you didn't have those). It blew my mind a little bit and kept the flyer from the festival but I was about four years til I was reunited with the film again. Funnily enough the reason I'm here now responding to this thread is because I'm trying to find directors and artists commentaries because I lent my DVD out and didn't get it back and I haven't seen the commentaries in years and they're pretty interesting.

[@Shifty4L]

This movie made me start lucid dreaming. best movie ever

[@OlegC3D]

I love that all of these comments are so appreciative of this video - of this film. Thank you for making this compilation. I hope all of you are doing well. :)

[@NoRagrets99]

If you're having trouble understanding this movie, maybe it's because you focus on the literal meaning of every phrase. I think the main meaning would be that we need to open our minds. My favourite quote from this video is "The trick is to combine your waking, rational abilities, with the infinite possibilities of your dreams. Because if you can do that, you can do anything."

[@GuyInAHotdogSuit69]

People 'have trouble understanding it' because it's being deliberately magniloquent and obfuscatious in an effort to seem smarter than it actually is. This movie is trying so hard to be 2deep4u that it makes me want to pull my hair out. Go and read the work of real philosophers instead of being suckered in by this desperately pathetic trash.

[@GOOM]

Bullpup92 ok lmao

[@Departing_Beloved]

"I don't want a straw, I want real human moments. I want to see you , and I want you to see me...I don't want to give that up.." If that doesn't raise your heart chakra to new heights, then I don't know what will.

[@lovrboy670]

Departing Beloved understanding that no one wants to be a cog in the human machine we call society that’s why we idolize famous people

[@thirtywam]

I was watching Midnight Gospel on Netflix a couple of days ago. It reminded me of this movie. It feels like I'm back in High School all over again.

[@jamesglines4698]

this movie should be watched every 5 years... it will be different each time. love the depth

[@jupitermit480]

I really really appreciate the cartoonish/realistic art style here. Almost as if it's a resemblance of how this life is like a dream

[@arizonaaffordablehomeresto342]

I saw this with a girlfriend of mine and we were both tripping heavily on mushrooms(2 grams each...and good). To say it was existentially transformative would be an understatment. We absorbed every line, every idea, every character and it was as thought provoking, as mind blowing as anything I've ever seen. I saw it again sober to see if there was anything so heavy, we could not conceive of it's message at the time. But I found it just the opposite. The words and ideas resonated on a level that I think could only be appreciated and fully understood with an expanded consciousness.

[@JRLiske]

Watched this on my first mushroom trip. Changed my life.

[@victorhugomuzi]

how did you change?

[@HannahHavco]

Just think about it man! Hehe A lot of thinking...well not to much.

[@ErikitaDawn7]

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[@bettedavism.v.5864]

What happened with the girlfriend?

[@RayneOfLyte888]

6:10 the one quote of the whole video that literally made me go "Wow..."

[@brainwashed2390]

RayneOfLyte888 word.

[@cxxmax]

Same

[@josephmitchell740]

Lucid dreaming.... it’s something that I’ve done, but, it’s hard. You HAVE to recognize that you’re dreaming, for sure. Once you do, it’s still difficult not to wake yourself up and to take control and totally enjoy it.

[@InsideOutBeats]

Why haven't I found this earlier, right up my street this. Finally something to watch that is thought provoking on another level by the sound of things!

[@CF1091]

All achievement is the projection of the ego

[@perfectperson214]

My favorite scene is at the beginning, "pick a number"! Gives me goosebumps every time !

[@AA-sn9lz]

That's linklater's daughter, Lorelei

[@SandeepGuptaDoc]

She is in Boyhood too.

[@dr.williamkallfelz8540]

Truly one of the best films ever made. Thank you!

[@alexlorimer2141]

its one of those movies you either love or hate or don't know what the fuck is going on

[@Whether-Man]

I appreciate whoever made this.

[@icicestparis]

My best friend, watch this movie every night, to me this film is more than just a movie, it's very very very deep, it's like a life time of experience to realise this movie, you can watc this movie now and go back 5 years later and understand new things you didn t get

[@dmtdreamz7706]

"Do you wanna know what I've been working on lately? It's way ambitious, but I'm getting better at it. You're gonna dig this. Three-sixty vision, man! I can see in all directions. Cool, huh?"

[@cosmicundeadelf2372]

I gotta turn my volume way up just to understand it

[@JD37]

This film answers all your questions..... and replaces them with endless new questions.

[@CodPlayer322]

To say yes to one instant is to say yes to all of existence

[@chandrasimha5223]

Could u please explain me that because I don't really understand it...please...it would be of much help to me because I am in crisis now...

[@xgnknowledgehd1802]

@@chandrasimha5223 Time is an illusion. All reality is in the now, an ever changing instant that everyone contributes too. You, as a human, a peice of the infinite energy the universe, contributes to everything else. Like a dominie, you dont directly affect everything but you definitkey indirectly do which makes you importsnt.

[@T34RG45]

@@xgnknowledgehd1802 or makes you an obstacle capable of pranking everyone else so you lock yourself inside so you cant hurt anyone accidentally

[@girishsir84]

why wasnt this nominated on oscar?

[@Ohsky4]

To say yes to one instant, is to say yes to all of eternity. Because time, DOES NOT exist. Do you say yes to life?, ask yourself. After all your suffering, DO YOU say YES to life?.

[@mikehayley4717]

Oscar YES!!! You get it

[@scottrocket3274]

And all of a sudden you know and understand the mysteries about Life and Death and your Own Mind due to experience. But to know ALL this means You will never wake up again.And with any luck be rejoined with those You lost that will also never wake up again.To die into a dream and hopefully not a nightmare.

[@T34RG45]

I had a childhood. I was able to enjoy life at one time. I dont not enjoy life right now, but i dont enjoy life right now. Mental illness helps me subsist on laziness and fear, while i waste my ability to care on things thats im not going to do anything about. Why do i let myself unlive my life? I dont love myself, and i will never be able to after the accident. So why live? Is this real, i mean do my actions actually have consequences? If so, take me out now so i may not burden true living beings anymore!

[@kaosaechao400]

@@T34RG45 Hang in there and be strong. Believe in yourself

[@DrowzeGarkenos]

So we havent met but I dont wanna an ant you know? I mean it's like we through life with our antemns bouncing off one another continuously on ant autopilot with nothing really human required of us. "Stop. Go. Walk here. Try there." All action basically for survival. All communication simply to keep this ant colony buzing along in an efficient polite manner. "Here's your change. Paper or plastic? Credit or debit? Want ketchup with that?" I dont wanna a straw! I want real human moments, I want to see you and I want you to see me. I dont wanna give that up; I dont wanna be an ant you know.

[@chaosknight9315]

Ive been looking for this movie for 5 years Finally found it

[@cemre4235]

same

[@JD37]

It found you.

[@godbluffvdgg]

This movie changed my life when it came out in 2001...It is still very profound...Like "The Secret"...You have to own them both on DVD or Blueray...Every now and again; pull them out to refresh your soul...:)... And always remember...Super perfundo on the early eve of your day. If the world that we are forced to accept is false and nothing is true, then everything is possible.

[@shitchops]

Fucking love this movie

[@jculver1674]

Super perfundo on the early eve of your day!

[@theexplosivediarrhea4243]

we need more movie like this

[@treetoker420]

I love this movie and if you don't then thats cool!

[@xj-vn4eo]

That's some chill attitude we need here on youtube!

[@docvaibhavmeena]

Language quotes are most mesmerising

[@akshatasolanki9562]

5:13 Am I the only one who noticed that the brooch of his jacket kept changing throughout his scene?

[@dougalm8704]

Still one of the best movies out there

[@gud3742]

Thank you so much for all your love and all your encouragement. We love you. Thank you.

[@LyricsMaster001]

Wake up, Andy.

[@nitinnandwani304]

From the dream life or waking life ?

[@oliverlewis9080]

I learn something new everytime I watch this

[@Kipp274]

This movie threw me into a rabbithole of philosophy. Whatever is looking through my eyes would gladly be self aware in the dream of who or what ever. Conciousness is a scary thought to have.

[@bustagrimxgod]

This is the same as non duality. All is one yet separate in a limited human mind, a paradox. A dream yet solid and concrete but the doubts and the neurosis all crushing down as you open your mind but life is still a mystery and infinite and we will never ever understand what it means, Life is just is.

[@nikkidavey8241]

One of the best films! Medicine for the soul...

[@madahad9]

It was either Thoreau or Emerson wrote that dreams are the touchstone of our character. In a general sense I do believe this. In our dreams we see ourselves strip of our illusions about ourselves and oftentimes made to confront our neuroses and fears.

[@CallMeOpia]

this whole movie is one good, long quote

[@godspeasant]

Without a doubt, one of my favorite movies of all-time! The other is Baraka.

[@kylechwk]

godspeasant Baraka is quite an experience. Glad that it's one of your faves. The Quatsi films are similar, well worth seeing.

[@scottylewis8124]

Damn. This film helped me out a lot

[@roberthammett1789]

thank you ray

[@mikem5424]

I remember when this first came out and me a few buddies ate some mushrooms and watched this. Wild it was wild.

[@JD37]

I can only imagine.

[@julcaos]

Good list... great movie!

[@Elwood128]

You missed the best quote in the movie! "I have but recently returned from the valley of the shadow of death. I've been to the brink of total oblivion. I remember and fermented as I had to remember everything."

[@kaceyrodriguez3053]

Which scene is that from? This movie is haunting...

[@jessmargarcia5847]

I fucking love this movie This should be spread worldwide

[@Junkdrawerfindz]

This movie for sure help me awaken

[@GlowStick753]

Bring your dreams into fruition, Come alive. -Cities Avive

[@scottrocket3274]

I love this movie.. Great in many Visual Ways and Deep Thought Theory Processing from character to character in every way. This movie deserves a part 2...Not sure how that would go down.But I do suggest it takes off exactly where this movie ended him floating into outer space. Then him being not only aware he is Lucidly aware he is dead and not gonna wake up but having his own section of outer space where he creates with his mind the landscape and characters are no longer generated by him and his mind, but simply show up because they are also dead and can no longer wake up. Can call this movie Walking Death. I'd watch/buy it.Waking Life is very educational as well I find myself pausing the movie to either look up words meanings they use as well as pause to think about the many complex theories the characters have. This is me being either all action and no theory.Or all theory and no action. lol

[@pantangela]

Thanks Blue Bear.

[@lovrboy670]

The thing about the old man is I think about if we evolve does choice go away because you know right from wrong and your conscience grows enough to know the full range of consequences of your decision that you understand why you need to be good?

[@BrokenOcktive2]

did the ever make the sequel to this movie *"SLEEPING DEATH"* ?

[@chandrasimha5223]

Such a trippy comment...have a beautiful life.

[@Struseekz]

Bruuuh thank the universe my homie told me to watch this

[@rageraptor7127]

4:17 holy shi

[@Fireloop77]

One of my favs too

[@playlist-explorer]

They say dream is real as long as they last Same about life. Movie- walking life

[@tr3x43]

5:32 I was trippin with my homies and it took us another hour to finish this movie cause of this part! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@devil6l]

if I ever wanted to make movie this would be it :) IT'S A MASTERPIECE!

[@kdarko88]

totally

[@dmtdreamz7706]

You can literally hallucinate objects and beings into existence because what's happening is you're tapping into that pure abstract creative potential of mind. That's exactly what you want. Of course it can be kind of freaky but a psychedelic is that times a thousand. See so again the point is not to achieve some blissful state or to see some cool colors or to travel to some new dimension you can do all those things. That's nice, that's fun. The point is the lessons the insights you get and the meta understanding of how this entire process works because as you're exploring all your different domains you're learning about your own mind. How the mind of God is generating reality and why it's generating it. ☄

[@oliverlewis9080]

my favorite film of all time, can't find it anywhere

[@christianwellness4363]

Next time i drop some acid im watching this lol

[@bigboycollective2189]

Mushrooms instead

[@thewanderingpnut1685]

@@bigboycollective2189 why mushrooms?

[@ajayk7615]

One of the Greatest Movies ever made!

[@godbluffvdgg]

Very profound; that's for sure...It's one to keep in your collection...You can buy them fairly cheap on Ebay...

[@Xxoax]

Relevance.

[@kickinon]

I watched this on acid about 12 years ago now, that night my perception on reality changed forever, for the better.

[@LordGreystoke]

So what is your perception?

[@deiontemorrison1327]

"I don't want to be an ant"

[@MakedonskaAkropolaMKD]

And, the Oscar goes to - Slavoj Žižeeeek!!! :))))))))))))

[@jamesconnor601]

this producer did so many mushrooms

[@rohitbansal1401]

did anyone get that. . "SUPER PER FUN DO ON THE EARLY EVE OF YOUR DAY"

[@FreeFormFemi]

It means nothing, he said he had no idea what it was

[@ExiledMango]

@@FreeFormFemi it does mean something. if you're learning how to become lucid intentionally, doing practice to go deep once you wake up is an excellent method "super profundo" on the early eve of your day super profundo means "super deep" in spanish. to become lucid intentionally you need to learn deep relaxation.

[@ravishingravi]

I don’t want to be an ant either.

[@seymoorepoone9512]

I saw this on acid and absolutely loved the philosophy and dialogue.

[@christopherlopez3549]

I saw it on shrooms and fuck it was an life changing experience

[@sydberetta4649]

It would have been something if Terence McKenna had been around to contribute to this film

[@leeturner3750]

And Alan Watts 🤩

[@fedenunez1999]

Which is the most universal human characteristic fear or laziness?

[@ChefBurns1]

Every time I think I wanna do acid I watch this movie. And it scares the shit out of me haha

[@somadood]

someone recommend me books that give these same feelings

[@BoomThrive]

Just discovered this movie at the age of 19. I think it's gonna be good. I'll watch it!

[@quabot]

Heureusement, ce n’est qu’un rêve.

[@diegobermudez8102]

Merci

[@asdf-un9gs]

This movie gave me motion sickness...

[@AndersonPleasants]

don't mind me just here to sample

[@drequaunthompson445]

20th anniversary

[@zeholandajunior]

English Subtitles, please.🙏😍👍😀

[@mistykari]

Agreed! Please add closed captioning!

[@yatishjaryal3394]

Guys Fear or Laziness?

[@kevinkariuki101117]

Any recommendations for any any other film similar to this one?

[@chetnasingh915]

Scanner Darkly, Before Trilogy

[@bennyroberts4779]

Read the Vedas of India. I loved this movie, but it's not answering some major questions. Start with the Bhagavad Gita.

[@mohammeda8837]

hi , how i can dicide if this is animated or not ?

[@godbluffvdgg]

The film was entirely rotoscoped, although it was shot using digital video of live actors with a team of artists drawing stylized ... This technique is similar in some respects to the rotoscope style of 1970s filmmaker Ralph Bakshi.

[@freshencounter]

It’s good to see Euro-Americans waking up to what indigenous people of this land and globally have been saying before, during and now as abuse continues. And while I’m mainly talking about POC; also diminished are Pegans, Wiccans and others who honored the earth and life - imperfectly. Thank fully some still remain, I hope we will all choose to listen. May COVID wake more people up, PLEASE!!!

[@p4nduh_584]

Hey! I know a guy called George white

[@therednovember]

If you pause at 2:32 you can see his teeth in a very creepy way

[@chandrasimha5223]

Yes and I see it.does it has any inner meaning??? Tell me if possible...please...

[@wolfman2249]

I saw it lol

[@GAMEBRO0]

so sad i dont understand the words they were using .. someone should remake the movie with simple voice for people like me to understand

[@chandrasimha5223]

May be that's what this movie is meant for! To make the ordinary people like u and me, to watch it again and again and again and.....inorder to completely grasp it's beauty and meaning...Have a great day brother...

[@g1x4r]

You don't change a movie to suit the uneducated, you get educated to understand the movie. That's the entire point of this movie. To wake up. Jesus dude.

[@GuyInAHotdogSuit69]

That's the idea, they use confusing language to trick idiots into thinking they're smart, this movie isn't smart, you're just really stupid.