Tyler Durden – Character Quotes

An exit-door procedure at 30.000 feet. Mm-hmm. The illusion of safety.

The things you own end up owning you.

You wanted a way to change your life. You could not do this on your own. All the ways you wish you could be... That's me.
I look like you wanna look, I fuck like you wanna fuck. I am smart, capable and, most importantly... I'm free in all the ways that you are not.

We've had a near-life experience!

— You know why they put oxygen masks on planes?
— So you can breathe.
— Oxygen gets you high. In a catastrophic emergency, you take giant panic breaths. Suddenly you become euphoric, docile. You accept your fate. It's all right here. Emergency water landing, 600mph. Blank faces. Calm as hindu cows.
— That's um... That's an interesting theory.

It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.

The things you own end up owning you.

What are we, then? We're consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession. Murder, crime, poverty. These things don't concern me. What concerns me are celebrity magazines... Television with 500 channels... Some guy's name on my underwear.

The first rule of fight club is — you don't talk about fight club.
The second rule of fight club is — you don't talk about fight club.
The third rule in fight club is — when someone says "stop" or goes
limp, the fight is over. The fourth rule is — only two guys to a fight.
Fifth rule — one fight at a time.
Sixth rule — no shirts or shoes.
Seventh rule — fights go on as long as they have to.
And the eighth rule of fight club is — if this is your first night, you *have* to fight.

You wanna make an omelet, you gotta break some eggs.

Stop trying to control everything and just let go! Let go!

We have no great war. No great depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives.

Now, a question of etiquette – as I pass, do I give you the ass or the crotch?

You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake.

— I felt like putting a bullet between the eyes of every Panda that wouldn't screw to save its species. I wanted to open the dump valves on oil tankers and smother all those French beaches I'd never see. I wanted to breathe smoke.
— Where'd you go, psycho boy?
— I felt like destroying something beautiful.