Memorable Quotes from David Wenham
9 quotesThe Glory of Battle in Sparta
Dilios
From the time he could stand, he was baptized in the fire of combat. Taught never to retreat, never to surrender. Taught that death on the battlefield in service to Sparta was the greatest glory he could achieve in his life.
[Regarding Leonidas' upbringing]
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Tea with Experts and a Crocodile
Brozzie
Maybe I'll invite them for tea, with a nice big croc on the barby.
[sarcastically]
Sam Flynn
Oh come on, Brozzie, they're experts!
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Identifying Roles Among Companions in Middle-earth
Frodo
We are Hobbits of the Shire. Frodo Baggins is my name, and this is Samwise Gamgee.
Faramir
Your bodyguard?
Sam
His gardener.
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The Fallibility of Gods and Mortals
Dilios
Immortals". They fail our king's test. And a man who fancies himself a god feels a very human chill crawl up his spine.
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Legacy of Sacrifice and Remembrance
Dilios
Remember us." As simple an order as a king can give. "Remember why we died." For he did not wish tribute or song. No monuments, no poems of war and valour. His wish was simple: "Remember us," he said to me. That was his hope. Should any free soul come across that place, in all the countless centuries yet to be, may all our voices whisper to you from the ageless stones: Go tell the Spartans, passer-by, that here, by Spartan law, we lie. So my king died, and my brothers died, barely a year ago. Long I pondered my king's cryptic talk of victory. But time has proven him wise. For from free Greek to free Greek, the word was spread that bold Leonidas and his 300, so far from home, laid down their lives, not just for Sparta, but for all Greece and the promise this country holds! Now, here on this ragged patch of earth called ], Xerxes hordes face obliteration! Just there the barbarians huddle, sheer terror gripping tight their hearts with icy fingers, knowing full well what merciless horrors they suffered at the swords and spears of 300. Yet they stare now across the plain at 10,000 Spartans commanding 30,000 free Greeks!
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Survival and Violence in Harsh Realities
Samuel Stote
Without me and my crack shootin', you'd be fucking dingo dinner. 30 yards away, I was. And, pchoo! Blew that black bastard's head right off. It was beautiful.
Martha Stanley
She was my friend!
Soldiers
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: five cats a-floggin, four nooses swinging, three crows a-pecking, two dogs a-pissing, and little Mikey hanging from a pear tree!
[singing]
Eden Fletcher
If you have to kill one, make sure you bloody well kill them all.
Jacko
Fellow in the picture, he live in a cave. Dog man. Big fella. He said Dog Man never sleep. He sit there all day. Sit down, in the cave. Way up. He live with small fella and black fella. Cannot catch him. Cannot kill him.
Jacko
Strange mob, you whities.
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Testing the Legend of the Immortals
Dilios
They have served the dark will of Persian kings for 500 years. Eyes as dark as night, teeth filed to fangs - soulless. The personal guard to King Xerxes himself. The Persian warrior elite. The deadliest fighting force in all of Asia. The Immortals. The god-king has betrayed a fatal flaw: hubris. Easy to taunt, easy to trick. Before wounds and weariness have taken their toll, the mad king throws the best he has at us. Xerxes has taken the bait. "Immortals" - we put their name to the test.
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Struggles and Choices in a Dark World
Elrond
He will come to death, an image of the splendour of the kings of men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world. But you, my daughter, you will linger on in darkness and in doubt, as nightfall in winter that comes without a star. Here you will dwell, bound to your grief, under the fading trees, until all the world is changed and the long years of your life are utterly spent.
Faramir
A chance for Faramir, captain of Gondor, to show his quality.
Frodo
This is Sting. You've seen it before, haven't you... Gollum. Release him, or I'll cut your throat!
Gimli
Three days and nights pursuit. No food, no rest! Nor a sign of a quarry of what a bare rock can tell!
Gimli
I'm wasted on cross-country! We dwarves are natural sprinters! Very dangerous over short distances!
Merry
The fires of Isengard will spread. And the woods of Tuckborough and Buckland will burn. And all that was once green and good in this world will be gone. There won't be a Shire, Pippin.
Treebeard
It takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say.
Treebeard
Many of these trees were my friends. Creatures I had known from nut and acorn.
Uglúk
I don't take orders from orc maggots.
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The Chaotic Nature of Battle
Dilios
They shout and curse, stabbing wildly, more brawlers than warriors. They make a wondrous mess of things. Brave amateurs, they do their part.
[As the Arcadians join the fight with the Immortals]
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