Memorable Quotes from John Rhys-Davies
12 quotesImprovisation in High-Stakes Situations
Jones
I'm going after that truck.
Sallah
How?
Jones
I don't know. I'm making this up as I go.
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Dwarven Hospitality Awaits the Elf
Gimli
Soon, Master Elf, you will enjoy the fabled hospitality of the Dwarves: roaring fires, malt beer, red meat off the bone.
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A Plea for Patience and Wisdom
Mordecai
God, every day I pray for you to give me the patience of Job, the wisdom of Solomon. And what do you give me? You give me the endless equivocations... of a beautiful, young woman!
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Mordecai Questions Merchant's Intentions with Poison
Mordecai
Why would they buy belladonna from you?
Jewish Apothecary Merchant
May they seek poison someone. Very deadly. Very quick.
Mordecai
You sold them poison? A Jew sells poison to the king's fruit tasters? Have you any idea for whom it might have been intended?!?
[grabbing the merchants face and shaking him]
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One Counts as One
Gimli
That still only counts as one!
[after Legolas takes down an oliphaunt and its crew]
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Concerns About the Ark's Power
Sallah
Indy.. there is something that troubles me.
Jones
What is it?
Sallah
The Ark. If it is there, at Tanis.. Then it is something man was not meant to disturb. Death has always surrounded it. It is not of this Earth.
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Finality in Negotiations
Gimli
I guess that concludes negotiations...
[after Aragorn kills the envoy at the Black Gate; extended edition only]
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The Origin of Indiana's Name Explained
Sallah
Please - what is always with this "Junior"?
Henry Jones Sr.
That's his name: "Henry Jones, Junior.
Indiana Jones
I like "Indiana.
Henry Jones
We named the dog Indiana.
Marcus Brody
May we go home now, please?
Sallah
The dog? You are named after the dog?
[laughs]
Indiana
I've got a lot of fond memories of that dog.
[coldly]
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Warning About the Ark of the Covenant
Old man
Come, come! Look, look here, look! Sit down. Come. Sit down.
[Indy and Sallah sit]
Jones
What is it?
Old man
This is a warning not to disturb the Ark of the Covenant.
[pointing out inscriptions]
Jones
What about the height of the staff, though? Did Belloq get it off of here?
Old man
Yes, it is here. This for the old way, this means six kadam high.
Sallah
About 72 inches.
Old man
Wait! And take back one kadam to honor the Hebrew god whose ark this is.
[shows more inscriptions on other side]
Jones
You said their headpiece only had markings on one side. You absolutely sure? Belloq's staff is too long.
[Sallah nods]
Jones, Sallah
They're digging in the wrong place!
Sallah
I am the monarch of the sea / I am the ruler of the Qu-
[laughing, singing]
Sallah
Bad dates.
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Facing Danger in the Underground Chamber
Sallah
Indy, why does the floor move?
Jones
Give me your torch. Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?
[drops the torch into the chamber, revealing hundreds of snakes covering the floor of the Well]
Sallah
Asps. Very dangerous. You go first.
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Competition Between Dwarves for Victory
Gimli
There's plenty for the both of us. May the best dwarf win.
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Facing Death with a Slim Hope
Gimli
Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for?
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