Memorable Quotes from Patrick Stewart
21 quotesRoyal Rights and Marital Customs
Rabbi Tuckman
Excuse me, King. Why, if you like this guy so much, do you object to his marrying Maid Marian?
King Richard
I have no objection, but I have not yet kissed the bride. It is a custom, and my royal right. Hold this, Father.
[hands the rabbi his sword]
Rabbi Tuckman
Rabbi.
King Richard
Whatever.
Rabbi Tuckman
It's good to be the king.
[impressed]
King Richard
Now... you may marry them!
[voice squeaking]
Rabbi Tuckman
Thank you. Here's your knife.
King Richard
Sword.
Rabbi Tuckman
Whatever.
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The Weight of Lost Hope and Patience
Dr. Jonas
Have you ever been in a place from which hope is gone? Where the only thing left... is patience?
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Desire for Comprehensive Information on Someone
Dr. Jonas
In one hour, I want to know what she eats, where she sleeps, the name of her kindergarten teacher, everything.
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Evaluating Doctor Strange's true nature
Professor Charles Xavier
]. We will see what kind of Doctor Strange you are.
[[X-Men: Days of Future Past|Just because someone stumbles and loses their way doesn’t mean they're lost forever]
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Confrontation Among Mutants and Humans
Magneto
You homo sapiens and your guns.
Sabretooth
That's enough Erik.
[Grabs Magneto's throat]
Toad
Let them go.
Magneto
Why not come out where I can see you, Charles?
Xavier
What do you want her for?
[speaking through Sabretooth]
Magneto
Can't you read my mind? And what now, save the girl? You'll have to kill me Charles, and what would that accomplish? Let them pass that law and they'll have you in chains with a number burned into your forehead!
[tapping his helmet]
Xavier
It won't be that way.
Magneto
Then kill me and find out. No? Then release me.
Magneto
Fine. Care to press your luck, Charles? I don't think I can stop them all. Still unwilling to make sacrifices. That's what makes you weak. Goodbye, Charles.
[magnetically fires a bullet and stops it just before it goes through a cop's head; Xavier reluctantly releases his control over Toad and Sabretooth]
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Teaching History in Unlikely Conversations
Wolverine
You did it.
Professor X
Did what? Logan, don't you have a class to teach?
Wolverine
A class to teach?
Professor X
History.
Wolverine
History. Actually, I could use some help with that.
Professor X
Help with what?
Wolverine
Well, pretty much everything after 1973. I think the history I know is a little different.
[The Professor is surprised.]
Professor X
Welcome back.
[reads Wolverine's mind and understands what he went through]
Wolverine
It's good to see you, Charles. It's good to see everyone.
Professor X
Well, I had a promise to keep. You and I have a lot of catching up to do.
Wolverine
Yeah.
Professor X
What's the last thing you remember?
Wolverine
Drowning.
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Searching for Someone Significant
Dr. Jonas
We've been looking for you for a long time, Jerry.
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Manipulation of Words and Intentions
Dr. Jonas
This will put my words in your mouth.
[while drugging Jerry]
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X-Men: The Last Stand - Professor Charles Xavier
Professor Charles Xavier
Hello, Moira.
[Post-credit scene]
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Facing Doubts and Encouragement Among Friends
Hank McCoy
I'll go check the generator.
Wolverine
It's not the machinery, is it!
Charles
I can't do this!
Logan
Yes, you can!
Charles
No, I can't!
Wolverine
You're just a little rusty.
Charles
You don't understand, it's not a question of being "rusty!" I can flip the switches, I can turn the knobs, but my power doesn't come from here , it comes from...here . And it's broken. I feel like one of my students. Helpless. It was a mistake coming down here , it was a mistake freeing Eric, this whole thing has been one bloody mistake! I'm sorry, Logan, but they sent back the wrong man!
[points to his head; points to his heart; Xavier starts to leave]
Wolverine
You're right! Actually, it was supposed to be you. But I was the only one who could physically make the trip. And, uh, I don't even know how long I've got here. But I do know that a long time ago-well, actually, a long time from now-I was your most helpless student. And you unlocked my mind. You showed me what I was, you showed me what I could be. I don't know how to do that for you, you're right, I don't! But I think I know someone who might. Look...into my mind.
[Xavier stops, surprised to hear him admit this]
Charles Xavier
You saw what I just did to Cerebro! You don't want me inside your head!
Wolverine
There's no damage you can do that hasn't already been done, trust me!
[amused]
Charles
: You poor, poor man.
[reads Logan's mind and see his torture at the hands of Weapon X, his fragmented memories, the death of Jean Grey, and his hard life.]
Wolverine
Look past me.
Charles
No, I don't want your suffering, I don't want your future!
Wolverine
Look past my future! Look for your future. That's it. That's it...
Professor X
Charles.
Charles
Charles. Is this what becomes of us? Erik was right. Humanity does this to us.
[looks around to see the dire situation that both mutants and humanity face with the Sentinels in 2023.]
Professor X
Not if we show them a better path.
Charles
You still believe?
Professor X
Just because someone stumbles, loses their way, it doesn't mean they're lost forever. Sometimes, we all need a little help.
Charles
I'm not the man I was. I open my mind up, and it almost overwhelms me.
Professor X
You're afraid. And Cerebro knows it.
Charles
All those voices... So much...pain.
Professor X
It's not their pain you're afraid of. It's yours, Charles. And as frightening as it may be, that pain will make you stronger. If you allow yourself to feel it, embrace it, it will make you more powerful than you ever imagined. It's the greatest gift we have: to bear their pain without breaking. And it's born from the most human power: hope. Please, Charles, we need you to hope again.
[shows Charles his school for Mutants, his own compassion, what he fights for which helps ease his past self's mind.; Xavier, stunned, breaks the psychic link]
Wolverine
Find what you were looking for?
Hank McCoy
The power's back on.
Charles
Yes. Yes, it is.
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Xavier's Unconventional Smoking Consequences
Professor Charles Xavier
Logan, my tolerance for your smoking in the mansion notwithstanding, continue smoking that in here, and you'll spend the rest of your days under the belief that you're a six year-old girl.
Logan
You'd do that?
Xavier
I'd have Jean braid your hair. Welcome back.
[amused, Logan extinguishes the cigar on his own palm]
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The Challenge of Coexistence with Mutants
Professor Charles Xavier
Mutants. Since the discovery of their existence they have been regarded with fear, suspicion, often hatred. Across the planet, debate rages. Are mutants the next link in the evolutionary chain or simply a new species of humanity fighting for their share of the world? Either way it is a historical fact: Sharing the world has never been humanity's defining attribute.
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A Tense Moment of Desperation
Pat
This... is a nightmare.
Darcy
For us all.
Amber
Please tell me those stupid fucking words are his last!
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X2 - Dialogue 11
President McKenna
Where did you get these?
Professor Charles Xavier
Let's just say I know a little girl who can walk through walls.
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Accepting Shared Responsibility for Outcomes
Dr. Jonas
I know I must share some of the blame for this. I wish it didn't have to be this way.
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Unexpected Connections in Relationships
Dr. Jonas
Jerry, you continually surprise me. Alice… I always seem to come between you and the men in your life.
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Walls and Doors in X-Men Discussion
Professor X
The walls are made of reinforced steel.
Magneto
In other words, a door.
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The Struggle for Mutant and Human Coexistence
Professor Charles Xavier
Mutants and humans. They have long struggled to coexist. While some try to unite the world, others try to dominate it. Neither strategy has prevailed. But when conflicts reach an impasse, inevitably something happens to shift the balance forever.
[deleted scene]
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Confrontation Between Xavier and Stryker
Professor Charles Xavier
William?
[''Wakes up in Stryker's chambers'']
Colonel William Stryker
Please, Xavier, don't get up!
Colonel William Stryker
I call it the neural inhibitor. It keeps you outta here. (he taps his forehead)
Professor Xavier
What have you done with Scott?
Colonel William Stryker
Oh, don't worry. I'm just giving him a little re-education. Of course, you know all about that, don't you?
Professor Xavier
William, you wanted me to cure your son, but mutation isn't a disease...
Colonel William Stryker
(enraged) YOU'RE LYING! You were even more frightened of him than I was! You know, just one year after Jason returned from your school', my wife...! You see, he resented us, he blamed us for his condition, so he would toy with our minds, projecting visions and scenarios into our brains. Well, my wife, in the end she took a power drill to her left temple in an attempt to bore the images out. (contemptuously) My boy, the great illusionist!
Professor Xavier
For someone who hates mutants, you certainly keep some strange company.
Colonel William Stryker
Oh, they serve their purpose... as long as they can be controlled.
Colonel William Stryker
You didn't even have to read my mind. You know, I've been working with mutants as long as you have, Xavier...but the most frustrating thing I've learned is that nobody really knows how many even exist, or how to find them - except you. Unfortunately this little potion won't work on you, will it? You're much too powerful for that. Instead we'll go right to the source. Allow me to introduce mutant 143. The fluid secreted by his brain acts as a mind-controlling agent.
William Stryker
But that's only where it begins.
Colonel William Stryker
NO, Charles! My son is dead... just like the rest of you.
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Betrayal Sparks Conflict Between Allies
Professor Charles Xavier
Erik, what have you done?
Magneto
I'm sorry, Charles. I couldn't help it.
Professor Charles Xavier
What have you told Stryker?
Magneto
Everything. The war has begun.
[Xavier and Magneto notice gas being released in prison]
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The Challenge of Power and Control
Professor Charles Xavier
You have more power than you can imagine, Jean. The question is, will you control that power... or let it control you?
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