Memorable Quotes from Richard Harris
38 quotesThe Complexity of Divine Support in War
Oliver Cromwell
Every man who wages war believes God is on his side. I'll warrant God should often wonder who is on his.
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A Promise for Safety and Escape
Rafer Hoxworth
Jerusha, I promise you. I won't touch you, I won't even look at you. Please, please come onboard my ship. I'll take you and your child to Honolulu and there I'll ship you both to Boston. You'll have an even chance of staying alive there. He'll kill you here, Jerusha. He will kill you.
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Conflicted Devotion Between Love and Faith
Dom Frollo
Pity? Pity me, Quasimodo. To be a man of God, and to love a woman; and to love her more than God.
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Advice on Redemption and Self-Improvement
King Arthur
Far more seasoned rascals than you have polished their souls, I advise you, get out the wax. Better to be rubbed clean than rubbed out.
[to Mordred]
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Exploration of Identity and Learning Through Nature
King Arthur
And -what of teaching me by turning me to animal and bird,From beaver to the smallest bobolink!I should have had a -whirlAt changing to a girl,To learn the way the creatures think!
[singing]
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A Priest's Acknowledgment of Human Fallibility
Abbe Faria
I'm a priest, not a saint.
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Regret and Desire in Love's Pursuit
Rafer Hoxworth
I wanted you more than anything else on this Earth. I could have taken you by candlelight in your father's house, and you know that. May the Lord strike me dead if I ever pass up another virgin as long as I live. What a damn fool! What a God-abandoned fool!
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The Burden of Love and Vengeance
King Arthur
I love them and they answer me with pain and torment. Be it sin or not sin, they betray me in their hearts and that's far sin enough. I can feel it in their eyes, I can feel it when they speak, and they must pay for it and be punished. I shall not be wounded and not return it in kind! I'm through with feeble hoping! I demand a man's vengeance! Proposition: I'm a king, not a man. And a civilized king. Could it possibly be civilized to destroy what I love? Could it possibly be civilized to love myself above all? What of their pain and their torment? Did they ask for this calamity? Can passion be selected?
[Calming down]
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The Futility of Violence and Consent
Rafer Hoxworth
Rape is a rotten sport at any time. But in Lahaina, it's a downright waste of energy. Now get out of here and find yourselves some cooperative ones.
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A Reunion Between Old Rivals
Little Bill Daggett
It's been a long time, Bob. You run out of Chinamen?
English Bob
Little Bill! Well, I thought you was — Well, I thought that you were dead. I see you've shaved your chin whiskers off.
Little Bill
I was tasting the soup two hours after I et it.
[ate]
English Bob
Well, actually, what I heard was that you fell off your horse — drunk, of course — and that you broke your bloody neck.
Little Bill
I heard that one myself, Bob. Hell, I even thought I was dead til I found out it was just that I was in Nebraska.
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Knowledge as a Priceless Gift
Abbe Faria
In return for your help, I offer you something priceless.
Edmond
My freedom?
Abbe Faria
No, freedom can be taken away, as you well know. I offer you my knowledge.
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Understanding Women in Relationships
King Arthur
Merlyn told me once: Never be too disturbed if you don't understand what a woman is thinking. They don't do it often.
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The Challenge of Visibility and Struggle
Rafer Hoxworth
You're harder to see than the Empress of China. A man has to fight every inch of the way.
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Critique of Parliament's Capability in Governance
Oliver Cromwell
Gentlemen, an immovable Parliament is more obnoxious than an immovable king! You are drunkards, tricksters, villains, whoremasters, godless, self-seeking, ambitious tricksters. You are no more capable of conducting the affairs of this nation than you are of running a brothel!
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The Value of Targets in Assassination
English Bob
If you were to try to assassinate a king, sir, the — how shall I say it? — the aura of royalty would cause you to miss. But, a president— I mean, why not shoot a president?
[discussing the assassination of President Garfield; chuckles]
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Neglect as an Unexpected Ally
Abbe Faria
The slot opens twice a day. Once in the morning for your toilet bucket, which is where we hide the dirt. And once more in the evening for your plate. Between those times, we can work all day without fear of discovery.
Edmond
So neglect becomes our ally.
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Collaboration and Time in Escape Plans
Abbe Faria
With two of us, we could dig in the opposite direction. And with both of us together, then of course we could possibly do it in um...oh...8 years. Ohh... and does something else demand your time? Some pressing appointment, perhaps?
[Edmond laughs]
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Debunking Myths of Witches in France
Gauchére
There are no witches or sorcerers in France!
Dom Frollo
Exactly.
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Civilized Man with Occasional Lapses
King Arthur
Mordred, I must remind you that I am a civilized man. With occasional lapses.
[angrily]
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King Arthur's Question on Love and Marriage
King Arthur
Merlyn, why have you never taught me love and marriage?
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A Desire for Freedom and Transformation
King Arthur
Merlyn! Merlyn, make me a hawk. Let me fly away from here!
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Reflection on Time Passing
Albus Dumbledore
Another year gone.
[announcing to all the Hogwarts students during the House Cup ceremony]
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The Legend of Camelot's Glory
King Arthur
Ask ev'ry person if he's heard the story;And tell it strong and clear if he has not:That once there was a fleeting wisp of gloryCalled Camelot.Camelot! Camelot!
[singing]
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A Father's Unwavering Decision on Leadership
Marcus Aurelius
Are you ready to do your duty for Rome?
Commodus
Yes, father.
Marcus Aurelius
You will not be emperor.
Commodus
Which wiser, older man is to take my place?
Marcus Aurelius
My powers will pass to Maximus, to hold in trust until the Senate is ready to rule once more. Rome is to be a republic again.
Commodus
Maximus.
Marcus Aurelius
My decision disappoints you?
Commodus
You wrote to me once, listing the four chief virtues: wisdom, justice, fortitude and temperance. As I read the list, I knew I had none of them. But I have other virtues, father. Ambition. That can be a virtue when it drives us to excel. Resourcefulness. Courage. Perhaps not on the battlefield, but … there are many forms of courage. Devotion, to my family and to you. But none of my virtues were on your list. Even then it was as if you didn't want me for your son.
[choking up]
Marcus Aurelius
Oh, Commodus. You go too far.
Commodus
I search the faces of the gods … for ways to please you, to make you proud. One kind word, one full hug … where you pressed me to your chest and held me tight … would have been like the sun on my heart for a thousand years. What is it in me that you hate so much?
Marcus Aurelius
Shh, Commodus.
Commodus
All I've ever wanted was to live up to you, Caesar, father.
Marcus Aurelius
Commodus, your faults as a son is my failure as a father. Come.
[gets down on his knees]
Commodus
Father. I would have butchered the whole world … if you would only love me!
[crying; presses Marcus against his breast and asphyxiates him]
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Victory Through Strategy, Not Numbers
Oliver Cromwell
Was not Gideon outnumbered by the Amalekites? It is not numbers that count, but speed and surprise. Let no man move, except upon the word of his commander! Though we be outnumbered, we shall win this battle! I promise you! So now ].
[[w:Trust in God and keep your powder dry|put your faith in God and keep your powder dry]
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The Value of Life Over Death
King Arthur
Proposition: It's far better to be alive than to be dead.
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Counting Stones and Naming Them
Edmond
There are 72,519 stones in my walls. I've counted them many times.
Abbe Faria
But have you named them yet?
[Edmond starts crying]
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The Power of Choices Over Abilities
Albus Dumbledore
It is not our abilities that show us what we truly are. It is our choices.
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Struggles of Whalers at Sea
Rafer Hoxworth
My men are not sailors, Reverend. They're whalers. and they haven't touched land in eight months. and my men have neither the strength nor the inclination to fight them off, neither, might I add, have I. If you'll excuse me.
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The Meaning of Blood Relationships Explained
King Arthur
The adage, "Blood is thicker than water," was invented by undeserving relatives.
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A Plea for Divine Remembrance
Oliver Cromwell
O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me.
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Condemnation of Morality and Honor
English Bob
A plague on you. A plague on the whole stinking lot of ya, without morals or laws. And all you whores got no laws. You got no honor. It's no wonder you all emigrated to America, because they wouldn't have you in England. You're a lot of savages, that's what you all are. A bunch of bloody savages. A plague on you. I'll be back.
[accent changing rapidly from plummy English to Cockney]
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A Dream of Possibilities
King Arthur
I dreamed ... I dreamed.
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The Burden of Empire and Legacy
Maximus
You sent for me, Caesar?
Marcus Aurelius
Tell me again, Maximus, why are we here?
Maximus
For the glory of the empire, sire.
Marcus Aurelius
Ah, yes. Ah, yes, I remember. Do you see that map, Maximus? That is the world which I created. For 25 years, I have conquered, spilt blood, expanded the empire. Since I became Caesar, I have known four years without war, four years of peace in twenty. And for what? I brought the sword. Nothing more.
Maximus
Caesar, your life...
Marcus Aurelius
Please. Please, don't call me that. Please, come sit. Let us talk together now, very simply, as men. Maximus, talk.
Maximus
Five thousand of my men are out there in the freezing mud. Three thousand of them are bloodied and cleaved. Two thousand will never leave this place. I will not believe that they fought and died for nothing.
Marcus Aurelius
And what would you believe?
Maximus
They fought for you and for Rome.
Marcus Aurelius
And what is Rome, Maximus?
Maximus
I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.
Marcus Aurelius
Yet you have never been there. You have not seen what it has become. I am dying, Maximus. When a man sees his end... he wants to know there was some purpose to his life. How will the world speak my name in years to come? Will I be known as the philosopher? The warrior? The tyrant...? Or will I be the emperor who gave Rome back her true self? There was once a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish... it was so fragile. And I fear that it will not survive the winter. Maximus, let us whisper now, together, you and I. You have a son. Tell me about your home.
Maximus
My house is in the hills above Trujillo. A very simple place. Pinkstones that warm in the sun. A kitchen garden that smells of herbs in the day, jasmine in the evening. Through the gate is a giant poplar. Figs, apples, pears. The soil, Marcus- black. Black like my wife's hair. Grapes on the south slopes, olives on the north. Wild ponies play near my house. They tease my son. He wants to be one of them.
Marcus Aurelius
Remember the last time you were home?
Maximus
Two years, 264 days, and this morning.
Marcus Aurelius
I envy you, Maximus. It's a good home. Worth fighting for. There is one more duty that I ask of you before you go home.
Maximus
What would you have me do, Caesar?
Marcus Aurelius
I want you to become the protector of Rome after I die. I will empower you to one end alone: To give power back to the people of Rome, and end the corruption that has crippled it. Will you accept this great honor I have offered you?
Maximus
With all my heart, no.
Marcus Aurelius
Maximus, that is why it must be you.
Maximus
But surely a prefect, a senator, somebody who knows the city, who understands her politics?
Marcus Aurelius
But you have not been corrupted by her politics.
Maximus
And Commodus?
Marcus Aurelius
Commodus is not a moral man. You have known that since you were young. Commodus cannot rule. He must not rule. You are the son that I should have had. Commodus will accept my decision. He knows that you command the loyalty of the army.
Maximus
I need some time, sire.
Marcus Aurelius
Yes. By sunset, I hope you will have agreed. Now embrace me as my son, and bring an old man another blanket.
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The Destruction of Evidence
Abbe Faria
Ah! he burned the letter ...
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The Elusiveness of Ideals and Reality
King Arthur
All we've been through, for nothing but an idea! Something that you cannot taste, smell, or feel; without substance, life, reality, memory.
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The Lesson of Vengeance and Belief
Abbe Faria
Here is your final lesson - do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence. God said, "Vengeance is mine.
Edmond
I don't believe in God.
Abbe Faria
It doesn't matter. He believes in you.
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The Survival of England Over Monarchical Power
Oliver Cromwell
In the name of God! What are we all? Men? Cowering and quivering like downtrodden serfs. The king is not England, and England is not the king! It is not the survival of the king that is at issue here. It is the survival of England. And this king, by his dishonesties, by his treasons, and by his secret treaties with foreign powers, has shown himself to be ill-fitted to govern this great nation!
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