Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) - Quotes

Differences in Agreement Between Friends

Malak: What do you think of this?

Moses: [carving the stone tablets] I wouldn't do it if I didn't agree.

Malak: That's true. I've noticed that about you. You don't always agree with me.

Moses: Nor you me, I've noticed.

Malak: Yet here we are, still speaking. But not for much longer. A leader can falter, but stone will endure. These laws will guide them in your stead. If you disagree, you should put down the hammer.

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Confronting the Harsh Reality of Choices

Joshua: [cornered at the Red Sea] Do you even know where we are?

Moses: Yes! We are at a point on the Earth where there is a sea ahead, and an army behind!

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Tension Between Leaders and Their Followers

Malak: He's given you what you've asked?

Moses: Not yet, but his own people are turning against him.

Malak: And his army?

Moses: It will.

Malak: I disagree. Something worse has to happen.

Moses: I disagree. Anything more would be...

Malak: Would be what? What were you about to say? Cruel? Inhumane?

Moses: It's not easy to see the people who I grew up with suffering this much.

Malak: What about the people you didn't grow up with? What thought did you give to them? You still don't think of them as yours, do you? As long as Rhamses has an army behind him, nothing will change.

Moses: Anything more is just revenge!

Malak: Revenge? After 400 years of brutal subjugation! These pharoahs, who imagine they're living gods, they are nothing more than flesh and blood! I want to see them on their knees begging for it to stop!

Moses: I'm tired of talking with a messenger!

Malak: General! I have heard Rhamses final threat. So let me tell you what's going to happen next.

Moses: [after being told of God's plan to kill the firstborn of Egypt] No, no! You cannot do this! I want no part of this!

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The Cost of Prolonged Conflict

Moses: Where have you been?

Malak: Watching you fail.

Moses: Wars of attrition take time.

Malak: At this rate, it will take years. A generation.

Moses: I am prepared to fight for that long.

Malak: I'm not.

Moses: I thought we were making progress. Now you're impatient after 400 years of slavery.

Malak: Am I the only one sitting here who's done nothing about it until now?

Moses: I do know a few things about military action. Still, if you are not going to listen to me, then why did you take me away from my family?

Malak: I didn't. You did.

Moses: You don't need me.

Malak: Maybe not.

Moses: So what do I do? Nothing?

Malak: For now, you can watch.

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Identity and Expectations in Leadership

Moses: Who are you?

Malak: Who are YOU?

Moses: I'm a shepherd.

Malak: I thought you were a general. I need a general.

Moses: Why?

Malak: To fight. Why else?

Moses: Fight who? For what?

Malak: I think you know. I think you should go and see what's happening to your people now. You won't be at peace until you do. Are they not people in your opinion?

Moses: Who are you?

Malak: I am.

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Belief in God vs. Belief in Oneself

Zipporah: Is it so wrong for him to grow up believing in God?

Moses: Is it so wrong for him to grow up believing in himself?

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Expressions of Love and Importance

Zippora: Who makes you happy?

Moses: You do.

Zipporah: What's the most important thing in your life?

Moses: You are.

Zipporah: Where would you rather to be?

Moses: Nowhere.

Zipporah: And when will you leave me?

Moses: Never.

Zipporah: Proceed.

The Meaning of Israelite Explored

Hegep: Let me tell you something about about Hebrews. They are a conniving, combative people. Do you know what Israelite means in their own language? He who fights with God.

Moses: He who wrestles with God. There is a difference.

Leadership and Omens in Times of Battle

High Priestess: [reading fowl entrails] In the battle a leader will be saved, and his savior will someday lead.

Moses: [laughs] Then the entrails should also say that we will abandon reason and be guided by omens.

Questioning Loyalty and Sacrifice

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Conflict of Power and Responsibility

Rhamses II: Rhamses: You say that you didn't... cause all this. You say this is not your fault. So let's just see who's more effective at killing: You or me.