Blake's 7 Quotes
Cally: My people have a saying: A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.
Avon: Life expectancy must be fairly short among your people.
Avon: Life expectancy must be fairly short among your people.
TV Show: Blake's 7
Vila: When Avon holds out the hand of friendship, watch his other hand. That's the one with the hammer.
TV Show: Blake's 7
Avon: Vila?
Vila: What?
Avon: You're a fool.
Vila: Nerves getting to you?
Avon: There are a quarter of a million volts running through that converter. I make one false move, I'll be so crisped up what's left of me won't fit into a sandwich.
Vila: I'm a vegetarian. Thanks for the offer, though.
Vila: What?
Avon: You're a fool.
Vila: Nerves getting to you?
Avon: There are a quarter of a million volts running through that converter. I make one false move, I'll be so crisped up what's left of me won't fit into a sandwich.
Vila: I'm a vegetarian. Thanks for the offer, though.
TV Show: Blake's 7
Blake: I get the distinct feeling I offended Zen's professional pride.
Avon: It's just a machine, Blake.
Vila: And he should know.
Gan: Well, Avon is the expert.
Vila: That's not what I meant.
Avon: No. He was calling me a machine. But since he undoubtedly defines himself as a human being, I shall choose to take that as more of a compliment than anything else.
Avon: It's just a machine, Blake.
Vila: And he should know.
Gan: Well, Avon is the expert.
Vila: That's not what I meant.
Avon: No. He was calling me a machine. But since he undoubtedly defines himself as a human being, I shall choose to take that as more of a compliment than anything else.
TV Show: Blake's 7
Vila(having been volunteered to go down): Me? Oh, no, wait a minute, it's cold out there and I'm very susceptible to low temperatures. I've got a weak chest!
Avon: The rest of you's not very impressive.
Avon: The rest of you's not very impressive.
TV Show: Blake's 7
Avon: Figureheads aren't too difficult to come by. Any idiot can be one.
Dayna: On your feet, Vila, this could be your big moment.
Avon: Any idiot within reason, that is.
Dayna: On your feet, Vila, this could be your big moment.
Avon: Any idiot within reason, that is.
TV Show: Blake's 7
Tarrant: A 'strategic withdrawal' is running away. But with dignity.
Vila: So lay in a course and let's get the dignified hell out of here.
Vila: So lay in a course and let's get the dignified hell out of here.
TV Show: Blake's 7
Vila: [The prisoners have been dumped on Cygnus Alpha] This is nice, isn't it. What a miserable hole. If we all complained do you think they'd give us a refund?
TV Show: Blake's 7
Jenna: You wouldn't be trying to get rid of me, would you?
Avon: I have to get rid of Blake first. You're next on my list.
Jenna: That would have been very disarming, if I didn't know that you meant it.
Avon: I have to get rid of Blake first. You're next on my list.
Jenna: That would have been very disarming, if I didn't know that you meant it.
TV Show: Blake's 7
Blake: Seven of us can run this ship properly.
Vila: Six, surely.
Blake: You forgot Zen.
Avon: You're not counting that machine as a member of the crew.
Blake: Oh, what do you say to that, Zen?
Zen: Please state course and speed.
Blake: Very diplomatic. Set a course for Centero, speed standard by two.
Zen: Confirmed.
Vila: Six, surely.
Blake: You forgot Zen.
Avon: You're not counting that machine as a member of the crew.
Blake: Oh, what do you say to that, Zen?
Zen: Please state course and speed.
Blake: Very diplomatic. Set a course for Centero, speed standard by two.
Zen: Confirmed.
TV Show: Blake's 7
Vila: Easy! Take it easy! I hate personal violence, especially when I'm the person.
TV Show: Blake's 7
Blake: No, not until free men can think and speak. Not until power is back with the honest man.
Avon: Have you ever met an honest man?
Avon: Have you ever met an honest man?
TV Show: Blake's 7
Avon: Listen to me. Wealth is the only reality. And the only way to obtain wealth is to take it away from somebody else. Wake up, Blake! You may not be tranquilised any longer, but you're still dreaming.
TV Show: Blake's 7
(regarding a hypothetical betrayal by Avon)
Jenna: He fixes the log, the crew dump us, pocket the profit, and set him free.
Vila: That's immoral. The cold-hearted murdering -- let's kill him now before he can do it.
Jenna: He fixes the log, the crew dump us, pocket the profit, and set him free.
Vila: That's immoral. The cold-hearted murdering -- let's kill him now before he can do it.
TV Show: Blake's 7
Vila: No, I can't go in there, I've got a condition - a fear of enclosed spaces. There's a name for it...
Jenna: Cowardice?
Jenna: Cowardice?
TV Show: Blake's 7
Jenna: How do you feel?
Blake: Sick.
Avon: So you should. What a fiasco. You could take over the ship, you said, if I did my bit. Well, I did my bit, and what happened? Your troops bumble around looking for someone to surrender to, and when they've succeded, you follow suit.
Blake: Sick.
Avon: So you should. What a fiasco. You could take over the ship, you said, if I did my bit. Well, I did my bit, and what happened? Your troops bumble around looking for someone to surrender to, and when they've succeded, you follow suit.
TV Show: Blake's 7
Avon asks Zen about the Teleport system:
Zen: Wisdom must be gathered, not given.
Avon: Don't philosophise at me, you electronic moron!
Zen: Wisdom must be gathered, not given.
Avon: Don't philosophise at me, you electronic moron!
TV Show: Blake's 7
Blake: [Picks up one of Liberator's side-arms] Hand gun?
Avon: It's a bit elaborate for a tooth pick.
Blake: Depends how elaborate their teeth were.
Avon: It's a bit elaborate for a tooth pick.
Blake: Depends how elaborate their teeth were.
TV Show: Blake's 7
Vila: So much for federation pursuit ships.
Gan: At least we know we can outrun them.
Vila: Outrun them? In this we can out stroll them!
Gan: At least we know we can outrun them.
Vila: Outrun them? In this we can out stroll them!
TV Show: Blake's 7
Blake: Except that we're not going to hide. Very soon now the Federation ships will know exactly where we are. Or at least where we've been.
Vila: I don't follow you.
Avon: Oh, but you do. And that's the problem.
Vila: I don't follow you.
Avon: Oh, but you do. And that's the problem.
TV Show: Blake's 7
Avon saves Blake from an explosion:
Blake: Thank you... why?
Avon: Automatic reaction, I'm as surprised as you are.
Blake: I'm not surprised.
Blake: Thank you... why?
Avon: Automatic reaction, I'm as surprised as you are.
Blake: I'm not surprised.
TV Show: Blake's 7
Avon: I'll tell you a fact of life, Blake! Change is inevitable!
Blake: Why else do we fight, Avon?
Blake: Why else do we fight, Avon?
TV Show: Blake's 7
Vila: There isn't a lock I can't open... if I'm scared enough.
Blake: Are you scared enough for that one?
Vila: What do you think?
Blake: Are you scared enough for that one?
Vila: What do you think?
TV Show: Blake's 7
Vila: Hello there. How are you? Excuse me wandering about your premises but I wonder if you can help me. I'm an escaped prisoner. I was a thief but recently I've become interested in sabotage, in a small way you understand, nothing too ambitious, I hate vulgarity, don't you? Anyway, I've come to blow something up. What do you think will be most suitable?
TV Show: Blake's 7