Gargoyles Quotes
[The Gargoyles try to fly a Helicopter.]
Broadway: You sure you can fly this?
Lexington: Hey, it's just like that simulator game back at the tower.
Brooklyn: Famous last words.
Broadway: You sure you can fly this?
Lexington: Hey, it's just like that simulator game back at the tower.
Brooklyn: Famous last words.
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Broadway: Feel the air currents. Use them, just like you do with your wings.
Brooklyn: Yeah, use the Force, Lex.
Brooklyn: Yeah, use the Force, Lex.
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[Coldstone awakens, in the style of Frankenstein's monster.]
David Xanatos: IT'S ALIVE, ALIVE! [beat] I've always wanted to say that.
David Xanatos: IT'S ALIVE, ALIVE! [beat] I've always wanted to say that.
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Coldstone: You said that destroying my brother is the only way to survive. Is that all there is for us, mere survival?
Demona: Isn't that enough?
Goliath: No. Gargoyles protect. It is our nature. Our purpose. To lose that is to be corrupt. Empty. Lifeless.
Demona: Isn't that enough?
Goliath: No. Gargoyles protect. It is our nature. Our purpose. To lose that is to be corrupt. Empty. Lifeless.
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[Fox reads a book on Sartre while Hyena shoots cockroaches with a catapult.]
Hyena: Why do you read that stuff?
Fox: Because Nietzsche's too butch and Kafkareminds me of your little friends over there.
Hyena: Why do you read that stuff?
Fox: Because Nietzsche's too butch and Kafkareminds me of your little friends over there.
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[Derek Maza is struck with a dart by Sevarius, but manages to restrain him]
Derek Maza: Go ahead, try something! I'd love to do that again! [inspects the dart] Funny, I don't feel sleepy.
Anton Sevarius: [chuckles cruelly] Fool! That wasn't a tranquilizer dart. It was loaded with a mutagenic formula! The same formula I used on them!
Derek Maza: Go ahead, try something! I'd love to do that again! [inspects the dart] Funny, I don't feel sleepy.
Anton Sevarius: [chuckles cruelly] Fool! That wasn't a tranquilizer dart. It was loaded with a mutagenic formula! The same formula I used on them!
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[About Sevarius acting through all the events]
Anton Sevarius: I was particularly proud of my death scene.
David Xanatos: Frankly, Sevarius, I thought you overplayed the part.
Anton Sevarius: I was particularly proud of my death scene.
David Xanatos: Frankly, Sevarius, I thought you overplayed the part.
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Broadway: Why stare at marks on a page when you can rent the video?
Lexington: They aren't marks when you know how to read.
Broadway: Well I can't read and I don't think I'm missing anything.
Brooklyn: Uh huh. Ignorance is bliss. Right, Hudson?
Hudson: Ughh, leave me out of this, it's time for Celebrity Hockey.
Lexington: They aren't marks when you know how to read.
Broadway: Well I can't read and I don't think I'm missing anything.
Brooklyn: Uh huh. Ignorance is bliss. Right, Hudson?
Hudson: Ughh, leave me out of this, it's time for Celebrity Hockey.
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[Goliath and Elisa talk just before dawn.]
Goliath: Elisa I...
Elisa Maza: Yeah, I know, you're as relieved I am that everything's back to normal.
Goliath: That's not what I was going to say--
[He turns to stone.]
Elisa: I know. But that's the way it is.
Goliath: Elisa I...
Elisa Maza: Yeah, I know, you're as relieved I am that everything's back to normal.
Goliath: That's not what I was going to say--
[He turns to stone.]
Elisa: I know. But that's the way it is.
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[Goliath and Elisa help Xanatos' fiancee, Fox, while Xanatos himself holds a powerful magic talisman called the Eye of Odin.]
Goliath: Give me the Eye of Odin.
David Xanatos: A trade?
Goliath: Let's just say... I don't trust you with it.
David Xanatos: So, now you know my weakness.
Goliath: Only you would regard love as a weakness.
Goliath: Give me the Eye of Odin.
David Xanatos: A trade?
Goliath: Let's just say... I don't trust you with it.
David Xanatos: So, now you know my weakness.
Goliath: Only you would regard love as a weakness.
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Demona: Omnes conspecti, omnes auditi, In nocte usque ad saxum commutate. Dum caelum ardeat! (Latin for "All who see and hear this, turn to stone every night. Until the dark skies burn!")
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[In a parallel of a scene from Shakespeare'sMacbeth, King Duncan and Macbeth, with their sons Canmore and Luach, encounter the Weird Sisters on a moor.]
Phoebe: Double, double, toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
Selene: All hail Duncan, King of Scotland and father of the king hereafter!
Phoebe: All hail Macbeth, King of Scotland and father of the king hereafter!
Duncan: You speak treason, you old crone!
Macbeth: You are but half right, good mothers. Duncan is the true and proper king.
Luna: King now, he is, but each of you shall in turn be king.
Macbeth: I say ye nay weird sisters. Prince Canmore is destined to be king after Duncan.
Luna: You would lecture us on fate?
Phoebe: Double, double, toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
Selene: All hail Duncan, King of Scotland and father of the king hereafter!
Phoebe: All hail Macbeth, King of Scotland and father of the king hereafter!
Duncan: You speak treason, you old crone!
Macbeth: You are but half right, good mothers. Duncan is the true and proper king.
Luna: King now, he is, but each of you shall in turn be king.
Macbeth: I say ye nay weird sisters. Prince Canmore is destined to be king after Duncan.
Luna: You would lecture us on fate?
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Goliath: What is Elisa doing here?
Brooklyn: She doesn't look too happy.
David Xanatos: Owen sometimes has that effect on people
Brooklyn: She doesn't look too happy.
David Xanatos: Owen sometimes has that effect on people
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Macbeth: Revenge is a dish best served cold, Demona, and I have waited nine hundred years for this meal.
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Goliath: No! Killing her won't solve anything! Death never does.
Luna: He's right, Macbeth. Duncan was afraid that your father would make you king. Did your father's death stop you from becoming king?
Macbeth: No!
Selene: You wanted revenge for your father. Did Gillecomgain's death settle that score?
Macbeth: No.
Phoebe: Did your own death save your son Luach from Canmore?
Macbeth: No...
Goliath: Death is never the answer. Life is.
Macbeth: I'm just so tired...
Phoebe: Then sleep, Macbeth.
Luna: He's right, Macbeth. Duncan was afraid that your father would make you king. Did your father's death stop you from becoming king?
Macbeth: No!
Selene: You wanted revenge for your father. Did Gillecomgain's death settle that score?
Macbeth: No.
Phoebe: Did your own death save your son Luach from Canmore?
Macbeth: No...
Goliath: Death is never the answer. Life is.
Macbeth: I'm just so tired...
Phoebe: Then sleep, Macbeth.
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Lexington: You should've heard him laugh. Made my hair stand on end, if I had any.
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Goliath: Surely you know I am not in the habit of playing childish pranks or laughing maniacally in the dark.
Hudson: [dryly] Do ye even know how to laugh maniacally?
Hudson: [dryly] Do ye even know how to laugh maniacally?
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Halcyon Reynard: No excuses, creature. Learn to take responsibility for your own actions. And stop whining!
Goliath: A gargoyle doesn't whine. He roars!
Goliath: A gargoyle doesn't whine. He roars!
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Dingo: What a choice: A robot who thinks he's a human, or a human who's gone to the dogs.
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Dingo: A sight better than trading in pieces of your own body like used car parts.
Hyena: What's your problem?
Dingo: I'm a partner in a freak show.
Hyena: What's your problem?
Dingo: I'm a partner in a freak show.
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Anton Sevarius: [working on a cure for the Mutates] I don't know if this will work. I'm not used to working in such primitive conditions.
Goliath: Just keep working... before conditions really do get primitive.
Goliath: Just keep working... before conditions really do get primitive.
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[The Mutates debate on whether Sevarius has created a cure or poison.]
Maggie: It is the cure! It has to be!
Anton Sevarius: Of course it's the cure! You must trust me!
David Xanatos: I think that ship has sailed, doctor.
[A laser blast knocks Fang away from Sevarius. Everyone turns to see that Xanatos and some Steel Clan robots have them cornered.]
David Xanatos: You always overplay your hand, Anton.
[Sevarius moves to the safety of behind the Steel Clan.]
Talon: [to Xanatos] I don't believe it. Goliath wasn't Sevarius' partner - it was you all along! I trusted you! You turned me into a monster and I defended you--!
[A laser blast from a Steel Clan robot prevents him from approaching Xanatos.]
David Xanatos: [to Talon] I'm sorry it had to turn out this way. We all would've been more comfortable if you'd remained in the dark, but I can't let you damage Anton. He's a bit of a bother, but his mind contains infinite possibilities. He's the scientist - you're just the experiment.
Maggie: It is the cure! It has to be!
Anton Sevarius: Of course it's the cure! You must trust me!
David Xanatos: I think that ship has sailed, doctor.
[A laser blast knocks Fang away from Sevarius. Everyone turns to see that Xanatos and some Steel Clan robots have them cornered.]
David Xanatos: You always overplay your hand, Anton.
[Sevarius moves to the safety of behind the Steel Clan.]
Talon: [to Xanatos] I don't believe it. Goliath wasn't Sevarius' partner - it was you all along! I trusted you! You turned me into a monster and I defended you--!
[A laser blast from a Steel Clan robot prevents him from approaching Xanatos.]
David Xanatos: [to Talon] I'm sorry it had to turn out this way. We all would've been more comfortable if you'd remained in the dark, but I can't let you damage Anton. He's a bit of a bother, but his mind contains infinite possibilities. He's the scientist - you're just the experiment.
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Hudson: Tell me something: Why me?
Xanatos: Because you're old, and getting older. I thought you might even appreciate the opportunity.
Hudson: Growing old terrifies you, doesn't it?
Xanatos: Nothing terrifies me - because nothing is beyond my ability to change.
Xanatos: Because you're old, and getting older. I thought you might even appreciate the opportunity.
Hudson: Growing old terrifies you, doesn't it?
Xanatos: Nothing terrifies me - because nothing is beyond my ability to change.
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Hudson: A friendly word of advice. True immortality isn't about living forever, man: It's about what you do with the time you have. When all your scheming's done, what will be your legacy, Xanatos?
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[The Archmage has brought his past self, the Archmage, to Avalon. The Archmage learns he cannot take the Grimorum onto Avalon.]
Archmage: You mean we went to all that trouble to get the Grimorum, and now I can't even take it with me?! What am I supposed to do? Eat it?
Archmage: You are learning.
Archmage: You mean we went to all that trouble to get the Grimorum, and now I can't even take it with me?! What am I supposed to do? Eat it?
Archmage: You are learning.
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Selene: We make no pacts with sorcerers.
Archmage: Not even if I can promise you revenge against these mortals?
Phoebe: We are listening.
Archmage: It will take some time.
Luna: What is time to an immortal?
Archmage: Not even if I can promise you revenge against these mortals?
Phoebe: We are listening.
Archmage: It will take some time.
Luna: What is time to an immortal?
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Talon: I told you before: everyone is welcome here in the Labyrinth! And the weak are to be protected, not exploited.
Fang: Aaah, who died and made you king?
Fang: Aaah, who died and made you king?
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