Highlander - The Series Quotes
Anne Lindsey: [to Paul Karros] You can be St. Francis of Assisi... and I still would not let you to turn my hospital into a zoo.[to Reporters] Now ladies and gentlemen, it's a bit early for Happy Hour so please go!
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Anne: I said everybody.
Duncan MacLeod: Oh, you mean me?
Anne: Unless you're the one with the special dispensation from the Pope.
Duncan: Must've left it in my other pants.
Anne: We have a wonderful hearing specialist upstairs, you want a referral?
Duncan: Pardon?
Anne: Forget it. Get out, go!
Duncan MacLeod: Oh, you mean me?
Anne: Unless you're the one with the special dispensation from the Pope.
Duncan: Must've left it in my other pants.
Anne: We have a wonderful hearing specialist upstairs, you want a referral?
Duncan: Pardon?
Anne: Forget it. Get out, go!
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Charlie DeSalvo: [to MacLeod] It's funny. This time I'm the one leaving with the girl, and you're stuck here running the dojo.
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Duncan MacLeod: Joe, I want you to meet Amanda. Amanda... Joe Dawson.
Joe The Amanda..? You know, I've heard an awful lot about you.
Amanda: I'll bet you have. I hear you're one of those guys who likes to watch.
Joe: It's clinical. For history. We don't get involved.
Amanda: Well, tell me... Do you watch us do... everything?
Joe: Only the things I can't get arrested for.
Amanda: [to MacLeod] I like this guy.
Joe The Amanda..? You know, I've heard an awful lot about you.
Amanda: I'll bet you have. I hear you're one of those guys who likes to watch.
Joe: It's clinical. For history. We don't get involved.
Amanda: Well, tell me... Do you watch us do... everything?
Joe: Only the things I can't get arrested for.
Amanda: [to MacLeod] I like this guy.
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Amanda: I've lived a long time, Joe. What goes around comes around.
Joe: You really believe that's true?
Amanda: I believe it should be.
Joe: You really believe that's true?
Amanda: I believe it should be.
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Duncan: [to Thorne] Murdering a priest is an interesting way to find religion.
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Duncan: I need you to help me break into the museum.
Amanda: You want me to WHAT?! I knew you were up to something. For three hundred years you've been telling me to go legit. Now that I'm straight, you want me to steal.
Duncan: You hate your job.
Amanda: That's not the point.
Duncan: In a good cause.
Amanda: Don't you look at me like that. No, I'm retired. You wouldn't ask an alcoholic to take a drink for a good cause.
Amanda: You want me to WHAT?! I knew you were up to something. For three hundred years you've been telling me to go legit. Now that I'm straight, you want me to steal.
Duncan: You hate your job.
Amanda: That's not the point.
Duncan: In a good cause.
Amanda: Don't you look at me like that. No, I'm retired. You wouldn't ask an alcoholic to take a drink for a good cause.
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Duncan: You can't kill him with that, Joe.
Joe: I know, but I can sure as hell slow him down until I can.
Duncan: You won't get close enough to use it. Let me do this... For both of us.
Joe: I know, but I can sure as hell slow him down until I can.
Duncan: You won't get close enough to use it. Let me do this... For both of us.
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Amanda: Did you know he could do that?
Duncan: No. [with irony] You know, It's funny. The man knows more about me than anyone else alive, yet I hardly know anything about him..
Amanda: God, to sing like that...he must have had a helluva life.
Duncan: Probably...
Amanda: You want to ask him about it?
Duncan: No... when he's ready, he'll tell me.
Duncan: No. [with irony] You know, It's funny. The man knows more about me than anyone else alive, yet I hardly know anything about him..
Amanda: God, to sing like that...he must have had a helluva life.
Duncan: Probably...
Amanda: You want to ask him about it?
Duncan: No... when he's ready, he'll tell me.
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Michelle Webster: Whoa, hold up, time out! That was the morgue. I was in the morgue!
Duncan MacLeod: Keep your voice down.
Michelle: Why?
Duncan: Because we are sneaking out of here!
Michelle: No, I mean, why was I in there?
Duncan: Don't worry, you're not dead.
Michelle: Oh, gee, thanks. That explains it.
Duncan MacLeod: Keep your voice down.
Michelle: Why?
Duncan: Because we are sneaking out of here!
Michelle: No, I mean, why was I in there?
Duncan: Don't worry, you're not dead.
Michelle: Oh, gee, thanks. That explains it.
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Michelle: You mean I'm never going to turn nineteen?
Duncan: But you might get to see a thousand.
Duncan: But you might get to see a thousand.
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Michelle: You do know I've always had a thing for you. Since the first time I laid eyes on you.
Duncan: You were eleven years old!
Michelle: I matured early.
Duncan: You were eleven years old!
Michelle: I matured early.
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Michelle: Oh, so is that what you guys do? Run around chopping each other's heads off?
Duncan: Until there's only one of us left alive.
Michelle: I don't think so.
Duncan: Michelle, I'm not your father and this isn't a fairy tale! Now you either learn the Game, or you die.
Duncan: Until there's only one of us left alive.
Michelle: I don't think so.
Duncan: Michelle, I'm not your father and this isn't a fairy tale! Now you either learn the Game, or you die.
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Michelle: You know, Duncan, you really have a gift for taking the fun out of eternal life.
Duncan: It'll get better.
Michelle: I sure hope so.
Duncan: No, I mean your... outlook.
Michelle: Oops. Almost slipped. You were gonna say "attitude".
Michelle: You know what, Duncan? That is "Dad speak". And you're pretty lousy at that too.
Duncan: It'll get better.
Michelle: I sure hope so.
Duncan: No, I mean your... outlook.
Michelle: Oops. Almost slipped. You were gonna say "attitude".
Michelle: You know what, Duncan? That is "Dad speak". And you're pretty lousy at that too.
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Duncan MacLeod: This doesn't make any sense, Richie, he's supposed to be getting married.
Richie: Not unless it's a shotgun wedding. I'm telling you, Mac, she didn't want anything to do with him.
Richie: Not unless it's a shotgun wedding. I'm telling you, Mac, she didn't want anything to do with him.
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Richie: Mac, you don't understand, one minute the guy was there, and the next, boom, he's trying to take my head. And he wasn't kidding around. I mean, that girl came in, and he just freaked. He totally lost it. Now what the hell is this all about?
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Jill: We were happy. Everything seemed so perfect. Then one day I came home and he said "Honey, come here, I have something to show you." And then he took a knife, and he .... [she can't say it]
Duncan: Then he healed.
Jill: He said I had to know... and I wish he'd never told me.
Duncan: He loves you. He had to tell you.
Jill: Mr. MacLeod, I have a picture of how I want my life to be. Kids, grandkids... a family. It may sound stupid, but it's what I see.
Richie: So you called it off.
Jill: But he won't let me. And he won't leave me alone. He nearly beat a guy to death just for talking to me.
Duncan: Then he healed.
Jill: He said I had to know... and I wish he'd never told me.
Duncan: He loves you. He had to tell you.
Jill: Mr. MacLeod, I have a picture of how I want my life to be. Kids, grandkids... a family. It may sound stupid, but it's what I see.
Richie: So you called it off.
Jill: But he won't let me. And he won't leave me alone. He nearly beat a guy to death just for talking to me.
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Anne Lindsey: This is ridiculous. I'm calling the police.
Duncan: Anne, don't.
Anne: It is the only way, Duncan. You think talking is going to stop this guy? If you think that, spend a Saturday night in the emergency ward with me. These guys do not stop until someone's dead.
Duncan: Anne, don't.
Anne: It is the only way, Duncan. You think talking is going to stop this guy? If you think that, spend a Saturday night in the emergency ward with me. These guys do not stop until someone's dead.
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Duncan: Come on, Joe. Methos doesn't exist.He's a legend... like Adam and Eve. The oldest Immortal.
Joe: Oh, he exists all right.
Duncan: Are you telling me you've seen him?
Joe: Me? No. He's an elusive guy. Have to be, to live as long as he has. An Immortal so old he doesn't remember the time of his birth.
Joe: Oh, he exists all right.
Duncan: Are you telling me you've seen him?
Joe: Me? No. He's an elusive guy. Have to be, to live as long as he has. An Immortal so old he doesn't remember the time of his birth.
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Duncan: Five thousand years.
Methos: Yeah, give or take. And that was when I took my first head. Before that, it all starts to blur.
Duncan: I guess it would. So, after all this time, have You... ?
Methos: Made any sense of it all? Found any purpose?
Duncan: You read minds, too?
Methos: No. It's what I'd ask if I'd just met me.
Methos: Yeah, give or take. And that was when I took my first head. Before that, it all starts to blur.
Duncan: I guess it would. So, after all this time, have You... ?
Methos: Made any sense of it all? Found any purpose?
Duncan: You read minds, too?
Methos: No. It's what I'd ask if I'd just met me.
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Duncan: Somehow I thought you'd be...
Methos: Deeper? Wiser? Bearded?
Duncan: I didn't really think you existed.
Methos: Ah, it's good to be a myth.
Duncan: Yeah, no one hunts for a myth. Or a Watcher.
Methos: What better place to hide? I'm in charge of finding myself...and I make sure it never happens.
Methos: Deeper? Wiser? Bearded?
Duncan: I didn't really think you existed.
Methos: Ah, it's good to be a myth.
Duncan: Yeah, no one hunts for a myth. Or a Watcher.
Methos: What better place to hide? I'm in charge of finding myself...and I make sure it never happens.
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Methos: You think I'd still be around if I was an easy mark?
Duncan: When was the last time you faced anyone?
Methos: What are we? [checking his watch] Sixth of March, uh, two hundred years. Hey, I may be a bit rusty but I'm still here.
Duncan: When was the last time you faced anyone?
Methos: What are we? [checking his watch] Sixth of March, uh, two hundred years. Hey, I may be a bit rusty but I'm still here.
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Methos: You think I wanna die? Do you think it's easy after thousands of years?
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Duncan: So after five thousand years, your only solution is that I kill you?
Methos: He can beat me. He might beat you. He can't beat both of US.
Duncan: If it's that simple, why don't you take my head?
Methos: 'Cause it's not just a matter of who is the best fighter. It is about passion and hate. I don't have the fire. You do. You want Kalas.
Methos: He can beat me. He might beat you. He can't beat both of US.
Duncan: If it's that simple, why don't you take my head?
Methos: 'Cause it's not just a matter of who is the best fighter. It is about passion and hate. I don't have the fire. You do. You want Kalas.
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Duncan MacLeod: You've killed two already. How much is enough?
Ceirdwyn: There were five of them.
Duncan: This isn't the answer.
Ceirdwyn: A body for a body. A head for a head. Since the dawn of time. It's no different now.
Duncan: Revenge does nothing, Ceirdwyn... nothing.
Ceirdwyn: There were five of them.
Duncan: This isn't the answer.
Ceirdwyn: A body for a body. A head for a head. Since the dawn of time. It's no different now.
Duncan: Revenge does nothing, Ceirdwyn... nothing.
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[Speaking to her husband's grave]
Ceirdwyn: I did what I had to do... But you'd think, after all this time, I would have learned... Death is always death. And when someone's gone, nothing can bring them back. Not pain, not rage... not revenge.
Ceirdwyn: I did what I had to do... But you'd think, after all this time, I would have learned... Death is always death. And when someone's gone, nothing can bring them back. Not pain, not rage... not revenge.
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[About her dead (mortal) husband]
Duncan: You going to be OK?
Ceirdywn: No, not for a long time... I'm not going to forget him, you know? But it was worth it. For the fifteen years we had together, I'll trade fifteen years of pain. I'd trade a hundred!
Duncan: But what about the price they pay? No family, living in secrecy... waiting for the night you go out and you never come back. Maybe we're not supposed to be with them.
Ceirdwyn: They're not children, MacLeod. They make their own decisions. Steven knew what I was, and he chose to be with me.
Duncan: You going to be OK?
Ceirdywn: No, not for a long time... I'm not going to forget him, you know? But it was worth it. For the fifteen years we had together, I'll trade fifteen years of pain. I'd trade a hundred!
Duncan: But what about the price they pay? No family, living in secrecy... waiting for the night you go out and you never come back. Maybe we're not supposed to be with them.
Ceirdwyn: They're not children, MacLeod. They make their own decisions. Steven knew what I was, and he chose to be with me.
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[Anne examines a Scottish broadsword]
Anne Lindsey: You fought the battle of Culloden with this? That was in 1746.
Duncan MacLeod: I know, it's hard to accept. I thought coming here might help. That was a gift from Bonnie Prince Charlie. I claimed it after he died.
Anne Lindsey: You fought the battle of Culloden with this? That was in 1746.
Duncan MacLeod: I know, it's hard to accept. I thought coming here might help. That was a gift from Bonnie Prince Charlie. I claimed it after he died.
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Anne: It's like a fairy tale, with swords and people living forever.
Duncan: Not always.
Anne: That's right, the heads. Do you really have to do that?
Duncan: Yeah.
Duncan: Not always.
Anne: That's right, the heads. Do you really have to do that?
Duncan: Yeah.
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