Highlander - The Series Quotes
Detective Frayne: You're the serial killer guy?
Matthew McCormick: Among other things. The "serial killer guy" will do.
Matthew McCormick: Among other things. The "serial killer guy" will do.
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Matthew McCormick: [referring to a slinky] You know what I like about these? If you had enough stairs, they'd just go on forever.
Duncan: Unless they're stopped.
Matthew McCormick: Kinda like us.
Duncan: No, just like us.
Duncan: Unless they're stopped.
Matthew McCormick: Kinda like us.
Duncan: No, just like us.
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Carl: It's freezin' in there.
Duncan: Well yeah, It's the morgue. At least you're still fresh.
Carl: You know, you're real funny, MacLeod. Hey, who picked out these clothes anyway? Your mother?
Duncan: [to Matthew] You should have killed him.
Duncan: Well yeah, It's the morgue. At least you're still fresh.
Carl: You know, you're real funny, MacLeod. Hey, who picked out these clothes anyway? Your mother?
Duncan: [to Matthew] You should have killed him.
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Inspector Breslaw: Are you a writer of fiction, Mr. MacLeod? (No) ... That's a shame. Possessed of such an imagination, it seems a shame to squander your talents on my humble self.
Duncan: If I could help you, Inspector, I would.
Breslaw: Would you? Let's review, shall we? You just happen to be here when they are setting up for the Wilkinson speech.
Duncan: No, I was here the day before for a boxing match, and I was...
Breslaw: ...A woman you have never seen before has a gun. You take the gun away from her. Then she screams you have a gun, and runs away leaving you holding the weapon. Do I understand correctly so far?
Duncan: I know how it sounds...
Duncan: If I could help you, Inspector, I would.
Breslaw: Would you? Let's review, shall we? You just happen to be here when they are setting up for the Wilkinson speech.
Duncan: No, I was here the day before for a boxing match, and I was...
Breslaw: ...A woman you have never seen before has a gun. You take the gun away from her. Then she screams you have a gun, and runs away leaving you holding the weapon. Do I understand correctly so far?
Duncan: I know how it sounds...
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Duncan: You mind telling me what you find funny about this?
Methos: Not exactly funny, but pretty entertaining, yeah.
Joe Dawson: Just what is so entertaining?
Methos: MacLeod tussling with another of his moral dilemmas.
Duncan: You know there are times I really don't like you.
Methos: That's OK, sometimes I don't like myself.
Joe: I see. Ingrid Henning.
Methos: Hey, ask Joe about her.
Duncan: I don't have to ask Joe about her. I know about her. She failed to kill Hitler in '44 and she's been making up for it ever since.
Methos: Not exactly funny, but pretty entertaining, yeah.
Joe Dawson: Just what is so entertaining?
Methos: MacLeod tussling with another of his moral dilemmas.
Duncan: You know there are times I really don't like you.
Methos: That's OK, sometimes I don't like myself.
Joe: I see. Ingrid Henning.
Methos: Hey, ask Joe about her.
Duncan: I don't have to ask Joe about her. I know about her. She failed to kill Hitler in '44 and she's been making up for it ever since.
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Methos: It is the ultimate in arrogance to think that one person can alter the course of history.
Duncan: You can't deny that by killing Hitler in '44, thousands of lives would have been saved, maybe millions.
Methos: Yeah, and if you'd killed him in '43 like Rommel wanted, maybe Germany would have won the war. ... History makes men, MacLeod, men don't make history.
Duncan: You can't deny that by killing Hitler in '44, thousands of lives would have been saved, maybe millions.
Methos: Yeah, and if you'd killed him in '43 like Rommel wanted, maybe Germany would have won the war. ... History makes men, MacLeod, men don't make history.
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Breslaw: What is she to you? A lover? A relation, perhaps? Or just an old friend? Old friends are the worst. They claim more of your soul.
Duncan: I don't agree with what Ingrid's done.
Breslaw: But part of you understands it, yes?
Duncan: I don't agree with what Ingrid's done.
Breslaw: But part of you understands it, yes?
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Breslaw: Your lawyer is here, and since I'm not going to charge you, goodbye.
Duncan: My lawyer? This I've got to see.
Methos: Officers... Well, that worked pretty well.
Duncan: Since when are you my attorney?
Methos: Whatever you need. Lawyer, doctor, Indian chief, I've got paperwork to cover it all.
Duncan: My lawyer? This I've got to see.
Methos: Officers... Well, that worked pretty well.
Duncan: Since when are you my attorney?
Methos: Whatever you need. Lawyer, doctor, Indian chief, I've got paperwork to cover it all.
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[He shot Ingrid. They are getting drunk.]
Breslaw: Never gets any easier ... the killing I mean.
Duncan: Maybe it's not supposed to.
Breslaw: Maybe if I die a little tonight ... it will even things out between me and God.
Duncan: I hear Wilkinson's speech is back on for tomorrow night.
Breslaw: This time he is on his own. When I was a little boy everything was black and white, good and evil, you see. Then I grew up and discovered that there was only gray. I'm sorry I had to kill your friend.
Duncan: The Ingrid I knew I'll never forget. But the one you killed, I don't even know who she was. You did what you had to do.
Breslaw: But was I right? If this fascist scum Wilkinson becomes your President in the next 5 or 10 years, how am I going to sleep at night?
Duncan: I would have made the same choice.
Breslaw: Never gets any easier ... the killing I mean.
Duncan: Maybe it's not supposed to.
Breslaw: Maybe if I die a little tonight ... it will even things out between me and God.
Duncan: I hear Wilkinson's speech is back on for tomorrow night.
Breslaw: This time he is on his own. When I was a little boy everything was black and white, good and evil, you see. Then I grew up and discovered that there was only gray. I'm sorry I had to kill your friend.
Duncan: The Ingrid I knew I'll never forget. But the one you killed, I don't even know who she was. You did what you had to do.
Breslaw: But was I right? If this fascist scum Wilkinson becomes your President in the next 5 or 10 years, how am I going to sleep at night?
Duncan: I would have made the same choice.
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Duncan: Ingrid asked me something before she died.
Methos: They usually do.
Duncan: She said, what was the difference between her killing them and me killing her.
Methos: Good question, right up there with chicken and egg.
Duncan: So what you're saying is there is no answer?
Methos: No, there is an answer. But the real question is whether you're ready for it. (Duncan nods) Stephanovitch killed, and Ingrid judged him. Wilkinson killed, and Ingrid judged him. Ingrid killed, and you judged her.
Duncan: So who judges me?
Methos: (long pause) You hungry?
Methos: They usually do.
Duncan: She said, what was the difference between her killing them and me killing her.
Methos: Good question, right up there with chicken and egg.
Duncan: So what you're saying is there is no answer?
Methos: No, there is an answer. But the real question is whether you're ready for it. (Duncan nods) Stephanovitch killed, and Ingrid judged him. Wilkinson killed, and Ingrid judged him. Ingrid killed, and you judged her.
Duncan: So who judges me?
Methos: (long pause) You hungry?
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Joe: I guess it's just you and me Richie. I can't believe it's been a year already. I wish I could tell you why this happened. That it all makes sense now...But I can't. I'm sorry.
Duncan: He knows why.
Joe: Well, welcome back.
Duncan: I'm glad you stayed in Paris.
Joe: Somebody had to. [pause] I buried him with his sword. I didn't know what else to put on the headstone... It seemed right.
Duncan: 'Friend' is good. Because that's what he was.
Duncan: He knows why.
Joe: Well, welcome back.
Duncan: I'm glad you stayed in Paris.
Joe: Somebody had to. [pause] I buried him with his sword. I didn't know what else to put on the headstone... It seemed right.
Duncan: 'Friend' is good. Because that's what he was.
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Duncan: When Richie died, I wanted to die. But I realized that if his death was to mean anything, I had to survive... I had to understand what happened. I had to believe what happened.
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Joe: But how to we beat something with the power of life and death?
Duncan: Because we have to, Joe. Because there is no one else.
Joe: What the hell.
Duncan: Exactly.
Duncan: Because we have to, Joe. Because there is no one else.
Joe: What the hell.
Duncan: Exactly.
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Horton: Somewhat theatrical, I agree. A thousand years ago it would have been enough to have caused a panic in the streets.
Duncan: What do you want?
Horton: But this is the scientific age. People don't believe in demons and devils anymore. And maybe that's my best trick yet. [on laptop screen] All that technology...So much useless information... It's almost a sin to want to know so much.
Duncan: What do you want?
Horton: But this is the scientific age. People don't believe in demons and devils anymore. And maybe that's my best trick yet. [on laptop screen] All that technology...So much useless information... It's almost a sin to want to know so much.
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Duncan: We went back to the archives. The symbol turned up in the writings of an ancient German mystic. To him it was a force of hate that could only be defeated by love.
Joe: Fine for Gandhi. But what about us? What else did he say?
Duncan: Nothing. Seems he died before he could finish his memoirs.
Joe: That's great. So what do we do, sit and contemplate our navels while the world goes to hell?
Joe: Fine for Gandhi. But what about us? What else did he say?
Duncan: Nothing. Seems he died before he could finish his memoirs.
Joe: That's great. So what do we do, sit and contemplate our navels while the world goes to hell?
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Duncan: Game's over. Your time is up.
Ahriman: No gun. No sword. How are you going to fight me? Are you going to huff and puff and blow my house down?
Duncan: I become one with everything. I become one with you.
Ahriman: Too bad you didn't think of that before you killed Richie.
Duncan: I become everything. Therefore I become nothing.
Ahriman: C'mon, be a man. I dare you!
Duncan: Therefore you are nothing. Without my anger, you have no substance. Without my pride, you have no form. Without my hate... you - have - no - being.
Ahriman: No gun. No sword. How are you going to fight me? Are you going to huff and puff and blow my house down?
Duncan: I become one with everything. I become one with you.
Ahriman: Too bad you didn't think of that before you killed Richie.
Duncan: I become everything. Therefore I become nothing.
Ahriman: C'mon, be a man. I dare you!
Duncan: Therefore you are nothing. Without my anger, you have no substance. Without my pride, you have no form. Without my hate... you - have - no - being.
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Duncan: Evil exist in all of us, Joe. When we deny that, we give evil power. Ahriman said it himself. His greatest trick was to convince the world he didn't exist. But, he does, he exists in all of us. Once I accepted that, I was able to defeat him.
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Alex Raven: We've gotta stop meeting like this.
Duncan: Then you've gotta stop trying to blow up my friends.
Duncan: Then you've gotta stop trying to blow up my friends.
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Duncan: So there is no Russian Mafia.
Grant: Sure there is...somewhere.
Grant: Sure there is...somewhere.
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Duncan: We rewrite our history all the time because we have to. We rationalize our cruelty. So we can look in the mirror and face ourselves.
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Kate: Have you ever heard of the Kama Sutra?
Nick: Yeah, you read it?
Kate: Read it? I modeled for the drawings.
Nick: Yeah, you read it?
Kate: Read it? I modeled for the drawings.
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Nick: Who is he?
Kate: You don't need to know.
Nick: Who is he, Kate?
Kate: His name is Bartholemew.
Nick: Wait, let me guess. You've been searching for him for a zillion years and now that you've found him, your gonna have to kill him. How am I doing here?
Kate: Don't do that.
Nick: What?
Kate: Piss on something you don't understand.
Kate: You don't need to know.
Nick: Who is he, Kate?
Kate: His name is Bartholemew.
Nick: Wait, let me guess. You've been searching for him for a zillion years and now that you've found him, your gonna have to kill him. How am I doing here?
Kate: Don't do that.
Nick: What?
Kate: Piss on something you don't understand.
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Nick: I say we get a line on the money first.
Kate: No, I don't want his money, I want his head.
Nick: That's very big of you. I wonder if that's what the kids want. You know, the one's he stealing from.
Kate: I hate you.
Nick: That money could feed a lot of babies. But, if you want to kill him, kill him.
Kate: I really hate you.
Kate: No, I don't want his money, I want his head.
Nick: That's very big of you. I wonder if that's what the kids want. You know, the one's he stealing from.
Kate: I hate you.
Nick: That money could feed a lot of babies. But, if you want to kill him, kill him.
Kate: I really hate you.
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Kate: Look, I'm sorry I'm Immortal, Nick, there's nothing I can do about it.
Nick: Now you're getting irrational.
Kate: Tell me it doesn't drive you crazy, that I can't die and you can.
Nick: I don't believe this! I mean, first you lie to me, and then when things don't work out you lay this on me.
Kate: Look, you knew what I was when we met. You know the Game, you know the Rules.
Nick: And you know me, Kate. Am I the type of guy whose going to sit on his ass and let you walk off and maybe get whacked? Tell me Kate, is that who you ever thought I was?
Kate: No.
Nick: How the hell did we happen?
Kate: I didn't know we were going to happen. I didn't know I was going to fall in love with you. Nick, the part of my life that has to do with being Immortal has nothing to do with you. It can't.
Nick: Katherine, I'm either in your life, all of it, or I'm gone.
Nick: Now you're getting irrational.
Kate: Tell me it doesn't drive you crazy, that I can't die and you can.
Nick: I don't believe this! I mean, first you lie to me, and then when things don't work out you lay this on me.
Kate: Look, you knew what I was when we met. You know the Game, you know the Rules.
Nick: And you know me, Kate. Am I the type of guy whose going to sit on his ass and let you walk off and maybe get whacked? Tell me Kate, is that who you ever thought I was?
Kate: No.
Nick: How the hell did we happen?
Kate: I didn't know we were going to happen. I didn't know I was going to fall in love with you. Nick, the part of my life that has to do with being Immortal has nothing to do with you. It can't.
Nick: Katherine, I'm either in your life, all of it, or I'm gone.
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Kyra: Why should I trust you? Give me a reason, give me one good reason.
Duncan: Because there is no one else.
Duncan: Because there is no one else.
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[Flashback to 1640, a tavern]
Gaston: You've forgotten what it's like to be a woman. I think you need a real man to remind you.
Kyra: What men? All I see are a pair of miserable toads who work for the bastard Richelieu.
Gaston: Cardinal Richelieu does the work of God!
Kyra: Somehow I doubt God spends much of his time in the sewers of France. Tell me, is it true Richelieu has syphilis? Because if so, that's quite an accomplishment for a eunuch. Well, maybe he's not a eunuch, but you know, I hear it's, um... (points to the end of her little finger)
[They fight. She wins.]
Gaston: You've forgotten what it's like to be a woman. I think you need a real man to remind you.
Kyra: What men? All I see are a pair of miserable toads who work for the bastard Richelieu.
Gaston: Cardinal Richelieu does the work of God!
Kyra: Somehow I doubt God spends much of his time in the sewers of France. Tell me, is it true Richelieu has syphilis? Because if so, that's quite an accomplishment for a eunuch. Well, maybe he's not a eunuch, but you know, I hear it's, um... (points to the end of her little finger)
[They fight. She wins.]
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[Flashback to 1640, an inn]
[They are sharing a bed, under strictly honorable circumstances]
Kyra: I've never met a Scotsman before. Tell me, are they well armed?
Duncan: Ah-hem. What exactly do you mean?
Kyra: I mean their swords, of course. What did you think I meant?
Duncan: Oh, well, your French toad stabbers, they're fine for some, but they're kind of puny.
Kyra: You think them small?
Duncan: Och! They're hardly worth your while. Now a Scotsman's weapon, that's another matter. Once it gets going there's nothing that can stop it.
Kyra: Really?
Duncan: Aye. Two hands to hold the thing. I doubt you could even hold it.
Kyra: Surely you exaggerate.
Duncan: No, not a wee bit. Come to Scotland and I'll show you.
Kyra: Scotland?
Duncan: You dinna think I could bring it in here did you? I mean the bloody thing wouldn't fit through the door.
Kyra: Oh. Oh, you mean your sword.
Duncan: A claymore, of course. What did you think I meant?
[They are sharing a bed, under strictly honorable circumstances]
Kyra: I've never met a Scotsman before. Tell me, are they well armed?
Duncan: Ah-hem. What exactly do you mean?
Kyra: I mean their swords, of course. What did you think I meant?
Duncan: Oh, well, your French toad stabbers, they're fine for some, but they're kind of puny.
Kyra: You think them small?
Duncan: Och! They're hardly worth your while. Now a Scotsman's weapon, that's another matter. Once it gets going there's nothing that can stop it.
Kyra: Really?
Duncan: Aye. Two hands to hold the thing. I doubt you could even hold it.
Kyra: Surely you exaggerate.
Duncan: No, not a wee bit. Come to Scotland and I'll show you.
Kyra: Scotland?
Duncan: You dinna think I could bring it in here did you? I mean the bloody thing wouldn't fit through the door.
Kyra: Oh. Oh, you mean your sword.
Duncan: A claymore, of course. What did you think I meant?
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[Taunting a bad guy]
Kyra: Looking for me? Mine's a .44. Modified. Go right through you. Probably kill your partner too.... Of course, I'm only a girl. Might lose my nerve. Might even miss. (BANG) But not this time.
Kyra: Looking for me? Mine's a .44. Modified. Go right through you. Probably kill your partner too.... Of course, I'm only a girl. Might lose my nerve. Might even miss. (BANG) But not this time.
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Duncan: After the trial, the chief judge was murdered. Albright...
Kyra: Richard. Richard was his name. Did you ever meet someone truly good, MacLeod? Someone who didn't want money, or power, or, or glory? Somebody beyond temptation and corruption?
Duncan: You were his bodyguard.
Kyra: I did a hell of a job, didn't I?
Duncan: And there's more?
Kyra: That's how it started. God, I loved him. Richard believed, MacLeod, believed like, like nobody I've ever met before. Justice, compassion. They were his Gods. Being with him was like being inside a warm, bright light. For 10 years, MacLeod. I wanted it never to stop. And then somebody stopped it. Do you know what that feels like?
Kyra: Richard. Richard was his name. Did you ever meet someone truly good, MacLeod? Someone who didn't want money, or power, or, or glory? Somebody beyond temptation and corruption?
Duncan: You were his bodyguard.
Kyra: I did a hell of a job, didn't I?
Duncan: And there's more?
Kyra: That's how it started. God, I loved him. Richard believed, MacLeod, believed like, like nobody I've ever met before. Justice, compassion. They were his Gods. Being with him was like being inside a warm, bright light. For 10 years, MacLeod. I wanted it never to stop. And then somebody stopped it. Do you know what that feels like?
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