GLADIATOR (2000) SENTENCE STARTERS
β At my signal, unleash hell. β
β What we do in life echoes in eternity. β
β After two weeks on the road your incessant scheming is hurting my head. βΒ Β
β There is always someone left to fight. β
β The gods must have a sense of humor. βΒ Β
β A soldier has the advantage of being able to look his enemy in the eye. β
β Don't get too comfortable. I may call on you before long. β
β If only you had been born a man. What a Caesar you would have made. βΒ Β
β Let us pretend that you are a loving daughter and I, a good father. βΒ Β
β This is a pleasant fiction, isnβt it? βΒ Β
β I will not believe that they fought and died for nothing. β
β Will you accept this great honor that I have offered you? β
β With all my heart, no. βΒ Β
β You are the son that I should have had. β
β You are lying. I could always tell when you were lying because you were never good at it. βΒ Β
β Is it really so terrible seeing me again? β
β Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time I do what I have to. β
β I searched the faces of the gods for ways to please you, to make you proud. βΒ Β
β What is it in me you hate so much? β
β Your fault as a son is my failure as a father. β
β I would have butchered the whole world if you would have only loved me! βΒ Β
β Take my hand. I only offer it once. β
β At least give me a clean death - a soldierβs death. βΒ Β
β As your mother was there at your beginning, so I shall be there at your end. β
β Ultimately, weβre all dead men. βΒ Β
β As always, your lightest touch commands obedience. β
β Who are they to lecture me?Β β
β Itβs an idea, greatness. Greatness is a vision. βΒ Β
β I will give the people a vision and they will love me for it. βΒ Β
β Fear and wonder - a powerful combination. β
β He will give them death, and they will love him for it. βΒ Β
β ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?! βΒ Β
β I am required to kill, so I kill. That is enough. βΒ Β
β I wasnβt the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me. βΒ Β
β Win the crowd, win your freedom. βΒ Β Β
β Do you believe you'll see them again when you die? β
β You will meet them again. But not yet. Not yet. βΒ Β
β I didn't know men could build such things. β
β All my desires are splitting my head to pieces. β
β They said you were a giant. They said you can crush a manβs skull with one hand. βΒ Β
β Go, and die with honor. βΒ Β
β We who are about to die, salute you. βΒ Β
β If we stay together, we survive. β
β Why doesnβt the hero reveal himself and tell us all your real name? You do have a name? βΒ Β
β I will have my vengeance in this life or the next. βΒ Β
β He shouldnβt be alive. This vexes me. I am terribly vexed. βΒ Β
β If they lie to me, they don't respect me. If they don't respect me, how can they ever love me? β
β I wouldnβt want to be your enemy. βΒ Β
β I knew your brother would send assassins. I didnβt know he would send his best. βΒ Β
β I have been living in a prison of fear since that day. βΒ Β
β The gods have spared you. Don't you understand? β
β Today I saw a slave become more powerful than the Emperor of Rome. βΒ Β
β They oppose him, yet they do nothing. βΒ Β
β Forget you ever knew me. Never come here again. βΒ Β
β You have a great name. He must kill your name before he kills you. βΒ Β
β We mortals are but shadows and dust. β
β What am I going to do with you, you simply wonβt die. βΒ Β
β Are we so different, you and I? You take life when you have to, as do I. βΒ Β
β I only have one life left to take and then it is done. βΒ Β
β The time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end. β
β I will not make a martyr of him. βΒ Β
β I hope my coming here today is enough evidence that you can trust me. βΒ Β
β Let my men see me alive and you shall see where their loyalties lie. β
β I will not trade one dictatorship for another! β
β Because that was the last wish of a dying man. βΒ Β
β Do you remember what it was to have trust? β
β Itβs a dream, a frightful dreamβ¦ life is. βΒ Β
β You risk too much. βΒ Β
β I have much to pay for. βΒ Β
β I am tired of being strong. β
β Was I very different then? βΒ Β
β I have felt alone all my life, except with you. βΒ Β
β Sometimes royal ladies behave very strangely and do very odd things in the name of love. βΒ Β
β He was betrayed, by those closest to himβ¦ by his own blood β¦ they whispered in dark corners and went out late at night and conspired and conspiredβ¦ βΒ Β
β Tell me what you have been doing, or I shall strike down those dearest to you. You shall watch as I bathe in their blood. βΒ Β Β
β Are you in danger of becoming a good man? β
β As for you, you will love me, as I have loved you. βΒ Β
β Am I not merciful? AM I NOT MERCIFUL? βΒ Β
β A striking story. Now the people want to know how the story ends. Only a famous death will do. βΒ Β
β I think you have been afraid all your life. βΒ Β
β Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back. βΒ Β
β That makes us brothers, doesnβt it? Smile for me now brother. βΒ Β
β There was once a dream that was Rome, it shall be realized. βΒ Β
β Is Rome worth one good manβs life? We believed it once. Make us believe it again. βΒ Β
β I will see you again. But not yet, not yetβ¦ β