Category: Film/Television Excerpt

Timo Cruz:

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.

Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

We were all meant to shine as children do. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsiously give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

— “Coach Carter” (2005)

— Connections, Episode 2 (1978)

This bit of realism is likely unwanted in most roleplaying games. 🙂

— Connections, Episode 9 (1978)

Nicodemus:

[gives Mrs. Brisby an amulet with a large red gemstone.]

Courage of the heart is very rare. The stone has a power when it’s there.

— “The Secret of NIMH” (1982)

Delenn:

It should never have been allowed to happen. Not for my sake.

Lenier:

If not for yours, then who else?

Delenn:

He could have been killed.

Lenier:

Delenn, all we know is that we will die. It is only a matter of how, when, and whether or not it is with honor. He did what any of us would have done.

Respectfully, Delenn, I think this is the one thing about your position you do not yet understand. You cherish life. Life is your goal. But for the greater part to live, some must die or be harmed in its defense—and yours. There is no other way.

— “Grey-17 Is Missing” – Babylon 5, Season 3 (1996)

Egg Shen:

Time for the medicine!

[pours smoking potion into cups]

Cheers!

Jack Burton:

This does what again, exactly?

Egg Shen:

Huge buzz!

[drinks smoking potion from his cup]

Oooh, good! Can see things no one else can see! Do things no one else can do!

Jack Burton:

Real things?

Egg Shen:

As real as Lo Pan!

Jack Burton:

Hey, what more can a guy ask for?

Egg Shen:

Oh, a six-demon bag!

[shakes the bag slung around his shoulder]

Jack Burton:

Terrific, a six-demon bag. Sensational. What’s in it, Egg?

Egg Shen:

Wind, fire, all that kind of thing!

— “Big Trouble in Little China” (1986)

Party buff!

Jack Burton:

That is not water.

Egg Shen:

Black Blood of the Earth.

Jack Burton:

You mean oil?

Egg Shen:

I mean Black Blood of the Earth!

— “Big Trouble in Little China” (1986)

Something a mega-dungeon should have. 😀

Romulan Centurion:

Take care, Commander. He has friends, and friends of his kind mean power. And power is danger.

Romulan Commander:

Danger and I are old companions.

— “Balance of Terror” – Star Trek, Season 1 (1966)

Sherif Ali:

How if I take it?

T.E. Lawrence:

Then you would be a thief.

Sherif Ali:

Have you no fear, English?

T.E. Lawrence:

My fear is my concern.

Sherif Ali:

Truly.

— “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962)

Sarah:

Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child that you have stolen.

For my will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom as great.

You have no power over me.

— “Labyrinth” (1986)

Conan:

It’s the leader. He’s a wizard!

[touches his empty sheath.]

My dagger’s gone. You kill him!

Malak:

Not me! It’s bad luck to kill a wizard.

— “Conan the Destroyer” (1984)

Auda Abu Tayi:

I carry twenty-three great wounds, all got in battle. Seventy-five men have I killed with my own hands in battle. I scatter, I burn my enemies’ tents. I take away their flocks and herds. The Turks pay me a golden treasure, yet I am poor, because I am a river to my people!

[His tribesmen cheer.]

— “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962)

Seth:

We are…pilgrims on our way to worship at the Temple of Ar.

Dar:

I’ve never seen a…pilgrim…who could use a staff the way you did.

Seth:

Ah, but, sir! All pilgrims share a deep love of life—especially their own!

— “Beastmaster” (1982)

Londo Mollari:

Now, if I may ask: does this torment end when you leave, or am I going to have to spend the rest of my life paying for one little mistake?

Elric the Techno-mage:

Oh, I’m afraid you have to spend the rest of your life paying for your mistakes. Not this one, of course; it’s trivial. I have withdrawn the spell, but there will be others.

Londo Mollari:

What are you talking about?

Elric the Techno-mage:

You are touched by darkness, Ambassador. I see it as a blemish that will grow with time.

I could warn you, of course, but you would not listen.

I could kill you, but someone would take your place.

So I do the only thing I can: I go.

[Starts to turn away then turns back.]

Oh, I believe it was an endorsement you wanted. A word or two, a picture, to send to the folks back home confirming that you have a destiny before you.

Londo Mollari:

Yes, it was just a thought, nothing more.

Elric the Techno-mage:

Well, take this for what little it will profit you:

As I look at you, Ambassador Mollari, I see a great hand reaching out of the stars. The hand is your hand. And I hear sounds—the sounds of billions of people calling your name.

Londo Mollari:

[Brightens.]

My followers?

Elric the Techno-mage:

[Scowls.]

Your victims.

[Turns and walks away.]

— “The Geometry of Shadows” – Babylon 5, Season 2 (1995)

Prince Edward:

Your men love you. If I knew nothing else about you, that would be enough.

— “A Knight’s Tale” (2001)

Judge Fenton:

[gestures to the large map hanging on the wall]

Here you are: the Oklahoma and Indian Territory, the Year of Our Lord 1889. Nineteen marshals. I was authorized sixty when I came here; told the President even that was not half enough.

Nineteen marshals—and one court—to cover nearly 70,000 square miles! A happy hunting ground filled with bushwackers, horse thieves, whiskey peddlers, counterfeiters, hide peelers, marauders that’ll kill ya for a hatband!

— “Hang ‘Em High” (1968)

Kevin Flynn:

The Grid: A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships? Motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways?

I kept dreaming of a world I thought I’d never see. And then, one day…I got in.

— “Tron: Legacy” (2010)

Clara Oswald:

I know you’re afraid, but being afraid is all right. Because didn’t anybody ever tell you? Fear is a superpower. Fear can make you faster, and cleverer, and stronger…. Fear doesn’t have to make you cruel or cowardly. Fear can make you kind….

— “Listen” – Doctor Who, Season 8 (2014)

[Commander Riker is allowed only 40 crew on an obsolete starship for a combat simulation, but 40 of his choosing. He goes to the quarters of Worf, the Klingon member of the Enterprise‘s crew.]

Commander Riker:

You know of the simulation. What do you think?

Lieutenant Worf:

Waste of time.

Commander Riker:

It’s just designed to be an exercise.

Lieutenant Worf:

Useless. If there is nothing to lose—no sacrifice—then there is nothing to gain.

Commander Riker:

You mean besides pride. Well, in this case, it doesn’t matter. I probably haven’t got a chance.

Lieutenant Worf:

[defensive] There is always a chance.

Commander Riker:

Slim. The Hathaway‘s most sophisticated weapons system, even in a computer generated mock-up, can’t hope to defeat the Enterprise.

Lieutenant Worf:

Well, still—

Commander Riker:

You’re outmanned, you’re outgunned, you’re outequipped. What else have you got?

Lieutenant Worf:

[ponders for a moment before looking up in challenge]

Guile.

Commander Riker:

[smiles]

Join me.

— “Peak Performance” – Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2 (1989)

Arthur:

Which is the greatest quality of knighthood? Courage? Compassion? Loyalty? Humility?

What do you say, Merlin?

Merlin:

Hmm? Ah, the greatest…. Well, they blend, like the metals we mix to make a good sword….

Arthur:

No poetry. Just a straight answer. Which is it?

Merlin:

All right, then. Truth! That’s it! It must be truth. Above all! When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.

You should know that.

— “Excalibur” (1981)