Movie Quotes for Achilles

"I told you how to fight but I never told you why to fight."

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"It’s a beautiful night."

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"We will meet again, my brother."

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"You sack of wine! Before my time is done, I will look down on your corpse and smile."

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"Play your tricks on me. But not on my cousin."

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"Do it. Nothing is easier."

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"Perhaps the kings were too far behind to see, the soldiers won the battle."

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"What’s your name?"

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"If you sailed any slower the war would be over."

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"You’re my guest."

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"Things are less simple today."

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"Patroclus, put down your spear…"

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"Yes, but who will you fight for when I’m gone? Soldiers fight for kings they’ve never even met. They fight when they’re told to fight, they die when they’re told to die."

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"You were brave to fight them. You have courage."

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"Go. No one will stop you. You have my word."

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"Apparently you won some great victory."

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"You are free. If I hurt you, it’s not what I wanted."

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"Did you not hear me?"

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"Trojan soldiers died protecting you. Perhaps they deserve more than your pity."

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"Is there no one else? Is there no one else?"

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"You must be royalty. What’s your name? Even the servants of Apollo have names."

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"I’ve killed men in five countries, never a priest."

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"You gave me peace in a lifetime of war."

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"Greece got along fine before I was born. And Greece will remain Greece long after I am gone."

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"What’s he waiting for?"

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"No argument with you, brothers. But if you don’t release her, you’ll never see home again. Decide!"

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"Are you afraid, Briseis?"

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"Be careful, king of kings. First you need the victory."

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"Tell the king it can wait until morning."

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"Flank! To the flank!"

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"Why? Are the Greeks tired of fighting each other?"

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"You fought well today."

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"Would you leave Troy?"

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"If I hurt you, it’s not what I wanted"

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"You want gold? Take it. It’s my gift to honour your courage. Take what you wish."

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"Get up, Prince of Troy! I won’t let a stone rob me of my glory!"

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"Myrmidans! Brothers of the sword, I rather fight beside you than any army of thousands!"

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"Let no man forget how menacing we are! We are Lions!"

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"Do you know whats there, waiting beyond that beach? Immortality, take it, it’s yours!"

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"Of all the kings of Greece, I respect you most. But in this war you’re a servant. And I refuse to be a servant any longer."

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"I know more about the gods than your priests. I’ve seen them. You’re royalty, aren’t you? Spent years talking down to men."

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"I want what all men want, I just want it more. You don’t need to fear me, girl. You’re the only Trojan who can say that."

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"You can have the beach. I didn’t come here for sand."

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"His priests are dead, and his acolyte’s a captive. i think your god is afraid of me."

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"At night I see their faces. All the men I’ve killed. They’re standing there on the far bank of the river Styx. They’re waiting for me. They say, ‘Welcome, brother’."

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"I’ll tell you a secret. Something they don’t teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again."

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"We men are wretched things."

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"You are a far better king than the one leading this army."

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"I chose nothing. I was born and this is what I am."

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"Imagine a king who fights his own battles. Wouldn’t that be a sight?"

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"I wouldn’t be bothering with the shield then, would I?"

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"Thats why no-one will remember your name."

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"It never ends."

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"Myrmidons! My brothers of the sword! I would rather fight beside you than any army of thousands! Let no man forget how menacing we are, we are lions! Do you know what’s waiting beyond that beach? Immortality! Take it! It’s yours!"

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"It’s too early in the day to be killing princes."

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"Perhaps your brother can comfort them. I hear he’s good at charming other men’s wives."

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"Go home, prince. Drink some wine, make love to your wife. Tomorrow, we’ll have our war."

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"Now you know who you’re fighting."

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"You gave him the honor of your sword. You won’t have eyes tonight; you won’t have ears or a tongue. You will wander the underworld blind, deaf, and dumb, and all the dead will know: This is Hector. The fool who thought he killed Achilles."

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"You’re still my enemy in the morning."

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"The gods envy us."

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"There are no pacts between lions and men."

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"He killed my cousin."

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"He thought it was you. How many cousins have you killed? How many sons and fathers and brothers and husbands? How many, brave Achilles?"

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"Priam? How did you get in here?"

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"You are a brave man. I could have your head on a spit in the blink of an eye."

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"You’re a good student, but you’re not a Myrmidon yet. Look at these men, they are the fiercest soldiers in all of Greece, each of them has bled for me. You will guard the ship…"

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"Cousin, I can’t fight the Trojans if I’m concerned for you, guard the ship!"

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"Why kill you now, Prince of Troy, with no-one here to see you fall?"

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"Everyone dies, whether today or fifty years from now."

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