"[Giving battle instructions to his messengers on horseback] Tell the gunners to shoot the horses first. The Takeda cavalry cannot fight without horses."

"The shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own."

"I know it is difficult. I was for a long time the lord's double. It was torture. It is not easy to suppress yourself to become another. Often I wanted to be myself and free. But now I think this was selfish of me. The shadow of a man can never desert that man. I was my brother's shadow. Now that I have lost him, it is as though I am nothing."

"To occupy Kyoto, to fly my flags in the capital, has been my long-cherished dream. But... if something should happen to me, do not pursue that dream. Remember: my death must not be made known. Keep it a secret, for at least three years. Guard our domain. Never move from it. Do not move! If you ignore my order and set out to attack, our Takeda clan will be no more. Heed my words! This... is my final wish."

"I am wicked, as you believe. I am a scoundrel. I banished my father and I killed my own son. I will do anything to rule this country. War is everywhere. Unless somebody unifies the nation and reigns over us, we will see more rivers of blood and more mountains of the dead."

"A serious illness can change even a man's heart."

"Edward Roland - Okello"

"Daniel Ades - Perucho"

"Cecilia Rivera - Florés de Aguirre"

"Peter Berling - Don Fernando de Guzman"

"Del Negro - Brother Gaspar de Carvajal"

"Ruy Guerra - Don Pedro de Ursúa"

"Helena Rojo - Inez de Atienza"

"Klaus Kinski - Don Lope de Aguirre"

"On this river, God never finished his creation."

"A breathtaking journey into the heart of darkness."

"[Hallucinating] That's not a boat. That's not a tree. [Arrow hits him] This is no arrow. We only see arrows because we're afraid of them."

"[Reading Aguirre's letter of treason] We rebel to the death, and we solemnly so declare, and our hands shall be torn off and our tongues dry up if this is not so. The House of Habsburg devoid of all its rights, and you King of Castille dethroned, by dint of this declaration be you annihilated. In your place we proclaim the noble knight from the city of Seville, Don Fernando de Guzman, Emperor of El Dorado. Flee! Flee from hence, O King, and may God take your soul."

"I was a prince in this land, and my people had to look to the ground, and no one was allowed to look into my eyes. My people are in chains just like me, and I must look to the ground."

"[On a monkey-infested raft among his dead crew] When we reach the sea, we'll build a bigger boat, and with it we'll sail north and take Trinidad away from the Spanish Crown. From there we'll go on and take Mexico from Cortés. What a great betrayal that will be! We will then control all of New Spain and we will stage history as others stage plays. I, the Wrath of God, will marry my own daughter and with her found the purest dynasty ever known to man. Together we will rule the whole of this continent. I am the Wrath… the Wrath of God. [picks up a monkey] Who else is with me?"

"These men measure riches in gold. It's more. It's power and fame. I despise them for it."

"I am the great traitor. There must be no other. Anyone who even thinks about deserting this mission will be cut up into 98 pieces. Those pieces will be stamped on until what is left can be used only to paint the walls. Whoever takes one grain of corn or one drop of water more than his ration will be locked up for 155 years. If I, Aguirre, want the birds to drop dead from the trees, then the birds will drop dead from the trees. I am the Wrath of God. The earth I pass will see me and tremble. Whoever follows me and the river, will win untold riches. Whoever deserts..."

"That man is a head taller than me. That may change."

"What else is a throne but a plank and some velvet, Your Majesty?"

"Alejandro Repullés - Gonzalo Pizarro"

"Armando Polanah - Armando"

"What's the difference between a lawyer and a hooker? A hooker'll stop screwing you when you're dead."

"I knew exactly what was going on here. Just like when Daddy was in the bedroom crying and Mommy was sitting in the kitchen, face all bloody, saying that Daddy was sorry."

"My dad hated lawyers. You might think I became one just to piss him off, but you'd be wrong. Did piss him off so much though that when he heard he fell off a ladder and didn't know who to sue first."

"Sworn in by a fool and vouched for by a scoundrel. I'm a lawyer at last."

"Danny Glover - Judge Tyrone Kipler"