Troy (film)

"That's why no one will remember your name. [To the messenger boy who wouldn't want to fight Boagrius]"

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

"[to his soldiers] 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 there, waiting beyond that beach? Immortality! Take it! It's yours!"

"[after Hector challenges him] Why kill you now, Prince of Troy, with no one here to see you fall?"

"It's too early in the day for killing princes."

"[to Briseis] 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, and we will never be here again."

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

"[to the Thessalonians after defeating Boagrius] Is there no one else?! IS THERE NO ONE ELSE!?!"

"[to Briseis] I want what all men want. I just want it more."

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

"[outside the walls of Troy shouting to Hector] HECTOR!! HECTOOOOOR! HECTOR!!!!"

"[To Hector] Get up, Prince of Troy. Get up. I won't let a stone take my glory."

"[to Briseis] You gave me peace...in a lifetime of war."

"[to Priam] You are a better king than the one leading this army."

"[about Achilles] Of all the warlords loved by the gods, I hate him the most."

"Peace is for the women and the weak. Empires are forged by war."

"[as the Greek soldiers cheer for Achilles] Give him too many battles, and the men will forget who's king."

"[as Troy burns] Let it burn! Let Troy burn! Burn it, for Menelaus! Burn it! Burn Troy! Burn Troy! I promised you, brother! I promised you! Burn it! Burn it for Menelaus!"

"[capturing Briseis] Too late for prayer, priestess. I almost lost this war because of your little romance. I want to taste what Achilles tasted..."

"[to Briseis, leering] You'll be my slave in Mycenae. A Trojan priestess scrubbing my floors. And at night... [gags as she stabs him in the throat, killing him]"

"[During the celebration of their victory after a bloody war and attempting to form an alliance with Troy] Princes of Troy, on our last night together, Queen Helen and I salute you."

"I want her back so I can kill her with my own two hands, and I won't rest till I've burned Troy to the ground!"

"I accept your challenge, and tonight, I'll drink to your bones."

"[shouting to Helen after Paris retreats] IS THIS WHAT YOU LEFT ME FOR?!?"

"[Achilles throws his spear into a nearby tree] Your reputation for hospitality is fast becoming legend."

"War is young men dying and old men talking."

"This war will never be forgotten, nor will the heroes who fought in it."

"Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: will our actions echo across the centuries? Will strangers hear our names long after we are gone and wonder who we were, how bravely we fought, how fiercely we loved?"

"If they ever tell my story, let them say...I walked with giants. Men rise and fall like the winter wheat...but these names will never die. Let them say I lived in the time of Hector, tamer of horses. Let them say...I lived in the time of Achilles."

"[grabs Paris by the face] Paris! You're my brother and I love you, but if you do anything to endanger Troy, I will rip your pretty face from your pretty skull."

"You say you want to die for love, but you know nothing about dying and you know nothing about love!"

"All my life I've lived by a code, and the code is simple: honor the gods, love your woman and defend your country. Troy is mother to us all. Fight for her!"

"[to Paris, before his duel with Menelaus] Make him swing and miss; he'll tire."

"[managing to get Paris to safety when the Greeks prepare to attack] Get inside, Paris! ARCHERS!!!"

"If I die, I don't know how much longer Troy will stand."

"[to Helen] If you come, we'll never be safe. Men will hunt us, the gods will curse us, but I'll love you. Until the day they burn my body, I'll love you."

"Father, you are a great king, because you love your country so much. Every blade of grass, every grain of sand, every rock in the river - you love all of Troy. That is the way I love Helen."

"[at the discovery of the wooden horse] Father, burn it!"

"[giving the Sword of Troy to Aeneas] As long as it remains in the hands of a Trojan, our people have a future. Take them, Aeneas. Find them a new home."

"I've fought many wars in my time. Some I've fought for land, some for power, some for glory. But I suppose fighting for love makes more sense than all the rest."

"[giving Paris the Sword of Troy] My father carried this sword, and his father before him, all the way back to the founding of Troy. The history of our people was written with this sword. Carry it with you tomorrow. The spirit of Troy is in that sword. So long as a Trojan carries it, our people have a future."

"I have endured what no one on earth has endured before. I kissed the hands of the man who killed my son."

"I loved my boy from the moment he opened his eyes until the moment you closed them. Let me wash his body. Let me say the prayers. Let me place two coins on his eyes for the boatman."

"[to Hector] No father ever had a better son."

"Even enemies can show respect."

"[last words, as Greek soldiers plunder a temple] HAVE YOU NO HONOR?!"

"[to Achilles] If you stay in Larissa, you will find peace. You will find a wonderful woman, and you will have sons and daughters, who will have children. And they'll all love you and remember your name. But when your children are dead, and their children after them, your name will be lost. If you go to Troy, glory will be yours. They will write stories about your victories for thousands of years and the world will honor your name. But if you go to Troy, you will never come back, for your glory walks hand-in-hand with your doom. And I shall never see you again."

"Ajax: [battling the Trojans on the beach of Troy] I am Ajax, breaker of stones! Look upon me and despair!"

"For Victory"

"For Destiny"