"[on his "palace"] They say this was once the greatest castle ever built. Now grass grows in the halls where kings once feasted, and peasants cart away the mighty walls stone by stone to build shelters for their pigs. Ha! Such is glory."

"Self-sacrifice is very easy. It's having to sacrifice someone you love that puts your convictions to the test."

"I only know one way to love my lord, and that is body and mind and soul."

"For the first in my life, I wanted what all wise men say can't last; what can't be promised or made to linger any more than sunlight. I don't want to die without having felt its warmth on my face."

"This is the heart of Camelot, not these stones, not these timbers, these palaces and towers. Burn them all and Camelot lives on, because it lives in us. Camelot is a belief that we hold in our hearts...Either what we hold to be right and good and true is right and good and true for all mankind, under God, or we’re just another robber tribe."

"Lancelot, just a thought. A man who fears nothing is a man who loves nothing; and if you love nothing, what joy is there in your life? I may be wrong."

"Uryens: In the name of God, St. Michael, and St. George, I give you the right to bear arms and the power to mete justice."

"Katrine Boorman - Igrayne"

"Gabriel Byrne - Uther Pendragon"

"Robert Addie - Mordred"

"Nicol Williamson - Merlin"

"Cherie Lunghi - Guenevere"

"Nicholas Clay - Lancelot"

"Helen Mirren - Morgana"

"Nigel Terry - King Arthur"

"[from trailer] Forged of splendour and magic, where future meets past, flesh meets steel, and the only fear is the pain of love."

"[from trailer] A world of wizards, kings, warriors, queens, swords, sorcery and desire."

"[from trailer] A wizard's ancient spell and the lust of a lord give birth to an empire."

"[from trailer] Their magic is Merlin. Their king is Arthur. Their power is Excalibur."

"No mortal could possess it! No kingdom could command it!"

"Sword of power! Sword of kings!"

"Forged by a god. Foretold by a wizard. Found by a king."

"Mordred: [to Arthur during their battle] Come, father. Let us embrace at last."

"Kay: [following Percival's success on the Grail Quest] Guards! Knights! Squires! Prepare for battle!"

"Morgana: [to Merlin] You fool! You thought you would trap me. You are trapped yourself, by the same sorcery you used to deceive my mother. You're nothing. You're not a god, you're not a man. I shall find a man, and give birth to a god."

"Ector: [before the battles of unification] All these men are loyal."

"I saw nothing but the wind on the water."

"The fog is lifting."

"Drink from the chalice and you will be reborn and the land with you."

"You and the land are one."

"I can't give up hope, Lancelot. It's all I have."

"Looking at the cake is like looking at the future – until you've tasted it, what do you really know? And then, of course, it's too late."

"When a man lies, he murders some part of the world."

"Remember, there's always something cleverer than yourself."

"The days of our kind are numberèd. The one God comes to drive out the many gods. The spirits of wood and stream grow silent. It's the way of things. Yes... it's a time for men, and their ways."

"It is a lonely life, the way of the necromancer... oh, yes. Lacrimae Mundi — the tears of the world."

"I once stood exposed to the Dragon's Breath so that a man could lie one night with a woman. It took me nine moons to recover. And all for this lunacy called, "love", this mad distemper that strikes down both beggar and king. Never again. Never!"

"Look upon this moment. Savor it! Rejoice with great gladness! Great gladness! Remember it always, for you are joined by it. You are One, under the stars. Remember it well, then... this night, this great victory. So that in the years ahead, you can say, "I was there that night, with Arthur, the King!" For it is the doom of men that they forget."

"Anál nathrach, orth’ bháis’s bethad, do chél dénmha."

"You will be the land, and the land will be you. If you fail, the land will perish; as you thrive, the land will blossom."

"Behold! The Sword of Power! Excalibur! Forged when the world was young, and bird and beast and flower were one with man, and death was but a dream!"

"I have walked my way since the beginning of time. Sometimes I give, sometimes I take, it is mine to know which and when!"

"Do... as I command! One day, a King will come, and the Sword will rise... again."

"I have often thought that in the hereafter of our lives, when I owe no more to the future and can be just a man... that we may meet, and you will come to me and claim me as yours, and know that I am your husband. It is a dream I have..."

"I was not born to live a man's life, but to be the stuff of future memory. The fellowship was a brief beginning, a fair time that cannot be forgotten. And because it will not be forgotten, that fair time may come again. Now once more, I must ride with my knights, to defend what was... and the dream of what could be."

"Ready my knights for battle. They will ride with their king once more. I have lived through others for far too long. Lancelot carried my honor, and Guenevere, my guilt. Mordred bore my sins. My knights have fought my causes. Now, my brother, I shall be... king."