Charlton Heston movie quotes

“- Moses: Great one, I bring you Ethiopia.
[Trumpets play, the two Ethiopians stepped forward]
- Rameses: Command them to kneel before Pharaoh.
- Moses: Command what you have conquered, my brother.”
Charlton Heston - Moses
Yul Brynner - Rameses

“Mr. Koontz, I don't think you understand me. Let me clear: I'm accustomed to getting what I want. I want that bear!”
Charlton Heston - Perry

“Love can not drown truth.”
Charlton Heston - Moses

“- Henry Frapp: I ever tell you about the time the 'Rapahos chased me up a canyon over in the Big Lost?
- Bill Tyler: No, but I reckon you're gonna tell me.”
Brian Keith - Henry Frapp
Charlton Heston - Bill Tyler

“These young people, they were brought up on MTV and video games. They know nothing of the real world. They can't conceive of the true brutality of nature.”
Charlton Heston - Perry

“- Chris Porter: Well sir, you look real good.
- Al Haynes: I tell you, it sure beats rigor mortis.”

Tom O'Brien - Chris Porter
Charlton Heston - Captain Al Haynes

“- Bill Tyler: I heard you got in on the money end of this miserable business.
- Henry Frapp: Yep. Packed in supplies, watered down the whiskey, jacked up the prices... and went to tradin' for beaver.
- Bill Tyler: How'd ya do?
- Henry Frapp: I lost my ass!”
Charlton Heston - Bill Tyler
Brian Keith - Henry Frapp

“I warn you their ingenuity goes hand in hand with their cruelty. No creature is as devious, as violent.”

Charlton Heston - Zaius

“One way or another, if you're persistent, fortune always smiles on you.”
Charlton Heston - Perry

“Blood makes poor mortar.”
Charlton Heston - Moses

“- Dennis Fitch: Tell you what. We'll all have a beer when we get this sucker down.
- Al Haynes: I don't drink, but I'll sure as hell have one on that!”

Arthur Rosenberg - Dennis Fitch
Charlton Heston - Captain Al Haynes

“Long ago, in the faraway land of ancient Greece, there was a golden age of powerful gods and extraordinary heroes. And the greatest and strongest of all these heroes was the mighty Hercules. But what is the measure of a true hero?”

Charlton Heston - Narrator