Mel Gibson movie quotes

“- Lt. Col. Hal Moore: I wonder what was going through Custer's mind when he realized that he'd led his men into a slaughter?
- Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley: Sir, Custer was a pussy. You ain't.”
Mel Gibson - Lt. Col. Hal Moore
Sam Elliott - Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley

“I can't promise you that I will bring you all home alive. But this I swear, before you and before Almighty God, that when we go into battle, I will be the first to set foot on the field, and I will be the last to step off, and I will leave no one behind. Dead or alive, we will all come home together. So help me, God.”
Mel Gibson - Lt. Col. Hal Moore

“- Lt. Col. Hal Moore: I pray you watch over the young Jack Geoghegan. That I lead into battle. You use me as your instrument in this awful hell of war to watch over them. Especially if they're men like this one beside me, deserving of a future in your blessing and goodwill. Amen.
- 2nd Lt. Jack Geoghegan: Amen.
- Lt. Col. Hal Moore: Oh, yes, and...” (continue)(continue reading)

Mel Gibson - Lt. Col. Hal Moore
Chris Klein - 2nd Lt. Jack Geoghegan

“What did one shepherd say to the other shepherd? Let's get the flock out of here!”

Mel Gibson - Martin Riggs

“Nobody wants me to quit. You know, don't quit, don't get caught, stay on top long enough for us to knock you off - I mean, that's the motto around here. Nobody wants me to quit. The cops want to bust me. The Colombians want my connections. My wife, she wants my money. Her lawyer agrees and mine likes getting paid to argue with him. Nobody wants...” (continue)(continue reading)

Mel Gibson - McKussic

“- Charlotte Selton: You have done nothing for which you should be ashamed.
- Benjamin Martin: I have done nothing. And for that I am ashamed.”
Joely Richardson - Charlotte Selton
Mel Gibson - Benjamin Martin

“- Lt. Col. Hal Moore: I think you oughta get yourself an M-16.
- Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley: Sir, if the time comes I need one, there'll be plenty lying on the ground.”
Mel Gibson - Lt. Col. Hal Moore
Sam Elliott - Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley

“Your heart is free. Learn to follow it.”
Mel Gibson - William Wallace

“I have long feared that my sins would return to visit me, and the cost is more than I can bear.”
Mel Gibson - Benjamin Martin

“My Dad never bought me a Ferrari. I had to steal my first one.”
Mel Gibson - Porter

“Crooked cops. Do they come in any other way? If I'd been just a little dumber, I could have joined the force myself.”
Mel Gibson - Porter

“Maybe you don't get this, but when you die that's it! End of story, blackness. They stick you in a box, cover you up with dirt, don't even let you out for weekends.”
Mel Gibson - Gene

“- Fletcher Christian Master's Mate: Don't put Adams under the lash.
- Lieutenant William Bligh: He was insubordinate, cowardly and insubordinate, he frightened the men, I did not put that fear there, he did. So he will be lashed and we will go around the Horn. Are you frightened to go around the Horn, Mr. Christian? Are you a coward too, sir?”
Mel Gibson - Fletcher Christian Master's Mate
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Lieutenant William Bligh

“Fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live... at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin' to trade all the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take... our freedom!”
Mel Gibson - William Wallace

“When I read, nobody's after me. When I read, I'm the one who's chasing.”
Mel Gibson - James Murray

“- James Murray: Who's she?
- Dr. William Chester Minor: The impossible.
- James Murray: The more impossible, the greater the love.
- Dr. William Chester Minor: Do you truly believe that? My heart is so sick.
- James Murray: Well... what I know of love is that the sickness often becomes the cure.”
Mel Gibson - James Murray
Sean Penn - Dr. William Chester Minor

“For every word, in action, becomes beautiful in the light of its own meaning.”
Mel Gibson - James Murray

“Do you like your chili with or without crushed Oreos?”
Mel Gibson - Martin Riggs

“- Roger Murtaugh (Lethal Weapon): Remarks like that will not get you invited to Christmas dinner.
- Martin Riggs (Lethal Weapon): My luck's changing for the better every day.”

Danny Glover - Roger Murtaugh
Mel Gibson - Martin Riggs

“- John Smith: My men are planning to attack your people. You've got to warn them.
- Pocahontas: Maybe it's not to late to stop this, you have to come with me and talk to my father.
- John Smith: Pocahontas, talking isn't going to do any good. I already tried talking to my men, but everything about this land has been spooked.”
Mel Gibson - John Smith
Irene Bedard - Pocahontas

- Justin McLeod: I like privacy.
- Charles E. "Chuck" Norstadt: Well, what about living alone? Do you like that?
- Justin McLeod: It likes me.
Mel Gibson - Justin McLeod
Nick Stahl - Charles E. "Chuck" Norstadt

- Gen. Lord Charles Cornwallis: Their names and ranks?
- Benjamin Martin: They refuse to give me their names, but the ranks are nine lieutenants, five captains, three majors, and one very fat colonel who called me a... "cheeky fellow".
Tom Wilkinson - Gen. Lord Charles Cornwallis
Mel Gibson - Benjamin Martin

“- Rocky: You see, over in America, we have this rule. If you want to motivate someone, don't - mention - death!
- Ginger: Funny; the rulehere is: always tell the truth.
- Rocky: Boy, that's been working like a real charm, hasn't it? Let me give you some free advice: you want them to perform? Tell them what they wanna hear.
- Ginger: You mean lie?”
Mel Gibson - Rocky
Julia Sawalha - Ginger

“- Pocahontas: I can't leave you.
- John Smith: You never will. No matter what happens to me, I'll always be with you, forever.”
Irene Bedard - Pocahontas
Mel Gibson - John Smith

“I don't make things complicated. That's the way they get, all by themselves.”
Mel Gibson - Martin Riggs