Quintus: "People should know when they're beaten!" Maximus: "Would you, Quintus? Would I?"

I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.

Give George a headline, and he's good for another 30 miles.

The core of man's spirit comes from new experiences.

When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines on you.

Often the most barbaric atrocities occur when both sides proclaim themselves freedom fighters.

I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong... but to feel strong.

If you don't have money at my age, you're not even in the game anymore. You're just a pasture animal waiting for the abattoir.

Lars: Well, Bianca can help you. She's got nurse's training. Gus: No she doesn't. That's because she's a plastic...thing. Lars: That's amazing. Did you hear that? Bianca said God made her to help people.

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You win a war by making the other poor bastard die for his country!

Katsumoto: Do you believe a man can change his destiny? Algren: I think a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed to him.

(looking at remains of a battle) I love it! God help me, I love it so. I love it more than my life.

All I ever wanted was a single thing worth fighting for.

Miranda (to Daniel):  I bring home a birthday cake and a few gifts; you bring home the Goddamn San Diego Zoo. And I have to clean up after it!