Highlander Quotes


Kristov: [from "Testimony"] [Richie and Kristov are about to sword fight]
Kristov: I'll kill you in a second, boy. Leave while you still got your head.
Richie Ryan: There's only one thing that I hate more than being called a boy, and that's your stupid paintings! [they begin sword fighting]

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Alexa: Why do you want to go out with me?
Methos: Because the alternative is unthinkable.

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Dr. Anne Lindsey: They're so fragile. One nut with a gun, one drunk behind the wheel, and they're gone.

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Richie Ryan: Come on, do it. Come on, come on, go ahead, do it. When the Quickening knocks you on your skinny little ass, MacLeod's gonna be right there to help you up. I die, you go right behind me.

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Richie Ryan: Okay, everybody who's an Immortal, raise their hand.

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Richie Ryan: Old Timer. Do you have any words of wisdom?
Methos: Nope.

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Richie Ryan: Smooth. Very, very smooth. I'm takin' notes.

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Richie Ryan: You ever had it bad for an older woman?
Duncan MacLeod: Well, the situation hasn't come up recently.

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Richie Ryan: You know, sometimes you knowing everything gets to be a real pain in the ass.

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Kiem Sun: Leave, or you will see your own hearts beating on the ground in front of you.

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Darius: [from "Band of Brothers] You shouldn't be taking part in this tragedy. [referring to the Duncan MacLeod fighting in the "Battle of Waterloo", a war Duncan is fighting in]
Duncan MacLeod: I was raised a warrior. I choose battles I believe to be just.
Darius: Oh, I'm sure you're quite loyal to your convictions and compatriots, but I wonder what these men think about that, about convictions and compatriotism now. [Darius talking about the soldiers they see dead]

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Tessa Noel: [with a welding torch in her hand] I may not be able to kill you, but I'll give you a facial you won't forget.

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Tessa Noel: I'll only be gone for a few days. You'll be fine without me.
Duncan MacLeod: Yeah well, I already have my little black book out.
Tessa Noel: I've seen it. It's 300 years out of date.

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Methos: A couple of medieval songwriters come up with the idea of chivalry one rainy day and you embrace it as a lifestyle. You live and die by a code of honor that was *trendy* when you were a kid.

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Methos: But I want to see *me* live happily ever after even more.

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Methos: Grab a beer. There's a cold one in the fridge.
Duncan MacLeod: I know, it's my fridge.

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Methos: Hitler killed, and Ingrid judged. Breslaw killed, and Ingrid judged. Ingrid killed, and you judged.
Duncan MacLeod: So who's left to judge me?

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Methos: I was born before the age of chivalry.

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Methos: Just because I don't like to fight, doesn't mean that I *can't*.

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Methos: Like you said, I go with the winner.

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Methos: Live, Highlander. Grow stronger. Fight another day.

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Methos: So I'm a little weak on pop culture. Well, who the hell is Chubby Checker in the grand scheme of things, anyway? I mean I, I know how tall Nero was, Caesar's favorite food, I know Helen of Troy didn't have that great a face and it only launched a hundred ships not a thousand, and...
Duncan MacLeod: Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...

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Methos: Talk about the blind leading the visually challenged.

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Methos: To... dinner, a film, a concert, a smile, a sunset, a walk, all of the above... whatever you would like.

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Methos: What do you expect? Einstein? Freud? Buddha? Sorry Joe, I'm just a guy.

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Methos: You know, considering how shot to pieces you were, it's amazing you're still alive.
Joe Dawson: Ow! Considering who's treating me, I'd say it's a miracle. Watch out. Ow! Where'd you say you studied medicine?
Methos: Heidelberg. 1453.
Joe Dawson: Did you major in medicine or dueling?
Methos: Both. A couple more days, you'll be able to travel.
Joe Dawson: You don't have to look quite so happy about it.
Methos: You know that run in you had with the Watchers the other night?
Duncan MacLeod: Yeah?
Methos: Jean Dumar. He was killed the same night. I'm sorry, Joe. I know he's a friend of yours.
Duncan MacLeod: Hey, it was the other Immortal.
Methos: Yeah, well you try telling that to Shapiro 'cause he's convinced it was you. Really, guys, the time's come for you two to start a new life somewhere. Bora Bora is very nice this time of year.
Duncan MacLeod: Yeah, well send me a postcard. I'm not leaving.
Methos: Does the term "self-preservation" mean anything to you, MacLeod? Look, you are under a death sentence!
Duncan MacLeod: Yeah, and I will be until they figure out I'm not the killer. Where's Shapiro?
Methos: Right at the moment, busy trying to kill you.
Duncan MacLeod: Where is Shapiro?
Joe Dawson: Look, don't make it easy for him, Mac.
Duncan MacLeod: Look, I'm making it easy for him because that's where the killer would go. Now where is he?
Methos: They're hiding out in a mortuary on the left bank.

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Methos: You think it takes courage to do what we do? Face another immortal with a sword knowing only one of you will live. You try being her. You try living one year knowing that your time is running out. That no matter how much you train, no matter how many tricks you have, you STILL lose. That's the way it is for them. So little time for them to SEE anything or DO anything.

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Sgt. Powell: He says he heard a strange noise, we went to go check it out, and he saw three grown men with drawn swords, having it out.
Duncan MacLeod: Did he also see a guy in a bat costume and a long cape?

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Byron: Do you want a tombstone that says, "He Lived For Centuries" or do you want one that says, "For Centuries He Was Alive"?
Methos: You're not listening to me. I don't want a tombstone.

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Carylon: Then who do we get to wear the kilt?
Duncan MacLeod: Mel Gibson.

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