Blade Some mother****ers are always trying to ice-skate uphill.
Played by Wesley Snipes 
Blade (1998) · 54 quotes
Blade (1998) · 54 quotes
Most-quoted character in Blade (1998): in 27 of its 54 quotes
Most scenes with: Dr. Karen Jenson (13), Deacon Frost (5), Quinn (3)
You better wake up. The world you live in is just a sugar-coated topping! There is another world beneath it - the real world. And if you want to survive it, you better learn to [shouts] pull the trigger!
More lines from Blade
6 quotes Blade Blade Say what you want, but I promise you, you will be dead by dawn.
Blade Mother****er, are you outta yo goddamn mind?!? [said while cops shoot at HIM after a charred vampire just escaped a hospital]
Blade When you understand the nature of a thing, you know what it's capable of.
Blade FROST!!!
Blade Quinn, I'm gettin' a little tired of choppin' you up. Thought I might try fire for a change. [Proceeds to light him ablaze]
Scenes with Blade
20 scenes
You used me as bait?
Blade Get over it.
Oh, great. Now you're robbing him. You gonna rob me, too?
Blade How do you think we fund this organization? We're not exactly the March of Dimes.
Officer Krieger Go **** yourself!
Blade **** me?! No, you **** this! [pulls out his gun]
Wait! I'm coming with you.
Blade You're useless.
Blade There are worse things out tonight than vampires.
Like what?
Blade Like me.
Blade OK, Vampire Anatomy 101, crosses and holy water don't do dick so forget what you've seen in the movies. You use a stake, silver or sunlight. You know how to use one of these? [hands her a gun]
No, but I'll damn sure learn quick.
Blade Safety's off, round's already chambered. Silver hollowpoint filled with garlic. You aim for the head or the heart. Anything else, is your ass...
Isn't this just a little high-tech?
Blade They've got their claws into everything - politics, finance, real estate. They already own half of downtown.
What's that smell?
Pearl [Distantly]
...image carefully, Frost. You will need 12 purebloods to make the ritual work. [Realizes that someone is in the room] Kreiger, is that you? [Blade reveals himself] He's here! He's here!
Blade This must be Pearl, the record keeper.
Pearl [Pearl lets out a rather disgusting fart]
He's gonna kill me! You need me, Frost! You need me!
Pearl, you're history. Have the good grace to die with some **** dignity.
Pearl Frost. [Blade twists the laptop Frost is communicating through] Ruthless bloodsucker.
Congratulations, Blade.
Blade Frost.
I hear you've been looking for me. I'm flattered.
Blade It'll pass.
Pearl [After Dr. Jenson takes out a flashlight]
What's that?
Blade That, biscuit boy, is a UV lamp. We're gonna play a game of 20 questions. Depending on how you answer, you may walk out of here with a tan. [Points to a computer screen] What's that?
Pearl That? Oh, it's nothing. It's routine research. Actually it's a video game.
Blade [Blade snaps his fingers; Dr. Jenson momentarily shines the UV light on Pearl]
That must've hurt.
Pearl It's a fragment! A piece of the prophecy!
Blade What prophecy?
Pearl Oh, I'm not really sure. There's so many of them out--
Pearl [Without warning, Jenson automatically fries Pearl again] [in vampire tongue]
La Magra is coming! The souls of the twelve will awaken the Blood God! [in English] And there's nothing you can do about it, Daywalker!
Blade Is that so?
Pearl Well, that's what Frost says.
Blade Then you won't mind me borrowing this, will you? [Takes a disk from the computer] If he moves, fry him. [Walks to an armored door] What's in here?
Pearl Nothing! It's a storeroom. But you're wasting your time. There's nothing of importance to anyone.
Blade Then you won't mind if I take a peek.
Pearl NO!!
Hola, amigo! [Mercury destroys Blade's UV light] Do you remember me?
[Blade fights Quinn's guards and is quickly defeated. One of them takes his sword]
Well, well, well. You took my arm, man. Remember? But it's cool. [Takes off his glove, showing his burnt new left arm] I got a new one. [Starts laughing] Think I'll ever play piano again? [Motions as if he were playing a piano] You can slice him, you can dice him, but the Quinn-man just keeps on comin'!
Crease [Holding Blade's sword]
Check it out! I've... got his pigsticker!!
[Blade grins as the sword explodes in Crease's hand, much to the amusement of everyone else, including Crease himself]
You're a **** up, Crease! [Imitates him] "I got his pigsticker!" Oh, man. You're just full of surprises, ain't you chief? [Punches Blade several times] Stay with me, sweetness. 'Cause I'm not through with you yet. Oh, lookie here. [he removes a silver stake from Blade's holster] Silver. Must have cost you a pretty penny, huh? Now this here is a man who takes his job just a little too seriously, don't you think? Come to think of it, Blade, I owe you one. [he stabs the stake into Blade's shoulder] Actually, if you want to get technical, Blade... [lifts another stake] I owe you two.
Blade I'm expecting company.
[Quinn looks closer, and sees the radio piece in Blade's ear, which is chattering. The wall explodes behind them]
Catch you ****ers at a bad time?
You're one of them, aren't you?
Blade No, I'm something else.
Blade I'm not human.
You look human to me.
Blade Humans don't drink blood.
You know, maybe you could think about letting it go? Try to be like everyone else.
Blade I have spent my entire life searching for that thing that killed my mother, and made me what I am. And every time I take one of those monsters out, I get a little piece of that life back. So don't you talk to me about forgetting.
You have a lot of love for him, don't you?
Blade We have a good arrangement. He makes the weapons. I use them.
How you doin' chief? [Blade reaches for his gun] Easy. Wouldn't want our little friend here to wind up on the back of a milk carton now, would we? It's nice to finally meet you, man. Had my eye on you for years. I know all about you: your serum, Whistler, everything.
Blade Sunblock.
Hey, it's a start, right? The goal, of course to be like you: [With mock amazement] the Daywalker! You've got the best of both worlds, don't you? All our strengths, none of our weaknesses.
Blade Maybe I don't see it that way.
Oh, so it's back to pretending we're human again? Come on. Spare me the Uncle Tom routine, okay? You can't keep denying what you are, man. You think the humans will ever accept a half-breed like you? They can't. They're afraid of you. And they should be. You're an animal. You're a ****in' maniac. Look at 'em. They're cattle. Pieces of meat. What difference does it make how their world ends? Plague. War. Famine. Morality doesn't even enter into it. We're just a function of natural selection, man. The new race.
Blade Looks like your mascara's running.
I'm offering you a truce. I want you with us.
Blade What do you think, I'm stupid? [in vampire tongue] "The spirits of the twelve will awaken La Magra."
You're familiar with the blood god.
Blade Frost, you're nothing to me but another dead vampire.
You're an idiot, you know that? I came down here offering you an easy way out and you spit it right back in my ****in' face. [Blade reaches for his gun] Careful. [Lifts the girl into the air]
Blade What do I care? They're cattle. Just like you said.
If you want to take the hard road, be my guest, pal. But I promise you, by the time this is over, you're gonna wish they never cut you from your mother's--
Frost took her. Listen to me. The disk. We decoded it. Frost is tryin' to trigger a ****in' vampire apocalypse. There's some kind of... vampire god he's trying to resurrect.
Blade La Magra.
You're the key. He needs your blood. The blood of the Daywalker. You're the chosen one. Listen to me, Blade. You can't go after him.
Blade Bullshit.
If Frost gets his hands on you, it's all over. There'll be armies of the mother****ers. [Blade wipes one of his wounds] Shit. You're going to have to finish me off. Don't want me comin' back.
Blade We can treat the wounds.
It's too far gone. You know that. Give me your gun.
Blade No.
Give me the goddamn gun. [Blade reluctantly hands him the gun] Now walk away, you stupid son of a bitch. [Blade doesn't move] Walk the **** away.
[Blade walks away. A gunshot is heard as he does]
Let's see this sword of yours. [Mercury tosses him Blade's sword] Titanium, right? Acid-etched. I'll get used to a weapon like this. [Turns the security device off in Blade's face] What? You look surprised. I told you, Blade. I know everything about you. Hold out your arm Quinn.
Why, man? I mean, these are like all better.
Hold out your arm. Now.
Deac, I-- [Extends his arm]
He can't hear you, honey. The thirst has got him now. [Quinn hands him the EDTA vials] What do we have here? The precious serum. How long's it been since you shot up? 12, 13 hours maybe? [Holds a vial to Blade's face] Bet your just dyin' for a drink, aren't you? What's it feel like? Is your blood on fire?
Blade Try some. You might like it.
Thanks, but I prefer the real thing. In any event, I don't think you'll be needing these anymore.
[Frost throws them into the abyss]
Blade FROST!
Kill him.
Wait! I owe you, man. I got two new hands, Blade, and I don't know which one to use to kill you with!
[Quinn runs to Blade, who decapitates him]
Blade [Blade has cut Frost's arm off, then cut him in half, only for him to reattatch himself] [Mouths]
What the ****?
You're too late, Blade. [Regrows his arm]
I need to get back to the lab if I'm going to cure you.
Blade It's not over. You keep your cure. There's still a war going on and I've got a job to do. You want to help, make me a better serum.
Russian Woman [Last lines, in Moscow]
It's cold. Where are we going?
Russian Vampire It's a suprise.
Russian Woman Surprise? I like surprises.
Russian Vampire Then you'll like this. [Attacks her]
Blade [In Russian]
Catch you at a bad time? Comrade?
