Caligula (1979) quotes, page 2

26 total quotes

Caligula – Malcolm McDowell
Drusilla – Teresa Ann Savoy
Ennia – Adriana Asti
Nerva – John Gielgud
Tiberius – Peter O'Toole

View Quote Every senator believes himself to be a potential Caesar. Therefore every senator is guilty of treason, in thought if not in deed. The senate is the natural enemy of any Caesar, "Little Boots". They offer to prove any law I made before I made it. I said: 'What if I go mad? What then?' No answer. They were born to be slaves.

View Quote From this moment, all official oaths will contain the following phrase; I will value neither my life nor the lives of my children any more highly than I do the emperor and of his sister Drusilla.

View Quote I am interested in all that is Rome, even down to the length of a toga.

View Quote I am nursing a viper in Rome's bosom.

View Quote I am Rome. Wherever I am, Rome is, and there is the senate and the people of Rome.

View Quote I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from the night. Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man, and therefore I am a god.

View Quote If only all Rome had just one neck!

View Quote Now you are a man, Caligula. What are you going to do? You must be the master of your own destiny. Take it with both hands.

View Quote When Rome was just a city, we were just citizens, known to one another, you see. We were frugal, good, disciplined and dignified. The Romans I rule are not what they were. They lust. They lust for power and pleasure, money, the wives of other men. Oh yes, I am a true moralist, and stern as any Cato. Fate chose me to govern swine. In my old age, I am become a swineherd.

View Quote With Tiberius, there's always something to fear.

View Quote You see how I have exhausted myself to make your wedding holy. My blessings to you both.