Frost...sometimes it makes the blade stick.
Maximus
Russell Crowe · 30 quotes
Commodus
Joaquin Phoenix · 15 quotes
Proximo
Oliver Reed · 11 quotes
Marcus Aurelius
Richard Harris · 8 quotes
Gracchus
Derek Jacobi · 6 quotes
Juba
Djimon Hounsou · 6 quotes
Quintus
Tomas Arana · 5 quotes
Most scenes together: Maximus & Proximo (4), Maximus & Marcus Aurelius (3), Commodus & Gracchus (3)
Gladiator quotes
Page 3 of 5He sleeps so well because he is loved.
I am a slave! What possible difference can I make?
I am Proximo. I will be closer to you in these next few days, which will be the last days of your miserable lives, than that bitch of a mother who first brought you screaming into this world. I did not pay good money for your company, I paid it so I could profit from your deaths. And just as your mother was there at your beginning, so I shall be there at your end. And when you die, and die you shall, your transition will be to the sound of [he claps his hands]. Gladiators, I salute you.
I knew a man once who said, "Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back."
It vexes me. I'm terribly vexed.
It's a dream, a frightful dream... life is.
Life is a gift from our fathers to us. Who are you to give it up for lack of lifting a spoon?
Listen to me. Learn from me. I was not the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me. Win the crowd and you will win your freedom.
Marcus Aurelius had a dream that was Rome. This is not it. This is not it!
My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius. Commander of the Armies of the North. General of the Felix Legions. Loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife...and I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
My name...my name is Gladiator.
Now we are free. ... I will see you again ... but not yet ... not yet.
One kind word, one full hug while you pressed me to your chest and held me tight, would have been like the sun on my heart for a thousand years. What is it in me you hate so much? All I ever wanted was to live up to you, Caesar, Father. Father, I would butcher the whole world if you would only love me..
People should know when they're conquered...