His Excellency will never forgive me if I let you go without a word of welcome from him. I'm quite sure that you'll save me a reprimand.
How could I refuse a man anything with a naked sword in his hand?
Don Diego Vega
Tyrone Power · 9 quotes
Captain Esteban Pasquale
Basil Rathbone · 6 quotes
Don Luis B. Quintero
J. Edward Bromberg · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Captain Esteban Pasquale & Don Diego Vega (5), Don Diego Vega & Don Luis B. Quintero (3), Captain Esteban Pasquale & Don Luis B. Quintero (2)
The Mark of Zorro quotes
[as Esteban repeatedly stabs a piece of fruit with a knife at the dinner table]
Captain, you seem to regard that fruit as an enemy.
A rival!
[explaining why he's late to dinner]
They heated the water from my bath too early. It was positively tepid! By the time more was carried and properly scented... Life can be trying, don't you think?
Yes. [laughs]
Lolita Quintero [Disappointed in Diego]
Oh, Maria!
Maria de Lopez Courage, courage!
Well, shall we dine? Come, Diego.
[to Inez]
His bath was tepid? Poor Lolita! I'm afraid her married life will be the same!
[speaking to his father]
I went directly from the ship to our old home. I met Senor Quintero and his charming wife. I found them very pleasant and agreeable.
Fray Felipe Pleasant scorpions! Agreeable rattlesnakes!
I must please ask you to change the subject. His Excellency objects to talk of throat-cutting.
Quiet, you Popinjay! I have no reason to letting you live either.
What a pleasant coincidence. I feel exactly the same way about you Capitan.
You wouldn't care to translate that feeling into action would you?
I might be tempted. If I had a weapon.
Would you.
Your Excellency is a very fortunate man.
I'm not so sure. She thinks pesos grow on mulberry trees.
My dear Esteban is forever thrusting at this and at that. He used to be a fencing instructor in Barcelona.
How exhausting.
I didn't find it so.
Then why did you give it up?
I had the misfortune to kill a man of influence.
A lady was involved, I believe.
The gentleman's wife, no doubt?
Just how did you mean that, Señor?
I had hoped to be amusing... Have I failed?
Somewhat. With me.
Fray Felipe To think that the boy that I helped to raise, the boy that I taught to hold a firm wrist behind a true point, has turned into a puppy! Bah!
Well! Tsk, tsk, tsk! How vexatious!
Inez Quintero [after Lolita expresses an interest in love]
You have the blood of the Hidalgos in your veins! Keep it cool, my girl, or I'll whisk you off into a convent!
Inez Quintero Oh, Diego, when may we expect you and our dear little Lolita in Madrid?
Not for some time I'm afraid. We're going to follow the customs of California.
Inez Quintero What do you mean?
Well, we're going to marry and raise fat children and watch our vineyards grow.
Conditions have changed since you left, Don Diego. Your father resigned. Age, you know! Since then, the peons have become um... more industrious. As to the caballeros. they're encouraged to think of their own affairs. WE take care of the government!