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.
Don Diego Vega
How could I refuse a man anything with a naked sword in his hand?
Most-quoted character in The Mark of Zorro (1940): in 9 of its 11 quotes
Most scenes with: Captain Esteban Pasquale (5), Don Luis B. Quintero (3)
Scenes with Don Diego Vega
9 scenes
My dear Esteban is forever thrusting at this and at that. He used to be a fencing instructor in Barcelona.
Don Diego Vega
How exhausting.
I didn't find it so.
Don Diego Vega
Then why did you give it up?
I had the misfortune to kill a man of influence.
A lady was involved, I believe.
Don Diego Vega
The gentleman's wife, no doubt?
Just how did you mean that, Señor?
Don Diego Vega
I had hoped to be amusing... Have I failed?
Somewhat. With me.
Don Diego Vega
[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!
Don Diego Vega
[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!
Don Diego Vega
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.
Don Diego Vega
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?
Don Diego Vega
I might be tempted. If I had a weapon.
Would you.
Don Diego Vega
Your Excellency is a very fortunate man.
I'm not so sure. She thinks pesos grow on mulberry trees.
Don Diego Vega
[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!
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!
Don Diego Vega
Well! Tsk, tsk, tsk! How vexatious!
Inez Quintero
Oh, Diego, when may we expect you and our dear little Lolita in Madrid?
Don Diego Vega
Not for some time I'm afraid. We're going to follow the customs of California.
Inez Quintero
What do you mean?
Don Diego Vega
Well, we're going to marry and raise fat children and watch our vineyards grow.