He's right on top of us! I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using?
Inigo Montoya
Mandy Patinkin · 28 quotes
Westley
Cary Elwes · 27 quotes
Buttercup
18 quotes
Vizzini
Wallace Shawn · 17 quotes
Fezzik
André Roussimoff · 14 quotes
Man in Black
14 quotes
Prince Humperdinck
Chris Sarandon · 12 quotes
Count Rugen
Christopher Guest · 10 quotes
Miracle Max
Billy Crystal · 7 quotes
Grandpa
6 quotes
Grandson
Fred Savage · 6 quotes
Grandfather
Peter Falk · 3 quotes
Valerie
Carol Kane · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Westley & Buttercup (7), Inigo Montoya & Man in Black (6), Inigo Montoya & Fezzik (6)
The Princess Bride quotes
Page 1 of 8[in response to Vizzini's repeated use of "Inconceivable!"]
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
[repeated line]
Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
My people ... a month from now, our country will have its 500th anniversary. On that sundown, I shall marry a lady who was once a commoner like yourselves. But perhaps you will not find her common now.
Iocaine! I'd bet my life on it. And there are the Princess's footprints. She is alive ... or was, an hour ago. If she is otherwise when I find her, I shall be very put out.
Disappeared. He must have seen us closing in, which might account for his panicking in error. Unless I am wrong, and I am never wrong, they are headed dead into the Fire Swamp.
[After being tied to a chair and discovering that Westley is too weak to walk]
I knew he was bluffing.
Old Woman
Your true love lives and you marry another — True love saved her in the Fire Swamp, and she treated it like garbage. And that's what she is, the Queen of Refuse! So, bow down to her if you want. Bow to her. Bow to the Queen of Slime, the Queen of Filth, the Queen of Putrescence. Boo! Boo! Rubbish! Filth! Slime! Muck! Boo! Boo!
Chocolate coating makes it go down easier.
[Fezzik is climbing a rope up a vertical rock face, carrying Vizzini, Inigo and Buttercup. The Man in Black has started climbing the rope as well.]
Faster!
I thought I was going faster.
You were supposed to be this colossus! You were this great, legendary thing! And yet he gains!
Well, I'm carrying three people. And he's got only himself.
I do not accept excuses! I'm just going to have to find myself a new giant, that's all.
Don't say that, Vizzini. Please?
[The Man in Black has just performed an impressive dismount from a parallel bar.]
Who are you?
No one of consequence.
I must know.
Get used to disappointment.
[The Man in Black challenges Vizzini to determine which goblet of wine is poisoned.]
But it's so simple! All I have to do is divine from what I know of you. Are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet, or his enemy's? Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool; you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.
You've made your decision then?
Not remotely! Because iocaine comes from Australia, as everyone knows. And Australia is entirely peopled with criminals. And criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me. So I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.
Truly you have a dizzying intellect.
Wait 'til I get going! [small pause] Where was I?
Australia.
Yes, Australia. And you must have suspected I would have known the powder's origin, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me!
You're just stalling now.
You'd like to think that, wouldn't you?! You've beaten my giant, which means you're exceptionally strong. So, you could have put the poison in your own goblet, trusting on your strength to save you. So I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But, you've also bested my Spaniard which means you must have studied. And in studying, you must have learned that man is mortal, so you would have put the poison as far from yourself as possible, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me!
You're trying to trick me into giving away something — it won't work.
It has worked! You've given everything away! I know where the poison is!
Then make your choice.
I will! And I choose... [points behind the Man in Black and gasps] What in the world can that be?
Oh, well, I-I could have sworn I saw something. No matter. [chuckles]
What's so funny?
I'll tell you in a minute, but first, let's drink. Me from my glass, and you from yours.
[Vizzini and the Man in Black pick up their respective goblets and, after some gesturing by Vizzini, they drink. Vizzini continues to chuckle.] [setting down his goblet]
You guessed wrong.
You only think I guessed wrong! That's what's so funny! I switched glasses when your back was turned! [laughs openly] You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia." But only slightly less well known is this: "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!" [laughs maniacally for a few seconds, then stops abruptly and falls over dead.]
If you'll release me ... whatever you ask for ransom, you'll get it, I promise you...
And what is that worth, the promise of a woman? You're very funny, Highness.
I was giving you a chance! It does not matter where you take me. There's no greater hunter than Prince Humperdinck. He could track a falcon on a cloudy day. He can find you.
You think your dearest love will save you?
I never said he was my dearest love! And yes, he will save me. That I know.
You admit to me you do not love your fiance?
He knows I do not love him.
"Are not capable of love" is what you mean.
[The Man In Black **** his hand back, ready to slap Buttercup. She flinches.]
That was a warning, Highness. The next time, my hand flies on its own. Where I come from, there are penalties when a woman lies.
I know who you are. Your cruelty reveals everything! You're the Dread Pirate Roberts; admit it!
You can die slowly, cut into a thousand pieces.
You killed my love.
It's possible; I kill a lot of people. Who was this love of yours? Another Prince, like this one, ugly, rich, and scabby? [sits down nearby]
No. A farm boy. [gazing off into space in remembrance] Poor. Poor and perfect, with eyes like the sea after a storm. [pauses briefly, then focuses back on the Man in Black] On the high seas, your ship attacked, and the Dread Pirate Roberts never takes prisoners.
[leaning back leisurely against a rock]
I can't afford to make exceptions. Once word leaks out that a pirate has gone soft, people begin to disobey you, and then it's nothing but work, work, work, all the time.
You mock my pain!
Life is pain, Highness! Anyone who says differently is selling something. [gets up and wanders around near Buttercup] I remember this farm boy of yours, I think. This would be, what, five years ago? Does it bother you to hear?
He died well, that should please you. No bribe attempts or blubbering. He simply said, "Please. Please, I need to live." It was the "please" that caught my memory. I asked him what was so important for him. "True love," he replied. And then he spoke of a girl of surpassing beauty and faithfulness. I can only assume he meant you. You should bless me for destroying him before he found out what you really are.
And what am I?
Faithfulness he talked of, madam, your enduring faithfulness! Now, tell me truly. When you found out he was gone, did you get engaged to your prince that same hour, or did you wait a whole week out of respect for the dead?
[standing up, more indignant than before]
You mocked me once, never do it again! I died that day!
[The Man in Black turns to see Humperdinck's hunting party riding past on the hill above them.]
And you can die too for all I care! [pushes him down the hill]