It was I! I bred you! I led you!
Zed And I have looked into the face of the force which put the idea in your head. You are bred and led yourself.
Played by Sean Connery 
Zardoz (1974) · 13 quotes
Zardoz (1974) · 13 quotes
Tied for most-quoted character in Zardoz (1974): in 4 of its 13 quotes
Scenes with Zed
4 scenes Zed Zed It’s a trick! A trick!
May What was a trick? Tell me.
Zed Zardoz said "stop". He said, "no more".
May No more what?
Zed No more killing.
May He told you to take prisoners?
Zed Yes.
May To make slaves?
Zed Yes.
May To cultivate instead of kill?
Zed Yes.
May To grow wheat?
Zed Yes!
May Did you need wheat?
Zed No! We ate meat! Zardoz betrayed us. We were hunters, not farmers!
May Your friends were mutants, too?
Zed Yes.
May You had a plot?
Zed Yes.
May Revenge?
Zed The truth. We wanted the truth! I told them about the book.
May Show it. What is the book?
Zed No. No. No! ZARDOZ!!!
May So that was it.
Zed The Wizard of Oz. Zardoz. The Wizard of Oz was a fairy story about an old man who frightened people with a loud voice and a big mask.
Zed How did it come about, the Vortex? How did it start?
[referring to the Renegades]
They did it. They were the scientists, the best in the world. But they were middle-aged, too conditioned to mortality. They went renegade. We were their offspring and we were born into vortex life. [...] We applied ourselves to the unsolved mysteries of the universe, but even with infinite time and the help of the Tabernacle, Our minds were not up to it. We failed. And now we’re trapped by our own devices. There is no exit.
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