Rob Roy (1995) quotes
Director
Michael Caton-Jones.
Cast
Liam Neeson.
Tim Roth.
John Hurt.
In 1713 Scotland, Rob Roy MacGregor is wronged by a nobleman and his nephew, becomes an outlaw in search of revenge while fleeing the Redcoats, and faces charges of being a Jacobite.
Think of yourself a scabbard, Mistress McGregor, and I the sword. And a fine fit you were, too.
– Archibald Cunningham
I will think on you dead, until my husband makes you so. And then I will think on you no more.
– Mary
Love is a dung hill, Betty, and I am but a cock that climbs upon it to crow.
– Archibald Cunningham
Father, will the MacGregors ever be kings again?
– Son
All men with honor are kings. But not all kings have honor.
– Robert Roy MacGregor
What is honor?
– Son
Honor is…
– Robert Roy MacGregor
what no man can give you and none can take away. Honor is a man’s gift to himself.
– Robert Roy MacGregor
Do women have it?
– Son
Women are the heart of honor, and we cherish and protect it in them. You must never mistreat a woman, or malign a man, nor stand by and see another do so.
– Robert Roy MacGregor
How do you know if you have it?
– Son
Never worry on the getting of it. It grows in you, and speaks to you. All you need do is listen.
– Robert Roy MacGregor
You are here on a matter of honor. I am here to see that you settle it honorably. There will be no back-stabbing, you will not throw your blades, nor will you use weapons other than those agreed. If quarter should be asked…
– Referee
No quarter will be asked.
– Robert Roy MacGregor
Or given.
– Archibald Cunningham
To these men, the truth is but a lie undiscovered.
– Mary
Robert, there is more. I am carrying a child and I do not know who is the father.”
– Mary MacGregor
Ach, Mary…
– Robert Roy MacGregor
I could not kill it, husband.0
– Mary MacGregor
It’s not the child that needs killing.
– Robert Roy MacGregor
If it’s a boy, call him Robert. If a lass, name her after my love, Mary McGregor.
– Robert Roy MacGregor
I have had a message from His Grace the Duke of Argyll. It seems our MacGregor is holed up with him. He offers us a match: you and the Highlander.
– Montrose
Bring him on.
– Archibald Cunningham
You speak, Archibald! One must never underestimate the healing power of hatred.
– Montrose
MacGregor!
– Duke of Argyll
Sir?
– Robert Roy MacGregor
He will kill you, MacGregor. I would lose money I wagered otherwise.
– Duke of Argyll
Your lordship has my permission to profit what way he will.
– Robert Roy MacGregor
I do not serve Robert McGregor. I am his friend, and count myself fortunate to claim it.
– MacDonald
So, Mr. Cunningham, what are these principle sins that distress your mother? Dice? Drink? Or are you a buggerer of boys?
– Duke of Argyll
It is years, Your Grace, since I buggered a boy… And in my own defense, I must add, I thought him a girl at the moment of entry.
– Archibald Cunningham
Do you hear that, Will? Young Cunningham here was unable to tell arse from quim. What say you to that?
– Duke of Argyll
I’ve heard that many Englishmen have that same difficulty.
– Will Guthrie
Great men, such as yourself, draw rumors as shite draws flies.
– Montrose
You are the shite, Montrose, and the flies upon it!
– Duke of Argyll
I love the bones of you, Robert McGregor, but you take too much to heart that canna’ be helped.
– Mary
He’s a fair hand with a cleaver, it must be said.
– Archibald Cunningham
Oh, you do not think much of our highland weapons?
– Duke of Argyll
If I had to slaughter an ox, your grace, a Claymore would be my first choice.
– Archibald Cunningham
You’d best use a musket. Save the beast a slow dying.
– Will Guthrie
I would not need a musket for you, Guthrie.
– Archibald Cunningham
Do you know how fine you are to me, Mary MacGregor?
– Robert Roy MacGregor
And you to me.
– Mary MacGregor
You don’t ask a whore. You make her.
– Archibald Cunningham
Did you boys know there’s going to be a new addition to the family?
– Robert Roy MacGregor
Is it inside you?
– Duncan MacGregor
Yes.
– Mary MacGregor
How does it get out?
– Duncan MacGregor
Same road it got in.
– Robert Roy MacGregor