Mako quotes
- La trovi in Career in Cinema
“I came to America to become an architect.”
- From the movie: Pearl Harbor
“A brilliant man would find a way not to fight a war.”
- From the movie: Conan the Destroyer
- From the movie: Conan the Barbarian
“Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of. And unto this, Conan, destined to wear the jeweled crown of Aquilonia upon a troubled brow. It is I, his chronicler, who alone can tell thee of his saga. Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!”
“No matter what happens, we couldn't let people say Asian-American actors can't act.”
- From the movie: Conan the Barbarian
“The ashes were trampled into the Earth, and the blood became as snow. Who knows what they came for... weapons of steel, or murder? It was never known, for their leader rode to the south, while the children went north with the Vanir. No one would ever know that my lord's people had lived at all. His was a tale of sorrow.”
- From the movie: Sidekicks
“You must realize that the greatest weapon you possess is self-control.”
- From the movie: An Eye for an Eye
“The warrior uses whatever is closest to hand.”
- From the movie: Conan the Destroyer
“Death to the world.”
- From the animation: TMNT
- From the movie: Conan the Barbarian
“Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!”
- From the movie: Conan the Barbarian
“This place is kept by powerful gods and spirits of kings. Harm my flesh and you will have to deal with the dead!”
- From the animation: TMNT
- From the movie: An Eye for an Eye
“Perfection is approachable, Sean, as I have often told you.”
- From the movie: Conan the Destroyer
- From the animation: TMNT
- From the movie: Armed Response
“- Akira Tanaka: Have you ever had your bones scraped, Mr. Roth?
- Tommy Roth: Not recently.
- Akira Tanaka: I hear it is not a pleasant experience. First the needle pierces the skin, leaving only the smallest of marks. The bone is scraped away by the gentle movement of the needle until it reaches the marrow.” - From the movie: Red Sun Rising
“When day meets night, only one can survive.”
- From the movie: Conan the Destroyer
- From the movie: Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
“- Mr. Yamaguchi: Now, Ms. LaBouche. You are dismissed.
- Coco LaBouche: Dismissed? But no one fires Coco LaBouche. Coco LaBouche fires others!” - From the movie: Conan the Barbarian
- From the movie: Conan the Barbarian
“He was taken to the east, a great prize, where the war masters would teach him the deepest secrets. Language and writing were also made available, the poetry of Khitai, the philosophy of Sung; and he also came to know the pleasures of women, when he was bred to the finest stock. But, always, there remained the discipline of steel.”
- From the movie: Conan the Barbarian
- From the movie: Conan the Barbarian
“It has been surmised that perhaps my lord had become like a wild animal that had been kept too long. Perhaps, but whatever... freedom... so long an unremembered dream, was his.”
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