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Highlander (1992)

Adrian Paul: Duncan MacLeod

Chivalry

Highlander

Adrian Paul credited as playing...

Duncan MacLeod

Quotes10

  • Duncan 'Mac: Did you know Mencius?
  • Adam Pierson: Student of Confucius, yeah.
  • Duncan 'Mac: "I dislike death, but there are things I dislike more than death."
  • Adam Pierson: "Therefore, there are occasions when I will not...
  • Duncan 'Mac, Adam Pierson: "avoid danger."
  • Adam Pierson: Death before dishonor.
  • Duncan 'Mac: For some of us.
  • Adam Pierson: A couple of medieval songwriters come up with the idea of chivalry one rainy day...
  • Duncan 'Mac: This isn't about chivalry.
  • Adam Pierson: -and you embrace it as a lifestyle. You live and die by a code of honor that was trendy when you were a kid
  • Adam Pierson: Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod.
  • Duncan 'Mac: That's who I am.
  • Adam Pierson: I guess someone has to be.
  • Duncan 'Mac: Do you think it's easy killing a woman that you've held in your arms, a woman that you've made love to?
  • Adam Pierson: Take it from me, it's easier than dying!
  • Richard H. 'Richie' Ryan: So tell me Mac, are you *always* going to be right?
  • Duncan 'Mac: Oh, Rich, I was 75 years-old when I first met her, and I was still a kid. You've got plenty of time.
  • Richard H. 'Richie' Ryan: If I stay alive long enough.
  • Adam Pierson: You live and die by a code of honor that was trendy when you were a kid.
  • Duncan 'Mac: Would you rather that I had no code of honor at all?
  • Adam Pierson: I would rather you survived.
  • Adam Pierson: She would have kept coming, you know. One day, she might have won.
  • Duncan 'Mac: I know.
  • Adam Pierson: And still, if you had your chance again, you wouldn't kill her, would you?
  • Duncan 'Mac: Probably not.
  • Adam Pierson: You keep letting her walk away without even taking a shot. That is very suicidal.
  • Duncan 'Mac: You know what she was to me!
  • Adam Pierson: Yes, and I know what she is! A killer!
  • Duncan 'Mac: I trust you with my life!
  • Richard 'Richie': Oh, sure, but just not to hang a door.
  • Methos: I didn't last 5000 years by worrying about anyone but myself.
  • Duncan: Really? Could have fooled me.

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