Princess Bride Quotes

Westley: Give us the gate key.
Yellin: I have no gate key.
Inigo Montoya: Fezzik, tear his arms off.
Yellin: Oh, you mean this gate key.

Played by Cary Elwes, Malcolm Storry, and Mandy Patinkin, respectively, in The Princess Bride (1987).

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Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

Inigo Montoya

— Played by by Mandy Patinkin in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: revenge, Movie, Hello, my, name, Inigo, montoya, you, killed

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Buttercup: You mock my pain.
Man in Black: Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.


— Played by Robin Wright and Cary Elwes in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: Life, pain, you, Mock, my, Highness, anyone, who, says

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Vizzini: He didn't fall? Inconceivable!
Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.


— Played by Wallace Shawn and Mandy Patinkin in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: Movie, he, Didn't, fall, Inigo, you, keep, using, word

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Vizzini: No more rhymes now, I mean it.
Fezzik: Anybody want a peanut?


— Played by Wallace Shawn and André the Giant in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: Funny, Movie, no, more, rhymes, now, mean, anybody, want

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I switched glasses when your back was turned! Ha ha! 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"! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Vizzini

— Played by Wallace Shawn in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: Funny, switched, glasses, when, Your, back, turned, you, fool

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The Impressive Clergyman: Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder today. Mawage, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam...And wuv, tru wuv, will fowow you foweva… So tweasure your wuv.
Prince Humperdinck: Skip to the end.


— Played by Peter Cook and Chris Sarandon in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: marriage, what, brings, us, together, today, blessed, arrangement, dream

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Valerie: Bye bye, boys!
Miracle Max: Have fun stormin' da castle.
Valerie: Think it'll work?
Miracle Max: It would take a miracle.


— Played by Carol Kane and Billy Crystal in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: miracles, bye, boys, Have, fun, stormin, castle, think, it'll

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Don't rush me sonny. You rush a miracle man, you get terrible miracles.

Miracle Max

— Played by Billy Crystal in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: miracles, don't, rush, me, Sonny, you, miracle, Max, get

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Miracle Max: It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do.
Inigo Montoya: What's that?
Miracle Max: Go through his clothes and look for loose change.


— Played by Billy Crystal and Mandy Patinkin in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: death, just, happens, Dead, Your, friend, here, only, mostly

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Miracle Max: Get back, witch.
Valerie: I'm not a witch, I'm your wife!


— Played by Billy Crystal and Carol Kane in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: get, back, witch, am, not, Your, wife, princess, bride

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Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.

westley

— Played by Cary Elwes in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: death, love, cannot, stop, true, all, can, do, delay

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Westley: Why won't my arms move?
Fezzik: You've been mostly dead all day.


— Played by Cary Elwes and André the Giant in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: death, why, won't, my, armsI, move, you've, been, mostly

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I just want you to feel you’re doing well. I hate for people to die embarrassed.

Fezzik

— Played by André the Giant in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: embarassment, death, just, want, you, feel, you're, doing, well

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You mean, you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword, and we'll try and kill each other like civilized people?

westley

— Played by Cary Elwes in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: you, mean, put, down, Your, Rock, my, sword, We

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Since the invention of the kiss, there have been five kisses rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind. The end.

Grandpa

— Played by Peter Falk in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: kissing, since, invention, Kiss, There, Have, been, five, kisses

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Is this a kissing book?

Grandson

— Played by Fred Savage in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: kissing, this, Book, princess, bride

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Grandson: A book?
Grandpa: That's right. When I was your age, television was called 'books'.


— Played by Fred Savage and Peter Falk in The Princess Bride (1987), from the opening scene.

Tags: television, princess, bride, Book, right, when, was, Your, age

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Prince Humperdinck: Surrender.
Westley: You mean you wish to surrender to me? Very well, I accept.


— Played by Chris Sarandon and Cary Elwes in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: surrender, you, mean, wish, me, very, well, accept, princess

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Inigo Montoya: I do not mean to pry, but you don't by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?
Man in Black: Do you always begin conversations this way?


— Played by Mandy Patinkin and Cary Elwes in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: do, not, mean, pry, but, you, don't, chance, happen

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Inigo Montoya: You seem a decent fellow. I'd hate to kill you.
Man in Black: You seem a decent fellow. I'd hate to die.


— Played by Mandy Patinkin and Cary Elwes in The Princess Bride (1987)

Tags: Death and dying, you, seem, decent, fellow, hate, Kill, die, princess

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As you wish.

westley

— Played by Cary Elwes in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: love, you, wish, princess, bride

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Inigo Montoya: Fezzik, you did something right.
Fezzik: Don't worry, I won't let it go to my head.


— Played by Mandy Patinkin and André the Giant in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: fezzik, you, something, right, don't, worry, won't, let, go

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EVERYBODY MOVE!

Fezzik

— Played by André the Giant in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: everybody, move, princess, bride

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I wasn't nervous. Maybe I was a little bit concerned, but that's not the same thing.


— Played by Fred Savage in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: wasn't, nervous, Maybe, little, bit, concerned, but, that's, not

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Be careful. People in masks cannot be trusted.

Fezzik

— Played by André the Giant in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: trust, be, careful, people, Masks, cannot, trusted, princess, bride

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I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog faced buffoon.

westley

— Played by Cary Elwes in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: insults, buffoon, faced, warthog, understand, words, small, use, princess

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Sonny, true love is the greatest thing in the world – except for a nice MLT – mutton, lettuce, and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is nice and lean and the tomatoes are ripe.

Miracle Max

— Played by Billy Crystal in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: love, food, Sonny, true, greatest, thing, world, except, nice

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Inigo Montoya: I donna suppose you could speed things up?
Man in Black: If you're in such a hurry, you could lower a rope or a tree branch or find something useful to do.
Inigo Montoya: I could do that. I have some rope up here, but I do not think you would accept my help, since I am only waiting around to kill you.
Man in Black: That does put a damper on our relationship.


— Played by Mandy Patinkin and Cary Elwes in The Princess Bride (1987).

Tags: Donna, suppose, you, could, speed, things, up, you're, such

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