PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SAND OF TIME 2010 - MOVIE QUOTES

QUOTES

"It is said some lives are linked across time,

Connected by an ancient calling that echoes through the ages, Destiny."

- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

"A son with no royal blood, and no eye on his throne. But perhaps, there was something else that worked that day. Something beyond simple understanding. The day, a boy from the unlikeliest of places, became...a Prince of Persia."

- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

"My father taught me when you cut  down a tree, you must pluck up the root."

- Tus

"Every man here played his part.  Don’t take credit for their  bravery. "

- Tus

"I fight for glory, not for plunder." 

- Dastan

"You were unlucky in birth-- like  

me, born last. Those of us not  destined to inherit our fortune  must earn it."

- Nizam

"Do you know what I want? To set  forth from home with no army, just  one horse and a good sword, and no  one knowing I am the son of  Shahraman. Then my achievements  may be small-- but they’ll be mine.  And I can bring them home to him  with pride."

- Dastan

"You steal from the dead and deface what is holy"

- Tamina

"Everything changes with time. We should know this best of all."

- Tamina

"All the pain in the world will not help you find something that does not exist."

- Tamina

"Family, the bond between brothers that is the sword, that defends our empire."- King Sharaman

"A great man would've stopped the attack from happening at all, a great man would've stopped what he knew to be wrong, no matter who was ordering."

- King Sharaman

"Some questions the wisdom of my bringing a boy from the streets into my family.I saw a boy whose blood wasn't noble, but whose character was, a King in spirit."

- King Sharaman

"He plunges into a hundred foes without thought, but before marriage, he stands frozen with fear, and that's for those who say he's not yet wise."

- King Sharaman

"Well, the solution would be to kiss me, and then kill me. But I have a better solution.

I kill you, and your problems are solved!"

- Tamina

"What you're looking at is, the walk of a man, who just lost everything."

- Dastan

"I wasn't born in this desert like you Persians, all shrivelled and angry.

My constitution is much more... delicate."

- Tamina

"Oh, I'm not some desperate slave girl! I'm actually capable of voicing my own thoughts!"

- Tamina

"In trance we can see visions of the far future.

Visions of death. Destiny and the curse."

- Hassansin

"In Alamut rests the beating heart of all life on earth. The Sand Glass of the gods.

Long ago, the gods slipped down on man and saw nothing but greed and treachery. So they sent a great sandstorm, to destroy all, wipe clean the face of the earth. But one young girl begged the gods to give mankind another chance. Offering her life in exchange."

- Tamina

"Seeing the purity within, the gods were reminded of men's potential for good."

- Tamina

"You attract troubles like flies around rotting mango and your insane..."

- Sheik Amar

"The original promise, must be paid."

- Tamina

"The gods must take back the life they spared."

- Tamina

"Touching words with my sword at your throat."

- Garsiv

"It's gone. Protect the Dagger, no matter the consequences, that was my sacred calling. That was my destiny."

- Tamina

"We make our own destiny, princess."

- Dastan

"What? Oh, a knife thrower with a conscience."

- Sheikh Amar

"Me, I'm a slightly dishonorable entrepreneur, this... nobility business is not the cloth we're cut from."

- Sheikh Amar

"This won't be the last time we'll be together."

- Dastan

"Beneath the streets of this city lies an ancient force, a container, holding the fabled Sands of Time."

- Dastan

"To act of what I know is right.

No matter the consequences."

- Dastan

"It seems that bond between brothers, is no longer the sword that defends our empire."

- Nizam

"I cannot stand silent in the face of treachery. This war was set up by one trusted above all else."

- Dastan

"You'll never been king, you don't have the heart.

You will die in a shadow of a great man."

- Dastan

" That the true king, considers the advice of the counsel, but he always listens to his own heart."

- Dastan

"It would be to our mutual advantage, that our nations be united by a bond stronger than friendship. Marriage. 

Your marriage to one who is both conqueror and savior of your city."

- Tus

"It's a customary to accompany a proposal with gifts but, uh...I was surprised and unless I'm unprepared. I've nothing for you, save...that which is already yours."

- Dastan

"I hardly think we know each other well enough for that, Princess.

But I look forward, to the day that we do."

- Dastan