Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Movie Quotes
Jack SparrowMe? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly... stupid.
Jack SparrowShe's safe, just like I promised. She's all set to marry Norrington, just like she promised. And you get to die for her, just like you promised. So we're all men of our word really... except for, of course, Elizabeth, who is in fact, a woman.
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Jack SparrowThis is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow!
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Will TurnerThis is either madness... or brilliance.
Jack SparrowIt's remarkable how often those two traits coincide.
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NorringtonNo additional shot nor powder, a compass that doesn't point north,
[looks at Jack's sword]
NorringtonAnd I half expected it to be made of wood. You are without doubt the worst pirate I've ever heard of.
Jack SparrowWell, then, I confess, it is my intention to commandeer one of these ships, pick up a crew in Tortuga, raid, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out.
Jack Sparrow"And really bad eggs." Drink up me 'earties. Yo ho.
[snaps compass shut]
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BarbossaFor too long I've been parched of thirst and unable to quench it. Too long I've been starving to death and haven't died. I feel nothing. Not the wind on my face nor the spray of the sea. Nor the warmth of a woman's flesh.
[steps into moonlight becoming a skeleton]
BarbossaYou best start believing in ghost stories, Miss Turner... you're in one!
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Jack Sparrow[Wakes up and sees Elizabeth burning the rum]No! Not good! Stop! Not good! What are you doing? You burned all the food, the shade... the rum.
ElizabethOne: because it is a vile drink that turns even the most respectable men into complete scoundrels. Two: that signal is over a thousand feet high. The entire Royal Navy is out looking for me. Do you really think there is even the slightest chance they won't see it?
Jack SparrowThe only rules that really matter are these: what a man can do and what a man can't do. For instance, you can accept that your father was a pirate and a good man or you can't. But pirate is in your blood, boy, so you'll have to square with that some day. And me, for example, I can let you drown, but I can't bring this ship into Tortuga all by me onesies, savvy? So, can you sail under the command of a pirate, or can you not?
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Jack SparrowIf you were waiting for the opportune moment, that was it.
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BarbossaHow the blazes did you get off that island?
Jack SparrowWhen you marooned me on that god forsaken spit of land, you forgot one very important thing, mate: I'm Captain Jack Sparrow.
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Jack SparrowOne question about your business, boy, or there's no use going: This girl... how far are you willing to go to save her?
Bo'sunStill the guns and stow 'em, Signal the men, set the flags and make good to clear port.
ElizabethWait! You have to take me to shore. According to the Code of the Order of the Brethren...
BarbossaFirst, your return to shore was not part of our negotiations nor our agreement so I must do nothing. And secondly, you must be a pirate for the pirate's code to apply and you're not. And thirdly, the code is more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules. Welcome aboard the Black Pearl, Miss Turner .
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Jack Sparrow[to Weatherby Swann]I think we've all arrived at a very special place. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically.
Jack SparrowI want you to know that I was rooting for you. Know that.
[to Commodore Norrington]
Jack SparrowElizabeth... it would never have worked between us darling. I'm sorry... Will... nice hat. Friends... This is the day that you will ALWAYS remember as the day that you...
Jack SparrowI'm terribly sorry, I didn't know. If I see one, I shall inform you immediately.
[Jack makes to continue but is blocked by Murtogg and Mullroy]
Jack SparrowApparently there's some sort of high-toned and fancy to-do up at the fort, eh? How could it be that two upstanding gentlemen, such as yourselves, did not merit an invitation?
MurtoggSomeone's got to make sure that this dock stays off-limits to civilians.
Jack SparrowIt's a fine goal, to be sure. But it seems to me... that a ship like that one, makes this one here seem a bit superfluous, really.
MurtoggOh, the Dauntless is the power in these waters, true enough. But there's no ship as can match the Interceptor for speed.
Jack SparrowI've heard of one, supposed to be very fast, nigh uncatchable: The Black Pearl.
MullroyWell, there's no real ship as can match the Interceptor.
MullroyOh, and no ship that's not crewed by the damned and captained by a man so evil that Hell itself spat him back out could possibly have black sails, therefore couldn't possibly be any other ship than the Black Pearl. Is that what you're telling me?
MullroyLike I said, there's no real ship as can match the Interceptor.
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Jack Sparrow[looking at all the swords]Who makes all these?
Will TurnerI do. And I practice with them three hours a day.
Jack SparrowYou need to find yourself a girl, mate. Or perhaps the reason you practice three hours a day is that you already found one, and are otherwise incapable of wooing said strumpet. You're not a eunuch are you?
Will TurnerI practice three hours a day, so when I meet a pirate, I can kill it.
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Jack SparrowA wedding? I love weddings. Drinks all around!
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[Jack throws a bucket of water on sleeping Gibbs]
Mr. GibbsCurse you for breathin' ya slack-jawed idiot. Mother's love. Jack. You should know better than to wake a man when he's sleepin'. Its bad luck.
Jack SparrowFortunately, I know how to counter it; the man who did the waking buys the man who was sleeping a drink; the man who was sleeping drinks it while listening to a proposition from the man who did the waking.
Jack SparrowI love this song. Really bad eggs. Ooh.
[falls]
Jack SparrowWhen I get the Pearl back, I'm gonna teach it to the whole crew, and we'll sing it all the time.
ElizabethAnd you'll be positively the most fearsome pirates in the Spanish Main.
Jack SparrowNot just the Spanish Main, love. The entire ocean. The entire wo'ld. Wherever we want to go, we'll go. That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs but what a ship is... what the Black Pearl really is... is freedom.
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ElizabethWill, how many times must I ask you to call me Elizabeth?
Will TurnerAt least once more, Miss Swann, as always.
Jack SparrowLast time... I was here a grand total of three days, all right? Last time, the rum runners used this island as a cache, they came past and I was able to barter passage off. By the look of things, they've long been out of business. Probably have your bloody friend Norrington to thank for that.
ElizabethSo that's it, then? That's the secret, grand adventure of the infamous Jack Sparrow. You spent three days lying on a beach drinking rum.
[In reply, Jack stabs him with his sword. Barbossa simply sighs, pulls the blade out of his body and stabs Jack with it. He smiles as Jack totters - but is shocked when a shaft of moonlight turns Jack into a cursed skeleton of his former self...]
Jack Sparrow[examining his new form]That's interesting...
Jack Sparrow[to Barbossa, an Aztec coin dancing on his fingers]I couldn't resist, mate...
BarbossaSo you expect to leave me standing on some beach with nothing but a name and your word it's the one I need and watch you sail away on my ship?
Jack SparrowNo. I expect to leave you standing on some beach with absolutely no name at all, watching me sail away on *my* ship, and then I'll shout the name back to you. Savvy?
BarbossaBut that still leaves us with the problem of me standing on some beach with naught but a name and your word it's the one I need.
Jack SparrowOf the two of us, I am the only one who hasn't committed mutiny, therefore my word is the one we'll be trusting. Although, I suppose I should be thanking you because in fact, if you hadn't betrayed me and left me to die, I would have an equal share in that curse same as you.
Jack Sparrow[Jack runs up to the edge of the balcony and turns to everybody]Friends! This is the day that you will always remember as the day that...
[Falls off balcony]
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ElizabethI hardly believe in ghost stories, Captain Barbossa.
BarbossaAye. That's exactly what I thought when first told of the tale. Buried in the island of the dead that which cannot be found except by those who already knows where it is. Find it, we did. And there be the chest... and inside, be the gold. We took them all! Spent 'em, traded 'em and fritted 'em away, for drink and food and pleasurable company. But the more we gave them away, the more we came to realize. The drink would not satisfy, food turned to ash in our mouths, nor the company in the world would harm or slake our lust. We are cursed men, Miss Turner. Compelled by greed, we were. But now, we are consumed by it.
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Jack SparrowDo us a favor... I know it's difficult for you... but please, stay here, and try not to do anything... stupid.
[Jack slits the ties on Elizabeth's corset and rips it off, causing Elizabeth to regain consciousness, and spit out a lot of water]
MullroyNever would have though of that.
Jack SparrowClearly you've never been to Singapore.
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Young ElizabethI think it'd be rather exciting to meet a pirate.
NorringtonThink again, Miss Swann. Vile and dissolute creatures, the lot of them. I intend to see that any man who sails under a pirate flag or wears a pirate brand gets what he deserves: a short drop and a sudden stop.
Will TurnerBarbossa, you lying bastard! You swore she'd go free!
BarbossaDon't dare impugn me honor, boy! I agreed she go free, but it was you who failed to specify when or where. Though it does seem a shame to lose somethin' so fine, don't it, lads?
The CrewAye.
BarbossaSo I'll be havin' that dress back before ye go.
Town Clerk...arson; kidnapping; perjury; piracy; pilfering; deprivation of a Federal Loyalist. For these crimes you will be hung by the neck until dead. May God have mercy on your soul.
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Jack SparrowYou know, for having such a bleak outlook on pirates you are well on your way to becoming one: sprung a man from jail, commandeered a ship of the fleet, sailed with a buccaneer crew out of Tortuga, and you're completely obsessed with treasure.
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BarbossaYou're off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be monsters.
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Governor SwannEven a good decision if made for the wrong reasons can be a wrong decision.
Jack SparrowThat's the second time I've had to watch that man sail away with my ship.
ElizabethBut you were marooned on this island before, weren't you? So we can escape in the same way you did then.
Jack SparrowTo what point and purpose, young missy? The Black Pearl is gone and unless you have a rudder and a lot of sails hidden in that bodice - unlikely - young Mr. Turner will be dead long before you can reach him.
ElizabethBut you're Captain Jack Sparrow. You vanished from under the eyes of seven agents of the East India Company. You sacked Nassau Port without even firing a shot. Are you the pirate I've read about or not? How did you escape last time?
PintelOld Bootstrap Bill? Aye, we knew 'im. Never sat well with ol' Bootstrap, what we did to Sparrow and all. That's why he sent a piece of the treasure off to you, as it were. He said that we deserved to be cursed... and remain cursed. A' course, that didnt sit too well with the captain.
RagettiNo, that didn't sit to well with the cap'n at all... Tell 'im what Barbossa did.
Pintel[angry]I'm telling the story. So, what Barbossa did is, he tied a cannon to Bootstrap's bootstraps.
PintelAnd the last we saw of ol' Bill Turner, he was sinkin' into the crushing black oblivion of Davy Jones' Locker. Course, it was only after that we learned we needed his blood to lift the curse.
ElizabethParlay. I invoke the right of parlay. According to the Code of the brethren, set down by the pirates Morgan and Bartholomew , you have to take me to your Captain.
PintelI know the code.
ElizabethIf an adversary demands parlay you can do them no harm until the parlay is complete.
PintelShe wants to be taken to the Captain. And she'll go without a fuss. We must honor the Code.
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NorringtonI, uh, apologize if I seem forward, but I must speak my mind... Ah, this promotion throws into sharp relief that which I have... not yet achieved: a marriage to a fine woman. You have become a fine woman, Elizabeth.
Elizabeth[her corset is choking her]I can't breathe!
Jack SparrowShe's safe, just like I promised. She's all set to marry Norrington, just like she promised. And you get to die for it just like you promised.
Jack Sparrow[pauses and thinks]So we are all men of our word really. Except for Elizabeth who is in fact a woman.
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Jack SparrowI thought you were supposed to keep to the code.
Mr. GibbsWe figured they were more actual guidelines.
Jack SparrowAny man who falls behind, is left behind.
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[Barbossa pulls the bloody dagger from his chest]
BarbossaI'm curious. After killing me what is it you're planning on doing next?
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NorringtonMr. Sparrow, you will accompany these fine men to the helm and provide us with the bearing to Isla de Muerta. You will then spend the remainder of the voyage contemplating all possible meanings of the phrase "silent as the grave". Do I make myself clear?
BarbossaThis is Aztec gold. One of 882 identical pieces they delivered in a stone chest to Cortez himself. Blood money paid to stem the slaughter he wreaked upon them with his armies. But the greed of Cortez was insatiable. So the heathen gods placed upon the gold a terrible curse. Any mortal that removes but a piece from that stone chest shall be punished for eternity.
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Young Elizabeth[singing]Yo, ho, yo, ho/ a pirate's life for me/ Yo, ho, yo, ho/ it's a pirate's life for me/drink up me hearties, yo, ho...
Mr. Gibbs[surprises her by coming up from behind her]Quiet, missy! Cursed pirates sail these waters. You want to call them down on us?
Mr. GibbsDo it you gobs! Or it's you we'll load into the cannons.
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BarbossaThere is one way we can end our curse. All the scattered pieces of the Aztec gold must be restored and the blood repaid. Thanks to ye, we have the final piece.
BarbossaThat's why there is no sense to be killing you... yet. Apple?
[Elizabeth angrily knocks the apple out of Barbossa's hand and then takes a knife and stabs him in the chest, only for him to be unaffected; he pulls out the knife]
BarbossaI'm curious: after you kill me, what is it you plan on doing next?
Elizabeth[when Pintel and Ragetti finds her hiding in the closet]Parley!
Pintel[pauses]What?
ElizabethParley. I invoke the right of parley. According to the Code set down by the pirates Morgan and Bartholomew says you have to take me to your captain.
PintelI know the Code.
ElizabethThen it would state that if one demands parley you can do them no harm until the parley is complete.
Jack SparrowWell Mr. Turner, I've changed me mind. If you spring me from this cell, I swear on pain of death, I shall take you to the Black Pearl and your bonnie lass. Do we have an accord?
BarbossaHaul on the main brace, make ready the guns... and run out the sweeps.
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Jack SparrowIs there a problem between us, Miss Swann?
ElizabethYou were going to tell Barbossa about Will in exchange for a ship.
Jack SparrowWe could use a ship. But the truth is, I wasn't going to tell Barbossa about Will, as long as I had something to bargain with, which now nobody has, thanks to bloody stupid Will.
BarbossaIt's a piece of treasure of Isla de Muerta.
BarbossaAh, so you don't know as much as you pretend. Back when Cortes was cutting a great bloody swath through the New World, a high priest gave him all the gold they had, with one condition: that he spare the people's lives. Of course Cortes being Cortes, he didn't. He've made a great pirate, that one.
BarbossaSo the priest, with his dying breath, called on the power of the blood of his people, and put on the gold a curse. If anyone took so much as a single piece, as he was compelled by greed, by greed he would be consumed.
BarbossaWithin a day of leaving port for Spain, the treasure ship carrying the gold... something went wrong. The ship run aground, every man aboard dead, save one. He survived long enough to hide the gold ashore. Over time, the dark magic of the curse seeped into the place, making it a cursed island. An island of death. Isla de Muerta.
ElizabethThat's all very interesting, but I hardly believe in ghost stories any more.
BarbossaYou idiot girl! It's no make believe! My crew and I, we found the gold, and we did more than take one piece, we took it all. Rich men we were and we spent it and traded it and gave it away in exchange for drink and food and pleasant company. But we found out: the drink could not state us, and the food turned to ashes in our mouths, and no amount of pleasant company could ease our torment. We are cursed men, Miss Turner, condemned, to be forever consumed by our own greed. Gold calls to UB, always, and we are driven, always to find more, and add it to the treasure.
BarbossaThere is but one way to remove the curse. All of the scattered pieces of the treasure must be restored in full, and the blood repaid. We've recovered every piece, save for this. And as for the blood... that's what we have you for. And that's why there's no sense in killing you. Yet. Apple?
BarbossaI'm curious... after killing me, what is it you were planning to do next? Look! Look! The moonlight shows us for what we really are! We are not among the living and so we cannot die...
Barbossabut neither are we dead! We have all the desires of the living, but cannot satisfy them! Ten years I have been parched of thirst, and unable to quench it! Ten years, I have been starving to death... and haven't died!
BarbossaAnd I have not felt anything for ten years... Not the wind on my face, nor the spray of the sea... nor the flesh of a woman...
BarbossaYou'd best start believing in ghost stories, Miss Turner. Because now you're in one.
BarbossaBlast all to carcasses, men! Forward clear to the powder magazine! And the rest of you, bring me that medallion!
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Jack Sparrow[Will and Jack have just taken over the Interceptor after Norrington's men go onto the Dauntless]Thank you, Commodore, for getting us ready to make sail! We would have had a hard time of it by ourselves!
ElizabethI'm not entirely sure that I've had enough rum to allow that kind of talk.
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ElizabethI hardly believe in ghost stories, Captain Barbossa.
BarbossaAye. That's exactly what I thought when we were first told of the tale. Buried in the island of the dead that which cannot be found except by those who already knows where it is. Find it, we did. And there be the chest... and inside, be the gold. We took them all! Spent 'em, traded 'em and fritted 'em away, for drink and food and pleasurable company. But the more we gave them away, the more we came to realize. The drink would not satisfy, food turned to ash in our mouths, nor the company in the world would harm or slake our lust. We are cursed men, Miss Turner. Compelled by greed, we were. But now, we are consumed by it.
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Mr. GibbsLeverage, says you. I think I feel a change in the wind, says I.
BarbossaI must admit, Jack: I thought I had you figured, but it turns out you're a hard man to predict.
Jack SparrowMe, I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest; honestly... it's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly stupid.
[Jack knocks a pirate into the water, takes the pirate's sword and tosses it to Will Turner]
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Mr. GibbsCurse ya for breathin', ya slack-jawed idiot!
[while Jacoby's and two other pirates were trapped in a Golden Aztec Pole, they had their skeletons exposed to the moonlight, Will Turner puts one of Jacoby's bombs in his skeleton, before Will and Elizabeth push them back into shadow]
JacobyNo fair!
[he whined before being blown up]
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NorringtonYou are without doubt the worst pirate I've ever heard of!