Ballard Quotes in The Great Wall (2016)

William: I've been left for dead twice... it was bad luck.

Ballard: For who ?

William: The people who left me!

Ballard: The TaoTei will return... when the drums call to battle, the guards leave their posts and take their positions on the Wall... that is our moment.

Ballard: [about William and Lin] He should be careful, she's very powerful here.

Tovar: Then it's a fair contest.

Ballard: You're asking for one of us to disobey a direct order.

Morpheus: That's right, I am. But we all well know that the reason that most of us are here is because of our... affinity for disobedience.

Bane: Captain, I think we should volunteer.

Ballard: Shut your hole, Bane, before I put you in one.

Annie Lassiter: Tell me more, Ballard.

Ballard: About the City?

Annie Lassiter: Yeah.

Ballard: You'd be amazed. The technology's enormous. We've got powers your time only dreams about.

Annie Lassiter: No, I mean, the people. Are they different?

Ballard: They still fight and squabble, and try very hard to outdo each other. I guess they're not very different.

Annie Lassiter: And what about men and women?

Ballard: They fall in and out of love, marry and divorce, argue over the children... what?

Annie Lassiter: I'm pleased.

Ballard: Why?

Annie Lassiter: I guess you people are human after all.

Ballard: These aren't plumbers you can bribe to have your bathroom fixed overnight, lady. They're killers.