Balthazar Quotes in The Scorpion King (2002)

Mathayus: Live free.

Balthazar: Rule well.

Balthazar: Watch yourself, Akkadian

Mathayus: No need for concern, Miss.

Balthazar: Ohh, he's gonna pay for that.

[after getting inside the city gates]

Mathayus: All right, that was the easy part. Everybody know what to do?

Balthazar: Cripple the guards.

Philos: Ignite the powder.

Arpid: And try not to get killed.

Balthazar: Where do you think you're going with my horse?

Arpid: To Gomorrah. Nothing we can say will stop him.

Balthazar: Without your sorceress?

Mathayus: She returned to save the lives of your people. I won't let her face Memnon's wrath alone. Step aside.

Balthazar: Akkadian, you're riding to your death. If I let you ride alone...

[pause. Balthazar grins]

Balthazar: what glory would there be left for me?

Balthazar: Who dies first?

Queen Isis: Your judgment is clouded!

Balthazar: My judgment keeps all of you alive!

Mathayus: [after catching their fee] As long as one of us still breathes, the Sorcerer will die.

[they turn to leave. Balthazar pulls Mathayus's kama out of a pole]

Balthazar: Assassin!

[Mathayus turns, Balthazar throws the kama. Mathayus catches it]

Mathayus: Him... we'll kill for free.

Dave: [holding shoes Balthazar has just given him] These are old-man shoes.

Balthazar: Excuse me?

Dave: [having noticed that Balthazar is wearing the same style of shoe] I love them... a lot.

Balthazar: Clear your mind!

Dave: [under attack by a dragon] Clear my mind? Are you insane?

[Balthazar thinks, then holds up his fingers an inch apart]

Dave: Little bit.

Balthazar: I had a dream. You were insulting me, Dave. Repeatedly.

Dave: Me? Pretty weird, huh?

Balthazar: No. Kinda makes sense.

Balthazar: This is the Merlin Circle. It focuses your energy, helps you master new spells. It is where you will learn the Art. Step inside, you leave everything else behind. Once you enter, there is no going back.

Dave: So I should probably pee first?

Balthazar: Keep it subtle. Civilians mustn't know magic exists. That would be complicated.

Dave: Says the guy in the 350-year-old rawhide trenchcoat.

Dave: This is crazy!

Balthazar: [grins] But it *is* fun.

Balthazar: [Horvath taunts Balthazar while creature is busy. Engine noise approaches; Balthazar recognizes the sound] That's my car.

Balthazar: [speaking in Cantonese] Your hair is beautiful.

Chinese Woman: Ahh, you speak Mandarin!

Balthazar: Ahh.

[Balthazar throws the Chinese Woman across the room with a spell, and she's revealed to have been Horvath in disguise]

Balthazar: That was Cantonese, Horvath. The Grimhold, where is it?

Horvath: An old associate of mine speaks impeccable Cantonese. He lived about 200 years ago. You know him. Sun Lok? Course you do. You locked him inside the Grimhold.

[Horvath shows Sun Lok's empty Grimhold]

Horvath: Oops. Opened it.

Balthazar: You're a bad liar, Dave. That's good.

Balthazar: What happened to 'Don't touch anything'?

Balthazar: Dave? You should run.

Balthazar: [attempting to embarrass Dave in Becky's presence] I just remembered, I have to go into town to pick up your anti-itch cream.

Dave: I'm afraid of flying on planes!

Balthazar: Well, today's your lucky day, 'cause I brought an eagle.

Balthazar: I have been searching all over the world for you. You're going to be a force for good and a very important sorcerer. But for now, you're my apprentice

Dave: [stunned] I'm a what?

Balthazar: Love is a distraction. Sorcery requires complete focus.

Balthazar: You will not control your magic if you will not control yourself.

Veronica: Balthazar, what have you done?

Balthazar: The same thing you did for me.

Balthazar: Thespians? That's illegal in seven states!

Balthazar: [to Nippur] This very night, Agar the slave girl shall be brought to your apartments in garments worthy of your rank.

Melchor: Gold, for the one who proves his courage.

Gaspar: Frankincense, for the one who learns to be humble.

Balthazar: Myrrh, for the one who follows his heart.

Sara: You can't go see Herod. When he finds you what you're up to, he'll slit your throats. It's suicide! It's said that he's controlled by an evil being.

Gaspar: And now there's an evil being! This is just too much.

Melchor: Sarah, my dear, it's impossible for a king to be evil. Just look at the city he's built. Kings are good people. It's in their nature.

Sara: Listen to me! I'm begging you.

Balthazar: Sarah, it was the star that brought us here. You'll stay outside the palace gate. Let's go.

Sara: Not even scorpions cross his path.

Balthazar: What are you doing?

John Constantine: I'm reading you your last rites.

Balthazar: Spare me your remedial incantations.

John Constantine: You do know what it is to truly be forgiven? To be welcomed into the Kingdom of God. Demon in heaven.

[anoints Balthazar's brow with holy water]

John Constantine: I'd love to be a fly on that wall.

Balthazar: You're not a priest. You have no power.

John Constantine: Just tell me how Mammon is crossing over and you can go back to your shithole.

[no response]

John Constantine: Okay, Bally, enjoy it.

[begins reading from the Bible]

John Constantine: In nomine Patri, et Fili, et Spiritus Sancti. May God have mercy on you, and grant you the pardon of all your sins. Whosesoever sins you remit on Earth, they are remitted unto them in Heaven.

[Balthazar squirms]

John Constantine: How's he doing it?

Balthazar: No... I can't.

John Constantine: [louder] Grant your child entry into thy kingdom! In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit! Ame-!

Balthazar: [shouts] Sangre de Dio! The blood of God.

John Constantine: He found it.

Balthazar: Whatever killed the Son of God will give birth to the Son of the Devil.

John Constantine: [closes the Bible] By the way... you have to *ask* for absolution to be forgiven... asshole.

Balthazar: [after being shot by Dragon's breath from John's Holy Shotgun] Fire? I was born of this!

Balthazar: [as he chokes John to death] Don't fight it, Johnny boy, enjoy it.

Balthazar: [after being hit with a holy water grenade, his human skin burns away, revealing his demon face] That's better. Au naturel.

Balthazar: Word is you're on your way down. Fresh meat.

[puts fingers in his mouth, hisses, and leans forward]

Balthazar: Finger lickin' good.