King David Quotes in Never Die Alone (2004)

King David: We reap what we sow, that's what the bible says. Payback's a muthafucka, I think James Brown said that. Same shit, we all know the story... or at least we pretend that we do...

King David: You miss me?

Jasper: Ain't nobody ever missed a rattlesnake, so why would anybody miss *you?*

King David: How old are you?

Ella: [scoffs] Old *enough*.

Joab: Sire?

King David: Hmmm?

Joab: You're wounded. Let me call for a physician.

King David: No, no, let it alone. It's a long time since I've shed any blood. It's good to have proof that it still runs in my veins.

King David: Your sarcasm is wasted. We both know that royalty is a fraud.

Michal: It was no fraud when my father was king.

King David: And I've never denied that Saul was every inch a king.

Michal: [bitterly] And his successor every inch a fraud!

King David: I will not argue that either.

Bathsheba: [as David tries to kiss her in an open field] No, David! The boy! He'll see us!

King David: [David looks at the shepherd boy] No matter. Shepherd boys learn early about life.

Bathsheba: Did you, David?

King David: Did I what?

Bathsheba: Learn about life early?

King David: Before I was 12, I knew everything there was to know about life. At 12 I'd killed wolves... at 13 a man.

King David: Michal, I cannot find it in my heart to blame you for what you do... but you, Absalom, my son, have I given you cause to hate me so?

King David: That soldier who laid his hands on the Ark - he was only trying to be helpful.

Nathan: It is not for us to question the ways of the Lord.

King David: I question nothing, yet the sun was hot that day, the man had been drinking wine, all were excited when the ark began to fall. Is it not possible that the man might have died naturally from other causes?

Nathan: All causes are from God!

King David: One of the vanities of kings is that they think virtue can be rewarded with a bauble. Or god must laugh at the spectacle of unvirtuous kings hanging bits of rock and metal on virtuous men.

King David: Nicodemus was a prophet, at least, he was wise, for he told of battles to come.How we trembled with fear as he turned up his eyes, and we heeded the shake of his thumb bought for a bagful of gold.

King David: When you start killing for a dream, you usually end up killing the dream too. That's what hell is, watching your dreams die. Your education will set you free.

King David: I'm talking about revolution without bullets. Revolution without violence or bloodshed. It's easier to shoot a gun than it is to read a book. It's easier to take a man's life than it is to educate him and teach him about life. It's easier to hate than it is to love.The revolution I'm talking about is a revolution of the mind and the spirit. And education, that's the key. Education leads to freedom. Education is freedom. Education will teach you how to do it yourself as opposed to asking someone else to do it for you. And around it our own town... Freemanville!