Mr. Gibbs Quotes in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

[Jack throws a bucket of water on sleeping Gibbs]

Mr. Gibbs: Curse 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 Sparrow: Fortunately, 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.

Mr. Gibbs: Aye, that'll about do it.

[Will throws more water on Mr. Gibbs]

Mr. Gibbs: Blast! I'm already awake!

Will Turner: That was for the smell.

Jack Sparrow: Anamaria.

[Anamaria slaps Jack]

Will Turner: I suppose, you didn't deserve that one either?

Jack Sparrow: No, that one I deserved.

Anamaria: You stole my boat!

Jack Sparrow: Actually...

Anamaria: [Anamaria slaps Jack again]

Jack Sparrow: Borrowed... borrowed without permission, but with every intention of bringing it back.

Anamaria: But you didn't!

Jack Sparrow: You'll get another one.

Anamaria: I will.

Will Turner: A better one.

Jack Sparrow: A better one.

Will Turner: That one.

Jack Sparrow: What one?

Will Turner: [Will looks at the Interceptor]

Jack Sparrow: That one? Aye, that one. What say you to that?

The Crew: Aye!

Mr. Gibbs: No, it's frightful bad luck to have a woman aboard.

Jack Sparrow: It would be far worse not to have her.

[shouting during severe storm]

Will Turner: How can we sail to an island that nobody can find with a compass that doesn't work?

Mr. Gibbs: Aye, the compass doesn't point North. But we're not trying to find North, are we?

[toasting to their new partnership]

Jack Sparrow: Take what ye can!

Mr. Gibbs: Give nothin' back!

Jack Sparrow: I thought you were supposed to keep to the code.

Mr. Gibbs: We figured they were more actual guidelines.

[first lines]

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?

Norrington: [sharply] Mr. Gibbs, that will do!

Mr. Gibbs: She was singing about pirates. Bad luck to sing about pirates, with us mired in this unnatural fog... mark my words!

Norrington: Consider them marked.

Mr. Gibbs: 'Aye, Lieutenant.

[as he moves off]

Mr. Gibbs: Bad luck to have a woman on board, too. Even a miniature one.

Young Elizabeth: I think it'd be rather exciting to meet a pirate.

Norrington: Think 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.

Mr. Gibbs: [Mr. Gibbs poses as if he's been hanged]

Governor Swann: Lt. Norrington, I appreciate your fervor, but I'm concerned about the effect this subject will have upon my daughter.

Norrington: My apologies, Gov. Swann.

Young Elizabeth: Actually, I find it all fascinating.

Governor Swann: Yes. That's what concerns me.

Mr. Gibbs: Then, on the fourth day, he roped himself a couple of sea turtles, lashed 'em together and made a raft.

Will Turner: He roped a couple of sea turtles.

Mr. Gibbs: Aye. Sea turtles.

Will Turner: What did he use for rope?

Jack Sparrow: [from beside them] Human hair.

[pause]

Jack Sparrow: From my back.

Elizabeth: Lower the anchor on the right side.

Anamaria: [looks stunned]

Elizabeth: On the starboard side!

Will Turner: It has the element of surprise.

Anamaria: You're daft lady. You both are!

Mr. Gibbs: Daft like Jack.

[turns to the crew]

Mr. Gibbs: Lower the starboard anchor!

[crew looks reluctant]

Mr. Gibbs: Do it you gobs! Or it's you we'll load into the cannons.

Jack Sparrow: You, sailor.

Mr. Gibbs: Cotton, sir.

Jack Sparrow: Mr. Cotton. Do you have the courage and fortitude to follow orders and stay true in the face of danger and almost certain death?

[pause]

Jack Sparrow: Mr. Cotton. Answer, man.

Mr. Gibbs: He's a mute, sir. Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him. No one's yet figured how.

Jack Sparrow: Mr. Cotton's... parrot. Same question.

Parrot: [squawk] Wind in the sails. Wind in the sails.

Mr. Gibbs: Mostly, we figure, that means 'yes.'

Anamaria: You're daft, lady! You both are!

Mr. Gibbs: Daft like Jack.

Mr. Gibbs: The kid's a bit of a stick, isn't he?

Jack Sparrow: You have no idea.

Mr. Gibbs: We should drop canvas, sir.

Jack Sparrow: She can hold a bit longer.

Mr. Gibbs: What's in your head, Captain, that puts you in such a fine mood?

Jack Sparrow: We're catching up.

Young Elizabeth: Boy! There's a boy in the water!

[Everyone leans over and sees an unconscious Will]

Norrington: MAN OVERBOARD! Haul him in.

[They pull Will aboard]

Norrington: [sighs] He's still breathing.

Mr. Gibbs: Mary, mother of God!

[Everyone looks in the distance, where a destroyed British ship is in flames]

Mr. Gibbs: Leverage, says you. I think I feel a change in the wind, says I.

Parrot: Shiver me timbers.

Mr. Gibbs: Cotton 'ere says you missed a bit.

Mr. Gibbs: Curse ya for breathin', ya slack-jawed idiot!

Elaine Harper: Now, wait a minute! Listen! You can't marry me one minute and throw me out of the house the next.

Mortimer Brewster: I am not throwing you out of the house, I am not throwing you out of the house! Will you get out of here?

[pushes her out and slams the door; Mr. Gibbs is standing on the porch holding a newspaper]

Elaine Harper: Mortimer!

Mortimer Brewster: [picks up the phone] I'm sorry, Judge. But a thing happened. Look, Judge... About Teddy... you see, he's...

Elaine Harper: Mortimer!

Mortimer Brewster: [into the phone] You see, Judge, it's his bugle blowing. Yes, the neighbors have been complaining, and the police are all set to throw him into a state institution.

Elaine Harper: How do you like that...

Mr. Gibbs: I read an ad here about a room to rent...

Elaine Harper: Oh, shut up!