Valerian Quotes in North by Northwest (1959)

Roger Thornhill: Who are you?

Valerian: Mere errand boys carrying concealed weapons. His is pointed at your heart, so, please, no errors of judgment, I beg of you.

Roger Thornhill: What is this? A joke or something?

Licht: Yes, a joke. We'll laugh in the car.

Valerian: Are you afraid of dragons?

Ulrich: [confidently and calmly] No. In fact, if it weren't for sorcerers, there wouldn't be any dragons. Once, the skies were dotted with them. Magnificent horned backs, leathern wings... soaring... and their hot-breathed wind. Oh, I know this creature of yours... Vermithrax Pejorative. Look at these scales, these ridges. When a dragon gets this old, it knows nothing but pain, constant pain. It grows decrepit... crippled... pitiful. Spiteful!

Valerian: [to Galen] It's a shield. I made it. Might keep the fire off of you, might not. You know, you're an idiot. You're going to die tonight. You'll be ripped, limb from limb. This is the last time I'll ever speak to you!

Valerian: You'll be dead Galen Bradwarden, Sorcerer's Apprentice. You'll be dead, the dragon will still be alive and I'll still be a virgin! You'll be dead, and I don't care!

Galen: Of course, the lottery. Sons are spared, but daughters are not.

Valerian: Yes, the lottery.

Galen: You're right. I am in love - but not with the princess.

[he kisses Valerian]

Valerian: Is...

Hodge: Yes, this is Kragenmoor and yes, this is the house of Ulrich, and no, he won't see you.

Valerian: But...

Hodge: I know, you've come a long way, your business is urgent. It doesn't matter! He sees no one.

Valerian: Twice each year, at the Spring and Summer Equinox, the king selects a new victim. Virgins.

Ulrich: A lottery! Barbaric. And in return, this dragon... it leaves your villages and crops unburned. Your king has made a pact with a monster!

Galen: Are there other entrances?

Valerian: No! One's enough!

[entering the dragon's cave]

Valerian: All right, I'm coming too.

Galen: No, you're not. This is for me to do.

Valerian: I'm not afraid. After all, I was a man, remember?