Captain Barbossa Now, y'see, Jack, that's exactly the attitude that lost you the Pearl. People are easier to search when they're dead.
3rd most-quoted character in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003): in 21 of its 96 quotes
Most scenes with: Captain Jack Sparrow (5), Elizabeth Swann (3)
For too long I've been parched of thirst and unable to quench it! Too long I've been starvin' to death and haven't died! I feel nothing! Not the wind on my face, nor the spray of the sea... nor the warmth of a woman's flesh...
More lines from Captain Barbossa
10 quotes Captain Barbossa Captain Barbossa The moonlight shows us for what we really are. We are not among the living, and so we cannot die, but neither are we dead.
Captain Barbossa Ye'd best start believin' in ghost stories, Miss Turner. Yer in one!
Captain Barbossa Gents... take a walk!
Captain Barbossa [right before his death]
I feel... cold.
Captain Barbossa I am disinclined to acquiesce to your request. [after a confused silence from Elizabeth] Means "no."
Captain Barbossa First, your return to shore was not part of our negotiations nor our agreement, so I must do nothin'. And secondly, you must be a pirate for the Pirate's Code to apply, and you're not. And thirdly, the Code is more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules. [smiles] Welcome aboard the Black Pearl, Miss Turner!
Captain Barbossa I'm curious. After killing me, what is it you're planning on doing next?
Captain Barbossa Yer off the edge of the map, mate. Here, there be monsters!
Captain Barbossa So what now Jack Sparrow? Are we two immortals locked in epic battle till the Judgement day when the trumpets sound?
Scenes with Captain Barbossa
10 scenes
Captain Barbossa, I am here to negotiate the cessation of hostilities against Port Royal.
Barbossa There be a lot of long words in there, miss. We're naught but humble pirates. What is it that you want?
I want you to leave and never come back.
Barbossa I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request.
[Elizabeth gives him a blank look
Barbossa Means "no."
You have to take me to shore! According to the Code of the Order of the Brethren–
Barbossa First, your return to shore was not part of our negotiations nor our agreement, so I must do nothing. And secondly, you must be a pirate for the Pirate's Code to apply, and you're not. And thirdly, the code is more what you call "guidelines" than actual rules. [smiles] Welcome aboard the Black Pearl, Miss Turner!
Barbossa Try the wine...and an apple. One of those next.
It's poisoned.
Barbossa [Barbossa grins]
There's no sense to be killin' ye.
Then release me. You have your trinket; I'm of no further value to you.
Barbossa [takes and holds up medallion]
You don't know what this is, do you?
A pirate medallion?
Barbossa This is Aztec gold. One of 882 identical pieces they delivered in a stone chest to Cortez himself. Blood money paid to stem the slaughter he wreaked upon them with his armies, but the greed of Cortez was insatiable. So the heathen gods placed upon the gold...a terrible curse. Any mortal that removes but a single piece from that stone chest shall be punished for eternity.
Barbossa Aye. That's exactly what I thought when we were first told the tale! Buried on an island of dead what cannot be found, 'cept for those who know where it is. Find it, we did. There be the chest. Inside be the gold. And we took 'em all! We spent 'em, and traded 'em. And frittered 'em away on drink and food and pleasurable company. The more we gave 'em away, the more we came to realize... The drink would not satisfy. Food turned to ash in our mouths. And all the pleasurable company in the world could not slake our lust. We are cursed men, Miss Turner. Compelled by greed we were, but now we are consumed by it. There is one way we can end our curse. All the scattered pieces of the Aztec gold must be restored, and the blood repaid. Thanks to ye, we have the final piece.
...And the blood to be repaid?
Barbossa [grins]
That's why there's no sense to be killin' ye... yet. Apple?
Barbossa You expect to leave me standin' on some beach with nothing but a name and your word it's the one I need and watch you sail away on my ship?
No. I expect to leave you standing on some beach with absolutely no name at all, watching me sail away on my ship, and then... I'll shout the name back to you. Savvy?
Barbossa But that still leaves us with the problem of me standin' on some beach with naught but a name and your word it's the one I need.
Of the two of us, I am the only one who hasn't committed mutiny, therefore, my word is the one we'll be trusting. Although, I s'pose I should be thanking you because, in fact, if you hadn't betrayed me and left me to die, I would have an equal share in that curse, same as you. [bites into an apple, smiling] Funny ol' world, innit?
I'm havin' a thought here, Barbossa. What say we run up a flag of truce, I scurry over to the Interceptor, and I negotiate the return of your medallion, eh? What say you to that?
Barbossa Now, y'see, Jack, that's exactly the attitude that lost you the Pearl. People are easier to search when they're dead. Lock him in the brig.
[Barbossa's men take Jack away, Barbossa takes his apple from him, and looks at it wistfully before angrily throwing it away]
Barbossa [The monkey sprints to Barbossa and hands him the medallion, just out of Jack's reach.]
Why, thank you, Jack.
Barbossa Not you! We named the monkey "Jack."
Barbossa I must admit, Jack, I thought I had you figured. But it turns out you're a hard man to predict.
Me, I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for. Because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly...stupid.
Barbossa [Jack shoots Barbossa] [To Jack, grinning]
Ten years, ya carry that pistol, and now you waste your shot.
He didn't waste it. [drops bloody medallion in chest, lifting the curse]
Barbossa [Barbossa opens jacket, revealing bloodstained shirt] [shocked]
I feel...cold. [slumps to ground and dies]
Bo'sun: [to Pintel and Ragetti] You two! You brought us the wrong person!
No! She had the medallion. She was the proper age!
She said her name was Turner. You heard her. I think she lied to us
Twigg You brought us here for nothing!
Barbossa I won't take questions or second guesses, not from the likes of you, Master Twigg.
Koehler Who's to blame? Every decision you've made has led us from bad to worse!
Mallot It was you who sent Bootstrap to the depths!
Bo'sun: And it's you who brought us here in the first place! [the cursed crew draw out their weapons and turn them on Barbossa]
Barbossa [drawing his own sword]
If any coward here dare challenge me, let him speak! Hmm?
Koehler [The crew hesitate]
I say we cut her throat and spill all her blood! Just in case.
Jack?
Hector Barbossa
[stunned]
It's not possible.
Not probable.
Turner
Where is Elizabeth?
She's safe, just like I promised. She's all set to marry Norrington, just like she promised. And you get to die for her, just like you promised. So we're all men of our word, really... except for Elizabeth, who is, in fact, a woman.
Barbossa Shut up! You're next!
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