Blood Diamond quotes

View Quote Captain Poison: You think I am a devil. But only because I have lived in hell. I want to get out.

View Quote Captain Poison: Young man, young man, you must understand! The government wants you to vote, oke? They say 'The future is in your hands!'... We are the future, so we take your hands! No more hands, no more voting!

View Quote M'ed: This is my country, man. We here long 'fore you came.. long after you're gone.

View Quote Maddy: [To Danny] So what are you... a smuggler?

View Quote Solomon Vandy: [To his son] I will find you... if it takes my life.

View Quote (After the colonel been shot on his chest)
Colonel: T.I.A., huh, Danny?
Archer: T.I.A.
(Archer shoots the colonel as the colonel draws his gun again)

View Quote Archer: Ah Christ...I've gotta quit smoking, huh?
Solomon: Why don't you?
Archer: I tell you what, Solomon. You find me this diamond, I'll quit right then and there, huh! (hah)

View Quote Archer: Cordell... howzit, china?
Cordell: Long time, pal.
Archer: How's Alice?
Cordell: Ah, she's well, thanks.
Archer: Tim must be in school, right?
Cordell: Ah, big kids, big problems ya know?
Archer: Ja ja.
Cordell: I heard you got into a spot of trouble in the bush, huh?
Archer: Ah... well, you know the bush, right brü?
[Cordell chuckles]
Archer: Company doing well?
Cordell: Can't complain...11 wars in the continent, we're keeping busy.
Archer: So, what, you here on holiday, huh?
Archer: ...How's the colonel?
Cordell: He sends his regards.
Archer: Good, good... score us a loose, huh?
Cordell: Smoking'll kill you, brü.
Archer: Ah... only if I live, right?
[Archer punches him in the gut]
Archer: ...Thats for breaking my T.V. brü.
Archer: Tell the colonel he'll get his money. I'll come see him soon.

View Quote Archer: I'm here to see Commander Zero.
Captain: I am Captain Rambo.
Archer: Right, Right. I've seen your films, huh.

View Quote Archer: T.I.A., right M'ed?
M'ed: T.I.A.
Maddy: (to Archer) What's T.I.A.?
Archer: This Is Africa, huh?

View Quote Archer: Who do you think got you out of jail, huh!? That makes us partners!
Solomon: I am NOT your partner!

View Quote Commander Zero: Maybe we just kill you and take away what you bring (lapses into Creole).
Archer: Then you get one more dead body, instead of aeroplane way-full with grenade launchers!
Archer: So I think I'm gon' go to dem government! Dem government, at least dey gon' pay me!
Commander Zero: Wait, wait, my friend. Here is what you want. (Takes out a can full of diamonds) So many, I don't know what do with them all. Hey Archer! Next time, you bring a satellite TV, eh? I want see Baywatch!
Archer: Ja ja.

View Quote Cordell: Smoking'll kill you brü..
Archer: Only if I live, huh?

View Quote Maddy: Hello, Maddy Bowen?
Archer: Thought I'd never call, huh?
Maddy: And I'm so glad you did. Um, when am I gonna see you?
Archer: Maddy, I want you to do me one more favor, huh? I want you to go meet Solomon. In Conakry.
Maddy: In Guinea. Why do you want me to go to Guinea?
Archer: We found his son, but he's gonna need some help. You understand? Maddy?
Maddy: You're hurt. Are you hurt?
Archer: Ja, well, I've got a little problem here.
Maddy: OK, you, um, you tell me where you are. Archer?
Archer: I'm looking at an incredible view right now. I wish you were here, Maddy.
Maddy: OK, then I'm coming to be with you. You just tell me where you are.
Archer: I don't think so.
Maddy: Are you still in Kono? Because I can get someone there to help you.
Archer: Maddy, you find someplace safe for the boy, alright? And keep him out of sight. And get Solomon to London. He's bringing something with him, and he's gonna need your help.
Maddy: Why aren't you bringing it yourself?
Archer: I'm saying it's a real story now, and you can write the hell out of it. I'm really happy I met you, you know that?
Maddy: Yeah, I'm, um, I'm really happy I met you, too. And I wish I could be there with you.
Archer: That's alright. I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.

View Quote Maddy: You lost your parents didn't you?
Archer: That's a polite way of putting it, ja. Mom was raped and...Dad was decapitated and hung from a hook in the barn.