Rex Harrison credited as playing...
Julius Caesar
- Julius Caesar: You all look so impressive. Any one of you could be king.
- Pothinus: His Majesty King Ptolemy, kindred of Horus and Ra, beloved of Thoth...
- Julius Caesar: Et cetera, et cetera; you welcome me. And I, Gaius Julius Caesar, Consul of the Roman Senate, Pontifex Maximus, et cetera, et cetera, thank you.
- Julius Caesar: [speaking of the Grand Eunuch] ... a position not acquired without some, shall we say, sacrifices?
- Julius Caesar: Two hours until dawn. We will hold where we are.
- Agrippa: And what happens at dawn?
- Julius Caesar: I thought you knew. The sun comes up.
- Julius Caesar: [to Cleopatra] You, a descendant of generations of inbred, incestuous, mental defectives!
- Julius Caesar: Ah, yes. I seem to recall some mention of an obsession you have about your divinity... Isis, is it not?
- Cleopatra: I shall have to insist that you mind what you say. I AM Isis. I am worshipped by millions who believe it. You are not to confuse what I am with the so-called divine origin which every Roman general seems to acquire together with his shield. It was, uh, Venus you chose to be descended from, wasn't it?
- Julius Caesar: Germanicus! A guard to escort Queen Cleopatra to her apartments.
- Germanicus: Guard!
- Cleopatra: The corridors are dark gentlemen, but you mustn't be afraid. I am with you.
- Julius Caesar: [after the execution of Pothinus] Return Apollodorus's dagger to him, but clean it first. It has Pothinus all over it.
- Cleopatra: Catullus doesn't approve of you. Why haven't you had him killed?
- Julius Caesar: Because *I* approve of *him.*
- Cleopatra: We've gotten off to a bad start. I've done noting but rub you the wrong way.
- Julius Caesar: I'm not sure I want to be rubbed by you at all.
- Julius Caesar: When can you start?
- Canidius: Whenever you say.
- Julius Caesar: Then at once. And in Rome, Marc Antony is to speak for Caesar. There is to be no question about his authority to act in my name.
- Canidius: His word will be yours. And as always, Caesar's word will be law.
- Julius Caesar: Of course. And remind him to keep his legions intact. They make the law legal.
- Julius Caesar: I find I can tell more about the quality of merchandise by examining the back side first.
- Julius Caesar: Isis herself would surrender her place in heaven to be as beautiful as you.
- Cleopatra: You're not supposed to look at me. No one is.
- Julius Caesar: Well if they aren't looking, how can they know that I am.
- Julius Caesar: [to Cleopatra] Daughter of an idiotic flute-playing drunkard who bribed his way to the throne of Egypt. I've had my fill with the smug condescension of you worn-out pretenders, parading on the ruins of your past glories.
- Agrippa: Nothing bores me so much as an intellectual!
- Julius Caesar: Makes a better admiral of you, Agrippa.
- Julius Caesar: Trust? Not for a minute. "Trust." The word has always made me apprehensive. Like wine, whenever I've tried it, the aftereffects have not been good.
- Cleopatra: You can do what you want with your time.
- Julius Caesar: Everything but make it stand still.
- Rufio: "In obtaining her objectives, she has been known to use torture, poison... and even her own sexual talents, which are said to be considerable. Her lovers, I am told, are listed more easily by number than by name. It is said that she chooses in the manner of a man... rather than wait to be chosen after womanly fashion." Well, there's more reason than we thought... for not wanting to leave you two alone, eh, sir'?
- Julius Caesar: I'm sorry, Rufio, I wasn't listening.
- Julius Caesar: [to Cleopatra] Have you broken out of your nursery, young lady, to come irritate the adults?
- Theodotos: May I speak? You know that Achilles is trapped... between your own legions and the armies of Mithradates. To send His Majesty to fight them may mean his death.
- Julius Caesar: An occupational hazard for those who will be king.