Queen of Swords (TV Series)

Vengeance (2000)

Valentine Pelka: Col. Luis Montoya

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Quotes 

• Col. Luis Montoya : Pruning - it's all about control, really. Without my firm hand, these roses would grow wild... completely take over the garden. There is one thing I will not tolerate is anarchy.

  Don Fuentes : You have my word, Colonel. I had nothing to do with the attack.

  Col. Luis Montoya : Maybe you did, maybe you didn't. I don't pretend to be the voice of your conscience.

  Don Fuentes : It's true that Aguilera and I had words. I won't deny that.

  Col. Luis Montoya : My point is, Fuentes, that it was all just so vulgar. My town, my fiesta...

  Don Fuentes : If I wanted to kill Aguilera, I wouldn't do it public. I'd slit his throat while he slept.

  Col. Luis Montoya : That's what I like to hear - discretion.

• Latham : We're wasting time, Colonel. Yes or no?

  Col. Luis Montoya : You must forgive my manners. I've already forgotten your name.

  Latham : I didn't give it. You're obviously not interested in my proposal, so why waste both our time.

  Col. Luis Montoya : Don't be absurd! Sit, my anonymous friend, sit. As the great Bard himself once said, "What's in a name?"

  Latham : Do we have a deal?

  Col. Luis Montoya : You deliver to me The Queen of Swords.

  Latham : And you give to me Doctor Helm.

• Col. Luis Montoya : So you've given the good doctor your sword. How brave... How stupid.

  The Queen of Swords : So why don't you just kill me?

  [as the Colonel unsheathes his sword the Queen cracks her whip, knocking off one of his medals] 

  The Queen of Swords : Oops.

• [Colonel Montoya shoots Latham as he was about to strike Dr. Helm with his sword] 

  Dr. Robert Helm : You're a complicated man, Colonel.

  Col. Luis Montoya : Not really. Killers and assassins, they are, how do you say... a dime a dozen. But where would I find another doctor?

  [seeing the Queen of Swords in the distance riding off on the Colonel's stallion] 

  Dr. Robert Helm : Or another horse?

• Col. Luis Montoya : Sometimes I think I'm too virtuous for my own good.

  Dr. Robert Helm : Don't push it, Colonel.