Duncan MacLeod quotes from Highlander: The Series

Duncan

Wait, wait, counterfeiting and honesty, they go well together, right?

Amanda

Don't be so picky, my heart was in the right place.

Carl

Maybe it's just time for old Carl to move on, man.

Duncan

And do what?

Carl

Hey, I'll get by. You just take care of yourself.

Duncan

You still don't get it, do you?! You are an immortal. You have something other people will never have: time, and the ability to make the difference. No, listen to me, man! Listen to me! You can do whatever you want, be whatever you want! You can live the dream. Most people grow old and die before they can do that.

Mako

I always thought that you were a man that respected the law.

Duncan MacLeod

I like to see justice done.

Duncan

A man can't always live by the law.

Mako

A man cannot live any other way.

You don't exactly trust me, much, now do you?

Duncan

I don't know you.

So you don't believe me.

Duncan

No, I believe that you're frightened, and I believe that you're running from something. I'm just not sure what.

Duncan

When you're young and you care about someone, you think with your heart. You don't see clearly.

I don't know why you're so worried about Richie. I mean, you act like you're his father or something.

Duncan

I'm not his father, Laura, but he is like family to me.

Mako

I'm looking for a girl.

Duncan

Try working on your personality.

Duncan

Richie, where is this going from here? What happens if you are out on the road and a cop recognizes her? What are you going to do, kill him? How far is this going to go, Richie?

Richie

I don't know, Mac, I don't know! All I know is, I gotta help her, Mac. Mac, she needs me.

Amanda

MacLeod, do you ever wonder what it is like to die?

Duncan MacLeod

Every time.

Amanda

That's not what I meant.

Duncan

I know, you meant really die. Be gone forever.

Amanda

So you do think about it.

Duncan

Not for myself. Not any more. Whatever happens, happens.

Amanda

I don't know. The longer I live the more I get attached to myself.

Duncan

Sooner or later everyone dies. Even us.

Amanda

I don't mind the later, it's the sooner part I don't like.

Duncan

Was the crystal really worth Rebecca's life?

It's worth any amount of lives.

Duncan

Whoever has the crystal becomes invincible. Is that it?

So you know.

Duncan

It's a myth, Luther. A story told by bored people around campfires.

Amanda

You stuck your nose in without being asked, the least you could do is say you're sorry.

Duncan

What, for saving your life?

Amanda

Oh don't change the subject!

Charlie DeSalvo

You got a visitor.

Duncan MacLeod

But I'm not even here yet.

Duncan

I've gotta go to Japan.

Charlie

Japan?

Duncan

Yeah, you know. Land of the Rising Sun. Hai!

Charlie

You just got back!

Duncan

That was Paris. It's a different continent.

Charlie

Very funny, MacLeod.

Duncan

I'll give you the air miles.

Charlie

How long have you been gone?

Duncan

Six months.

Charlie

Yeah right, so for six months, everything is quiet. I don't even get a hangnail. And all of a sudden you show up and I'm fighting to save my teeth.

Duncan

Don't thank me all at once, Charlie.

Duncan

But there must be some other way! We can get a boat and leave Japan...

I could no more run than I could fly. Koto is a noble Samurai name... a name I have been honored to borrow. To dishonor it for all who follow me would be unthinkable.