Quotes

Presenting Señor Zorro [1.1]

Ship's Captain: [after being disarmed] Well done, Signor De la Vega! I shall miss these daily bouts. Don Diego de la Vega: I too, sir. They have made a long voyage most enjoyable. Captain: Your agility with the sword, sir, should serve you well in California. Don Diego: Why do you say that? Captain: How long have you been away? Don Diego: Three years. Captain: I am afraid you're going to find conditions quite changed when you reach Los Angeles. Everything is rules and regulations. Military force has taken over. Don Diego: Well, when did all this happen? Captain: A year ago when the new comandante was appointed. I hate to disillusioned you, but I have the feeling that you will soon wish you had stayed in Spain. Don Diego: Is it as bad as that? Captain: Worse. But you will see for yourself.

Presenting Señor Zorro [1.1]

When dealing with a powerful enemy, we must play another game. You know the old proverb; "If you cannot clothe yourself in the skin of a lion, put on that of a fox!"

Presenting Señor Zorro [1.1]

Comandante Monasterio: Are you Diego de la Vega? Don Diego: At your service, Comandante. Comandante Monasterio: Capitán Enrique Sánchez Monasterio. I'm sorry to have inconvenienced you. Don Diego: Oh no, Comandante! As a matter of fact, you gave me the opportunity to finish this last chapter. The effects of Moorish culture on Spanish poetry. Have you read it? Comandante Monasterio: …No, I have not. Don Diego: Oh! Then I must lend it to you when I am finished! Comandante Monasterio: Thank you, some other time.

Presenting Señor Zorro [1.1]

[showing Bernardo cannot hear] You have the face of a donkey! You smell like a goat! Your father…! [starts laughing] Your father was a baboon!

Zorro's Secret Passage [1.2]

You plan to go to Monterey? Well, perhaps he doesn't mind. At least until the air clears.

Zorro's Secret Passage [1.2]

Elena Torres: Don Diego? Don Diego: Elena, is it not? Elena Torres: Yes. Don Diego: I hardly recognized you. It seems that we have both changed. I have grown older and you more beautiful. Elena Torres: Will you come in? Don Diego: I only have a moment. I came about your father.

Zorro's Secret Passage [1.2]

Don Diego: This is an unexpected surprise, Comandante. Comandante Monasterio: It was planned, signor. Don Diego: Oh? Comandante Monasterio: Yes. You see, I'm looking for an outlaw named Zorro. Don Diego: Yes, so I've heard, but surely you don't expect to find him here. Comandante Monasterio: It is entirely possible. Perhaps you were wondering about these. Don Diego: I am, Comandante. Comandante Monasterio: Simple. A copy of the costume Zorro was wearing. Don Diego: ...Oh, I see. Comandante Monasterio: When I find the right man I shall know him, by his bearing and style with his sword. I am questioning everyone in the district, that is the reason that I'm here. All of your bocaros have been interrogated except one. Anito Abida. Don Diego: My cabora? But he could not possibly be Zorro! Comandante Monasterio: On the contrary, he is a very likely suspect. Zorro is as tall as I am, and he is an excellent horseman, so I have heard. Don Diego: But there are many who fit that description, Coma