Clash of the Titans (1981)

Laurence Olivier: Zeus

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• Zeus : Perseus has won. My son has triumphed.

  Hera : A fortunate young man.

  Zeus : Fortune is ally to the brave.

  Thetis : What a dangerous precedent. What if there more heroes like him? What if courage and imagination became everyday mortal qualities? What will become of us?

  Zeus : We would no longer be needed. But, for the moment, there is sufficient cowardice, sloth and mendacity down there on Earth to last forever.

• Zeus : Release the Krakken!

• Zeus : Perseus and Andromeda will be happy together. Have fine sons... rule wisely... And to perpetuate the story of his courage, I command that from henceforth, he will be set among the stars and constellations. He, Perseus, the lovely Andromeda, the noble Pegasus, and even the vain Cassiopeia. Let the stars be named after them forever. As long as man shall walk the Earth and search the night sky in wonder, they will remember the courage of Perseus forever. Even if we, the gods, are abandoned or forgotten, the stars will never fade. Never. They will burn till the end of the time.

• Zeus : Destroy Argos! And to make certain no stone stands, that no creature crawls. I command you to let loose the last of the Titans. Let loose the Kraken!

• Zeus : Find, and fulfill your destiny!

• Zeus : A hundred good deeds cannot atone to one murder. A thousand temples or statues or sanctuaries, whether dedicated to me, or to you Hera, my wife, or to Thetis, lovely goddess of the sea, or to you Athena, ever wise and full of care, or to Aphrodite, goddess of love. Nothing can wipe or forgive this one contemptible act of blood.