Judah: If you were not a bride I would kiss you good-bye. Esther: If I were not a bride you would not have to kiss me good-bye.
Drusus: Are they still alive? Jailer1: The jailer in that wing will know. Jailer2: Oh, they're alive. The food keeps disappearing. Simonides: Judah Ben Hur! You've come back to us like a returning faith! I want to laugh again, Judah. Judah: We will laugh. Simonides: Laugh, amidst the dust and cobwebs...
[sobs] Ilderim: Balthasar is a good man. But until all men are like him, we must keep our swords bright! Judah: And our intentions true! So I must leave you. Ilderim: One last thought... there is no law in the arena. Many are killed. I hope to see you again, Judah Ben-Hur. Pontius Pilate: A grown man knows the world he lives in. For the moment, that world is Rome. Quintus Arrius: In his eagerness to save you, your god has also saved the Roman fleet. Quintus Arrius: Now listen to me, all of you. You are all condemned men. We keep you alive to serve this ship. So row well, and live. Messala: By condemning without hesitation an old friend, I shall be feared. Sextus: You can break a man's skull. You can arrest him. You can throw him into a dungeon. But how do you fight an idea? Quintus Arrius: Your eyes are full of hate, forty-one. That's good. Hate keeps a man alive. Judah: Almost at the moment he died, he said, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do." Esther: Even then... Judah: Even then, and I felt his words take the sword from my hand! Judah Ben-Hur: If you were not a bride, I would kiss you goodbye. Esther: If I were not a bride, there would be no goodbyes to be said. Messala:
By what magic do you come bearing the seal of a Consul of Rome?
Judah Ben-Hur:
You were the magician, Messala.
Judah Ben-Hur:
I must deal with Messala in my own way.
Balthasar:
And your way is to kill him.
Esther:
It is as though you have become Messala!
Sheik Ilderim:
One wife only... it is not generous!
Sheik Ilderim:
Was the food not to your liking?
Judah Ben-Hur:
Oh, indeed!
[Balthasar gestures for Judah to burp in gratitude, and Judah burps]
Quintus Arrius:
[a galley's 200 rowers are being told to shift gears...] Battle speed! Attack speed! Ramming speed!