Quote:Cutler Beckett
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[edit] Spoken by Beckett
- "The East India Trading Company has need of your services: we wish for you to act as our agent in a business transaction with our mutual friend, Captain Sparrow."
- ―to William Turner[src]
- "We've had dealings in the past. And we've each left our mark on the other."
- ―on Jack Sparrow[src]
- "Jack Sparrow is a dying breed. The world is shrinking…the blank edges of the map filled in. Jack must find his place in the New World or perish."
- ―to William Turner[src]
- "I'm listening. [Elizabeth draws a pistol] I'm listening intently."
- ―to Elizabeth Swann[src]
- "Ah, I see. You think the compass leads only to the Isla de Muerta, and so you hope to save me from an evil fate. But you mustn't worry: I care not for cursed Aztec gold, my desires are not so provincial. There's more than one chest of value in these waters…So perhaps you may wish to enhance your offer."
- ―to Elizabeth Swann[src]
- "I'll still want that compass. Consider that in your calculations."
- ―to Elizabeth Swann[src]
- "Our ships are in pursuit, and justice will be dispensed by cannonade and cutlass, and all manner of remorseless pieces of metal."
- ―Cutler Beckett to Weatherby Swann[src]
- "So you see Mercer, every man has a price he will willingly accept, even for that which he hopes, never to sell."
- ―to Mercer[src]
- "The Brethren know they face extinction. All that remains is for them to decide where they make their final stand."
- ―on the Brethren Court[src]
- "Bloody hell! There's nothing left!"
- ―on the Flying Dutchman's destruction of a pirate fleet[src]
- "We need prisoners to interrogate, and that tends to work best when they're alive."
- ―to Davy Jones[src]
- "This is no longer your world, Jones. I thought you had learned that when I ordered you to kill your pet. The immaterial has become…immaterial."
- ―to Davy Jones[src]
- "Advise your Brethren: you can fight, and all of you will die, or you can not fight, in which case only most of you will die."
- ―to Elizabeth Swann[src]
- "The enemy, has opted for oblivion… ready the fleet."
- ―onboard the HMS Endeavour[src]
- "Signal Jones to give no quarter…that ought to brighten his day."
- ―to Lieutenant Greitzer[src]
- "It's just…good business…"
- ―last line[src]
[edit] Dialogue
- "Stand your men down at once! Do you hear me?"
"Governor Weatherby Swann. It's been too long."
"Cutler Beckett?"
"It's lord now, actually."
"Lord or not, you have no reason, and no authority to arrest this man."
"Oh, in fact I do." - ―Weatherby Swann and Cutler Beckett[src]
- "Perhaps you remember a certain pirate, named Jack Sparrow."
"Captain!"
"Captain Jack Sparrow."
"Captain Jack Sparrow…yes, I thought you might" - ―Cutler Beckett, William Turner and Elizabeth Swann[src]
- "By your efforts, Jack Sparrow was set free. I would like you to go to him and recover a certain property in his possession."
"Recover. At the point of a sword?"
"Bargain." - ―Cutler Beckett and William Turner[src]
- "No doubt you've discovered that loyalty is no longer the currency of the realm, as your father believes."
"Then what is?"
"[...]I'm afraid currency, is the currency of the realm." - ―Cutler Beckett and Elizabeth Swann[src]
- "Consider into your calculations that you robbed me of my wedding night."
"So I did. A marriage interrupted…or fate intervenes?" - ―Elizabeth Swann and Cutler Beckett[src]
- "Beckett?!"
"Yes, they're signed: Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company."
"Bleh!"
"There's only one reason Beckett wants the compass."
"Of course…he wants the Chest."
"Yes, he did say something about a chest."
"If the company controls the Chest, they control the sea."
"A very unfortunate notion, love."
"And bad, bad for every mother's son who calls himself a pirate!" - ―Elizabeth Swann, Jack Sparrow and Joshamee Gibbs[src]
- "If you are attempting to claim these, then you must have something to trade; do you have the compass?"
"Better…the heart of Davy Jones." - ―Cutler Beckett and James Norrington[src]
- "Pieces of eight? Nine of them you say?"
"Our new friend in Singapore was very specific, sir: nine pieces of eight."
"What's the significance of that, I wonder."
"Does it matter? There's nothin' that can hold against the armada, not with the Flying Dutchman at the lead."
"Nothing we know of." - ―Cutler Beckett and Mercer[src]
- "And the governor? He's been asking questions about the heart."
"Does he know?"
"[...]"
"Then perhaps his usefulness has run its course." - ―Mercer and Cutler Beckett[src]
- "Go, all of you, and take that infernal thing with you! I will not have it on my ship!"
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, because I will. Because it seems to be the only way to ensure that this ship do as directed by the Company."
"The Dutchman sails as its captain commands!"
"And its captain is to sail it as commanded!" - ―Davy Jones and Cutler Beckett[src]
- "Were I, in a divulgitory mood: what then might I divulge?"
"Everything: where are they meeting, who are the Pirate Lords, what is the purpose of the nine pieces of eight?" - ―Jack Sparrow and Cutler Beckett[src]
- "Jack, I've just recalled: I have this wonderful compass, which points to whatever I want, so for what do I need you."
"It points to the thing you want most, and that is not the Brethren Court, is it?"
"Then what is, Jack?"
"Me!…dead."
"Damn…although, if I killed you, I could use the compass to find, Shipwreck Cove, is it? on my own. [Draws his pistol] Cut out the middle man, as it were."
"With me dead, you arrive at the Cove, find it a fortress nigh impregnable, able to withstand a blockade for years, and then you would say, "Oh, if only there was someone I had not killed inside, to ensure that the pirates then come outside."
"And you can accomplish all this?"
"You may kill me, but you may never insult me. Who am I?"
"[Looks puzzled]"
"I'm Captain Jack Sparrow!" - ―Cutler Beckett and Jack Sparrow[src]
- "You're mad!"
"Thank goodness for that, because if I wasn't, this'd probably never work." - ―Cutler Beckett and Jack Sparrow[src]
- "Jack Sparrow will sail the Black Pearl to Shipwreck Cove."
"And with you no longer aboard, how do you intend to lead us there?"
"[holds up Jack's compass] What is it, that you want most?" - ―Will Turner and Cutler Beckett[src]
- "You murdered my father"
"He chose his own fate"
"And you have chosen yours: we will fight, and you will die."
"So be it." - ―Elizabeth Swann and Cutler Beckett[src]
- "We have a favorable wind, sir"
"And so we do." - ―Lieutenent Groves and Cutler Beckett[src]
[edit] Miscellanea
- "Lord Cutler Beckett (may he be blessed with a well-earned eternal slumber), shown in the splendour due a man of his stature, was the backbone of the Company."
- ―Thomas Faye[src]
- "Notice that the Lord stands proudly upon a globe of the world---a world that he helped shape into his own civilized likeness. Beckett gave his life for us all."
- ―Thomas Faye[src]
