Isabel, you are going to feel very silly when this turns out to be make-believe.
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Morgan, after you were born, the doctor gave you to your mother. When she first looked at you, you just stared right back. You both just stared at each other for longest time, and you didn't even cry.
Everybody in this family needs to just calm down and eat some fruit or something.
[Shrek bursts into Fiona's and Farquaad's wedding] Now really, it's rude enough being alive when no one wants you, but showing up uninvited to a wedding?
— Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Ted Elliott, Roger S.H. Schulman, Lord Farquaad, John Lithgow, Shrek
The police are here. I am with them. I am a police officer. I just want to talk with you. We know all about the hoax. We already took some of your friends downtown in a paddy wagon. Just tell us your name and why you did it, and we'll give you the same deal we gave the others. Don't throw your life…
[to his knights] The winner of this tournament—no, no, the privilege—will have the honor of rescuing the beautiful Princess Fiona from the fiery pit of that dragon! Should the winner fail to return, the runner-up shall take his place, and so on and so forth... Some of you may die, but that is a sacr…
— Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Ted Elliott, Roger S.H. Schulman, Lord Farquaad, John Lithgow, Shrek
People break down into two groups. When they experience something lucky, group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see it as a sign, evidence, that there is someone up there, watching out for them. Group number two sees it as just pure luck. Just a happy turn of chance.…
[Donkey keeps humming the 'Duloc' song] Shrek: All right, you're going the right way for a smacked bottom. Donkey: Sorry 'bout that.
— Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Ted Elliott, Roger S.H. Schulman, Donkey (voice), Eddie Murphy, Shrek
I'll find those stairs. I'll whip their butt, too. Those stairs won't know which way they're going...take drastic steps, kick it to the curb. Don't mess wit' me. I'm the Stair Master. I've mastered the stairs. I wish I had a step right here, right now, I'd step all over it...
— Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Ted Elliott, Roger S.H. Schulman, Donkey (voice), Eddie Murphy, Shrek
Princess Fiona: [as ogre] Donkey, shh, shh. It's me... in this body. Donkey: [gasps] Oh, my God, you ate the princess!
— Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Ted Elliott, Roger S.H. Schulman, Donkey (voice), Eddie Murphy, Shrek
Donkey: Okay, let me get this straight: you gonna go fight a dragon and rescue a princess just so Farquaad'll give you back your swamp, which you only don't have 'cause he filled it full of freaks in the first place. Is that about right? Shrek: You know what? Maybe there's a good reason donkeys shou…
— Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Ted Elliott, Roger S.H. Schulman, Donkey (voice), Eddie Murphy, Shrek
Donkey: [looks at a hovel] Whoa. Look at that. Who'd wanna live in a place like that? Shrek: That, would be my home. Donkey: Oh...and it is LOVELY! You know, you're really quite a decorator. It's amazing what you've done with such a modest budget. I like that boulder. That is a NICE boulder.
— Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Ted Elliott, Roger S.H. Schulman, Donkey (voice), Eddie Murphy, Shrek
Donkey: So where is this fire-breathin' pain in the neck, anyway? Shrek: Inside, waiting for us to rescue her. Donkey: I was talkin' about the dragon, Shrek.
— Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Ted Elliott, Roger S.H. Schulman, Donkey (voice), Eddie Murphy, Shrek
Donkey: Hi, Princess! Princess Fiona: It talks! Shrek: Yeah, it's getting him to shut up that's the trick!
— Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Ted Elliott, Roger S.H. Schulman, Donkey (voice), Eddie Murphy, Shrek
[looking for a certain type of flower] Blue flower, red thorns. Blue flower, red thorns. Blue flower, red thorns. Man, this would be so much easier if I wasn't COLOR-BLIND!
— Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Ted Elliott, Roger S.H. Schulman, Donkey (voice), Eddie Murphy, Shrek
Don't you see? A real sword will kill you.
— Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa, Kyuzo, Seiji Miyaguchi, Seven Samurai
We can stay up late, swapping manly stories, and in the morning, I'm making waffles!
— Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Ted Elliott, Roger S.H. Schulman, Donkey (voice), Eddie Murphy, Shrek
Consider who we're dealing with here. Give a wolf a taste of your leg and he'll ask for your hand.
— Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa, Manzô - Father of Shino, Kamatari Fujiwara, Seven Samurai
Actually, kids work harder than adults. But only if you treat them like adults.
— Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa, Heihachi Hayashida, Minoru Chiaki, Seven Samurai
Find hungry samurai. Even bears come down from the mountains when they are hungry.
— Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa, Gisaku, the Old Man, Kokuten Kôdô, Seven Samurai