Memorable quotes for
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) More at IMDbPro »

Columbus: Paradise and hell both can be earthly.
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Sanchez: [Columbus stops Sanchez after he leaves an audience with the Queen. Sanchez looks at him, disgusted] You're a dreamer.
Columbus: [shooting a glance out of a window] Tell me, what do you see?
Sanchez: [pausing to look] I see rooftops, I see palaces, I see towers, I see spires that reach... to the sky! I see civilisation!
Columbus: All of them built by people like me.
[Sanchez doesn't respond - shocked]
Columbus: No matter how long you live, Sanchez, there is something that will never change between us. I did it. You didn't.
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[first lines]
Young Fernando Columbus: Of all the words my father wrote - and there were many - I remember these the most: "Nothing that results from human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. And those who are enlightened before the others are condemned to persue that light in spite of others."
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Columbus: Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier.
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Columbus: We are trying to adapt to the Indian diet. Meat is only a memory for us.
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Queen Isabella I.: [referring to Columbus' proposed expedition] The costs would be ruinous.
Sanchez: No more than the costs of two state banquettes.
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Antonio de Marchena: You are a passionate man, Sir. Columbus.
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