30 Best Hudson Quotes

Elisa: Your loyalty is admirable, but he told you to "guard our home."
Hudson: Aye, that he did.
Elisa: Hudson, you and I both know it's not your home any more.

Hudson: Well, what fills your nights now, Robbins?
Jeffery: I write novels. Or I did, until they dried up.
[Hudson looks at the full bookshelves in amazement]
Hudson: You wrote all of these?
Jeffery: [laughs] Wouldn't that be something! No. But I did have a few modest successes.

Goliath: It's hopeless, Hudson. Save yourself.
Hudson: Hear me, lad. We go together, or we don't go at all.

Hudson: [sees a framed medal] What is this?
[He hands it to Robbins, who feels it]
Jeffery: My Purple Heart. For this.
[indicates his blind eyes]
Jeffery: So busy trying to herd a bunch of green kids through 'Nam that I didn't watch my step. Shrapnel - you never see it coming.
Hudson: "Nam"?
Jeffery: Vietnam. The war? Funny, something about your voice made me think you were a soldier once.
Hudson: Aye. I still am, I suppose.

Brooklyn: What's Demona's game this time?
Goliath: I don't know. But we're going to find out.
Elisa: But I'm okay. You don't have to go! You know it's a trap!
Hudson: If he doesn't go now, Demona will know her plan failed. She'll come after you again.

Hudson: [as he's surrounded by 3 members of the Pack] Go on then. We're none of us getting any younger.

Hudson: I thought they were the good guys. Maybe we shouldn't believe everything we see on television.

Goliath: What are you doing here? Why aren't you guarding our home?
Elisa: You don't live there any more.
Goliath: [getting angry] WHAT?
Elisa: I found you a new home.
Goliath: HOW DARE YOU! I told you that castle IS OUR HOME!
Broadway: NO, Goliath! She's right! It's *suicide* to stay there.
Hudson: Lad, they're right, you know. It's just a place of stone and wood. Home is more than that Goliath. Home is the six of us. Wherever we can be together and safe. *That's* our home

Brooklyn: Wouldn't it be great to be a shapeshifter?
Lexington: We wouldn't have to hide. We could fit in anywhere.
Broadway: We could find new friends, maybe even... love.
Hudson: Be careful what you wish for, lad.

Lexington: [walking into the TV room] Hey, it's The Pack!
Brooklyn: Cool!
Hudson: [flipping through the channels] Something's wrong, it's on all the channels again!
Broadway: I thought you liked this show, Hudson.
Hudson: Aye, I do, but not every night!

Jeffery: Are you all right?
Hudson: I had a little trouble.
Jeffery: This beach isn't safe after dark. Do you need a doctor?
Hudson: No! Just a place to rest until sunrise. If I could lean on you...
Jeffery: Come on in. I've got a fire going.
Hudson: There's little I can offer in return, except my thanks.
Jeffery: That's payment in full.

Hudson: It is time for me to step down, and for you to lead.
Goliath: It was your skills that led us to the Archmage. I cannot take command *now*!
Hudson: It's time for my friend.
[puts his hand on Goliath's shoulder]
Goliath: Then I will. But only if you stay by my side. I will need your wisdom to guide me.

Goliath: [saves Hudson from behind] Watch your back old friend
Hudson: [chuckles] Watch your own.

Goliath: Given what happened, I wish you *had* accompanied us last night, Hudson.
Brooklyn: Hudson?
Hudson: Aye, it's my name. And what would you make of it?
Broadway: It's a fine name.
Lexington: Hudson. I - uh - I like it.
Brooklyn: We should choose names too. Names that suit our new lives here.
Goliath: Oh? And what might they be?
Brooklyn: [scratches his head, and thinks] MM. Brooklyn. I'm Brooklyn!
Broadway: Broadway.
Lexington: Lexington. Do you like it?
Goliath: [of their pet] They're all fine names. I guess he'll need one as well.
Brooklyn: Oh ho. I've got one for him too. From now on, you're Bronx!

Lexington: Goliath, you told Coldstone that gargoyles protect.
Hudson: Like we breathe boy, you know that.
Brooklyn: But... what do we protect?
Hudson: The clock tower!
Goliath: No. That is merely were we sleep. This island, Manhattan, this is our castle. From this day forward we protect all who live here, human and gargoyle alike.

Owen: [as they're about to take the Grimorum] I'm afraid I can't allow this. This book is the property of Mr. Xanatos.
Hudson: And who's going to stop us? You?
Owen: [Removes his glasses] Indeed.
[Tosses Hudson]
Owen: You're trespassing!

Goliath: [of Demona] Do you think she survived?
Hudson: If she did, we'll know soon enough, I imagine.

Goliath: Were any more down in the rookery?
Broadway: ...Only us.
Hudson: All the humans are gone. Taken prisoner, most likely.
Goliath: Then we will find them. We will save them. And we will have our *revenge*!

Hudson: Give it up, girl. You can't win.
Demona: I'm smarter, stronger, and I'm younger than you! Your pride will cost you your *life*!
Hudson: But I know something you don't. Something that only comes with age. I know how to wait.
[the sun rises and they turn to stone]

Hudson: And they said the Middle Ages were barbaric.

Hudson: Movies, television, video games... these days it's hard to tell what's real and what's not.

[Robbins locates MacBeth by looking up his alias in a Braille phone directory]
Hudson: A magic book...
Jeffery: Aren't they all?

Goliath: [wounded and facing Demona with Hudson; weakly] You... can't... face her.
Hudson: I can face her. I just can't beat her.

Hudson: [flying to meet Demona] Perhaps you should have brought the others.
Goliath: No! Brooklyn is still too angry at Demona. I need someone I can rely on.

Hudson: Don't worry, lads, he'll be back. We didn't survive a thousand years' sleep to lose him now.

Elisa: Shapeshifters, elves, fairies... you mean they're real?
Hudson: As real as I am, if the stories be true.

Goliath: [holding Xanatos over the edge of the building] She wanted me to destroy humanity, I think I'll start with you!
David: Go ahead. Without me, you'd still be gathering moss.
Elisa: NO, GOLIATH! Don't do this.
Goliath: Give me one good reason not to drop him.
Goliath: Because if you do, you're the same as Demona.
Hudson: She's right, lad. Is that what you want?
Goliath: ...No.

Goliath: What's wrong brother?
Coldstone: Why nothing, "brother."
Hudson: [grabs Goliath's arm to slow him] Stay back lad. Something's not right here.
Goliath: It's all right. I trust you brother.
Coldstone: Do you? Pity.
[pulls out laser and fires at Goliath]

Hudson: [Watching the sun rise] Yes! But I know about something that you don't. Something that only comes with age.
Demona: Yeah? What's that?
Hudson: Patience.
[Hudson, Demona, and Goliath all turn into stone]

Brooklyn: Hudson?
Hudson: Aye, its my name. And what would you make of it?
Broadway: It's a fine name
Lexington: Hudson, I like it.
Brooklyn: We should choose names too. Names that suit our lives here.
Goliath: Oh? And what might they be
Brooklyn: [scratches head to think] Brooklyn. I'm Brooklyn.
Broadway: Broadway.
Lexington: Lexington, do you like it?
Goliath: [him and Hudson look at each other smiling] they're all fine names
[referring to their pet]
Goliath: I guess he'll need one as well.
Brooklyn: Oh, I've got one for him too. From now on, your Bronx
[he walks away growling]
Lexington: [laughs] I think he likes it