Exploring National Treasure Quotes: Wisdom and Adventure in Film Dialogue

Who wants to go down the creepy tunnel inside the tomb first?

So let’s recap: We have some bad guy follow us in here and it’s up to us to save the day.

You know the key to running a convincing bluff? Every once in a while you got to be holding all the cards.

If there’s something wrong, those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.

The world is full of lost treasures just waiting to be found.

I’m going to steal the Declaration of Independence.

We don’t follow maps to buried treasure and ‘X’ never, ever, marks the spot.

I guess we just accidentally robbed a bank.

Okay, now why did I do that?

Any last words, Mr. treasure hunter?

I am in complete control of the situation.

People don’t talk in elevators. Too intimate. Face to face, forced to look at each other. You look somewhere else.

A toast, yeah. To high treason. That’s what these men were committing when they signed the Declaration. Had we lost the war, they would have been hanged, beheaded, drawn and quartered.

You care too much about your family’s name. All your life you tried to live up to it. Don’t throw it away on this silly treasure hunt.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.

History is a torch that illuminates the past, it is not just a dead weight of books unread and buildings unvisited.

The only thing that matters is knowing you can trust the person next to you.

We can’t have a conspiracy that only three people know about. Two of them have to be dead.

You talk about priceless? How about history being lost?

Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth.

Some things are true whether you believe in them or not.

You must question me because you know the key to any treasure is the secret kept.

The past is filled with incredible mysteries. The clues to solving them are all around, hidden in plain sight.

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with courage, it need not be lived again.

Remember, an idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

Sometimes the discovery of what is true, and the practice of that truth, are not in the same places.

We don’t follow maps to treasure, and X never, ever marks the spot.

Don’t wreck a sublime chocolate experience by feeling guilty.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

You can?t run away from who you are. But what you can do is run toward who you want to be.

Who wants to go down the creepy tunnel first?

Don?t go far. A little rebellious independence is healthy.

I’m gonna steal the Declaration of Independence.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths.

Fishing and treasure hunting. It never ends well. Have I told you that?

That is just a little too perfect for me. I prefer things with flaws.

It?s not just plenty of people who have tried. Every single person, ever.

People don’t talk that way anymore, beautiful, don’t tell me the rest of the story.

Last time I checked, we both have the same father.

I?m in a little bit of a situation here, but don?t worry, I’ve got everything under control.

Those who have the ability to take action, have the responsibility to take action.

She can hold forth on deep background should she choose to, but that’s her decision.

You have about a minute and a half to live. Crucial minutes. In history.

A toast, yeah. To high treason. That?s what these men were committing when they signed the Declaration.

The past is filled with incredible mysteries. The clues to solving them are all around, hidden in plain sight.

When something’s wrong, those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.

If there’s something wrong with those horses… those are your horses, sir.

You can’t seriously intend to run chemical tests on the Declaration of Independence in the back of a moving van!

It?s invisible. Only the worthy can see it.

Benjamin Franklin Gates, you are undertaking the duty of the family Gates? to find the most spectacular treasure in history.