- [last lines]
- [after she reads the letter Beau had written to explain what happened to the jewel - he has signed the letter with his name - she reads...]
- Lady Patricia Brandon: "Beau Geste"
- Lady Patricia Brandon: [to John] Beau Geste... gallant gesture. We didn't name him wrong, did we?
- [Schwartz is shouting at the legionnaires to mutiny against Markoff]
- Michael 'Beau' Geste: Wait a minute. I don't know much about mutinies, but I do know it isn't good form to plan them at the top of your voice.
- Rasinoff: [about Markoff] Oh... he's a madman! He was expelled from a Siberian penal colony for cruelty!
- Foreword: "The love of a man for a woman waxes and wanes like the moon, but the love of brother for brother is steadfast as the stars and endures like the word of the prophet." Arabian proverb
- [the boys watch the burning model ship in the "Viking funeral"]
- Beau at age 12: There. That's what I want when my turn comes. I'd give anything to have a Viking's funeral... with a dog at my feet and 'last post' blown for me. If it weren't too much trouble.
- Digby at age 12: Beau, it isn't too much trouble. I'll give you one whenever you like.
- John Geste: Charming fellow, our sergeant.
- Michael 'Beau' Geste: A trifle uncouth, but the best soldier we'll ever see.
- John Geste: Well, isn't anybody going to say a word?
- Michael 'Beau' Geste: You young pup, we're both so disgusted with you we're speechless.
- John Geste: I'm no worse than either of you.
- Digby Geste: There's something in what he says.
- Michael 'Beau' Geste: I insist I'm worse than he is. He didn't steal the Blue Water.
- John Geste: Neither did you.
- Digby Geste: No. As a matter of fact, I've got it.
- Michael 'Beau' Geste: I'll be frank with you, gentlemen. I've got it. I intend to sell it for 30,000 pounds sometime in the future, and live a life of ease in Paris surrounded by whiskey, ladies, and laughter.
- Digby Geste: Well that's funny. I'm going to sell it and go to Paris, too. Only I don't' want any laughter.
- Michael 'Beau' Geste: One thing I counted on was my younger brother leading an upright life while I spent my ill-gotten gains.
- Digby Geste: Yes, I was counting on him, too.
- John Geste: If you don't mind my saying so, the great sapphire is in my possession. And as soon as I can arrange to sell it, I'm going to the South Seas, buy a plantation, and start trading in copra.
- Digby Geste: He puts us both to shame, doesn't he, Beau?
- Michael 'Beau' Geste: Let's put him to death and keep his share.
- Markoff: The jewel you stole. I want it.
- Michael 'Beau' Geste: I have no jewel.
- Markoff: I know you have.
- Michael 'Beau' Geste: I haven't.
- Markoff: Are you sure?
- Michael 'Beau' Geste: Quite sure.
- Markoff: I advise you to change your mind. Otherwise, when this is over, I may have to shoot you to make sure.
- Michael 'Beau' Geste: I understand, Sergeant.
- Markoff: You mean you'd rather not hand it over now and save your life?
- Michael 'Beau' Geste: No, Sergeant.
- Markoff: That's very unfortunate... for you.
- Markoff: I am Sergeant Markoff. I make soldiers out of scum like you, and I don't do it gently. You're the sloppiest looking lot I've ever seen. It's up to me to prevent you from becoming a disgrace to the Regiment. And I will prevent that if I have to kill half of you with work. But the half that lives will be soldiers. I promise you!
- [Lt. Martin is bed-ridden with a fever]
- Markoff: How do you feel tonight, Lieutenant?
- Lt. Martin: I'm dying.
- Markoff: I hope not, sir.
- Lt. Martin: I'm going to die. I'll be buried under the sand and forgotten. When I was a little boy, I thought soldiers always died in battles. I didn't know there were so many soldiers... and so few battles... and so many fevers.
- Markoff: [as the Arabs flee] Look at them. They come when I want them, and they go when I don't need them anymore. They're beaten, but they've put down a mutiny for me. They've given me the Legion of Honor, and they've made me an officer!
- Lt. Martin: I just witnessed that little exhibition of yours, Markoff. I don't like it!
- Markoff: You have to be strict with scum like that, sir.
- Lt. Martin: They're men. They have their rights, guaranteed within the regulations.
- Markoff: I'll keep within the regulations, sir.
- Lt. Martin: You're a good soldier, Markoff, but I doubt if you're a good sergeant. If you're not, you won't last long in the Legion. Watch your step, or I'll break you!
- Markoff: And now, you scum, it's my turn. I'm going to give you a lesson in putting down an attempted mutiny that'll be the last thing you'll ever see. Maybe this'll make you die happy. Markoff thanks you. When he's an officer and has the Legion of Honor, he'll think often of the stupid, blundering pigs that put him where he is.
- Markoff: [Markoff props a dead man on the fort's wall] Everybody does his duty at Zinderneuf, dead or alive! We'll make those Arabs think we've got a thousand men.
- Markoff: [to a dead soldier he props on the wall] The rest of the bullets you stop won't hurt as much as that first one.
- Michael 'Beau' Geste: There'll be a flag flying out there in the morning that I swore to uphold. Armies of good men have died for it gladly. It's a battle flag and it's a flag of victory. I'm rather proud to be under it. And I wouldn't want to go out in the morning like you and know that I was going to be a traitor to it!
- Markoff: That's the place for our mutineers. Up on a roost, like pigeons. If I could only afford to waste them all.