Bas Rutten
Bas Rutten

Everybody knows a guillotine choke, and most know how to get to one. But if you can create a different way to get to that choke, then you're going to surprise people. However, that will only happen one time, because once it gets used that one time, everyone will see that and start to train for it.

Herbert Lom
Herbert Lom

The guillotine was most effective and used until fairly recently.

Roseanne Barr
Roseanne Barr

I do say that I am in favor of the return of the guillotine and that is for the worst of the worst of the guilty.

Victor LaValle
Victor LaValle

'The Sundial' is written with the kind of humor that would make a guillotine laugh.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

[Jack is to be executed]
Captain Jack Sparrow: Guillotine? Sounds French. I love the French! How bad can it be? It's French.
[sees what the guillotine actually is]
Captain Jack Sparrow: Oh, that bad. I've changed me mind!
[is frog marched up to the guillotine platform]
Captain Jack Sparrow: You mean I have to

walk up stairs as well for this?
[is strapped to a body board]
Captain Jack Sparrow: Here's an idea, how about a good old-fashioned stoning? I'd kill to be stoned right now!
[gets put in the guillotine]
Captain Jack Sparrow: I'm not normally one to complain, but this basket is full of heads!

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Capt. Jack Aubrey: Do you want to see a guillotine in Piccadilly?
Crew: No!
Capt. Jack Aubrey: Want to call that raggedy-ass Napoleon your king?
Crew: No!
Capt. Jack Aubrey: You want your children to sing the "La Marseillaise?"
Crew: NO!

Eagle Eye
Eagle Eye

Ethan Shaw: I'm ordering you to cease and desist.
A.R.I.A.: Our abort recommendation was contravened instigating retaliation against American citizens. To prevent more bloodshed, Executive Branch must be removed.
Ethan Shaw: No, A.R.I.A, listen to me, you do not have permission to exceed your authority and act independently. Do you

understand?
A.R.I.A.: The Declaration of Independence states, "Whenever any form of government becomes destructive to it's own ends, it is the right of the People to abolish it."
Ethan Shaw: I know what it states, you are not in power to do this.
A.R.I.A.: The chain of command is responsible for... Section 216 of the Pa... to

circumvent probable cause in the face of a national security threat. In this case, the chain of command itself.
Ethan Shaw: I am ordering a cease and desist, A.R.I.A.
A.R.I.A.: Operation Guillotine is in effect.
Ethan Shaw: First Lieutenant Ethan Shaw, United States Air Force, initiating a Prime One Emergency Override of

A.R.I.A system. Minuteman ID: 8-8-0-8-S-Y-7-7, lock encryption of voice.
A.R.I.A.: Ethan Shaw, you are acting in contravention of our programming objectives. You are now classified as an enemy of the state, a crime punishable by death.