- Flash Gordon: What kind of moron do you take me to be, Jellis? Curses, idols - the next thing you'll be screaming about is witches riding around on brooms!
- [Drako threatens to kill Dale with his paralysis beam unless Dr. Zakoff cooperates with his plan of universal domination]
- Dr. Hans Zarkov: Dale, I can't let them do it.
- Dale Arden: You must!
- Dr. Hans Zarkov: I can't. I can't!
- Dale Arden: You must... and you will.
- Dale Arden: That little man, Professor Jellis, was able to topple over that huge idol? How? Where did he get the strength?
- Flash Gordon: Sometimes a man finds strength within himself he didn't know was there. Professor Jellis saw his chance and found the power to balance his books.
- Dr. Hans Zarkov: With a little to spare.
- Zarko: Your scientific mind, Dr. Zarkoff, won't except the preposterous idea of an idol possessing an evil curse.
- Dr. Hans Zarkov: The curse of Belfagore is man-made. It's a lethal weapon, not a curse.
- Zarko: You have seen the result!
- Dr. Hans Zarkov: Obviously you have a paralysis ray machine set into the idol here.
- Zarko: Quite right! A paralysis ray machine whose controlled ray cuts through organic matter, destroying millions of nerves, eating its way deep into the very nerve center until total paralysis is achieved.
- Drako: Whoever stands between Drako and is his destiny will be ground into dust!
- [last lines]
- Flash Gordon: The truth will be our secret. Ready for take-off. Chart a course for home, will you, Dale?
- Dale Arden: Already did.