Movie quote of the week
Thomas More: Be a teacher. You would be a good teacher – maybe even a great one.
Rich: And if I were, who would know it?
More: You! Your pupils. Your friends. God. Not a bad public, that.
“A Man for All Seasons” is one of the most quotable movies ever, with one of the most literate scripts imaginable. If you’ve never seen it, you’re missing something great.
I love that quote. A couple of others I have:
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MORE: If we lived in a State where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us good, and greed would make us saintly. And we’d live like animals or angels in the happy land that needs no heroes. But since in fact we see that avarice, anger, envy, pride, sloth, lust and stupidity commonly profit far beyond humility, chastity, fortitude, justice and thought, and have to choose, to be human at all . . . why then perhaps we must stand fast a little — even at the risk of being heroes.
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MORE: When a man takes an oath, Meg, he’s holding his own self in his hands, like water. And if he opens his fingers, then he needn’t hope to find himself again.
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MORE: I should in fairness add that my taste in music is reputedly deplorable.
HENRY: Your taste in music is excellent. It exactly coincides with my own!
My other favorite one is “giving the devil benefit of law,” which I already wrote about here:
http://www.lucky8ball.com/wordsmeanthings/index.cfm?postID=54