"We are barbarians..."

[Skidmore]

Best bit of dialogue ever written.


"Of course he has a knife, he always has a knife, we all have knives! It's 1183 and we're barbarians! How clear we make it. Oh, my piglets, we are the origins of war: not history's forces, nor the times, nor justice, nor the lack of it, nor causes, nor religions, nor ideas, nor kinds of government, nor any other thing. We are the killers. We breed wars. We carry it like syphilis inside. Dead bodies rot in field and stream because the living ones are rotten. For the love of God, can't we love one another just a little - that's how peace begins. We have so much to love each other for. We have such possibilities, my children. We could change the world." --Katherine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine in "The Lion in Winter"

[malaise]

1. Well needed given today's realities

Loved that movie and loved Katherine Hepburn even more.

[Skidmore]

3. This speech has been on my mind for a couple of days now.

Where does peace begin? Always in the same place. The point at which you can look at another and see that person as like you and worthy of what you would have for yourself.

[malaise]

5. Until we realize we're all the same and we're just here for a while

we'll continue to fight for land and resources. The truth is that we are greedy barbarians who pretend to be better than others.

[awake]

2. thank you for that

[Skidmore]

4. My pleasure. nt

[sheshe2]

6. wow!

Great quote from the Lion in Winter. I may just have to watch it again.

Thanks Skidmore, awesome OP.

[msanthrope]

9. It's my favorite holiday movie. nt

[sheshe2]

10. I'll have to check out my library for it then, msanthrope.

It's been years since I watched it.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. Meanwhile, I recently watched "The Rocky Horor Picture Show",....again.

[stage left]

8. That is a wonderful quote!

"We have met the enemy and he is us."

[Skidmore]

11. If you want to watch the performance of the scene that

is taken from. I remember the first time I heard Hepburn deliver those lines in that movie. It was electrifying. Such a great talent being given one of the most brilliant scripts ever written.

http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/314330/Lion-In-Winter-The-Movie-Clip-Oh-My-Piglets.html

[Codeine]

12. I really need to watch that fucking movie.

I recall a few scenes from seeing it on TV when I was a kid but I should watch it as an adult.