James Cromwell Quotes

Babe

A Family Dinner Discussion about Duck

Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett Here it is!

Farmer Hoggett The bird.

The Hoggetts granddaughter Yuck. Chicken?

The Hoggetts daughter No, it's Duck a l'Orange. And, Mother, it looks absolutely superb.

The Hoggetts granddaughter I'm not going to eat any of it!

The Hoggetts daughter Oh, this is fabulous.

Babe Ferdinand!

Cow If you're out here, who's that in there?

Ferdinand Her name's Rosanna. Why Rosanna? She–She had such a beautiful nature.

Babe Oh, Ferdinand.

Ferdinand I can't take it anymore.

Cow Really!

Ferdinand The fear's too much for a duck. It eats away at the soul. There must be kinder dispositions in far-off gentler lands.

Cow The only way you'll find happiness is to accept that the way things are is the way things are.

Ferdinand The way things are stinks! I'm not gonna be a goner. I'm gone! I wish all of you the best of luck.

Babe Where will you go?

Ferdinand No idea. But I'm a clever duck. I could do with an adventure.

Babe I'll miss you, Ferdy.

Ferdinand Ferdy? Ha! No one's ever called me that before. Ha ha ha! Hey, good luck, Pig. Ha! I am out of here.

[jumps up on the gate and turns to Babe]

Babe Bye-bye.

Ferdinand Hey! Oh! Ow! And would you do me a favor, old thing?

Babe Anything Good Luck, Ferdinand and Farewell.

Ferdinand Open the gate, right pig, huh?

[with that said, he takes off]

Babe Farewell!

Narrator The pig knew it was against the rules to leave the farm. But something was certainly wrong.

Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett How lovely, darling. What is this?

The Hoggetts son-in-law It's a fax machine, Mother. You can send us letters by phone.

Arthur Hoggett Huh.

Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett Oh.

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The Sum of All Fears

Escalating Tensions and Justifications for War

Owens Are you advocating we launch a first strike...

Becker It is not a first strike! There's already been a first strike! And a second! Don't you get it?

[shouts]

Owens No! I don't get it! I don't understand why we have to nuke them, for God's sake! It's not reasonable!

President Fowler Sidney, goddamnit! They practically sank an aircraft carrier! Their missile silos are hot! We're getting nothing but bullshit from Nemerov! And let's not forget how this thing started, OK? They tried to kill me, remember! So don't fucking tell me to be reasonable!

[shuts down both men]

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W.

Confrontation Between Father and Son

George W. Bush I hear you're looking for me! Wanna go a few rounds mano-a-mano right here?

George H.W. Bush You want an ass-whipping?

George W. Bush Try it, old man!

George H.W. Bush Go ahead, take a swing!

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Babe

Instructions for Pet Care and Farewell

Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett Now, it's all very simple. Just half an hour at 350 degrees. I've given you rabbit casserole on Friday. Now, for Duchess, it's liver in the morning, heart for the evening. Except for Fridays, if it's steak in the morning and the cooked liver at night. Warm it up in a frying pan for a bit, but test it before you give it to her because she bites into it before she knows what's what, the silly darling. That'll be the bus. Oh! Farewell.

[horn honks]

Farmer Hoggett Have a nice time. Farewell.

Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett Hello, everyone!

Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett Oh, dearie me, Valda. I know I have to be at the National Conference. I am the Assistant General Secretary of the Northeast Region after all, but I do worry about leaving that man alone.

Valda Yet acting a bit strange?

Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett Just silly facts. Odd little facts only a wife would notice. Yet, I suppose he can't get up to too much mischief in just three days, can he?

Valda Of course not.

Babe Oh. Nice evening. Disgrace about the weather. Nasty cough!

Babe It's alright. Really! I'm just, well...bless you.

Farmer Hoggett Enough!

[Then he tosses the cat out into the pouring rain]

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Babe

Modernization and Family Concerns in Everyday Life

Mrs. Hoggett ...a washing machine, a radio, a new alarm clock. I think it's a lovely fax machine, darling, but can't you use it?

The Hoggetts daughter We already have one, Mom. That's the entire idea. We can send faxes to each other. Now, don't be afraid of it just because it's new.

The Hoggetts son-in-law These accounts are a real concern, Arthur. Every month your expenditure is bigger than your income. It's eating up your reserves the entire time. You need to modernize, get some sort of cash flow going. You're yet using a horse and cart, for heaven's sakes. Dad?

Farmer Hoggett Funny, that.

The Hoggetts son-in-law Wait, what?

Farmer Hoggett These chickens, that pig.

The Hoggetts son-in-law What's the pig had to do with anything?

Farmer Hoggett Nothing. Just look at them. The browns and the whites. Come, Rex. Come, Fly. Come, Pig. Come, Pig!

[doesn't warn his family, but the next morning, he decides to see if he's really seen a pig herding chickens; turns to Babe; Babe hesitates]

Fly Maybe he's pleased with you for what you did yesterday.

Babe I didn't do much.

Fly Well, if it wasn't for you, darling, they could've stolen the entire flock.

Babe Is Rex unhappy with me?

Fly Oh, he'll be alright. Just stay out of his road today.

Farmer Hoggett Way to be, Fly. Rex, come by!

Babe You're so fast. I'd never be able to fly like you can.

Fly Pigs aren't built to fly, darling. But speed isn't the fact. It's attitude. They just have to know who's boss.

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Babe

Unexpected Roles in Animal Farm Life

Narrator A pig doing the work of a sheepdog? With Rex out of action and Fly injured from the fight, Farmer Hoggett had no choice.

Babe Maa! Maa! The boss has to give you some medicine.

Maa Oh, dear, I thought so! It's horrible stuff, that.

Babe I know, but it's for the best.

Maa Oh, our young'un, if you say so.

Farmer Hoggett Shoo! Shoo!

Narrator As the thought first came to him, Farmer Hoggett dismissed it as mere whimsy, but like most of his harebrained ideas, it wouldn't go away.

Babe What are they doing here?

Fly It's a sheepdog trial.

Babe Then it's like a competition for sheepdogs.

Fly And their bosses. It's like an obstacle curse.

Babe How do they decide who wins?

Fly Well, it's time and mistakes. You get points for how fast you are and they take points away for every mistake. Every time a sheep goes the wrong road, that's a mistake and you lose points.

Babe Looks like fun!

Fly Oh, for a sheepdog, there's no prouder moment. You know, Rex and I used to...never mind.

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Babe

Seeds of Destiny and Simple Tasks

Narrator It was at that time that Mrs. Hoggett began to worry about her husband. But Farmer Hoggett knows that little ideas that tickled and nagged and refused to go away should never be ignored for in them lie the seeds of destiny.

Farmer Hoggett Close the gate... like that, and you're done.

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Babe

A Conversation Among Farm Animals

Narrator But Fly could never believe that Babe was a sheep-killer, so she remained in the field to do something she'd never done before... talk to the sheep.

Fly Tell me. Who killed the old one?

Sheep Wolf!

Fly Wolf. Is that the only words you half-wits know?

Sheep Wolf!

Fly Are you saying it was a dog?

Sheep Babe! Where's Babe?

Fly Was it wolf or Babe?!

Sheep Wolf! Where's Babe?! Wolf! Babe!

Narrator Farmer Hoggett was carrying something in the crook of one arm. A kind of black, shiny tube.

Farmer Hoggett Come, pig.

Narrator The pig had a vague memory that shiny tubes produced food and guessed that some quite unexpected reunion would come out of the two small round mouths.

Sheep Wolf! Babe! Wolf! Babe!

Fly QUIET!!!!

[yelling]

Narrator Fly decided to speak very slowly, for it was a cold fact of nature that sheep were stupid, and no one would ever persuade her otherwise.

Fly Please, please would you be so kind as to tell me what happened?

[straining]

Sheep Shh! Quiet!

[to each other]

Fly Please, tell me what just happened this morning.

Narrator The sheep spoke very slowly, for it was a cold fact of nature that wolves were ignorant, and nothing would convince them otherwise.

Sheep Babe came! He saved us! The wolves killed Maa. But Babe drove the wolves away!

Fly Thank you. Thank you! Thank you all very much!

Sheep Pleasure talking to ya.

Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett Hoggett! Hooey! Hoggett! ARTHUR! Well, there you are! What do you think? That was the police on the telephone. They said there are wild dogs about. Apparently, the Mitchells lost six lambs this morning. What on earth are you doing here with that gun?!

[Fly is shown running toward the shack. Farmer Hoggett walks out of it as she passes him to get inside; notice the shotgun on his hand]

Farmer Hoggett Oh, err... nothing.

[looks at his shotgun, realizing the mistake he almost made; Esme frowns at him, but lets out a sigh and walks back into the house as we see Farmer Hoggett with a pleading look on his face upon learning the truth and removes the shells on his shotgun]

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Babe

A Pig's Journey to Leadership and Control

Farmer Hoggett Get them up, Pig.

Fly He wants you to drive them out of the yard.

[to Babe]

Farmer Hoggett Away to me, Pig!

Fly Remember, you'll have to dominate them. Do that and they'll do anything you want. Go. Go!

Babe This is ridiculous, Mom.

[approaching Fly]

Fly Nonsense. It's only your first try. But you're treating them like equals. They're sheep. They're inferior.

Babe Oh, dear, they're not.

Fly Of course they are! We are their masters, Babe. Let them doubt it for a second and they'll walk all over you.

Rex Fly, get that pig out of there!

[barks frustratingly]

Fly Make them feel inferior. Abuse them. Insult them.

Rex Fly!

Babe But they'll laugh at me.

Fly Then bite them! Be ruthless. Whatever it takes. Bend them to your will.

Rex Enough!

Fly Go ahead! Go!

Babe Move along there, you...you big butt heads!

Maa Young'un, stop this nonsense! What's got into you all of a sudden? I just got finished tellin what a nice young pig you be.

Babe Maa, I was just trying to be a sheepdog...

Maa Hah! Enough wolves in the world already, without a nice lad like you turnin nasty. You haven't had it in you, young'un!

Rex You and I have descended from the grand sheepdogs. We carry the bloodline of the ancient Bahou. We stand for something. And today, I watched in shame as all that was betrayed.

[fumes at Fly]

Fly Rex, dear, he's just a little pig.

Rex All the bigger the insult.

Babe I'm sorry I bit you. Are you alright?

Sheep Well, I wouldn't call that a bite myself. You've had teeth in that floppy mouth of yours or just gums?

Babe Aaaah!

[opening his mouth wide]

Maa You see, ladies? A heart of gold!

Sheep Heart of gold.

Maa No need for all this wolf nonsense, young'un. All a nice little pig like you need do is ask.

Babe Thanks very much. It was very kind of you.

Sheep A pleasure. What a nice little pig!

Fly Alright, how did you do it?

[to Babe]

Babe I asked them and they did it. I just asked them nicely.

Fly We don't ask sheep, darling. We warn them what to do.

Babe But I did so, Mom. They were really friendly. Perhaps Rex might be a little more friendly if I had a speak with him.

Fly No, no, no. I think you better leave that to me.

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Deep Impact

Unraveling Secrets and Hidden Truths

Jenny Lerner We know everything.

Alan Rittenhouse Nobody knows everything.

Jenny Lerner Well, we know about the secret phone lines, and the whispered calls to the president, and about a secretary of the Treasury who's kept his entire department in the dark about what he's really doing, about a cover story about his resignation that just fell through. I mean, sir, you want me to go on?

Alan Rittenhouse And you're just gonna break it?

Jenny Lerner Well, that's what we do for a living.

Alan Rittenhouse Well, congratulations, you now have the biggest story in history. Good luck to you. Personally, I think it's a mistake to run the story, but hey, what the hell? Why not? What difference does anything make anymore? Look, I know you're just a reporter, but you used to be a person, right? I wanted to be with my family. Can you understand that?

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Babe

Tension in the Sheep Fields

Narrator At any other time, the pig would've been tickled pink by his first visit to the sheep fields. But now, there was fear in the air. Maa and her kind were under threat.

Sheep Rustler Hey, Frank, feel like pork for dinner tonight?

Maa Young'un! You're alive!

Babe Maa! What's going on? Who are these men?

Frank I'll get him out. Come around, Sniff!

[whistles]

Babe Where's our boss? It doesn't seem right.

[gets knocked over by Sniff]

Esme What's wrong, dear?

[upon seeing her granddaughter heartbroken]

The Hoggetts granddaughter It's the wrong one! I WANT THE HOUSE I SAW ON THE TELEVISION!!

[complaining and sobbing; shrieking tearfully as we see Arthur smirking at his granddaughter's tantrum, trying not to laugh; crying]

Esme Oh, there, there.

[comforting her granddaughter]

Farmer Hoggett Nice dog. Nice pig.

[Fly jumps into the truck bed. Then the farmer lifts Babe up behind her]

Fly I'm very proud of you, my boy.

Babe I'm going to be a nice sheepdog if I grow up, aren't I?

Fly None of my pups would have done any better than you did so today.

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Spider-Man 3

Unexpected Encounter at the Modeling Gig

Eddie Brock Oh my gosh. That's Gwen.

Captain Stacy What? What's she doing up there?

[takes the camera from Eddie, and sees his daughter]

Eddie I don't know. I just saw her last night. She said she had a modeling gig.

Captain Stacy Who are you?

Brock It's Brock, sir. Edward Brock Jr. I work at Daily Bugle, and I'm, uh, dating your daughter.

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The Sum of All Fears

Diplomatic Tensions and Historical Accusations

President Nemerov I ordered no such attack. You must not respond to this action until we have investigated all possibilities.

[in Russian]

President Fowler Like you did in Chechnya? Mr. President, who is in control of your armed forces?

Nemerov You dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. You dropped the bomb on Nagasaki. Do not lecture me on Chechnya!

[in Russian]

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Babe

Early Morning Ambitions in the Barnyard

Babe Mom. Mom! Mom! Can we start work early today?

Fly Oh, dear, it's not even dawn yet. You can go to work until the rooster crows. Go back to sleep.

Babe Excuse me. Hello, sir. Excuse me, but it's almost dawn and......

Rooster Wait, what?

Babe I'm sorry to disturb you, but it's almost dawn, and I wondered if you'd mind crowing just a few moments early this morning.

Rooster Get out of here!

Babe But, well, see I just...

Rooster Get lost!

Babe Oh, okay Rooster.

Sheep Wolf! Babe! Wolf! Babe!

Narrator Now the pig understood why the sheep called all dogs wolves. And he was filled with a deep and horrible rage.

Babe Maa! Maa! Are you alright?

Maa Hello, young'un.

Babe Oh, Maa, can you get up?

Maa I don't reckon.

[last words]

Babe It's over, Maa. The wolves have gone far off. I'll get the boss up here to look after you. You'll be alright. You'll be alright! Oh, Maa! Maa! MAA!! MAA!! MAA!!! MAA!!!

[but her eyes are far apart. Her head droops and life leaves her; chokes back sobs, then bleating depressed as the sheep saying his name; the Boss's truck rumbles up]

Farmer Hoggett Go Home, pig.

Narrator Fly knew that there was only one fate for any creature that took the life of a sheep on Hoggett Farm.

The Queen

Debate Over Extravagance in Royal Travel

Prince Charles I should go to Paris. I told my people to start organizing a jet.

HM Queen Elizabeth II What, a private one?

Prince Charles Yes.

HM Queen Elizabeth II Isn't that precisely the sort of extravagance they always attack us for?

Prince Charles How else am I supposed to get to Paris at this time? The airport at Aberdeen will be closed and —

HM The Queen Mother Charles dear, use the ]; they keep one plane on permanent standby, in case I should kick the bucket.

[[w:Air transport of the Royal Family and executive of the United Kingdom|Royal Flight]

HM Queen Elizabeth II No, Mummy, that's out of the question; this isn't a matter of State.

Prince Charles What are you talking about?

HM Queen Elizabeth II Diana's no longer a member of the ]. She's not an ]. This is a private matter!

[[w:British Royal Family|Royal Family; [w:Royal Highness|HRH]

Prince Charles She's mother to your grandchildren!

HM The Queen Mother What is happening now?

Prince Philip I don't know; I can't hear, everyone shouting!

Babe

Misery on a Beautiful Night

Fly Rex? I know it was hard for you today, watching all that happening. But surely it's not worth all this misery. Please, darling. Not on such a beautiful night.

[Rex doesn't answer]

Rex You...put these ideas into his head, two-faced traitorous WRETCH!!!

[gets up growling]

Farmer Hoggett Get down! Down, Rex! Rex...

[Rex accidentally bites his hand]

Narrator A dark cloud had descended on the valley. And the pig felt that the dangers were all his fault. But he was certain, he knew how to set things right.

Babe Um, excuse me, sir. But I-I-I-I think all this trouble-

[in an attempt to apologize for being better than him]

Vet Well, it's not distemper. Can't be rabies. Must be the hormones.

Esme Hoggett What about Hoggett's notion, the dog being jealous of the wee pig?

Vet Oh, I don't see that myself.

Esme Hoggett No. Then what have we done?

Vet Well, you can keep him locked up or snip, snip. I can do it Tuesday.

Arthur Hoggett No.

Vet Or Wednesday.

Esme Hoggett Hoggett doesn't want the dog operated on. He's a breeding dog.

Vet Well, now, I can sedate him, of course, but he'll be useless as a working dog. Now I'm gonna give you some pills to put in his food.

[injects Rex]

Arthur Hoggett Good dog.

Babe

Christmas Dinner Conversation in the Hoggett Family

Babe Fly, may I call you Mom?

Esme Hoggett Hello!

The Hoggetts son-in-law Hey, folks, how are you? Merry Christmas!

Esme Hoggett Merry Christmas! How's my favorite girl? Nanny has a jellybean. Give us a kiss. And guess what we're having for Christmas dinner? Roast pork.

The Hoggetts granddaughter I hate pork.

Maa Darn silly carry-on, if you ask me.

Horse The cat says they call it Christmas.

Ferdinand Christmas! Christmas dinner, yes. Dinner means death. Death means carnage! Christmas means carnage! CHRISTMAS MEANS CARNAGE!!

[runs off in fear]

Maa Eating pigs! Blaah! Barbarians!

Babe You're going back to the fields, Maa.

[runs up to Maa]

Maa Oh, young'un, tragic there ain't more of your kind. I'll be thinking of you always.

Babe I could come and visit you, Maa.

Maa I'd like that, but...well, we shouldn't hope for too much.

[gets yanked as the cart pulls forward, she follows]

Babe La la la, la la la, la la la lala. La la la, lala la la, lalala la la la la, hey!

[humming the tune of "Jingle Bells"]

Narrator And then, it was Christmas Eve, and time had run out for the pig.

Mrs. Hoggett Are you doing him tonight, then?

Farmer Hoggett Huh.

Mrs. Hoggett Sure. The blood will drain by morning.

Farmer Hoggett Pity.

Mrs. Hoggett What's that?

Farmer Hoggett Nothing.

Mrs. Hoggett What on earth are you rambling on about?

Farmer Hoggett Exchange to miss out on the best ham prize at next year's fair, is all. Nice plump haunches he's getting. Beautiful. Yet...silly to wait, I suppose so.

Revenge of the Nerds

College Life and its Distractions

Lewis There's 6,127 students at Adams, 58% of which are girls.

Gilbert So?

Lewis So, that's 7,107.32 boobs.

Mr. Skolnick Ah, you college men are all alike; all you think about is getting laid! I almost wish I was enrolling in school with you guys!

Memorable Quotes from James Cromwell