Quotes
(Movies)
Lawrence of Arabia
Nothing is written.
"... this is a nasty, dark little room."
"That's right."
"We are not happy in it."
"I am. It's better than a nasty, dark little trench."
The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.
"You're a clown, Lawrence."
"Ah, well. We can't all be lion tamers."
Big things have small beginnings.
"Look, Ali. Look." (Lawrence points to his skin colour.)
"That' me. What colour is it? That's me. And there's nothing I
can do about it."
"A man can do whatever he wants. You said."
"He can... but he can't want whatever he wants." Point to
his skin... This is the stuff that decides what he
wants."
We drive bargains... old men's work. Young men make wars and
the virtues of war are the virtues of young men. Courage and
hope for the future. Then old men make the peace. And the
vices of peace are the vices of old men. Mistrust and caution.
It must be so.
If we've told lies, you've told half-lies. And a man who tells
lies... merely hides the truth. But a man who tells half-lies
has forgotten where he put it.
Learn about the man T.E.
Lawrence.
