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According to a BBC News story, a survey of over 1000 people determined that only 10% could place such classic literary quotations as "Now is the winter of our discontent." Apparently, 71% had no trouble placing "If only you knew the power of the dark side."
When asked to complete the line "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your..." from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, some people said swords or money rather than ears.
Lend me your money. This doesn't really surprise me, but still.
I would love to know how many people would list popular movies as the original source of classic quotes, like the Shakespearean lines in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
This also got me thinking about the Lord of the Rings film cycle. Are there any quotes in those films as memorable as the ones from the Star Wars saga? Much better movies, but maybe not so quotable. [via LISNews]
Posted by Hilary at February 17, 2004 09:41 PM