Little Big Man (1970)

Martin Balsam: Mr. Merriweather

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• Mr. Merriweather : You're improving Jack, you just can't seem to get rid of that streak of honesty in you. The one that ruined you was that damned Indian, Old Tepee.

  Jack Crabb : You mean Old Lodge Skins.

  Mr. Merriweather : He gave you a vision of moral order in the universe and there isn't any.Those stars twinkle in a void there boy and the two legged creature dreams and schemes beneath them, all in vain, all in vain Jack.

  Jack Crabb : You hear anything?

  Mr. Merriweather : Listen to me, a two legged creature will believe anything and the more preposterous the better: whales speak French at the bottom of the sea. The horses of Arabia have silver wings. Pygmies mate with elephants in darkest Africa. I have sold all those propositions.

  Jack Crabb : Or maybe we're all fools and none of it matters.

  Mr. Merriweather : Ahhhh...

• Jack Crabb : Mr. Merriweather, you don't know when you're licked!

  Mr. Merriweather : Licked? I'm not licked. I'm tarred and feathered, that's all.