These Babe: Pig in the City Quotes offer insights into the themes and messages conveyed in the film.
Quotes on Facing Challenges and the World
Narrator’s Insights
“The first hazard for the returning hero… is his fame. The adulation can spin you quite giddy. Those who once dismissed you as a lousy pork chop… now claimer just to being your presence.”
“The deeds of the farmer and his remarkable pig… became renowned even in distant lands.”
“But Arthur Hoggett was a retiring man. He found his best pleasures working his farm.”
“Fate turns on a moment, dear ones, and the pig was about to learn the meaning of those two cruel words of regret: ‘if only.’”
“At no other time in his short life… had the pig wished more that his words could be understood by humans, if only to say, ‘Sorry, Boss.’”
“Even before her Arthur’s misfortune, Mrs. Hoggett was ceaselessly busy… bustling, baking, bottling and pickling, but now, having to nurse her husband and pay the bills, she found life considerably more challenging… than she had ever anticipated.”
“And so, dear ones, the pig and the farmer’s wife… ventured into the larger world. What follows is an account of their calamitous adventures… and how a kind and steady heart… can mend a sorry world.”
“Show business may not be as honorable a profession as sheepherding, but the pig was willing to endure the ridicule…if it would help put things right back at Hoggett Hollow.”
“It’s tough if you’re a pig alone in the city. It can leave you empty.”
“This event, that weaves a thread from past to future, soothed the tired hearts of those assembled they put aside their uncertainties.”
Babe’s Determination
“You can’t undo what’s happened, son, but you can make up for it.”
“Babe, the boss is about to lose the farm. We’ll all be sent away.”
“But what can I do? Nothing!”
“You’re a sheep-pig. A champion, no less.”
“Well, I must be off, then.”
“Babe’s not here.”
“And, Babe, more often than not in this uncertain world, fortune favors the brave.”
“I’m not a puppy. I’m a sheep-pig. My human’s gone, and I’m hungry, and I’m supposed to save the farm.”
“For your information, I’m a sheep-pig, and I’ve been sent to save the farm. Come to think of it, I should be saving the farm right now.”
“I’m just a pig on a mission.”
Advice and Reflections
“Do not take counsel of your fears, lad.”
“Not every human is as kind as ours.”
“If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.”
“It’s a dog-eat-dog world and there’s not enough dog to go around. So you look after number whatsy. Get my drift?”
“All you got is this actual ‘now-ness.’ The past is gone, and as for the future– Yeah. No guarantees, my little pork pie.”
“Whatever the pig says goes.”