In the movie, A Knight's Tale, one of the knights..I forgot his name, told Lord Orick "You have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting." I take that to mean that he is not good enough. I guess i'm not really trying to figure out the interpretation of the quote, as much as i'm trying to figure out where it comes from. Is it just from that movie, or is it from something else? I could have sworn, it's from something else, but i'm not sure....... Assuming more than a handful of people have seen that movie lol, does anyone know where that quote comes from, or is it just that movie?
2006-10-09 03:14:03 · 7 answers · asked by LibraT 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
For the greatest part, it was originally from the Bible "Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting."—Daniel 5:27.
Being such a great turn of phrase, I believe it's been used several times in an expanded form such as you quote. Other than the Bible, I believe it has been primarily a movie quote as well as something said between those who participate in Renaissance role playing.
2006-10-09 03:28:53 · answer #1 · answered by just common sense 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you have heard of the term "sized up". The phrased weighed and measured is Old English. Okay movie. It was on TC yesterday. I watched it. Although silly at times, it had a good message......
2006-10-09 05:31:51 · answer #2 · answered by Emma 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oh! I LOVE that movie! We have it and I have watched it a million times.
I have not heard that line in any other movie but that doesn't mean that it has not been used.
I am glad to see that someone else has seen it.
2006-10-09 03:24:42 · answer #3 · answered by jen 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Possibly from Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales".. as the story was inspired by this.
2006-10-09 03:44:25 · answer #4 · answered by cloud43 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
A good honest, upstanding person, who is accepted by a person or group of people, old English.
2006-10-09 04:26:03 · answer #5 · answered by kman1830 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It's also in Star Wars. I think it comes from C.S. Lewis.
2006-10-09 03:22:21 · answer #6 · answered by James 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
hmm dont know
2006-10-09 04:18:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋