Favorite Quotes

[GoTeamGirl]

There's quotable quotes all over the place, and personally, I love them. So, what are your favorites?

One on my Global quiz the other day:
"I may not agree with a word you say, but I'll fight to the death for your right to say it." by a philosopher named Voltaire from the Enlightenment.

[jeriddian]

There's quotable quotes all over the place, and personally, I love them. So, what are your favorites?

One on my Global quiz the other day:
"I may not agree with a word you say, but I'll fight to the death for your right to say it." by a philosopher named Voltaire from the Enlightenment.

That is a quote I have remembered for more than forty years and still treasure.:D

[canuck31003]

When I saw this thread, this is the first quote that popped in to my mind:

"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee."--John Donne, 1623.

[jeriddian]

When I saw this thread, this is the first quote that popped in to my mind:

"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee."--John Donne, 1624.

Well said. Also a quote I remember quite well. An excellent piece of advice, and as I recall the source of inspiration for Hemmingway's novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls.":D

[GoTeamGirl]

There's quotable quotes all over the place, and personally, I love them. So, what are your favorites?

One on my Global quiz the other day:
"I may not agree with a word you say, but I'll fight to the death for your right to say it." by a philosopher named Voltaire from the Enlightenment.

That is a quote I have remembered for more than forty years and still treasure.:D

I really liked it when I read it-it's so powerful. And I was hoping I'd get the quiz back to have it, but luckily I remembered it.

Another few:
"Intellectual faith brings you to the water, but heart-to-heart faith let's you jump in."-my old Religion teacher.

"No day but today."-Rent

"To deny yourself is to deny the truth."-Lyric from a song.

[canuck31003]

A couple from one of my all-time favourite t.v. shows:

"To boldly go where no one has gone before."

"Make it so."

[TheGreenMagic]

A personal favorite of mine.

"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."- George Carlin.

Uhm, in regards to a more serious quote that's a personal fave of mine...

"Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life."- Doctor David M. Burns.

And while it's from a video game, I can't help but find one quote I recently heard in Final Fantasy X to be positively uplifting and motivational.

"Now! This is it! Now is the time to choose! Die and be free of pain or live and fight your sorrow! Now is the time to shape your stories! Your fate is in your hands!" Auron of Final Fantasy X.

[GoTeamGirl]

We can't forget "I can do anything."-Kim Possible. :)

[Fireand'chutes77]

"That... would be so cool, if it wasn't gonna hurt us!"
-Ron Stoppable

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.”
-Ambrose Redmoon

"It is common sense to take a method and try it: If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."
-FDR

"If the brute-force approach doesn't work, you're obviously not using enough brute force."
- Me

"Is plaid a color?"

"SPARRRRTTTAAAAAAAAA!"
(Sorry, just had to do it. :P :laugh:)

[canuck31003]

This is one of my brother's favourites:

"Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities." -Frank Lloyd Wright

[TransWarpDrive]

Some of my favorite quotes:
"Do what you can with what you have, where you are right now."
-Theodore Roosevelt (26th President of the United States)
"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however."
- Richard Bach
And, of course, a quote from what I consider history's greatest moment:
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
- Neil Armstrong as he first stepped onto the moon, July 20, 1969

[Fireand'chutes77]

Some of my favorite quotes:
"Do what you can with what you have, where you are right now."
-Theodore Roosevelt (26th President of the United States)
Sounds familier... :ohwell:

"...Why do we soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap metal and compromised ballistic glass to up-armor our vehicles?"
(http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/08/rumsfeld.kuwait/index.html)
"As you know, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish you had at a later time."

:thumbdown:

[Not The CrimpMaster]

I have these in my signature on another forum:

"Not only did the monkey ruin himself, he also ruined the garden."
-- Indian proverb

"Heaven is high, and the emperor is far away."
-- Chinese proverb

And I rather like this one:

"You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body."
-- C. S. Lewis

[recon228]

One of my all-time favorite movie quotes:

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
- President Muffley (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)

[Fireand'chutes77]

From an Assistant Scoutmaster in our troop, of Russian descent (so you can imagine the accent):

"Indian makes small fire, and warms himself sitting close. White man makes big fire, and warms himself chopping wood."

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On a more cerebral note-

"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them."

"There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches."

- Ray Bradbury

I've found most of his stuff a bit too out-there, but I really liked "Fahrenheit 451." It has so many parallels to today.

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And one more quote, dedicated to the source of this forum's name...

"The animated cartoon is just about the purest, least arguable, most invigorating art form invented since mankind did shadow shows with wriggling fingers, then trapped them in cave-wall graffiti 200 generations ago."
-Bradbury

[jeriddian]

And one more quote, dedicated to the source of this forum's name...

"The animated cartoon is just about the purest, least arguable, most invigorating art form invented since mankind did shadow shows with wriggling fingers, then trapped them in cave-wall graffiti 200 generations ago."
-Bradbury

Amen to that, young bro!:alumnus::laugh:

[GoTeamGirl]

On a more cerebral note-

"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them."

"There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches."

- Ray Bradbury

I've found most of his stuff a bit too out-there, but I really liked "Fahrenheit 451." It has so many parallels to today.



I loved that book! And your Sparta quote reminded me of today when, on our school's "News" program, they kept showing a clip from some movie where this warrior yelled "This is SPARTAAA!" and pushed some guy off a cliff (or an edge of something).

"Bring me that horizon."-Jack Sparrow. Interestingly enough, Johnny Depp came up with that line during filming of the first Pirates movie.

[jeriddian]

And your Sparta quote reminded me of today when, on our school's "News" program, they kept showing a clip from some movie where this warrior yelled "This is SPARTAAA!" and pushed some guy off a cliff (or an edge of something)

That was from the movie "300" starring Gerard Butler as King Leonides who led the Spartans against the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae. he yelled that phrase as an answer to the Persian emissary's question of whether or not he would surrender to the Overwhelming Persian force that was coming, and Leonides kicked him into a pit along with the rest of the Persians that came with him, presumably into stuff that would kill them.:alumnus:

[GoTeamGirl]

And your Sparta quote reminded me of today when, on our school's "News" program, they kept showing a clip from some movie where this warrior yelled "This is SPARTAAA!" and pushed some guy off a cliff (or an edge of something)

That was from the movie "300" starring Gerard Butler as King Leonides who led the Spartans against the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae. he yelled that phrase as an answer to the Persian emissary's question of whether or not he would surrender to the Overwhelming Persian force that was coming, and Leonides kicked him into a pit along with the rest of the Persians that came with him, presumably into stuff that would kill them.:alumnus:

I was wondering about that. Being in Spirit Week Mode, they played it over-and-over until some (smart) kid in my homeroom shut the TV off.

[canuck31003]

Here's a select few from the Commander in Chief in 2006:

"I use The Google," in reference to the popular search engine. October 24th. Interview with Maria Bartiromo of CNBC.

"It was not always certain that the U.S. and America would have a close relationship." June 29.

"The only way we can win is to leave before the job is done." Nov. 24 (Greely, Colo.)

"When the final history is written on Iraq, it will look just like a comma." Sept. 24. Interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer.

"I want to be a war president; no president wants to be a war president." Oct. 26. (Des Moines)

If memory serves, I found these quotes from the fella in the Oval Office on cnn.com.

[TransWarpDrive]

Here's a select few from the Commander in Chief in 2006:

"I use The Google," in reference to the popular search engine. October 24th. Interview with Maria Bartiromo of CNBC.

"It was not always certain that the U.S. and America would have a close relationship." June 29.

"The only way we can win is to leave before the job is done." Nov. 24 (Greely, Colo.)

"When the final history is written on Iraq, it will look just like a comma." Sept. 24. Interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer.

"I want to be a war president; no president wants to be a war president." Oct. 26. (Des Moines)

If memory serves, I found these quotes from the fella in the Oval Office on cnn.com.

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
Maybe ol' George W. should try his hand at stand-up comedy - he sounds funny without even trying.... :D
EDIT: Regarding this quote 'chutes posted:
"If the brute-force approach doesn't work, you're obviously not using enough brute force."
- Me

:laugh:
Reminds me of a do-it-yourself quote I once read somewhere:
"If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed fixing anyway."
- Anonymous
:P

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

Some of my favorite quotes:
"Do what you can with what you have, where you are right now."
-Theodore Roosevelt (26th President of the United States)
Sounds familier... :ohwell:

"...Why do we soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap metal and compromised ballistic glass to up-armor our vehicles?"
Because, why should we pay thousands of dollars for brand name armor when we can get the same amount at none of the cost at the local junkyard?

:rolleyes: OK, so technically that's stealing, but you get my drift. Besides, this is nothing new, soldiers were doing the exact same thing all the back in World War II; in fact, they've been doing it in every war since well . . . ever! People like to add stuff to their preferred modes of transportation, it's one of the fundamental facts of life.

But anywho, on with the quotes! :biggergrin:

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children what it was once like in the United States when men were free."

"There are those in America today who have come to depend absolutely on government for their security. And when government fails they seek to rectify that failure in the form of granting government more power. So, as government has failed to control crime and violence with the means given it by the Constitution, they seek to give it more power at the expense of the Constitution. But in doing so, in their willingness to give up their arms in the name of safety, they are really giving up their protection from what has always been the chief source of despotism — government. Lord Acton said power corrupts. Surely then, if this is true, the more power we give the government the more corrupt it will become. And if we give it the power to confiscate our arms we also give up the ultimate means to combat that corrupt power. In doing so we can only assure that we will eventually be totally subject to it. When dictators come to power, the first thing they do is take away the people's weapons. It makes it so much easier for the secret police to operate, it makes it so much easier to force the will of the ruler upon the ruled."

"Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other."

- Ronald Reagan

"The truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it, ignorance may deride it, malice may distort it, but there it is."

"I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this Government: 'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.' We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I can say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival."

"Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."

- Winston Churchill

[TransWarpDrive]

Here are a couple more of my favorite quotes:

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true.
You may have to work for it, however."
- Richard Bach, "Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah"

"Don't try to be a great man; just be a man, and let history make its own judgment."
- Zefram Cochrane, "Star Trek: First Contact"

[Ran Hakubi]

Here are a couple of my favorite quotes from different sources.

"Those who would sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither"
- Ben Franklin

"If I can't solve it with a good beat down, then I'm probably not interested"
- Me

"Those who fail to study history are doomed to repeat it"
- Anon

[Speaking on the KFC Famous Bowls] "You're eating a failure pile from a sadness bowl"
- Patton Oswalt

"SPARTANS! PREPARE FOR GLORY!"
- King Leonidus [I]300

And finally

"Just because we CAN do a thing, doesn't mean that we SHOULD do a thing"
- Federation President Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

[jeriddian]

"Those who fail to study history are doomed to repeat it"
- Anon


Actually not so anonymous, Ran. This quote was originally taken from the writings of the following person:

George Santayana (December 16 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_16), 1863 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863), Madrid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid%2C_Spain) – September 26 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_26), 1952 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952), Rome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome%2C_Italy)), was a philosopher (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher), essayist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essayist), poet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poet), and novelist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelist).
A lifelong Spanish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain) citizen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen), Santayana was raised and educated in the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States), wrote in English (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language) and is generally considered an American man of letters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual#Nineteenth-century_English_usage), even though, of his nearly 89 years, he spent only 39 in the U.S. He is perhaps best known as an aphorist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphorist), and for the oft-misquoted remark, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," from Reason in Common Sense, the first volume of his The Life of Reason (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_Reason).

Here's the Wiki Referefence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santayana

[Kwebs]

This is one of my favorites.

"All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing."
-Edmund Burke

[lunchmeat]

Some of my favorite quotes:
"Do what you can with what you have, where you are right now."
-Theodore Roosevelt (26th President of the United States)
Sounds familier... :ohwell:

"...Why do we soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap metal and compromised ballistic glass to up-armor our vehicles?"
Because, why should we pay thousands of dollars for brand name armor when we can get the same amount at none of the cost at the local junkyard?

....

Because we quit maintaining the armed forces during the 1990s and allowed everything to go into decline.
I see Michael Moore was celebrating the 4000th interest payment on the peace dividend.

Since we'e doing quotes, I suppose I should have one (other than my signature):

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality, and Independence.
-- Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker

Communism is like Prohibition; it's a good idea but it won't work. -- Will Rogers

If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of crime rates reduced by such legislation. That they cannot do so after a century and a half of trying -- that they must sweep under the rug the southern attempts at gun control in the 1870-1910 period, the northeastern attempts in the 1920-1939 period, the attempts at both Federal and State levels in 1965-1976 -- establishes the repeated, complete and inevitable failure of gun laws to control serious crime.
Orrin Hatch, "The Right to Keep and Bear Arms"

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. If we want the Arms Act to be repealed, if we want to learn the use of arms, here is a golden opportunity. If the middle classes render voluntary help to Government in the hour of its trial, distrust will disappear, and the ban on possessing arms will be withdrawn.
Mahatma Gandhi

History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so.
Adolf Hitler

Guns, in the hands of a countries citizenry, are what makes the difference between a free state and a totalitarian one.
Brian Lott

God made man and God made woman, but Samuel Colt made them equal.
Unknown

[Ran Hakubi]

"Those who fail to study history are doomed to repeat it"
- Anon


Actually not so anonymous, Ran. This quote was originally taken from the writings of the following person:

George Santayana (December 16 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_16), 1863 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863), Madrid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid%2C_Spain) – September 26 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_26), 1952 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952), Rome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome%2C_Italy)), was a philosopher (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher), essayist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essayist), poet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poet), and novelist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelist).
A lifelong Spanish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain) citizen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen), Santayana was raised and educated in the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States), wrote in English (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language) and is generally considered an American man of letters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual#Nineteenth-century_English_usage), even though, of his nearly 89 years, he spent only 39 in the U.S. He is perhaps best known as an aphorist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphorist), and for the oft-misquoted remark, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," from Reason in Common Sense, the first volume of his The Life of Reason (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_Reason).

Here's the Wiki Referefence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santayana

I...never knew any of that. My history teacher used that quote on his computer screen saver one time, and I just really liked it. Since he never credited anyone for it, I guess I just thought it was an Anon. quote.

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

Well, there's one quote that I've managed to get down to a tee, and I thought I'd share with you guys.

http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/thumb/c/c1/PelicanPilots1.jpg/250px-PelicanPilots1.jpg (http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Image:PelicanPilots1.jpg) http://halo.wikia.com/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png (http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Image:PelicanPilots1.jpg)
Johnson commands the pilots to move into the battle zone (http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/New_Mombasa).


"The message just repeats. 'Regret, Regret, Regret.'" —Cortana (http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Cortana)
"Catchy. Any idea what it means?"—Commander Keyes (http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Commander_Keyes)
"Dear Humanity (http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Human)... we (http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Covenant) regret being alien *******s. We regret coming to Earth (http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Earth). And we most definitely regret the Corps just blew up our raggedy-*** fleet!" —Avery J. Johnson
"Ooh-Rah!" —Marine Pilots


:laugh: Hey, I'm allowed to laugh once and awhile right? Now for the serious quotes. :neutral:

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Aw, frak. I can't put this up. :cry: I really need to find less tear-jerking quotes. :cry:

[TransWarpDrive]

Considering how, even in the Twenty-first Century, humanity is still fighting wars, polluting the Earth, squandering our natural resources, and in general mucking things up big-time, this quote from the early 1970's is still very relevant today:

"We have met the enemy, and he is us."
- Cartoonist Walt Kelly, in his comic strip "Pogo"

[jeriddian]

Considering how, even in the Twenty-first Century, humanity is still fighting wars, polluting the Earth, squandering our natural resources, and in general mucking things up big-time, this quote from the early 1970's is still very relevant today:

"We have met the enemy, and he is us."
- Cartoonist Walt Kelly, in his comic strip "Pogo"

My mother loved 'Pogo', and I inherited the books that were published of that comic strip, including the very one that bears that phrase.:laugh:

[TransWarpDrive]

Considering how, even in the Twenty-first Century, humanity is still fighting wars, polluting the Earth, squandering our natural resources, and in general mucking things up big-time, this quote from the early 1970's is still very relevant today:

"We have met the enemy, and he is us."
- Cartoonist Walt Kelly, in his comic strip "Pogo"

My mother loved 'Pogo', and I inherited the books that were published of that comic strip, including the very one that bears that phrase.:laugh:

I loved that strip, too. I've seen some of those "collection" books at my local Borders bookstore. Something to start buying over the next few years....

[campy]

"There comes a time in every man's life, and I've had plenty of them."

- Charles Dillon Stengel, (1890-1975)

[Cloud23465]

"Let me tell you something folks, you can't fix Stupid"
-Blue collar comedian Ron White

[lunchmeat]

"You may fire when you are ready, Gridley"

COM Dewey to Capt. Gridley commander of the US flagship Olympia (which is preserved as a museum in Philadelphia), Battle of Manila Bay, Phillipines, 1 May, 1898.

http://history.navy.mil/photos/events/spanam/events/man-bay1.htm

[campy]

"My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied."

~ Horatio, Viscount Nelson

[lunchmeat]

"England expects that every man shall do his duty"

[canuck31003]

"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread"
-- An Essay on Criticism, Alexander Pope

Actually, Pope wrote a lot of good ones:

"A little learning is a dangerous thing"

"Hope springs eternal in the human breast"

"To err is human, to forgive, divine".

[campy]

There is nothing you can name
That is anything like a dame

~ Oscar Hammerstein II

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Remember: candy is dandy, but fruit helps you poop." - James Timothy Possible.

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:errr: "No comment." - various.

[lunchmeat]

"No I don't know La Fong, Carl La fong, capital L, small a, Capitla F, small o, small n, small g, I wouldn't admit it if I did"

WC Fields, The Bank D.ick

[campy]

“One supreme fact which I have discovered is that it is not willpower, but fantasy-imagination that creates. Imagination is the creative force. Imagination creates reality.”

~ Richard Wagner, (1813-1883)

[TransWarpDrive]

"Remember: candy is dandy, but fruit helps you poop." - James Timothy Possible.


:laugh:

Even with all the social progress we've made that allows us to talk about this subject on television, I still wonder what Walt Disney would have thought about that line... :unsure:

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Remember: candy is dandy, but fruit helps you poop." - James Timothy Possible.


:laugh:

Even with all the social progress we've made that allows us to talk about this subject on television, I still wonder what Walt Disney would have thought about that line... :unsure:
:huh: I don't know, I really don't know.

Here's a couple of BSG quotes that really seem to resonate with me, for whatever reason, mostly because they greatly reflect the world we live in.

[Adama's speech at Galactica's decommissioning ceremony.]

William Adama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Adama): The Cylon War is long over, yet we must not forget the reasons why so many sacrificed so much in the cause of freedom. The cost of wearing the uniform can be high, but . . . Sometimes it's too high.

You know, when we fought the Cylons, we did it to save ourselves from extinction. But we never answered the question, why. Why are we as a people worth saving? We still commit murder because of greed, spite, jealousy. And we still visit all of our sins upon our children. We refuse to accept the responsibility for anything that we've done. Like we did with the Cylons. We decided to play God, create life. When that life turned against us, we comforted ourselves in the knowledge that it really wasn't our fault, not really.

You cannot play God then wash your hands of the things that you've created. Sooner or later, the day comes when you can't hide from the things that you've done anymore.

Omnia illa et ante fiebant
omnia illa et rursus fient.
Ita dicimus onmes.
- "Kobol's Last Gleaming" by Bear McCreary

[lunchmeat]

Beelzebub! I've been hoodwinked! W. C. Fields

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

“The Web brings people together because no matter what kind of a twisted sexual mutant you happen to be, you’ve got millions of pals out there. Type in ‘Find people that have sex with goats that are on fire’ and the computer will say, ‘Specify type of goat.’” —Richard Jeni

[campy]

"Writing well consists of thinking, feeling and expressing well, of clarity of mind, soul and taste . . . The style is the man himself."

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788)

[jeriddian]

"Remember: candy is dandy, but fruit helps you poop." - James Timothy Possible.


:laugh:

Even with all the social progress we've made that allows us to talk about this subject on television, I still wonder what Walt Disney would have thought about that line... :unsure:

I honestly don't believe he would have approved of it, myself. Actually, even I have somewhat of an issue with toilet humor. Don't really care for it.
Yeah; after a while, all the potty remarks and flatulence jokes lose their appeal....
Although one could make an argument that such humor entering the mainstream is another sign that we as a society are finally viewing these bodily functions as a normal, natural part of everyday life instead of something shameful to "sweep under the rug," so to speak. By openly joking about them, it could be said that accepting said functions as natural is finally leading us to conduct an open, honest dialog on the topic - much the same way as the "sexual revolution" of the 60's and 70's brought sex (in its various forms) out into the open.

Now put properly into context.

[lunchmeat]

"Women are like elephants. I like to look at 'em, but I wouldn't want to own one."
W. C. Fields

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Anime: My anti-drug. Because when you're addicted to anime, you can't afford no drugs." (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrackIsCheaper)

[NinjaNaco]

From the General Discussion thread:
The Tweebs could get them back into service, with nanobot armor like in the new Knight Rider car and new fusion powerplants. The Navy would just have to agree to give them rides from time to time.

[jeriddian]

From the General Discussion thread:
The Tweebs could get them back into service, with nanobot armor like in the new Knight Rider car and new fusion powerplants. The Navy would just have to agree to give them rides from time to time.


Hmmmm....sounds like their way to fame and fortune as they grow older...;)

[Fireand'chutes77]

“A weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky.... Remember, though, that there is always a dawn.”
- The Count of Monte Cristo

"If the brute force approach doesn't work, you're obviously not using enough brute force."
- Me

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”
-Ambrose Redmoon

"[Doing X] is like jumping into a really cold pool - deep breath, then take the plunge."
- Paraphrased from Mrs. Dr. Possible

"That... would be so *cool* if it wasn't gonna hurt us."
- Ron Stoppable

[lunchmeat]

A woman drove me to drink, and I never even had the courtesy to thank her.
W. C. Fields

[GoTeamGirl]

[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]“A weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky.... Remember, though, that there is always a dawn.”
- The Count of Monte Cristo


I love that quote! That book had a lot of good ones, and actually, I think this quote was the point of a discussion in English last year. Then again, the teacher liked to tear every sentence apart...


I'll add to the list:
"Wait and hope."-The Count of Monte Cristo

"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."-C.S. Lewis

"Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not in the way we expect."-Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Luna Lovegood said it, to be exact.)

"There's no such thing as coincidence." My Chemistry teacher said that last year, and it made me think about it. Which is most likely what he wanted...

And, the quote in my signature is one of my favorites as well.

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Those damn Commie *******s, they hate everything we stand for: freedom, liberty, apple pie . . . did I say freedom?" (http://www.ea.com/redalert/movie.jsp?id=9) -- President Ackerman, Red Alert 3

[GoTeamGirl]

Today my history class watched a movie and one of the historians, whose name I can't remember, said,

"The truth waits patiently for you."

I really liked it.

EDIT: It's Benjamin Franklin.

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"The Ministry of Experimental Science believes its combat engineers to be among the most well-taken-care-of members of the Red Army. They are issued knapsacks large enough to carry most of their worldly possessions, as well as hats to protect against weather. They are even rewarded with ceremonial shovels once their mandatory training is complete, as well as rubberized inflatable sputterboats that they can use for amphibious operations or the occasional day of rest." -- from the Red Alert 3 profile of the Soviet Combat Engineer (http://www.ea.com/redalert/factions-soviets.jsp?id=CombatEngineer). (These are quite funny. :biggergrin:)

[jeriddian]

Today my history class watched a movie and one of the historians, whose name I can't remember, said,

"The truth waits patiently for you."

I really liked it.

I believe that quote was uttered by Benjamin Franklin.:biggergrin:

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"This is not the last you shall see of me, my friends. Right now, my people are afraid of helping you. There will come a time when they are more afraid of not helping you. I will return then. I just hope it won't be too late." ―Gilad Pellaeon to Traest Kre'fey and Wedge Antilles[src] (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Tide_II:_Ruin)

[GoTeamGirl]

Today my history class watched a movie and one of the historians, whose name I can't remember, said,

"The truth waits patiently for you."

I really liked it.

I believe that quote was uttered by Benjamin Franklin.:biggergrin:

Thanks! :) That is actually who the movie was about, but I think I lost attention at some point and might not have caught exactly who was using who's words. The movie alternated between historians talking about Franklin and, occasionally, saying something he said, and actors portraying Franklin. That's probably where I got lost when I started watching it again.

[lunchmeat]

Remember The Maine....

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"When a radical Dutch energy-absorption system was coupled with a British helicopter chassis, the one-of-a-kind cryocopter was born. The cryocopter was so one-of-a-kind, in fact, that it recently went into mass production." -- RA3 profile of the Allied Cryocopter
(http://www.ea.com/redalert/factions-allies.jsp?id=Cryocopter)

[lunchmeat]

Never Give A Sucker An Even Break

W C Fields

[campy]

“One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to come up to you and show you a nice brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken, and this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the Jack of Spades jump out of the deck and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not bet this man, for as sure as you are standing there, you are going to end up with an earful of cider.”

Damon Runyon, American author & journalist (1884-1946)

[lunchmeat]

"Death must be beautiful, it's the only thing nobody comes back *****ing about."

Gysgt T S Stryzlecki, USMC

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water.
— Samantha Carter

[GoTeamGirl]

"You really can change the world if you care enough."-Marian Wright Edelman

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? *******s. *******-coated *******s with ******* filling." —Dr. Cox, Scrubs (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Scrubs), "My Common Enemy"

[lunchmeat]

"Something seems to be wrong withour bloody ships today"
Adm Jellicoe regarding the loss of the battlecruisers at the Battle of Jutland

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

Cortana: They let me pick, did I ever tell you that? Choose whichever SPARTAN I wanted. You know me, I did my research, watched as you became the soldier we needed you to be. Like the others you were strong, and swift, and brave, a natural leader. But you had something they didn’t, something no one saw but me. Can you guess?

John-117: Animal magnetism?

Cortana: Luck.

— The Chief and Cortana, from Chapter 8 of Gods and Demons (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4012708/1/) by TheGodfatherSJP (http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1473112/TheGodfatherSJP).

[lunchmeat]

"Aviation is not inherently dangerous but it is extremely unforgiving of inattention"

Ready room poster

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Everything explodes. Everything." -Law of Inherent Combustability, The Laws of Anime.

[lunchmeat]

"Beer, it's not just for breakfast anymore"

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

The limit of the Willing Suspension Of Disbelief (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief) for a given element is directly proportional to its degree of coolness.
-- From this page (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfCool).

[campy]

"You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there."

Lawrence P. Berra (b. 1925)

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"There are no problems that cannot be solved by the judicious use of high explosives." -British Commando quote, circa WWII.

[canuck31003]

"You made me," Joker (mad clown).

"You killed my parents. You made me first," Batman (caped existentialist).

[TransWarpDrive]

"It ain't over until it's over."
- Yogi Berra
(...I couldn't resist...:laugh:)

[campy]

"I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?"

Leo E. Durocher, (1905 – 1991)

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Skree'ee--eee, eeek!" (Lit. "Freedom at any cost!")
-- Creed of the Allied Dolphin Corps (http://www.ea.com/redalert/factions-allies.jsp?id=Dolphin).

[campy]

"Skree'ee--eee, eeek!" (Lit. "Freedom at any cost!")
-- Creed of the Allied Dolphin Corps (http://www.ea.com/redalert/factions-allies.jsp?id=Dolphin).

"So long, and thanks for all the fish."

– Dolphins, to humanity, shortly before Vogons destroy Earth.

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

Some yet argue that the war between the Soviet Union and Allied nations is not about ideology but rather about ore. However, this is an unpopular stance due to three compelling facts about the world's premier resource for military-industrial manufacturing. One: Ore has always been fairly abundant in virtually all developed nations of the world, from Switzerland to Japan, and from Greece to Iceland. Indeed, even the middle of the sea offers its fair supply of ore. Two: Ore is a natural, renewable resource. The thought of fighting over control of this substance is just as unimaginable as, say, the thought of fighting over sunlight, or drinking water, or radio-waves. And three: Ore just isn't a concern to the people of the world. Year after year, public poll after public poll, ore proves itself time and again to be little more than an afterthought in people's perception of the world's top issues. Well-Refined Ore Corporation, a large Boise-based corporation that offers vertically-integrated ore refinement solutions and originally invented the prospector, has a company motto that's very to-the-point: "Ore: Don't Even Worry about It."
-- From the Allied Prospector profile.

[lunchmeat]

"C'mon you b******s, do you want to live forever?"

Sgt Dan Daley, Battle of the Marne

[campy]

"If a poet knows more about a horse than he does about heaven, he might better stick to the horse, and some day the horse may carry him into heaven."

Charles Ives (1874 – 1954), American composer and insurance agent

[jeriddian]

"If a poet knows more about a horse than he does about heaven, he might better stick to the horse, and some day the horse may carry him into heaven."

Charles Ives (1874 – 1954), American composer and insurance agent

and very ecletic in his music, I might add........:rolleyes:

[GoTeamGirl]

"I like flawed characters because somewhere in them I see more of the truth."-Nicholas Cage

"That's the worst of girls. They never carry a map in their heads."-Edmund Pevensie
"That's because our heads have something inside them."-Lucy Pevensie, both from The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (book)

"Follow the argument wherever it leads."-Socrates

[TransWarpDrive]

"I think my music is like anchovies: Some people love them - some people get nauseous."

- Barry Manilow

:laugh:

[lunchmeat]

"Vote for Daly, vote early, vote often"

Maxim of the Chicago machine

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

Deadpool: Shh! My common sense is tingling! :laugh: :P

[lunchmeat]

"Dynamic inaction, doing nothing but doing it with style, would strengthen the safety of careers by providing the appearance of performance while not having to actually do something. Doing something is dangerous, because a mistake may be made. The image of performance, however, can provide the benefits that come from doing something while avoiding the risks. Dynamic inaction --- doing nothing but doing it with style! "

David L Boren

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

Naruto: Wait...we have computers?
Sasuke: Apparently, we have headsets, and refrigerators, too.
Naruto: So, are we in the current time, or...when in the hell are we?
—Naruto The Abridged Series (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries)

[jeriddian]

"Dynamic inaction, doing nothing but doing it with style, would strengthen the safety of careers by providing the appearance of performance while not having to actually do something. Doing something is dangerous, because a mistake may be made. The image of performance, however, can provide the benefits that come from doing something while avoiding the risks. Dynamic inaction --- doing nothing but doing it with style! "

David L Boren

The ultimate nirvana of the professional politician......:mad:

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Love doesn't lead to the dark side. Passion can lead to rage and fear, and can be controlled, but passion is not the same thing as love. Controlling your passions while being in love, that's what they should teach you to beware, but love itself will save you, not condemn you."
- Jolee Bindo (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OldMaster), Knights Of The Old Republic (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic)

[lunchmeat]

"Dynamic inaction, doing nothing but doing it with style, would strengthen the safety of careers by providing the appearance of performance while not having to actually do something. Doing something is dangerous, because a mistake may be made. The image of performance, however, can provide the benefits that come from doing something while avoiding the risks. Dynamic inaction --- doing nothing but doing it with style! "

David L Boren

The ultimate nirvana of the professional politician......:mad:

Not to mention beaurocrats everywhere.

[campy]

"Dynamic inaction, doing nothing but doing it with style, would strengthen the safety of careers by providing the appearance of performance while not having to actually do something. Doing something is dangerous, because a mistake may be made. The image of performance, however, can provide the benefits that come from doing something while avoiding the risks. Dynamic inaction --- doing nothing but doing it with style! "

David L Boren

The ultimate nirvana of the professional politician......:mad:

Not to mention beaurocrats everywhere.This is a first. I've never heard bureaucrats described as having "style" before. :huh:

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Dynamic inaction, doing nothing but doing it with style, would strengthen the safety of careers by providing the appearance of performance while not having to actually do something. Doing something is dangerous, because a mistake may be made. The image of performance, however, can provide the benefits that come from doing something while avoiding the risks. Dynamic inaction --- doing nothing but doing it with style! "

David L Boren

The ultimate nirvana of the professional politician......:mad:

Not to mention beaurocrats everywhere.This is a first. I've never heard bureaucrats described as having "style" before. :huh:
I believe they're called Magnificent *******s (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Magnificent*******). ;)

"The Soviet Union is famously proud of her "highly efficient" conscript training program, which is centered on a series of mandatory training videos that educate conscripts on how to properly fire a gun, salute high-ranking officials, cry out authorized Soviet war cries, and more. (Note that conscripts are never taught to swim, allegedly out of desertion risk.)" -- From the RA3 profile of the Soviet Conscript (http://www.ea.com/redalert/factions-soviets.jsp?id=Conscript), detailing their training at the Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy). (Yes, the Red Alert series does have a reputation for comedy . . . and ham. :P)

[jeriddian]

"Dynamic inaction, doing nothing but doing it with style, would strengthen the safety of careers by providing the appearance of performance while not having to actually do something. Doing something is dangerous, because a mistake may be made. The image of performance, however, can provide the benefits that come from doing something while avoiding the risks. Dynamic inaction --- doing nothing but doing it with style! "

David L Boren

The ultimate nirvana of the professional politician......:mad:

Not to mention beaurocrats everywhere.This is a first. I've never heard bureaucrats described as having "style" before. :huh:

I believe that is the difference between the two of them, actually. They both strive to do nothing to minimize risk to their jobs. The politician is the one who does it with style.

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

Alter schützt vor Torheit nicht.

[campy]

“Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.”

C. S. Lewis (1898–1963)

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

Die Tat wirkt mächtiger als das Wort.

[GoTeamGirl]

"...the locals are shooting as many peasants as they think their families will eat."-Stephen King (On Writing)

"You must not come lightly to the blank page."-Stephen King (On Writing)

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

Utopia would be boring. What's there to write about? "It's a nice day. It's another nice day. It's another nice day..."
— Peter F. Hamilton

[campy]

"When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires will come to you

If your heart is in your dreams
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star as dreamers do"

— Ned Washington, American lyricist (1901–1976)

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Mos Eisley spaceport. You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."
- Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StarWars)

[lunchmeat]

"It was a good day, the soup was hot"

Solzynetsin A Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovitch

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

Archibald: Wait! What happens next?
Larry: Um...
Archibald: Does the hippo see them? Is the poor mute cebu successful in communicating the imminent danger to the other passengers? Is the boy injured? Why is the sad cebu sad? Is the canoe wood...or aluminum?
-- Veggie Tales, "The Song Of The Cebu"

[lunchmeat]

Since it the week, in 1940, where Herman Goering demonstrated the folly of pitting an army cooperation air force against the world's first comprehensive, co-ordinated air defense system:

"Never before , in the field of human conflict, has so much been owed by so many to so few"

Winston Churchill

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Time will tell. Sooner or later, time will tell."
-- Albert Einstein, after eliminating Adolf Hitler in the intro movie of Red Alert 1.

[GoTeamGirl]

"Imagine the Jesus Facebook newsfeed: 'Jesus un-friended Judas'."-priest at my school

"You've gotta believe that right here, right now you're exactly where you're supposed to be."-Bon Jovi, 'Welcome to Wherever You Are'

[lunchmeat]

"Algore, clatuu barada nicto"

The Day The Earth Stood Still

[TransWarpDrive]

"Vote for Daly, vote early, vote often"

Maxim of the Chicago machine

Actually, it's spelled "Daley" - not that I particularly care about that family of crooks (I don't); it's just that I'm a stickler for accuracy.
Besides, I'm sure Richie Daley will get his just reward: he'll end up helping his father stoke the Devil's furnaces for all eternity...:biggergrin:

[campy]

"Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price."

~ Vincent T. Lombardi (1913–1970), American football coach

[Fireand'chutes77]

"Imagine the Jesus Facebook newsfeed: 'Jesus un-friended Judas'." -Priest at my school
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[TransWarpDrive]

"Imagine the Jesus Facebook newsfeed: 'Jesus un-friended Judas'." -Priest at my school
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Since Judas betrayed Christ, shouldn't that be the other way around?

[GoTeamGirl]

"Imagine the Jesus Facebook newsfeed: 'Jesus un-friended Judas'." -Priest at my school
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Since Judas betrayed Christ, shouldn't that be the other way around?

I'm guessing it could go both ways-Jesus wouldn't like the fact that he was betrayed and, well, Judas did the betraying. I would definitely stop being friends with someone who betrayed me before they could say "Oh, by the way, I'm not friends with you anymore, just in case you didn't realize it when I betrayed you." :P Although Jesus probably would have forgiven him... It was most likely a spur-of-the-moment thought on the priest's part, though.

As for more quotes:
"You know the old saying: Things have a way of working out the way they're supposed to work out, and when they work out you just, you know, step back and say...'Hey'."-Jesse from 'Full House' :laugh:

"These are your lab partners...FOREVER."-Physics teacher (sums up our science class nicely)

"The weak will seek the weaker 'till they've broken them."-Lifehouse ('Simon')

[AinoMinako]

"Imagine the Jesus Facebook newsfeed: 'Jesus un-friended Judas'." -Priest at my school
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Since Judas betrayed Christ, shouldn't that be the other way around?

I'm guessing it could go both ways-Jesus wouldn't like the fact that he was betrayed and, well, Judas did the betraying. I would definitely stop being friends with someone who betrayed me before they could say "Oh, by the way, I'm not friends with you anymore, just in case you didn't realize it when I betrayed you." :P Although Jesus probably would have forgiven him... It was most likely a spur-of-the-moment thought on the priest's part, though.


:laugh: Un-friending doesn't actually show up in the news feed, but man, in teenage world it's like the ultimate betrayal. :laugh::P

[campy]

"Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break I got. Yet today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."

Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig (1903–1941), American baseball player

[GoTeamGirl]

"Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break I got. Yet today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."

Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig (1903–1941), American baseball player

We had to analyze that speech in English class....

"All that lives is holy."-Jim Casy from The Grapes of Wrath

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Spy, sappin' my sentry?" -- Team Fortress 2-styled spywere scan ad.

[lunchmeat]

"If he fires one, then I'll fire one"

"Aye aye sir, Fire One!"

The Bedford Incident

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"All your base are belong to us." -- George Takai, Red Alert 3 remix music video.

[campy]

“If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.”

~ Baruch de Spinoza (1632 – 1677), Dutch philosopher and lens grinder

[lunchmeat]

"WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE"


God's Final Message To His Creation

So Long And Thanks For All The Fish

[jeriddian]

"If he fires one, then I'll fire one"

"Aye aye sir, Fire One!"

The Bedford Incident

I still remember the look on Richard Widmark's face when James MacArthur said that, and of course, Sidney Poitier just looked rather dumbstruck as well.....:rolleyes:

[campy]

“Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity. ”

~ Gustave Flaubert (1821 – 1880), French writer

[lunchmeat]

"If he fires one, then I'll fire one"

"Aye aye sir, Fire One!"

The Bedford Incident

I still remember the look on Richard Widmark's face when James MacArthur said that, and of course, Sidney Poitier just looked rather dumbstruck as well.....:rolleyes:

You'd probably look pretty stunned if you realised that you'd just launched a nuclear depth bomb at a submarine during peacetime :)

And to keep in the quote line:

"What's it feel like?"
"Death? It's like being on holiday with a group of Germans."
- Rimmer describes death to Lister

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Kasi Ann and Sheki Go, you think you're all that, but YOU'RE NOT!" -- myself, screaming to the heavens, during one of my finer moments of crazy. :cool:

[lunchmeat]

"Yes sir, he says in exchange for the oxygeneration unit he want *you* to be his daughter's mate."
"*That's* his daughter?"
"One of three. Apparently sir *she's* the looker."
"Tell him, not if she was the last water yeti lookalike in the world and I was the only boy."
"Oh, come on, Lister, you've dated worse."
"Only due to very poor disco lighting."
- Rimmer & Lister

[kyojikasshu]

"WELL, MY HEAD A SPLODE" - Vector Strong Bad on Homestar Runner Main Page 21 (http://homestarrunner.com/main21.html) (mouse over the "e-mail" button), and me after hearing, seeing, or reading something rather disturbing.

[campy]

“Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.”

~ Søren Kierkegaard (1813 – 1855), Danish theologian & philosopher

[lunchmeat]

"My goodness, my Guiness"

[kyojikasshu]

"In other words, if I gave up evil, I'd end up doing one of the most evil things ever?"
"Yeah, but I can't imagine that you could put off doing evil long enough."
"Good point."

- Dr. Wily and a time-travelling X, discussing the finer points of temporal mechanics following the conclusion of the second Mega Man game, from Bob and George: The Comic Strip

[TransWarpDrive]

"The problem with the rat race is even if you win you're still a rat."
- Lily Tomlin

"85% of the world's work is done by people who don't feel very well."
- Winston Churchill

(I've got both of these posted over my desk at work. ;))

[campy]

"One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else."

~ Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 – 1962)

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Hey, it's that merc, the one Salano shot in the ***." -- Mercenaries 2, everyone, all the time.

[campy]

To most people solutions mean finding the answers. But to chemists
solutions are things that are still all mixed up.

~ Anonymous Grade-school student, quoted here (http://scout.wisc.edu/Projects/PastProjects/NH/97-03/97-03-31/0057.html)

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"In addition to my huge greatness, I'm quite a guy." — Dr. Clayton Forrester, Mystery Science Theater 3000 (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MysteryScienceTheater3000)

[campy]

There is no greater sorrow
Than to be mindful of the happy time
In misery.

~ Dante Alighieri (1265 – 1321), Italian poet

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"The number of Mirage Tanks currently in active duty is a highly classified secret. The outspoken Soviet minister of defense has claimed that these vehicles seem to be so numerous that "[T]hey outnumber the hairs on [his] arms." -- unit profile for the Allied Mirage Tank (http://www.ea.com/redalert/factions-allies.jsp?id=MirageTank).

[campy]

"The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone."

~ Angelo G. Roncalli (Blessed Pope John XXIII), 1881 – 1963

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Read my lips: Having a bigger brain doesn't make you smarter, it just makes your head heavier." -- myself

[lunchmeat]

"You can shoot it down?"
Question once asked of me regarding a missile that had gone rogue and was in 'return to sender' mode.

[campy]

"Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped."

John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (1872–1933), 30th President of the United States

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"You don't justify bad behavior by pointing to other bad behavior." -- Bill O'Reilly

[If only . . . :dubiety:]

[campy]

"A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation."

~ Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900–1965), 31st Governor of Illinois

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

Dark Helmet: What the hell am I looking at? When does this happen in the movie?
Colonel Sandurz: Now, you're looking at now, sir. Everything that happens now is happening now.
Dark Helmet: What happend to then?
Colonel Sandurz: We passed then.
Dark Helmet: When?
Colonel Sandurz: Just now. Were at now, now.
Dark Helmet: Go back to then!
Colonel Sandurz: When?
Dark Helmet: Now.
Colonel Sandurz: Now?
Dark Helmet: Now!
Colonel Sandurz: I can't.
Dark Helmet: Why?
Colonel Sandurz: We missed it.
Dark Helmet: When?
Colonel Sandurz: Just now.
Dark Helmet: When will then be now?
Colonel Sandurz: Soon.
Dark Helmet: How soon? [Corporal rewinds the tape back to scene showing protagonists wandering in desert.]
Corporal: Sir!
Dark Helmet: What!
Corporal: We have identified their location.
Dark Helmet: Where!
Corporal: It's the moon of Vega.
Colonel Sandurz: Very good, set a course and prepare for our arrival.
Dark Helmet: [increasingly flustered] When!
Corporal: 1900 hours.
Colonel Sandurz: By high noon tomorrow, they will be our prisoners.
Dark Helmet: WHO! [mask falls down]

[campy]

"What’s good for the country is good for General Motors, and vice versa."

Charles Erwin "Engine Charlie" Wilson (1890 – 1961), American businessman, 5th Secretary of Defense

[GoTeamGirl]

"As the seventeenth century neared its sunset..."-my American History text book (I thought it sounded sort of funny.)

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Every minute you're here I will cut off a finger."

"Mine or your's?"

"Your's."

"Damn!"

-- Please, someone tell me where this is from.

[campy]

"Every minute you're here I will cut off a finger."

"Mine or your's?"

"Your's."

"Damn!"

-- Please, someone tell me where this is from.Spies Like Us (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090056/)(1985).

I didn't know, but Google and imdb quickly supplied the answer. :D

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Every minute you're here I will cut off a finger."

"Mine or your's?"

"Your's."

"Damn!"

-- Please, someone tell me where this is from.Spies Like Us (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090056/)(1985).

I didn't know, but Google and imdb quickly supplied the answer. :D
Thank you, sir. :happy:

"Religion without faith is just . . . going through the motions." -- Donteatacowman (http://ronstoppable.proboards89.com/index.cgi?action=viewprofile&user=donteatacowman)

[campy]

"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), Third President of the United States

[jeriddian]

"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), Third President of the United States

Which only goes to show that the true source of the power of the United States is not its military force, but its superior economic power through capitalism, which will in turn give our military forces the weapons and materiel it needs to be the best in the world (though I, of course, grant that fact alone is not sufficient for military superiority, but it is a crucial part). This is why this crisis we are in now is of such importance. Even if we don't get the bailout (of which I am not convinced it is such a good thing, even though I could lose my IRA without it) and things crumble where we will be in a deep depression (and take the world with us like the 1930's), we will survive it. It won't be pretty, that's for sure, and it will hurt, but we will survive it.

[campy]

"I tend to be a subscriber to the idea that you have everything you need by the time you're 12 years old to do interesting writing for most of the rest of your life — certainly by the time you're 18."

Bruce Springsteen (b. 1949), American musician, BC Class of '12 Parent

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"EX-TERM-INATE!!!" -- Dalek #4

[GoTeamGirl]

"The air is filled with the uncanny sense of exclamation points!"-from a Harry Potter fan fic called "the Shoebox Project"

[lunchmeat]

"The Dude abides"

[campy]

"I think that at some point in your life you realize you don't have to worry if you do everything you're supposed to do right. Or if not right, if you do it the best you can... what can worry do for you? You are already doing the best you can."

~ Joseph W. Namath (b. 1943), American football player

[GoTeamGirl]

"All that matters is what you think of yourself."-from Full House

[lunchmeat]

"Fill your hands, you s*********h"

John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn

True Grit

[campy]

"You know, so much of the time we're just lost. We say, 'Please, God, tell us what is right; tell us what is true.' And there is no justice: the rich win, the poor are powerless. We become tired of hearing people lie. And after a time, we become dead... a little dead. We think of ourselves as victims... and we become victims. We become... we become weak. We doubt ourselves, we doubt our beliefs. We doubt our institutions. And we doubt the law. But today you are the law. You ARE the law. Not some book... not the lawyers... not the, a marble statue... or the trappings of the court. See those are just symbols of our desire to be just. They are... they are, in fact, a prayer: a fervent and a frightened prayer. In my religion, they say, 'Act as if ye had faith... and faith will be given to you.' IF... if we are to have faith in justice, we need only to believe in ourselves. And ACT with justice. See, I believe there is justice in our hearts."

Paul Newman as Frank Galvin

The Verdict (1982)

[TransWarpDrive]

"The things which hurt, instruct."

- Benjamin Franklin

[campy]

"I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University."

William F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008), writer and commentator

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Love doesn't lead to the dark side. Passion can lead to rage and fear, and can be controlled, but passion is not the same thing as love. Controlling your passions while being in love, that's what they should teach you to beware, but love itself will save you, not condemn you."
- Jolee Bindo (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OldMaster), Knights Of The Old Republic (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic)

[campy]

"An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger."

Dan Rather (b. 1931), TV personality

[lunchmeat]

"Love doesn't lead to the dark side. Passion can lead to rage and fear, and can be controlled, but passion is not the same thing as love. Controlling your passions while being in love, that's what they should teach you to beware, but love itself will save you, not condemn you."
- Jolee Bindo (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OldMaster), Knights Of The Old Republic (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic)


Obviously never had a relationship .......

[campy]

"Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed."

Michelle Obama (b. 1964), hospital executive

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Love doesn't lead to the dark side. Passion can lead to rage and fear, and can be controlled, but passion is not the same thing as love. Controlling your passions while being in love, that's what they should teach you to beware, but love itself will save you, not condemn you."
- Jolee Bindo (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OldMaster), Knights Of The Old Republic (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic)


Obviously never had a relationship .......
Actually, he did, and he ended up killing his wife at the end of it. :blink: Now, granted, it was in self-defense, but still . . . :errr:

"Doesn't matter what the press says. Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: the requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world - "No, you move."" —Captain America (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CaptainAmerica) (...quoting Mark Twain)

[lunchmeat]

"Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed."

Michelle Obama (b. 1964), hospital executive

Great, the ex nagged me enough for one lifetime, I really don't need that from the government.

[campy]

"Except for the occasional heart attack, I never felt better."

~ Richard B. Cheney (b. 1941), 46th Vice President of the United States

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

Corr: Which moron in Procurement ordered Deeces with the clip on the left? . . . And on the sidearm, too. Can't holster it right.
Niner: A moron who never had to fire it to save his life. Or thought that if you aimed right-handed, then your left was free to reach for a reload . . .
Corr: What a bunch of useless bev'ikase.
Niner: Did you make that word up?
Corr: That's the right word, isn't it? It means--
Niner: Well, yes, but I've never heard it used as a term of abuse before . . . just anatomical.

-- Chapter 3 of Order 66 by Karen Traviss.

[TransWarpDrive]

The Allied Mirage Tank: complete with holographic cloaking, gap generator, and lasers!
But does it have heated seats with lumbar support, and a sunroof? :P
Oh - and cupholders. I want lots and lots of cupholders... :D

[jeriddian]

"An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger."

Dan Rather (b. 1931), TV personality

IMO, not so. An intellectual will hear the William Tell Overture and think of more than the fact that it was used in the Lone Ranger, that it was written by Rossini as part of a huge and difficult opera, and truly enjoying it for the wonderful music that it is. An intellectual snob will smugly think of it being used in the Lone Ranger and pat himself on the back for knowing that it was written by Rossini as part of a huge and difficult opera, and then dismiss it as 'trite' because it was used in the Lone Ranger.

But then I always thought Dan Rather was a bit of a snob himself, to be honest.

[campy]

"The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree."

~ Edward M. Kennedy (b. 1932), US Senator

[GoTeamGirl]

"All of them...constructed at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against this enemy they thought they saw across the frontier, this enemy who never attacked that way--if he ever attacked at all; if he was indeed the enemy."-John Knowles, 'A Separate Peace'

"I'm just the messenger for big guns upstairs." -Dane Cook

[campy]

"If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused."

~ Walter F. Mondale (b. 1928), 42nd Vice President of the US

[GoTeamGirl]

"We read to know we are not alone."-C.S. Lewis

[lunchmeat]

"Women are like elephants, I love to look at them but would never want to own one"

W C Fields

[campy]

"We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond."

~ Marcel Proust (1871–1922), French author

[TransWarpDrive]

"Elephants are the only mammal that cannot jump."

- Snapple Real Fact #46
:alumnus:

[lunchmeat]

"Death is merely nature's way of telling you that you're in the wrong line of work"

Seen on a ready room bulkhead, circa 1978

[campy]

“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand.”

~ Milton Friedman (1912–2006), American economist

[TransWarpDrive]

“You wake up one morning and you go, ‘What happened? Where did it all go so fast? There are many more things I want to do.’ And I figure a lot of people feel the same. A lot of people have so much they want to do, but society says, ‘Step back, youth must be served.’ I say, ‘You're right, youth must be served - after us. Get in line. We're coming back for seconds and thirds, and when we're finished helping ourselves, it's your turn.’ Just because people get older doesn't mean they abandon their dream or their ability to want to do something, so Rocky is symbolic of still wanting to participate. Rocky says the last thing to age is the heart, so I wanted to do a film that shows our generation is not on the outside looking in; it's still vital and wants to be part of the parade, not watching the parade. I want to show that life is not over at 50. People say, ‘Come on, grow old gracefully.’ No, why? I'm not ready. I know people will think Rocky is my story, but it's also my generation's story.”

–Sylvester Stallone, on why he made “Rocky Balboa” (2006)

[lunchmeat]

Youth must indeed be served, with a side order of fries, smothered in onions with a nice wine.....

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

The Allied Mirage Tank: complete with holographic cloaking, gap generator, and lasers!But does it have heated seats with lumbar support, and a sunroof? :P
Oh - and cupholders. I want lots and lots of cupholders... :D
See for yourself (http://www.ea.com/redalert/factions-allies.jsp?id=MirageTank). :P

Steve Dallas: The warden told me you tried to stick your tongue into a light socket and commit suicide this morning...

Did you even think once about the feelings of the judges.. the prison officials... the lawyers?

[starts throttling Bill the Cat]
.. How do you think we'd look if you electrocuted yourself 48 hours before the state got a chance to?? DARNED SILLY, THAT'S HOW!!

The cat has NO appreciation of the logic of the American judicial system...

Bill the Cat: THTPF.

[campy]

“Where I work at ABC, people say ‘conservative’ the way people say ‘child molester.’”

~ John Stossel (b. 1947), TV reporter

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

“Where I work at ABC, people say ‘conservative’ the way people say ‘child molester.’”

~ John Stossel (b. 1947), TV reporter
Mainstream media bias? Oh-no, parish the thought. :rolleyes: :laugh:

Milo Bloom: So what happens at "midnight"?

Opus: Ya wake up looking like Ed Koch. EEK!

-- Bloom County, talking about biological clocks

[campy]

"I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice."

~ Friedrich August von Hayek (1899–1992), economist and philosopher

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"The Jedi are male and female, so are the Sith. We're set apart by how we use the Force."
Lanna lifted an eyebrow. "How you apply acceleration to a given mass is an ideological gulf?"

-- The forum signature of a certain plotmistress (http://bbs.furryconflict.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=43). (Best Jedi/Sith related quote ever. :laugh:)

[GoTeamGirl]

"The fault...is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings."-Cassius in Act 1, Scene 2 of Julius Caesar (or...Shakespeare).

[kyojikasshu]

Lemme tell you a thing or two about garage sales: Ya ever get the feeling that the people just got lazy taking the trash out, so they stopped right there on the driveway and started putting price tags on things? I mean, isn't it just a little bit suspicious that there's only a one-letter difference between "garage sale" and "garbage (pronounced "gar-bahge") sale?" Except, don't ever say "garbage" ("gar-bahge") like that. That's, like, the only joke Moms have and they can keep it for all I care. So then there's the issue of the sort of folks that frequent garage sales: bottom feeders, lemme tell ya.

- Strong Bad, sbemail 129: garage sale

[lunchmeat]

"Where do we get such men, they leave this ship and they do the job, then they find this speck lost on the sea and land on it's pitching deck, where do we get such men?"

The Bridges At Toko-Ri

[TransWarpDrive]

Mainstream media bias? Oh-no, parish the thought. :rolleyes: :laugh:



Uh, that's spelled perish... :unsure:
The word you used describes "...1. A part of a diocese, under the charge of a priest or minister. 2. The congregation of a church. 3. A civil division in Louisiana, like a county."
(According to Webster's New World Dictionary) :alumnus:

[campy]

"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity."

~ Francis W. Leahy (1908–1973), American football coach

[Fireand'chutes77]

I mean, isn't it just a little bit suspicious that there's only a one-letter difference between "garage sale" and "garbage (pronounced "gar-bahge") sale?"Ron: ....I'm not implying anything. Just something to think about, that's all. :laugh:

---

"Thrift comes too late when you find it at the bottom of your wallet."
~ Seneca, adviser to Nero

"Never invest in any idea you can't illustrate with a crayon."
~ Peter Lynch, research consultant at Fidelity Investments.

[campy]

"If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done."

~ Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (1889–1951), Austrian philosopher

(I wonder if this quote relates to the Ron Factor? :laugh:)

[GoTeamGirl]

"If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done."

~ Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (1889–1951), Austrian philosopher

(I wonder if this quote relates to the Ron Factor? :laugh:)

That is a long name...

"You steal my heart, and you take my breath away. Would you take me in? Take me deeper, now." -Lifehouse, the song 'Everything'

Also, ""Someday I'm gonna find it. Wish I knew what I was looking for."-Lifehouse, the song 'Disarray'

[jeriddian]

"Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it,"

from Reason in Common Sense, the first volume of The Life of Reason....

Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruíz de Santayana y Borrás better known as George Santayana, 20th century Spanish-American Philosopher.

[Fireand'chutes77]

"Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it,"
....As are those who fail history.... :rolleyes: :P :laugh:

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

Mainstream media bias? Oh-no, parish the thought. :rolleyes: :laugh:



Uh, that's spelled perish... :unsure:
The word you used describes "...1. A part of a diocese, under the charge of a priest or minister. 2. The congregation of a church. 3. a civil division in Louisiana, like a county."
(According to Webster's New World Dictionary) :alumnus:
Hey, give me a break. I still manage to get 95% percent of the things I type right. I mean, look at it this way, it could be worse . . . much, much, worse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb8rdc-0OpQ). :errr:

Eradication complete. Time elapsed 4 minutes 32 seconds. Accuracy: 97. Satisfaction rating: 9 out of 10. Theory: the T3 unit is to blame for the inaccuracy. Course of action: Resent T3 unit - to the power of / 88
-- HK-47, chapter 23 (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2737794/23/A_Mandalorians_Promise) of A Mandalorian's Promise (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2737794/)

[lunchmeat]

"Have some beans Mr Taggert?"

Blazing Saddles

[TransWarpDrive]

"Have some beans Mr Taggert?"

Blazing Saddles

Isn't that line actually: "More beans, Mr. Taggert?"
Just asking... :innocent:

[campy]

"Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it,"
....As are those who fail history.... :rolleyes: :P :laugh:Every KP fan should know that.

http://caps.kpfanworld.com/images/51_Rewriting_History/353.jpg


"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."

~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher

[GoTeamGirl]

^(The KP picture) :laugh:

Speaking of History:
"Here once the embattled farmers stood/And fired the shot heard round the world."-Ralph Waldo Emerson from Concord Hymn.

My class is doing the Revolution (in America) now. :P

[campy]

"You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace."

~ Ernie 'Mr. Cub' Banks (b. 1931), Baseball player

[lunchmeat]

"The rifle is the weapon of democracy. Not for nothing was the revolver called an "equalizer." Egalite implies liberte. And always will. Let us hope our weapons are never needed--but do not forget what the common people of this nation knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny."

Edward "Cactus Ed" Abbey

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Yes, I know I should be directing the battle from the ship. Yes, I know we could reduce the surface of Dinlo into molten slag from orbit. But we can extract more than a thousand men, and that's worth doing. I asked for volunteers and I got the whole ship's crew and every man in Improcco Company, and not from blind obedience. Let me try." ―Etain before the Battle of Dinlo (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_of_Dinlo)[src] (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Republic_Commando:_Triple_Zero)

[campy]

"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything."

~ Wyatt Earp (1848–1929), American farmer, teamster, sometime buffalo hunter, officer of the law in various Western frontier towns, gambler, saloon-keeper, miner, and boxing referee

[Fireand'chutes77]

“…But first you must take your degree. Set that before you as your first aim. Then little by little, you will see your way. I mean in every sense, your way in life and in thinking. It may be uphill pedaling at first. Take Mr. Moonan. He was a long time before he got to the top. But he got there.”

“I may not have his talent,” Stephen said quietly.

“You never know,” said the dean brightly. “We never can say what is in us. I most certainly should not be despondent. Per aspera ad astra – through hardship to the stars.”

~ From chapter 5 of “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” by James Joyce

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Men, we led those dumb bugs out to the middle of nowhere to keep 'em from gettin' their filthy claws on Earth. But, we stumbled onto somethin' they're so hot for, that they're scramblin' over each other to get it. Now I don't care if it's God's own anti-son-of-a-***** machine or a giant hula-hoop; We're not gonna let them have it! What we will let them have is a belly full of lead and a pool of their own blood to drown in!" —Sergeant Johnson ('Pillar of Autumn' level on Legendary)

[campy]

By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.

"Concord Hymn," by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Everything happens for a reason." -- my mom and Omi :rolleyes: :thumbup:

[campy]

"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."

~ John Stuart Mill (1806–1873), British philosopher

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

Dave: I'll give you that. Killing off five billion people did wonders for solving most of our social problems.

Mike: It sure did! Now there are no politics; you either do what the government says or you die.

-- Civil Protection, episode 6, "Oil's Well" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spr5YFfrnA0).

[jeriddian]

Dave: I'll give you that. Killing off five billion people did wonders for solving most of our social problems.

Mike: It sure did! Now there are no politics; you either do what the government says or you die.

-- Civil Protection, episode 6, "Oil's Well" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spr5YFfrnA0).

Okay, so why do you like this quote?

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

Dave: I'll give you that. Killing off five billion people did wonders for solving most of our social problems.

Mike: It sure did! Now there are no politics; you either do what the government says or you die.

-- Civil Protection, episode 6, "Oil's Well" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spr5YFfrnA0).

Okay, so why do you like this quote?
The way it was said mostly. (You'll see what I mean if you click on the link and watch the vid.) It (and the Half-Life universe in general, come to think of it) is obviously a horrible and incredibly dystopic concept, but the characters have an incredible way of making you laugh at it all.

[jeriddian]

Dave: I'll give you that. Killing off five billion people did wonders for solving most of our social problems.

Mike: It sure did! Now there are no politics; you either do what the government says or you die.

-- Civil Protection, episode 6, "Oil's Well" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spr5YFfrnA0).

Okay, so why do you like this quote?
The way it was said mostly. (You'll see what I mean if you click on the link and watch the vid.) It (and the Half-Life universe in general, come to think of it) is obviously a horrible and incredibly dystopic concept, but the characters have an incredible way of making you laugh at it all.

Well, that's cool. but it is a little confusing when people first see it, at least to me. It makes more sense now that I understand you're showing in a humorous vein.

[campy]

"Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve."

~ George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Irish playwright & critic

[jeriddian]

"Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve."

~ George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Irish playwright & critic

Also:

"A profession is but a conspiracy against the laity." (paraphrase)

~ George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Irish playwright & critic

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

"Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve."

~ George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Irish playwright & critic
:hmm: You know, my Omi once said something similar to me. Let's see if I can remember it . . . uhhhh, paraphrasin' . . .

"The thing you have to remember [CLASSIFIED! BGX Directive] is that despite what people say we got what we deserved with Hitler - he was elected. In fact, I remember during one of his speeches he gave the people two options, the butter or the cannon - the butter represented peace, and the cannon represented war - and do you know what the people started shouting after he had said that? They started shouting, "Cannon! Cannon! Cannon!""

[lunchmeat]

"It's just a hunk of tin, it don't go nowhere special"

Ground crewman
The High and the MIghty

[campy]

"They say that ninety percent of TV is junk. But, ninety percent of everything is junk."

~ Eugene W. "Gene" Roddenberry (1921–1991), American screenwriter and producer

[Fireand'chutes77]

"They say that ninety percent of TV is junk. But, ninety percent of everything is junk."

~ Eugene W. "Gene" Roddenberry (1921–1991), American screenwriter and producer
I thought he said, "90% of sci-fi is junk..." (Sorry, degrading the genre, sorry! :P)

[lunchmeat]

"There's a widow in sleepy Chester
Who weeps for her only son;
There's a grave on the Pabeng River,
A grave that the Burmans shun;
And there's Subadar Prag Tewarri
Who tells how the work was done."

Kipling

Grave Of The Hundred Head

I got into trouble over this one in high school, we were told to bring a favorite poem in for English class, the teacher and eye didn't see quite eye-to-eye on this one.

[jeriddian]

"There's a widow in sleepy Chester
Who weeps for her only son;
There's a grave on the Pabeng River,
A grave that the Burmans shun;
And there's Subadar Prag Tewarri
Who tells how the work was done."

Kipling

Grave Of The Hundred Head

I got into trouble over this one in high school, we were told to bring a favorite poem in for English class, the teacher and eye didn't see quite eye-to-eye on this one.

I guess the eyes have it then.......................:P:laugh:

Sorry! couldn't resist! I don't have a good quote right now to stay on topic.:rolleyes:

[lunchmeat]

I'm disappointed, laddie, I would have thought some reference to the old SciFi movies The Crawling Eye or The Hills Have Eyes or The Night Has A Thousand Eyes would have come to mind.....

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

I'm a soldier,
Born to stand
In this waking hell I am,
Witnessing more then I can compute.

Prey myself we don't forget
Lies, betrayed, and the oppressed
Please give me the strength to see the truth

-- "Rise" by Origa (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7x7NUbeA1s) (Click the link for full song in HD.)

[campy]

"You don't let me go right now, a_____e, I know people. Important people. I'll have you killed."

I said, "Gee, that's the first time anyone's ever said that to me. In English, anyway."

~ from Ten Thousand Islands, by Randy Wayne White (G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York 2000)

[lunchmeat]

"Look around you, the guy on either side will be gone by the time you finish this course"

and so they were......

[GoTeamGirl]

"Is today the fourth?"-Thomas Jefferson's dieing words on July 4th. (I might be paraphrasing...)

[campy]

"Is today the fourth?"-Thomas Jefferson's dieing words on July 4th. (I might be paraphrasing...)

"Thomas Jefferson still survives."

~ John Adams' last words, a few hours later on that same July 4, 1826

[lunchmeat]

"The three most useless things in aviation are runway behind you, altitude above you and half a minute ago."

[lunchmeat]

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."

Lazarus Long

Notebooks Of Lazarus Long

Robert A. Heinlein

[canuck31003]

Some of my favourite Heinlen books are Have Spacesuit -- Will Travel, Double Star and The Door into Summer. Heinlein had a lot of good novels, though I think his later books (1980s) were a little odd.

[campy]

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well."

~ Voltaire [François-Marie Arouet, (1694–1778)], French writer

[canuck31003]

A few favourites from Episode IV:

"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." -- Han Solo (my favourite Star Wars character).

"Better her than me!" -- Han Solo redux.

And the best of them all...

"Who’s more foolish the fool or the fool who follows him?" Obi-wan Kenobi.

[lunchmeat]

Some of my favourite Heinlen books are Have Spacesuit -- Will Travel, Double Star and The Door into Summer. Heinlein had a lot of good novels, though I think his later books (1980s) were a little odd.


I started reading science fiction courtesy of my elementary school's library day (every Friday, if memory serves) in fourth grade. Have Spacesuit, Will Travel was one of the first books I read, followed by a (I believe) Andre Norton book, whose title is lost to me, that featured the protagonists wading through streams of liquid ammonia on what I recall being Neptune. I plowed through every Heinlein "juvenile" that I could lay my hands on then discovered an edition of the Science fiction Omnibus that used to come out every year or two that introduced me to Asimov, Clarke, Brown, Laumer, Leinster, Meredith, Kornbluth, Niven, sprague and the rest. Been reading the stuff ever since. It even got me to complete a degree in the sciences on the thought that it might get me to travel in space (it very nearly worked, too) or at least help get us,as a nation, there.

[jeriddian]

"There's no better magic than three feet of steel."

.....Famous Vulirican saying from my old AD&D game.

[campy]

"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."

~ Thomas Paine (1737–1809), American revolutionary pamphleteer

(I didn't do this on purpose, but this is my 1776th post! :laugh:)

[GoTeamGirl]

Speaking of Thomas Paine, my History class just read Common Sense, and I have a quote:

"...In free countries the law ought to be King and there ought to be no other."-Thomas Paine

"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."-John F. Kennedy

[Fireand'chutes77]

"There's no better magic than three feet of steel."
That is so utterly awesome. :laugh: :D :D

The quote reminds me of that scene from Indy and the Lost Ark where that fighter shows off all his swordsmanship skills... and Jones just flashes a pained "WTF?" grimace and simply shoots the guy. :laugh:

"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."

~ Thomas Paine (1737–1809), American revolutionary pamphleteer

(I didn't do this on purpose, but this is my 1776th post! :laugh:)
Now that's irony! :blink: :laugh: :D

[TransWarpDrive]

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."

Lazarus Long

Notebooks Of Lazarus Long

Robert A. Heinlein

:D I've got a copy of that book somewhere! Great, isn't it?
Another one of his quotes that I like goes:

"A fool kills for hate, but only a brute kills for pleasure."

Re: 'chutes' comment:
...reminds me of that scene from Indy and the Lost Ark where that fighter shows off all his swordsmanship skills... and Jones just flashes a pained "WTF?" grimace and simply shoots the guy.
I read somewhere that Spielberg and Ford had worked out a much longer scene where Indy enters into a duel with the swordsman, using his bullwhip vs. the guy's sword. Unfortunately, at that time a number of cast and crew members - including Ford - came down with a case of dysentery which left them feeling rotten. So when they were going to actually shoot the scene, Ford disgustedly asked, "Aw, why don't we just shoot the ******?" So that's how they shot it - got a laugh from the audience; so IMHO, it worked out better than originally planned.

[lunchmeat]

"Death had to take him sleeping, for if Roosevelt had been awake there would have been a fight."

said of Teddy Roosevelt upon his death

[Cody MacArthur Fett]

Old Japanese people are so cool. :happy:

Some of the best quotes out there are online. :biggergrin:

[campy]

"I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution."

~ Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), 18th President of the United States

[GoTeamGirl]

"We have a dilemma. And what do we do with dilemmas? Make dilemma-nade!"-Danny from Full House

[Fireand'chutes77]

"We have a dilemma. And what do we do with dilemmas? Make dilemma-nade!"-Danny from Full House
Odd, I just complain about them. :P :laugh:

[lunchmeat]

"We have a dilemma. And what do we do with dilemmas? Make dilemma-nade!"-Danny from Full House

Drive them before you in chains, hear the lamentations of their women?

[AdellaRoseArielVanessa]

'To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.'

-William Blake - Auguries of Innocence

'I love you, Daddy.'

- Ariel, The Little Mermaid, 1989