I hate Memphis.
-- Syrus Terrigan, after being carjacked at gunpoint.
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Stop attributing quotes you think are smart to me on the internet. I didn't say any of that dumbass stuff.
-Albert Einstein
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"Starlight asked Non-entity, saying, "Master, do you exist? or do you not exist?" He got no answer to his question, however, and looked steadfastly to the appearance of the other, which was that of a deep void. All day long he looked to it, but could see nothing; he listened for it, but could hear nothing; he clutched at it, but got hold of nothing. Starlight then said, "Perfect! Who can attain to this? I can (conceive the ideas of) existence and non-existence, but I cannot (conceive the ideas of) non-existing non-existence, and still there be a nonexisting existence. How is it possible to reach to this?"
- Chuang Tzu (Knowledge Rambling in the North) Book VIII
"Neil Breen? That sounds like a sandwich spread."
- Jim Maxwell, Best of the Worst: The Instructor, Through Doohan's Eye, and Twisted Pair (2019)
"Forrest Gump meets Taxi Driver."
- Mike Stoklasa of Red Letter Media describing the critically panned film The Fanatic (2019)
"Suddenly you hit puberty and you're no longer a warrior princess."
- A Response to a Friend's Reflections
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"There is only one step between the sublime and the ridiculous."
- Napoléon Bonaparte
always a wonderful quote to live by or attempt to, at the least"Secular humanism is not a religion in any sense, legal or otherwise, and neither is atheism. Religion must include a professed conviction, and simply being unconvinced as to the real-life existence of what they see as mythical characters hardly counts as that. So, atheism alone is no more a religion than health is a disease. One may as well argue over which brand of car pedestrians drive."
- Aron Nelson
Damn, is that a deep cut from the past.
"[A]lthough the courage was that of men, believe me, the strategy was that of infants."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, on the conspiracy of Brutus and Cassius
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"There is more to life than increasing its speed."
- Mahatma Gandhi
"Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell."
- Edward Abbey
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"We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive."
- C. S. Lewis
DM - "You see a settlement on your scanners."
Jim - "We should do a bombing run first to soften them up."
DM - "The ship has no weapons."
Jim - "Good point, we'll do it afterwards."
- Darths & Droids: The Phantasmal Malevolence: Episode 56: "My Kind Of Town"
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"[Apocalypto] fuses two different civilizations, two different time periods, 600 years [apart]. It would be like the equivalent of showing the Battle of Agincourt, in 1415, while King Henry tweets about it."
- Nick Hodges, History Buffs: Apocalypto
"You didn't get [the scholarship]. You were never going to get it. They dangle these things in front of you, they tell you you've got a chance, but, I'm sorry... it's a lie. Because they'd already made up their mind, and they knew what you were going to do before you walked in the door. You made a mistake, and they are never forgetting it. As far as they're concerned, your mistake is just... it's who you are. It's all you are. And I'm not just talking about the scholarship here, I'm talking about everything. I mean, they'll smile at you, they'll pat you on the head, but they are never, ever, letting you in. But listen, listen, it doesn't matter. It doesn't, because you don't need them. I mean, they're not going to give it to you, so what? You're gonna take it. You are gonna do whatever it takes, do you hear me? You are not gonna play by the rules. You're gonna go your own way, you're gonna do what they won't do. You are gonna be smart, you are gonna cut corners, and you are gonna win. They're on the 35th floor? You're gonna be on the 50th floor, you are gonna be looking down on them, and the higher you rise, the more they're going to hate you. Good. Good. You rub their noses in it. You make them suffer. You don't matter all that much to them--so what? So what? Screw them. Remember, the winner takes it all."
- Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), Better Call Saul, season 4, episode 10 "Winner" (2018)
"The most vital thing in times of crisis is to maintain a well-papered anus."
-Theodore Roosevelt
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Ah. So that's why people are buying up all the TP. They're not panicking at all. :-)
TR knew his TP.
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"*gurgle* Noooo..."
-Jon Irenicus, Baldur's Gate II, when I got through with him
"Suffer. You will all suffer."
- Jon Irenicus, Baldur's Gate II
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A personal favorite.
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"We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth."
- John F. Kennedy
I don't think that's necessarily true. Art can be a form of propaganda. Consider how totalitarian regimes like the USSR often commission art. One might even argue that much religious art is a form of propaganda.
Tony's Dad [David Bradley] - "Joe?"
Tony [Ricky Gervais] - "What?"
Tony's Dad - "You're Joe."
Tony - "Joe, your brother?"
Tony's Dad - "Hello, mate."
Tony - "I do look a bit like him. I mean, he's been dead ten years, but still..."
Tony's Dad - "What, Joe's dead? Oh, that's right, yeah. Joe's dead. Yeah. Lovely fella. So you're Joe's boy?"
Tony - "I'm your boy, Dad."
Tony's Dad - "Am I Joe?"
Tony - "F@%~ me..."
- After Life, season 2, episode 1 (2020)
In an 2005 episode of Stargate Atlantis, Radek Zelenka (played by Czech-Canadian actor David Nykl) has a heated exchange with control room technician Chuck (portrayed by actor Chuck Campbell):
Chuck: "I don't know what happened, it just stopped working. I got some little functionality back, but it still isn't doing everything it used to."
Zelenka: "Yes, well, maybe if people stop insisting on having food and liquid in such close proximity to the ten-thousand-year-old equipment!"
Chuck: "Hey! We're very careful! We're not the problem here!"
Zelenka: "Ah, yes. Uh-huh."
[While Zelenka isn't looking, Chuck touches a key on his laptop. The main display screen flashes.]
Zelenka: "What did you touch?"
Chuck: "Nothing! I didn't touch anything!"
Zelenka : "Ježiši, já s těma hercema nemůžu dělat..."
The last line, ad-libbed by the Czech-speaking Nykl, translates to "Jesus, I can't work with these actors..."
"I was dressed rather like an Edwardian chauffeur..."
- Peter Cushing (1913-1994), describing the costume he wore while portraying Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977)
In the same interview, he described his character as a "rather cross, unpleasant gentleman."
The last line, ad-libbed by the Czech-speaking Nykl, translates to "Jesus, I can't work with these actors..."
Another interesting foreign-language ad-lib occurred in an episode of Stargate SG-1 ("Small Victories" (2000)).
In the previous episode ("Nemesis"), a ship infested with insect-like Replicators crashed into the Pacific Ocean. At the beginning of "Small Victories," two Russian submariners hear a strange noise coming from one of the torpedo tubes:
Yuri: <"What could that noise be?">
Boris: <"Maybe it's the bugs from the previous episode.">
"May your reign last hours, and your death, years."
- Apophis (Peter Williams), Stargate: Continuum (2008)
"The third walking path explores hysteria without fear. The efforts of madmen are a society of itself, but only if they are written. The wise may substitute one law for another, even into incoherence, and still say he is working within a method."
- The Thirty-Six Lessons of Vivec, Sermon Twenty-Seven
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"It's easy to be a saint in paradise, but the Maquis do not live in paradise."
- Cmdr. Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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When asked in an interview what his songs were about, musician Bob Dylan once answered, "oh, some are about three minutes, some are about five minutes."
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When criminals, in this world appear
And break the laws that they should fear
And frighten all those who see and hear
The cry goes up, both far and nearFor Underdog, Underdog, Underdog!
SPEED of Lightning!
ROAR of Thunder!
FIGHTING ALL who Rob and Plunder!
Underdog!
Underdog
UNDERDOG!
When in this world, the headlines read
Of those whose hearts are filled with greedOf those who rob from those in need
To right this wrong with lightning speed
Comes Underdog, Underdog, Underdog!
SPEED of Lightning!
ROAR of Thunder!
FIGHTING ALL who Rob and Plunder!
Underdog!
Underdog!