Title: Favorite Quotations
Description: from anything...
Maite alab'Unai - March 17, 2008 04:26 AM (GMT)
"What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left."
— Oscar Levant
Sir Alban Denton - March 17, 2008 07:54 PM (GMT)
Okay, this one is from a movie I love. I use it in everyday life too XD
"Lisa! You gotta come to the line! Two hands, Lisa! Two hands! God have you two Goddamn hands for a reason!"
-Harry Block from "Evolution"
General Laurent West - March 17, 2008 09:11 PM (GMT)
This sums up my life very well.
"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father prepare to die."
Nahia alab'Aingeru - March 17, 2008 09:51 PM (GMT)
If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. ~ Katherine Hepburn
Truer words were never spoken :)
King Aedan I - March 17, 2008 10:28 PM (GMT)
Groucho Marx -- "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member."
That sums up my attitude pretty well... it's why I haven't given in to the friend who wants to date me yet. Nor will I ever.
Lady Enya Macauley - March 18, 2008 02:40 AM (GMT)
"Life is like a bawx o' choclates, ya neva know whatcha gonna get"
-Forest Gump
and
"Tell me what America is and I'll tell you it's poetry"
-Robert Frost
Prince Fergus Kilgour - March 27, 2008 10:21 PM (GMT)
The difference between a wise man and a clever man is that a clever man can get himself out of situations a wise man would never get into.
One crazy driver, plenty of accidents. Here, everyone crazy driver - no accidents!
From The Lucan Conspiracy, Duncan MacLaughlin
General Laurent West - March 28, 2008 01:06 AM (GMT)
"If god lived on earth people would break his windows" Got to love those Jews and their sayings.
Prince Fergus Kilgour - March 30, 2008 08:49 PM (GMT)
And so the lines were drawn: Germany, Italy and Japan versus Britain, Russian and the United States. Fascist Totalitarianism v Liberal Democracy.
"What about Russia?"
"Shhh!"
An Utterly Impartial History of Britain (or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge), John O'Farrell, on the allies and axis of WW2. I laughed most of the way through this book.
Nekane alab'Edur - March 30, 2008 09:02 PM (GMT)
The key is to commit crimes so confusing that police feel too stupid to even write a crime report about them. -Randy K. Milholland
The only way to be truly misogynistic is to be a woman. -Randy K. Milholland
There are people I know who won't hurt me. I call them corpses.
Randy K. Milholland
Because Something Positive rocks!
Mitxel sem'Leho - March 30, 2008 10:21 PM (GMT)
"Cake or death?"
- I love Eddie Izzard, haha.
Brennan: This is what happened when Rome fell...
Booth: What? People ate stale donuts?
- from the show, "Bones"
"All right, look, there's only one "Return," okay, and it ain't "of the King," it's "of the Jedi.""
- from the movie Clerks 2
King Aedan I - March 30, 2008 10:27 PM (GMT)
"How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech."
-Søren Kierkegaard
"Man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite."
-Søren Kierkegaard
"Pleasure disappoints, not possibility"
-Kierkegaard
"Generally, I have so many and mutually contradictory reasons that, for that reason, it is impossible for me to give reasons."
-Kierkegaard
If you know me, you knew it was coming. *Is in love with Kierkegaard*
General Laurent West - March 31, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Mitxel sem'Leho @ Mar 30 2008, 10:21 PM) |
"Cake or death?"
- I love Eddie Izzard, haha. |
"uh cake please"
"Well we're out of cake, we only had three bits and we didn't expect such a rush"
"So my choice is 'or death? Well I'll have the chicken then please"
Warlord Ekain sem'Edur - March 31, 2008 11:02 AM (GMT)
From the series Firefly, because Joss is wonderful...and these are just my select favorite quotes from the first four episodes (well...technically five, because the pilot was two episodes long).
| QUOTE (Pilot Episode "Serenity") |
[The crew waits quietly as a Reaver ship passes.]
Simon: What happens if they board us?
Zoë: If they take the ship, they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skins into their clothing. And if we're very, very lucky, they'll do it in that order.
~*~
[Dobson is tied up in his room]
Mal: I got to know how close the Alliance is, exactly how much you told them 'fore Wash scrambled your call. So I've given Jayne here the job of finding out.
Jayne: [draws a huge knife] He was nonspecific as to how.
...
Mal: [to Jayne] Now, you've only got to scare him.
Jayne: Pain is scary.
~*~
[After Wash executes a brilliant escape from the Reavers, Zoë turns to Mal.]
Zoë: Sir? I'd like you to take the helm, please. I need this man to tear all my clothes off.
[She grabs Wash by the jacket and drags him off.]
Wash: Work, work, work… |
| QUOTE ("The Train Job") |
[Mal and Zoë make a disturbing discovery on during their train heist.]
Zoë: Sir, is there some information we might maybe be lacking as to why there's an entire Fed squad sitting on this train?
Mal: Doesn't concern us.
Zoë: It kinda concerns me.
. . .
Zoë: You don't think that changes the situation a bit?
Mal: I surely do. Makes it more fun!
Zoë: Sir? I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.
...
Mal: Hell, this job I would pull for free.
Zoë: Then can I have your share?
Mal: No.
Zoë: If you die, can I have your share?
Mal: Yes.
~*~
[Jayne is demanding that Wash take off for the delivery without Mal and Zoë.]
Jayne: You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til you understand who's in ruttin' command here! Now we're finishing this deal, and then maybe -- MAYBE we'll come back for those morons... got themselves caught... and you can't change that by getting all... bendy.
Wash: All what?
Jayne: You got the light... from the console to keep you... lifting you up... they shine like... [starts grabbing at the air] little angels...
Jayne promptly falls flat onto the floor.]
Wash: Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?
Simon: I told him to sit down.
~*~
[A tied-up Crow is made to kneel outside Serenity as it prepares to lift off]
Mal: Now this is all the money Niska gave us in advance. You give it back to him, tell him the job didn't work out. We're not thieves -- well, we are thieves, but the point is we're not taking what's his. We'll stay out of his way as best we can from here on in. You'll explain that's best for everyone, okay?
Crow: [stands up] Keep the money. Use it to buy a funeral. It doesn't matter where you go, or how far you fly -- I will hunt you down, and the last thing you see will be my blade.
Mal: Darn. [kicks Crow into Serenity's engine intake]
[Cut to another henchman being placed before Mal]
Mal: Now this is all the money Niska gave us in advance--
Henchman: Oh, I get it! I'm good. Best thing for everybody. [desperate grin] I'm right there with you. |
| QUOTE ("Bushwacked") |
[Commander Harken questions the crew.]
Harken: You fought with Captain Reynolds in the war?
Zoë: Fought with a lot of people in the war.
Harken: And your husband?
Zoë: Fight with him sometimes, too.
Harken: Is there any particular reason you don't wish to discuss your marriage?
Zoë: Don't see that it's any of your business, is all. We're very private people.
[Cut to Zoë's husband, Wash.]
Wash: The legs! [laughs.] Oh yeah, [I] definitely have to say it was her legs. You can put that down. Her legs, and right where her legs.… meet her back. Tha— actually, that whole area. That, and… and above it. […] Have you seen what she wears? Forget about it. Have you ever been with a warrior woman?
|
| QUOTE ("Shindig") |
Zoë: Planet's coming up a mite fast.
Wash: That's just 'cause- I'm going down too quick. Likely crash and kill us all.
[As the ship begins to shake, Mal calmly leaves.]
Mal: Well, that happens, let me know.
~*~
Mal: It sounds like the finest party I can imagine getting paid to go to.
Inara: I don't suppose you'd find it up to [the] standards of your outings. More conversation, and somewhat less.… petty theft and getting hit with pool cues.
~*~
[Badger "invites" Mal and Jayne to a palaver.]
Badger: Course you couldn't buy an invite with a diamond the size of a testicle, but I've got my hands on a couple.
[Mal and Jayne grin.]
Badger: Of invites!
~*~
[After love-making, Zoë just wants to sleep.]
Wash: Don't fall asleep now. Sleepiness is weakness of character, ask anyone.
Zoë: It is not!
Wash: You're acting Captain. You know what happens, you fall asleep?
Zoë: Jayne slits my throat and takes over?
Wash: That's right.
Zoë: And we can't stop it?
Wash: I wash my hands of it. Hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery.
Zoë: You could lock the door. Keep the power-hungry maniac at bay.
Wash: Don't know. I'm starting to like this poetry thing. "Here lies my beloved Zoë, my autumn flower… somewhat less attractive now that she's all corpsified and gross-" [Zoë hits him with a pillow]
~*~
Gentleman: If you require it, any gentleman here can give you the use of a sword.
Mal: Use of a s-what?
~*~
Mal: And I never back down from a fight.
Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!
Mal: Well.... yeah, but I'm not backing down from this one!
~*~
[Mal refuses to kill the prone, humiliated Atherton.]
Sir Warrick: You have to finish it, lad. [Mal doesn't move] You have to finish it. For a man to lay beaten, yet breathing? It makes him a coward.
Inara: It's humiliation.
Mal: It would be humiliating, having to lie there while the better man refuses to spill your blood. Mercy is the mark of a great man.
[He lightly stabs Atherton.]
Mal: Guess I'm just a good man.
[He repeats the poking.]
Mal: Well, I'm all right.
. . .
Sir Warrick: You know, you didn't have to wound that man.
Mal: Yeah, I know. It was just funny.
|
King Aedan I - April 2, 2008 09:21 PM (GMT)
SCRUBS! Kai knew this was coming. It helps to imagine the voices.
| QUOTE |
[to an annoying patient]
Dr. Cox: Okay, think of what little patience I have as, oh, I don't know, your virginity. You always thought it would be there, until that night Junior Year when you were feeling a little down about yourself and your pal Kevin, who just wanted to be friends, well, he dropped by and he brought a copy of About Last Night and a four-pack of Bartels & James and woo hoo hoo, it was gone forever - just like my patience is now.
Jill Tracy: So you do scary little speeches. How adorable.
Turk: This is the reason why your headache didn't go away: That's actually pronounced analgesic, not anal-gesic. Sir, the pills go in your mouth.
[Dr. Cox and the pregnant Jordan are walking through towards a Nurses' Station]
Dr. Cox: Yes, hello? Could we please get my hormonal, extremely annoying ex-wife's amnio underway?
Jordan: Wow, I can't wait to write that down in the baby journal.
[Dr. Cox grunts]
Jordan: Could you be a bigger ass right now?
Dr. Cox: Could you *have* a bigger ass right now?
Elliot: My life is a mess!
J.D.: At least you're pretty.
Elliot: Yeah, well, pretty don't pay the rent!
Carla: It does for my sister.
Elliot: Oh, my God, your sister's a prostitute?
Carla: She's a model. Come on, Elliot, we talked about thinking before we speak.
[J.D. and Carla watches a movie with J.D.'s girlfriend Danni]
Danni Sullivan: Love "The Fugitive". Who would you rather sleep with, Tommy Lee Jones or Harrison Ford?
J.D.: Harrison Ford, hands down.
[the girls look at him]
J.D.: ...But you were probably talking to Carla. I'm having such a gay day!
Carla: *Day*?
Dr. Cox looks up towards the ceiling]
Dr. Cox: Now, I know you say you love us all equally. But you don't, do ya? I'm onto you, Big Man.
Carla: What do you do when you get scared?
Dr. Cox: Run away, get a divorce, drink alone... You know, the classics. The thing is that, this time, I am killing myself for this woman, and I'm still getting my ass handed to me.
Carla: There is no Shangri-La, you know? Every relationship is messed up. What makes it perfect is if you still want to be there when things really suck.
Dr. Cox: Yeah, well, I'm not so sure.
Carla: [encouraging] It'll come to you. |
I LOVE Dr. Cox.
Enough said.
Lady Elayne Argyle - April 5, 2008 08:15 PM (GMT)
"Because it's a killer snot monster from outer space...... I did not say that." ~Rupert Giles, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Ok, I'm not that much into Buffy anymore. She was my idol when I was nine, but that's then. But still... this quote is priceless!
Oh, and I'll have the cake too please!
Warlord Ekain sem'Edur - April 23, 2008 02:25 PM (GMT)
This is a quote by the famous Atheist Richard Dawkins which I find to be a priceless and rather correct saying.
"The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully."
Lord Leon Heaton - April 23, 2008 05:54 PM (GMT)
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe"
-Albert Einstien
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something."
- Plato
"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."
- Naguib, Mahfouz
King Aedan I - May 13, 2008 09:47 PM (GMT)
"Let the credulous and the vulgar continue to believe that all mental woes can be cured by a daily application of old Greek myths to their private parts. I really do not care." --Vladimir Nabokov, on Freudian psychoanalysis
Deora Ray - May 14, 2008 01:42 AM (GMT)
If you want something done right do it yourself- Napoleon Bonaparte
Some people are like slinkies. They're not good for much but when you push them down a flight stairs it puts a smile on your face. - I think multiple people created different versions of this
A pictures worth a thousand words. -Napoleon Bonaparte ((Yeah he actually made this one))
Nekane alab'Edur - June 19, 2008 06:42 PM (GMT)
Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.
~Kurt Vonnegut
Sergeant Evander Kincade - June 24, 2008 05:04 AM (GMT)
"The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made."
-Jean Giraudoux
"Life is pain, your Highness. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something."
-Westley, The Princess Bride
"I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally."
- W. C. Fields
"Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy."
- H. L. Mencken
"One must be a fox to avoid traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves."
- Machiavelli (I'm pretty sure this was my High School yearbook quote...)
Also:
Frickin' anything that Joss Whedon has ever done. Period.
Lady Niamh McNamara - June 25, 2008 06:33 PM (GMT)
"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, 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
"The real reason that we can’t have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse: You cannot post “Thou shalt not steal,” “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” and “Thou shalt not lie” in a building full of lawyers, judges, and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment"
--George Carlin
note: George Carlin was my favorite comedian of all time hence, I use him a lot.
Catria Sullivan - June 26, 2008 03:59 AM (GMT)
As long as people are still having premarital sex with many anonymous partners while at the same time experimenting with mind-expanding drugs in a consequence free environment, I'll be sound as a pound!
-Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Here comes CSI:
Sara Sidle: So relax and lie down on your back.
Greg Sanders: You know, this is exactly like a dream I had once, except it wasn't in a garage and Grissom wasn't watching.
[beat]
Greg Sanders: That was a different dream.
Gil Grissom: Greg!
Greg Sanders: Yeah.
Gil Grissom: Take off your shoes and socks.
Greg Sanders: See, now we're getting into this whole strip forensics thing and I'm not too sure I can hang with that - even if you are my boss.
Gil Grissom: Your mother's maiden name was Hojem? Hojem is Norwegian, right?
Greg Sanders: That's right and you know my grandfather was tossed from Norway for getting my grandmother pregnant before they got married. To this day he still tells me "Som man reder sa ligger man".
[long pause]
Greg Sanders: One must lie in the bed one has made.
[Sara storms in, obviously angry]
Sara Sidle: You weren't in your office.
Gil Grissom: And good morning to you too, Miss Sidle.
Conrad Ecklie: You are a law enforcement officer, and a representative of this city, that means I expect you to conduct yourself in an appropriate manner in and away from this lab.
Sara Sidle: You know what if this is gonna be one of your 'for the good of the lab' speeches, don't bother I've heard them.
Conrad Ecklie: just... take a seat
[Sara doesn't sit]
Conrad Ecklie: Willows is a supervisor which means you treat her with respect, insulting her in front of coworkers...
Sara Sidle: she's not my supervisor
Conrad Ecklie: ...alright your superior. Sara, you berate witnesses, you disrespect the people you work with, you luck your way out of a DUI take a look! You've got a half a dozen complaints in your jacket. And If Grisson 'really' documented your performance there'd probably be a dozen more. That's not the kind of person I want in my lab!
Sara Sidle: The only reason this is 'your' lab is because Grissom doesn't kiss-ass. You couldn't hack it in the field so you fail your way up, you break up our team, and now you just hang out in the hallways waiting for one of us to screw up!
Conrad Ecklie: Sidle you're on one week's suspension without pay.
Sara Sidle: Great.
Conrad Ecklie: And when you get back you're apologizing to Catherine.
Sara Sidle: [frankly and with a smile] no I'm not.
Sara Sidle: Clothing, $85. Earrings, $30. Latte, $4. Getting away with murder...
Gil Grissom: Priceless.
[liquid from the trunk of a car containing two corpses splashes up onto Greg's face and into his mouth]
Sara Sidle: Technically, that makes you a cannibal. Grissom would be proud.
Greg Sanders: Grissom would have tasted it on purpose.
Sofia Curtis: How long does a woman lactate after giving birth?
Sara Sidle: I had a professor in collage, her 6-year-old would come in every day for lunch. I guess they go for as long as you let them.
Sofia Curtis: What, the boobs or the kids? It's like you're a... walking topless buffet.
[shudders]
There are many more but there's not enough room.