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Post by FlyingScotsman on Dec 10, 2005 11:30:38 GMT
I thought this thread could be a place for quotes. Any inspirational, wise, funny or just interesting quotes, they can be placed here. To start with...
TEDDY ROOSEVELT'S #1 RULE OF DIPLOMACY:} "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
"This is not a book that should be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown away with great force." DOROTHY PARKER
And that old favourite: BESSIE BRADDOCK: "Winston, you're drunk!" WINSTON CHURCHILL: "And you, madam, are ugly. But in the morning I shall be sober."
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Post by dragonfox on Dec 10, 2005 11:37:53 GMT
I come bearing a gift. I'll give you a hint, it's in my diaper and it's not a toaster...
~Stewie Griffin (Family Guy)
Hello, call me Robbie, 'cause... I am...
~Robbie (Robbie the Reindeer 1: Hooves of Fire)
You can't have babies! Where's the feutus meant to gelatenate, yer gonna keep it in a box?
~Leader of the People's Front (Monty Python's Life of Brian)
You might know everything I'm going to do, but that's going to help you 'cos I know everything YOU'RE going to do! Strange, isn't it?
~Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie)
She used to call me 'Rimmer'. Everyone calls ya 'Rimmer'! Yes, but it's the way she said it... Rimmer... To rhyme with scum...
~Rimmer and Lister (Red Dwarf)
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Post by Skarloey on Dec 10, 2005 13:43:14 GMT
Hunt them down! Do not stop until they are found! You do not know pain; you do not know fear - you will taste man flesh!
A new power is rising! It's victory is at hand. This night, the land will be stained with the blood of Rohan! March to Helm's Deep, leave none alive - to war!
Both from Saruman in Lord of the Rings. They are very Hitler-like, but incredibly powerful and memorable.
Fear is the path to the darkside. Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate...leads to suffering.
Yoda, Star Wars Episode 1
Sons of Gondor, of Rohan - my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me! A day may come when the courage of men fails. When we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the age of men comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand - men of the West!
Aragorn, Lord of the Rings - Return of the King
...Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it...(What, Gandalf? See what?) White shores, and a beyond... a far green country, under a swift sunrise.
Gandalf, LOTR - ROTK
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Post by Aidan on Dec 10, 2005 13:58:20 GMT
"Sometimes, the most real things in this world are the things we can't see."
"One thing about trains. It doesn't matter where they're going. What matters is deciding to get on." (Both quotes from the Conductor in "The Polar Express")
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Dec 11, 2005 1:27:42 GMT
"Let him never vow to walk in the dark who has not seen the darkness fall." - J R R TOLKEIN
"The only exercise I ever take is walking behind the coffins of friends who took more exercise." - PETER O'TOOLE
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Post by Anime Boy on Dec 11, 2005 10:48:36 GMT
"The only thing we have to fear is FEAR itself!" - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Dec 11, 2005 12:13:32 GMT
Ah, that was Roosevelt. When that quote came up in another thread, I wasn't sure if it was him and I didn't want to speak up in case it actually came from the poster for 'Aliens' or something. Along the lines of misattributed quotes, here's one of my favourites from Red Dwarf:
LISTER: "Wasn't it Descartes who said, 'I am what I am.'" RIMMER: "No, it was Popeye the Sailor Man."
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Post by stepneydude on Dec 11, 2005 17:46:38 GMT
"I have only written a long speech because I have not had time to prepare a short one." -- Winston Churchill
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Post by henry on Dec 12, 2005 0:16:15 GMT
"A dog is for Christmas, not just for life!" - Keith Lard. That Peter Kay Thing
"The higher the monkey climbs, the mroe you can see it's a**e!" - Brian Potter. That Peter Kay Thing
"How old are you? Five?! That's cool. Wipe your own a**? Cool!" - Adam Sandler. Big Daddy
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Post by tom628 on Dec 12, 2005 21:41:28 GMT
"A flute with no holes, is not a flute, and a doughnut with no hole, is a danish." - Chevy Chase, Caddyshack.
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Dec 13, 2005 16:53:24 GMT
"A sheep in sheep's clothing." WINSTON CHURCHILL on Clement Attlee.
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Dec 13, 2005 23:36:34 GMT
CYAN: "It stresses me out seeing how you can barely manage to pay your rent every month, just by doing random temporary jobs. It's like you're always right on the edge of the cliff." NEMI: "That's where you get the best views."
LISA MYRHE, 'NEMI'
Nemi is one of my favourite comics. In fact, as soon as our primitive laws concerning fictional characters are lifted, I intend to ask for her hand in marriage.
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Post by JimBobDunnie on Dec 14, 2005 16:53:04 GMT
"The only thing which isn't up for grabs is no change and I think it's fair to say it's all to play for, except for no change."-Rhodri Morgan. Rock on Rhodri .
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Post by stepneydude on Dec 14, 2005 18:44:47 GMT
Curly: Aaaah! I've got a messiah in my eye-ah!
Curly (The Three Wise Stooges, Viz)
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Dec 15, 2005 3:32:26 GMT
"Knowledge is power. Power is energy. Energy is matter. Matter is mass. Mass is gravity. A library is essentially a tame black hole." TERRY PRATCHETT
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Post by stepneydude on Dec 15, 2005 20:08:51 GMT
"Hmm. What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind! Heheheh!!" - Homer
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Post by Mark Iron on Dec 15, 2005 21:36:41 GMT
some quotes I like:
"I've become so numb I can't feel you there become so tired so much more aware I'm becoming this all I want to do is be more like me and be less like you." -Linkin Park "Numb"
"I don't know what's worth fighting for Or why I have to scream I don't know why I instigate And say what I don't mean I don't know how I got this way I know it's not all right So I'm breaking the habit I'm breaking my habit tonight" - Linkin Park "Breaking the Habit".
"The time has come To say fair's fair To pay the rent To pay our share The time has come A fact's a fact It belongs to them Let's give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning How do we sleep while our beds are burning How can we dance when our earth is turning How do we sleep while our beds are burning
The time has come To say fair's fair To pay the rent, now To pay our share" -Midnight Oil "Beds are Burning"
"I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real I wanna let go of the pain I’ve felt so long (Erase all the pain till it’s gone) I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I’m close to something real I wanna find something I’ve wanted all along Somewhere I belong"- linkin park "somewhere I belong"
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Post by dragonfox on Dec 17, 2005 17:01:50 GMT
What does a casting director do? Well, I direct the casting. Then how does it all go? Well, the director comes up to me and says 'I need to fill in this role', so I suggest 'so-and-so' out of 'such-and-such'. And what happens then? Well he asks me to be more specific...
~The Musuem of Everything Film Institute
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Post by Mark Iron on Dec 17, 2005 17:51:36 GMT
"Cause livin' in the summer is easy. And it's living in the winter that's hard, but we'll get through" -Mark Joseph "Get Through"
bascally describes what we've been through the board, and the Sodor Island fansite recently.
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Post by The Old Bean on Dec 18, 2005 1:46:29 GMT
"Is this the waaaaayy to Aaaaamarillo... hope not... coz I'm heading for Knapford!" - Murdoch, Percy and the Magic Carpet redub
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